December 23

Today, I slept in. You see, I played my final game of hockey last night and I am happy to say I went out on a high note, scoring a goal. The game was followed by a wonderful meal. Problem was: I was up from 2-4:30 digesting the meal. Oh well, I'm retired. I was up in time to get David from the airport at 11 am. After taste testing my perogies, David and I picked up Diamond Judy from RUH. As we entered our driveway, Judy said, "You don't have any visitors dropping by this afternoon, do you?" My reply was,"Absolutely not, Your Highness." There was one visitor waiting on the doorstep. Our neighbor's laying hen wandered over to our front step and laid an egg. I didn't make a fuss over the intrusion because of the cost of eggs these days. Furthermore, I like to keep peace with the neighbors because we have joint ownership of a rabbit named Jack. The next visitors dropped in at 2:30 pm. A group of four young ladies from the Saskatoon Children's Choir gave Judy a wonderful gift of songs. Kleenex time...especially when they sang Judy's all time favourite...The Irish Blessing. Thank you to Peggy and Brooklyn for the inspiration to give this gift. My job was to orchestrate the event by deception and secrecy. Judy also got to spend some time resting and some time decorating Christmas cookies with Haley and Mary. David and I returned Judy to the hospital in time for the Flash Mob in the Atrium. Of course, Judy was ready for a snooze after an eventful afternoon of singing angels, mobbing, and prank chickens. She says she still loves me in spite of my deceitful ways. Her day was wonderful and so was mine.