I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Dan and I didn't get much of a long weekend like I had hoped. Friday night we went with a bunch on other young married couples to the Calgary Corn Maze. To me honest, the corn maze wasn't that great. But the company was! After that, half of us went to Tim Horton's for hot chocolate and donuts (that's where we went) and the other half went to Denny's. It was getting late, so we headed home.
Dan had to work from 10:00am - 6:00pm on Saturday. So we didn't get a chance to do much together that day. While he was away, I hung up some pictures around the house (which I am so happy I did, it looks a lot better) and I did the laundry. After Dan got off work, we met at Superstore and did some grocery shopping. Not too exciting I know..
Sunday was Thanksgiving Day. It started out with Church at 9:00am (5:30am for Dan with his early morning meetings), a couple episodes of The Office, then a Sunday afternoon nap, and finally dinner! We had dinner at Dan's Parents' house with the company of Spence and Laurie with 2 of their 3 kids, and Grandma Rees. Dinner was so delicious! We couldn't stay long because we also had to work the shift at our building that night. Bummer. This year we didn't have a dinner with my side of the family. I think things didn't really get organized because right now my parents' are out of town, well, out of the country. At the beginning of the month, they went down to General Conference, then they drove down to California to go to Disneyland where my Mom spent her birthday (Happy birthday mom!) then on their way back, they are stopping in Las Vegas. All of this was planned last minute. I think they are both enjoying the fact that my Dad is now retired. They will be coming home on the 21st. So needless to say, nothing got planned from my side of the family for Thanksgiving Dinner.
Monday morning came along and Dan worked again from 10:00am - 6:30pm. Good thing he got paid time and a half that day. While he was gone, I made Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins, and did the dishes. When Dan came home, we went to a movie with my sister Kimberly "Couples Retreat". This movie is so funny! Pretty much every scene had something funny in it! And that is how we ended our "long" weekend. It wasn't the greatest for me to spend it mostly alone, but it was still nice to get things done.
Now it is Tuesday and what a day it has been! This morning I got out of the shower and I noticed that it had snowed the night before... a lot. I left the house and I saw that 14th Street was closed. Great, now I have to take the back roads. All of the roads were so slick and there was traffic everywhere with all of the road closures! I finally made it on to 14th and started on my way, with my speedometer reading "0" most of the way. I thought I might know of a better way, so I turn early. I get a bit lost, but I see someone who might know where they are going, plus they had 4 wheel drive like me, so I thought it was my best choice to follow him. Not so much! He went down this hill, this really steep hill. He was a ways a head of me, so I assume that he got down just fine. There was a white car in front of me, and then a blue car that pulled in in front of him half way down the hill. I start to go down the hill and realize that the white car has lost control. He smashes into the blue car and keeps on sliding down the hill. Meanwhile, I am loosing control, and then I lost it. I thought for sure that the blue car would start following the white car and pull in front of me to get their insurance information, and if it I would have hit them for sure! Instead, the girl gets out of the blue car and runs on foot down the hill to the white car who has finally come to a stop. And I am still out of control. I definitely had a prayer in my heart to keep me safe and amazingly enough, I was steered straight the whole way down the hill. I didn't veer to any side like the other cars had done in front of me. I know that I was being watched over. Once I gained control again, I was shaking. I tried to go further and ended up getting caught in even more traffic. I finally decided that my safety just wasn't worth it. I was already really late for work. I called in and told them that I was going to go home and try again later. And this was an hour after I had left the house. So I went home and Dan and I watched an episode of The Office and then I tried to venture out again. I left at about 9:45am and this time, I stayed with the roads that I knew best. It took me until 11:30am to get to work, but at least I made it safe and sound. And that is what I am most thankful for this Thanksgiving season.
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