Well It's Monday Again

 I really need to come up with better titles for these posts :)  I'm always at a loss and they are quite boring and repetitive.

We've had a lovely weekend and now I'm all alone in the house as the girls are at school and Hubs is out on a job.  The only thing now is to remember to feed the fish at noon and pick up the girls after school as well as start supper beforehand.  I've added the pickup into my work calendar just so no one books me in a meeting at the time I need to be there.  It was discussed with the Boss and she is fine with me taking a few minutes out of my day to do drop off and pick ups.  It's not like I take any breaks since working from home.  I sit my butt down at 8am and if I'm lucky I'll move a few times before 4:30pm but there are days where that doesn't happen and I'm in my chair all day.  Those are days when I can't stand up very quickly once I try.  

On Saturday I dropped so books off at the library and checked if Bear's gift card was in.  She won it for reading in the summer and I'm so happy for her.  It wasn't there yet but once it comes in we will head up to the book store and she can shop till it's all used up.  It makes no difference that she can't read on her own yet, she likes books that are a little higher reading level and we just read them to her.  Currently it's Captain Underpants and Harry Potter. In the afternoon we also went to a store called Glitch here in town.  It bills itself as the "Worst Shop Ever" and is filled floor to ceiling with gifts, toys, candy, and very random things.  It's a great store and we had a fin time looking at all the things in there.  There was some concern on my part as Bug can read and not all the items were kid friendly.  There was a fair amount of bad words on them.  Which is great for the gifts they were just not so much for my little one to read.  Also in the back of the store is a curiosity museum.  It is small but has a fun section of things to look at\, all the way from the World's Largest Cheezie to shrunken heads.  Some of it was too scary for Bug but most of it was fine.  Due to it being the second Saturday of the month they also have a Live Zoltan to tell your fortune.  I had to have a go at that!  I am always interested in what these things will say and I've never had it done so I spent the $20 and had my tarot read.  It was good and I could see how it related to the question I had in my head that I was wondering about.  It's not like it was freakishly accurate but it was close enough that I was happy and didn't feel like it was a waste of my money.  I do believe that some people have a gift to do that kind of thing but also know that the people that do do it are great at reading body language and telling you what you want to hear.  

Sunday was the beginning of bowling for the season.  It turns out that there are only two teams signed up to bowl at the time we are so they might ask us to move.  I'm willing to go to the other Sunday time but not too motivated to go to the Wednesday night option so we'll see how it goes.  Both girls had great games to start off the season so hopefully we can keep it up.  I then made the grocery list and Bear and I headed out.  We grabbed some lunch while we were out as well.  It used to be a thing I did, whoever came with me got to go out for lunch with me and have that one on one time but since Covid it hasn't happened.  It was good to start it again.  They talk so freely when it's just us and I always want that to be there.  Once we got home and every thing was put away, I noticed my Kijiji ads had expired so all those items went to Value Village.  I gave it a shot at trying to get some money out of them and then just wanted them one.  Most of it was stuff I haven't used since we bought the house ten years ago.  If I haven't felt the need for it by now then I doubt I'll miss it.  We did bring home a few new things from there but nothing crazy and it all had a home.  We picked up Clue Jr. and had a game of that after supper.  It was good but was a little long for the attention spans we have.  Maybe next time it'll be quicker since we have the rules down now.  

Today is just a regular Monday.  Thankfully back to my old schedule of having few things booked on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, though Thursday is filling up for some reason.  It gives me a chance to get things caught up and get my inbox under control.  My job would be simple of people stopped asking for information!  I'd probably also not have a job in that case so I guess I won't complain too loudly.  I also need to submit my phone bill to get the work from home credit and make sure I start the testing of a new system but both of those are not too time intensive.  I also need to book my holidays for October as I want to make sure I don't bunch up at the end of the year again and have to be gone every three weeks like this year.  

Well off to get things done, have a great day!

First Day of School

 Well it was the first day of school and there was lots of excitement in the house this morning.  Everyone was up on time and getting through their checklists of things to do before heading off to school.  We got lunches made and packed and choices of fruits and snacks loaded up.  Pictures were taken with both masks on and off to commemorate the occasion.  Once we got to school Bear's teacher forgot the first rule and gave her a hug.  She said it was just so hard to get out of the habit and really I'm okay with it but it is going to be a challenge to tell your kids they can't touch if you are going around touching them all day.  Bear was also happy to see a friend waiting there too so at least she knows one person in the class.  They only had half the kids there so we won't know until Monday if she has more friends with her or not.  Bug found her class fine and while I didn't recognize any of them with masks on I'm sure she must have known at least some of them.  We'll find out once she gets home this afternoon.  

I've had a bust morning with work and find myself once again drowning in emails.  How is it that I can go from day with just enough to having 37 this morning and still coming in?  It didn't help that I had meetings all morning either so no time to check them as they arrive.  

I've got an appointment with my shrink this afternoon.  It'll be quick as it always is.  He'll make sure I'm still feeling okay and then send me on my way.  I don't need any prescription refills so there is nothing else for him to do.  It takes me longer to get to the office then the whole meeting does.

I find I'm not really into working this afternoon.  I think it's just the shift of having the kids gone it somehow feels like a holiday and that I should lounge on the couch and enjoy myself.  Alas it is not to be.

Well off to finish some testing and then into a meeting.

Have a good day!

The Beginning of Back to School Week

 Hello All, 

I hope you've had a good weekend.  It was the Labour day weekend here so yesterday was a holiday and no work was done.  In fact we did very little at all the whole weekend.

Saturday I had books to return to the library but none of my holds were ready so no pickups.  The girls and I then went to the dollar stores near our house for a mosey around.  There was nothing we really needed but it's a good place to go when you feel the urge to buy something as it might not cost you too much.  We actually have two different ones right across a parking lot from each other so we hit them both up.  A few things I needed, a few bits for Halloween, and some candy for the kids and we were done.  We managed to not bring home anything unnecessary beyond yet one more notebook for me.  I love stationery and a fresh pad of paper is only second to a glorious new pen.

Sunday I went and got groceries with Bear.  It was supposed to be Bug's turn to come but she decided against it.  We went to one of the two stores that are not mandating masks as I needed to get some prescriptions.  I shop at 4 different stores and really don't care for one over the other.  I'll happily wear a mask and while it is hot and a bit itchy after a while it's not that big of a deal.  I honestly can't understand the people who don't get why they can help prevent the spread and say it's not required.  For the rest of the day we didn't do much else.

Monday it was cool outside but we persevered and got the carrots harvested.  It's not like we had a huge plot to work, it was two 5 foot rows.  The girls helped me and we got them all in and prepped.  We had a couple of odd growers so that made the kids day.  We had one that twisted around another one and one that was a "boy" carrot.  Giggles were barely contained from Hubs and I as they proudly showed it off to Grandma and Uncle in a video chat.  Let's see if I can load the image below, I've never tried to add a picture on here yet.  Ah! It worked!  A boy carrot for all to see :)

The rest of Monday was spent watching Iron Man and starting Iron Man 2.  Hubs and I have decided to watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe in movie chronological order, not when they were released but when they happened in the time line.  We've only just begun but want to make it our Saturday night time together.  Obviously we've messed that up by watching on Monday but we'll go back.  Only 20-some more movies to go.  I've seen most of them but he hasn't so it's crazy to watch and know what is going to happen and have things have more meaning because you know what is coming.  I sobbed my way through the end of Captain America because of what is shown but mostly because I know what is coming and how wonderful/sad that is.  I'm a crier anyways in movies, I can cry in all of them  The girls watched the live action Beauty and the Beast yesterday and I cried when all the objects fell silent, even knowing they live in about the next ten minutes.  I can't help it, I'm a sensitive soul lol.

Today is back to work and it's light on meetings, so that is good.  I'm also almost caught up on emails so as long as they stay down I should have a good week.  

Tomorrow is back to school for the girls so I have some time booked off for that as I think it will be a little more hectic than normal.  We finally got an email from Bug's teacher.  There had been some confusion from him typing my email address wrong and me not getting it and then him thinking that we were good to go because Bear's teacher had spoken (emailed) to me.  I ended up emailing the secretary of the school (who is fantastic) and she sent that off to him and in the end it's all fine, just confusing as we didn't know who her teacher was going to be so didn't know where to take her in the morning.  I'm sure we'd have figured it all out though either way.  Bear is so excited she can't stop talking and writing about it.  There must be 10 little notes laying around the house saying "I love school, school now!"  I hope she keeps that enthusiasm.  She really wants to learn how to read like her sister and since Bug figured it out about half way though the 1st grade she is sure she will too.  I have high hopes it can be done, she has the same teacher and also is starting now to recognize words and read a bit so she's on the right path.

Well I see I've got a handful of messages to respond to so I'd best get those done!  Have a good day!

A Cool Tuesday

 It's very windy here today and the clouds are being blown at high speed across the sky.  It's supposed to get to about 20 Celsius here today but it won't feel like that if this doesn't calm down.  

I couldn't sleep very well last night.  I was up at least three times for an extended period and then this morning Bear and I were up at about 6:30 and I couldn't get back to sleep.  I eventually gave up at quarter after seven and just started my day.  The only problem with that is that I don't know what to do with myself and so wanted to start work just to have something to do.  I put in enough time that is above my hours so I don't need to add morning time as well.

Today is another day of not having any meetings scheduled.  I'm not sure why this week is so much lighter than the last few have been but I'm glad for it.  I'm actually able to keep up with emails and get a few things that have been outstanding off my list.  

Hubs went out for breakfast with his friend today and is still not home.  I'm getting more and more jealous with each outing.  It's not his fault but it still makes me feel petty and angry towards him.  However I have booked off a long lunch on our Anniversary in a few weeks so that will be something to look forward to.  Now I just need to decide where to go.  Hubs has suggested Aiden and maybe that will win.  I've never done lunch there, only supper so it could be fun.  

The girls have been spending too much time on the computer and watching TV lately but I figure they will be back in school in a week so it will all stop.  I'm not sure how we are going to manage if they end up schooling from home as we only have the one laptop where they would get instruction but we'll figure that out if it ever happens.  I'm really hoping that it all works out and they get a "normal" school year.

I can't think of anything else that has happened to chat about so I will sign off here.

Take care!