Up really early today to make the trek out again downtown to meet my aunt and uncle and deliver some curling tickets to the Canada vs Swiss and China vs Sweden semi final game at 9am.
Aunty and Uncle are travelling over the ferry from Nanaimo to Tswaassen then bussing from their to Bridgeport on the Canada Line and I will meet them at King Edward station. I was a little early arriving at the station around 7:30am so I just waited on the bench for them to arrive. As I head up to go to the bathroom I notice the scalpers congregating outside the station so I ask what they are selling single tickets for and they said $100 which is the face value so I decide that once Aunty and Uncle arrive I will just buy a single ticket for myself to catch the game - and I'm glad I did.
They arrived about 8:30 which didnt give us much time to get to the venue and pass through security before the event started. We stood in the line to pass through the security and we only missed the first end which wasnt that bad actually. We are sitting in the same section I'm just up a little higher than them but good seats as we are behind the house.
What a great curling game. Bernard had to make a great shot on her last one to try to limit the Swiss skip to getting just 2 points and forcing an extra end as Swiss had the hammer but on the Swiss last shot she wasnt able to hold her shooter and it spilled out of the house picking up only 1 point and giving Canada the game and a shot at the gold medal tomorrow.
After the event I went with them downtown to get some lunch and see the Olympic caulderon. I was also supposed to meet up with Ron Brinnen and his wife Pat sometime today. It just so happened that as we came up the escalator at City Centre station they were standing waiting at the top of the escalator so the 5 of us went for lunch at a great sushi place called Oisye Oisye. I was a little turned around on my directions and finally stopped into a hotel and asked the concierge for help and got the right address for the restaurant. A point that Ron was quick to give me a rough time about but I would expect nothing less from him. It was wonderful to see them. So after a short walk through downtown we enjoyed a Japanese lunch and had a great conversation about what's been going on. It was great to see them and I had a wonderful time. (Thank you guys for coming over and thanks for lunch)
After lunch I took Aunty and Uncle down to the flame and we took some photos. We wandered our way back to the skytrain and I directed them to the Canada Line and I jumped on the Expo Line and headed back to Teds hopefully in time to watch the Canadian women win gold in hockey.
I am sick and tired of riding the SkyTrain. I much prefer my 2 minute commute from my house to work in Armstrong. Sometimes my commute at home takes three minutes if there is a slow moving tractor in front of me!!!!
I am really excited for tomorrow as I am starting to get a little homesick and am really missing my wife and kids. Three weeks is the longest I have ever been away. I go away for 3-4 days at a time sometime with City business but never this long without them and it is really starting to get to me - so tomorrow that ends as Tami and the girls are driving down on Friday. We have a day in town then head to Seattle on Sunday with my brother Kody and his family then jump on a plane to Mexico for 12 days - YEEE HAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
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