Monthly Archives: August 2019

Another year around the sun…

Yesterday was my birthday.  I hit the 48 mark.  I don’t necessarily feel 48, I am unsure how someone is supposed to feel at 48.  Some days, I physically feel 71 and almost all days, I act 17. On my … Continue reading

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Happy birthday, to me…

Today marks the end of my 47th year on this planet, well, presuming that I was actually born on this planet, I can only presume I was. Yes, tomorrow, August 8, I turn 48. It’s just a number, doesn’t mean … Continue reading

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The Food and Booze Trip

I will be visiting Ontario in October, second trip this year.  The best part of this upcoming trip is that my company, BDO, is paying for the flight.  We have our every third year conference coming up. I was going … Continue reading

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The long weekend…

That was a good and pretty productive long weekend.  I got everything set up and organized in my new place.  Now, that is great, of course, BUT, it also took me almost a month to do which is not good. … Continue reading

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Another day off…

It’s the end of the long weekend.  In Alberta, it’s Heritage Day, most of the rest of the country, it’s Civic Holiday.  I am glad I am not working today. I have gotten most of the house set-up and everything … Continue reading

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On-call…

In my new job as Incident Management Coordinator, I knew that eventually I’d have some on-call time. Well, the Senior Manager is on vacation and he asked me if I’d mind taking his on-call time, I said sure, no worries. … Continue reading

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Reflections on umpiring and being lazy…

It is hard to believe that it was a year ago that I was in Branson, Missouri for the Cal Ripken Major/70 World Series.  It was one of the best experiences that I have had in my almost 48 years. … Continue reading

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