Lots of little updates this week.
As the title indicated, someone is leaving their job. After a lot of deliberation, soul searching and lists, Shannon has officially decided to leave Haldimand County and move on to Norfolk County. The new job moves her into a senior position with a slew of new challenges. She is going to do awesome. Congratulations Wifey! You deserve it!
My work is a bit of a roller coaster right now. Summer break means several projects to be done etc. I just finished the main project of re-wiring every one of my network racks. Tedious but satisfying when you see it go from a rats nest to neat and tidy. Now time to clean up any outstanding work orders from previous school year as well as make sure all the rooms are hooked back up once the custodians are finished their waxing/cleaning. Less fun part : there is still a fairly strong chance I could be on strike before school even starts. Fingers crossed they will come to a resolution before any work stoppages happen. Time will tell.
Kids have been crazy with summer. Now the car shopping is over and done with we have been busy with little funner things to do. Trips to the park, playing around the house, visiting Grandma/cousins, swimming lessons, baseball etc. Last week we made the GO Train trip into Toronto for a Yankees vs Blue Jays game. Lots of fun even withe Yankees losing. Kids always seem to love the train, and have gotten really good at sitting through the full ball game. Hope they enjoyed it as much as we did. Before school starts we’re hoping to make a day trip to Wonderland and possibly visit the Andersons’ at their camp site. And can’t forget back to school shopping 🙂
As I mentioned above, Joey (and Resse) played their first year of baseball! T-ball actually, but close enough. He seemed to really enjoy it and is already saying he wants to play again next year. Funny thing : Abby is even thinking she’d like to try next year. Will see if she changes her mind when registration comes around. The kids season came to a close on Saturday with a tournament and medal ceremony. The pride on the kids faces was awesome. Good job guys!
Bike officially hit 10,000kms this week. Took longer then I expected, but I guess 3 day work weeks will do that to you. Took it in to Sturges Cycle to have the 10K service done. Nothing fancy, just an oil change with a full bike inspection + adjusting. Still aiming to have 15K by the end of the season. Also, seriously need to look into taking my M2 Exit test before next summer.
MINI is doing a great job as a daily. Lots of fun to drive, quick, nimble etc. So just like every other car, I thought I’d get rid of it for a month 🙂 MINI has approved my rust warranty claim! So on Monday Shannon/the kids and I dropped it off at the MINI repair facility to have it completely ripped apart, all new panels welded in and a fresh paint job. From the looks of the quote, the dealer will have spent more on the car then I have. Good news is when it comes back it will look like a brand new car! Or at least damn near. Crappy part is the job is massive and will take 20ish business days to do. I won’t likely get the car back until the mid/end of September. Once it gets home, the rear sway bar and the stereo will go in, and I can put it in the garage until the snow comes and the bike goes away.
Even with the MINI doing great job filling the loss I am finding myself still missing the truck. No, I won’t be doing anything about it for a while, but I have pretty much decided that at some point, I will indeed build another truck. Won’t be for 3-5 years at least, but you have been warned 🙂