Delivery (originally to be posted on 08 Jul 14)

It finally happened. The medevac airplane is delivering tonight!

Only 9 months late but it is now done. 

I can now retire. 

Interesting day

Today was interesting. 

It started with an early morning trip to the St Boniface ER. That was a mistake. Not for going but for going there...

They were quite useless and were thinking that the pain in Lola's arm was mostly due to a side effect from the amitryptaline. He prescribed some naproxen to hopefully reduce any inflammation. We drove home at 6:30 and got some rest. 

I got up at 9 and went to work for a few hours. I left at noon and went home (after dropping off our life jackets with Graham at his jobs site). 

After trying to get Lola to eat, I called health links and asked what we should do because Lola's symptoms were not improving. The nurse told us to go to HSC. 

Arrive at HSC at 1:45. Lola gets registered by 2 and we wait. And wait. And wait. Get blood taken. And wait. And wait. And watch the bomber game. And then get to a room to see a Dr. 

I write this as Lola is resting

Here is her small IV bag

10 hrs in the hospital gives you a lot of time to reflect on how lucky we are. Our families are pretty normal. No one is crying out that they will die if the don't get their medication. No one is throwing up in the corner of the ER. No one is coming in shirtless for some benign reason. No one is yelling at the charge nurse. 

No, we are normal people who have normal jobs and live (somewhat) normal lives. We get to go home to a good home and eat a good meal every day (unless you are traveling whereby you don't get to go home and or you don't get as good of a meal as you hoped). We get to sleep in a comfy bed and don't have to worry (too much) about what might happen next. 

Anyways, Lola is waking up and wants to go home. Time to find the nurse to see if she can unhook Lola. 

Back East

Today was a relatively busy day. Two inspections before noon and then working from our (empty) Montreal office in the afternoon. 

I debated about working from the hotel or the office but figured (rightfully so) that I would be more productive in huge office. Here are some pictures:

Here's the door that decided to lock itself after I went to the washroom without the key. Luckily, the janitor was doing his rounds so I was able to get him to open the door for me.  Boy I felt like an idiot. 

It rained pretty much all day today, cool and miserable temperature. I decided that I should probably get a haircut as my mop was getting pretty big (fro like). 

Well I should cut this short, don't have much else to talk about. It was an early morning after getting in late and trying to fall asleep. It's going to be an early night tonight I think. 

Time to talk to Lola and see how she is feeling. She was home again from work today and the Dr told her to stay home for the rest of the week. Hopefully we can figure out what is causing her headaches and nausea...

Later, 

AA

No name

Lol. And now I'm upgraded to first class. 

Sweet. Too bad I ate already. 

Bloggin in Montreal

Lola said I needed to blog.  It's hard when you are away for less than 12 hrs...

Today was quick. At the Winnipeg airport at 7:20 am, in Montreal by 11:45 am Montreal time and now at the Montreal airport at 7:50 pm, finishing a smoked meat sandwich ready to return home. 

My portion was only delayed 1.75 hrs today. Rui unfortunately took the brunt of it having his test delayed until tomorrow. Darn high frequency communication systems not working correctly. 

Tomorrow will be busy. Two of the guys are out of the office from Montreal and so somehow I need to support their projects... We will see what I can do, I have a lot of things to take care of before the next trip (possibly Thursday or Friday, to St. Louis.)

Well I need to get the attention of the bartender to get my bill. My flight leaves in 25 mins. 

St Malo Camping Weekend

We met Devin and Melissa in St Malo on Friday night and had a great camping weekend.  The weather was warm and the bugs weren't too too bad.

We did a lot of sitting around the camp fire and had some great conversations:)

We played some mini golf (which wasn't in great shape), ate great food and even had some time at the beach.

Can you find devin?

Here was supposed to be a cute photo of Mell and I....

It was a great weekend. Now adam is off to montreal for the day tomorrow and I am back out to Southport!

Lola

Passat not so new anymore....

Well Lola did it. Made the Passat not so new anymore.  I accidently merged into a car while trying to get back onto portage avenue on our way to baseball.  Damage isn't that bad, but Lola isn't feeling great about the situation.

Hope you are all enjoying the day!  The sun is finally shinning the Mosquitos are out on full force.

Lola is still working out in Southport and driving everyday.  Arizona Adam is happily watching his tucson medivac plane fly around in Quebec, and should be getting his Transport Canada Delegation any day. July 15, 2014 was when he officially had 6 years experience.

We are going camping on the weekend to St Malo with Melissa and Devin, so hopefully the weather is nice and bugs are manageable.

Lola 

Panos of the Double Rainbow

Ottawa

I'm still trying to think of something that starts with "O" for a clever alliteration...

The workshop today was good. I learned some new things and took lots of notes. It was also different taking breaks throughout the day and an hour lunch. 

The first half of the day was gorgeous outside. At lunch, I want to a food court about 3 blocks away and grabbed chicken pad Thai and then sat outside to listen to a live band play. 

After the workshop, it was raining but I came prepared with my umbrella:

I am now sitting in Blue Cactus bar and grill at Byward Market (10 min walk) slightly drying off. 

It turns out that my jacket has lost 80% of its waterproofness. Good thing I brought the umbrella again. 

Here's a shot outside right now:

It's hard to see but the rain is coming down in sheets. 

Not sure whatelse to do tonight. Can't exactly wander around and explore.  Perhaps I will go to the mall to kill some time. (It's now raining harder). I've ready caught up on work emails and am blogging before dinner. Hopefully Lola's data connection is good tonight so we can talk/text. 

As I suspected, the walkthrus that were planned for Thursday and Friday (ooh lightning) have been delayed to next week. So I get to fly back tomorrow (Wednesday) night. I probably could go to Montreal for the day but would rather go home. Plus, knowing how things go I will be back to do a walkthru when Francois is on vacation, when bombardier is on their summer shutdown. 

Hopefully the garbage goals have enough skaters tonight, we have a double header back-to-back. I was looking forward to these games too...

Well, food should be here soon.  And maybe another beer...

First blog from the iPad Air

Lola said I need to keep up the blogs and that was part of the reason why she let me buy my own iPad. I think it was because she wanted to keep hers when I go away for work. Plus, she tends to use hers a lot for work and other things like Trails Manitoba meetings.  So, here is the first blog from the new iPad. 

- End of Blog - 

Haha just kidding. This workshop / conference in Ottawa should be good. It's the first time this has been held in Canada and is quite related to work. 

Plus, Ottawa is a nice city to visit. I've only been here in the winter or late fall. Summer should pose different sights and sounds. Not to mention nicer weather, except maybe for tomorrow which is supposed to be rainy. Oh well, I'm used to that. At least it should be as rainy as this baseball game on TV - in Cleveland, it is sure coming down. 

We should be starting our descent soon so I should pack things up. Hope everyone stays cool and dry the next few days. 

Until blog #2...

Arizona Adam

Arizona Adams new toy

Well AA has no excuse not to blog on his ventures this week to Ottawa and montreal as he got a new toy...

Hope you are staying cool out there today!

Lola