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Robert's girlfriend Lisa gave birth to their first child, Piper Mikhal Aleksandra Danchilla at 11pm on April 24th. She is 6 pounds, 6 ounces and 15.5 inches long. Robert also says "she is ...1/4 Romanian 1/4 French 1/8 Scottish, 1/8 German, 1/8 Swedish, 1/8 English... 100% Canadien... has already brought good luck to Halak". Mother and child are both healthy. Congratulations!
Over the last three weeks, I have gotten back into the workweek grind. I started work on a project that uses a language that I have been away from for several years and topics that I have little to no former experience with. This has led to some frustrating days and challenge, and I hope to be just about caught up to the learning curve now.
Tressa and I are finally done transporting everything from my place to hers. We did it a little at a time over the last ten days and got her brother Brant to help with his truck yesterday for the bed and futon.
We put a bunch of stuff on kijiji and sold most of it and threw out even more stuff. There are some duplicate items hanging around for now but the place looks very good. We look forward to throwing a 'house warming' party in a couple of weeks when we are a little more settled.
So what is new with me?
Well, a lot! In chronological order:
I watched some very good World Junior hockey games including both semifinals. The second semifinal between USA and Sweden was
very, very good. Extremely fast and skilled players. Thought Sweden should of won that contest.
Got sick (ok I guess this part was not 'good fortune'). Had strep throat for almost two weeks, missed some work and had a low key New Years.
In no particular order:
Note: 2009 was by a wide margin one of the greatest years ever for metal releases. A top 20 or 30 list wouldn't have been out of the question.
There is too much tv available. Too much to chose from. Too much time to waste where you could be outdoors or other. While it is one thing to be glued to the HD screen or laptop monitor for shows you love, it can be downright frustrating when you find yourself catching up on a series that you no longer like or never liked.
recently in saskatoon and throughout the province, we have experienced frigid arctic air and strong winds. this has resulted in a week or so of -30° C to -35° C temperatures with windchill of -40° C to -50° C.
I enjoy challenge. You probably do too. Without challenge their is boredom and routine. However, I have to qualify this. For challenge to be enjoyable:
Getting my oil changed this morning, I was reading an excellent Macleans article which I would like to pass along. This is the first I have heard of the story and do not know all the facts - a cursory google search just now has revealed conspiracy theories and the like.
as everyone who watched live, like me ; ) (free ticket from work), or on tv knows, this was a tough loss for rider fans to take. montreal alouettes beat the saskatchewan roughriders 28-27 in 97th grey cup. up by two touchdowns and two-two point converts with less than a quarter to play, the roughriders let victory slip away. lack of first downs when it mattered and a very costly last play flag. as rider fans we are not used to being ahead...comebacks are easier to take from the other perspective
and then the alouette fans came out of the woodworks! was a sombre scene in downtown calgary after the game - nothing like the explosive party it might have been...
tressa and i lucked out on our hotel - a fairly independent, brand new one - acclaim hotel - by the airport with rooftop hot tubs for only $130 night. i recommend it
we were very tired from driving, but managed to miss most of the blizzard that apparently took place (but not the overly cautious drivers who were causing some problems). and we saw a bad crash aftermath in a really foggy stretch.
