Weary Traveller home from my Journeys

I started off on my BIG adventure early Friday morning - nervous as all get out.... honestly my life to this point did NOTHING to prepare me for the type of independence I now need (sadly)

I managed to make it to my brother's house where I was to pick up my camera (in the back yard in the barbeque) and then found my way to the 407 and the 400.  Once I got a short distance up the 400 I decided to stop at an Onroute (service center) and have a picnic lunch.  To celebrate further I took a selfie - to share with family and friends on facebook. 

Of course stopping for lunch then got me stuck in cottage country traffic but I still made good time and got settled into the hotel with loads of time.....

Huge room for one person no??? and the bed??!!!  a whole village could have fit in it I swear !!!!  I met up with eldest daughter and her partner for dinner and we feasted on good Chinese food ......... had a wonderful chat ....... and then we came back to the hotel - they went to the pool and hot tub and I went up to my room to watch some TV and veg.

Saturday morning I was up with the birds - went to the hotel gym - had breakfast and then headed out with my camera to explore Barrie.  Those pictures I will save for another day........ 

And then of course Saturday afternoon was the wedding.  It was beautiful (despite the cold and rain) but then aren't all weddings beautiful!!?? 

Sunday morning I had hoped to have a final breakfast with the family - but no one was up and about and I got restless so by 10:00 I was on my way down the 400 in the pouring rain.  

I have to admit it was a fun adventure - BUT - it was good to come home!

Quick Thought

(surprise !!!  you didn't think I would be here today didja?? well here I am!!)

The other day on "Well that was awkward"  Michele d left me a comment.  

She said in part.........I'd love to read that you brought a date back to the house to see how well THAT goes over!

And it has kinda been rolling around in my head...

to answer you Michele - I am 99.9% sure it wouldn't bother W at all.... not even if I brought home a viral young thing who could f**k me silly - nope don't think it would bother W at all.

BUT ..couple of things about that... I couldn't... wouldn't ... bring a new lover home .. I couldn't / wouldn't do that to W.......... cause that is just who I am.

Also ... I can't just go find someone to f**k around with.... snap my fingers - forget about 15 years ... and hop into the next bed available... can't do it.. it's just not me... I am not a SLUT - never have been.... never will be...........

If I have nothing else - I have my pride!  and my word !  and my integrity !

I'm Off...........

I'm off on an Adventure...........

My nephew is getting married this weekend and I am off for a 4 hour drive ... gonna stay in a hotel for 2 nights .... eat in restaurants - dance my feet off ... and hopefully have an amazing time.

Lot of firsts in this adventure
first time I have driven so far by myself............
first time I have navigated to a new city - through a new city ......
first time I have stayed in a hotel by myself.....
first time I have gone to a big social event by myself......

If I can do this - then I can do anything right??? 


(and if all else fails - my eldest daughter will be there - and my brother and his wife - so it's not like I'll be all by myself )

I'll be back on Sunday ............ and back on here on Monday to tell you all about it !!!

"Who Loves You"

Something I read this morning on Fetlife by a "GirlNamedBill" made me sigh...........

When We (being W and myself - not a Girl Named Bill and I ) would play he would ask half way through "Who Loves You" and my answer always was "You do" and he would then ask "How do you know?" and my answer "because you beat me"........

I should have known you know - when the beatings stopped that the love had died and the relationship was over..............

should have known........

Sunday Sentiments

Well - that was awkward

Just after dinner last night - W told me that a lil subbie he has played with was coming by to drop something off.

I couldn't think what to do............ stay .... go...???

I decided to go for a walk....... I passed her as I walked down the driveway.... 

I walked for 30 minutes and had to come back 'cause I really REALLY needed to pee.. her car was still here.......

I came in and didn't know what to do..... they were sitting in the living room.. should I go downstairs ??? 

Nah - I came into the living room where all my stuff is...... the conversation stopped - dead silence - that awkward silence .... 

The insecure me thought - they are talking about me.. 

the realistic me thought - they were talking about playing or sex or something like that .. something I shouldn't hear..........

either one - didn't much matter  ....... It was a very awkward moment.

 

Gremlins

 I noticed yesterday - that for some mysterious reason - there is only ONE blog entry showing on my page.  I have the settings set to show 5 per page. 

I tried to sort out the problem last evening but I was computer brain dead after working all day so I decided to leave it till this morning when my brain would be fresher and more prepared to solve the mystery (or so I thought.)

I have tried everything - absolutely E V E R Y T H I N G !!!  to get more than one post to show on the page.  I used another computer thinking this old reliable may be acting up - nope still only one post - thinking it might be a blogger thing -  I went around and checked out other blogger blogs and they all have more than one post per page.... I went into settings and template and just about every administrative hidey hole I know of - and still only ONE blog per page.

I know there are one or two of you - out there in blog land - who are quite expert on blogger - can you think of a reason - other than gremlins - why my blog has decided on it's own to only display one post at a time????   I know it's not the end of the world.. but it really bugs me.....it's more that it changed on it's own and the fact I can't fix it than anything else ........... and yes I know the world will continue to spin on it's axis - BUT still!!!

Can someone be Sherlock to my Holmes and help me figure out this mystery please???

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and of course I post this and I now have 2 posts on the page - but honest true - it should be 5 posts per page... so there is a problem HELP!!!!

The Adventure got even better

I am sure I have mentioned before that there are 3 of us subbies who meet almost every month for  brunch.  It started back when we needed a "support" group and has just continued along since.  One day we'll wake up and say " we need to talk" ... and then like magic we are brunching and laughing............. Well all that to say ... on Sunday morning we three little subbies had our monthly-ish brunch. .... which for me anyway (can't speak for the others - but I suspect it's pretty much the same)  is always good fun!!  we laugh and we talk and we solve the world's problems....

 

A few days before our brunch one of the girls - whom I affectionately call "mini me" - started a campaign to get me to go to a picnic munch that was being held down the highway from us. 

 

I seem to be less and less enthusiastic about going to munches for any number of reasons....... but "mini me" shot down all my excuses and on the Friday she shot down my last excuse - which was - "it's gonna rain" .  Point of information here - I do NOT camp or picnic in the rain.  (well I don't camp at all anymore - but don't picnic in the rain).  The weather forecast looked promising............ 

so after the brunch mini me and I came back here loaded up the car with chairs and food and headed down the highway to the munch.  The sun was shining my spirits were high - all was right with the world.

As we got closer and closer to the picnic spot the sky clouded over....... by the time we actually pulled into the parking lot for the picnic munch - it had started to spit rain.  OF COURSE it did !!!  as one of the organizers said - " we brought the rain with us".

BUT - on a positive note - the park had these huge covered pavilions - so we all gathered in one - set out mounds and mounds of food - watched the organizers grill up sausage and hamburgers ........... and to be truthful - despite the rain we had a GREAT time......... 

 

I came home feeling very blessed that I have special friends like my "brunch" friends and the wider group of folks who have welcomed me open armed into their community and honestly seemed please to have me attend events :)

The weekend ended on a very "up note".