Freddie P's Blog

September 15, 2008 @ 08:00

It was an interesting week because things have become ass backwards at the trailer. Usually in September, I'm home in Brampton all week and only at the trailer on weekends.

Not now. Because of the new job I was at the trailer all week and then came home on the weekend.

We were supposed to hold our annual bocce tournament at the trailer this weekend, but the combination of lousy weather and a depleted field forced us to postpone the Jeff Laird Memorial Bocce Tournament till later in the month. (I am the 2004 and 2005 champion - today's picture is the 07 winner, Bruce Mallory)

Once it was called off on Friday morning, I said to my sweet, who had driven up on Thursday night, that I wouldn't mind heading home to see the kids and enjoy some space.

I love the trailer, but when you're actually in the mindset of living there, and you have to do stuff like iron your clothes in the morning, it becomes a little tight and makes you long for the comforts of your brick palace rather than your tin palace.

The ironing board is tippy so when you move what ever your trying to press, the iron wants to topple off so I have to hold the iron with one hand while I maneuver the garment with the other. It's a pain in the ass.

Any, we decided to come home and had a great time seeing neighbour John who embraced me lovingly while blurting the words, "my buddy, I didn't expect to see you home this soon."

I had a fabulous dinner with my kids and their mates on Saturday night, and then we did it again for breakfast.

Yesterday I saw my sister Nancy and my mother Junie P. who, for some reason, didn't think she was going to see me until after Thanksgiving. The woman actually thought I'd stay up north during the week "and" weekends until the park close.

I could never do that to my mother.

Anyway, it's Monday morning and I'm about to jump into the car and head back to Peterborough where I'll tackle my second week as program director of the The Wolf and 980 Kruz.

I have several more meetings, a United Way Breakfast and the home opener of the Peterborough Petes, whose games we broadcast live on 980.

I'll be spending at least another fortnight in the tin palace before moving into a place in downtown Peterborough - but I'm happy to report my darlin' Delyse has ironed all my clothes for this week so I won't have to wrestle with a goddamn ironing board.

Life is good.