cold season

Cold season is upon us, and the three of us have each developed different symptoms: Isaac started with a runny nose and progressed to a croaky voice, although he says his throat doesn't hurt; Curtis started with a sore throat, which he says has now been replaced by a sinus headache; and I have started with a runny nose and a bit of a sore throat together. Please pray that we will all heal quickly, as it puts a bit of a damper on our visits with friends and family here in the Fraser Valley.

That's right, we flew from the Bulkley Valley to the Fraser Valley on Wednesday morning, arriving here around 2 pm. My Mom picked us up, and we spent the rest of the day at Mom and Dad's. Yesterday Curtis and I left Isaac with his Grandma and went back to Vancouver to meet an old co-worker of Curtis' to discuss some work he's asked Curtis to do. It was good to see Gary again, and we were pleasantly surprised when another old friend, Lindsay, arrived to join us.

After saying our goodbyes there, we headed to see a photographer about some training Curtis is interested in taking next summer. Don was very nice, and gave us a tour of his studio (he even gave me a t-shirt!), as well as giving us his opinions on camera equipment that Curtis should consider buying. From there we went to Technicare (a business that provides products and services to photographers) to pick up some things that Curtis had ordered. After that we headed back to Mom and Dad's for a little rest before heading to Abbotsford. Once in Abbotsford we ran a couple of errands before we made our way to our friends' place (Dave and Tania Rempel) for dinner. We had a lovely evening with them.

Today we have nothing scheduled yet, so may just use the opportunity to relax and try to fight our cold bugs, as tomorrow we'll be having the whole extended family here for a birthday/Thanksgiving dinner.