Ah, Winter - I SO didn't miss you!

Winter has arrived in full force and therefore I am continually in need of warmth. I was definitely born in the wrong country. Don't get me wrong, I love being Canadian, I just wish that in the 80's we had taken Turks and Caicos up on the idea of becoming a Canadian 'colony' or whatever, so that I could be warm more than 3 days per year.

The labour/grader operator shortage in the city became VERY clear today. It took 2 hours to get home tonight... and an hour and a half of that was the time it took to drive from the U to 142 St. and Yellowhead. At least the Yellowhead after 184 Street was perfectly clear though- those highway snowplow operators rock!

I got back one of the assignments I was really worried from last week. I made a calculated risk with it as I had the option of handing it in on time but incomplete or complete, well written and late. I chose the later which completely paid off - I got over 90% even with a 5% deduction for being a day late. I am also less worried about my presentation in the same subject material now, so that's good!

THE D-O-G still doesn't have a confirmed name. I want to call him something interesting and memorable that will suit him for his entire life. House Spouse wants to name him Dizzy because he walks in circles around us. A he always walks clock-wise, HS also suggested Big Ben (for the clock/clock-wise circling). I'd like to call him Deeogee (emphasis on the 2nd syllable 'o'). No it's not phonetic spelling of a Japanese name, it's just the letters D O G (get it?). I know it's cheesy, but I like it. I also like Tigger, as he tends to jump up and down vertically in the same spot. There are others as well: Louie, Oscar, Pogo, Craic (Irish for fun?) and Canuck ('cause he responds well to Eh!) just to name a few. We'll have it settled soon (I hope).

So...what are you doing to stay warm?

Why I hate being a procrastinator...

I'm not sure why I do this to myself - I do everything EXCEPT what I should be and then panicking to get things done. I don't work well this way- I don't even like pressure, but I do it all the time. I put things off until there is no hope of me ever being even remotely happy with the final product and then I severely underestimate how long it will ACTUALLY take me to do it.

AARRGGHHH!

Ok, I'll get back to work now that I've given myself a kick in the ass...

oopps! One last thing. We have a dog. He has no name. We are working on that. He hasn't destroyed too much (yet) and he hasn't yet eaten a cat. We are happy about all of this-- except the part about his name... He's still revealing new sides of himself everyday so we'll see.

I'm going!...Geez!

OMG - a dog blog?!

My aunt (the wonderful, weird one) found two dogs on the road on Friday night. Both appear to have been struck over the head with the same blunt object and left for dead (I’ll never understand a human who could do that kind of thing-ever!) One dog had died, but the other she managed to rescue from a similar fate. He’s a golden lab about 7 months old in relatively good shape. Although, I’m not really looking for a dog, I have a strange connection between loss of family or a family pet followed by the appearance of a companion animal or a birth in my circle of friends/family. Since my favourite uncle died the day before this lovely animal appeared, I feel drawn to it- perhaps by fate. We haven’t decided 100% if we will be adding the dog to our menagerie, but it would be good for all involved, I’m sure of it. Here’s a picture of the not-so-little guy…


He's got issues (don't we all!) but they are relatively minor. I'll update the blog as soon as we know whether we're going to take him or not.