The Last Day

Gotta get this posted so I can move on to current happenings!

Sunday morning Tiff and I awoke to gorgeous sunlight streaming in through her hugeass condo windows. We slept way later than planned, but we must have needed it. Her new guest airbed was double thick and tres comfy!


We stopped and picked up the other Jamie on our way back to her old place...you know, the one I mentioned that is conveniently located right across from my favorite Starbucks. She joined us for her first coffee of the day, and left us to visit while she carried on with her move. (I would like to note that I offered to help her with the moving but she wouldn't hear of it because I was on 'vacation'.) Jamie and I sat and enjoyed our coffees for a while, then decided to head off for a walk to Beacon Hill Park.

It wasn't quite as nice as Saturday, but I was still all sunscreened up...and was able to wear my light hoodie to keep the burn at bay.

We checked out the Petting Zoo...which I haven't done in years. So many cute little stinky animals! Jamie gets right in there with the goats and makes friends with them. I'm more of a pat-them-on-the-head-and-then-admire-from-afar kind of girl. :) I still love the peacocks though...those have always been my favorite. We had peacocks in the city park in Nanaimo when I was a kid and they always seemed so out of place...very cool. And the zoo had just shaved the llamas, so they looked pretty hilarious. We did comment that they should call it an Eating Zoo though, because all of the animals seemed to be constantly stuffing their faces and not too interested in being pet.






After washing our hands thoroughly, we wandered through the park and headed for downtown. We walked along the waterfront in front of the Empress Hotel...there was something going on at the lawn of the legislature, but we never figured out what. Something to do with a lot of the marching bands that were in town for the next day's May Day Parade.

We hit up a little hidden shoe store so I could pick up some Converse for DBF. You may remember that I mentioned back before the move that he had a gift certificate to use up...I gave it to him for his birthday LAST APRIL...but of course it went MIA right before we moved....and then reappeared just a week before I went back on vacation. LOL. So I got his shoes, and of course a pair of sporty flipflops for myself. :)

After that we decided that lunch was in order, so Jamie suggested that we stop at a little place in Bastion Square so we could sit outside. We had grilled paninis, people watched, and listened to the musician that seems to always be there. Then we went and got ice cream....from the place that makes homemade waffle cones...heavenly!! That place always smells so freaking good...from a block away!

Then a little more window shopping and we decided that we had exhausted downtown, so went back to her place to just hang out and chat. Her hubby came home later with an extreme full body sunburn...so we laughed a little at him.... hehe.

By now, my friend Nicole (Robi) was back in town...and our other friend Keith had been texting me about dinner plans...so Nicole picked me up and we met up with Keith, his new girlfriend, and Tiffaney for dinner at my favorite soup place...Ferris'. Unfortunately, all of my stuff was still at Tiff's so I had no opportunity to change, fix my hair or add make-up...but such is life. It's a super casual restaurant, but I did feel pretty fluffy and windblown. Dinner was super yummy though...nothing beats their Chicken Penne Soup with rice dumplings...and I don't know how, but they make the best little tossed salad. I think it's all about the sunflower sprouts and lemon-feta dressing.

After dinner, we took Keith and his gf over to Tiff's new place. By this point, I was exhausted...and starting to get sick. Boooooo. I drank a ton of water but it wasn't really helping. It was getting late, so Robi and I loaded my stuff into her Jeep and headed for her place. My flight was at 7:00am and she was awesome enough to get up at 5am with me and drive me out to the airport. Plus, I got my final night's sleep in an actual comfy bed....so nice!

There was a lot of hugging and goodbyes that day. I hope it gets easier with each visit back, but I doubt it will. I guess this is what it's like when you move away from home.....