Was that a weekend?

Time to be heading back to work tomorrow already. How did that happen? Last week is a blur of work, travel to Shearwater for a large EMO exercise observation. Got to see (part of) the 200-bed field hospital, which is available for deployment in emergencies. There was a mix of vintage equipment (meaning in use when I studied and graduated from nursing as I explained to some much younger attendees who were finding some of the displays amusing) and newer materials. Very interesting in a scary type of way. We got to see the exercise, which had been ongoing for the week, and I made some inquiries about disaster courses with the Red Cross – always making those retirement plans – so a long day well spent.

Home in time Friday p.m. to do some baking for the fundraiser being held for the little girl who is undergoing testing/treatment for her heart condition at the IWK. I learned today that over $10,000 was raised and the money continues to pour in. A great response considering the state of our local economy.

Saturday was spent getting ready for and then enjoying a lunch for four of us from the Class of 76 as one of our own was visiting from BC. Hard to believe that it’s been almost 34 years since we first met and now all of our children are older than we were then. I made lobster chowder, biscuits and key lime pie and we also had coffee cake for dessert. Yum. It was a great afternoon getting caught up on the news and enjoying the peace and quiet of ‘the beach house’ as we watched the lobster boats hauling traps out front.

We were forecast a warm (19c) weekend, which didn’t materialize, as it was only sunny for a few short hours on Saturday and cold at that. However, a weekend is a weekend and I’ll take it. At least we’re not worrying about flooding like our NB neighbours. Daughter # 3 has been checking on the flood status, as she knows the geography as well as lots of New Brunswickers so is able to connect the two.

Today there was the moving of the houseguest with hamster to his clinical placement with resulting reclaiming of the Man Cave by the shore captain. As well there was a call from the western daughter to announce that she’d landed a supplementary job beginning in June at the Calgary Zoo – actually got hired on the spot at the job fair – so will have a free family pass, now that’s a nice perk. And apparently (photo to follow she says) the uniform shirts are a wild animal print (of course) so working the gate will be a piece of cake compared to other pick up jobs she’s had.

A productive day today for myself as I managed to clear out last years vegetation from the flower beds at the front of the house with two hours of clipping and pulling and started mulching the roots but…. the spring showers but a stop to that so to be continued. The dog walk turned into a sprint for the same reason as the laundry had to be rescued off the line. This evening resulted in two scrapbooking pages created so only three more in my cruise album and it’s complete. Of all the things needing to be done here, none would have been as therapeutic as that.

So back to the work world and getting ready for next weekend already which is the graduation en francais for daughter # 2. When the weather warms up a bit so does the schedule it seems.