James called while we were having pancakes and said he wasn't coming which pissed Aaron off a bit. So I let Claire sleep in a bit longer and went back to bed. We eventually got our arses into gear and went surfing. We hired the boards and wetsuits and went to Chesterman's. We had a really good afternoon surfing and now we're going out to dinner.
We went to the Loft for dinner and split a fettuccine thing. It was really nice and we had desserts too; I had mud pie and Claire and a Bumbleberry pie. It was quite good value too as it came to $30 including a tip, and our Chinese yesterday was $40 for only 1 course. After dinner we went to Sin City to take Scott's wetsuit back but there was no-one in so we just went down to the Sandbar for free pool. As soon as I sat down I felt really tired and went home, stopping at the Beer and Wine on the way. Chantal finally enlightened me as to what hours I was doing and I'm ding Saturday and Sunday days, not that it really matters as Aaron's going to be in Vancouver for the weekend. I went home, started to watch "Leaving Las Vegas" but couldn't stay awake. Finally went to bed around 11:30pm when Claire came home.
Monday 22nd September
Today was interesting. I slept in really late, 11am and went to the pod to see Claire. We had decided to do the Gold Mine and Florencia Bay hike in the afternoon. I spent the rest of the morning watching trashy t.v and reading. Claire came home at 2:45pm and we went straight out. We drove to the junction and hiked back to the Gold Mine trail. We did this because Aaron was supposed to pick me up at the junction to go to Nanaimo. When we stopped the car we saw that the tyre was a bit flat, decided there was nothing we could do about it at that moment so went hiking. The trails were really nice and I think Florencia Bay is my favourite beach. It was just stunning. I called Aaron at 6pm from the Wickanninish centre, there was no answer so I left a message explaining where I was etc. We hitched back to the car and drive it, slowly, to Ucluelet to pump the tyre up. I called Aaron again and left another message. We went home to have something to eat, I called again and he still wasn't there, well I thought he was in bed. It was sunset by now so we decided to drive home. It was a really lovely drive and we had to stop just before Long Beach to take a photo of the most amazing sunset i've ever seen. We got to Aaron's and the gate was locked so I found a gap in the fence but Aaron wasn't there. Claire went home with the car and I waited. He finally turned up with the car?! And in a really shitty mood. He had a crappy day at work, 17 hours, the truck had broken down twice and he was on logging roads for most of the day. When he got to the junction he saw the car was there with a flat tyre so thinking we were incapable of coping with it he got Tony's truck and went back to the junction. It wasn't there when he got to the junction so he drove into Ucluelet to look for it, couldn't find it so drove back to Tofino and took it from outside the hostel. Meanwhile Claire was having a heart-attack thinking the car was nicked. After all this palaver James was coming to visit so Aaron couldn't even go to bed. He asked me if I minded if he went for a drink with his brother which of course I didn't. I went home and tried to watch something on tv but there was nothing on. I can't believe there is 28 channels with nothing to watch on any of them. Tanya was going to the bar s I decided to go with her. Claire had gone to watch videos with Al at Sin-City. When I got to the bar I went and sat with Kelly, half way down my beer I thought I would go and introduce Kelly to Aaron, James and Tony. So I went over immediately he said "What are you doing here, I'm supposed to be having a drink with my brother". I couldn't believe he said that, so I just said I was bored at home, introduced Kelly and he just basically ignored me. I went back over to the pool table and decided to get drunk. How dare he speak to me like that! He's the one always saying I should not take any shit from a man and then he speaks to me like that. I had a good night anyway and did lots of dancing and lots of drinking and I didn't even say goodbye to Aaron.
Tuesday 23rd September
I woke up really early and came straight to the pod which I is where I am now. I'm still really angry with Aaron. I'm supposed to call him at 1pm and I'm determined to tell him how I feel. I've had two coffees and a bacon sandwich and will probably stay here a bit longer. It's taken me almost an hour to write about yesterday's fiasco.
I called him at 1pm and woke him up. I told him we were going whale watching this afternoon and I'd call him after that at 6pm. We went down to the seaside adventures for the 3pm trip but Scott was there and offered us a trip on a zodiac with him. Unfortunately it wasn't as long as a whale watch and we were back within 45 minutes. We mooched around town and sat at the Munchbox for ages. We eventually went home at 5 o'clock and I called Aaron again. I woke him up again, he said call back at 6pm. Claire and I sat on the deck for an hour and I called him again. It is so frustrating being annoyed at a nice person who won't argue back. He said that Kelly was rude but he didn't give us a chance to speak at all. He said he'd come into work tomorrow.
Claire was supposed to be going to the beach with Al so I decided to get a couple of videos and veg some more. I got "Leaving Las Vegas" as I couldn't stay awake when it was on tv the other night and "Now and Then" to cheer me up after the 1st movie. Al never appeared which put Claire out a bit but it meant she got an early night which she needed.
Bruce from Nevada called and it looks like we may be going there for Christmas which should be fun.
<these are extracts from my diaries written whilst travelling and working in Canada and the US in '97-'98>
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