May Long Weekend 2022

May 21-23

The last time I blogged through a summer, it was 2008, the summer I was working freelance, having left the Sooke library in the little building on Anna Marie Rd. It was a year before Scott would start school, a year of independence and control over my time--a golden period before life would change again in 2009. Now, it's the last summer before Scott moves to Toronto for University... and I'm feeling the same desire to capture every weekend and our adventures before life turns to another chapter.

This weekend was patio-opening weekend, or "Easter Road Pub" opening weekend, as it would be known to some. Originally I was going plant shopping Friday night after the Home Energy Evaluation was done, and out for supper, then celebrating my birthday at Il Terrazzo on Saturday with Glenda and Marthese, after a patio visit with another friend. Then a hike on Sunday. Instead, I came down with a crappy cold (first one in 2.5 years!) right on my birthday, so all weekend plans had to be postponed. Friday evening I unpacked the newly-delivered patio furniture , and we enjoyed our coffee out there Saturday morning, taking stock and planning the work to be done around the house.

Despite being sick, I managed to get a ton of house chores done with Tim, and the patio was starting to shape up. I also assembled my new standing desk! I busted out the rustoleum paint and redid all the ornamental iron around the house, and it looks great. In the evening, I took Scott out to Langford for their Concord Floral rehearsal, and picked them up. It was sunny... which made me remember again that I need to get new sunglasses.

Sunday I managed to drag myself out to get plants for the pots on the patio. I came home and potted them, and now the herb garden is complete, and everything's in place. I tried out a new recipe--Hakka noodles. Tim's old school friend Fred came over with his wife Alina and their daughters, and we christened the patio with our first hosting--learning about their travels, the pet snake, and Agatha's love of sun chips, while Scott went to the final marching band rehearsal before the Victoria Day Parade!

It threatened rain Monday morning, but the skies held off. I got up early to french braid Scott's hair for the marching band uniform requirement and take them to the 7:15 am call time. Tim and I watched the parade, and Glynis biked down to take pics. I didn't think it was a Reynolds milestone that we would see, after Covid hit right after their first marching band practice ever, back in 2020. But here we were this weekend, being spared at least that one little loss... After, we had a very low-key afternoon. I ordered the sunglasses. And later, we're ordering pizza.