Several things to catch up on...

( Epic Vancouver Trip - June 30 to July 5 )

My grandmother (the one in Montreal, not the one in Toronto) died on Tuesday afternoon. I'll be flying to Montreal and back (less than 18 hours total round trip) for the funeral next Friday morning. Teaching on Thursday late afternoon and Friday early afternoon is what makes the trip so tight. Then going camping Friday evening.

Stephen is heading to a bachelor party (not his) near Y&E at 6:30 on Saturday, so I wondered if anyone wants to get together for dinner somewhere around then/there. Let me know!

Also I will post about my trip to Vancouver soon, I promise. :) It was awesome!

Had an amazing birthday weekend, with Cathron in town, Stephen & Catherine's convocation (plus reception afterwards with tons of both their families and my mom and sister), hanging out at our place showing the parents the invitations we got, the actual party (wheeee!), a full house sleeping over (Cathron in the guest room, Susie in the bunny room, ( Read more... )

Some information-gathering for my choir choices for the fall. If you have any insight/input, or other choirs to add to the list, please feel free to comment.

ChoirSizeRehearsal nightProsCons
Da CaposmallWChallenge, love music, like conductorMay not have space
Grand Phil ChoirbigMLike conductor, be a part of some big musical worksMay feel lost in ( Read more... )

I've booked a one-way flight to Vancouver for June 30 afternoon! Why one-way you ask? There is a sale on right now for flights in June only, but July prices are all higher. So I'll just wait until July goes on sale (at which point June might be back up, which is why I nailed it down now) to book the return flight. Since it's not actually any ( Read more... )

I am in love... with choir ( Read more... )

I am (as of an hour and a half ago) teaching a additional course this term. The original instructor (who really really wanted the course, and that's the only reason I didn't get it) has become too sick to teach it, and I really love the course (and can't say no) so I agreed to take it over. I'm both excited and unbelievably stressed - she's already ( Read more... )

We planted the flowers in the front yard today, after getting tired of waiting for the condo company to re-do the pavement. (They'll still do it eventually, but they'll just have to avoid the flowers... or else ( Read more... )

Just had a delicious meal delivered by Swiss Chalet. It's Stephen's birthday today, and he didn't feel like cooking (especially since he's doing so much food prep for tomorrow) and Swiss Chalet is one of the places he can get food from without worrying about allergies. They have excellent info about every dish for almost every conceivable allergy ( Read more... )