Waiting for Guests
More than a month ago (it seems), some friends in Kamloops, BC., said they would be travelling through to go to Minnesota for a 60th anniversary. They asked if they could stop for the night at my place. I assured them they could, and marked the date on my calendar. The 23rd of June.
I tried calling them on Monday and Tuesday evening last week, but had to leave a message each time. So I assumed they were on the way.
I did extra cleaning over several Saturdays to prepare for them. The Saturday just before was a busy one with the Walkathon, then the pot luck farewell for the ESL students, and the recital, etc., so I made a point of doing still more cleaning on Monday over my supper period at home. On Tuesday evening I was taking minutes at the Board meeting, but on Wednesday all day I kept expecting my friends to show up. Maybe even at the office before 5 pm.
Then I hurried home and started a supper of chicken breasts in a bed of mushroom rice, and I made a chocolate dessert, and then plunged into more cleaning. I even kept the inner door of the front porch open so I could keep an eye out for their car as they would pull up - any minute now.
About 8 pm the supper was more than ready, and I was exhausted from cleaning, so I filled my supper plate, and sat so I could watch for my friends through the door and the front porch windows.
I had expected to spend the evening visiting, so was prepared to skip one evening of working for my client’s website. However, after I had the dishes done I sat down at the computer and thought I’d see how much work I would get done before they arrived. Hopefully they had not run into any accident on the way. For sure they should have heard on the news not to take the # 1 highway as it was flooded out near Maple Creek.
By 11:30 I had put in three hours of work for the client and decided to give up and go to bed. At least I could bill for those hours, and had not lost that income time. And, hey, the pantry room that I was turning into a spare bedroom looked much better! I also had cooked chicken for another three meals ahead.
I’ve now resigned myself to it that they may have flown south and just forgot to let me know. When I hear from them, I’m sure they’ll have a great story to explain.
Hey, we’ve begun to have some sunny days after five weeks of rain, and my garden is thriving. My neighbour Joe says it has increased 3 times in size in just 3 days! Next week is the beginning of a new month and it will be time for another photo story.
We’ve got holidays coming up this week. Here in Canada Thursday is Canada Day. On Sunday the USA will made a big event out of their national, July 4th, birthday too. Some people will manage to celebrate both holidays. If you can make a long weekend of it, I hope you’ll have a wonderful, blessed time, and will be able to rejoice in the good features of your country.