Mr. Neil has yet another job interview. The University of Toronto made contact with him on Friday. Mr. Neil just needs to set up an interview time.

More info will follow.

Heads up to our Ontario relatives. You may wish to run and take cover and/or change your addresses.

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Yesterday it poured pretty much all day until 4:30PM (then the sun came out). It was the perfect setting for a " lazy day". Neil made us Eggs Benny's for breakfast and we sat on the couch and yelled at the TV all day. Don't you just love the NHL playoffs. I got off the couch to make supper later that evening and then right back I went -- to watch Calgary win (BOO!). The day up until that had been great! We watched Ottawa advance (YAY!) and Edmonton take a 3-2 lead in their series against Detroit (AWESOME!). I've thought a lot of where my dislike for Calgary stems from and I think it all can be traced back to my sister. When she left Regina for Calgary I listened to her drone on and on about how wonderful Calgary was...

I can clearly see Calgary for what it is... It is Regina, with more rednecks and better shopping. Why else do people go there? Ok, some stop for a rest on their way to the Rockies. Other than that, I'm sure the majority of the tourists are from Saskatchewan. Is there anything wrong with this? No, but it does not make a city great! Then there are the Flames, they have a good goalie (yes) and Iginla is a great player but... I don't know, I'd much rather see Roloston prove his worth, see Pronger and Pecca thrive in the playoffs, and see Mr. Ryan Smyth, whom my friend's hairstylist's, brother's, nieces's, best friend's aunt knows -- see I have a connection! -- win a Stanley Cup. **Kenr that was for you ;) ** Not to mention I know a handful of people that my "Calgary trashtalking" will bug -- hee hee --

Now now, relax, I myself venture into Cowtown to visit friends usually once or twice a year. I don't hate it, I just don't understand the obsession some have about it's suppposed greatness.

Sometimes, I'm not brightest star in the sky...

I thought no one was commenting (pout) -- then my dear sweet husband asked if I had read his comment and I was like, "nobody ever comments...(sulk)."

So I checked -- and I had like 6 comments waiting for my approval... I was like YAY!!! I've now turned off that silly 'moderate comments' function... so comment away!!

btw -- you can also comment on individual pictures at my flickr site -- just click on the slideshow on the right and it will take you to a selection of photos -- I'll try to add some new ones this weekend...

I hate uncertainty. I am positive that I am driving Neil crazy. He interviewed with SFU last Friday -- it went well. Hopefully we'll hear soon about that -- they should notify him either way. He has another interview this Friday at TRIUMF (a Physics Lab) that is on UBC campus. Things seem to be positive... there are bites, but I want things settled!! Hire him already!!! He's a bloody genius.

I want to know where we are headed. Regardless of where the job is, we have to move. Even if it's within the lower mainland. They want to tear down our building. We got a letter from the "relocation specialist" asking us to tell her whether or not we require her services. She apparently needs to know either way. I laughed at this as we had a private tenant's meeting in our building last week where it was brought to our attention that her specialty was relocating senior's into senior's homes. I understand that we have a lot of old people in our building -- but really, at 29, though retirement sounds fantastic, I'm not really ready for a care home. It annoys me because she was hired to "ease the relocation process" and essentially all that I can tell that she does is look at the rental postings online. -- Well, I can look up rentals on the internet just as well as she can and what would really help is for our owners to cover our moving expenses, the cost of changing/ moving our utilities and changing our addresses -- we didn't decide to move -- this is essentially an eviction.

While I'm on a bit of a rant...
Today I was threatened by a 10 year old. Mouthy little guy too. Apparently he didn't take kindly to me asking him to sit out during PE for being disruptive. Well when I sat down on the bench next to him -- he told me to "take a hike" using rather colourful language... After I reprimanded him for his choice of language I smiled and said I was going to stay put, especially if it bugged him so much. I'll admit, I kind of baited him though he was at this point driving me nuts with his incessant whining and complaining. He then proceeded to tell me he was going to sue me for bugging him. He was serious. Whatever kid! Good luck with that!

Watch for this tagline:
"She was bugging me!" whined the 10 year old who cannot be identified due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

What a strange day! Over the past few years, schools have started to get stricter with security. There are now (in many schools) "lockdown codes" in the event that something bad happens. Today was the first time I've ever seen it used. Apparently, the RCMP called the school I was subbing at to notify them that something was "going down" near the school. They requested that we "lock down the school." Essentially this entailed locking all the doors and closing windows and drawing the blinds -- and the kids couldn't go out at recess time. Crazy times we live in!

It was all resolved by lunch time... and I don't think anyone was told what was "going down"