It’s a good thing we cannot see into the future. If I had known last week that everything from the CottageDaily blog, to the dog was going to break, I might have curled up into fetal position and stayed in bed until it was over.

They say bad things happen in three’s but I beg to differ. Standing there in the hot sun, watching the tall, bald, tow-truck driver with the black snake neck tattoo hook my Jeep up to the wench, I knew this was no ordinary week. In fact, loading the boat onto the trailer for the second time in less than 24 hours because it required additional repairs, I started to feel a deepening sense of doom.

‘I wasn’t expecting this,’ I thought to myself. ‘This is our only week of holidays and it is not going well.’ It would be really easy to list all the “unexpected” events that occurred over the last seven days, but I will focus instead on the positives, and share with you what I learned.

You cannot get Internet access on Horne Lake unless you have a satellite or a Blackberry. Rogers Portable Internet service does not work, no matter how many times you say, “please, please, please.”

Libraries are a good place to go for free Internet, but be warned, seniors can be very territorial where terminals are concerned.

There is an excellent veterinary hospital in Parksville. The Bellevue Veterinary Hospital is open seven days a week including holiday Mondays, just in case your dog removes her stitches before her gaping wound has healed.

BCAA is a good thing to have, especially if you don’t know how to change a flat tire, or your husband breaks a bolt while trying to change yours.

Family holidays are not actually a holiday, at least not the kind where you sleep-in, hang by the pool, enjoy spa treatments or go for nice long relaxing dinners. No, I’ve discovered they are more like a week-long marathon of running from activity to the next, usually determined by the children. Eating takes place in restaurants where you line up and everything is made of plastic including the table. Cell phones and GPS are a must for these family get-togethers.

Oh, and one final note, I would like to thank the great staff at Nanaimo Regional Hospital for the gentle care my daughter received. We were all relieved that her wrist wasn’t broken. My husband has vowed to be more careful when shutting the Jeep door.

It’s good to be home.

Cheers,

Julie

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