Seattle

It's been a busy time here in Seattle which is why we haven't had time to blog yet. 

We got to Seattle Friday afternoon on time, after some issues with our tickets first in Winnipeg and then in Vancouver. We flew westjet and they are code sharing with delta airlines to fly from Vancouver to Seattle. For some reason, we couldn't check in for our departing flight, then once at the airport in Winnipeg had to have the lady working at the desk call delta to get our seats figured out. Then, in Vancouver at the delta gate they had to call west jet to get the ticket numbers assigned. I'm not sure why it was some confusing. 

Afterwards, we made our way to the hotel, unpacked and then started along to the baseball game. The game was alright, saw four or five home runs, mostly for the Washington Nationals. Here are some pictures from the game:

Saturday was a golf day for me. As is tradition with these weddings in Washington state, golf occurs before the wedding. In this case, it was the day before.  It was rainy. And not just a little, but a constant drizzle for two hours. But luckily by hole three (for us, the last group) the rain let up and it turned out to be a nice morning and early afternoon. 

I won a prize for the longest distance traveled for the golf game. It was a close battle between some of the people from Anchorage but apparently Winnipeg is 150 miles further.  I would have thought more. 

After we went for lunch and then to an outlet mall by Renton. Lola got some clothes, I got a shirt and we got some t-shirts for some gifts. Then we went to Sara and Keith's place just outside of Renton in Issaqah for pizza and drinks. We weren't there too late, I was pretty tired because I didn't get to sleep in and have a nap in the morning.

Sunday was wedding day. We went to Bellevue so I could get sized up for a tuxedo for the wedding I am in down in Tucson in October. Then, we went for lunch and back to the hotel to get ready and go to the wedding.

The venue was pretty cool. I'm not sure if it was actually an old school house or just made to look like it was. Either way, it was pretty neat. Here's a photo of the setting sun from Bothell WA:

Monday morning was fairly relaxed. Brunch was held at Brian's cousins place in Snohomish WA. The weather was really nice, but not nice enough to use the pool:

After, we drove north to go to some more outlet malls in Tulalip WA.

Here, more money was spent by Lola. I equally bought some stuff (two t-shirts and a new rain jacket). Then, we went to Cabellas, just to check it out. We thought it was kinda funny that there was a static display with a whitetail deer from Manitoba:

After we drove to Everett and went to the marina for dinner.  I couldn't believe how many boats there were in the harbour and how many millions of dollars were sitting there:

Now, we are relaxing in the hotel trying to finish our food and drinks. I think I have another three beers I need to drink after this one is done.

Hopefully our return flight goes off without a hitch. I can't check in right now but should hopefully should not be an issue. If not, Seattle isn't a terrible place to be stuck for a few more days ;)

It's official

I am now a Transport Canada Delegate!

All I need is one more signature but this letter was the big one signed by the Director General of Transport!

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.