Last weekend

Saturday morning we slept "late". During the day we hunted down a DVD box set which seemed to be sold out in all the stores the day before. We were in luck as the first store we went into had one copy. I don't think we shopped around that much during Saturday as we had plans to go to the birthday party later. Keep in mind that driving around took quite a long time compared to Finland. It would be the same as driving from Lahti to Kouvola to pick something up and return right away. So hence while we did not do much, it took us time to do the little things. So thinking of the the day before, and all that we did then, you can imagine that on Saturday we were feeling a bit tired. 

In the evening we went to the Birthday party, where we stayed for about three hours. Just before we went there I was given a warning that the greetings might a bit more welcoming than what the normal Canadian or Finnish way of greeting is. It is good to have such a warnings so you will not be startled when someone suddenly hugs you. I do have experience of that too. Not going to describe the celebrations too much, most of the time would go describing a friend of a friend of a friend etc. When it was time for us to leave, it had started snowing. The roads were all white, with tire marks. Because of that we drove slowly back to my friends place. Her husband got worried as we had not informed yet that we were back home, so he tried to call us. Unfortunately we were still on the road at that time. We did make a pit stop at Tim Horton's which delayed us a bit more, but we did arrive safely albeit very late.

Sunday morning came on its own accord. I made some last minute changes to my bags and then we went to buy some Icewine for my sister. My sister had asked to have it as soon as I had told that I had bought some for my aunt. I did not have any room in my old luggage, so I had not bought it earlier. I had thought of buying it at the airport, but I did not want to loose it in Iceland. So now that I had bigger luggage, I was able to squeeze the bottle in, so I had to go and buy it. When we were in LCBO, the teller asked ID. She was not able to find an end date from my drivers license, so I showed my passport. At first look, she said that my passport is not valid anymore, as it is past its validity by two years. I almost laughed at her, but instead I pointed out that the date she was looking is the date it was given to me and the date next to it is the date she is looking for. Then she said that there is no end date in my drivers license unless it is the one ending in 52 (she was saying it like a joke) to which I replied "Yes, that is it".  So I almost did not get the Ice wine because the teller thought I looked younger than 25. (They check your ID if you look under 25.) 

Back home we went. After checking that I have all I need, we packed the car and off we went to find last Tim Horton's. I could not believe that I was actually leaving. My brain refused to believe it. I did not feel like I was moving or even traveling. First time ever, I did not expect and were not exited of flying. The closer to the airport we got, the funnier the idea of leaving came. We even joked that it was not me actually who was leaving but it was my friend. I was hoping for bad weather, as that would mean that the airport would be closed. I did not have such a luck. Minute by minute, hour by hour the time came closer when I had to board the plane and leave.