It’s been, uh, more than a few days since I’ve updated, hasn’t it?

Sorry about that. See, a few days ago we handed a spare key to a friend who is house-sitting for us, showed him where the dog food and cat food can be found, offered up all the contents of our fridge and pantry, and then the next day we got in a car. At 3:30 am. For roughly 16 hours.

Yes, the driving sucked. And I don’t even drive. I’m so sorry that I don’t have a driver’s license because I felt bad for George who had to drive all 16 of those hours. The kids were really great up until the last three or four hours, and honestly you can’t ask for much more than that. We stopped frequently at rest areas, ate too much junk for one day (alas), and plied the kids with portable DVD players until they passed out.

And we drove. And drove. And stopped at Tim Horton’s for coffee because both of us had droopy eyes. And then we drove some more. And then…

We hit Nova Scotia. And roughly two hours later we arrived in Halifax and let me tell you, I already know it’s going to be hard to come home. I wonder if our house-sitter would like a cat and dog. And all our crap. Because I’d like to stay.

The first real day that we were here was very quiet. The last thing George (or any of us) wanted to do was get back in a car to drive around anywhere. Instead we hung around his cousin’s house and I took the kids to the park. The biggest drive was when George went to the grocery store for steaks to BBQ that night. It was quiet but fun.

Today we headed into downtown Halifax where I surprised my sister by dropping in on her at work. The surprise was almost on us when we found out she had gone for a walk after lunch, but she arrived five minutes later and there were tears from each of us. I miss my sister.

After a tour of the law firm she works in, we took the kids down to the waterfront, ate some insanely delicious burgers, and watched the boats – the kids desperately want to go for a ride on Theodore the Tugboat, so we just might go back and do that while we’re here.

We drove around the Citadel but plan to go back on a day when it’s not so hot. We did drive out to Point Pleasant Park though, and the kids were very excited to see the Atlantic Ocean. Let’s be honest – I was excited too.

We have many more plans in store. I’m updating my photo set over on Flickr regularly. In the meantime, I had to smile the first morning I was here when I pulled out a mug from the cupboard and filled it with coffee only to notice what it said:

Yes. Yes, it certainly is.