Family Trip: Day 7

Well, really, the trip ended at around 5am...but let's start from the top. Woke up at 4am, me having only 3 hours of sleep. Scrambled to leave the hotel at around 4:30, where I found out that I've lost yet another pencil, the ATS one that I had for years...sigh... Got to the airport at 5, sent dad away on terminal 3, sent mesister away on terminal 1, and that ended the family trip for us. I was too tired to be emotional about this sending away event, unfortunately...usually I would be crying tears (of sadness, not joy) when this happens... Anyway, went straight back to Waterloo afterwards. Logged 136.5 kilometres this time for a grand total of 1558.3 kilometres for the entire trip. Had a heavy duty clean up of my residence amidst clouded consciousness and collapsed on my bed (with a solid wood plank as base now...thanks Alan!). Woke up, went to Yen's place, Conestoga to get mom's cell working (didn't work), bought some stuffs, came back, more sleep, woke up, went to Yen's place again, came back, and that's the day.

Random notes...

• My mom keeps changing her mind on where she wants to stay, and it's really embarrassing for me to inform others on her changes...
• Another thing that this trip taught me is that I really don't need to depend on television, and only need to spend only about an hour or two on the computer...will I follow up on that now that I'm back to regular life? Highly unlikely...
• When I talked to C&O Tony a couple of weeks ago, he talked (or rather joked) about camping as being some kind of cleansing of the soul...I laughed...but now I realize, it's not so far fetched. There's this indescribable feeling in this trip that helps connected with God through nature. The lower standard in accessing technology also helped made life much simpler. Anyway, not sure what I'm getting at here.
• I'm kind of annoyed by Laura's bulldozing style...but what can I do? I'm never sure of anything.
• Still trying to figure out how to use the iPod...I'm really not a music freak, so I don't know how much use I have for it...
• I think I got sick...sigh...
• The thing with the cell phone is that apparently the cell my mom brought from Taiwan is unable to receive the frequency thingie in Canada...that felt a bit strange, but she has bought the sim card already, so yeah, going to find Ed to see if any of his extra cells work... Of course, once my mom leaves Waterloo, I'm sure she's going to ask me to use the cell...

I'm grateful to God for...

• getting Alan to put his wood plank in my room, which made quite a difference in my sleep comfort;
• giving me enough energy to drive home early in the morning;
• lots of quality sleep;
• keeping a levelled head in me while performing the awkward task of shopping with mom; and
• the beautiful weather He gave us during the entire trip.