Regardless, that couch will never be the same. Ha!
An adventure from the east coast to the west coast to the east coast was completed successfully. We arrived out west almost 36 hours later than we expected. This was due to leaving much later on the first day than we should have and then by being held up by a horrible accident in northern Ontario that closed the highway for 4-5 hours. We were just a few minutes behind the car involved and were only about 150 yards from the scene. Five hours of watching officials recover bodies from wreckage left us weary and demoralized; all we could do was sit there and feel bad for those involved and their families and think about how lucky we were that we weren't involved.
I had a grand total of 12 hours to spend in Edmonton, of which cursed U-Haul took up 2.5... I guess it could have been worse. I got a quick drive around to see the places I knew and remembered. Following that, I got to have dinner and SmartCar driving with a friend. We celebrated the 29th anniversary of Elvis' death by ordering Peanut Butter and Banana sandwiches, with sliced tofu (and I splurged and got a fruit cup... I think Elvis skipped the fruit cups in the later years... heehee!)
I then went to the airport and got there nearly 3 hours early, as I misread my itinerary(even though I looked at it three times... pesky exhaustion...) and it was suggested I be two hours early for security reasons. Funny enough, to get from the entrance through security took me less than ten minutes. Thank fuck I brought a book. I called sexy halifax boi and chatted until my phone died, but otherwise I read and stared out the window at planes for the three hours.
The flight was ok. Westjet has these great little TV screens in their seats, so normally I'd be thrilled. Unfortunately, the off button on mine was fucked up, so I spent the whole flight with a super bright TV shining in my face. Needless to say, I didn't sleep a wink. Thankfully, there was a strong tailwind, and we got the flight overwith in 4 hours 10 minutes. Not bad to get across something that took me 5 days to drive... oy.
And now I'm finishing my last day with the old employer and preparing to start Monday with a brand new one. And holy cow do I need to catch up on sleep.
