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I was speeding in a school zone today. Inadvertently. Was in Mississauga on a road I didn't know. Missed the signage as I was pondering if I turned at the next light. No excuse. Got pulled over. Accepted my fate. Told the officer i respected the job he is doing. Which I do, as they do the same by my house and I appreciate it. Was shocked when i heard amount & points. Thankfully, due to other circumstances got some relief. I wouldn't have argued if I got the full charge. I was speeding. Thankful, though, that I didn't.
 
I know. Now at Five Oaks after a long work day. On the plus side, I got to hear some wonderful singing waft out to me from the main room.
On the negative side, I am tired. Need to focus on some tasks in order to do some other items tomorrow.
Will be glad to get home tomorrow night.
 
I put an open box of condoms under the bathroom sink and told the kids they were there and that they could check them out if they wanted. I siad I'd heard they didn't get to do that in school anymore.
 
Pinga said:
I was speeding in a school zone today. Inadvertently. Was in Mississauga on a road I didn't know. Missed the signage as I was pondering if I turned at the next light. No excuse. Got pulled over. Accepted my fate. Told the officer i respected the job he is doing. Which I do, as they do the same by my house and I appreciate it. Was shocked when i heard amount & points. Thankfully, due to other circumstances got some relief. I wouldn't have argued if I got the full charge. I was speeding. Thankful, though, that I didn't.
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Happened to me once. Coming down a hill, not really watching my speedo. Officer running a speed trap in the driveway of a high school parking lot at the bottom nailed me. Nice young guy. Could have thrown the book at me but gave me the minimum instead so I didn't pick up any points, just a fine.
 
After my children reached "a certain age" and while they were still living at home, they got a box of condoms in their xmas stockings every year, no questions asked. Better to be safe than sorry.
 
I heard a sad story recently. I ask a grandmother about her only grandchild, a little girl.
It seems that her son was dating a girl when she got pregnant.
Although until then their relationship hadn't been serious, they moved in together. The baby was born. The grandmother fell in love with her grandchild. And the young man delighted in his daughter.
But the young man and young woman found their relationship, if it could be called that, deteriorating. They were constantly snipping at each other, criticizing each other. One bone of contention may have been that while he earned a bit above minimum wage in the service industry, she had a good paying position in the military. Still, when they split up, he paid child support and visited his daughter regularly, and the grandmother got to see her occasionally.
Now the mother has been posted to another base in another province. Of course she is taking the child with her which will make visitation difficult or impossible. But he will still be sending almost half his pay cheque in child support each month.
 
This was sitting draft from yesterday:
Woke up after a good night's sleep. Walked outside at Five Oaks, enjoying the early morning fog, and the shifting from early light to full on morning.

So far this morning
knocked out two contract job offers for approval by hiring committee
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Now sitting quietly waiting for the yoga group to arrive, then will see what i can scavenge for breakfast.

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Today was church, then, took my Dad for a long drive, and a coffee. Now sitting for a while. Leaving on a jet plane ...well, flying out tomorrow. I am thankful that I only do this once a month now.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Son's on his way home for a visit from Salt Springs Island. Hitchhiking. Two days, Moose Jaw, already. Hoping to see him pretty soon. Nice Mothers' Day gift. He left home almost two years ago.
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Hitchhiking from the BC coast to Barrie? That sounds like quite a trek. I wish him good luck and safe travels.
 
That's how he got out there; that's how he plans to get back. He often takes a pic on his phone of him and his ride and posts it on Facebook to me. Sometimes he just relies on blind luck and 30 years of pretty good judgment. He knows how to find allies, usually United Church ministers... He'll probably stop first in Owen Sound to see his Dad.
 
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