Monthly Archives: March 2009

March 14, 2009 · 8:13 am

The day begins

Started out by sleeping in.  Then Leo got a call on his cellphone.  We figured it was Ronin using his mom’s phone with it’s speed dial numbers because the sounds on the other end were Roninish.

Then coffee in bed and my first present.

No, no.  What are you thinking!  It is my birthday not Leo’s.  He bought me a little cross necklace which I think is beautiful.  And I think the little shimmery stones in it are not cubic zirconium.

Then my first real phone call from Rachelle.  We had a good talk.

I think the day is going to be a good one.

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March 12, 2009 · 10:35 pm

Birthdays and such

Today my youngest granddaughter became one year old.  Kimia is getting to be a girl with some character.  And mobility.  And size – over 27 lbs last I heard. Tomorrow we are going to her house to celebrate this significant milestone.

But tonight, I was participating with the Prince Albert Strings inour local music festival.  We did fairly well – 87 and 89 in our catagory.  I think we did well for a group that went from a  fairly experienced group last year to a group of near novices.  These songs were simpler than what we attempted last year but I think Dean, our conductor, was pleased.

Kimia has her big party tomorrow but my big day is approaching.  Saturday.  60 years.

It has occurred to me that this is a fairly long time.  As the span of life goes it is likely at least 2/3 of my allotted days.

So, maybe to keep me thinking I am young, my hubby bought me this nice new little computer.  At least it has given me a new toy to play with and try to get all up to date and get files transferred over and all those little chores.  I have no pictures on this baby yet.  So bear with me.  They will come.

And this one is little.  I chose a little one for ease of transport – a 13 inch screen and only 4.6 lbs.  I think it will fit nicely into my purse actually.  Another Toshiba because I like their durability.

So, life goes on.  Birthdays or no birthdays.

I wonder if it will take all my life to figure it all out and come to terms with who I am and what I really need to be about.  I think that maybe now and then I see shadowy glimpses of the person I might be becoming but then I stumble back to the reality of me and everyday life.  Sometimes I just get lost and lonely even at 60.  But I know that overall,  I have been blessed and am glad that my life has, for the most part, been full of interesting challenges and opportunities.

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March 10, 2009 · 8:09 am

Wonders Never Cease – or The case of the parking lot microwave

I got a call from the security company that monitors the alarm at my office early this morning.  Back door(staff door) sensor had gone off and should they dispatch the police.  I said “no” that I would go and check on it.  Although it was only 4:45 am I was up and moving.  (Leo had to leave for Lloydminster early this morning.)

I arrived at the parking lot to see a microwave sitting there with the light on, plugged in to one of our parking lot plugs.  No door left, broken glass plate beside the sidewalk.

I immediately thought that I had misjudged this call, that in spite of
-35 temperatures someone had been wandering around or had entered our office and done some vandalism.  But the doors were both locked and as I gingerly opened the back door I could see no evidence that we had had a break in.  I walked through the clinic and nothing was out of place.  Our microwaves were both in their places down in the staff room.

So, I have no idea who was out cooking in the parking lot last night.  It will likely remain an unsolved mystery.  Maybe we will have to turn off the outside power at night to prevent late night snacking at the office in the parking lot.

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March 9, 2009 · 5:45 pm

Wa- Hoo!!!

I got my mid-term and my graded workbook exercises back today.  Sorry if this sounds boastful.  I don’t mean it to be but I have got to tell someone and you guys are it.

 

I got 95.5% on the Greek mid-term.  And the other work was also good. 

My brain still works. 

This is a great relief and encouragement and thanks be to
God. 

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March 8, 2009 · 6:37 pm

My weekend

This has been one of those weekends when I will be glad that my stint of being on call is over.  The cases that kept me occupied were bona fide emergencies and I don’t regret that I was called out to help.  but it disrupts the days – and nights.  Saturday, after getting a fitful sleep waiting to be called in the middle of the night, I was tired all day.  I probably would have been no more tired if the Dr in Emerg had called me at 2 am.  But he was kind and was able to handle the bleeding patient without my presence.

Last night I did go in around 11 PM.  A young girl playing had slipped and pushed her front teeth backwards so that she could no longer could close her teeth well and had lacerated her gums so badly that stitches were needed.  I got home around 12:30 this morning and then was wide awake.  I had to settle a bit, before crawling into bed half an hour later.  It wasn’t that I was upset, more on a sort of high that comes with doing a good thing and feeling pleased.

Then this morning, we were victims of the time change in Ontario.  Rachelle actually woke us up when she called at 7 our time thinking she had better catch us before we left for church.

Tonight my day wraps up reading Scot McKnight’s The Blue Parakeet with the superintelligent group of women that I call  friends.  We have a good time together and it is good to read, study, talk and pray together.

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March 6, 2009 · 6:34 pm

Its a bit like recovering a lost coin

It feels good to have the computer back.  Nothing lost.  The wizard who does these things failed to find a real problem, couldn’t make it give that dastardly message about hardware fatalities at all.    So, my means of expression is back in order, tuned up, backed up and we are back in business.

Hmmm – wonder if I lost my spell checker?   Nope it picked up the Hmmm just fine. But is underlining words that it shouldn’t.  It does not like contractions for some reason.

So, I guess we see what happens from here on in.

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March 4, 2009 · 3:00 pm

It’s not so easy posting from my iPod since the keyboard goes away if I move from the title area.

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