Three days ago I was bathed in the

cool air of a fan in my office here at home. We're sitting at +15 when the other day this time of day we were at +21. The cooler air is most welcome here in the city and at the moment we're getting some much needed rain. I hope it rains all day.

I haven't heard from my employer all week, which leads me suggest there's been no work for anyone or the office is shut down for August. So, I decided why not go there and see whats going on. I took the bus/train bus uptown to 124th and 107th street and into the office. I made pretty good timing only to find 2 of my colleagues there. One was doing coding and the other working on a focus group. There hasn't been a schedule posted all week. The boss and super were out having lunch. I couldn't even fill out a calendar as they never had any printed. I hung about for 15 minutes. They said they'd let them know I was here. Its the usual story line: steady shifts return next month. Unless they call me before hand I'll just wait until after the labour day weekend and call. That is if I find something else by then. My wife is right I need a 2nd part time job that is steady that has no lay offs until I get pension. I'm going to try something in the security guard area. The hardest thing about that line of work is just trying to stay awake. I've done security guard work before I got married. I wouldn't mind doing that on weekends and the market research job 2 days a  week until pension. 

Some major breaking City news. The 3km Metro lrt line apparently will be online Sunday September 6th ready for the school year. The City is using what's called a line of sight approach to signaling with slightly reduced frequency times. In other words after 15 months, this long awaited and delayed system will finally be operational. As a side note, The 27km Valley line from Mill Woods to downtown (phase 1) is in its early stages of preparation, getting 29 buildings along the 1st phase of its route ready for demolition. By this time next year the Valley line should be in the early phases of construction mode.  

I'm up around noon today and at 1-3 I'll watch Smackdown and then I've got a couple of cfl football games to watch. I got BC/Hamilton and Ottawa/Calgary. Other then that, not much going on this weekend.Anyway, that's all for now.

Summer officially is finally here

or so one would think. At least I have a weekend off.

The football (pre-season) Esks/Riders game ended with a Eskimo victory. On hostile turf no less. The bad news is it wasn't televised. TSN would rather have us watch a Calgary/BC. Boring. It was also good to see Ottawa win in Montreal no less.

Coast has a pretty good show going on right now: Paranormal Great Lakes and Mississippi River. The story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I'm reminded of the song by Gordon Lightfoot "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald." It's a long drawn out song. The ship Edmund Fitzgerald has been seen again 10 yeas after it sunk in 1975. 

There was no work schedule in my email in-box, and I sort of was expecting it, but it means I have no work over the weekend and for the rest of the week. Fortunately for us and my cpp, I'll have most of the rent paid. The rest by mid next  month when I'm back to work at the end of this month. It also means I can't sit on my butt for 2 weeks either. My wife and I are really struggling. It means I'm going to have to take an advertising job at a place I don't care about. Something disposable so I can get the money, in and out. I'm going to send out some resume's this weekend to places that I can work long term that's steady. I'm tired of hand from mouth type thing

I might as well enjoy the weekend off, I might not get another one for awhile. Anyway, that's all for now.

I had fun

watching Monday night Raw, good show. I haven't seen Vince in quite awhile. He's almost 69 years old. He's about due for an appearance on Raw.

It was a short shift Monday night. I don't know what's available for next week, so it looks like I'm going to have to get something disposable. There's about half a dozen advertising jobs I could do do. Most of them give about 3 days. I think there's another project starting up near the end of the month but I have no conformation on this. if I was working at the warehouse job I had in the 80's and this, it'd be a match made in heaven. If the new project starts by the end of the month, then it could go to August. 

I have today off and I go back Wednesday. Hopefully I'll have something for Thursday/Friday. If not and there's no schedule for next week then I'll be doing advertising. I'll set that up Thursday/Friday. Anyway, that's about all for now.