I'm going to Vancouver tomorrow for a few days - the annual Canadian Library Association conference. My plane leaves at 7:40 a.m and I should be getting ready. But I seem to be stuck in the same stupor I've been in all day.
OK It's nearly 5:30 pm and I never did get dressed today. I had taken today off as vacation which made for a nice long long weekend. But with the rain starting yesterday my rheumatiz has been acting up something fierce so I had a terrible sleep; lots of tossing & turning interrupted by trips for more Ibuprofen. I'm still in a little pain now but not much. I really need to have a shower, pack my clothes, etc as I'll be leaving home in just over 12 hours. And I'd like to spend at least 8 of those hours sleeping!!
We can't believe we signed up for something that goes all the way till 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, and then less than a couple of hours free before the Opening Reception. So we're already planning when we can decently leave the session. And of course we'll miss the first hour or so as well since we can't make it from the airport in time - unless we drag all our luggage with us, which is so not happening!
My colleague and I are staying at the Landis Suites Hotel which looks like it should be quite nice - a 2-bedroom suite for $219 plus taxes. I'm very much looking forward to meeting Jane, our former Public Services Manager, for drinks & dinner on Thursday. And then I'm having dinner with AM on Friday night. Saturday is for shopping before we come home again.
On the work front, they're supposed to have posted the branch head position on a temporary (6 month) basis but I see that hasn't happened yet. Theoretically I should be able to get that, but you never know - I've been surprised before! And then my position would be posted and so on down the line. So while I'm at CLA I have to do a little unofficial head hunting as well.
However all this is not putting anything in my suitcase is it?
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Mothers Day Weekend
Well I had a great weekend, spent time with some wonderful women...
Friday after work the traffic was so bad, with one lane of the bridge being closed, that it resulted in total gridlock all over town. So I went for a drink with Pat. We went to Rose's Pub for awhile; no one else from work came over, and then we wandered through the Arts & Life Festival for awhile. It was a beautiful evening; we sampled some fantastic curry and salad dressings.
Saturday Holly was going to a birthday party so I took her to PC Bang to buy some computer time for the birthday boy. Then we went back downtown to the above-mentioned Arts & Life Festival and got henna tattoos! I would take a photo, but mine particularly is so pale it's hardly visible. After I dropped her off at home I went to meet my cousin Nita at Michael's. She lives in Robson so I hadn't seen her since last year some time. We wandered through the stores a bit and then had supper at Cactus Club. She is such a sweetheart - brought me a box of chocolates and a little card marking the 4th anniversary of my Mom's death. I learned that her son is 30 years old! How the heck is that possible when we're barely 30 ourselves?!?
Sunday everybody at my house slept in (well except me of course) so eventually I went out for coffee with Georgia, did a couple of errands (ok buying makeup & bras...) and then we went in to work for a couple of hours. Some fun eh? Actually it was really good, and useful to be able to ask her stuff. My friend Marjory from library school came up so she called when she got to town and we went out for a light & early dinner at Earl's. I only see her about once a year as well so we had a lovely visit.
No breakfast in bed on Sunday, but instead after I got home again and into my pj's, Holly made me a bedtime snack of really awesome scrambled eggs with cheese, toast, banana & ice cream and water with lime.
And I got an email from my friend Ruth in Australia so I had a wonderful time (re)connecting with many of my favourite female friends & family. You go girls!
Friday after work the traffic was so bad, with one lane of the bridge being closed, that it resulted in total gridlock all over town. So I went for a drink with Pat. We went to Rose's Pub for awhile; no one else from work came over, and then we wandered through the Arts & Life Festival for awhile. It was a beautiful evening; we sampled some fantastic curry and salad dressings.
Saturday Holly was going to a birthday party so I took her to PC Bang to buy some computer time for the birthday boy. Then we went back downtown to the above-mentioned Arts & Life Festival and got henna tattoos! I would take a photo, but mine particularly is so pale it's hardly visible. After I dropped her off at home I went to meet my cousin Nita at Michael's. She lives in Robson so I hadn't seen her since last year some time. We wandered through the stores a bit and then had supper at Cactus Club. She is such a sweetheart - brought me a box of chocolates and a little card marking the 4th anniversary of my Mom's death. I learned that her son is 30 years old! How the heck is that possible when we're barely 30 ourselves?!?
Sunday everybody at my house slept in (well except me of course) so eventually I went out for coffee with Georgia, did a couple of errands (ok buying makeup & bras...) and then we went in to work for a couple of hours. Some fun eh? Actually it was really good, and useful to be able to ask her stuff. My friend Marjory from library school came up so she called when she got to town and we went out for a light & early dinner at Earl's. I only see her about once a year as well so we had a lovely visit.
No breakfast in bed on Sunday, but instead after I got home again and into my pj's, Holly made me a bedtime snack of really awesome scrambled eggs with cheese, toast, banana & ice cream and water with lime.
And I got an email from my friend Ruth in Australia so I had a wonderful time (re)connecting with many of my favourite female friends & family. You go girls!
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Memories & More Creative Retreat
Karen and Fern 'helping' Dawn in the kitchen.
The cool girls....er I mean the focus group! Dawn, Heather, Michelle, Fern, Cheryl & Karen
Dawn drawing names for a door prize. Notice how she has her fingers right inside the glass - eeeeeeuuw!
It was a great weekend - and I even got a couple of layouts done, finished a project started a year ago at Artistry, and made an awesome piece of art from a cupboard door. Not to mention some great make & takes and all the visiting and eating. And eating.
And laughing!
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