It was another pretty tough week on the job front. Got killed at Montana’s on Wednesday night after a long day at the warehouse(1). Things are also slowing down there so I am seeing some time off lately which is a little scary with the big move coming up. Friday night I went to hockey as per normal except what I didn’t know was that the husband of one of Shan’s good buddies has been playing with us the last couple weeks, talk about a small world. I followed Paul(2) home later where Shan and Tara were watching a couple of chick flicks so we sat it in the hot tub and got to know each other. Sounds kinda dirty.
Today was Nolan’s hockey except without one key detail… Nolan. He worked the Moose game today insisting he needed a break from showing up Timmy G. Without Nolan the daunting task of making sure it all comes together lands on my shoulders and those big clown shoes are hard to fill(3). I decided to pick teams with G so I called him and told him to be there early. Right off the hop I take Duff (4) who I never play with because he usually picks the teams with Nolan (who usually takes me as a heart pick). It was an interesting affair with different teams than usual and a short bench even with the addition of Timmy D, J Ratte, and Gilles (the kid) Boucher. Not really worthy of the title “Nolan’s Hockey”.
Tonight I took “girls club” (as Gould would say) to see “Cat In The Hat”. Erin, Kayla, Taylor, and to my surprise even Amber came along. The movie sucked big time but I think the kids like it. Mostly because they didn’t spend the whole time losing respect for Mike Meyers.
WE GOT THE CALL and will be moving on the first(5). Vern has offered up his truck and Shan and I have the afternoon off so we should be able to get a lot done. I have to work Moose tomorrow and then some serious packing tomorrow night.
(1) – It’s hard to imagine working 2 jobs now. Going all the way to the Northwest Company warehouse on Moray, just to come all the way back to Montana’s St. Vital for a serving job. That would kill me now.
(2) – Bosak and I played hockey together before I even knew him! I remember talking to Tara when she was over at our place with Shan and I was heading off to hockey. She was telling me that her husband Paul was also playing hockey that night and when I asked where it was the same place I was going (Bertrand). TBAY is your husband! Bosak and I have been good friends ever since November of 2003 (the last 22 years) and we are still playing hockey together at Nolans.
(3) – I have been playing Nolan’s hockey for 30 years and he has been running it for longer than that. Nolan runs the best game in town. He does everything he can each week to make sure those 22 guys get the best game he can bring to the table. He loves the game, and this group of guys more than anyone I know.
(4) – Scotty MacDuff is a legend. We once played in a Northwest Company game and MacDuff threw hands. I will also never forget when he lost his Dad and all the guys at Nolan’s hockey took a moment before the game to line up at center ice and bump gloves with him. That is also the beauty of the game.
(5) – If by the first I meant December 1, 2003 we had to get things going pretty quick.