An adventure

Today was an adventure.  Our lives are so boring that we have to create our own adventures, so today we went to Neepawa.  We wanted lots of time, just in case the car gave us trouble.  We stopped at Tim's in Winnipeg, Headingly Huskie, and Tim's in Portage--All in an attempt to deal with my diuretics.  I ration myself to one Tim's French Vanilla Cappucino every second day, but now I'm up to next Saturday already.

Despite our well laid plans we found ourselves a half hour out of Neepawa and over an hour ahead of schedule, so we went off to find Plumas MB.  Found it. And made it to Viscount right on time. 

I hadn't even opened the box that contained the show, but as promised everything was there.  The show went together fairly quickly, even with an hour off for lunch with Cathy.  Lunch was a little disappointing, and Cathy, Rrain and David all had words with the waitress, who argued quite strongly that there was nothing wrong with the lunch and that hamburgers and quesadillas were supposed to be cooked black and crispy.
But the company was great.  David and I talked about how long it had been since we had seen Rrain, and figured out that it must have been as she was leaving Winnipeg to live in Toronto.  I was so taken by how energetic and cheerful she was today, probably because when I did see her last, she was sick as a dog and not looking all that good. Well done, Rrain!  You seem happy--a blessing.

So we got home in good time, just at the end of rush hour, which has  a  new meaning when you're driving at 110 on the North Perimeter.  And the house was cold--not unexpected when we had left the thermostat at 63 this morning.  However, the inside temperature is now  57, and the furnace is not coming on!  So a call to the gas company, and a very nice service lady replaced a hose and got us back in business.  Turned out to be the same hose that was replaced in the fall.  They don't carry the right size for our furnace, so we have to find a solution to the problem asap, but can't really do anything during winter.

But now we have had supper, and the house is warm.  I'm grateful for family, and service ladies.