Friday June 7/13

Friday June 7/13 update  # 476

Happy 45^th Birthday to our son Todd who is now a doting Grandpa.   I started off by driving way to the south side to surprise my son but he had apparently left early, claiming sickness.  I could have gone to visit Ash at his shop again but didn’t want to get stuck that far in south central Edmonton during Friday rush hour.

So I headed back north and decided to pop in and check out West Edmonton Mall, just to see if anything had changed.  The big brass whale was gone and they were now charging for the dolphin shows but, other than that, everything was remarkably the same.  One other change is that the lounge where we always danced was now a sports bar, how boring.

I wanted to phone a few friends in the area but my cel phone had died without warning so I just continued north.  I wove my way near Tony House’s place and stopped in to say Hi.  Tony is a friend of long standing and I roomed with him there in 99-00 before I moved to Calgary.  He is the sharpest (and cheapest) accountant I know and he took over our taxes a few years ago, much to our relief. 

I then just headed back to Jill’s place.  I had to stop midway in the street because there was a duck procession across my path, a mother and about 10 ducklings.    The mother jumped the curb and kept going and it took a few moments to discover that the little ones couldn’t mount the curb until they scooted up further where it was slightly lower.   A couple of them had to take more than one run at it but eventually they all made it.   I kinda wished I had switched to video instead since it was so darn cute.

Dawson was under the weather all day but then was eating like a normal teenager before too long at home. 

Jill had a dinner with her cheerleading cronies so I offered to drive Danai to a free Gym Night at their gym.

I then headed over to watch Boston take Pittsburgh out of the Playoffs with my old neighbor Kevon again.

That was today’s excitement.  Hugs to all.  

Enjoy the pics at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com