I worked until 1:30am today as I was trying to get student registrations in before the synch happened with the course websites as that happens overnight. I need the synch to happen for the next steps for uploading the groups.
James also is not sleeping because his team beat Quinte. He is smiling ear to ear!
6am will arrive very soon.
The squirrels are running around very busy in this season. They seem to like whatever the Japanese maple is growing.
I had a sedentary day but my squirrels are all on the inside. Today I got the 101 and 102 teams done and worked on some course enrollment. Still a lot to do!
When I left work on Monday the weather had suddenly turned cold.
This week it has randomly rained on my at odd times.
I went to No Frills for the first time in a few years and it wasn't the cheaper version of Loblaws anymore, many of the prices were the same as loblaws and some were even higher. There were a few things that were cheaper but overall disappointing.
Went to the dentist for a cleaning and they also worked on fixing my bite that was slightly off on one side.
I am working on enrolment and hiring at work right now. Next week will need to work on course updates.
I had a successful time with laundry yesterday with the winds blowing before the rain. Luckily the rain was over when I walked to see Anne-Marie's play. It was in the Baby Grand which was a very tiny stage and seated an audience of maybe 60 at most. There were only 4 rows for the audience so the audience was almost on top of the performers. Anne-Marie was brilliant, as usual.
Today, James had to be at work for 7am so I also went in early. Had a number of meetings but just tried to get on top of my email. Did not succeed.
I woke up this morning at 4am as the rain came pouring down. The walk into work was only light rain. James got home from work before me so walked down to my office in the rain to pick me up and we walked home also in light rain.
Tomorrow James needs to leave at 8am to go to Trenton for a soccer tournament (he is coaching). He is heading to see my parents at 4pm. Sunday the first game is at 11am. He has a skate in Belleville on Sunday 6:15 so is planning on heading back to see my parents in any down time. So nice for him. Hopefully also nice for them!
While I was hanging laundry this morning, the red squirrel was being super aggressive with other squirrels sending many of them scattering for cover. It did not seem to attack the bunny, just other squirrels. At one point a large grey with the red squirrel hot on her heels ran across the garage toward me. Apparently I am safer than a tiny red squirrel (half the size of the grey). But the red squirrel decided not to come closer to me and the grey was saved. She sat for a minute, muttered a bit under her breath and quietly ran off in the opposite direction of the red squirrel.
In the meantime, the neighbour behind us was talking very loudly about her eviction notice and how she had paid rent every month except this month. The landlord claimed it was shared accommodations (which it sounds like it is) and so he only needed to give 2 weeks notice. He settled with her for $2000 to apparently get rid of her.
I watched some of the opening ceremonies for Paris 2024. I really liked the arrival by boat instead of the marching in as the marching always took so long. This seemed to speed things up. I kept thinking of all the organization involved though. I also liked the mechanical horse on the water, it was an interesting contraption and how it changed into a real horse when they landed (a substitution).
We now have a whole roof. I'll need to download my pictures for before and after.
I placed an amazon order as James needed some antiseptic spray and it was cheapest on amazon. It was delivered fairly quickly by intelcom but I didn't receive any emails like they normally send. I just looked in my amazon orders to see where it was and it said it was delivered so I had to look for it. The other part of the order was a cardigan. I had my eye on it for a while as I liked the colour blocking on it. I checked the reviews and they were pretty mixed. The brand listed on amazon was "OEANBE" which I just found I couldn't find anything about the brand online. So I am not sure if it is a real brand? When I ordered it, it was listed as the last one in stock and I can't find a listing for it now, so I think that was true. When the cardigan came there was no brand information at all. The tag only said "M" for the size. Despite all the sketichiness of that it is a very lovely cardigan, very soft.
The roofers came today, hopeful to complete everything in one day. A lot of young lads to have the energy to be in the sun all day. They made good progress in ripping the old roof off. The back porch is a tinge of black. Black bits came in the windows as well. The AC had to be off because it was tarped. I swapped my remote day from Wed to Mon in case they needed me, but indeed, they did not. They worked a long day. At the start of the day they were hopeful to get it all done in one day. There was a small army of people, but that did not end up working out. They got a majority of the way though.
Today I mainly managed emails and tried to solve problems and had a few meetings. Tomorrow is a lot of course planning,
As James came home with a large # of bugs dead on the front of the car, I cleaned the car over 2 days and it looked so much better. Like when I cleaned the windows, it only took hours for a bird to poop on it. And the one on the car was a nasty black one that dripped all the way down the door. I had to clean again.
James had a good time in Rochester though he wasn't too happy about having 8am games Sat and Sun. He works again at a hockey camp this week.
Tomorrow the roofers are supposed to arrive to install a new roof, though it is looking to be a hot one, not sure if they work the whole day.
Some WWII bombers are visiting Kingston. You can tour them and they offer flights for about $500. One flew over my head today. An interesting feeling to think about all the previous people in a past era who had them fly overhead as well.
I was supposed to have a vacation day today. Helped James get off to Rochester for a soccer tournament he is coaching. One of our onQ sites had a mega-disaster, unrelated to the other technological mega disaster that disrupted companies today. Not quite sure what is wrong with it, I tried to fix it, I called IT, none of their suggestions worked. Have left it on their plate to fix next week.
I had a more sedentary day yesterday and my hip was stiffer so I was worried that things were going backward but today it had improved significantly.
I had to race to Food Basics to make it before the storm and I mostly made it.
James drove to try to find a tornado on his lunch but he failed.
For some reason a bunch more students seemed to have matriculated. I am not sure where they came from so that made today more challenging. A 9 hour day!
My hip is improving. I was worried because we had 2 days of summer orientation which involved a lot of standing and I thought it might aggravate it but things seem to be getting better.
There was more rain and now the flowers are even flatter, if that is even possible.
After all the rain, my flat flowers are even flatter.
There are baby robins sitting patiently in the rain waiting for their meals.
James woke up yesterday with a knot in his neck and had to get physio.
I managed to pull a muscle in my behind. I feel like this happened before and Sarah said it was related to my hip and she moved the knot and then I had to do a bunch of exercises and it was better. But clearly a point of weakness if I need to go through this again!
On July 1 they cleared out the garden center and put it closer to Loblaws with all the plants 0.99. The next time I went by, they were all listed as "free" but they looked very sad. Today, they were all gone.
Since the cupboard was painted I could clear up the front hall.
I mowed the front lawn.
Expecting chef's plate tomorrow and rain!
