Closing time

Oh my god. A month and a half... This is sad but I don't really remember that last month I spent in Oakville. I mean.. Apart from the routine I had for those five and a half months, nothing had really changed. I discovered Lacrosse a bit more, attended a few of Curtis' games (which made me realize from time to time I was going to miss it)... I enjoyed Lacrosse even more than hockey. And mostly, I enjoyed the fact that our saturdays were spent in Waterloo for it. The Goddards and the Jackmans were SO fun to hang with. I miss them.

I do remember my last week though. Brian was home... The kids had practice.. Kennedy and I went to Cora's for breakfast one last time.. Everything was "for a last time"... Which had my all teared up almost everyday. Can you believe I cried so much back in January because I wanted to be home and now I was being SO emotional about leaving. All quite normal I guess. Anyhow.. We spent Easter at Nicole's parents.. Had an amazing relaxing day and delicous meal for dinner.. Then headed home to get the kids in bed. I remember Easter monday.. Kids were off school so as usual, the whole neighborhood was at the house ;) Sunny weather was also adding to the fact I was going to miss that place. Although I couldn't wait to get home, I would've liked to enjoy a bit of the summer in Oakville.. Lacrosse, warm weather, the pool, the kids off from school (No fights about early morning rises and homework) and free summer passes to Canada's wonderland for the whole summer. Of course, I can't help but think about that LAX tournament in Vancouver comming up too.. Another opportunity I could've had ;) But hey... Although it was hard saying goodbye, I wouldn't of wanted to stay any longer.. The first two weeks I was back.. I hardly thought about it.. Until I got back into pictures and read Nicole's e-mails !!

There's also that time when (I had only been back for a few days) I received a huge parcel through the mail... Nicole and Brian had wanted to give me something before I left but I was already overweight for my luggage.. So they got it delivered... Two beautiful sets of wine glasses (Same as the one's Nicole had in which we enjoyed many sips of wine!). With a heartwarming messages that brought tears to my eyes (Again)..

 "A little something to say thank-you!

We enjoyed having you and can't say enough about everything you did for our family.

We will miss you but will never forget you...

you are afterall part of our family now!

xox"

Needless to say I was touched. Crazy how you can get so close to people in such a short period of time.. Reminded me of my 2 weeks getaways at Camp Bellefeuille when I was young.. Did it for 8 years and made so many great friends every summer in only 2 weeks... Amazing.

I was taking the plane Friday, april 29th at 8am. I had to get on with Nicole when she headed to work around 6h30. So our goodbyes were made thursday night... Curtis was the first one to come say goodbye.. Brian knew it would be hard for him so gave him a hint by telling him it was bedtime and that he'd go up with him to read a storie... My precious Curtis... A 10 year old ADHD boy whom I got so close to in 5 months... The first month was alote of adaptation and not so easy but once I got him... And he got me.. SO SO easy. And fun. Such a loving and attaching boy. I didn't know how he was going to react to have to say goodbye... I thought he may not fully realize it either.. But he did... he was old enough to know and had experienced it before.. He came to me walking a bit akwardly and I could tell he was holding it in.. I reached out crying and managed to let out a short "I'm going to miss you so much"... So he burst out crying.. We stood there hugging and crying for a good minute until Kennedy said "Can I get a hug too Lyne" which had us all laughing !!

As much as we never want to say we have favorites, I think we do.. And mine was C ! But Dylan and Kennedy were definetly going to be missed too. I hugged them both and told them how I enjoyed babysitting them and made them promise to be nice to Marissa (Next nanny coming in) ! They went of to bed and Nicole and I enjoyed our last glass of wine. My laundry, luggage and cleaning was all done.. Close picked out for the next morning and ready to go..

I got up, jumped into my close, took a deep breath and look at my room one last time. "What a thrill" I thought. A quick last look at the backyard while waiting for Nicole.. We hopped in the car and as we backed up and drove down the street, I cryed again. Driving to the airport, Nicole told me again how greatful they were.. Reminded me how more than welcome Jf and I were to come visit and how I should always remember I am part of the family and have a place to stay if I am around. A hug, a kiss, a few tears and a huge Thank you (from both of us).. And that was it... I was taking that cute 1 minute feary at Porter Airport downtown Toronto... At 8:20, my heart lifted even more than the usual when we lifted off the ground of the Island and I saw Toronto and the CN tour in the early sunrise... Goodbye Toronto.. goodbye Oakville.. Goodbye Goddards.

I landed in Qc.. took a cab to the bus station.. waited a few hours and headed to Rimouski. I knew I had to leave my stuff at the Station in Rimouski if I wanted to do the few things I needed to... I had in mind I was going to get off, put my stuff in a locker.. take a cab to go to UQAR meet some friends and pick up my graduation album, get back into a cab and head to my aunt's to have supper while waiting for mama and my prince. The next day was my prom. I was excited to see them and enjoy a nice weekend like that for my comeback.

The bus was INCREDIBLY crowded and so I was sitting with an old lady who slept all along.. I couldn't even rest my head anywhere as I was sitting aisle side.. So when I started snoozing, my only option was to rest my head backwards... Which results in my neck eventually being in pain and my throat getting all dried up because my mouth just can't seem to stay closed when this happens.. Charming ! Anyhow.. I had started my period that morning (yay) so that added to the fact I wanted to get outta there.. I had nothing to take for my awesome pain I always have during that week.. Which resulted in an amazing headache and "I want to throw up" feeling... By the time we got to Trois Pistoles, I had already forgotten about my little trip to the University.. My plan was now to take a cab, get strait to my aunt's, say "Hi, but sorry i'm about to die so goodnight" (after popping pills) and lay down while praying for my boyfriend and mother to arrive to take care of me.

A few times during my cool trip, Jf texted me to tell me how excited he was.. He and my mom were leaving after his day at work (Usually around 4-5ish) so around 4:30 and texted me "leaving, will be there around 7:30. When we pulled in to the bus station, the only thing I managed to answer him was "lyer" when I saw him and my mom sitting in the car !! I had never been SO happy ! What a nice surprise. I had no idea and was thriled. JF took his friday and monday (Could't believe it.. he NEVER takes days off!!). They carried my baggage (which was beginning to make me think I wasn't going to be able to)... They got me a bottle of water.. My mom had pills.. And all of a sudden, the pain was much smaller. I was in heaven with 2 of my favorite people on earth !

When we sat down for supper, I was feeling much better. Around 9, Jf and I went out to meet with friends. The day after, we went shopping and got ready for Prom. Took pictures and had a awesome night. When we left Rimouski to head Home on sunday, I cried again.. It had been an emotional weekend... Leaving lovely people, reuniting with family and love of my life, reuniting with friends and getting all pampered up for a special event... And knowing I was back forever.

To this day, I know I will NEVER forget my experience. I say it's closing time as I will probably not write back on this blog again... Yet if I ever get the urge to remember things or share pictures or memories from these 6 months of my life, I will be back. Thank you for following my little adventure.

Love,

Lyne

P.S.: You can still follow my other little blogs. I will keep you posted when something new is up. xxoo

A whole lot of perfect :)

What has happened since my last entry ? So much. Of course the usual work routine as always which is getting better and better as I mentionned last time. But also alote of new and exciting stuff. So I went home for a few days mid-march. I took the plane march 16th and when I landed in Qc at 9pm, I had a ride with friends waiting to head to the Gaspe Coast ! I was sorry I missed out on seeing Sara Ann and precious Ayden but I had th opportunity to NOT take the bus, plus be home earlier so.. Next time hopefully ! When I walked in the door at 3:45AM in Maria, my prince was standing there in boxers waiting for moi  ♥

Of course he was about to go to work but we still managed to lay in bed and chat and cuddle for about 20 minutes. Just that felt SO good. And I knew it was going to be a good weekend. And indeed it was. That day I went for lunch at mam'zelle's with my mom. We then went for a walk. We had a lovely afternoon. Jean-François and I were receiving my brothers and father for supper that night at one of our friend's house (We were keeping his house while he was away) so I went back to prepare that. As usual, it was a nice evening. Good food, a few drinks, nice chats and alote of laughter. And of course little Edward who was getting alote of attention from uncles, grampie and auntie ! It was a great St-Patricks day  ♥ Friday morning, I got up and called my mom to see what she was up to so she came to get me and we headed over to my brother Dan's to see Edward. Sweet little thing :) He is so cute and very healthy. After, my mom and I went over to her place so I could see her renovations. She's made a excellent job redoing her kitchen. It's beautiful. She actually had a tiny bit of painting left to do so I helped her out while listening to music. When my man finished his work, he came to my moms and we went for supper in New Richmond at the Bayou and then went to see his mama for him to get his hair cut and so I could get my strikes done as I was very due ! We went back to his place, cuddled on the couch and watched a movie.

Saturday, we got up not too late and his brother came over with Allysson :) I hadn't seen her since Xmas so I was pretty amazed at how she had changed. Talks so much and is so so cute ! I was really happy to spend time with them. And of course for lunch, we ate cantine again !! When they left that afternoon, we went to the grocery store to get what we wanted for our dinner we had planed for that night. We had the house to ourselves as his parents were sleeping in a cabin at Pin Rouge. So it was a real therapy to be alone with him, enjoy good food and wine (quite a few glasses actually lol). We decied to call up 2 of our friends to come have a drink with us. I was happy to see them too (Moof and Soucy) and it was a nice fun night. They left around 11h30 so we went to bed. Sunday AM, we had brunch at my mother's with my brothers, Eloise, Edward and Jean-Marc (did I say my mom met someone ? Anyways she did lol so I am very happy, he is really nice). The food was delicous as usual. Our favorite meals at mama's have to be brunch. You wouldn't see or taste anything as good in any restaurant :) When we left there around 2pm, we stopped at grandma Sexton's for an hour so that was nice too :) Sunday night, we had supper with Jf's family. I was leaving monday morning around 5:30 we the same drive I had came with. The timing was perfect cause my flight was at 2:15 so it gave me enough time.

Now the most exciting part of the weekend I havn't mentionned yet was definitely furniture shopping :) And we did well ! We got ourselves washer/dryer, table set and spotted a couch which we decided to get afterwards, so Jf will take care of going to buy it this week. We really really got amazing deals on everything so for all we got, we didn't spend too much. And now all we talk about is how excited we are because papa made us a plan of the extension we will be putting on to the cabin and it is even better than what we expected. We are going to add about 12ft to the side (full lenght from front to back) which we had thought at first.. But we are actually going to do a second floor to that extension. So everything we wanted to add (One room, bigger living room and bigger washroom) will actually get to be bigger. The whole second floor will be our bedroom so the extension down stairs will give us a chance to have an even bigger dinning area, living room and washroom with laundry room. SO happy. Papa told us he had picked up a toilet (lol Yayy we have a toilet) and so now he called me yesterday and told me there was a nice big bathtub at Cormier's (yayy Joyel i'm plugging Jimmy) and granite sinks for the kitchen so he will pick them up for us YAY ! As for our washroom lavabo, we got a good deal on a nice one too which is one like a sort of bowl that sticks out (sort of just stands of the counter). We are so excited and SO aware of the luck we have to have people who know about this kind of stuff surrounding us (Yay for carpenters and a papa who knows his shit bahah) ! The thing is it's a nice cabin that can easily be turned into a beautiful place. And we never thought we would need all of this stuff but it turns out the bathroom pretty much needs to be redone completely because first, it is small, but also because everything in it is pretty much done.. Let's just say the 3 last people living there in last few years were all alone men.. Papa said he wouldn't even put the dog in the shower.. Yum. Can't wait to go desinfect the whole place down, fix it up and put our cute furniture in it :) So that's all the excitment that is going on in our lives now ! We cannot wait to get started ! I don't have pictures of everything but I found one of the couch. On the picture it's red but ours will actually be black.



I got back here monday afternoon (the 21th) with all that in mind and the fact that this was going to be my last run before I am done working for the Goddards. WOW ! Kennedy and Dylan are having a little phase of not standing each other but besides having to deal with them once in a while, the kids are being awesome. Curtis is just unbelievable and life is very good for him right now. So hopefully it stays that way until I leave and as long as possible ! I say it's my las run but I am actually going to make a quick trip to Rimouski for my prom saturday april 30th. And then come back for one last week. I know I should end it there because I will basically be volontering my last week with the cost of the tickets in that week.. But I had told Nicole I would finish no later than may 6th.. And no sooner. So I don't want to dissapoint her. She knows.. And she said if she can find someone who could start may 1st, that she would definetly let me go. But I didn't want to ask.. So for now, I will be finishing may 6th. But I still say it's my last run cause I will only have one week left when I come back from Rimouski that Sunday may 1st !

WANNA TALK ABOUT THE JUNOS ? HIHIHIHIHIHIHIHI !!!!

OMMAGAD ! OMG. OH MY GOD & OH MY GOT (wink wink Joyel). This past friday night (march 25th) Nicole, the kids and I were about to sit down to watch a movie when she brought it up... This is how it all went down.. A magical offer in the life of the person she couldn't of guessed would be so thrilled = MOI ! (Actually she knew lol)

"Hey Lyne... Do you have like... Like a dress up outfit or something ?

Like something... Like not fancy but.. a little... You know.. To dress up?"

"Emmm.. Ya I guess so. Not fancy fancy but... Cute I guess haha. Why?"

(I thought she had pub night with a fancy theme or something or at best, a fun job event..)

"Well my boss gave me two tickets..."

"Oh."

"...to the Juno Gala..."

"my."

"...dinner party and awards night tomorrow night."

"god."

"Hahaha. I thought so ! Yay, we are going to the Junos!!!"

When she said tickets... That was it !! I knew it. I knew what she was going to say and I wanted to cry ! I asked what she was going to wear and after showing me I thought what I had in my room was just fine. She wasn't going to over do it and was wearing a simple but beautiful dress. Which is what I had. A grey sleeveless dress. I just needed shoes (KNEW I should of kept some stuff up here when I took almost everything down home) and something to wear over it. I didn't really want to buy shoes again (yeah right..) but I wasn't going to wear my white and purple adidas kicks to go there haha. And then again I thought of it a little more... I'm fucking going to the Junos.. Lets get a whole new oufit :)

Saturday I went shopping and actually had a bit of trouble. I saw and tried out alote of cute dresses but they just weren't doing it. I liked them.. But either it was too much.. or not enough. I finally went in to Le Chateau (which I never go to) and probably tried on 20 dresses. A few were nice but once again.. Not sure of myself ! The guy helping me (or then again was he a girl, i'm not sure) was REALLY good and nice about everything. I spotted a pair of heels I liked and told him "I'm taking those for sure.. Let's work something around those". I think at first he was kind of hoping for me to go for one of those sparkly prom gowns but I told him the people I was going with were going for simple.. And that anyways it wasn't really me. Plus I mentionned my budget (which wasn't big at all) so we started looking at a different style. After about an hour in the store, this is what I walked out with : 

 A caramel t-shirt dress, a black button up long cardigan

and a wide cognac belt. With the said shoes

(or ankle boots whatever you call them) 

My night was UNFORGETTABLE ! And crazy lol. I laughed, I cried, I spent an hour with the band Karkwa, I saw amazing performances, I chatted with Kevin Parent who was VERY surprised to se me there lol, I went out to The Rolling Stone's favorite bar to play in in TO (The horseshoe), I threw up (Migraine, not alcohol)... Actually the wine or champagne may have caused it as it sometime does depending on the kind of wines... But anyways.. Happens to me sometimes and I can deal with it. Thank god I only started to feel the headache when the Junos were over ! So ya.. When I came back from the washrooms at horseshoe, Nicole's friends were gone out for a bite.. So she said let's just go home cause you're not feeling well ! I kind of felt bad but she reassured me when she said she wanted to go anyways. Then I drank a coke (Makes me burp and always help with the headaches). I walked, I had pain from the stupid heels, I froze waiting for the train,I took the train back (we had came with a cab which had cost us 70 bucks so we figured the train would be perfect and much less expensive), I froze again waiting for a stupid cab, almost got our cab stollen so decided to share (and too nice that we are, we had that cab drop us off at the nearest intersection instead of having him dropping us off home) so we walked again, swore, froze again and EFFIN LAUGHED ! Sounds painful (which it was) but by then, the fresh (or should I say freezing) air had helped my head and I was feeling much better. Plus, we were lamenting so much that it was just making us laugh ! Nicole was a little tipsy and was hillarious...

"Why the FUCK did I tell him to do that.. What was my idea.. I'm too fucking nice...

OH MY GOOOOOD, my house is so FUCKING far !!!"

(Which isn't but we were so cold and fed up, our feet were numb and the house seemed so far lol)..

Anyways we had a good laugh. It reminded me of some funny times with Sara Ann. It was a fun night with Nicole. We bonded in a different way and she was happy I enjoyed it. The award ceremony was amazingly good. I saw Neil Young and many artists I appreciated it. Plus, I discovered new ones. They honoured Deane Cameron for his excellent work and dedication to canadian and world wide music.. He did a 20 minutes speech and the whole room was just completely silent.. Completely captivated and touched by what he said. If you don't know him, google him. He is amazing. He too made me cry ! So ya... Lovely evening ! I regret not taking more pictures and videos but I had no room on my memory stick so I couldn't really. But in my mind, it's still all there and will never die. Music facinate me and makes me so happy.. Nicole couldn't of picked better. At first when she offered, I asked if she didn't want a friend or her mom to go with her but she said..

"No, I told my mom I didn't want her to come ha!ha!.. She just wouldn't appreciate it enough.

She doesn't want to come anyways. And I have lots of friends that would love to come but just

because it's the junos you know.. I want to bring someone who enjoys and appreciates music.

And I know you do. So no worries, I want YOU to come!"

Do I HAVE to tell you she was right ? :) I will never forget it.

The rest of the weekend was fun. Curtis played his last games and they won silver medal. Dylan had his end of season party last night so we went skating and had dinner with his team mates and parents and coaches. Hockey is now over and we now go on to Lacrosse. Practice tonight and try outs next week ! Brian comes home in the morning. Nicole might fly off to Florida with Kennedy (nothing less) for her Birthday which is april 4th. I hope time flies by quickly now, which I am sure will. Hope all is good with everyone. Gotta go get Kennedy from school, she is having a sleepover with her grandma tonight ;) Cute! Chat soon guys, sorry for the long long post ! Hope you enjoyed it, XX

A little earlier came a little earlier

Yes indeed, mister Edward Sexton was born this past monday, march 7th 2011. I was off work as Brian was home so I was still in bed when the phone rang and I saw it was my mother calling. I couldn't understand why she was calling me at 7:30 on my day off but I figured something was up. I was so thrilled when she told me my brother and his girlfriend had went in to the hospital around 1AM and she was in labor. She gave me all the details we had at the moment and told me she would call me back whenever she would hear more. So my day pretty much consisted of me standing by the phone. Edward came into this beautiful world of ours at 10:48AM. 2 weeks early ! I talked to my mom about 6 times that day, to my dad twice and to my brother and Eloise too. Everything went well and I now I simply can't wait to go down home and meet the sweetie pie.

It was already planned I was taking the plane this coming wednesday (the 16th) and that I was probably going to sleep in Qc at Sara Ann's and leave thursday to go home if I had a ride. If not I was going to have to take the bus. But it turns out I got a ride down home as soon as I land. I will be getting home to my prince even earlier than planned. Of course, I miss out on sending the night with Sara Ann but.. I am happy I don't have to take the bus. And I simply can't wait to see everyone down home. The nice thing is I also get a ride with the same people to come back. They just don't know yet if they will be heading back sunday or monday. But we'll see. SO excited !

My last week was very good. The kids have been behaving the usual way (which means not all the time) lol. But overall, they have been pretty good. The nice thing is when one of them misbehaves, the other two are always really nice and try to help out. Makes it alote easier. Hockey schedules are starting to be less hectic and this weekend is actually the last one for Kennedy and Dylan. Curtis will have a few practices next week and then a last little tournament and he will be done. In april they will have their tryouts for Hockey next season and then Lacrosse Tryouts. Their march break is this coming week but for me, it should be an easy one because I Brian gets home either monday night or tuesday morning and I leave wednesday after supper. Plus, the boys are signed up for Lacrosse Camp & Kennedy for Art Camp. I don't exactly if they spend their whole days there or how it works really. Nicole and I will talk about it and figure it all out sunday night. So Kennedy had a game for her little tournament today at 4. Nicole managed to get her to get a ride with a teammate so they are gone now. And she and Dylan are gone to his last game which is at 3. Curtis is over at a friends house. He had practice this morning and when he came back home, he called this friend and they decided to have a play day. So I will be picking him up around 4 to give Nicole a hand ! Her and Dylan are going to head to Kennedy's game as soon as they run out of his game (Crazy, I know lol) and then come back here I am guessing around 5:30 or 6. I still don't know what she is planning on doing tonight. I always look forward to hanging out with the Jackmans and they often ask us to come over on saturday nights. I love those people. We all get along so good and they are really simple and nice people. There kids and the Goddard's kids get along great and we always have good chats and laughs together. Great stuff. Anyhow. Maybe it will only be a movie night too, which is also fun and fine by me. 

Hope you like the new layout and changes I've made. I  like it better that way and enjoy playing with it so other changes will probably be made at some point when I get fed up or simply feel like changing the looks of it ;) 

P.S.: Did I mention how FRIGGIN excited I am to see my loverboy ! GOD. It isn't has hard as when I came back after Christmas but it has already been a month since I've seen him... Simply can't wait ! Notice how my sentence doesn't make any sense as I said "it has already been".. As if it was SO long but then again I say "already" lol.. Anyhow. It's hard but I guess I have to admit it went by fast. xoxo

A silver medal, a storm & 80 milligrammes...

Dylan's team actually won silver medal !! The last game I updated you on (which we didn't have any expectations on) turned out to be the most exciting game I've watched since I came to Oakville. The team tied Pittsburg 2-2 which meant the played against them in finals on monday afternoon. After the game, a few fathers oganized an afternoon out at a Monster trucks show for them and their boys. The whole team went there so Nicole, Kennedy and I went to the mall for the afternoon. I bought a few pieces of clothes at H&M and Banana Republic. And then I also found my Jewelry for prom at Macy's !

Ralph Lauren pearl ensemble :

   

That night, we decided to go out for dinner at Bahama Breeze. It was really good ! I had chicken/mushroom&asparagus pasta and it was DELISH ! I didn't know that restaurant but Nicole had already eaten there in Florida and said it was quite good. A nice family restaurant. We didn't stay up late saturday nor sunday. We were pretty tired with our busy days ! Monday morning was a quiet one because the boys didn't play until 3pm. I got up around 8, went down to the pub and ordered myself a breakfast sandwich and a starbucks and went back up to my room to enjoy it while having a chat with my boyfriend. Around 12, we went out to have dinner and we went to IHOP (Internationnal Home Of Pancakes). Some of us hadn't had breakfast and the kids really wanted to go there so we did ! It was alright ! I had a ham and spinach crepes which was quite tasty. Around 1, we headed to the arena so Dylan could get ready. The game was good but not as fun as the day before. They lost but still got silver :) And they were happy considering they weren't expecting it. It had started to storm a bit outside since we had came in so as soon as Dylan was off the ice and ready to go, we took the road to head to our famous NHL Penguins game ! Nicole, Brian and I couldn't believe how BAD the whole situation was...  Snow + Hills + Pittsburgh Drivers = 1:30 hour drive instead of 12 minutes. As we sat down in our benches at the Consol Energy Center, the game had started about 35 seconds ago. 2 Other families from D's team only made it for second and third periods.. :( Sad ! So we were very lucky ! The game was amazing ! 7th row behind the Goal tender and a perfect view of the whole place ! It was really impressive to see them skating and handeling the puck so well. The kids (and us) were amazed ! The game ended 1-0 for the Capitals. It was really fun to watch.

After the game, we snuck our way back into the rink section and went down to the players entrances to see if we could get to see some of them. Curtis was really hoping to see Alexander Ovechkin.. He actually saw him walking in his towel coming outta the shower lol.. But sadly, he didn't come out to see fans. He was pretty dissapointed. But his mom and dad said "That only means we will have to come see another game someday" :) As for Dylan and I, we got an autograph from the pretty talented (And pretty pretty) Jordan Staal from the Penguins. He came out as we were waiting with Curtis so we ran to the other entrance and had him sign D's Jersey and my ticket. Brian took a few pictures while he was signing D's but we didn't want to bother asking him to take pictures (even if we should've!). We kind of regretted it but anyways ! We were happy ! The drive to the hotel was just as bad as the one coming... Same time to finally make it. We came out of the arena at 11 and made it to the hotel around 1:30 AM. So that sucked !! But lets just say we slept well !! Tuesday morning, we left around 9AM and ate granola bars, fruits and whatever snacks we had for breakfast. We stopped for lunch at Arby's and finally made it home around 3pm. It was an awesome weekend and everyone was happy with it ! As for myself, I will never forget ! Especially with the amazing start I had to it, learning about my math test and finding my dress :)

Brian flew back to work that night and wednesday, we were back into the routine again. And it went great. I think it helped that over the weekend, the kids and I's relationship grew even stronger. It was nice :) Thursday was K's swim class and the friday she had school so I went shopping for my shoes and Clutch !! And I found them ! After debating it with Sara Ann, we both thouht it would be best to go with black ! So I finally did. I found my shoes at Nine West and my Clutch at Aldo's.

This weekend, I didn't do much, Nicole's mom was over for the weekend because hockey schedule was hectic but I stayed home during the day ! Saturday around 4, we went slidding with the Jackman's and had alote of fun ! We then went over to their place for dinner and came back here around 8:30. Was a nice evening :) And sunday I took it easy and watched a few shows.

Monday was a WEIRD day. I got up around 7:15 as usual and the kids were all already up. Nicole had planned on working home for the day so she was still in her Pj's and went to the computer when I came up. As usual, I offered the kids something to eat as well as Curtis' medication. But something went wrong when he said "Oupss, I forgot to tell you, mama already gave it to me"... OH MY GOD !

Needless to say Nicole and I both had a little panic attack before even thinking ! That was 80mg instead of 40. Anyways we kept him home from school because we knew he wouldn't be ok to go to school. Either he wouldn't feel good or he'd be a complete vegetable. Turns out he spent all day doing ONE thing. He built this racing track for marbles that he received last year on his birthday. He took it out at 9AM and stopped playing with it at 3PM. Nicole and I were kind of laughing because after calling health services, they reasured us and told us to simply keep an eye on him and not let him do anything too stimulating like video games or something because he could become violent or have halluscinations ! But he was just wayyyyy too concentrated. It took him about an hour to eat one grilled cheese for lunch ! Nicole would come over at times and say "He's freaking me out" lol. Anyways... Even if it was weird, it went well !!

Brian came home yesterday which mean tomorrow is my last day of work until next tuesday :) Don't know what i'll be doing yet but i'll see ! I also booked my flights to go down home for 5 days this month. I will be taking a plane with Porter wednesday march 16th at night and will try to find a ride from Qc to home so I don't have to take the bus. And then i'll tae my flight to come back monday the 21th :) And then only a little over a month to go ! Yayyy !! I'll probably come back down though because my brother's girlfriend is expecting little Edward march 21th ! So i'll have to go see him ! Plus my prom April 30th :) Who knows, maybe she'll even have him a little earlier while i'm down in march :)

Buuh-bye friends <3

Live from Pittsburgh

I am sitting in bed right now eating some yummy pineapple and watching cartoons with Curtis. I just got out of the shower, it is 8:15 and I thought I would updates you on our trip so far. It will make it easier to remember if I only have half of it to describe on my way back :)

So I got up friday morning (the 18th) around 7h30 and got dressed and ready right away. All I had to do was put my close on (already out and ready), get my face cleaned up and make my bed. After I did so, I went upstairs and helped Nicole. While she got in the shower, Brian and I got what was left ready. I made sandwiches and got fruits, juice and snacks ready for the trip. I also even managed to pass the broom and get the dishes away so we wouldn't come back to a too messy house ! By 9h15, we we're pulling out of Oakville with our TIm Hortons Coffees in hand and 3 kids plugged on Ipods, Ipad and coloring books !!

The trip went really well. The kids were nice to each other and very patient. Oakville is not much more that an hour from the border so when we crossed in Buffalo, everyone was pretty excited ! We knew we only had about 3 or 4 hours to go (Plus we were stopping to shop on our way there). We could only check in to the Hotel around 3pm anyways so we were in no rush. Our first stop was a toilet stop by the end of Buffalo (don't remember the place). Then, SHOPPING :) At the Grove City Premium Outlets place. Which is an amazing place ! I am actually pretty excited because I think we are going to stop back on our way back :) Great deals. Nicole and Brian went to the Nike store for Kids and got for 125$ = 3 pairs of shoes, 2 T-shirts, 2 pairs of shorts, laces and 3 pairs of socks. Afterwards, they were in shopping in a few places. As Nicole went into Nine West, I figured I didn't need to be tempted by pretty shoes again (not until finding my prom dress anyways) so I decided to go find BCBG to take a look for my dress. As I walked in, I saw a complete wall with a BUNCH of pretty amazing dresses ! I texted Nicole to ask how much time I had and she told me plenty so I started grabbing ! One of the girls working there was really really sweet and respectful. I told her the only thing I knew I wanted was for my dress to be short and bubbly, and that I was going for a more neutral of basic color. I had spotted a few grey dresses online that I quite liked so I grabbed them. She showed me this champagny white dress and told me "this one isn't a model from this year but we still sell so many... it fits like a glove". I left it there because I wasn't sure of the color on me and I already had 6 in hands ! I headed to the fitting room. A bunch of no's and a maybe later, I came outta there with one dress I still wasn't sure about. I walked over to my fav girl and asked her to help me out. I told her the one I had was more what I was looking for but it still wasn't giving me the wow factor !

So we went back to the front of the store. She showed me this cute little patterned dress. I told her I wasn't sure of the pattern and that I didn't want to look back on pictures later and say "what the hell was I wearing, or thinking" lol. I still took it with me because even if it was a pattern, it was black and white only so it was still simple. While looking, she came back to this one dress that she had mentionned at first. She said "I know your note sure about the color for you, but if you are not too closed on the idea of trying it, you should. I am actually pretty sure it would be nice because you have a peachy colored skin." So I added.. "Ya I guess ! And I was thinking of maybe going to the tanning salon to try to get a little tan for graduation."

"Exactly ! Just try it on for me" she said and started laughing. The price tag said the original price was 300 but it was marked as 220. I had thought about it before and figured I didn't want to spend much more than 300 overall for dress/shoes/accessories. Anyways I thought 220 wasn't too bad and it didn't matter if I went over my budget a little ! So I went into the dressing room again. Turns out I chose that one !!! Beautiful. The girl really knew what she was talking about. And I thought if she really wanted to make a big sale, she wouldn't of pushed me towards that dress. Which I really appreciated. I got to the cashier and almost feel off my feet when my total came up to 69$. HAhahahah !! I looked at her and said "How much" ?? She started laughing and said "Yap.. you heard me right!" Couldn't believe it ! As I was looking at it I was pretty sure I had saw it on someone I knew before and I was right ! Miss Catherine had it for her prom in 2009.

I was happy with it because I didn't want to spend to much, yet I wanted a pretty BCBG dress that was going to make me look cute and still stay beautiful through the years, like on pictures and stuff. I look at my high school prom pictures and am still happy with them so I want the same effect this time. I told Catherine if I looked half as beautiful as she did, I was going to be reallllllly happy ! Here are Catherine (beside the yellow dress) and Lauren Conrad rocking the said dress ;)

Now I still have to decide what I am going for as far as shoes, clutch and accessories. Something that will contrast like a red or a pink.. Or I am also thinking and liking more the idea of going for a similar neutral color.. Any advice ? I will be looking for that in the next few days :)

Anyhow, after leaving the outlets (didn't buy anything else, no time !!), we headed to Pittsburgh. On our way there I found out that I passed my math !! SO happy ! I couldn't get over it ! We checked in to the Marriot around 4. Nicole and Brian went out to get beer, wine and snacks so I stayed with Kennedy and Dylan. We went down to the pool and they swam with other kids. Curtis was in another player's room ! We have almost all the last floor to ourselves so the kids are having fun playing mini sticks in the hall way ! Dylan had a game yesterday morning (they won) but Kennedy and I stayed in bed and hung out at the hotel. We went back down to the swimming pool so I went in with her. We had the whole swimming pool to ourselves as it was 7:30 lol. We were up since 6:30. Kennedy slept with me and Curtis in the other bed. Dylan slept in our other room with Nicole and Brian. It's a very beautiful hotel. Later, we all went for lunch at Panera's (bakery where they serve nice soups, sandwiches and salads) and then went to Dylan other game. It was a tight game but I guess they usually loose agains this team so everyone was quite happy that it ended 2-2.

We came back to the Hotel around 4:30 and while Brian went down to the pool with other dads and all the kids, Nicole and I rested a little in our beds !!! I didn't sleep but just the fact to lay down for a while and relax was awesome ! We were pretty tired. For dinner, most families ordered pizza together but a few of us had had some the night before so we decided to order some chinese food (Best I ever ate) across the street. Turns out Nicole and one of the dad's had already had some and knew what was good. It's called P.F. Chang's and is amazingly tasty and good ! We all had dinner downstairs in the lobby area and spent most of the night there ! This time, Kennedy and Dylan slept on the opening couch in Nicole and Brian's room so Curtis and I had the whole other room to ourselves ! Each our big bed for the night :)

Today, Dylan plays Pittsburgh at 11 but I guess they are pretty strong so we have no expectations ! But we never know !! Besides that I don't know what will go on.. The rink we went to yesterday and are going to today has a Lacrosse store and practice box on the second floor so Brian and Curtis spent alote of time there yesterday! I am guessing they will do the same today !! :P

Pittsburgh is a really WEIRD town !! The people are nice but the way it is built.. ? It's like built on a mountain or something ! No flat surfaces what so ever ! You are either going up or down ! Worst than Gaspé lol. And it is quite old. But some of the house... Gorgeous. There are really nice places !

Anyhow, that's about it until now. Having lots of fun and enjoying every minute of it ! I'll keep you updated ASAP. :)

Liar liar pants on fire !

Why the title ? Simply because I feel a little bad about being absent for SO long. And because my last entry ended with :

"P.S.: Probably won't write until monday night or tuesday. Have a great weekend y'all <3"

Total lie. I know. It's just that when I came back from Qc, I really needed to focus on my math test that was coming up so needless to say my blog was one of the last things on my mind. Sorry. But anyhow. I'm here now aren't I ? :) So first, because I won't remember every single detail and secondly, because it would be way to long to write (and read) I'll try to do a resume of what has happened since my weekend to Quebec.

That weekend turned out to be exactly what I needed (and I knew it) because even if things were getting a bit better here, I still felt like being with someone I knew and getting away for a while. Sara Ann and I went shopping and hung out at her place during the weekend. We did some catching up and some Pep talking to each other and watched Tv a bit. And of course, we went for our routinely supper at Enzo's downtown. And for our last night together we sent Jay sleeping in the guest room and slept in her bed just like old times !!! It was really fun and therapeutic. I took the place back to Toronto with Porter and got home around 8 monday night (january 24th that is).

Coming back wasn't too bad (appart from the fact all the planes in Qc City seemed to be leaving for sunny destinations besides mine!) and the week went well. Hockey was starting to be a little less present during week nights, as it is soon ending and Lacrosse season soon starting. In fact, maybe I mentionned this before, but the boys have started monday night Lacrosse skills in Burlington to get back into it and do tryouts in April. So aside from doing my regular work routine (getting the kids off to school, cleaning, laundry, etc.) everytime I had a loose moment, I would do math. I was going pretty well. When I wasn't sure about something, I would write it down and then send it to one of my mom's friend to get explanations. I would also go online on these math websites so when I'd get fed up on doing some work in my books, I'd go online and try to step out of the routine without stoping from doing math. So much fun.. !

So anyhow, the following weekend (jan. 29th & 30th), all I did was work on my math. Monday the 31th, the kids were all off school for a PD day. I took them to Bronte Creek National Park (10 minutes away from here) and we went sleighing and skating on an outdoor rink they have. We had lunch there a the little snack bar and spent almost 3 hours having lots of fun over there. The kids really enjoyed it and so did I ! It was pretty cold out but we were well dressed :) Unfortunately, I hadn't cheked the batteries in the camera so I didn't get to take much pictures ! But here are pictures of the kids I took that day.

That week was a short one for the kids, as wednesday was a snow day. And it definetely snowed ALL day ! Nicole didn't go to work because it wasn't nice enough so everyone was home ! Curtis played outside with the neighbors almost all day. Kennedy and Dylan did also but not as much. So while they were outside, Nicole managed to get some of her work done and so did I ! It was a nice day overall ! Brian was home that week which meant I had my 4 day weekend which I was looking forward to, to get done with my math studying and do a last big look up on all I needed to know. I really regretted the way I did things that weekend because I was off for 4 days.. Then working tuesday but leaving tuesday night... and off until the next sunday. Even now, I still can't believe I didn't realize how much non sense that made... I could of taking my tuesday and have been home for much longer. I could have left wednesday night (the 26th) to go home.. Drive to Rimouski and back the day of my exam.. and then come back as planned on sunday the 13th. It would of given me 4 extra days. If I simply would of taken that one extra day off... Still can't believe it lol. But anyhow.. what's done is done and I guess all I can do about it now is laugh !

So I took the plane tuesday, february 8th around 6h30 and landed in Qc at 8 where Sara Ann picked me up. I went to bed around 10 at Sara Ann's to get back up at midnight to go take the bus to Rimouski. got in Rimouski around 5:15.. packed my big suitcase in a locker.. had breakfast at the bus station's restaurant... had a coffee... Read the paper.. and around 6:45, called a cab to head to school where I sat down at the cafeteria all morning doing math. Thankfully, one of my friends in the same situation joined me around 9 and then another one (who had already passed the test) sat down with us to do one last check up on everything. I then went out for lunch with Valerie (friend from my BAC I hadn't seen in a long time) so it took my mind off the test and we did some catching up :) I felt pretty good about the test going in but it turns out it was pretty hard once again... I cried a bit coming out just because of how uncertain I was. I still don't know how it went. But like one of my brothers was telling me.. It's the kind of thing that when you do it so many times, you just can't predict how it's gonna turn out anymore. You'll just finally get it one day but without even knowing what you did differently. The test was feb. 9th so I am guessing I will be getting the result in about 2 to 3 weeks. That's usually what it takes. What's done is done and whatever happens will happen. With the recent discussions I've had with my family and boyfriend, I just won't let this test get to me anymore. I will take it over as many times as I need to but I certainly won't let it get into my way.

So this coming spring, we will move in together and then what happens happens. We had the work talk, the baby talk, the everything we want talk.. And we are on the same page for everything and are both very happy. Plus, some things happening in the family in the past few weeks have made us realize how lucky we are to have each other,to have our families and to be happy and healthy. So like I said.. whatever happens, we will deal with it and try to not let it bring us down ! I say that but I am pretty sure if I don't get it right, I will be really desapointed and sad but... It's just normal. And like every other time, I will have everyone to make me see the bright side of things. I look back on my latest blog entries and feel so bad on how much I've complained !! It wasn't easy but it was certainly easier that other situations I could of been going through. So I am really grateful for all I have.

The kids have been really great lately so that makes it easier too. And this coming weekend is the big weekend in Pittsburgh for D's tournament. We are leaving friday morning, stopping to shop a little and then heading to Pittsburgh. His tournament starts saturday morning so we will be spending most of the weekend watching his games, following his team to meals and whatever activities they have planned and of course, some shopping ! We will be staying at the Courtyard Marriot downtown Pittsburgh !! And hopefully I might find my prom dress down there, as it is April 30th ! :) And then monday night we are attending the Pittsburgh-Washington NHL game !!! That is what we are all looking forward to the most. I have to say I am pretty spoiled by these bosses ! They don't want me to pay anything ! I am pretty excited :)

So only tomorrow left to work and then PITTSBURGH here we come :) We will only be coming back next tuesday so I certainly won't be writting before wednesday but I don't want to make any promises about my next entry lol ! So all I can say is "À la prochaine" :) And have a nice weekend <3

In need of my best friend

As aweful as my last 2 weeks were, this one has been MUCH better. Although it has been a busy week with hockey and lacrosse, it has kept me occupied and well.. Kept my mind off things. I would be lying if I was saying I wasn't still sad a little, but it can't compare to what I was feeling last week. I still miss my boyfriend like crazy but everything else finally got into place. I've been doing math everyday and it's going not too bad. And the kids have been amazing this week. Great mornings, great attitudes and great evenings too. Good listeners !

Brian came home late last night so this coming weekend is my 4 day one. Because of all the sadness I've been feeling and the wanting to get away, I'll be flying to Qc friday morning for the weekend. Sara Ann and I are both in a period where we both just need to be together so we just decided that's what was best for both of us. 4 complete days with my best friend and Ayden :) Which means tomorrow is my last day for this week so I simply CAN'T wait for it to go by so I can sleep and fly to Qc City friday, early morning. I am looking forward to having some quite and alone time with Sara Ann. Having our chats and fooling around moments. And just appreciating each others presence. I don't know yet what we'll be doing, but we'll definetely be taking it easy and trying to get some rest. I just hope tomorrow is a nice day so I can at least say my whole week went well :) Of course, all of my complaining has brought alote of kind words from close ones and I can't even say how appreciated that was. I thought I'd share a few just because they are real nice messages...

Of course, my one and only amazing, wonderful and precious boyfriend has been there with the sweetest words and THANK GOD for Skype :) And Sara Ann whom i've been texting everyday non-stop to lament and cry. But there's also beautiful Joyel and Cutie pie Catherine who've said some sweet things. And mommy :)

Coucou ma puce. Je vois que tu files un mauvais coton. 

C'est certain que ce n'est pas évident d'être aussi loin, mais tu vas y arriver et tu seras tellement fière de toi après. 

Tu fais bien de venir à Québec en fin de semaine, ça va te changer les idées.

Ensuite au début février tu vas venir pour quelques jours. As-tu penser que peut-être une fin de semaine tu pourrais

aller visiter ton oncle Eddy? Je suis certaine qu'il serait content de te recevoir et le trajet doit

quand même se faire assez facilement en autobus.  Peut-être que début mars je pourrais m'organiser pour aller une semaine,

si Bryan et Nicole sont d'accord évidemment. Je sais également que tu en as plein ton casque avec les math,

mais ça aussi tu vas y arriver.

Je te laisse et on se parle demain.  Je t'aime fort ma cocotte. xxx

 I'm glad that you are feeling a bit better though and like I told you before,

you are super strong to be doing this and it's an amazing experience.

And i'm sure moments like Kennedy saying ''Thank you for babysitting us'' makes up for the distance

between you and your loved ones. On dirait que after the holidays are over we all need

some time to recover from it because it can be exhausting...

especially when you only have a small amount of time to see everyone and want to make the most of it.

I know I came back from la Gaspésie more tired than ever and had to head back to work and

my first day off all I wanted to do was sleep.
Try to get any rest you can in the mean time and just think,

before you know it, it will be the end of January and that much closer to seeing your man! :)

Ca passe vite.

(Joyel)

Hey Gorgeous !
J'ai lu ton blog, tu devrais vrmmm pas t'en faire !

I'm sure that it must be tough but things can only get better

and it was imposssssible that your days over there would all have been wonderful.

Ça arrive des journées comme ça, et c'est pas parce que t'es à Oakville

qu'elles sont pire que celle que tu pourrais avoir par ici.

C'est une bonne pratique pour quand tu vas être une maman, des fois aussi tu vas avoir le goûts

de brailler si t'as 3 kids qui sautent partout, même que ça va p-e plus te rentrer dedans ;)

Même si t'inculques les meilleures valeures à tes enfants,

c'est des enfants donc c'est certain que c'est pas toujours la vie en rose avec eux !

You should forget this little phase, the best is still to come, don't even worry about that !
Keep showing that smile Lyne Sexton !!!
xxxxxxxxx ♥

(Catherine)

 

 

Awww... I was telling my dad you were coming to Qc and that you were feeling

a little down and he said the first time he left home,

when he went back after the holidays, he felt really down and missed home like crazy... !

He said, Next thing you know, snow will melt and spring will be here.

You'll get peppy and then you'll come home :) 

(Sara Ann)

 

 

Needless to say these really helped upgrading my mood ! Jeese, even uncle Rey was in on it !!!  I Surely hope everything continues to go as well as this week.  For now, I will simply lay my head to rest for the night and pray for a nice day with Kennedy tomorrow. Then tomorrow night will be laundry and packing time for my getaway in Qc. Can't wait !

 

P.S.: Probably won't write until monday night or tuesday. Have a great weekend y'all <3