26th - 28th May 1998

Tuesday 26th May
Slept in incredibly late and then went and did my washing.  I finally got my mail from Whistler- a sexy nightie from Sharon and a letter from Alex saying he won't visit.  He also said that Chris mentioned that I've done subtle digs about him and Simone - I haven't at all!  It's all been friendly enquiries.  I went and had a shower at Doug's and then met Claire from work.  We went to buy our silicone for the van and a new battery for my alarm clock - Claire was late for work again.
We silicone the door frame - so hopefully that'll be dry - and then I went to work.  We were quite busy but I still had time to fix the curtain.  I've been thinking about Fred a lot today - don't know why.

Wednesday 27th May
I had a really shitty night's sleep.  The silicone didn't work in the middle at the back so we had the Tupperware there to catch all the drips.  I think I was thinking about that too much and worried about rolling into the bucket and getting soaked.  I don't think I properly went to sleep until Claire went to work.  It rained all night and still this morning - will it ever stop?
When I got to the Pod, Claire was on the phone to Scott again.  Apparently he's going to come here before he goes back to Toronto which will possible be next week!  So Claire better get a move on and call about her sunglasses and then Scott can bring them with him.
After Claire finished work we called Aaron and he came and picked us up.  We hung out at his place all afternoon - Claire and Hoek slept, Aaron read, I watched tv and played on the computer.  Then we went and visited Al who was remarkably sober considering he'd been off work for 3 or 4 hours.  We sat there for a while and then went to Baseball.  Claire and I played on different teams for a change - but we both lost and got very wet.  Then we hit the bar!  Had three pints and got quite drunk.  Robert was there but a couple of girls were all over him.
Still thinking about the job at the pod - I'd save a lot of money on food and coffee and I'm not doing much with my free time at the moment.

Thursday 28th May
Woke up - hung over.  Went to Coffee Pod for water, wash and coffee.  I then realised that I didn't have any money for breakfast so I had to go back to the van.  I got my money and the brown sauce that Mum had sent me and went and had my faithful hangover cure - sausage sandwich.  I had to be at work for 11 so after checking my mail - a letter from insurance - I went to work.  Darren called me and we talked for an hour and a half, it made me really miss him and think about visiting.  After work I saw Ilan was in the bar so I joined him for a drink (I had coffee), then he came and hung out at the van with me - which was cool.  We talked about sex and men and women for a couple of hours and then he left.  Claire arrived soon after.  She had been for a hike on Radar Hill and she got stressed about being lost.  I gave her a hug and she cried a bit and then raced off to see the sunset at Tonquin with everyone.  After this interlude with Claire my mood plummeted. I really didn't want to go to the beach, I didn't want to do anything except go to Whistler - right away.  I called Darren and I was seriously considering leaving tomorrow.  All I have to do was get Sunday off and get Liz to start 2 hours early.  I met Ilan at the bar and we ended up staying for most of the night.  I talked to Graeme for most of the evening - drank too much - 3 Luckies - spent too much and went to bed at midnight.  Claire arrived about an hour later.
Money spent:  $2.40 sausage sandwich, $6.50 lunch, $1 Crunchie, $2 stamps, $9.50 3 Luckies and crisps.

<these are extracts from my diaries written whilst travelling and working in Canada and the US in '97-'98>