I was asleep before my head hit the pillow but woke up when Rob and Ellis went to bed a while later, but it didn't take me long to nod back off. It was so hot in the room though!
During the night Oscar came in and snuggled into the middle. I literally "slept" on the edge of the bed with no covers. I'm looking forward to being back in my bed tomorrow night.
This morning I am feeling battered. Bruises galore and achy body but I had fun doing it, surfing that is you pervs.🤨
As I suspected it was a very lazy morning with Ellis only getting up at about 11:30am. I'm happy for him to sleep in for now but once we're home I'm going to start getting him up earlier and see if we can shift his body clock a bit. He isn't looking forward to going back to school he announced this morning. He is kept so busy with school, school work, club fixtures, homework, school fixtures, guitar lesson and now being part of the Bristol Bears Academy, he's worried he won't have any time to play Xbox with his friends like he's being doing for the last 6 months! It's going to be a huge adjustment for him, and although Leo is starting at a new school this year, I feel more concerned for Ellis right now. He has had a long time off, going back to a different environment and being so busy, it does take its toll. I'll be trying to keep an eye on him. Leo will be fine as in the same boat as lots of others and has been back to school in the last few months so is aware of the changes, same for Oscar really.
Back to holiday. The weather is pretty pants. It's definitely got cooler and the wind is still really strong and is going to stay that way until late into the night.
This morning Rob and I played a game of Pointless. Rob loves the TV programme and during lockdown has watched it quite a bit. He won lots of rounds but when it came to the End Game round, I won it! 😄 A rematch will be had later on.
The dreaded packing needs to start again but I don't want to. It's always easier packing up from holiday and I usually find it much easier putting it away the other end too. I've done some washing this week so not much to wash when we get back and I've got a food shop delivery for the afternoon. We have to be out by 9am tomorrow! I don't know how we're going to do it but I do know we all need to be completely packed up tonight and not leave it to the morning as I think I'll have at least 2 zombies on my hands.
We went out for a little walk, well actually I dragged everyone out for an uneventful walk around Newquay town centre. It was gross, too many people and our route just took us through a housing estate. It was good to get the boys out to burn off a bit of energy though and Oscar and Ellis had a hot sausage roll from one of the vendors.
I didn't know that the house on top of the island where there is a little bridge is actually a holiday home. It looks lovely inside and is quite booked up until November! You can view it here.
We went back to the house via Sainsbury's and then after a quick fuel stop Rob dropped me, Leo and Oscar off at Fistral beach so they could have their last go in the sea for a while. It was very windy and cold. The waves were huge and the lifeguards were constantly blowing their whistles and shouting at people to move over. I wouldn't want their job today, looked very tricky as the waves were so big. The boys were really good though, staying shallow and together. I didn't like that they were so far away from me but I kept an eye on them and they were very sensible. We didn't stay long.
I packed in the evening and Rob and Ellis watched the rugby. The other 2 just did their usual gaming. They really do get on so well together, hardly ever argue or fight and work well as a team. They have a lush relationship.
I'm still watching The Fall. It's good and I just want to get to the end now. I told my parents about it and they must have binge watched it as they've finished it already! That's 18 hours they have watched so quickly! They enjoyed it though which was good.
Gone 10pm and I need to get the kids to bed and I'm going to bed early too as I need to be up early and I'm not feeling 100%.
Where they to? 21st August Montreal
Motivation is something that we are finding is in very short supply at the moment. The lack of new things to do is proving to be the biggest drain and Mush is finding that she is missing home - especially her cat and even, to a small extent, her job. We are both taking comfort in what lies ahead. I am looking forward with enormous anticipation to our canoeing trek on the weekend - the likes of which we've never come close to experiencing before, and Mush is excitedly awaiting the arrival of our first familiar face since we left England - her friend Zoe who is joining us for 4 nights in New York.
Meanwhile, we've got to find ways to stimulate our bodies and minds where we are and, in Montreal, that means spending another 4 hours in the bookshop followed by climbing the hill we mentioned that overlooks the city. I used the time in the bookshop to read ahead about the national parks in the US and Mush, rather ominously, spent about 2 hours reading books about pregnancy. No, Mums, we don't have any announcements to make but I'm being extra vigilant when Mush's pill alarm goes off at 7AM local-time to make sure that no crafty shenanigans are taking place. I may have to withdraw her marriage benefits altogether if she revisits the bookshop tomorrow and I catch her reading about magic-tricks and sleight-of-hand.
Mont-Royal, as the hill is known, was a wonderful oasis of nature which reminded us a little of Stanley Park in Vancouver. Unfortunately, some of the trails are closed for maintenance so, what should have been a 2km walk to the summit turned into a round-trip in excess of 10km. There are a few things to see on the way which help break it up a bit and the view of the city and the St Lawrence river from the top, where we could just about make out our room, was just reward for our efforts.
Mush walked the last few hundred yards back to the hotel without me as I decided to check our emails and I have found a neat spot just outside a coffee shop where I can get wireless broadband for free on my little palmtop gadget, provided that I stand at the right angle and don't move too much. The drawback to this is that passers-by are free to nose over my shoulder and try to see what I am doing. Most of them just shuffle off when I give them my best 'what do you think you are looking at' glance but making eye-contact with one particular fellow proved to be something of a mistake. It turned out that his name was Jerry and he was homeless. He proceeded to give me his whole life story, occasionally dropping in that he'd be most upset if I gave him a dollar as he was celebrating his first night off the streets. I never managed to figure out if he really meant it or not when he said that he didn't want any money. Amongst other things, he told me that he used to be a frustrated antiques dealer and would have loved to have plied his trade in England where 'you guys have a whole lot more old stuff than we do over here' and that he has a vocal range of 4 octaves which, if memory serves, puts him in the same league as Mariah Carey - no mean feat. After catching up on the news back home (it's amazing how quickly you get out of touch - I've only just found out that Robin Cook's dead), I walked off into the drizzling evening, hugging the edges of the buildings for shelter and listening to my new-found friend fading into the distance as he performed a rendition of What's Up by 4 Non Blondes. 4 octaves, he said. My advice to him would be to try a different one.
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