The race is on because that’s how it’s been the last couple of weeks for us all. Jim decided to paint the Willow St. apartment before we rented it for Nov. 1 but while there decided to do a major renovation which included tearing up the floors, tearing out the cupboards and then redoing most of the downstairs flat. Given all of that there was no way the tenant could move in November 1 so he agreed on the middle of the month after we return. Jim left Frank to continue working on it until we get back and so the story goes. In the meantime we had both Andrea and Kathleen home, at different times, for a few days each and we loved every moment. Given all of that and me winding down my private practice it’s been hectic. We dropped Kathleen off at the airport at 5pm to return to Calgary, spent a couple of hours with Gerry and Anna as Georgina was away, and back to the airport we go to catch our overnight flight to London. Great flight but little sleep and once we land in London we had to walk very fast(I call it running) to catch our flight to Zagreb. No time for a coffee but managed a quick pee break before we boarded the flight hoping that when we got to Zagreb Marilyn would be there as she was advised two days before not to fly because of an infection(blocked eustacian tubes) and she was playing it by air…..literally! When we got off the plane with little sleep we were glad to see her smiling face which meant, of course, that she had managed to travel without major ear damage! Off we go to get our car and as it turns out to get lost and do an unplanned tour of the city…….but nobody really cared as it was 26 degrees and we really didn’t have to be anywhere, the stress was over and there was no work to be done. Tune in tomorrow, or the next day, and we’ll let you know if we found our accommodation and how long it took us without a GPS in a country where we can’t really follow the map and where I’m talking very fast but the people who I ask for directions really cannot figure out what I am saying because I am so tired I don’t even know myself.
P.S. In case you’re wondering we didn’t go to Zagreb via Nfld. or Ottawa but when I went to my blog I realized they had never been sent so I decided to send them anyway……hence the Oct. 23rd date.