The return
The train finally arriving:
When I took this photo, I had not yet spotted him, but he had spotted me. He is making a beeline for me, with such a sweet smile.
His new coat that he got for Christmas.
In his new pjs. He wanted to be taken in front of the hockey game. He is posing.
The 11:45 train was also late. I suspected it would be so I called at 2. I was on hold for 12 minutes (which is pretty quick for via around this time). They tell me that the wait time (for someone to answer the phone) will be long due to 'exceptional circumstances'. They have been telling me this since I started calling their phone line on Dec 22. It's not exceptional circumstances, it's a holiday. Maybe it's a time you should consider having more staff on the phones? Hmm.
So I finally get a lady to talk to and I ask her if the train is on time (2:20). She says yes, it is on time, it is due in at 2:51. That's not really 'on time'. So, I ask her what time I should go to the station. She says for 2:20. I explain that I'm picking someone up, not taking the train. She says, well, 2:35 at the latest because they might make up time. Make up time? Has she ever TAKEN the train during the holidays? They didn't make up time. The staff said 3pm when I got there at 2:30. It was very slow at disembarking because there was no baggage car on this later train, so all the people who had come in from the East all had heaps of their bags with them, which made the getting off the train slower than normal.
When James got home, the first thing he did was open Nat and Karrie's presents. He noted immediately that the 'from' on the tags had been scratched out and replaced with 'love'. (very cute guys!) His favorite present was by far the school bus. You scored whoever picked that one out. We also read the 'hockey tree' book and listened to the puff the magic dragon CD. Though James sings it "Puff the mighty dragon", which makes much more sense to a boy, don't you think.
I unpacked all the clothes and presents and things, quickly squirreling away the nerf dart guns in his toy box. I'm thinking when I get the the chance, they will be further squirreled away in the shed outside. It's not really an inside toy anyway, I don't think.
When he was in the bathroom, I could hear him singing and interesting medley of songs in sequence line by line of different songs,something like this:
Sing to the Lord
Puff the mighty dragon
Politicans, morticians...
It's not quiet here anymore!
When I took this photo, I had not yet spotted him, but he had spotted me. He is making a beeline for me, with such a sweet smile.
His new coat that he got for Christmas.
In his new pjs. He wanted to be taken in front of the hockey game. He is posing.
The 11:45 train was also late. I suspected it would be so I called at 2. I was on hold for 12 minutes (which is pretty quick for via around this time). They tell me that the wait time (for someone to answer the phone) will be long due to 'exceptional circumstances'. They have been telling me this since I started calling their phone line on Dec 22. It's not exceptional circumstances, it's a holiday. Maybe it's a time you should consider having more staff on the phones? Hmm.
So I finally get a lady to talk to and I ask her if the train is on time (2:20). She says yes, it is on time, it is due in at 2:51. That's not really 'on time'. So, I ask her what time I should go to the station. She says for 2:20. I explain that I'm picking someone up, not taking the train. She says, well, 2:35 at the latest because they might make up time. Make up time? Has she ever TAKEN the train during the holidays? They didn't make up time. The staff said 3pm when I got there at 2:30. It was very slow at disembarking because there was no baggage car on this later train, so all the people who had come in from the East all had heaps of their bags with them, which made the getting off the train slower than normal.
When James got home, the first thing he did was open Nat and Karrie's presents. He noted immediately that the 'from' on the tags had been scratched out and replaced with 'love'. (very cute guys!) His favorite present was by far the school bus. You scored whoever picked that one out. We also read the 'hockey tree' book and listened to the puff the magic dragon CD. Though James sings it "Puff the mighty dragon", which makes much more sense to a boy, don't you think.
I unpacked all the clothes and presents and things, quickly squirreling away the nerf dart guns in his toy box. I'm thinking when I get the the chance, they will be further squirreled away in the shed outside. It's not really an inside toy anyway, I don't think.
When he was in the bathroom, I could hear him singing and interesting medley of songs in sequence line by line of different songs,something like this:
Sing to the Lord
Puff the mighty dragon
Politicans, morticians...
It's not quiet here anymore!
posted by Aphra at 8:53 PM
3 Comments:
Of course nerf dart guns are for inside. So you can roll around and shoot mommy while she is cooking and perfect your aim at the wooden horses and stuff.
glad they are home safe. Myron did arrive too I presume- you didn't mention him :)
In one of the pictures, you can see him descending from the train. He prefers that I not mention him on my blog.
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