Montreal Bound

I got a text from Abby this week ..... 3 words.... DAD CALL ME !!!

frantic, I called her.... she picked up on the first ring... and was nearly in tears......What Ab?? WHAT WHAT????????????????????


well.... here's the story.....

Several weeks ago, she joined the Montreal Canadiens Fan club ( I tried to join too but I was too old! ) ...... after walking to the mail box day after day after day, the club membership package finally came this week....

and in it, along with some wonderful Montreal souvenirs, was something very special :

Two general admission tickets to the Montreal Canadiens Open Practice on Sunday......


so the urgent text from Abby wasn't to tell me someone had died... or that anyone was in the hospital with a serious health issue... nor had there been a bad accident......

it was to tell me I was invited to go to Montreal with her !!

oh... .and I'm driving!

Her tears incidentally... were from excitement!!!


Today, Abby rode to work with her mom, and caught the GO TRAIN from Burlington, and I met her in Oshawa...... Tomorrow morning, we leave to go to Montreal.... we are hoping to take a tour of the Bell Center Saturday afternoon, and then watch the hockey game from the motel room ( which is about 2 blocks away from the arena ) ..... and if we have any energy left, we're going to walk over to the arena after the game..... and hopefully get some autographs.....

Sunday morning, the doors open at 8:30 .... we are going to watch Montreal practice, then head back home.....

It's a chance of a lifetime....... and we can't wait!!!!

Here is a Youtube Clip from last season's once a year open practice...