Long Post.....lots to say

Yep, it's done! And I gave it to my beloved mom, who loved it, which made it even better. She said she has been sleeping with it every night and it will continue to be a nightly occurrence. I was happy to know that a little piece of me will be with her every night. I have been missing her terribly ever since I had to drop her off at the airport on Monday. :-(  Anyway, we had a great visit but unfortunately this was the only picture I took the entire week:

 

So besides the quilt, I have to "vent" about what has been going on and why I have been feeling so crazy lately!

Side note: this all happened in a 2 week span:

1) Robert wanted to put our house up for sale because he found another one that he thought we'd like better. We did, so our house went on the market September 29. 

2) October 1st, we were being inspected (meaning the company I work for) by another company that we do business with. These are usually very stressful and since I work in Regulatory I have to be on top of my game because you never know what they're going to ask. So I am usually exhausted anyway, but no.....

3) I had to pack that night for the meeting I had in Canada, plus make sure the house was clean in case anyone wanted to see it, because Robert can't be in charge of that- seriously...

4) Left for Canada. Spent 6 days there, then on day 5, got sick and was so weak that I couldn't go to any of the seminars on the last day.

5) Got back on Oct 7 LATE, finally went to sleep at 2am on the 8th, then had to pick up my mom at 234pm that afternoon.

6) Had fun all week with mom, but still didn't get any cleaning or normal stuff done.

7) Mom left this past Monday. After I dropped her off I decided to go to work because I had a dentist appointment today and wouldn't want to have to go all the way back to Richmond today. So I picked up Jennifer for lunch, we went to Qdoba, and I figured we'd be back by 1 and I'd work till 630. We get in my car, and it won't start. Lovely. Ended up my battery had died, and I had to get a new one. (Very expensive lunch, huh?) But I got one and worked a little later so I could have off today.  And by the way, I'm still fighting this congested thing that I have- and it's disgusting.

See why I'm EXHAUSTED? So now I'm leaving to get my oil changed, tires rotated, and then bringing my snowboard to get the leash put on because we couldn't figure it out. Sometime today I really need to dust, vacuum, clean the bathrooms, and windex, but WHEN???

Trip to Montreal, Canada

I just got back from Canada last night- I had an awesome time! Well, up until two days ago when I realized I was sick (sore throat and a head cold, then I just wanted to be home in my bed) But it was wonderful to be in a predominantly French speaking city! I wish I could've stayed longer I was enjoying using my French skills and seeing all of the French culture! We saw many sights, had many nice dinners provided by vendors, went to parties, hung out near the University, saw the Basilica du Notre Dame, which was absolutely beautiful- such so that it made me cry. (it was where Celine Dion got married). Anyway, I'm glad to be back and now my mom is visiting and I'm hoping that I'll get over this head cold really soon! My favorite drink at one of the Bistros: it's called a choco-coeur

At the Haemonetics party- stilt walker

My knight in shining armor? ha

Desserts at a cafe (yes, I had to get one!)

The altar at the Basilica- it was hard to get a good picture because it was pretty dark

Outside of the Basilica at night


One night in the mall near our hotel with Melinda, Francis, Michael, and Dr. Jesse

I have plenty more pictures but they would take too long to post- but I definitely want to go back and visit without having to go for work reasons one day! :-)