This weekend was alot of fun. Mom came up to get me on Friday around 6:30pm with her friend Robert from school. We went to this really neat restaurant around the corner from moms. I got chicken Pad thai and mom got vietnemese noodles in some kind of sauce I can't remember (or pronounce correctly). There was lots of each, so we just shared. Friday I got up around 7:30am with mom and talked to her while she got ready for work. After she left I had some coffee and got ready myself. It was to early to go to any stores, so I took Gizmo for a walk. Later in the morning I decided to go to Giant Tiger. I had bought a pair of black capris at the one in oromoncto and they are really comfy, I was hoping to get another pair in brown. I got there and they didn't have my size in the brown and all the other capris that I tried were to small, but when I went up a size they were way to big. So I decided not to get anything, but on my way out I noticed some mosquito coil things, so I decided to pick them up. While standing in line I was pleasantly surprised to see Susan and Cole at the counter to the right. She invited me back to her place to hang out while we were waiting for mom. First we went to moms and picked up Gizmo though. We hung out there until mom picked us up at around 2:30pm. We got packed up, drove robert home, and realized mom and forgotten her cell phone charger. We back tracked to the apartment and got it and were on the road again. We arrived at the boarder around 5:15pm, went to the liquer store and waited to get through. We got through around 5:30ish and started trying to find pleasant lake. We asked at the Irving, searched and couldn't find, asked some people along the road, went back to the Irving and bought a map, searched some more-followed the stupid map (we later discovered pleasant lake wasn't even on the map-but we had been driving to pleasant river lake-American's aren't very original in the naming of things), drove some more (it was getting dark and very foggy by this point), we pulled over at the next rest stop and mom said she wasn't driving any more. The restaurant and store att he rest stop were closed, but I could see some doors along the side of the building and heard mens voices coming from one of the doors. I went up to the door and knocked. An older guy opened the curtain and gave me a look and then opened the door for me. I told them we were lost, they took out some really good maps and showd me exactly where we were supposed to go. Mom came to the door and asked if they knew if any other rooms were available and another guy took her over to the owner's house to get a room. Shortly after mom and the owner were back and we had a room. It was sheer luck that we pulled over at a motel/camping ground. We were up early Saturday and got some breakfast at the restaurant and headed out. We had been on the correct road Friday night, but had taken a right instead of a left. We arrived at the lake shortly after 10am and Cole was in the water right away. There were two big dogs on both sides of the trailer, they were nice and Gizmo got along with them. We had a nice day sitting around on the deck talking. After getting to the trailer, we didn't want to leave until we were heading home, so we ended up eating some hot dogs and beans for supper, (the hot dogs were in the freezer, we had brewad and the can of beans was there as well), later I had some toast. I was able to get the guy next door to make us some coffee later as well. The trailers to the left and right of us partied and shouted probably well past 2am, but we managed to get to sleep after laying there. Sunday we were up bright and early again, Cole is alittle human alarm clock that goes off around 7-7:30am everyday. I haven't gotten up that early since high school! Sunday morning Susan made us all some scrambled eggs and mom made toast. We left about 2pm and arrived home around 4:30pm-it''s not a very long drive when you know where your going. Mom and I decided that it was easier for me to take the bus in the morning than drive again, I agreed. Sam had gone down to Saint John and called us later in the evening. He is coming home on Wednesday and will bring Gizmo home with him. I got home at about 11am and decided I would check my work email to see if there had been an email about home early. I called my Team manager, got the info about how to access my account and got her to sign the home early book for me. I'm just waiting to see if there is an email sent, then I can apply to not go in at all and it won't affect my stats. It would be nice to have an extra day off (and the house to myself!). Although it's 12:15pm right now, and no email yet......hmmm.......better go get ready then......