Pretending to be a Tree Monkey
Today was my first real day of vacation in … I’m not going to count, it’s been too long. And I’ll be honest, I feel a bit guilty about it. That maybe why I agreed to go to WildPlay. WildPlay, if …
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My First Time on a Standup Paddleboard
Alex is the Queen of Kijiji. If she’s not selling something there, she’s finding something. And she found paddleboards. For the record, until now, I thought of paddleboards as a fad. It seemed like someone …
End of the Line
I don’t even know where to start with this one. Well, maybe I do. The company is failing, and it’s become clear to everyone. A couple of weeks ago, the annual merit increases came out, along with some …
The Long Drive to Ruskin
I’ve lost count on the number of times I’ve driven to Ruskin. It’s definitely into the double digits. I tried not to drink too much last night. I blame Jared for the “one beer too many” …
Short Weeks are the Worst
The company is giving us Friday off. And Monday is the Canada Day Stat. Two short weeks in a row. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned after all these years, it’s that short weeks are hard … two …
Enter the Kitty
It’s been over a year since we put Asia down. (I won’t say “died” because it wasn’t a natural end, it was just necessary given her health.) And we’ve been kitty-less since. Most of …
Alex's First (Paid) MRI Shift
Alex works in “Diagnostic Imaging”, which is how the medical community (at least in Alberta) lumps together X-Ray, Ultrasound, Computer Tomography (CT, aka “cat scan”), and Magnetic Resonance …
Realizing the truth of past surgery
You might recall in an earlier post that I said that my recent hernia surgery was my first incision, that the previous two had been laparoscopy. Turns out I’m wrong. The steristrips came off today, which was a bit …
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Surgical Recovery is Such Sweet Sorrow
In case you missed it, I recently had surgery for my second hernia. I’m now on Day 5 and it’s better … ish. Three days ago, it felt like someone had kicked me, hard, in the right testicle. …
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Another day, another hernia surgery
About eight months ago, I concluded that the lump forming on the right side of my groin was a) not cancer, b) not fat, and c) an awful lot like the lump that formed on the left side of my groin back in 2010. Dr. Emma …
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