It figures! Just as my plane touched down in Hamilton the snow started to fall. I wondered to myself who would be the first to put the blame on my shoulders for the dreaded change in weather, as it turns out, it was Kristie! What a treat it was to lay eyes first on my friend Jane who (even though she had a beloved cat missing in action), left her house to come pick me up at the airport and then to get that welcoming hug from Kristie! Standing outside of the roped off luggage retreival area I spotted this guy watching me, his facial expression was one of unease, like he was expecting me to bolt at him and wrestle him to the ground. Right away I knew this must be Greg, Kristie's boyfriend whom I heard was terrified to meet me. Hoping to put him at ease I greeted him with a friendly handshake and then went off to pick up my luggage.
Kristie and Greg left in their truck and Jane and I headed to Hagersville to suprise my parents. Dad and mom were expecting Kristie and Greg to be stopping by to drop off a birthday card so when Dad opened the door to Jane and I he was a little confused at first. I could see in his eyes that he was thinking something wasn't right. I got the usual "Come on in", and then he looked a little closer and shock took the place of confusion and he just blurted out, "What the hell!!!" It was a good shock as he hollered out to mom, "Mother, get out here, it's Peg! Peg's here!" It was worth the wait and luckily the shock did no medical harm to either of them.
We had a good visit and even Brooke showed up to wish Grandpa a happy birthday and welcome me home. It was a nice evening and my heart felt full. I was starting to feel weary having been up since 4 am and knew that Jane was anxious to find her missing cat so we left mom and dad's around 10pm, dropped Brooke off in Jarvis then headed off to Brantford to unpack and settle in.
We found the missing cat and I got settled into my room. Sleep was another welcomed friend to greet me and Friday was to be another busy day.
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