Hello, blog

Remember me?

Yeah, I know. It hardly seems like we have any "quality time" together anymore. Ever since I started that new thing. You know, school?

She's pretty demanding, I tell ya. Heck, I didn't do much with her last week and I'm really paying the price, now. I mean, its not like I ignored her or anything....I just laid a foundation. Something to build on. You see, we have this big date on Thursday and I really needed to make sure I had things right. I had to gather my thoughts, and all that. But Thursday's coming fast and I had a lot to do. She was really nagging at me and I knew I had to do something to make it up to her.

I think she's a little happier. She's feeling like I'm meeting her stringent demands for something "origina", instead of hearing only what others have said...or even worse, stuff people have quoted from individuals who were smarter.

Thursday should be interesting when it all comes together.

Until then cherished blog....I'm not going anywhere...I just need to take care of a few things, ya know?

On braces and beans and blogging

I was reminded by Kal that I've been a little quiet on the blog front recently and I suppose that's true. In my defence, I offer the fact that I was away for 2 weeks getting all edjimacated and that I've spent the bulk of this first week home reconnecting with my wife.

Colour me guilty. *g*

One of the ongoing assignments for school has been a reflective blog. I suppose that's what I do here - reflect - but the reflections are of a more personal nature. The school blog is also reflective, but more specifically reflecting on our learning experiences in the program and about learning in general. The blog assignment was somewhat experimental for the faculty and it wasn't without its problems, but it is worth 20% of my total grade. So, I blog.

A guy does need a place to have non-school thoughts published and vented, and this is the place.

There are a few random updates...

Penny is at the dentist this morning with The Boy, having his braces fitted. Most kids I grew up with dreaded the thought of becoming "metal mouth" for a long period of time, but he seems to be looking foward to it. I'm not sure why, though...

Penny was also cooking up a storm yesterday afternoon. She was prepping two massive pots of beans to be turned into Baked Beans (using her mother's recipe), she also did a huge batch of beef stew and she had prepped corn, chicken strips and chicken burgers for dinner. In response to my somewhat astonished gaze, She said, "I know, I know...I was nesting a little bit yesterday."

No complaints here, babe.

Other than that, work is work...school is school (final paper assignment due August 31) and life has returned to abnormal chez nous.

We pause for station identification

Dtrini and Bonnie will get this one...


































Wow....they really do come home...

Almost done....

My group presentation is done and its the last day of my residency. I'm brain-weary but really pumped about what I've learned so far. Choosing the program here was definitely the right call. There are some really, really smart people in my cohort and, as one of my collegagues mentioned, it feels like I have a faculty body well beyond the 3-4 profs.

I'm excited to be going home to my DW and to the simple pleasures of sleeping in my own bed, snuggling with Penny and pulling the cat out of whatever it is she's getting into.

A long 2 weeks but a good two weeks. Just have to get through the long flight home...

For my "Babe"

Except that in a few days, my plane will be leaving, I'll be on my way back to you so I won't be missing you anymore.

This isn't me, this is my stand-in

I give you this Meme in my absence.

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet and a street name)

Max Bayview, Max Lighthouse, Max St. Germain, Max Fencerow, Max Glenrose, Max Commanche, Max Heron, Max Pine (Actually, I think these are my DJ names...just like Johnny Fever.)

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your mom's side, your favorite candy)

Richardson Skor

3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first two or three letters of your middle name)

Rock M

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)

Blugh Katz

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)

Weylynn North (my agent made me modify it...and besides, Thaao Phenglis was already taken.)

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 2 letters of mom's maiden name and first 3 letters of the town you grew up in.)

Sto-Mo Bi-Nor (Renegade Pilot, Trader, Mercenary, and Intergalactic Slut-puppy)

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (your favorite color, favorite drink)

The Blue Screwdriver

Is it still Posh if its just Victoria?

Hello readers:

My body tells me that its well after 1AM even though the clocks say its about 20 past ten.

I have arrived safe and sound in Victoria and I'm on my way via cab to the Royal Roads campus. Right now I can't tell you much because its too dark to see anything, but I'm sure its lovely.

Penny is off to take the Wondertwins to their camp soon....and I'm missing her lots right now.

I'll blog again once I've found my campus, my dorm, and my bed....in that order.

Night-night...

~yawn~

Another week, come and gone

Friday already? Wow...a speedy week indeed.

I've spent a lot of this week getting school work done and getting work work wrapped up before I go.

Penny and I spent the bulk of yesterday together doing errands and other last-minute things. We upgraded her PC at home (sound and graphics), but not without an amusing yet poignant lesson in the importance of reading package instructions prior to leaving the store to save yourself a return trip.

Hockey was on last night, and the Steve's Painting crew managed a 2-1 win in the first of 3 round-robin playoff games. With the other two teams in our division playing to a 1-1 tie, this means we have a slight hold on first place for the moment. I'll be missing the next 2 games because of school, so I told the boys I was fully expecting to be playing in the final on the 24th. But, no pressure, eh?!

I'll blog as frequently as I can while I'm away but don't be surprised if I'm too busy to say much.

I'm gonna miss my DW like mad when we're apart. Fortunately for us, we don't have the kids the night I come back.

Heh, heh, heh.

Enjoy the weekend, all....

(NOTE: I'm sufficiently disgusted with the stinker the Argos played last night against Montreal that I am refusing to comment as a protest. Power to the People, and all that.)