Yesterday Julie and I trekked to Toronto to see Elevation Nights which was an amazing experience. We then stayed at an AirBnb inWhitby and went to Whitby elevation in the morning
Then Julie and I had lunch at my parents and she headed back to Ottawa while I stayed to be picked up by James. We are running a test on Tuesday and apparently some people who knew about conflicts for a long amount of time have only let me know now. Sigh. Lots to manage tomorrow!
The walk to Rustle this morning was ok except for when the wind was whipping spiky snow in my face but the sidewalks were ok. Ebe was speaking and he made reference to me a few times, which was funny. Walking home the wind wasn't so bad but the plows had been by and the sidewalks had disappeared because they pushed all the snow from the road onto the sidewalk so I had to pick my route carefully- I picked quiet streets to I could walk on the street until I got to Princess St, where there was some sidewalk cleared. I did a little bit of shoveling but there were no plows on our street until about 11:30pm so now there is a giant mound of snow at the end of the driveway.
Apparently the coyote is back. It seems to by quite attached to the block it is in.
The police are not able to do anything as it (so far) is not interacting with humans.
As it is relatively mobile, I assume also quite difficult to catch.
Apparently there was a large injured coyote spotted a block away from my house. Animal control would not touch it but they called Sandy Pines. Interestingly we are working with their coyote group for our project course. Apparently Police were keeping an eye on it. Hopefully it is getting care somewhere.
James was in Uxbridge today so I managed to clean the bathroom, get heaps of laundry done and many piles of dishes.
Yesterday had a chef's plate - Coconut curry beef noodles. It was pretty easy and very good!
I am watching the storm approach as google maps looks orange as road conditions deteriorate.
Halara made some changes to their website and now instead of going to the main Halara site I am redirected to Halara Canada. Which is all fine, if they had kept my profile the same but everything wiped, I can't see my past orders anymore and all my points are gone. So they have a chat line that said "ask us anything"- I asked and they had no idea what to do. Eventually they escalated me. But this just resulted in an email this morning asking if everything worked now. Which it didn't. So you can ask but there may not be an answer. We'll see if they solve it.
Today I am judging an Engineering Outreach event and we have more presentations.
I woke up at 3am and when I was lying still everything was ok, but as soon as I got up and started moving around I was not so good. I found an old pot of cough medicine (only expired 6 months ago) and it was a game changer for the day. I am much better now than I was 24 hours ago!
I thought if I took it easy for 2 days, I would be ok for Monday. Now I am uncertain. We'll see how things look in the morning. Haven't heard anything about the strike, I hope that they come to a solution before tomorrow.
Someone told me about a pet equivalent to Chef's plate in the States. They get pet food through fancy boxes!
Yesterday was Shieleen's birthday so I picked up cupcakes to celebrate.
We had our first split e-group last night. There were a few technical glitches so I was able to help out.
I saw Diana and Sheila downtown today and they gave me big hugs. It is so nice to see them getting out. They are going to part of my in person group that is starting next Thursday at Sarah's house.
A much better day today after yesterday's ridiculousness.
James is currently in Lindsay due back sometime in the wee hours of the morning.
Sunday I have Abuse prevention training at Rustle and have some work to complete.
I have moved on from Cleat boots to my leak boots. These boots don't do well in slush as they are a bit leaky but they do very well in cold weather. And they don't hurt my feet due to the lack of structure.
Yesterday I wore the new Halara themal leggings. So warm and so comfortable. I have a pair of thermal leggings from Fabletics as well and I would say the both tackle negative temperatures equally well and are equally comfortable.
Today I tried the thermal pants for work. They are wide leg which is ok for inside but as they are so loose outside the wind goes through them. They weren't too bad but they were not as awesome as the leggings. I just can't wear the leggings to work.
At work there are some very odd decisions being made. I am having some difficulty following the logic.
The sidewalks on my street were sheets of ice so I wore my cleat boots to work. They fit my left foot no problem but my right foot is left battered and bleeding. I don't understand how the boots prefer one foot over the other. At lunchtime I walked downtown and there was no ice on the sidewalks so the cleat boots were not necessary. However, walking home it was snowing and if the sidewalks were ice or not was no longer discernable so I was glad to have the cleat boots.
My Halara order arrived today and I'm pretty pleased with it. There was a summer dress that was a touch too long, but very nice fabric. Thermal pants but they are much less stretchy than their other pants and a fabric that looks like it will attract fluff but they definitely will do their job in keeping me warm. Themal leggings in their regular stretch, very warm, a good winter addition. There was also a pair of pants that I already have in black that I wanted in another colour- it had an odd name so I thought it might be greenish but it is very blue and I love them! Also a stretchy brown corduroy skirt that was on a super cheap sale but very good quality. I got a free waist bag and scrunchie!
I put in an order for some more Winter pants from Halara. The second Sunday of the month last year they gave you an extra free item. So everyone who put in their order that day had an extra reward. They have changed it this year so that everyone puts their name into a form for 10 days and then at the end 5000 people will receive the special product. An interesting change as they have to then send 5000 separate packages rather than combining with another package.
Back to the order, after I put my bag together I previously had ordered on the computer but on the APP I earn points which can't be used on the computer. I tried the order on the computer and there was a discount code of $12. When I tried on the app, there was a special coupon to use the app and there was a discount of $30 plus I could use $9 of points so it was a better deal!
In the evening I had a finance committee meeting. It went much later that I expected!
When I left work at 5pm there was still some light out. That made me feel good, that more light was on the way.
Yesterday I made turkish eggs, that were really quite good. The meat that had arrived was frozen solid which is why I picked the eggs for the first meal. The other 2 meals seem to be almost identical with pork and chow mein noodles. Tonight was crispy ground pork with sweet and savory noodles.
Tomorrow up at 5:30am at James is coaching at 6am!
With Canada Post back in business I ordered an Amazon order to the post office. Mainly because they aren't giving delivery notifications otherwise. It arrived in Kingston a day ago and was out for delivery (to the post office) and then I got a notification that there was a delay due to the strike and it wouldn't arrive for 4 more days. Then a few hours later it arrived at the post office. So I'm not sure what kind of delay it experienced but it apparently overcame it pretty easily. There are still many bills that I am waiting for to arrive so the post is clearly still backed up due to the strike.
In the holidays I wore my free Halara leggings quite a bit and they were very comfortable. I own a lot of leggings and these are one of my favorites. Not my very very favorite- that one is a Fabletics one. But it is in the top 3 for sure.
Today I'm wearing a new Halara outfit- red gray pants (the colour seems to border on green but they are called red grey and can pass for grey) and a dark blue sweater. James is off to Ajax in a few minutes for a game!
