walk it off

Sometimes James' voice squeaks and he likes to joke that he can "walk off" puberty anytime he likes.

He watched some of the Bach'ette tonight and he was all like "I am so stressed out". It was a stressful episode!

publicist

Today is the first day in a long time that I haven't made it through my email! So a busy day!

I finished reading a book called "Make him look good" about a cuban publicist who works for a cuban celebrity and discovers much of her publicity is lies and so he has to decide what to do.

James was in defence hockey camp today. He said the best part was getting to hang out with Nolan. So at least he has a friend there!

biking

James seems to have rebounded from his cold faster than I did, which is good.

Next weekend his hockey team is having a biking event and as James hasn't rode his bike in some time we decided to go for a bike ride today. He picked it up pretty quickly and we biked around for about 2 hours. James was loving it and keeps wanted to go back out but I am so toast I just want to go to bed. (I haven't biked for a while as well but my rebound is clearly slower than his!

Last minute

It was the last day of school for James today. Last night just before he went to bed he told me that he volunteered me to make muffins for class lunch potluck today. So I got up at 5am to do so!

He's now down with a cold. I guess my cold. Hopefully, he gets over it faster than I did!

Storming

It stormed most of the night I think. Power went off around 5am and came back 7:30am.
Kim texted me just after 5am from Toronto airport because she was supposed to be getting on a plane. Only to find her passport was expired!
James and I wandered the neighbourhood from 7-7:30 to try to figure out of his school had power. (Once we had power back I could see that it did but at the time we didn't know) We decided he would go in and just walk home if the school was closed.
As we were walking around there were some houses with a light on here and there. James suggested they were oil lamps. I suggested that was so 1800's.

price marking

My routine is to go shopping on Saturday morning at Loblaws. I go to Loblaws because it opens the earliest! Loblaws here can be pricey in some things so I am very careful about what I buy there but there is enough that is priced well that it is worth it to go.

In the past the price "specials" changed on Saturdays and so often these would not be posted yet or old sales were still up, so you had to be quite careful in the shopping. Then they changed the day the specials changed to Friday and recently they have moved it to Thursdays. At the rate they are going they will be back at Saturday again soon.

Anyway, my point is that even though the specials now change on Thursday, the tags may still be wrong on Saturday. And as I memorize the price of everything when I pick it up, I can let the cashier know that things are priced incorrectly. And their policy is that if you find something priced incorrectly, you get it free. So I come home with free stuff every week. (not on purpose- but their tags don't clearly indicate when the sale is over so I don't know) But I think about all the people shopping on Thursday and Friday who were being overcharged and never noticed.

I've been up since 4am so am having my second breakfast (muffins and lemonade) now.

Our community has been hit with some very sad things this week.

5 teenagers were in an accident that was unsurvivable. 2 passed away. 1 is fighting for his life. 2 others are less physically scathed but must have other emotional wounds. The SUV they were driving in was unrecognizable, so that some of them survived is a miracle in itself. I hope the survivors are able to move past this.

1 woman was in a relationship that was unsurvivable, leaving 3 young children without a mother.

Mark's April passed away suddenly this week. Also another death too young.

James' hockey team is having a yard sale to raise money for their trips. We are going to be doing a lot of fund raising this summer. The team is also going on a family bike ride on July 4 so I need to get our bikes in shape. And look for things in the garage to sell!

Mike's retirement

On Wednesday after work was Mike's retirement celebration. It was at the university club and about 1000 people were crammed into a little room. I had been doing better with my cold until then but it made for a long day and then trying to talk to people was making my voice hoarse. So the cold was worse on Thursday. Feeling a bit better today.

I am getting "imperial" service at my bank. They seem to like me.

I hope to do a lot of cleaning tomorrow because I didn't get anything done last weekend. I need a strategic plan.

tv evening

James said the best part of today was getting thrown in the air by a professional mixed martial artist. It is arts week at his school. In the morning they did the mixed martial arts and they worked on making grad decorations. In the afternoon they were making puppets.

The work day was ok for me. Dealing with issues.

Tonight is my tv night as I watch Kaitlyn's season derail with Nick. Lots of fun!

road to recovery

I had another good sleep in the evening and was feeling better in the morning, though I still have a lot of phlegm, I am returning to functionality.

I subscribe to Ontario Tornado Watch, which tracks all the ontario storms (tornado or no) so I know one was coming but I was able to get my laundry up and dry before it arrived.

When I was making James an apple part of the apple was not good enough for apple slices but was good enough for apple muffins, so I looked up a recipe and made it. James did not appreciate it because it had real apples. I had guessed he wouldn't like the texture. He's funny that way. But I have some for lunch tomorrow so I am happy with that.

I should note a follow up to yesterday's post, last night James was VERY good about turning in his iPad at the appointed time.

consequences

It is probably not good to enforce consequences with your child when you are so sick you are barely standing, but I did.
He had to be in bed by 10 or loose his iPad and he was not and to top it off with a cherry on top, he added to it by lying to me. So I hid his iPad.

The night actually went quite well and I felt a bit better in the morning.

I went to Loblaws and managed to make it through the whole store so it was quite a big venture! After I got home James was madder than a pack of bees and at the time I returned I couldn't figure out why, thought he just got up on the wrong side of bed. No, he was very mad about the iPad issue. We had a very good talk when he had calmed down and we have a good plan in place going forward. We;ll see if he sticks to his end of the bargain now that he has felt the sting of consequences!

I haven't slept yet during the day so I think that is a positive step. I am trying to take it easy and do some quiet things. I have done some laundry because it is so nice out. My next aim is to wash the dishes.

I have some turkey in the slow cooker that I hope to enjoy for dinner- easy meal.

downpour

I am no better today than I was yesterday. Actually my voice is better but I am still very congested.
I went to bed last night but only slept from 12-4. Probably because I slept during the day 10-2. I slept again today during the day and am not terribly functional. I did go to Giant Tiger to pick up more cough drops. Everything is really loose so I can't go anywhere without a kleenex box. I'm guessing loose is good?

The sky just poured the rain so I tried to take some pictures- doesn't do it justice though.

James is spending the evening at Devon's.

Knocked down

I have been knocked down by a nasty cold. Whatever it is it is all in my head. My appetite is gone. My voice is gone. It isn't pretty.

I am resting though, which is good. And drinking apple cider vinegar when I can, trusting that it might help. I probably could take tea as well.

I baked bread (in the breadmaker) today from a recipe from Paul but it didn't turn out as well as his do.

Tara let me know that the lunch they had in Gatineau was "chicken".

Gatineau

James returned from the Gatineau school trip tired and dirty. He liked the zip lining best, I think.
He returned very hungry.

I asked what he ate for dinner yesterday:
J: Pasta, but not the good kind.
I asked what he ate for breakfast today:
J:Eggs, but not the good kind
And lunch?
J: vomit

support

Last night James came home from school with a bunch of end of year papers and forms to sign, etc. One of them was for the yearbook. I sat down to tackle them all and he goes to his wallet and hands me $20 for the yearbook. I didn't expect that! Glad he is old enough to take care of his own business now!

For some reason Facebook seems to think I should join the group "Dragon King MahJong Support group". Interesting because I don't play that game. I thought at first it was a site to help people who were addicted to it, but it seems to be a site for people to share tips and tricks.

Zully has flown to Florida because one of his sisters is really sick. This means that Kim is on her own to navigate the electronic world. Navigate is a generous word. I spent a couple of hours on the phone with her helping today and she is going to come over tomorrow to get her project submitted.

James is going to a French Camp in Gatineau on Mon/Tues. I have the packing list and he certainly needs to bring a lot for being away 2 days. If they are on school buses I can't think how they will fit all the kids and their belongings!

A nice autumn day

I have been wearing sweaters and coats and it is June. Why even have a summer wardrobe when there are only 2 days of summer?



Today was a day to work on timetabling issues. I forgot lunch it was so riveting! Will try to remember lunch tomorrow.

Ants seem to have mostly cleared up, but that may just be because it is so cold out!