Kevin's Watch

Monday again damnit. At least the weekend was nice and quiet, but damn I'm over work.

--A

Perhaps count down to retirement oh ok .. its years for you .. so mmm.. what else can you do to while away the days?



Today was a great day .. we went into Canberra to pick up our car, after hitting a roo the front has been entirely rebuilt. So looks good now. We went to check out wood in the hardware store, bought a new BBQ .. ours is on the fritz .. and I got some petunias to brighten up the windows. Got a lot of stuff sorted .. so am ready to do some reorganising at home. I bought a new sewing machine too cos the one I had the bobbin spindle broke off .. and ridiculously thats the end of the machine.

All in all a great day

Today was good. Now due to a Muslim holiday school is closed for two days, giving me a chance to catch up on grading (Yes, week 3 of school and already I'm behind!!) and chill out. Stag of the dawn is in Lagos for a few days so.... HOUSE TO MYSELF!!! (Relatively speaking. In Nigeria your house is never your own.)

i feel pretty

so pretty

I feel like it's Tuesday.

--A

I feel the need for a magic carpet ride. With fondue and exotic fruit and high quality wine.... and Fleetwood Mac.

oh wow .. that imagery is singing to me Kizza a perfect picture

Esmer wrote:I feel so pretty. So pretty

So glad to hear this .. good for you Esmer

Tuesday it is and what a fabulous day .. we got a new BBQ yesterday so set it up and did some outside beautifying .. tomorrow I am away caring for a doggo that was just desexed. And we got friends over for dinner. And I got some domestic chores done today too ..

There is always work to do outside .. slowly but surely everything is coming together nicely.

Just in from Happy Hour .. and feeling pretty good.

Linna Heartbooger wrote: Made me think of the wrong sort of "boss" for a split-second there, but...
Anyway, how does the new boss at work seem to you, Sorus?

This grind doesn't involve any epic loot.

I'm still on the fence about the new boss. She's better than the old boss - which is to say, she actually seems interested in following the law and whatnot, so that's a step up.

mmm.. so operating from the basest level well hopefully she appreciates her employees, at least a little .. would be nice

Every little bit helps.

Oh well, Wednesday...week will be over (I hope) before we know it. For what it's worth...

--A

Well I wish the week would go a little slower .. lol

This has been a long week, but next week will be another long week that either involves OT at work, or jury duty. Not sure which I'd rather do, not that I'll have a choice.

That's a tough choice, Sorus.

I've been serving on a jury for over a week now. Obviously, I can say nothing about the case, but I purely detest the commute into Seattle, which has gotten worse (if such is possible) since I retired at the end of last year.

Worse yet, the combined wildfire smoke from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California has brought this area the poorest air quality in a century. I've had a tightness in my chest, inability to draw a full breath, and have been achy / feverish for a few days. On top of that, I have to give Menolly a wide berth, in case I am wrong about it being related to air quality. With her leukemia, I can't risk passing an illness to her. Neither does Dam-sel want to catch anything, although the threat is rather less for her.

Do I care about infecting my fellow jurors, the lawyers, court personnel, folks on the commute buses? Sort of, but not nearly as much.

Let them take their chances. Feeling a bit headachy myself.

On the plus side, I guess, my brother is out out ICU, although still intubated apparently. Gonna have to go visit him now that he's awake, so that to look forward to. Meh.

--A

Thats good news Av .. glad to hear it

Good luck, Av.

Air quality is pretty terrible here too. 3 times worse than Beijing's, according to local news. Everything's on fire...

Well, Friday at last.

--A

Got a little energiser bunny puppy for the weekend .. oh boy this one is going to be tricky .. fingers crossed she actually sleeps



I got my eldest daughter coming home for the weekend .. and then picking up Darth on Monday Am so excited to see them both .. its like having two of my kids coming home to visit with mum and dad

Skyweir wrote:There is always work to do outside .. slowly but surely everything is coming together nicely.

Oh yeah.. and it's almost spring! there. real spring; not that fake-out spring that is really fall.

We are expecting to hear about that Welsh pony foaling.

lemmmme think... now what... you're picking up Darth soon - cool!

SD- I hadn't thought about Menolly's leukemia and stuff... darn.
So like, what she's on for that is like a constant, less-extreme-than-some-kinds kind of chemo? :-/

we are having an okay weekend. I'm tired; we're moving in a week.

dasvidaniya = sayonara

Aloha