Snow in the city

 When I walked to Rustle, it was snowing. When I left Rustle it had become icy. The 401 had some issues with the weather.

Last bike ride

 Tomorrow snow is expected so I biked today to no frills. A few other bikers overtook me. Whenever they passed they would talk to me. So very friendly bicyclists. Maybe because they all know it is the last day.

Loblaws is always inconsistent with their stick bread but the No Frills has the same packaging but they are clearly frozen and they are always out at 8am so at least consistent even if they are frozen.

2 Coats day

 The weather was so variable today that I had to bring 2 coats to work.

We had lots of classes and training sessions.

Kim has lost power and I have lost communication with her so she may not be able to charge her phone.

Day of Carbs

 I went to Loblaws today to pick up stick bread. They didn't have stick bread (maybe the time change threw off their schedule) so I had to buy a larger loaf (like a segmented stick bread) which meant that I had to eat it for both breakfast and lunch. For dinner James wanted pasta and garlic bread but I wasn't that hungry as I had made a tea just before so I just had the garlic bread. So basically, all carbs all day.

I hosted at Rustle, finished up the test preparation and dealt with some Rustle Finance stuff. James has a hockey game at 10pm and a class tomorrow at 8am. Good luck to him!

I need to head in early tomorrow to clear through some email before the 8:30am class.

A new season

 I wore my winter coat for the first time yesterday.

Thanks to the time change I was up at 5am.

I am scheduled to host today at Rustle. I have some work and shopping to get done as well.

Bee Gees

 

We have been in the middle of a design sprint at work so not much free time!

I still have been biking so I feel that was impressive!

change in the weather

 Last night I slept through the night with no coughing. Today was much better. There were a few coughing fits but things are much calmer so that is good. The big test will be tomorrow as it is a super long work day.

The weather today was nice and warm, very enjoyable to be outside in!

James was in Peterborough on the weekend and is heading back now but there is an accident on the 401 at grafton so he is heading through the backroads in the rain to avoid the accident.

A slightly better night

 The nights are the most difficult I guess because everything is horizonal and that makes for more coughing. I did get a good block of sleep last night which was good.

James is going to Peterborough today and they are staying at a cottage instead of a hotel so he needs to bring more things like towels and bedding.

loosening

 Yesterday I was feeling better and managed to get some of my outdoor tasks done. However in the evening it seemed that everything loosened and then there was lots of coughing and it seemed to be a step back. All the fluids are clear though, which I think is a good thing!

Episodes

 I had more energy today and the episodes of coughing seem to space further apart so I feel like I'm on the mend. James wasn't feeling particularly well this morning so it seems like there is a lot going around. He seems to be feeling better now though. 

I made soupe for him and washed the outside of the kitchen window and used the window cleaner mop to take a first pass at getting the car clean. This was very helpful as when I do it by hand it takes a lot of dirty buckets. This time I got a lot of the dirt off first, so that was helpful.

The Halara APP on my phone randomly stopped working so I uninstalled the APP and then reinstalled it but it would no longer recognize me and kept trying to sign me in to the US version instead of the Canada one. So I contacted their help support line because I thought it was a problem on my end, but no, it was a rather major problem on their end but they did not say it like that. They could not solve the problem for me so no more Halara APP for a while!

virus

 My computer at work got a virus, so much that central IT sent me an email to let me know. I can see that my Windows defender is working to quarantine it though so I can work normally.

I also have a virus that is slowing me down. Last night there was congestion but an hour or so after I went to sleep, I think the congestion loosened so I was coughing. So I took some cough medicine and that fixed the cough but upset my stomach.

Today I wasn't very hungry but did have some chicken and leek pie. I took some crackers before I took my medicine in hopes that will help my stomach!

Frog rescue

 Out at Kim's place, I was trying to rescue frogs from a deep hole that they couldn't jump out of. And what was Kim doing? Taking a photo:

A long Monday

 After staying up late on Sunday night, we had 4 hours of exams and 2 hours of training sessions. So left the house around 7am and was back around 8pm. I did have a lunch from freshii-rice noodles with carrots, tomatoes, corn and peanut sauce so that was good.

I have to deal with a garage door and some wasps during the rest of the week.

Toolboxes

 Our long awaited toolboxes arrived. They had such difficulty getting across the border but they finally arrived and we managed to hand out about half of them. So this is all very positive.

I also caught up on a lot of email today. Tomorrow I need to onboard the graders, drop the no shows and get everything ready for week 3!

The support workers for colleges are on strike so James was late to his class today because he was stopped by picketers.

moving on

 

Some long days this week dealing with enrollment and course issues.

James went to Hamilton at 6:30pm for a tournament today. At the time he left the chef's plate box had not arrived. I then forgot about it, finally found it at 9pm!