Kevin's Ramblings…

Yesterday was a pretty darn good day off.

It started around 5am or so, watched some tv, drank some coffee (speaking of that, coffee is no ready), took the dogs to River Park and tired them out and then did some running around. I rented a Car2Go for the day, 24 hours to be precise. I stopped at Best Buy to return a headset that I couldn’t use. Did some other errands that sort of require a car as well.

The afternoon the dogs and I napped, it is one of my favourite Saturday afternoon things to do. Turns out, the dogs love napping, likely as much as I do.

The Stampeders hosted Montreal last night, 5pm start. It started poorly and didn’t look like Calgary would be able to win with all the injuries the team has, they were down 17-0. They managed to storm back, Montreals offence was all first quarter. The final was 25-22, a good game for sure. After the game, it was Boston Pizza. Not the best meal I’ve ever had at BP, not the worst though. I won’t try that again…

Today, there is nothing on the agenda, nothing pressing anyway. As soon as th sun rises, we are heading back to River Park. It is good getting there and home before it heats up. I’m sure another nap is on the schedule for the afternoon.

For now, I need coffee, otherwise I’ll be cranky. Enjoy your day. 🙂

I have back to back three day weekends. This Monday is Heritage Day in Alberta so it is a 3 day weekend.  Next weekend, I am off on Friday as a flex day. Not a bad deal. I like 3 day work weeks as well.

Today has been productive, thus far. I got up around 6am, took the dogs to River Park at 7 and tired them out for an hour and a half.  I have some running around to do today, so I am going to get a Car2Go for the day. They have a deal on long weekends, you can pay $60 for the day, all inclusive. That includes any 24 hour period as well, not all day Saturday or Sunday.

This afternoon the Stampeders host Montreal. Should be a good game, the Stamps are missing a number of players though due to injuries. We will see.

No real plans for the rest of the weekend, going to do some relaxing and likely catch a couple of naps.

Sounds like a good way to spend some time. 🙂

Apparently, one of the Alberta offices is moving locations in August. Being from Calgary, I have been tasked with helping with the office move. I will be heading to Lethbridge for a weekend in August.  That will mean putting Blondie and Hera into boarding for the weekend. I have an email out to the person who they are boarding with in September to see if she is available – I am waiting to hear back. If that falls through, then I will board them down at Country Club.

One minor issue is that I no longer have a working vehicle so getting them to Country Club will require the assistance of a friend. Well, more of a loan of a vehicle then the friend helping…

So, this will be the first time I have done an office move, should be fun.  As I write this, we are having a meeting to discuss the specifics.  I am sorta bored with meetings, I am listening but it isn’t rocket science.

Nothing too much going on this week.  Work, of course. I might try to catch some of the AAA Babe Ruth play-off action.  It starts tonight but I think I will catch Thursday’s game as a winner could be declared.  If it is split Thursday, the final is Friday.

This week has the Stampeders playing at home on Saturday against Montreal.  A friend of mine is coming along.  It is supposed to be a hot weekend, should be good.

Next week is a short week – Monday is a holiday, Civic Holiday but I don’t think it is called that in Alberta.  Heritage Day sounds right.  Next Friday, the 7th, is my flex day so only a 3 day week.  Not a bad deal.

Anyway, back to the meeting – almost wrapped up. 🙂

The week long baseball tournament that Babe Ruth Calgary hosted ended yesterday afternoon. The final was a good game, until the 8th inning. It was tied at the end of 7, the eventual losers of the game seemed to be out of pitching. It ended up as an 11-6 score. All in all, an excellent tournament. There were a lot of positive comments from parents and coaches so that’s good.

So, after the game, I return to my truck and it won’t turn over. Nice. Luckily for me, I have CAA Plus. I called, was told a truck would be there within 2 hours. 45 minutes later, a truck is there. He tries a couple of things, we can’t get it going so he tows me home. Now that baseball is over, I really don’t need a vehicle all that much. Transit in the city is pretty darn good and there is also the Car2Go service. I think I’ll be waiting until I return from Ontario to have whatever is wrong fixed – I’m trying to save some money for thr trip. So, I’ll walk and maybe get back on the bike as well.

Today there is a dog event today, Pet-a-polloza, in the downtown area, I think I’ll zip by with the dogs. I’m considering taking the bus there, will have to find out if I’m allowed to take two dogs on the bus or if the limit is one. We can walk, it would be a bit of a jaunt. Walk one way, taxi back? That might work too… If not, then we will go to the dog park. It is supposed to be nice today, a little cool perhaps.

Back to work tomorrow, 24 hours from now, exactly. It was a good week off.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

My week off is just about over. In fact, you might consider that it is over now since we are back to the weekend. It was a good week off, sorta relaxing, saw some excellent baseball, saw so,e not so good baseball as well.

Yesterday was the playoff round for the Babe Ruth Regional Tournament. Calgary, as host, had two entries. Both our AA Blues and AAA Blues were in. Oddly enough, they met yesterday in the quarter finals. It was close for a few innings and then the AAA’s pulled ahead and won, 12-2 in 7 innings. They went on to the semi finals and lost, unfortunately, 5-0. Today is the championship game, starts at noon.

Before then, I want to take the dogs to the dog park, need to take a couch to the dump (damn thing fit through the door, wouldn’t go around the corners, too tall to stand up – oh well. It was actually a good thing I guess. When it was outside, in natural light, I saw how dirty it was. It needed a professional cleaning, that’s for sure. I have found a few “leather like” futons which will work. For now, I still only have a chaise in the living room and now have two dogs who squeeze onto it with me, a big, happy family.

Tomorrow, I might take my dogs to an event downtown, Dog-a-Polooza, I think it is called. A bunch of dog friendly vendors, seeking who knows what. This will depend in weather of course. Being made of sugar, I don’t want to melt going out in the rain.

Enjoy your weekend.

My week off is flying by. Work weeks go by pretty quickly as well but it is Thursday already. Only 4 days off left so I am more than half way done. It’s been an enjoyable week.

There has been some good baseball in the tournament that we are running. The AA team lost their first game, pretty badly but bounced back nicely yesterday afternoon for a good win, after a delayed start due to storms in the area with funnel clouds pictured – sorta scary. The AAA team crushed their opponent, final was somewhere in the neighbourhood of 21-1. The round robin wraps up today with playoffs tomorrow and the championship on Saturday. 

Hera is proving to be one pretty good puppy. I need to clear her of some bad habits but they are coming around as well. One of them is her chewing on Blondie’s ears. Blondie really doesn’t like it, can’t say I blame her though. She has yelped a couple of times before I can catch Hera in the act. She’s getting better on this though.

I am sure Blondie is asking why I brought a puppy into the house. Well, Zeus definitely asked that question a little over 4 years ago. They do get along well, the wrestling is fun to watch and I can tell Blondie is tired out, so is Hera. It also takes some of my need to “entertain” Blondie away from me.

Hera goes to the vet today. All adoptions from the Humane Society come with a free checkup so that’s great. She also needs her last two shots, rabies and kennel cough. I also need to refill her subscription for her pills. She takes them very easily in a pill pocket. I’m going to switch to a half cheese slice or something though, pill pockets aren’t cheap. 

So, on tap for today. I have an appointment with a personal trainer at GoodLife, this is included with my membership. I the. Take the dogs to the vet, Blondie just for the ride. Scoring two baseball games and then I think Blondie, Hera and I will watch the evening game. All in all, not a bad day.

Yesterday was really my first day of vacation. I’m always off on the weekend, so Saturday and Sunday don’t really count as vacation days.

Saturday was a relaxing day. I met with the lady who will board Blondie and Hera. We walked around a new dog park (we will return, possibly today) and had a great nap in the afternoon. It is nice that dogs like napping, likely more than I do.

Sunday was my baseball teams year end party. The paintball was good, I didn’t play. I could have, but I decided to sit out. I actually read for an hour or so which is a luxury I don’t normally get. After paintball, we had a BBQ, great food. I was given two gift cards from the team, $50 at Boston Pizza, one of my favourite places to eat and $15 at Tim Hortons. I think I’ll save the Tim’s card until my trip to Ontario. The BP card likely won’t last that long.

Yesterday was the opening ceremonies for the Babe Ruth Regional tournament. It was quick, which is nice. Weather was great and should be all week. I had a tough job, handing out ice cream bars.  I am score keeping for the rest of the week and will see some great baseball.

Hera is settling in quite well. She and Blondie are going to be best friends, I’m sure of that. Right now, Hera is bugging Blondie a bit much, but that is a puppy thing to do. It is a sort of revenge for the way that Blomdie tormented Zeus when she joined the family. I am sure, years from now, that a new puppy will torment Hera and the cycle will continue. I don’t see my life without a dog and more than likely two dogs. I prefer two, they can play with each other and leave me out of it occasionally.

Well, I am off to do something productive before I head to baseball around noon. Enjoy your week 🙂