She arrived Friday night around 10:00pm (or so I was told). I walked to the train station which is only about 20 minutes through downtown. Apparently her train got in around 9:30pm and she was just sitting there alone! I felt bad, but we went to the hotel directly so it was fine.
We stayed in Cantlie Suites which was about a 15 minute walk to residence, but I stayed overnight in the room with her anyways. We got upgraded to a suite, as well! Our room had 2 queen beds separated from the rest of the suite by french doors, a living area with a couch and tables, and a bathroom. As we were exploring the room, I went over to the big closet doors and opened them. Turns out it wasn't a closet, it was a kitchen behind there! Simply a counter with a stove, burners, large mini-fridge, a microwave, cupboards/dishes, and a coffee maker. You have no idea how hard we laughed when we discovered the secret kitchen. It was a great surprise. Mum baked me cookies that she brought over, but if she had just waited until we got the room, she could've used our oven!
So that same Friday night I was expecting to go relax in the hotel and get ready for a busy Saturday- but Mum had other plans. We ended up going out to a bar for a few drinks and some nachos! While we were there, one of the (extremely charismatic) bartenders lost the top to a bottle and was frantically searching for it. I saw it behind him and pointed it out. He thanked me profusely and a few minutes later came over with 3 shots of maple whisky: one for my mum, one for me and one for himself. It was his way of thanking me for finding the cap! "I don't remember the last time I had a shot!" Mum said. We took the leftover nachos home and called it a night around 1am.
Saturday was very busy. We had two apartment viewings (because the other apartment we were getting fell through) and wanted to have time to explore as well. The first viewing was at 11:30am near Berri/UQAM metro station. The next one was at 1:00pm and was only one metro stop away. We ended up walking there then going out for brunch to Coras in the gay village afterwards. It was a lot of fun! The apartments all had pros and cons, but they looked promising.
After Katherine went back home and I gave Mum a little tour of residence, we decided to walk along St. Catherine street and do a little shopping! I got a couple new things, including a new top which I'm in love with. Our purchases also included a gorgeous new Lulu Lemon bag that my Mum got! We ended up carrying everything in it on our walk.
We eventually made our way back to the village where we were that morning and decided to go south to Old Montreal. It was a gorgeous day, a little windy, but bearable. We looked at the shops down there and I showed her where I stayed with my friends last March Break. After that we were pretty exhausted and only got back to the hotel around 7:00pm (since leaving at 11:00am). Through the whole weekend we estimated walking almost 14 kilometers!
We were very tired, and ended up hanging out in the room until 8:00pm (watching Night at the Museum in french on tv) then went to a restaurant called Boccacini's. It was great; we had fancy drinks, I had a delicious sauteed veggie wrap and my mum had an asian salad. We were still feeling pretty tired, so we headed back to the hotel and went to bed around 11:30pm.
On Sunday, Mum's train was at 11:00am, or so we thought. Once we checked out at quarter to ten, Mum checked the ticket and her train was at 11:55am! We ended up staying at the hotel for a continental breakfast buffet. It was delicious. That mistake allowed us to have some extra time together over a meal, and also allowed time for relaxing.
Afterwards, we walked to the train station and I waited with her until she boarded. It was very sad to see her go, but we packed SO much into one weekend that there was really no way I couldn't be happy at the same time.
This may sound corny, but my Mum truly is my best friend. When it's just the two of us together, we laugh, we explore, we see the humor in things that other people don't- it's like we're the same person. She told me that the relationship we have with each other is the same kind of relationship she had with her mum. I can see why they were so close.
I'm going home in just 18 days, and I already miss her. Time to stick it out in the home stretch, Summer is just within reach.
Love you, Mum.
I finally read this cause I said I would read it and I did. maybe a little later but I DID READ IT...It was so cute! And it's good you wrote it all down cause now you can read it over and over and over again and be all like YAY, MY MUM IS AWESOME! Can you tell your mum is awesome for me? Oh, and tell yourself that you're awesome too. :3
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