10. Part 2

Ok, where was I? Ah yes, Saturday.

Because my sister and I were going to spend Father's Day with my mom's father, we decided, with our cousins to spend the day before with our dads and take them out for dinner. So we took them to a place called Betty's, which has good fish and chips, but it is full of old people (think of K & S Cafeteria if you have ever been there, its full of God's prospects). My dad said the one time when he was eating there that someone had a heart attack. Anyways, after that, we went our separate ways and headed home to hang out with the relatives again. By the way, I paid for my sister, my dad, and I.

On Sunday, my dad and I went to Niagara-on-the-Lake and saw some really nice houses, which most of this stuff I have never seen. We past by Fort George, a British fort during the War of 1812. The area right by the fort has the old Union Jacks (just the combination of the Scottish and English flags) along with the Canadian flags in the main drag of the town. While in the area we stopped by the edge of Lake Ontario, where, on a good day, you can look across and see Toronto! The area we were at had huge blocks of stone, I guess to break down any storm surges if that was to happen. We kept along and stopped at another spot were there was sand and where Fort Niagara was clearly visible. Fort Niagara was the American fort during the War of 1812 and no wonder Fort George was bombarded by the Americans, they are so close to each other! On a side note, there was the group of really nice looking women who all had the same blue tank-tops on, they said CZECH, so i'm guessing they came from the Czech Republic. Anyways, enough of the sight-seeing and back to the relatives for a Father's Day party for my grandfather. We had some huge steaks we got from a local butcher (Stormy's) and some hot dogs. After the dinner, I put on some Max Webster songs from my laptop sense mostly everybody was a fan of them. After about an hour, the party was over and we went to help my aunt and uncle with their horses because a storm was coming. This was the last day of the trip and we had to be up by 4:30am so we can get a headstart on the drive back down. On Monday we went to the Duty Free where I bought some gfts for some friends down south and off we went.

9. My Trip To Niagara Falls (Part 1)

Well I went up to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada to see my relatives and to see some places around the area. So lets start it off shall we...

When we entered my grandparents house we greeted my grandmother and my mom woke up her dad and he was suprised to see us because he didn't know we were coming up to celebrate father's day with him. Later on we went over to my uncle's house and saw my cousin Matt and my sister and I hung out with him while my uncle took my parents to see where he works (Great Wolf Lodge). My other cousin James came home from coaching a baseball game (he's the same age as me) and had to suit up for his own baseball game. My sister and I went with him to watch his baseball game and went home afterwards to hang out with the grandparents and then to sleep.

The next day we went in the morning and got some Tim Horton's Doughnuts (the best in the world!) and my sister and I went to hang out with our cousins for part of the day. Jessica and Matt went to get breakfast and James and I went to the Great Wolf Lodge to use the waterpark with my uncles free passes. The slides in that place are sweet and it was nice to go swimming finally! After swimming we went to Harvey's to get a a quick bite to eat while talking to one of the employees who was talking weird and we think that she was either joking around for the day, possibly liked us, or just not completely right in the head. Anyways, we got back to the his house where my sister and I got picked up by my dad and we went to St. Catherines to have dinner at my aunt Colleen's house. The dinner was all automatic food (made already for you to eat by the grocery store), but it was good nonetheless. When the dinner was over my sister left with my mom and our grandparents and I went with my dad as we drove a different way back to the house whilst stopping by Canadian Tire to look around.

Part 2 will be posted either tonight or tomorrow!

8. Owner Of An Lonely Heart

Yes. But no, i'm not talking about the song.

I feel slightly alone despite being the most socially active I have been in awhile, but it might be because of what I was doing, so lets break this down:

Friday:

• Hung out with Heather (my ex) at Taco Bell till 5:30 when her dad came by, had something to eat and then we went to Buffaloe Lanes so the three of us could bowl. After that, we went back to the apartments so her dad could fix a sprinkler head and then we went to Cold Stone Creamery to have some ice cream.
• A couple of hours later, I went midnight bowling with my friend Matt. We do this every week, and its good fun when you're with friends, but after awhile you start to realize that if we had girlfriends, we wouldn't really need to go do this every week.

Saturday

• Worked for four hours to make up my time, but it became a hassle because I had to fix a garage door and I failed on my first attempt to work on an A/C by myself. Heather and I hung out again, this time we went to Wendy's and had dinner with her dad. After that we went to her grandmothers house and played some dominoes (which I haven't done since we went out) and I lost badly, as I usually did.
• While with Heather I found out from Matt that he and a friend of ours wanted to go midnight bowling, so when I got home around 10 PM, I sat and relaxed for about half an hour before being picked up by Matt and off we went. I bowled three times in two days! Just a little too much me thinks...

Sunday

• Hit the compactor in the morning, was a little backed up because nobody hit it Saturday afternoon. After that I went with my family to Sam's Club where I bought a new pair of shorts that I can hopefully use at work. Went home and watched TV until I had to go back and hit the compactor again. While there with my mom, I noticed Heather's dad at the pool and Heather was there with him, so I called her to get her attention and she came over and talked to my mom and I while I was putting trash in the compactor. Her dad came over a coupel of minutes later and talked with us and then it was off to the grocery store to buy some food and drinks for the week.

To sum things up, I am in that "hate to be single" phase right now, especially since I hung out and saw my ex for three straight days! Makes me wonder how her boyfriend is taking it... It's like when you see yourself from the future comes up and shows you what your life will be like from this point on if you did this certain decision except its the complete reverse. I go from being with someone I spent about eight of the happiest months of my life to midnight bowling with friends where it reminds you of the fact that you don't have a special someone anymore and whether or not you will find somebody else. As long as I believe that there is a bright future ahead of me then I think I will be fine.