Another trip home...

As many of you know, I lost my Grampie on Sunday, February 24th. Life is going to be hard with him not here, he was a wonderful man and he will be missed. We share the same birthday, so every year I will celebrate his life on this day.

It was so hard being away from my famly at this time and I think Dylan and I both realize now, that we want to be home. Being in a different country, on the other side of the ocean is so different than being a few hours drive away. We are both really looking forward to getting back to Canada. We both lost someone close to us since Christmas and travelled home to be with our family and friends during the hard times, but it is not the same as being home and having them close at both the good times and the bad!

I am lucky to have great friends at home who really looked out for me and helped me - putting me up for a few nights, lending a vehicle, making me smile and taking care of me - thank you!

When I was driving back to Halifax after being in Sydney with my family for a week, there was a blizzard on the mainland and the driving was rough. I'm not comfortable driving in snow at all, but this was bad! I decided to stop in New Glascow to get a coffee and see what the forecast was. After talking to a few people at Tim's, I decided to stop and call home to get Dad to check the weather forecast. I heard that there were multiple accidents on the way to Truro and was too nervous to keep driving. I walked over to the hotel next door to Tim's and used the payphone in the lobby. While on the phone, I heard a familiar voice and turned around to see Dylan's Aunts Bev and Darlene, who were driving home from Halifax and decided to stop because the weather was so bad on the way home. It was so great to see some familiar faces when I was worried about the drive and they kindly offered to let me stay with them for the night. It was like someone was looking out for me! I thankfully accepted and had a wonderful evening with the ladies. I even got my own bed, which was very kind!
Thank you both Bev and Darlene for the great hospitality!

I left the next morning to drive to Halifax. On my way, I stopped in Dartmouth Crossing, then continuted to get lost in Dartmouth. While driving down one of the main roads, a cop walked out into traffic and motioned for me to turn the corner and pull over. I thought there was an accident ahead, so immediately followed the orders and rolled down my window. When he came over, I was shocked to see that he had the gun (speed gun, not bullet gun) pointing at me to show me that he had just caught me doing 72 in a 50....ugh....what bad luck!

I passed over my license and waited in the car thinking to myself that since this was the first time getting pulled over for speeding that he would issue a warning and I would be on my way....slowly. He returned with a fine for $279, I lose my license for 10 days and lose 3 points on my license....imagine! I was shocked and upset...the tears didn't help me this time though!

I rode the break the whole way to Terri's in Dartmouth, getting passed by every other car on the road. I still don't beleive that I got a ticket - HRM cops are on a power trip!


I flew out on Wednesday after a bad ice storm on Tuesday night and made it as far as Montreal where my flight was cancelled to Washington. I ended up having to wait in the Montreal airport for 8 hrs to leave and flew to Frankfurt and finally arrived in Brussels the next day at 11am....was a long 24hrs, but I made it finally safe and sound.

Little did I know at this point that my bad luck would continue...