Last nights Dallas/Oilers game

at Rogers Place arena was for the most a 2-1 nail biter. That win was not without a cost as Zach Hyman suffered what might be a broken arm. Looks like he will miss the ballance of the playoffs. That's not good. If Oilers take game 5 tomorrow night it will be a low scoring game, like last night's game before the 2 empty nets. 

Our local weather looks prett good for rhe next few days

It's not even noon.

Yesterday, Anne and I signed up for the GEF outing to Saint Albert Enjoy Center. Its basically a green house but there was a nice trendy cafe called Glass House. Anne took this photo of me yesterday from my iPhone 11. This was almost 24 hours ago yesterday:

We eached tried their Smash burger. Not bad. That's my walker behind me. Anne is taking the photo. Here's one of her:

  

Anyway, other then that, not much going on for today. That's all for now.  

Today we're off in a GEF

handivan to Saint Albert, enjoy centre. It's mostly an outing for Anne. We're leaving out of here about 10:30am to get there by 11am. It's an hour and a half outing. We should be back by about 1:30-2pm.

This should be good because I can bring my walker with me for the first time at an outing. After that, I'm going to have a nap and then get ready for game 4 Dallas@Oilers hockey game. Should be a nice day. Anyway, that's all for now.

The Oilers had

Game 1 in Dallas under way until they got sloppy in the 3rd when it was 3-1. Dallas got 3 power plays and scored on all of them. Then they scored into an empty net. Oilers basically gave the game away.

Chapter night this evening. We are balloting 4 brothers. Going to be interesting. I don't mind doing the music for chapter but if I'm just a fill in until Glenn's position as Scenior Warden is over and he's back to music, fine. Otherwise if this is a permanent make me a lodge officer. Otherwise, I'll just be a regular bum in a chair and I won't do anymore parts in Chapter. Bad enough I'm doing doing memory work for Lodge. Speaking of Chapter tonight, I'm going to ask (with my cell phone, ask someone of they can take my photo. Anyway, that's all for now.

That was my Victoria day weekend

a bit on the slow side but that's ok. 

For the most part I was working on my OBS channel, getting audio connected via bluetooth. That sort of thing.

It's closing in on 8 years December 28th Mary walked out of my life. We never got involved in anything sexual. I thought about it but I couldn't follow through. She meant so much to me. I blame myself what happened but at the same time, she never made an effort to tell me the reason for the break up. She tried sending me a text but I was afraid to receive it, knowing what was at the end of it. A friendship spaning over 20 years deserves more then a text Mary. Surley I desereved that much. Over the years it's been hard to deal with. I have good days and bad days. Now Mary is married. Don's ok but over protective. Maty if your ever reading this please, somehow, over Don's chat at BoB or even on my cell: 902 6348. The hime phone is still the same. You can always email me. jim9shannon@mail.com. I miss you so much. We need to clear the air. Your friend James.

That being said I don't know if I mentioned about a lower front tooth that brook off at the base of the gum line April 20th. it began to cause me some light discomfort all afternoon. It feels better now. Anyway, that's all for now.

Not much going on for today

Earlier I went down to the office to sign us up for the St. Albert Enjoy Centre outing on the 27th. I haven't been out to St. Albert since I first came to Edmonton in 1978. Hard to believe that was 47 years ago. Hard to believe I was 25 years old. The reason why I had to go to St Albert in the first place was because I was on UIC or EI as it's known today was due to a Canada wide postal strike. All cheques were routed to the nearest TD bank in the NW Edmonton area, which was the TD bank in Saint. Albert.

Not much going on this weekend. On this date, Friday 1980 was a very special event for me. The details will be kept private but Richard Lord, and Ellen know. I remember riding on a bike to a liqour store in the McCauley area. It was a crazy night for me

I wanted to get out a video this weekend but I don't know what. I might get something going tomorrow. Anyway, that's all for now.

Our outing yesterday

@ Barb & Earnies was nice. The cherrie blossom trees we're all abloom. Love this time of year. There was about 16 of us in a GEF handi van. Not sure if our residence owns the bus. Most of the residence sat at the main table. There was not enough room for Anne and I. Strike 1. I asked for a diet Coke. It came with an empty glass and a can of diet Cola. Strike 2. I ordered a cheese burger and the bottom bun disentigrated after I ate half of it. Anne didn't like her meal. Strike 3. We got out and it was nice tp do that. We won't be back to Barb & Earnies anytime soon. I'm giving it a 2.5 only because the service was meh. I always leave a tip.

The best part of the day was the Oilers won against Vegas in Vegas, 1-0 in OT. Oilers advance to the semi finales.. Would be nice if it's Winnipeg only because it will give our team a longer rest. Not very likely that a team down by 3 games can come back to a game 7. Dallas in 5. Anyway,that's all for now.

Not much going on these days

just relaxing and taking it easy, watching hockey. Speaking of which, Oilers are leading the Vegas series 3-1 and could go on to round 3, if Vegas loses tomorrow. I said Oilers in 6. We'll see what happens.

Tomorrow, Anne and I are going out to a trendy Grerman restaurant. That should be good. Why they close at 2pm I have no idea. They are mostly known for breakfast, then anything else. 

Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of my journal. Unfortunetly it wasn't able to survive 2 moves since 2021. I did manage to save 1 of my journals from September 1980. At least I have that. Anyway, that's all for now.

Last nights Oilers

Vegas game was a real barn burner. Oilers came back from behind to win 4-2. They even broke a record for the most consecutive combacks at 5. What's more is they regained home ice advantage. Game 2 will be nothing like last night. I'm thinking Vegas will win by 1. 

Other then getting up early I had a decent day. Still find it hard to believe the fire at Wyndham building B. 36 meter's away and building A could have been affected. The fire in building B began in the 2nd floor. The wind was a huge factor in causeign most of the damage.

After today my next early morning won't be until Saturday. BoB or Lodge. I'm not sure yet. Lodge is 9am, BoB is 8am. I won't need cab money to get to lodge. I've been wanting to go to lodge anyway. That's all for now.

Comming up

May 12th is the 45th aniversary of my daily journal. It began Monday May 12th 1980. Richard suggested I start what he called a "magical diary." It was supposed to be about my occult experiences and experiments. I interpeted it as a daily diary about everday life. This was when commercial computers were just hitting the market. I could have started this diary on my Atari 130xe. A word processsor was only ~ C $60. Imagine my diaries all on disk from november 1987? Wow.

I woke up this morning ~ 8:30 feeling ok. Anne shortly after when crews began testing the alarms. We're getting ~ 2 burssts of 4 beeps per suite. We get that for every suite in the buildng All 350 units, uggh. It's scaring our cats. I have my head phones and shades. The alarm device sends out a strobe light each time it flashes.. The good news is they will be done by 4pm

The Edmonton Oilers are in Vegas tonight for game 1. Its a beautiful day. Oilers will lose tonight but will find a way to make it work before game #4 and hopefully Oilers in 6. I'll be able to watch the full game. I have chips; pop, a place we can afford. Life is good. 

I was hoping to work

the week but in an email, I got the word that our sample size, was too low for that. We might have another project coming up but I have my doubts. I don't mind the time off. I'll be able to watch Oilers playoff hockey.

With the time off, I'm also considering heading out to "Ye old craft" Saturday. Alter between lodge and BoB. Especially now that I have time off. Sounds like a good idea.

The other reason why I want to do the Lodge thing is to get my measel shot since I'm type 1 debetic, I qualify to get that shot. In my case it's a good idea to ge the shot. Anyway, that's all for  now.

May the 4th be with

you. Yes it's Star Wars day. The origional Star Wars day began in 2011. Star Wars day is an informal celebration of all things Star Wars. You can read all about it here.

I had a decent day on the job yesterday but by the start of the 5th hour, I was played out. Three pm, couldn't end fast enough. I don't mind Saturdays if I've had enough sleep. Fortunatly I did yesterday. 5.5 hours of sleep. This morning I'm taking a melatonin pill.

Lately the buz here in Alberta is about Alberta separation. I could get behind it if this was a combined effort between BC/Alberta/ Saskatchewa/Manatoba. All four Western Provinces. That would be cool. However there needs to be a referendum in order for that to happen. Anyway, that's all for now.

I think this

project will be concluded by the end of next week. I'll do one more if one's availible. We'll see how it goes. I'm on at 10 am for my shift up @ 8am.

Now that the Oilers have cleared round one over LA Kings it's onto Vegas. Just waiting for the Ave's/Dallas series tied at 6. 

I'm about to pull the trigger on Scaler 3 after shift. It's an awesome song writing too/ That and Output Arcade.

We're having another inspectiion coming in on Tuesday. Ugg.

Out to lodge

late this afternoon. I have my music all cued up. It's a beautifull day for May 1st.

I began this blog as a bit of an extention to my journal. The journal goes back to May 12th 1980 when I was writing it by hand and then on the computer 2005. A lost a lot of my journal stuff on various systems over the years due to one computer or another. I still have my 2005 diaries on my old Windows Xp computer. I want to get (from Amazon) a hard drive clone kit. I have a spare SSD on my daily computer that I can clone the Xp OS onto the drive (after I erase and set it up. Then load the contents of the clone onto the OS as a new drive. Should be ok and easy enough to do. 

I have work tomorrow and hopefully I'll get a schedual for next week. If the project has enough legs as it were. Anyway, that's all for now.