Room For All

Ouch, that's a bit of a crazy situation but at least you've got Claire as your right hand so that should help. How's that going to work with her going to UW though?

I know you're up to the challenge, @chansen. Happy cramming!

Big guy left this afternoon for a few days. My dinner is a testament to the harvest. Beans and greens made with almost the last of my black kale, and a tomato/eggplant sorta mess with the final spoils of the church's garden. I quite like having him around, although he is large and loud and inclined to being bossy, but when he goes away for a few days, my meat consumption slips back to about zero and CBC music reigns throughout the house instead of the back half.

Mendalla said:

Ouch, that's a bit of a crazy situation but at least you've got Claire as your right hand so that should help. How's that going to work with her going to UW though?

Click to expand...

Well, they want her back. A coach with two years of experience is just starting to be useful. Most coach their grade 11 and 12 years then go away to school, so we lose them just as they start to not suck. The more coaches we keep, the better, so they will let her pick her schedule.

We don't know how the logistics will work. She's got 5 courses plus 2 lab courses in winter term, which is approaching an engineering workload.

I don't even understand why one of the most cautious racers in the club prefers racing and coaching the most dangerous racing discipline in the sport. I tried it once. The hang time on the jumps is insane. My daughter deals with it by audibly singing her favourite songs so she doesn't scream.

She may bus it to Vaughan where we pick her up Friday nights, then we detour through Waterloo on Sunday nights. We're looking for a ride for her. No luck yet.

I would need her for Christmas camp, then there are a couple of races that run Thursday through Sunday. Not all the athletes go to the races, so I need her to coach those weekends at least, which she can certainly do. It would be great if the numbers allowed one more assistant, but I don't know where that person would come from. I have some longshot ideas.

The crazy thing is, this sport was front page news in the winter of 2012, because a Canadian ski cross athlete died at a race. It was a stupid course design. He went full send over the final jump and landed beside the finish line, tangled up in netting. The landing should never be that close to the line. I knew the athlete's father from adult racing in Ontario. I felt so terrible that he lost his son. Of course that was 3 months before Carter collapsed.

And here I could be taking over as (acting) head coach in the same sport. Weird.

Good Monday morning! Hope all are well and rested after the weekend! Favourite doughnuts, ski coaching situations and possibilities, enjoying a meal with what harvest is left, and all the things that will pop up in our minds today, all come with us to the Coffee Cart to sort it all out. Tea, coffee, and baked goodies help us in our discussions as well. Today the baker has made bear claws for us to enjoy. The tea water is boiling, the coffee freshbrewed, and bear claws are warm and soft. All is ready, all are welcome. Come in and join the conversations, and enjoy the company!

C(_)/ c(_) c\_/ c[_]

Well, today explains how I can accomplish some of my marathon days. Slept until I was tired of my bed, and apart from bringing in the garbage bins, emptying and storing two plant pots, making my bed and doing a few dishes, I have been totally lazy today. I had some ideas for projects today, like trying to sort out my linen closet and towel storage, but they have thus far come to naught.

Well deserved (needed) down time.

Is down time profound?

Luce NDs said:

Is down time profound?

Click to expand...

It's absolutely necessary. I read once that we need to spend 40% (or a similar number) of our time at rest. Not necessarily sleeping but down time. Your body will make you get this. Had a lovely boss who was famous for only needing 3-5 hours a night. Now he has early onset dementia and sleeps a lot. I was a bit of a fool in my young and middle adulthood, so my body fell and broke 8 ribs, ensuring that I would not do very much for six months.

I think the antibiotics are doing their thing. They are still giving me stomach issues. I'll be glad to be done them.

BetteTheRed said:

It's absolutely necessary. I read once that we need to spend 40% (or a similar number) of our time at rest. Not necessarily sleeping but down time. Your body will make you get this. Had a lovely boss who was famous for only needing 3-5 hours a night. Now he has early onset dementia and sleeps a lot. I was a bit of a fool in my young and middle adulthood, so my body fell and broke 8 ribs, ensuring that I would not do very much for six months.

Click to expand...

Is that subtle, or a lessor hyperbola ... dippy? Compensates for the Hei points ...

Pharms often do that form-E!

Good Tuesday morning! For busy days and rest times, for antibiotics doing what they are supposed to do, even if it upsets the stomach, for whatever comes to mind today, we gather round the Coffee Cart for chat, support, company, and, of course, coffee and tea. The baker has made a lovely coffeecake for us to enjoy with our caffeine. The table is set, the tea water boiling, coffee freshbrewed, and cake warm and properly crumbly. All is ready, all are welcome! come in and join the fun!

C(_)/ c(_) c\_/ c[_]

The day before "hump day" whatever that brings up as something mores to get over! In the meantime there are powers that declare pull out all the plugs for the economy and to hell with the paradigm, populace or otherwise the forgotten people (demos)?

Elsewhere people fret over the porcelain (Eastern) influence on the true north and thus a farce forms ... although much of western off-shore value is lying in waste in the far oust ... chaos prevails!

Thanks @Redbaron. Anyone else watch The Giller Prize last night? The audience sure looked grumpy….i guess because the benefactors continue their financial aid to Israel.

And now the snow is gone. Snow come. Snow go. This is frustrating. We shovelled because the driveway would have been impassable if we hadn't but really, we could almost have left it (except the plough drift) and let it melt.

Nancy said:

The audience sure looked grumpy….i guess because the benefactors continue their financial aid to Israel.

Click to expand...

There's some justification in that grumpiness given the current behaviour of that country's government.

Don't really follow literary prizes like the Giller. The Hugo, Nebula, and their Canadian equivalent the Aurora are more my speed (sf and fantasy awards). And even current sf&f aren't really turning my crank, though I'm not sure why.

Good morning! Wednesday is here. The week is halfway through. Once again we gather in spirit round the Coffee Cart for coffee, tea, and conversation. We share stories, updates on our days, and such; we share support and connection as we meet over hot beverages and baked goodies. Today the baker has been busy baking cookies of every description for us. The tea water is boiling, coffee is freshbrewed, and cookies are warm from the oven. All is ready, and everyone more than welcome. Come in and join us!

C(_)/ c(_) c\_/ c[_]

Can we get over this middle 'n day onto another path EH?

Snow is slowly disappearing, but it is pretty chilly this morning. Son and d-i-l are sick, possibly COVID given symptoms. Fortunately, viruses can't travel over Google Meet connections so no masking needed.

Mendalla said:

Snow is slowly disappearing, but it is pretty chilly this morning. Son and d-i-l are sick, possibly COVID given symptoms. Fortunately, viruses can't travel over Google Meet connections so no masking needed.

Click to expand...

Sending healing thoughts your way. Coughs. colds, flu and Covid are all nasty.. get some rest and drink plenty of fluids.

Zach got his first report card today where "Learning Skills and Work Habits" were all at least "Satisfactory".

What a bloody triumph. Only one "Good", but we'll take it. I told Zach he now has to shoot for more Good and maybe even an Excellent.

He's finally reading at his grade level as well. It's been a long game of catch up since Covid and the autism diagnosis.

To see progress recognized on the self-regulation side of things is huge. And 17/20 on the last math test is par for the course with him - that's always been a strength. He's never needed good work habits to be good at math - it comes easily to him. If he just paid some attention, he'd be knocking off 100s like Claire did.

Attention ... what a funny concept for those that would rather not!

Some just drift about like vapors ... a Freudian item that is indistinct!