Day 45....a lovely one spent with Ali'

Day 45.......a lovely one spent with Ali'

3 Girls and 4 Suitcases.

I seem to have found myself back on posting for the same day, rather than the day before. It's too late at night and I'm too tired to investigate how that happened but I suppose it was somewhere amidst the turmoil this week.
Ali and I have just finished watching the first 3 episodes of Charmed and it never gets old or boring to me. Leo has just appeared and I do so love Leo. Our Netflix has been a bit temperamental and it took us ages to connect tonight but that simply allowed for us to do other stuff like laundry and affirmations for me and Harry Styles photo choosing for Ali.
We both had a long lie this morning...mine was longer than hers because her clock told her the wrong time-lol. I got up when I heard her downstairs, just before the delicious smell of toast reached me.
We headed out to the shops, after we had lunch at noonish and decided to buy a TTC day pass because we wanted to go to a different Value Village (Charity shop) and then down to the Eaton Centre (downtown mall) The pass is fab and lets up to 2 adults and 4 kids ride all day for $11. We only saved $4 but it's still a saving, right.
One of the things that I had hoped we'd do was go to a different place each weekend so today was on plan. We got off at Keele subway and took a bus North to the Value Village up on Rogers road. I have never been up in that neighbourhood before so the adventure continues.
I think the village was smaller than the one on Bloor but it felt cleaner and brighter. They were actually advertising for staff so perhaps Ali will apply but it was 45 minutes away so we may try to find her something closer. The young folk working there seemed nice though.
We didn't buy anything but we spent a nice time browsing and then we headed downtown.
The subway comes out pretty near the food court and it was 3.30 so an unplanneed snack was in order in the form of a pizza slice for Ali and a grilled cheese for me. That kept us going till our chicken pot pie at 7pm.
We didn't buy anything downtown either and headed home for around 5.30.The subway was very very busy but we managed to get a couple of seats together and I enjoyed the fact that Ali snuggles up when she's tired (at other times you'd think she was allergic to me)
I dropped her in at the house, changed into my walking togs, picked up some bags and headed down to the No frills to get some fruit and veg for the next couple of days. No Frills is actually closed on Monday for Thanksgiving-wow! So are lots of the local shops and the banks. Andrews shop is open....must ask him if he's working on Monday, when he's here for dinner tomorrow.
As I walked mindfully down Royal York Road, I was so aware of the sun shining through the trees and how easily my footsteps felt in my trainers after having had my boots on all afternoon. I decided to walk back despite the two bags of groceries and it was an even nicer walk. I noticed the different colours of leaves on the various trees and I saw 6 squirrels at the one time, in different gardens. As I walked, the darkness fell during the 24 minutes from No Frills home. That in itself is amazing.
Life is good....in fact, life is wonderful. Focusing on the things that I am grateful for, on the way home, it felt right to be here at this time. The energy in Ontario is different from the energy in Scotland, somehow. I can't explain it but I can feel it. I feel more grounded here than I do in Scotland and perhaps that's why I'm to do my writing here. Who knows....I just thought I'd write it down.
Anyways, 11.30pm and my bed is calling. It doesn't feel quite as nippy tonight and it is supposed to warm up to 20 degrees again for Monday. A wee bit more suntan before the winter cover-up, maybe.
Lots of love coming your way,
Lxxxxxx