Ampersand & the Cackling Girl at YBR

Note: this was originally posted 1/28/09 but I managed to delete a bunch of my posts like a bone head this being one of them. Now I guess because it is so far past the original date, blogger won't let me put the original date and it insists as posting as todays date. oh Well, win some lose some. At least I have the entry back despite the incorrect date of Ki;u
Finally got the video downloaded to the computer and now I am uploading it to the blog! Sorry for being so slow! The video has Steffi, Craig, Sheay, peter, Kirsten Remy, Roland and Ampersand of course and Chetters is hiding in peter's shirt! We had a ton of fun that night and of course the star of the show was Ampersand who jumped multiple times!! Unfortunately I had to settle for a smaller video as the one I wanted to upload was way too big! I will have to figure out an alternate way to get it onto the blog. Perhaps post to YouTube? I wonder if YouTube has limits...




We had lots of fun that night. Here are some more pics: Bogey staring at peter's belly because Chetters is hiding in p's shirt; Sheay posing and Steffi and her new scarf.

Horrible Day

I did not start the day well by forgetting to take my pills. So of course emotional rollercoaster is precipate. Then I had to present to CK & KG a vendor proposal. I think the presentation content was good but I wrecked it by interjecting with blah blah blah at a couple of different points. Oh and I only gave the presentation to K because due to the vagaries of MS technology even tho C accepted the meeting invitation it wasn't in his calendar. He arrived just as we finished. Then I made the mistake of raising the problem I am having reconciling the numbers for NH & JK. Why can't you? I try to explain. Well is their DB your responsibility? No. Well then there is bothing you can do. And forget about why LG was doing the support work. What does that have to do with what you are responsible for. Of course he then turned around and said make sure you communicate through JM. He says to JM we don't want them to think we don't support them. So in other words he wants JM to do the communication because he perceives NH and I asd having an adversarial relationship which we don't. Yes we have bumped heads but I don't think it is a prevalent grudge because we are able to get along just fine. I think CK sees me as only being able to raise problems without solutions. I don't think my problem solving style works with him I am a bouncer - I like to discuss and bounce stuff off people. But it gets turned into here's the solution which is not what I am looking for. I guess I should just keep my mouth shut. Maybe setting up bi-weekly status meetings wasnLt such a good idea. But how can we figure each other out otherwise. Of course I think he has already pegged me.On to the rest of the day. Yesterday Dr. E's assistant called to confirm my appt with her today. She said it was 5:30. I said are you sure? We had said 4:t0. No it says 5:30 in the calendar. I left a little later then I meant to and when I finally got to Queen's Park the escalators to the street weren't working. It just about killed me by the time I got to the top of the stairs. Then it was miserable and drizzling and I couldn't walk fast because I was out of breath so I was soaked by the time I got to the doors. I did manage to get our RXs - but Janet gave me a strange look I guess because I looked liked something the cat dragged in. So then I go upstairs to my appt. I realize Dr. E is not there because the lights our out. I really should have trusted my instincts. I think the calender is a DST glitch. My phone changed all the times of my appointments in my phone calendar and I was thinking I bet my appt is actually 4:30 not 5:30 and I bet there is some technology glitch.So I feel miserable and I am tired and I want to get off. Please stop the world.

The Last Couple of Weeks in Review

1. No I did not get the job.
2. There is another posting for which I need to apply.
3. Sylvester has kidney disease - not happy. Only good thing is we caught it early. He is 16 after all.
4. Surprises left right and center on the political venue.
5. I am not sleeping well at all. Many pains in hands, feets and assorted other bodily places. Happening during the day now.
6. Bought p a snowblower - he is very happy. Also really good shovel and fork from Lee Valley Tools. The shovel slices through sod like it's butter!!!! His birthday and Christmas presents for this year and maybe next done!!!
7. Mum and Dad's 45th wedding anniversary last weekend (August 31)
8. Chetters is very cute and sweet.
9. I miss Licorice very much.
10. I miss Thistle too.
11. I don't want to lose Vester...
12. Worried a little about my Mum - she's been tired for the last two weeks.
13. Front garden is beginning to look really amazing.
14. I really should get my butt in gear and upload my digitial photos. On the bright side, p fixed my computer - so I can get caught up on that and the webpage I've been promising for a LONG time.
15. I am sad it is September. I want summer to last forever.

Tuesday Morning Go Train Hell

Last night I did not get any sleep again. Despite going downstairs to the couch in the living room my feet kept hurting all night long. One would stop then the other would start. Not quite as bad as last Thursday which caused me to stay and work from home as I was exhausted and there was no way I would make even the 8:00 am train at Burlington. Probably more on a par with Wednesday night.

Every morning I drag myself out of bed with p's help knowing that I have 45 minutes to an hour or more to sleep on the train on the way in. I really need that hour espeically after nights like last night. Well this morning at Burlington these three dames (and I use that loosely) get on the train and plunk themselves down beside me and proceed to yap yap yap all the effing way into Union Station about the most inane things. They all went shopping in the States on the weekend and bought this which cost that when in Canada would cost this. All three were more then overweight, dyed blonde and very hard looking. And what really killed me was the topic of conversation after the initial shopping bit. They moved on to Christmas and gift giving and all they could talk about was how much they spend on someone's gift compared to someone's elses, and I'm going to stop buying my god-daughter gifts how old should I wait for her to be before I can stop? And people give the most useless gifts and blah blah. Then, the one sitting next to me decided to give the woman across from a blow by blow of a TV show. Meanwhile, the entire way in I'm sitting there with my eyes closed obviously trying to sleep and they can't shut up or move some where else to be considerate. It's the morning for God's sake. I sat there thinking SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP all the way hoping in vain one of them might be slightly empathetic and figure it out. But no.... yap yap yap yap. The three of them were the epitiome of Hamilton women. That is not a compliment in case you were wondering.
What a bunch of inconsiderate shallow excuses. They could have at least had an interesting conversation if they had to keep me awake. I should have moved once they sat down. I just knew they weren't going to shut up.

Yes I'm grumpy - it's bad enough my body won't cooperate with me to get a good night's sleep but then to have my train snooze so rudely interrupted was beyond belief. Why can't I find a spot on the train that is quiet??? Why why why???