Air Conditioning

We now have air conditioning. I am so happy.

Waiting....

I am not good at waiting. By nature I am a pessimistic person. Most people don't believe that - they think I am pretty happy. I am happy, but I always think the worst case scenario is the most probable scenario. When I have to wait, I think about all the things that could go wrong. I wish I didn't do that. I'm going to try to stop.

Caught!

Chewie loves the cats. The cats hate her. Yesterday we heard a clanging in the bathroom which we attributed to Chewie's collar hitting the tub. Upon investigation, this is what we found:




























Despite the pictures, Ivan won.

Grad question - help!

So the job search is on. It's frustrating I have to admit. The odds in Hamilton are incredibly low. They seem to be hiring less than the boards who on their website say they aren't hiring this year. I would love to work here - I'm getting spoiled with my 2km drive to school right now. Because of what I am teaching I get there close to when school starts and leave shortly after. I've never done that before. Normally you're there quite a bit before and after school, but it's just the nature of my current placement. 2 weeks yesterday and I will be done.

I have a dilemma. Should I go to my grad? Here is my current pro and con list. I need advice!!
Reasons to not go to grad:
Costs money. Both to graduate, and just to get there and back.
I only get 2 tickets, and have to apply for extras.
To get the 1 extra I want so my parents can come, I have to go to U of T (more $$), stand in line for an entire day, and HOPE I'll get one.
It'll cost $$ for Mom and Dad to come down.
They are usually boring.
If I don't get extra tickets Rich will have to hang around alone in TO for the whole day.
I have to be there in the morning quite early, grad isn't till 2:30pm.
I went to my undergrad ceremony. I wonder if it's a been there done that kind of thing?
Not everyone is going.

Reasons to go to grad:
I feel like if I don't go I might regret it.
I worked much harder on this degree than the first one. Much more proud of this one.
That's all I can think of.

I know it seems like with all that I shouldn't go. I still don't know. Rich made a good point. He said if I go, I will probably wish I hadn't. If I don't go, I will probably wish I had.

On a completely separate note, I love Chewie. Not just because of the normal reasons. I love her because she doesn't wake us up to go outside in the middle of the night (unless we are in Kingston for some reason). I can sleep for 10 hours and she's good. She waits patiently till we get up, then crashes into the back door to let us know she has to go. Now sometimes she'll jump on Rich and lick him but I think that's more to drive him nuts than just because she has to pee. For all her craziness she's a good dog.

Off to school.

Phone call

I had a very encouraging phone call last night. I'm so bad at phone calls. I think it stems from the years of working on the phones talking to customers. I knew exactly what to say to them, and now in a regular conversation I sound like an idiot, so I stick to email usually.

Thank you for the call, it meant a lot to me. I know how busy you are and it means a lot you'd take time out of your schedule for that! It reminded me to get better at calling people and encouraging them.