Well, after 10 days in Toronto, the whole family is back home.
Christmas with the families really was great. Flying out was traumatic (flights delayed, flights cancelled, Air Canada refusing to comp a hotel so that not only was it more expensive to fly than to drive it also took longer). But the trip was great.
It was the most relaxing and fun Christmas I’ve had in quite a few years. Thanks to my family, to my fantastic wife and wonderful kids and to all the great friends we saw.
It was especially amazing to hang out with Jake, Steve and Thomas the night before we left. We stayed up way too late, but I’m really, really glad we did it all the same.
The trip back was hell (serious rain the whole way, and fog from Boston to New Brunswick (6 hours)). Slow. More than 20 hours in the car.
But, we made it. We’re home. We’re resting, cleaning, unpacking and we’re hoping to enjoy New Year’s somehow (though we aren’t sure how).
Thanks to everyone who sent cards, emails, phone messages, etc, while I was away.
Now, time to get back to being a family. I probably won’t be online much over the weekend, though I’ll try and hit the ground running Monday.
January 2nd, 2006 at 4:26 pm
Write Air Canada a letter, it almost always works. My roommate was given $500 in flight vouchers when his flight was delayed overnight.
Good to hear you made it back ok. Happy New Year.