As most of you already know, Liss had quite an accident this weekend. For those of you that don't know, no it wasn't a snowmobile accident. It's mind boggling how something that can happen so quick can totally alter someone's life. How a slip on ice can so drastically change how one functions day to day. How the isolation we all love, crave and cherish so much can be an absolute pain in the butt at the most inopportune time. How having a functioning knee can make trips up and down stairs easier. All things we take for granted.
Please don't get me wrong, Liss is being the tough trooper that she is, even getting a couple of laughs over the incident already and even fielding the gentle jabs we just can't resist getting in there. Needless to say though, the Skidd household is having a tough time adjusting. Heck, we all are and I can't even begin to fathom what must be going through Liss' head! I think we're all still in shock, at least I know I am. Hopefully she'll get in to see a specialist soon (it's on rush) and we can start getting some answers. This not knowing, "What the hell?" is the worst.
The weekend started out like any other camp weekend with Liss, Darcy and Mitch going up friday. I arrived on saturday after work and just got out of the car to get a sunset picture when the welcome wagon arrived...
We had a good fire going so of course, that meant rotisserizing which was made difficult due to the fact that the crazy cedar threw some wicked heat so we had to step away from the fire for fear of melting into a nylon mass...
left to right: Trenton, Andy, Tracy, Chris, Mitch, Darcy, Liss, Mary
And just in case there was a shortage of chairs, Darcy was forced (yeah right) to move the snowmobile over for a chair. Liss and Mary look so cute...
Snowball fights seemed to be the order of the night and it didn't matter if you were inside or out. I thought for sure I was going to wake up to a skating rink on the floor of the camp after all the water that was on the floor at lights out. Here's Liss trying to remove snowball chunks from her drink after she got pelted with one. Don't worry, she finally gave up after she found black chunky things as well as snow. Paralyzer smoothie anyone?
Still, it didn't take snowballs to make things slushy as it was pretty friggin' cold too. Here's Trenton drinking his slushy Dr. Pepper...
Not long after Liss had her slip, we ventured indoors. Unfortunately I'll have to leave out lots of details 'cause after 2.5 drinks, I got the worst headache I've ever had in my life and had to go to bed as soon as we got in there. I did manage to stay awake through the majority of it though. Things like the indoor snowball fights (ducking for cover under my sleeping bag), toenails getting painted and people not being allowed to sleep. One good thing about being in the top bunk is it makes it harder for people to just drag you out of it. That wasn't the case for everyone though.
We did however, manage to get breakfast on sunday morning, believe it or not. Tracy was on a mission and made a point of making sure we got breakfast this time. She wipped up some great omelettes (an old camp trick of Andy's) where she pre-mixed them in ziploc baggies and to cook them, all you had to do was drop them in boiling water for 13min. What a novel idea! They were delicious too guys, thanks.
We were a little slow getting out sunday morning. Poor Liss was so incapacitated that she could barely sit up. She was under direct orders to not move until the last trip out and the joys of winter, there was a ton of them to be made.
While trips were being made I got to snap off a few shots. Here's a pic of a puffy gray jay...
Trenton entertaining himself...
Jake's always a subject...
Almost everybody's final departure...
How the two sleds made it back, pretty inventive...
It's about time, "M.Skidd," made it on something, heehee. This should look familiar from the curling funspiel photos...
As I was about to make a trip out to the fire, this little guy caught my eye in the firepit. He's got such a weird little face at first I thought he was a mole, then when he took off, he had a really long tail. He was a pretty brazen little fart, whatever he was. Glad he stuck around for the picture. Looks like he liked Mary's melba toasty things as much as we did...
On a lighter note, we got word that Scott's working his way back home and should be home by tomorrow evening or wednesday morning. Sorry that it didn't work out for him as planned (crazy cost of living unless in camps) but at least he got to do some travelling and hopefully he got lots of pictures for us to look at. Hey, maybe we'll finally get a blog update, hint-hint!
Sorry that I'm leaving out lots of camp details, (was horizontal remember) I'll let Liss take care of the rest of it when she's feeling up to it. They got some really good pictures too. I know she's going to be getting very shack wacky (pain or no pain) and crutches in the winter are a pain in the ass so she'll be looking for entertainment when she feels up to it. In the meantime, please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
'Til next time...
4 comments:
Hey Kim,
Great post, I figured you'd have a picture of Liss' knee on here. I really wanted to see how bad it was. As for Liss and posts, you probably won't see one for awhile because she's on too many drugs... lol. Anyway, I'm sure she'll make out ok.
as always kim, cool pics. could that be a lemming or a shrew?
Good job with the post Kim! It's taken me this long just to read yours, so I think my entry will definately be put on hold for a bit. Great pictures! :)
Some nice pics there Kim!! I think it's a meadow vole. Voles are very common in New Brunswick.
You see them in the woods more often than mice. More mice in the camps though. voles have stubby or mid-sized tails and fat little bodies. mice tend to have longer tails and slimmer bodies. Shrews are pretty small and have sharp teeth, they are not rodents. New Brunswick has voles,moles,mice,rats and bog lemmings. It also has shrews. There are a few species in each order in New Brunswick.
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