Sadly, I am not writing to announce that our bathrooms are finished and we are fully enjoying them - yet. After the plumber and electrician came to finish up their parts this past week, inspections went off without a hitch and up next was drywall. Our contractor is doing the drywall work on his own and I am seeing the downside to this already:-/. It's a bit slower than I would like - we are ready to be done with this project! He is almost done putting up the boards so next week is all about mudding and taping and texture. I told him I was hoping to paint on the weekend, but he is not optimistic that it will be ready for paint by then, ugh. I am thinking about asking him if I can be his assistant for the week to speed things along but I don't want to offend him haha. So far we have been happy enough with the work he is doing so I suppose we should just let him plod along, but the date that Lynsey is coming home is fast approaching and it is looking less and less likely that even the closet will be ready enough for us to take all the shelves out of her room to put in there. I'm sure we will survive, things are moving forward. One day this will feel like nothing but a blip in time! It's exciting to see the drywall go up and the rooms taking shape, it will be a very nice improvement and worth all of this hassle!
Nathan and I took a trip to Edmonton last weekend! For Christmas I had bought the kids tickets to a game at Rogers Place (I was of course going as well:-D) so Nathan and I flew up early Saturday morning, got our rental car, and headed to the dorm to pick up Lynsey. We got some lunch and headed to the hotel to hang out for a bit, had a nice big hotel room which was lovely. We had a nice dinner at Sorrentinos and off we went to Rogers Place. Lynsey was the only one of the three of us that had seen a game there funny enough, it was a fun time! The Oilers didn't have it unfortunately and lost quite badly, but we were able to see some nice plays and thankfully at least one goal by Bouch. Always better to witness a win but it was still a great time:-). We were able to walk back to the hotel after, glad we had a close hotel!
The next morning was Easter Sunday and I took the kids to the Sugarbowl for a delicious brunch. Nathan wanted to go shopping at West Edmonton Mall so we went there for several hours, it had been years since I had been there. Both kids found some clothes they liked which was nice, had some Yogen Fruz (blast from the past!), even saw the sea lions for a bit. Hung out at the hotel and then picked up Lynsey's friends August and Emerson to take them to Moxies for dinner. They seem like really nice girls! I'm happy Lynsey has found some good friends there, they seem to genuinely care about her and are a nice balance for her (they all have pretty different personalities!).
We got breakfast at McDonalds the next morning before bringing Lynsey back to the dorm and heading to the airport. It was short and sweet, but well worth it! Nathan and I tried out the light rail to come home from the airport, it was a bit slow but not a bad option to come back to Redmond. I can't help but feel like it could be faster, it stopped at some stops for several minutes and I didn't understand why. Let's goooooo! Anyway, it was a lot cheaper than an Uber and we weren't in a huge rush to get home on a Monday afternoon so it was all fine.
Brian and I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary on Friday! I can't believe it's been that long, soon we will have been together for more years of our lives than we haven't been. Marriage is definitely not the easiest path but worth it!
Adam has been struggling lately. Very repetitive again, which is unfortunate because he did go through such a long period of no repetition. I am hoping this next week off of school will help him settle his anxiety. He is also not a fan of the bathrooms not being done, so that's not helping things. Lynsey coming home will hopefully also help him, that is only 2 weeks away now. Hopefully he gets regulated soon!
