I went straight back to work after our March getaway to Ontario. The month of April started out sad when we lost a dear friend Corey. He was such a bright light at the center, always full of mischief and smiles. I especially loved watching him paint and hearing his input in our discussions. What a big, kind heart he had and beautiful eyes with lashes that any woman would be envious of.
I also started a blog for the folks at Community Living Center to share what they are learning and accomplishing. You can read it at http://www.clivingstgeorge.blogspot.com .
The rest of the month has been quite busy with Easter, preparing class lessons, finally getting back to some painting and spring cleaning the house. Paul gave Billy's room a facelift with new paint and carpet! Looks great and so much brighter.
One nice sunny evening we loaded up the van to go for our usual drive. When we got to Lepreau, I noticed at sign saying "Old Saint John Rd". I said I had never been down that road before but had heard there was a road from Lepreau to Lake Utopia, so let's go on an adventure. The road was paved and we were enjoying the new scenery, then the road turned to gravel so I started looking for somewhere to turn around. Before I knew it we were on a mud road with no where to go but forward, every place I thought I could turn around was flooded or oozing thick mud. So onward we must go!! WELL!!! The road only got worse as we pushed forward, going through deep ruts filled with water up to the wheel wells. I could feel the van sliding under my death grip on the steering wheel. Britni was in the back saying, "Oh God, Oh God..." George was calmly reassuring her by saying, "No need to worry Brit, Peggy's a good driver, isn't that right Peggy?"
So I joked around with them to keep everyone calm, all the while trying not to pee my pants. Brooke's knuckles were white while she grasped the "Holy Crap" bar by her window and was frantically searching her google maps to see how far we would be on this logging road from hell!! We must have been on it at least a half an hour before finally coming to the end and back to paved road near Lake Utopia. Everyone cheered and George pipes up "See Brit, nothing to go on about, Peggy knew what she was doing!!!" I was never so happy to get home in my life, it took awhile for my heartbeat to return to normal and we can all laugh about it now. My only regret is not having video taped that...could have won on Funniest Home Videos!
That's the thick and thin of what has gone on since I got back from Ontario...never a dull moment.
I spent the weekend home alone, having a nice quiet break and some time to get the paints out. I am starting a painting class next month here at my house and wanted to try out a couple ideas. Here's the results.
