Rick and Barb arrived at the baggage carousel just as I did:
it was lovely to see them. We had some errands to do, grabbed a snack, went to
the real estate agent to sign their old house onto the market from Monday, and
then e drove to their new condo which is lovely – what we would call a
2-bedroom unit, quite modern and very open and spacious, in a very quiet block.
Having just moved in 6 days ago, they’re still discovering their new
environment; they’re within walking distance of shops. They’ve done very well
with settling their furniture and the unit is already very comfortably set up.
There was a pot-luck dinner for their home group, people I’ve met before and
who also know Alison from her stay in Year 11. The host had done slideshows of
his recent trip to France, so we all watched that, then home to bed.
Sunday
This morning they had to wake me because my alarm didn’t go
off; after about 9 hours’ good sleep, I feel almost normal today apart from a
couple of “spaced out” moments. We went to 10.30 Mass, home for a light lunch
and then Rick and I went to the library so I could check email and he could try
again to get into their gmail account.
Tonight Matt and Tricia came for dinner – it was lovely to catch up and
retell stories of Gilmores and Kings when they were all little. They enjoyed
the pictures of the family I brought with me. Barb rang John so I could have a
chat to him because they live in Oregon. It’s 10.30, so I’m getting ready for
bed. Tomorrow I need to organise my train trip to Vancouver!! Very exciting –
almost cruise time!
Monday
Barb went off to work and after breakfast Rick and I went to
the old house to check out the new FOR SALE sign. They already had an open
house sign up and brochures to take. It was nice to be able to get a last
picture of the house we know so well. We then found a coffee at Zorba’s because
Tully’s (Rick’s version of Cheers but for coffee) had just closed down on
Saturday. Then we went for a drive to the lake and sat there for a while,
chatting and watching the seaplanes land. Rick was under instruction to take me
to the Queen Mary cafe for lunch but we got there and it doesn’t open, so we
had lunch at a cafe. It’s a very pretty area where they live now in Edmonds.
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