Rochester bound

Yesterday we finally made it back to Rochester. Unfortunately it was a really sad reason that brought us back. Kath's aunt had passed away on Christmas day and yesterday was the funeral. Luckilly for me work let me have the day off. We found out the funeral was 9 in the morning so we had to be on the roadtro Rochester by 6;30 in the morning. Quite the early morning.

Guess how we started the morning? You guessed it--dead battery again! Hooray! and it was 6;30 in the morning. Again we got lucky. A very nice neighbour that we have never seen before gave us a boost. We were gonna have to do something about that pesky battery real soon. We arrived in Rochester a few minutes before the funeral. It was a really say event. I didn't know Kath's aunt really well but she seemed like a really nice human being. I have to say that i am so proud of Diana. She was so quiet and well behaved during the funeral.

Following the funeral we went to visit with Kath's dad and his fiance. We had a really nice lunch and they gave us some Christmas presents. My brother in law Jaime also showed up with our niece Victoria and nephew Jamieson. I couldnt believe how Victoria had changed. She is 14 now. I couldnt believe it. I met her when she was 2 years old. She seemed all grown up. I am very old.


We left a few hours later and visited a couple of new comic book stores. Of course we wanted to buy one of everything. I picked up a couple of comics and we left our business card. I can't wait to go back when we have more time. They were both cool shops. While we were getting comics we decided to go to an auto poarts store Kth's dad had recommended and we got a new battery. Whew. No more boosts at 6;30 in the morning.

From there we went to spend some time with our friend Rose--or bubba as i call her--its a Nash Bridges thing. Anyhow she had some nice presents for Diana. Man the kid got spoiled this year. She made out like a bandit. We decided to go for dinner and when in Rochester that can only mean one thing--garbage plate! A garbage plate is mac slad and french fries with 2 burgers coveed in onions and meat sauce. It is delicious. While we there we also got to see our friend Don. It turned out to be a really good day after alldespite the circumstances.