I’ve wanted to run through a weekend update since about sunday evening, but haven’t been able to do so. And so, I’m left now to run through an abriged version because I did want to note these down for rememberance sake.
I picked up the kids on Thursday night so they stayed with Chantale and Kyle (and Casey!) at home on Friday. As they only had 2 days of school, they didn’t have much homework and thus we didn’t have to spend all our time together doing that. Made for a nicer Friday. Especially when I finally created email accounts for both of them and Chantale taught them how to use it 🙂 Yes, Zabu and Jitterbug are now finally online with email accounts at Savageland of which they asked us in order to send us messages when they’re not with us 🙂 I wonder how soon before they’ll ask to set up their address books with other friends and family accounts… and how soon before they’ll ask me to give them some web space for themselves… :>
Saturday morning, Chantale and James left the house at 8am to go see Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire as part of the special screening Assante was holding at the Kirkland Colisseum. At home, once Kyle fell back to sleep for his morning nap, Melyssa, Casey and I went into the backyard where I continued to dig up the hole for our new tree – a Red Maple. Casey chased after the snow and Melyssa helped me and within an hour or so the hole was dug, fertilized, the tree inserted, and topsoil and humus wrapped around it. The t-bar was installed and with a great sense of satisfaction, we looked at it. Then, I picked up Casey who was now a small ball of ice and fluff and carried her into the bathtub for a good warm wash/ cleaning 🙂 Chantale and James came home glowing with how great the movie was and after a quick lunch, we took them back and then headed to some friends for a really nice evening supper and chat.
Sunday was also a restful day until 3pm when Chantale got ready to leave. I had booked her for a solo floating bath and massage at the Ovarium and it was a gift of time for her. This was the first time she’s gone to the 1/2 day spa alone and it was also the longest she’d been away from Kyle – 5 hours! 🙂 I took care of him and we found numerous ways to entertain ourselves. When Chantale got back after 8:30pm, she was glowing again, but this time from complete relaxation 🙂 It was really nice to see.
Yesterday, I unpacked at my new cubicle on my new floor at work and am thus ready to begin my new projects. I still have ties to Application Support and will probably have it until the end of the month. However, I can now also concentrate on understanding my new position. Big change from being up on the 6th, by the way. SO quiet down here! To the point where I find myself whispering when on the phone so as not to disturb anyone… and so no one listens in! (yes, I’m paranoid, deal with it).
In other news, I’m still on track with NaNo which is all I can ask. Considering the new family dynamic, it’s close to impossible to do what I did the last few years now. I’m just glad I’ll be able to finish by the end of the month and have another new novel to show for it. In regards to other news, I haven’t started on Comicopia yet (which means a two week blitz December 1st) and I’m still waiting on a contract for one story and to hear any news on the submission of a few more.
And now, before I head off, I wanted to shout out to Marc-Andre’s wife Karine who’s officially pregnant and expecting their baby in mid-July! 🙂 Yay! (as opposed to Adam’s wife Karine who’s expecting their second baby much sooner than that! 🙂 )