Image from … yes … Cute Overload (don’t ask, it’s a long story)
A strange thing happened this weekend. For the first time since I returned to Montreal on Oct 28th, I actually feel like I caught up with some of the things I needed to get done. It has been and will be be a busy weekend still, but I have been doing things as they come, not catching up on things I should have done three weeks ago.
Tonight is the work Christmas party so in a few minutes I will have to go and try to find something that fits me without looking really bad. Speaking of work, the big changes that were planned are still happening, but my boss has done his best to keep as much in our budget as possible. In the best case it wouldn’t affect what I am working on at all. We will have to wait and see.
I and one of my co-workers will be travelling to France for a week in January to get a hands-on training session with some quantitative PCR people. It will be in Clermont-Ferrand which I visited in 2004. I am really looking forward to meeting with the people there.
Dan is writing a children’s story for his English class and it sounds quite good. It’s about a duck called Isaac. I can’t wait to read the final version!
We went to a concert Thursday night that featured music written by one of his teachers. It was cool stuff. Beforehand we ate at a nearby bar/restaurant which was quite disappointing. After having carbonara sauce in Rome I like to order it when it’s on the menu, but alas, every other time I have had it the cook has no idea how to make it properly. What I had was basically milk thickened with flour and bits of fresh parsley added in. What about the egg and parmesan??? Sheesh. Anyway, during our conversation we started talking about TV shows we watched when we were kids and I told Dan about Reading Rainbow, which he had never seen. The awesome intro is available here for your viewing pleasure.
I have the week off between Christmas and New Year’s day, so there are a few things that we have planned:
- Relax
- Cook Christmas dinner and make anise cookies (half the recipe this year)
- Clean behind / under the stove
- Go to Ikea and get a few things including a changing table / dresser
- Re-arrange living room for crib and dresser
- Organize closet in Dan’s office to store things which are currently sitting in the living room
- Do the filing (which hasn’t been done since August)
- Look through my baby book, albums and photos with Dan (we brought them back from my mom’s place)
- Reverse the doors of the fridge and freezer on our new fridge so they open without hitting my chair
- Scan my mom’s drawings and take photos of her paintings, post on Flickr account
- Fill out and mail forms for cord blood banking for Kicky
No Comments, Comment or Ping