4th - 6th June 1998

Thursday 4th June
Got up very late again and had pizza for brunch.  Everyone was just sat around watching tv and drinking cups of tea - nothing changes!  We watched "As Good As It Gets" again - I fell asleep.
Craig arrived after his travels in Central and South America.  I had a shower and Darren and I had a serious chat.  Last night somehow the subject got around to Rob.  Apparently I went further than I admitted before and Darren was shocked.  So shocked he turned his back on me in bed.  I cuddled up to him this morning and things were OK again.  Then he asked me if I'd slept with anyone and I said NO. And he asked if I wanted to - I didn't answer.  I ended up telling him all about the Aaron thing.  He seemed OK, in fact he seemed more upset about the whole Rob thing - I think he figured that he only had one day left with me anyway so what the hell!?
Sally made us play Tennis - me and Darren against Sally and Mark.  We didn't play a proper game - we just hit it around a bit.  We then went back, had the remainder of the beef in bagels and watched loads of t.v.  Ben popped around and I said bye to everyone - gave Jason a kiss!

Friday 5th June
Got up at 4:30am to catch the bus.  Darren saw me off - that's it for us, I think he isn't as into me anymore.  I slept all the way to Horseshoe Bay then waited an hour for the ferry.  Slept a bit on the ferry then rushed to get the bus - I got a cab.  I slept most of the way to Port and then to Ucluelet.  I met Claire and Ilan at the Coffee Pod. I met Claire and Ilan at the Coffee Pod and we chatted at the pod for a while and then went back to the van.  I came to work at 5 'o'clock and for some reason volunteered to do a 12 hour shift tomorrow.  I need a shower too and I don't know when I'm going to get that.  I'm feeling really tired at the moment - not surprising really seeing as I've been up since 4:20am.  I can't believe I'm doing 12 hours tomorrow.  Went to the bar and had one pint.
$17 coach, $3 coffee, $2 junk, $7 Taxi, $8.50 Ferry, $1 Gum, $7.50 pints for Claire and Me.

Saturday 6th June
It was a struggle getting up this morning ready for my 12 hours.  Claire went kayaking.  I went to the Post Office and had a letter from Andy (Big), so that gave me something to do at work.  I told him all my love life stuff.  He's not visiting "surprise surprise" but looks forward to seeing me in England.  So my work day consisted of writing to Andy and reading magazines, along with listening to CBC and writing this.  Eric let me have a break so I sent for lunch with Ilan and Claire and I'm getting another one in about an hour - I'm not sure if it's paid though.  I started flagging at 7 'o'clock after I'd been here for 8 hours.  Claire kept me company for a while but we didn't have a lot of talk about, for a change.  Ilan's been offered an interview at the Wick on Wednesday so he's really happy.  We're hoping that the guys are going to come and visit next weekend.
I went through the bar to the toilet and someone shouted my name - it was Brendan.  I'd left Claire in the shop so I had to rush back.  Then he came in and got a shock when he saw Claire there.  He did the whole "sell yourself in 10 minutes" thing.  Going on about his pool tournaments etc all of which we took with a pinch of salt.  Claire went home and by the time I got there Brendan was sat on our floor.  He soon went but said he'd see Claire tomorrow.
$7.25 dinner, $1 choc


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