Mr BA got a job! It's a contract to design a communications strategy. It starts Monday and is only until the end of August, but it pays well and buys him more time to find something permanent--w00t!
Boston is still up in the air at this point. Not sure he'll be able to get the time off for us to drive. Still, I have enough airmiles for a ticket, if I can find a reward flight that works with my dates...
In other news--my staycation officially starts tomorrow. I was off Tuesday for Canada Day. Off Wednesday too--although I caved and checked my email, only because I knew some weird shit was going down. Today I had to be up early for a professional-development "retreat". But it was fun and informative, I can get that vacation day back at a later time, it was over by 4. I've been sitting out on our second-story deck, drinking dessert wine and reading a very good biography of Julius Caesar, surrounded by our lovely herb and tomato planters--everything is growing prodigiously after all the rain we've had. We have 4 kinds of basil, 5 kinds of tomato, sage, Greek oregano, thyme, parsley, rosemary, cilantro and mint. Mr BA built all the planters himself out of fragrant cedar He likes to grow vegetables. He planted a clematis vine too, but it isn't doing very well. No flowers and it's barely grown any shoots. we got a hibiscus too, and it's looking lovely. I'm sure it will get more flowers now that the sun has returned (we only had three days without rain in June).
Tomorrow I have to get up extra-early again. I have an appointment with an eye specialist at 8 a.m. (blech). But I plan on spending the rest of the day doing nothing. Oh, except getting a hot stone massage and hanging out at the baths here:
And tomorrow evening, ZOMG-- it's the Steely Dan concert at the Ottawa Blues Festival. Yay!
Or, the Dumbest Little Bunny in Kansas. Yup, guess who was in my window well when I got home from work. Not Angelina Jolie.
Teeny Bun strikes again. The good news: I'm getting better at wrangling him into a cardboard box. The bad news: I am tired of this shit.
Hiya, buds!
I am home from my parents' place at "the lake". We had a great time. The kids and I played "lake volleyball" two days in a row. I earned a new nickname. "Spot". As in the opposing team says "Hit the ball to the 'Secret Spot'." ....as in, I suck at volleball. ;D
Fortunately I am completely noncompetitive, so I really don't care. It's just fun to dive into the water after the ball, miss and laugh.
It was terrific to spend time with my son and his wife, my daughter, my parents and my brother and nephew. My daughterinlaw's parents were up there camping, too, so we got together for some rousing games of Apples to Apples, Wise and Otherwise and Peanuts. A good time was had by all.
Now for working a WHOLE bunch o' days in a row. Must rebalance the universe.
Happy Holidays to all of yas! :D
I just called the airport parking hotline to see what lots are still open.
A real person answered the phone and gave me the information.
Whoa.
I was taken aback and didn't really know what to say.
"Um, is this the airport parking hotline?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Oh. Um. Can you tell me what lots are still open?"
And he did.
I didn't even think it was possible to get a real person to answer the phone on an info line anymore. Does that mean we are customer service friendly or way behind in technological efficiencies?
Either way, it was quite the surprise.
And with that, I'm off. Have a great weekend wherever you are and be safe.
Remember, don't eat the potato salad if it's been sitting out in the sun for over an hour. Otherwise, it will be giving those beans a run for their money.
Har.
God bless truth in advertising.
Have a great holiday everybody!
Well, I had a half day of work today, and now I have a 4 day weekend. What am I doing? watching "Galaxy Quest". OK, so it's a comedy, but it's a take on Star Trek and more. I like that shit. science fiction, zombies, alternate history, etc... Now "Deja Vu" came on - which I understand because of my degree in physics, I understand wormholes. not so improbable. not too much is. except maybe cold fusion - for us on earth. doesn't mean someone on another planet can't do it. they'd just have to have a different element than we have to contain it.
my husband gets frustrated with this shit - he likes comedy. but then again, he grew up in the 50's. we are 20 years apart in age. BUT, I do ride in his old cars and on the '55 Harley, so he watches the occasional zombie movie with me. considering I am in my 40's and I ride on his Harley hardtail with no seat, on the fender, he can watch a damn horror movie with me. and he does - it's all about compromise.
besides that i am drinking his beer before he gets home. my bad.
This is what I thought it looked like:
Here's a news story about how a Venezuelan TV station was punished for airing "The Simpsons" during children's programming time.
In the end, "The Simpsons" went back to the night shift and was replaced in the morning slot by - Baywatch Hawaii.
*scratches head*
Maybe they are using Baywatch as an anatomy education show?
