I just spent an amazing four days with my nephew Jay, his partner, Veronique, and their son Theo (Tay -oh, Fr. pronunciation), and am now in an old dormitory, now hotel overlooking downtown Montreal. I rented a terrific road bike, then road to the market with all sorts of recommendations from Jay and Veronique on fromageries, boulangeries, and restaurants.
Since my dorm room has a refrigerator and stove, I got bread, cheese, milk, yogurt, blueberry jam and olives -- the essentials.
I am ecstatic to know and be known by my grandnephew, Theo. We really bonded, and I now have what I have wanted for as long as he's been alive - a real relationship. I brought him a cool bike, which he liked, we read a lot, and went on a walk around a pond near where they live.
Neither Vero or Jay could remember the last time they'd had a date, so I felt great about saying: Go! Have a lovely evening together! Jay is working on his thesis (modeling of environments suitable for a certain salamander using lots of variables). He's under pressure to meet a deadline, and my caring some for Theo gave him more time, that is, when he wasn't fixing a faucet which suddenly started gushing water.
They have a beautiful home near a big pond which has no road access. It's very peaceful and beautiful. Jay and I biked to take Theo to daycare on Monday. For most of the way there, no one car passed us on the road. It's just gorgeous countryside.
And now I'm in the city they called home until one year ago. They moved one hour east to be closer to Veronique's teaching job, and they very much like where they are living. They are able to afford so much more space than they ever could in Montreal. The owner has a job in Belgium. They know they won't have a place like this very long, but they are enjoying it while they have it.
That's all for now.
Janet
Friday, August 27, 2010
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