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Archive for May, 2008

Moving On

In “reacting to employees giving notice”, I would have to give Superior a 10/10.
Supportive, respectful, and professional – and also capable of making me feel like a valued employee. It really couldn’t have gone better. Which was a huge relief, since I had been so nervous I went to the washroom about 6 times inĀ  [...]

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Gardening

When I was traveling in 2003/04, I did some WWOOFing. I worked in a family’s large vegetable garden in Southern France for a week; lasted a few days with a strange couple in Victoria, Australia (their listing described vegetables but I arrived to discover cows and a house under heavy construction); and picked zucchinis and [...]

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Home City

[edited to slightly increase anonymity]
This time two weeks ago, Cam and I were heading to Home City. We met at the airport after work and landed around 11:00pm. Unfortunately, since I had an uncharacteristic brain fart, it took us 45 minutes, an expensive cab ride, many frantic phone calls, and a walk next to the [...]

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Topics

There’s a lot going on these days that I could write about. Faithful 2 or 3 readers, let me know what you would like to hear about first:
Whirlwind trip to Home City, for a very special event in Cam’s family
Our possible future home – an unresolved saga. Well, apt. C’mon. We didn’t win the jackpot [...]

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A real post.
But in the meantime, can I just say – for the record – that it’s crazy and strange and yet really cool to be the person in the passenger seat when the driver (who you work with, but only just met) gets the news that he’s a grandparent.
What else do you do but [...]

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