Friday March 11, 2005
It's all melting-like outside. -3°C is hardly winter. Seriously whacked weather here in Ottawa: just a couple of days ago it was -33°C with the windchill. [Somebody's having fun at our expense I'll bet.]
I was out looking for a convenient parking spot immediately after arising about an hour ago. The big blue construction bin is leaving today! Hurray. Apart from just being ugly and taking up more than half of the driveway it has made getting back to my door trickier than it needs to be not to mention icier by keeping any sun at all from reaching the accumulations that drip from the roof.
Even better news was an email from my friend, Merci who appears to be back at work already post-surgery. You go girl! Great to hear from you again. [I owe you a card or two that I've been getting organized to send and now that's at the top of my things-to-do-that-won't-hurt-much list.]
All of this before today's coffee. Good huh?
I touched base with one of my oldest and dearest friends by phone yesterday. More good news: several years of chaos and turmoil are coming to an end - finally. She's accepted a permanent position at the place she's been working "casually" for almost a year. [ "Casual employment" means "wait to hear at the last minute" means "don't plan a life". ]
Congratulations, Marsha! It's about time things worked out for you. I'm looking forward to actually visiting in person before my surgery de-mobiizes me.
Marsha is putting me in touch with someone who has had the same procedure I am about to have. I am counting on gaining more helpful information from her than what the well-intentioned but confusing folks at the hospital had to share.
I got out for exercise and distraction yesterday afternoon. Shopped in the Glebe a bit and enjoyed it very much. Not that I bought much, but there are some very interesting shops there. One of which was filled with a group of women having a very entertaining chat.
Since I am on different bus routes now, I went to the OC Transpo site for information and discovered a new online service. It helps you plan your trip. Very cool. Rather an unpolished user interface, but it got the information for me. I'm expecting there will be improvements over time.
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