Packed-ivity…

Last weekend saw Mother’s Day meals (I paid for both of them), housekeeping, and other home and auto maintenance to prepare for dad’s return Monday evening, who came home without much fanfare.  I moved to the adjacent building to a new cubicle, although I didn’t spend much time in it; I spent much of my work week at meetings in a newly rented building.  I played in my first Not in the Face! Ultimate game, and for the first time intentionally ran in pouring rain to train for the Corporate Challenge Road Race.  (More proof that my life never slows down…)

Happy birthday to me!…

My birthday started off with a breakfast kickoff meeting at work that gave way to a team building session at Gateway Entertainment Center consisting of bowling, laser tag and finger food.  After a post-work run in the River Valley, I met my mom and sister at Franco’s for dinner; my birthday cake consisted of three different pieces of dessert cake.  On Friday, I went to Banff with Jason and Janet for a May ski trip that saw a lot of up-and-down weather, but a relaxing weekend in the mountains.  I only got this morning off work, so it’s back to overdrive for me…

Swamped…

It’s back to those times when I get so busy I can’t find the time to sit down and blog.  Not having both mom and dad around the past two weeks added a few extra chores to my plate (mostly vehicle maintenance).  As long as Alex can pull some of her weight, I’m fine; but when she’s not home to help, my work load becomes burdenome.  My burden at work is also getting heavy, what with my boss on a three-week vacation.  “Me” time is currently a luxury; but mom will be home next week, and my ski trip next weekend should provide the escape I’m desperate for…

Bring back winter…

Just as I was gearing up for summer, I woke up this morning to find my car buried under six inches of wet snow.  After a few slips, a solid fall and lots of sweeping, I drove to work only to get the car stuck twice attempting to park (I wasn’t the only one stuck, of course).  I was more than half an hour late when I found out that the building had no power.  It took another hour before normalcy was restored, and we grinded out the rest of the day while slush melted outside.  Definitely not business as usual, especially with the long (awaited) weekend finally here…

Bring on April…

February and March proved to be very busy months for me.  Even to the end, there were meetings at work and out of work to keep me occupied, in addition to the usual suspects.  Lots of endeavours went down to the wire, and new activities are kicking off just as old ones are concluding.  Early April will see my mom running off to Hong Kong again (almost a year to the day), this time for a full month; my father will follow in mid-April.  Therefore, house chores will fill in whatever lulls this month might have for me.  (My busy life never seems to stop, does it…?)

Spring wind-up…

The week of the spring equinox hosted a snow dump the day right after, again wreaking havoc on the streets.  Earlier on Monday, I attended the local Chris Tomlin concert that was very uplifting.  Work continued to be very busy, going right down to the wire.  Preparation for Summit Bible Study took much longer than anticipated, but the support of Melissa as co-leader combined with my small group helped to make Friday a good start to the weekend.  I still have to prepare for JMC Sunday School and head ushering tomorrow, so my work has only begun…

Spring forward…

The past two weeks have only seen a slight easing of the accelerator.  Doing a vocal training DVD with the worship team and posting our sermons online kept my ears busy.  I kicked off ball hockey playoffs with my first two-goal game, officially putting me on a hot streak.  There was lots of food with my mom’s birthday happening earlier this week.  I was surprised with the task of coordinating the next Summit Bible Study in two weeks’ time.  And the action items from the EMC Council meeting is keeping my AV plate full.  Ah, yes; spring is most certainly coming…

Let’s Talk Science…

My second visit covered electricity.  This wasn’t exactly Andrew’s forte, so he let me lead more of the demonstrations and activities than last time (my contribution was about forty percent to Andrew’s sixty).  There was still a lot of preparation involved (on top of work); but we didn’t end up staying on campus quite as long as the first time.  I knew what I was doing for most of my experiments, so I was more confident.  It showed during our visit, and overall it was a huge success that even Andrew marvelled at.  That concludes my (projected) busiest week of 2012…