Happy Birthday Claire! We went to Edgars and met Claire's parents. We stopped by at the post office and Claire got a card from my Mum and a letter from Scott. We then all went to the coffee pod where Claire opened her presents. She seemed to like the presents I gave her - Armadillo, "Where is Kitkatla" and the framing of the beast. After the unwrapping session we went down to Tofino Air to see if we could get on a flight. I didn't expect to be going as you can only fit 3 people plus the pilot but Veronica and Richard were really nice and said it was my birthday treat too. It was brilliant! We flew down the inlet, over to Long Beach - where we saw the sea lions, and then along the coast. We saw a whale just by the rocks at Schooner Beach and then we flew over Meares Island and back to 1st st dock. Because we'd seen this whale at Schooner we decided to go and sit on the rocks there and have a look - but alas we didn't see anything. We then walked along Chesterman but the wind was so cold that we didn't walk for long. We went and warmed up with cups of tea and coffee and cookies at the Common Loaf and then went gift shopping. Claire wanted to go to the Alley-Way café for her birthday dinner and after being beaten by a burrito we went to Baseball again. I went into bat as Claire's leg hurt. I didn't get anywhere but I did hit the ball which is something. After baseballing we just went back to Edgars and watched tv and showered. Then we went to bed.
Thursday 21st May
Overslept as there was no sun to wake us. We met Claire's parents and they left quite quickly - after buying us a croissant and apple fritter. We saw Tony from Whistler - full of energy as always. Then I had to go to work. I talked to Kevin about the $23 and basically he said I wasn't entitled to it. I'm really hoping that all the lads visit me just so they can take home most of my stuff - while Claire was unloading stuff on her Mum I sort of discovered that I have a lot of stuff.
After work we invited Elan for dinner Chez Calvin. We ate refried beans with tomato sauce, garlic, onion and pasta and it was quite nice really. Claire and I had half a bottle of cider each and then hit "Lucky" night at the bar! My latest "amour" turned up. Either it was wishful thinking or he was definitely looking at me while I was dancing. And at the end of the night he came over and introduced himself to me! But, apparently, he's been fired by the coffee pod for prioritising his Loft job. So maybe there's a job going at the Pod? Went home to Calvin and shared a bed with Claire!
Friday 22nd May
Claire started work at 7am so I stretched out. I got up about 10am and made the table. I was excited about going to the Post Office as I called Darren yesterday and he said he'd sent Sharon's parcel here and other cards - but alas it's not here yet. I'm still not sure when I'm leaving here, where I'm going or what I'm doing. Darren wants me to go with him but the money factor is big. I went and sat at the Coffee Pod for 3 hours - I talked with Jana for a while and Tony turned up. I then called Aaron and went and dog-sat while he tried out his new board. I had a shower and Claire arrived after work and we did our dishes. (If it carries on raining tonight we may ask to stay at Aaron's and watch some videos - hopefully he'll let us).
I went to work in the evening. Claire sat with me for a while and I spoke to veggie man who's also a gardener! He was building the window boxes at the Maquinna - his name's Mike. Claire went to bed outside the B&W and then once I'd finished work we drove to Ocean West. It poured with rain most of the night and my half of the bed was a bit damp.
<these are extracts from my diaries written whilst travelling and working in Canada and the US in '97-'98>
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