Time Flies....

Well, that seems to be my new mantra.. "time flies". I think its one of those sayings that I have always brushed off as banter in the same way that we say "How are you?", "I'm fine". But lately, I am starting to see the depth of this statement. On a basic level, I can't believe it's been almost 3 months since I have written here, but on a deeper level, I am starting to realize that the older I get, the faster time seems to go. When I was young I used to dread long days in classes, and long work days that never seemed to end, but lately I find the hours in a day, the days in the week, and even the months seem to fly by. I am really trying to enjoy the present as I realize that the kids are growing fast and are now at an age where they have their own lives, their own agendas and their own priorities. All part of the natural process, but disconcerting nonetheless.

Ok, enough philosophizing. Here is my take on the last 3 months. The summer was a blur, with Dan gone to cadet camp for 6 weeks and Vicki babysitting and volunteering at camp seggie for much of the summer. Overall, it was a quiet summer with Cheryl and I having a lot of time with just the 2 of us. The cottage with Mark & Cathy, Rob & Andrea was fun, but a little different this year. It's great having friends to travel and hang with, but it is tough that our kids are not the same age. I'm thinking that maybe next summer we will look at taking a family vacation of our own so that we can do older kid things with our kids such as hiking and kayaking. Very interested in heading up to Fundy sometime. The cottage was great this year though, with a great games room in the basement with a pool table, ping pong table and dart board. We took Vicki on a pontoon boat ride for her birthday and went to Oak Lawn zoo. What a great value for the money at Oak Lawn Zoo. We also attended both Paul & Alanna, and Greg & Karen's weddings. It was a good trip, but very busy. In retrospect, bookending the trip with the 2 weddings was an awful lot to try to cram in to one big trip. We were exhausted when we landed home, travelling home in a major thunderstorm.

So the school year has started back up and things are busy here, including our new exchange student Sam. He is a very social guy and he and Dan seem to be getting along great as they are both interested in drama and improv. So far we have taken Sam to Green Gables House, Basin Head, Popalopalots improv comedy, and we have plans to attend a few more events. He is here until November 30th and it is hard to believe his time is almost half gone. Again, time flies. Andrew has decided not to go back to UPEI, but instead to work for a year and head to Holland College next fall for a computer networking technology course. I hope all works out for him, but I am nervous that he will squander this year as he is not into any activities outside of the house. Vicki is back into bluephins swimming and is doing well as she has been bumped up to TAG this year. Dan is into cadets, and is trying for his glider's licence. He will also be heading to Quebec for 3 months in February. Should be a quiet winter for us.