James is fighting an ear infection and probably a lung infection as well. He had the presence of mind to tell the doctor that he can't swallow pills and she prescribed him chewable antibiotics but they didn't have any at the pharmacy so he got stuff to sprinkle on feed. We have devised a process for this as he'll have a few bites of yogurt with the medicine. Seems to work.
He really needs to rest to get better but he spent the whole weekend at the rink.
As I was walking home I heard an electric crackle and saw a fire between some wires on a telephone pole. I thought that a drone had hit the power lines. Then the fire went out and something black plummeted from the power lines. I still thought it was a drone at the time, burned. But it hit the ground with a thud. It was a squirrel. Dangers on the ground from cars and dangers in the air from the power. And yet, there are still so many of them.
I went to meet with Deirdre at 8am at her hotel. I picked a route that had bike lanes so it was a longer route. We hung out at Tim Hortons for a bit. I then biked over to Rustle to do AV. Then biked home. Probably 17-18km. James went golfing as the weather was so nice. I made him steak, rice broccoli when he got back, then made a pot of soup so he can heat it up tomorrow as I have an extra long day.
It was very chilly this morning so I needed to wear my winter coat to Loblaws. Loblaws was pretty quiet but the self checkout computers were having some issues to that cashier was busy.
I did some laundry and dishes and then took a nice nap in the afternoon.
For dinner I picked up Barburrito. I was able to wear a fall coat as it had warmed up a bit during the day. Tonight, James wants my help as he is practicing for a group presentation tomorrow.
Normally I get up earlier than usual on Wed to put out the garbage so that it doesn't get ripped into overnight. It was always light at this time. This week it was dark. I'll probably fall back to putting it out the night before.
Yesterday, due to the cooler weather and the need to bike I wore my next halara outfit of the black pants and top. It was indeed very comfortable and warm. I will need to go back to wearing tights with dresses again.
Yesterday we had 3 classes making progress on their projects. I just managed email. Today is 4 classes and they are tech sessions so our technical TAs will be attending.
Last night for the chef's plate meal it was spaghetti with meat and peppers with hoisin sauce. Which ended up being so late I had to eat it while at my e-group.
We are having an accessible door put in our office that somewhat confuses me as our door is pretty much always open. I guess it is in case staff need it?
Tomorrow I have a number of meetings and training sessions and lots of work to get done, not sure how the two will mix.
Karen, Sandi and Sandi's son Justin and I spent the weekend attending a conference at Desert Stream. It was really good. Barry was the speaker and I have known him and Tammy for many years so it was so good to see them again. When we arrived at Desert Stream this evening there was a police officer there in an unmarked truck. Apparently there had been shots fired nearby. I am not sure if the officer was warning them or looking for a suspect. We arrived pretty early so there weren't a lot of people around, so not too many to check for suspects. The officer peeled out of the parking lot before we had entered the building. Karen had been in Belleville earlier in the day so was going to meet us at Desert Stream. She had picked up some dinner (hummus and crackers) and went to a park nearby to eat it. Unfortunately for her the shots fired call came from close to where she was enjoying her food. Maybe even in the park itself. She was detained! And of course her phone was dead so she couldn't call us to let us know. Eventually, the police officer let her use his phone but I didn't hear it ring (and the call name was from "unknown caller") so we couldn't come to rescue her. They likely were detaining her for her safety and not because she was a suspect. They eventually decided it was duck hunters and let her go and she arrived just as the service was starting. A pretty exciting day for her!
It has been a busy few weeks. Today was very long.
Today was Halara Day so I put in an order in the morning. I knew that it the special for the day was going to be a free pair of pants so I had looked at pants to pick the one I was interested in. But when I logged into my basket, there was only one kind of pants with 2 colour options. The pants weren't one of the ones with the "petite" option so I'm a bit worried that they may be too long. I would have chosen petite if that was an option. There were 2 colour options, one orangey and one black so I went for the safer black one. I also got a dress, a shirt and a skirt (which hopefully will go together) so 4 pieces of clothing for $100. Not bad for Halara Day!
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.
