Tired.  Weary like a wind-up toy relic, left on the shelf to gather too much dust.  I should be at rehearsal right now, but after work I had an errand to run, plus I hadn't eaten yet, by which point I said "forget it," sent a hasty, apologetic note to one of my fellow musicians and came home.  My great accomplishments tonight:  food, both the ( Read more... )

Now with 20% more cleaning power!

• Went for another walk today - this time, to the Metrotown Library and Save-On Foods, where my housemate and I picked up many delicious fruits and vegetables with which to make home-made soups and smoothies, as well as rice cakes and rice pasta.  Currently snacking on baby carrots, cherries and blueberries as well ( Read more... )

• Our Assistant Manager got laid off this week.  He didn't do anything wrong:  the store wasn't making enough money, so Head Office's solution was to lay people off.  Too bad, because he had been with the company for almost twenty years, had so many great stories to tell and was great fun to work with.  The only positive consequence to this is that I ( Read more... )

I'm off from work until Friday.  Not a good thing, financially speaking, but I am engaging in at least a few productive tasks in the interim, the proverbial hay-making.

I'm editing chapter three for a book that a friend is writing.  It's fun, slow work, requiring the sustained use of my brain in ways that I don't often do - good practice.  I'll also ( Read more... )