DAY
3 – Tuesday January 3, 2017:
Today, we all slept in till 11:30 am. As usual, I did not sleep well, nevertheless,
I had a comfortable night due to the new futon mattress he just bought for me
(but, I paid for it). Brent had worked late last night and didn’t get home
until 10:45 pm. James and I had spent a
quiet day together yesterday. I had made
him breakfast and later on lunch and then a very simple dinner.
Brent had some errands to run for himself today, so
while James was still asleep, I went downstairs and made myself a coffee. Then, I got James up at noon and I went to
get washed and dressed. James got
dressed too and went downstairs to start reading his book for homework since he
had to finish it this week. After
breakfast, I phoned Dr. Ching’s office to arrange an appointment for Dave to
see Dr. Ching at the same time as my appointment time next Monday. This is something we ordinarily do when
either of us has to go see Dr. Ching. We
would then meet at the doctor’s office. Then,
I phoned Katina at Travel Plus to make an important change to our names because
all of our names on our individual airline tickets have to match those in our
passports. I think this is some kind of
security measure to ensure that the person flying that day at that time on that
airplane is the person whose passport is being presented upon check-in. All I know is that it is a requirement that
the names on the tickets match the names in the passports exactly.
Once we get to the airport, very early on January
13, 2017, we’ll just have to print our boarding passes, check our luggage in
(one bag each), and go through security for the carry-on baggage we’ll
have. It’s all a very streamlined
process and largely automated. Even our
baggage tags can be printed out at the airport.
This upcoming trip is getting to be very exciting and I feel I have to
do my part to make sure it’s a resounding success, which it will be if
everything is done correctly and properly beforehand.
Now, Dave can go pick up our airline tickets and travel
health insurance papers for Brent and James from Katina at the Travel Plus
office and then, we’ll be good to go. I
have to make sure I have all the travel insurance papers for Dave, Brent, and
James, as well as my own OTIP health card for my own travel insurance in my
baggage upon departure for the Dominican Republic. Travel insurance includes health insurance
while out of the country on a trip as well as cancellation insurance in case,
for some unforeseen reason, one or more of us cannot go on this trip.
The rest of this day has been pretty quiet. I’ve been reading my own book and drinking my
second coffee, and James is making good progress in reading his book. I made James a grilled cheese sandwich again
for lunch today. Brent came home later
on with fresh groceries he bought and with a new printer that he needed for
printing computer documents, namely the permission letter he needs to create
for Tori to sign. With good luck and
preparation, this trip will be everything we expect it to be.
For dinner, Brent made his marinated pork chops on
the barbeque using his own marinade recipe and we ate them with rice and mixed
vegetables. It was a delicious meal.
copyright 2017 - Anne Shier
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