painful fieldtrip

so today, being thursday was a fieldtrip day. we went to oakville, which is an hour out of brantford, very close to toronto. we had to go visit a small company who made tactile maps for people who are blind or visually impaired. we had to be there by 10 and so, Ed, the driver told me to meet him at mohawk college at 8:30 to be safe. natasha met me there too. so in order to be at the school for 8:30 and the way the buses run, i had to be up at 6, get on the 7:10 bus and be at the school for 7:45. great.

i end up sitting there for 45 mintues listening to my md and waited.

the drive into oakville was kind of...filled with concern. ed wasn't feeling very well. he was feeling pain and it was difficult to watch him suffer through that. he felt a sense of duty driving us and i felt bad that he made the effort on my account when he should have been at home sleeping.

we got lost. the address was the wrong one and we spent 45 minutes driving slowly through a long industrial park to try to find the place. we were on the wrong side of the highway. we got there 5 minutes late but it was all right, they were good enough to wait for us.

during the presentation, ed grimaced and tried to walk it off outside. it wasn't good. he was in a lot of pain. we were the first to leave, perhaps we seemed rude but ed had to go. i offered to drive but he said he was fine when he was sitting down. he did a great job handling that van on the 403. he dropped nat off at the school and i told him i needed to be at the walmart and he drove me there because he lived a block away and wanted to make sure there was backup just in case the pain was too much.

he did fine, went home and slept it off. he was feeling better a little while ago. he wants to come to class tomorrow but i doubt that he'll make it. i hope he gets a whole lot better. that is, i hope he feels less pain.

sigh...

i went to walmart to get my picture taken for my international student card. i'm going to quebec city for thanksgiving so in order to get a good deal on the ticket i need to apply for and get buy an international student ID card. bought a curling iron and some saran wrap. went to zehrs and bought garlic hummus and some melba toast. waited for the bus outside and it was burning hotness. must have been 28 degrees. melting.

got home and had lunch. leftover rice and chicken strips. went to nap for 2 hours and woke up for dinner. dinner was leftover cabbage roll meat stuffing and perogies. good stuff. tried to work on school stuff but got distracted with zip.ca and reading "a widow for one year". it's starting to get into the new parts that weren't in the movie "a door in the floor".

my light just turned off for 10 minutes and came on again. it must be loose. will have to ask tom, the landlord to take a look at it. for me.