It's the end of May, how on earth did that happen! A lot has happened since I last checked in, it's been a pretty eventful month for us! I had a nice Mother's Day with the family on the 10th, we went out for dinner at McMenamins which was lovely. I did not get to shower in my new shower on Mother's Day, sooo close but not quite. We did pull up all the plastic that had been on the carpet and stairs that allowed the workers to just come in with their shoes on. I insisted that I was done with it and the rest of the workers that still needed to come in could put those booty things on their feet. At least my house didn't feel like a construction zone anymore!
The plumber came on Monday to get the fixtures put in, yay! Tuesday the insulation guys came to blow new insulation into our attic (a while-we're-at-it add on) so I wasn't able to shower until after they left:-/. It was so nice to finally use the shower! I did discover that the pressure wasn't too great on my new shower head, but Brian came to the rescue a few days later and took out the low-flow valve (don't tell the city - it's better but it's not like it's coming out like a fire hose or anything so I think the environment will survive).
Wednesday of that week was an eventful day - and not in a good way unfortunately. Lynsey got in a fender bender with the Civic on her way to work in the morning :-(. Thankfully everyone was okay, and the damage to the other car appeared to be minimal and she was able to drive away after a little while. The Civic, unfortunately, did not survive the incident. We had to have it towed to our place while we figured out what to do with it. The other lady involved did end up filing a claim since she went to the emergency room for her neck, so Lynsey will have a claim on her insurance. Not the greatest, but it's not the end of the world. We had liability only coverage so we don't get anything for the Civic (although insurance did cover the towing to our place which was a nice surprise) so we are going to donate it to Habitat for Humanity and see what they can get for it at auction and we get the tax receipt. I'm quite curious what someone will pay for a Civic that still runs but the front bumper and hood will need to be replaced, and I think Brian said the radiator is toast as well. They will come and get it next week so I guess we'll find out soon enough!
This brought us down to two cars, so my plan to drive and park at the airport for my Friday morning flight to Alberta for Gert's wedding was put into question. Lynsey actually drove me and picked me up so it worked out, they were able to have the two cars to use while I was gone and we saved parking costs:-). The wedding weekend was a lot of fun! I stayed at Mary's house and there was lots of visiting time with family and the wedding was beautiful. The Friday evening shower was a lot of fun as well, really happy I made the trip! The food at the wedding was top notch, all gluten and dairy free which is impressive for how good everything was. Monday morning Mary drove me into the city because she was picking up Dave and a bunch of students that were flying in from being on a missions trip. I originally was going to meet Larissa for lunch, but she ended up getting really sick so had to cancel so Mark picked me up and I hung out with Mark and Frances for the afternoon. Then I took a Lyft back to the airport and my journey home began! I had practice that night so Lynsey picked me up, I quickly went home and changed and off I went to practice. Thankfully Leli was leading it so I just had to show up. All in all a great trip!
Last week I was focused on getting another car for Lynsey (and eventually for Nathan) to use this summer. We all knew this day was coming, the Civic wasn't going to last forever, but I was not excited about going car shopping along with everything else we have going on right now with the bathroom and everything. Lynsey and I went to a few dealerships on Thursday and found a few promising cars, and the plan was that on Friday after work, Brian would join us and we would go back to the dealerships and see what he thought. Well, I was picking Lynsey up from work with Brian's car and we were almost home, like a block away, when Lynsey heard a popping sound and there were all kinds of lights on the dashboard about tire pressure:-l. We were so close to home that I slowed right down and we pulled onto the driveway. Sure enough, a completely flat back drivers side tire. Sure, why not! Brian's car does not have a spare tire, and when Brian found the problem he learned that it was like a tear - this would not be a patch job, but a new tire was needed:-(. Thankfully we have roadside assistance so for the second time in 10 days, a tow truck was needed for the Kroeker cars. I was half expecting something to happen to the van, I mean come on! They towed the car to the BMW dealership and they had that tire in stock so the car was going to be ready the next day, hurray!
Our plan to go car shopping that night was in peril, but we decided we could still do it. We got some McDonalds takeout and then the three of us went to the Subaru dealer where we had found a 2015 Mazda 6 that Lynsey really liked the day before. Brian drove it, thought it seemed fine (what do we know anyway!), looked at the carfax report which looked good . . . decided to go ahead and negotiate on it to buy it. We (and by we I mean me, I am the negotiator in this marriage lol) were able to get the car for a decent price and off we went home with our new car! We will see how it holds up for us!
The next morning we were able to pick up Brian's car after the gym and I was still able to drive myself to my last tournament of the year (we were down to one car the night before so I thought I might have to get my junior coach to pick me up!). The first tournament day was a bit rough, we had really good teams in our pool so we didn't get a win. Sunday was much better, we ended up going 2-1 which was a great result for us! Monday, my biggest goal was for us to win one game. We had not won a game in bracket play all year, and this time we were not in the bottom bracket either. It was a big task, but the girls did it! Super proud of them! Unfortunately our second game was against a good team that we had played on the first day, so we were not able to get that second win. Still a great result and I'm so happy we finished the season on a high note!
This past week I had my last practice with my team on Tuesday, bittersweet for sure. The parents played against the girls and it was a lot of fun - great way to end the year! It was a year of ups and downs and I'm definitely ready to be done, but I was a bit sad. It's always hard to say goodbye, I'll miss these girls even though they definitely drove me nuts sometimes! I'm not sure what age group I'll coach next year, it is possible I will coach this same group next year in 15s but we will see. It will be nice to have more free time now! Thursday we finally got our shower glass installed, the bathrooms as officially done! The only thing left now is to put shelves in the linen closet in the kids bathroom, not urgent. To say that I was ready to say close this chapter is an understatement! Today we put away all the extra tile and other materials, I'm calling it done:-D.
