My grandfather's sister passed away on Sunday at the age of 94. We'll call her my Grand Aunt, though few people use the term. She was the last of the family - even the spouses; the only one remaining is my own grandmother. As sister-in-law she got a nametag and everything - it was cute ( Read more... )

I’m getting way behind on my writing. It’s freaking me out, but this weekend has a Happy Monday, and so I should be able to get caught up if I budget my time well. I’d like to be able to get lots of sleep and watch a few 007 movies, too ( Read more... )

On Saturday we went on a temple run. Thanks to F. and K., I got off my kiester and charted our course through the first five temples.

It was a hot day, and there was a lot of riding - the route up to Temple 4 was mostly uphill, but it wasn’t as bad or as time-consuming as I thought it might be. And coming down was fun - I basically drove in the ( Read more... )

It’s a good day to take it easy and watch the Sumo wrestling. I came down with a cold last night and had trouble staying asleep because my throat kept accumulating… stuff. I’m not worried, because I don’t feel too bad, and the heat will burn it all away in relatively short order. (It kind of reminds me of when I got sick at Sainte-Anne almost ( Read more... )

You know, I think I can deal. I got through today fairly well. There are a lot of pressures, especially in managing time, but I’m learning bit by bit. A few times today I had to decide to stop fretting and actually do something, and these times were all largely successful. The only problem I had today was that I ate too much at lunchtime (I bought ( Read more... )

Last weekend, Adam had this rockin’ party out in Lawrencetown, to celebrate his going away to Texas with Kurtis and Peter to, in Kurtis’ words, “sell pesticides to those stupid Americans.” (Kurtis assures me he is kidding. It had become a running joke that I didn’t understand he was kidding ( Read more... )

Up way too late. Just made a Facebook group for Twelfth Night. We’ll see how that goes. I was inspired to do it while standing at the bus stop tonight. I was feeling great, so so great! Oh, and on the bus I met someone who was studying a Scottish Gaelic grammar book! Well! We had a great conversation - in English, of course: my Gaelic-learning days ( Read more... )

Well, I’m having a nice, lazy start to my weekend. Jaymee will kill me if I go on too much like this, so I guess it’s time to get my act together and make something of the time ahead of me. It sure felt good to kick back carefree for a bit, though.

It looks like the 2014 Commonwealth Games won’t be coming to Halifax, as Canada has withdrawn its ( Read more... )