Back home in Halifax....

It is almost three weeks since we left Mexico, to return home (unfortunately).

We did manage to get on the flight to Montreal but sadly the lady sitting adjacent to Kate suffered a heart attack. Sometime was spent by passengers and crew trying to revive her by means of CPR. The Captain then announced that we would have to make an emergency landing in new Orleans to get medical assistance. However, the lady had died by the time we landed, she was only fifty nine years old. The paramedics removed the body and we were stuck on the ground for over three hours because of customs and red tape. So we were too late getting to Montreal to make our connection and had to overnight at a hotel and flew out the next morning. Our good friends Maggie and Brian were waiting to pick us up in Halifax. They also invited us for dinner at their place that evening.

I am still in a state of depression since coming back.....nothing but rain, fog, wind and cold. Today is a heat wave, the temperature is going up to 17C.....oh boy I'll be able to remove my second pair of socks. The worst part of it all is that I am back getting physiotherapy for my aches and pains, which had completely disappeared while in Mexico. Kate is also suffering. Also the culture shock of prices. We lived in Mexico for a quarter of what it costs to live in Canada. I am seriously going to go house shopping when we go back in November.

Our friends, Barb and Wally have left to drive down to Mexico to spend the rest of their lives there. Smart move. They are the couple who came to stay with us for a week and bought a house after three days.

We are late getting in touch with everyone, we have been busy shopping for a new lap top computer and camera to replace what we had stolen , so now we can catch up with e-mails etc.

So that's it for now. I have to go now and throw another body on the fire or else wear pants under my kilt. (Perish the thought)

Jack