Thursday, December 29, 2005
Nothing Like a White Christmas
CHRISTMAS 2005, Vacouver Island
So I went to Vancouver Island to visit my family for Christmas, since my parents got 'grounded' for the winter. It was nice to have one more Christmas with us all together. And it was all of us; we were at my Grandma Lange's, and Trish and Graeme drove over, and Heather flew down as well, so we were all together for a few days.
But I tell you, it was certainly no White Christmas! I even have a picture of us standing beside a blooming outdoor bush of some sort! What's with that?!? This picture (like the Santa hat?) was taken just a day or two before Christmas. And yes, I know, I'm turning in to my Mom. That face is practically interchangable!! But that's ok, cause I think my mom is a pretty great person.
The only bad part about the vacation was the travelling. HOLY jet lag! I was somehow able to book this trip a month before, using Aeroplan points! I KNOW! Wow, lucky! But that meant that I had terrible connections; an 8 hour lay over in Halifax after catching a flight at 5am or something ridiculous like that. Then a long delay in Toronto, so I ended up getting in to Calgary at 3:30am instead of midnight. I had to be back for the flight to Vancouver for a 6am flight, so I just stayed, although my uncle did come and sit with me! That's family for you! Who else would show up in the middle of the night to keep you company? The flight home was much more direct, going from Vancouver to Toronto direct, then overnighting and back to Sydney (by way of Halifax of course) the next day. Found a fairly cheap hotel and even had time for a run, since I got in pretty early in the afternoon.
So I went to Vancouver Island to visit my family for Christmas, since my parents got 'grounded' for the winter. It was nice to have one more Christmas with us all together. And it was all of us; we were at my Grandma Lange's, and Trish and Graeme drove over, and Heather flew down as well, so we were all together for a few days.
But I tell you, it was certainly no White Christmas! I even have a picture of us standing beside a blooming outdoor bush of some sort! What's with that?!? This picture (like the Santa hat?) was taken just a day or two before Christmas. And yes, I know, I'm turning in to my Mom. That face is practically interchangable!! But that's ok, cause I think my mom is a pretty great person.The only bad part about the vacation was the travelling. HOLY jet lag! I was somehow able to book this trip a month before, using Aeroplan points! I KNOW! Wow, lucky! But that meant that I had terrible connections; an 8 hour lay over in Halifax after catching a flight at 5am or something ridiculous like that. Then a long delay in Toronto, so I ended up getting in to Calgary at 3:30am instead of midnight. I had to be back for the flight to Vancouver for a 6am flight, so I just stayed, although my uncle did come and sit with me! That's family for you! Who else would show up in the middle of the night to keep you company? The flight home was much more direct, going from Vancouver to Toronto direct, then overnighting and back to Sydney (by way of Halifax of course) the next day. Found a fairly cheap hotel and even had time for a run, since I got in pretty early in the afternoon.
