Our Ottawa family returned home!

 Photos are coming in from British Columbia. Jesse's phone is excellent. He remembered to post photos of the kids all together. He is so busy! This is progress for him. It's sort of a joke between us. 

Memories

We moved away from Toronto to Ottawa (1981) for my first husband's job promotion. Caitlin was two years old. It was hard on my Mom. She'd have my dad write a check for his birthday. Jesse was somewhat slow in cashing them. I remember my mom would phone. My dad was meticulous in keeping track of his checking account and checks. It'd drive him nuts. It'd be three months after his May birthday and she'd beg me to get him to cash it. At that point he was living with his accountant father. What a kid. Now he works for RBC as an Estate Planning Specialist! Isn't it ironic! I love him dearly. So proud of him, well, all my three children, 4 grandchildren and SIL and DIL.

The kids were really good about posting photos from their family reunion in the Fraser Valley, B.C. last week. My DIL, as well. It is such fun, if you can't be there, to see them happy, whole and healthy. 

As well as cottage activities, there was work done!

They came home from British Columbia Saturday night. What a long trip. I was watching on the radar, it kept me busy. I noticed that their flight sorta veered out of Saskatchewan, south across the US border. Then I spotted the storm clouds (in green) in Ontario.

Notice how all the planes veered away from the storm. 

I posted it to the family photostream. After they landed, waiting to disembark, JL posted a comment to say there was turbulence. Not a surprise. But I didn't know to worry about that!!! 😟 

Lightning, too, across the northern part of Ontario. 

And the eagle has landed! Isn't this a cool point of view from Flight Aware?! 

Caitlin kindly texted me saying they were on terra firma! Also, when they arrived at their house. By then I'd gone to bed... but I spotted it at 3 a.m.

😷Sunday, July 28

Awake at 3 a.m., puffer, then liquids. Back to bed at 6:15. Slept until 8:15. HOORAY! 

Do you know that a puffer is much more effective if you remove the protective cap? Yes, guffaw at will. Aster found this most funny. (I try!) I thought I wasn't going to be able to catch my breath. No air coming in. I'm suffocating! Not. I am finding I have some humour, now. This is progress. 

I'm coughing less, and more shallower, but I can't do much. The sinusitis is still there. We're holding our own. Joe tested positive for COVID, again. Poor man. He took a new test. Positive. Sheeit. It was positive within two minutes, even though they say to wait for the Rapid Test results for 15 minutes. 

Ventolin puffer at breakfast, lunch, dinner & bedtime. Steroid puffer 12 hours apart. This is to give my lungs a chance to heal. 

The headaches continue. Coughing, stress, who know? Advil is my friend.

The reheated pizza Joe bought me is wonderful. I usually do all the cooking. He's been doing really well. He put out the garbage for us, with all those germs. We are managing our activities of daily living (ADLs), so we need not move yet. We're not exactly 'quick and sprightly' to quote Aster's saying. But we have hope.