Friday, January 28th

Today was like a regular day!  Wow!  Can't remember the last time we could say that - and we didn't really have regular days before that either.  Michellie had a great day today. She had her energy back and we headed to Port Hawksbury to get Sam.  They waited in the car while I did a little shopping and then we came home for an impromptu dinner party.  This was the first opportunity to have friends over and just enjoy company.  We had a great dinner and then we played games.  This was like summer time when the clock doesn't exist and nothing else matters.  Emma, thanks for getting us into "Apples to Apples", we really laughed through that tonight; and then, David R, thanks for teaching us spoons.  This is a vicious game, but while we taught everyone the rules we laughed so hard we had cheek aches, head aches and bouncing energy!  We introduced Lisa, a friend from Ottawa, how to enjoy a Cape Breton winter evening, while the teens were appalled by some of our adult shinanigans.  Christina, you know that life is inevitable, and one day you will be like your Mom! We have a new crazy carpet, so maybe tomorrow we will actually be able to try our front yard for a little "coasting" as they call it here.  Two regular days in a row would be awesome!