Nova has made a few new friends. Howard Hampton even yelled hello to her from the car they were riding in the parade on Saturday but that's another story.On Monday, July 10, Hampton came to town and held a media conference at Martin's office. It was Dana's first day of science camp at Algoma U and not a chance we would want her to miss a minute of that, even if we could drag her away to babysit Nova while I covered the Hampton thing. Ami was still asleep and not feeling well enough to chase after Nova and Nova's dad was no where to be found. Grama and Papa were out of town and so was the kid across the street. You get the picture.
It came down to bring the kid to work or not work.
Nova packed up her stuffed snake and alphabet book and while I grabbed my camera, notebook and digital recorder.It all went off with barely a hitch. The only problem was that Nova sort of stole the show, and especially Hampton's heart. I think he spent more time talking to her than to us.
Nova also got some excellent shots of the other media in the room and asked that we invite the nice camera girls (Jennifer Keating and Sonja Denton from MCTV) over for dinner and tell them to bring their very cool camera so Nova can have a go at it.
EVAR, I tell you.
Well, one of a small handful of really, really cool kids whose presence highlights how NOT cool or cute most kids are.
Nova rocks.
PS: We miss you. Are you ever free?