It was a long week and before work today I went to Loblaws and could feel the weariness.
I had to manage a lot of email and posted some grades and then got all the showcase grades into the system.
I didn't get much sleep this week so am hoping to catch up on the weekend. Taxes tomorrow!
Weather was beautiful today. I still wore a winter dress but no coat. Breaking in my summer shoes back in.
Lots of sirens out. A loud party. Planning to hang laundry tomorrow!
Yesterday I was wearing thermal tights, today normal tights. Spring is on the way!
I didn't have enough time for breakfast this morning as I had to wash the dishes.
Today I worked on showcase set up.
James and I worked on his courses in the evening.
Dinner was turkey chow mein noodles. Very quick and tasty!
Today's dinner was Bacon BLT salad. It was easy and very good. I wasn't sure I would be ok with ranch dressing but it was all very good. Only the bacon and croutons needed to be cooked so it was a pretty simple meal. I finished the marking guide and dealing with all the financials. I had my e-group tonight. Then sorted out a deposit for Rustle. Tomorrow is the funeral for Amanda Armstrong. I would like to go to support Billy but I didn't really know Amanda. I just have so much to do in April that it would be difficult to take the evening off. A very beautiful day out!
Found my green bin pushed over. Looks like it didn't open. The neighbour's same as last time is scattered all over the driveway. Not sure why the racoon has more success with the neighbour than me!
On Sunday I switched from boots to shoes. Today I leveled up to a spring jacket. Things are improving. Still need to get the Winter tires off the car. A busy day today reviewing peer reviews, surveys and writing a marking guide for the last assignment. Campus was pretty quiet!
When I walked into work this morning (in my winter coat) it felt like spring.
Work this week has been mainly trying to manage the email.
Dinner today was caramelized chicken- James agreed to try it but did not like the chicken. He was happy with the rice though.
I was downstairs talking to James and we heard a bang in the driveway. The neighbour's green bin had been tipped and a racoon was happily sitting there munching away. The racoon did not care a whit about me! I went to check our green bin and it had also been tipped but the racoon was unlucky and it did not open. I was lucky. He clearly has a strategy.
James drove to Napanee today for some coaching. Luckily made it back before the fog rolled in.
We are finally at the last week of classes. The students had their final project due tonight. We had our final training sessions. The Project Managers gave me a lovely card with heartfelt messages.
Yesterday when walking to Rustle there was a man who was walking a large black dog with curly hair. It got away from him and was playfully bounding across the street, playing a very dangerous game with its owners. People stopped their cars to get out to help. It was very nice to see. The dog survived thanks to nice people.
There was a brilliant red sky this morning in preparation for the incoming storm. I did some shopping in the morning and by the time I had finished spiky snow was falling from the sky. After I think it became snow and now is rain.
James is not feeling well today. He has a fever of 102.1 and has been sleeping all day and not eating.
James drove across the country to be home. From the banquet before he left N.B.:
He brought me a Grand Falls Bible:
He has been busy coaching since he has been back. He was in Barrie today. I made his billet mom's stew. He really likes that stew!
Last night the snowbank eater truck came through, which is great for our street but our street is wider than the ones down by Queen's and less busy so you would think we would be less of a priority but we are always done first. There seemed to be some indication that we would get more snow today but that did not materialize.
Today was an exceptionally long day getting the timetable in so I melted some chocolate chips to make chocolate sauce for my strawberries. It was a nice treat!
I watched an Australian show and they had a saying when they want to get rid of bad situations they said "In the bin!". My tights today lost the elastic to work properly so "in the bin!". I had hoped to work on timetabling today but there were too many problems in the day. Glad that today is "in the bin!"
Despite all the snow, I still hear birds singing.
I went to Shoppers this morning. Before I left I had to dig a path to the road (I had previously dug to the giant mound left by the snowplow). I saw a sidewalk plow in the area as I was leaving. The next block of College St was plowed so I made it to Princess but that is where the plowing ended. Luckily there was a worn path after that which made the walk passable.
When I came back the sidewalk plow had passed by my house and left a pile higher than the one I had just dug out. Sigh. So I need to dig again before Rustle.
