Getting used to disappointment

My sisters came up today to visit Dad for father's day (and to secretly check out his swollen tummy and feet). While here Lee decided to find pics of the "boat" that they will be taking next week to go across from Moosonee to Moose Factory......it was a bit of a shock....there is no way (dont' know how none of us thought of this) that they will get my Mom or my Dad down the floating dock and into a boat....let alone get them back out again..... Lee gently tried to help Dad to see that this would be an insurmountable obstacle to getting across. Dad, to say the least, was not happy to hear this. At first he was pretty angry...but soon came to realise that Lee was right. His idea was to wait until they got there and then figure it out.....HA...okay so let's set the scene.....my two sisters, my brother in law, my mother and my dad...all trying to manuever a moving dock whilst keeping my dad on his feet, hoping my mother won't fall into the lake and then if by some small miracle they make it to the end of the dock, they now have to get the two of them down into the boat....LMHO...I can see it now....okay...so they made it into the boat, now how in the he** are they going to get them out? My dad can't rise on his own weight...he needs something to pull himself up...and my mom cannot either, nor can she lift her right leg any higher than to put on her shoe.....so now there's five of them in the boat but only three can get out.... :-D so now that they have figured this out....they have to cancel thier night's accomodation at the Eco Lodge in Moose Factory and try to find a place for five people to sleep in Moosonee......Dad says there are lots of motels there....LMHO....

I really shouldn't laugh...but the pictures going through my head....anyway....Lee finally helped Dad to see that this was not a good plan....and she will try to transfer accomodation to Moosonee tomorrow...instead of chancing it.....My poor sister...

So....once everyone is gone, and Johnnie and I were bbqing outside.....Dad turns to Mom and says....well I'm getting used to disappointment hun....Johnnie bought some real nice steaks last week and I haven't seen them since......LMHO....so I guess we need to make the man a steak.....

I Love my Dad....:-)