Day 208............Two hours and twenty minutes to get to the Mall

Day 208............Two hours and twenty minutes to get to the Mall

3 Girls and 4 Suitcases.


Another busy day yesterday which began with a lovely visit from baby Noah and his daddy Jason. Jason and my nieces are second cousins and it was nice for the girls to meet his son and get some nice cuddles. Unfortunately, Noah had given Marie a sleepless night so she stayed at home for a nap but perhaps we will manage to sneak in a visit with her before Monday. The way the time is marching in, it may not happen though.
After Jason left, the girls and I (except Ali, who was at school) set off for Andrews second place of employment which is the Vans store in a huge mall North of Toronto. Google map told me it would take approx 1.5 hours and we were prepared for that. It was rainy but was supposed to be mild so we didn't put on loads of layers because we shouldn't have spent much time outdoors.
Unfortunately, when I was writing down directions, I missed I sidenote that said that the bus 165 which we were to take, had a D on the end of it, And so I led the girls onto the second bus of the journey, a 165. After it turned off the road I was expecting it to stay on till our stop, I went and asked the driver if we were on the right bus and got a definite NOPE. We should have been on the bus that had come right behind hers and, despite the fact she cut short her break to screech us along the road to try to catch the correct bus, we missed it and had to wait for thirty five minutes for the next one. The kind bus driver of the next bus that came along told us to hop on and she would take us to the next stop which had a shelter-nice lady.
The girls, especially wee Em, were frozen by the time we eventually got to the mall after having to wait on what should have been our third but was actually our fourth bus, for twenty minutes.
The mall was nice and warm but it had been a long 2 hours and twenty minutes to get there.
Food first, to get warmed up and then some shopping, including that visit to see Andrew and get the girls some Vans. I was going to buy Holly a pair for her birthday but Andrew very generously bought his cousins a pair each. Now I will have to think of another birthday present but her birthday isn't till the end of May.
We headed home on an express bus that took us to the subway station rather than standing sround waiting for bus connections. That bus only runs during peak times (which is why we didn't take it on the way there) and is slightly longer than the three buses but it was so mucch better to be warm and cosy all the way home.
Getting home, just in front of Alison, I began preparing dinner of baked potatoes. My microwave is very slow and the potatoes were very large and so it was almost seven before we ate but it was worth the wait.....I think.

During dinner, I discovered that the bundle of stuff on the bottom of the stairs was actually the mail and not stuff from Alisons schoolback as I had presumed. I was absolutely chuffed to find a goodie parcel from my friend Louise, which I ripped open in happy anticipation. The packet of Mars bars was intantly shared (kind, I am) and the girls woolfed them down. I love everything that was in the parcel-see photo. Her daughter Niamh made me a beautiful bracelet.
There was lots of relaxing after dinner before we finally settled to watch our movie-Maid in Manhatten. Poor wee Em had a sore tummy and went to bed before it was done. Jen had had a similar stomach at the mall so I am not sure what that was all about. Perhaps it was to do with them both having cold feet whilst waiting for the bus? Who knows but they are both fine today.
And that is a wrap for ednesday.
Much Love,
Lxx