Recent History.....
Lynda's trip to Trinidad. She enjoyed the opportunity to go be & see some place new but found 2 full weeks away a bit too much. There was a group of them who went - Lyn's best friend J; J's 2 grown kids; & various relations & friends. They stayed at J's brother's place. The few places of interest that Lynda would have liked to check out never made it onto anyone else's 'list-of-things-to-do'. It wasn't safe for her to travel about alone being a) a woman & b) white. There was one minor threatened assault incident but otherwise J's male relatives looked out for her. She says she wouldn't go back especially as a vacation destination.
With having Owen for his visit so closely on the heels of Lynda's return we have got caught up in dribs and drabs as things have occurred to us.
While she was away I: read. Finished Chronicles: Part One - Bob Dylan. Still into Malachy McCourt's memoir; A Monk Swimming. It is getting repetitious - drinking, fighting, working occasionally, name dropping.
- watched a little TV. A few hours of Olympic coverage. Nice to see that Canada is now getting on the map with some medals; 9 now I think. Australia's haul is impressive considering we have similar sized populations.
- caught a repeat broadcast of a performance by Steve Earle with tracks from his most recent CD - Washington Square Serenade. Broadcast here on Bravo - here's a link to their site - http://www.bravo.ca/television/rehearsalhall/. I couldn't find another scheduled time for broadcast but I'd recommend watching your local listings for it. This series of performances is called 'Live at the Rehearsal Hall' and happens to be located in Toronto. Seen MSN's 'Live @ Orange'? It's in Toronto, too.
- also watched a rebroadcast of a documentary about the incredible expansion of Dubai, UAE. Mindboggling changes. The main reason I was initially interested is one of my nieces and her husband returned a few years ago after having worked there at a private school for 8 years.
- made it out to a couple of AA meetings that I otherwise wouldn't have attended and spent some time with a couple of program guys.
- doing regular searches of newspaper want ads and web based job sites looking for other work.
- had visits with both of my older brothers - relative rarities, no pun intended. Good visits.....
- had the unexpected pleasure of becoming Facebook 'friends' with a blog buddy - Cool! (I don't do a lot on Facebook really but it's a good way to share pictures with the kids.)
Coming up - I'm hoping to check in with both kids within the next day or so to see how they, their partners and kids are doing.
With having Owen for his visit so closely on the heels of Lynda's return we have got caught up in dribs and drabs as things have occurred to us.
While she was away I: read. Finished Chronicles: Part One - Bob Dylan. Still into Malachy McCourt's memoir; A Monk Swimming. It is getting repetitious - drinking, fighting, working occasionally, name dropping.
- watched a little TV. A few hours of Olympic coverage. Nice to see that Canada is now getting on the map with some medals; 9 now I think. Australia's haul is impressive considering we have similar sized populations.
- caught a repeat broadcast of a performance by Steve Earle with tracks from his most recent CD - Washington Square Serenade. Broadcast here on Bravo - here's a link to their site - http://www.bravo.ca/television/rehearsalhall/. I couldn't find another scheduled time for broadcast but I'd recommend watching your local listings for it. This series of performances is called 'Live at the Rehearsal Hall' and happens to be located in Toronto. Seen MSN's 'Live @ Orange'? It's in Toronto, too.
- also watched a rebroadcast of a documentary about the incredible expansion of Dubai, UAE. Mindboggling changes. The main reason I was initially interested is one of my nieces and her husband returned a few years ago after having worked there at a private school for 8 years.
- made it out to a couple of AA meetings that I otherwise wouldn't have attended and spent some time with a couple of program guys.
- doing regular searches of newspaper want ads and web based job sites looking for other work.
- had visits with both of my older brothers - relative rarities, no pun intended. Good visits.....
- had the unexpected pleasure of becoming Facebook 'friends' with a blog buddy - Cool! (I don't do a lot on Facebook really but it's a good way to share pictures with the kids.)
Coming up - I'm hoping to check in with both kids within the next day or so to see how they, their partners and kids are doing.
posted by Norm at 8/19/2008 04:07:00 AM
2 Comments:
sounds like you kept well occupied
I can't wait till the Olympics is over!?!
good luck with the job search - there's something out there with your name on it
Yeah, I find I'm happier if I keep relatively busy. The only frustrating part was having to be handy for the pets -- couldn't be away from the house for more than a few hours.
Olympics!! C'mon, it only comes around every 4 years!!
Keeping a look out and hopes high for something to come along.
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