The Last, et puis, à l'autre côté.

After Matt and I woke up from our respective sleepless nights, we continued watching The Wedding Crashers while eating Subway then dashing around the Métro to Otterburn Park to hang out with Thomas and his friends. Seriously, we were waiting to catch the 4:20 bus, and we were behind every slow ticket-buyer and his mother to get our tickets for the bus, and literally rushing through the Longueuil station to get to the bus, which we made. Whew.

We got there after a nice bus ride full of gossip and hearing about internal medicine to Thomas's friend's Sandra's house (where the gathering was for her mother's boyfriend's birthday, but I was still taken in with open arms), and Matt and I remarked how much we felt like we were at a resort. The houses all have pools with perfect landscaping and the houses are amazingly decorated. A really nice sunny last day, too.

Then we bought 20 ears of corn and among seven people, finished them without problem. Thomas also introduced me to eating corn with butter and lime juice, which is delicious. Then we went back to Sandra's house and the clothed swimming time began. Matt got dragged into the pool, at which point, I asked Sandra to borrow something to swim in, and it was delightful. Then we (those without a change of underthings) stood around the fire kind of chilly and hoping for the best. It was fun to be welcome, it was fun to be in water, it was a delightful last night.

Driving back into Montréal, I was starting to really feel that I was leaving, and Thomas just got an adorable white kitten named Simone, with whom I spent the night cuddling and playing with every few hours. Then this morning, we woke up, Matt scared the life out of me when I was coming out of the bathroom, then we held each other laughing for minutes, and we watched some Family Guy and then it was time for me to go. I had some tearful times, but I know that I get to take the best parts of Montréal with me. This summer saved my life, without a doubt in my mind. Love forever.