Last day of the month

of April. It's been a long month. I'm glad I got losts of hours. Need to pay down my moving bill.

Not that we have any but the vender here wants to bring a bed bug sniffer dog in here. Preventive maintanence. I haven't seen any of them here. Aparently the vender is going to do this for the whole network of suites.

I got 4 completes last night. Some people got 1. I feel bad for them. It wasn't a good list. I think I made about 225 calls. Anyway, that's all for now. 

So far no word

on the laptop that Super picked up Tuesday. Basically, all it needs is a new battery. Unless they are waiting for the delivery of said item. I have a feeling we're going to start next week.

I'm almost ready for lodge tonight. I suspect lots of visitors. I'm looking forward too. I have the music set up on my iPad. Not sure if anyone will offer me a ride home but that's OK there's a bus to Coliseum station to Clareview and I can walk home from there. We'll see what happens. I plan on leaving out of here in about an hour. 

I had always thought that Blue Tooth (bt) and Wireless terms were interchangeable. Apparently not. Wireless means the devices are routed through Wi-Fi through a router much like my work laptop. Blue tooth has smaller range and is specific to individual devices, like iPads, cell phones that kind of thing. Anyway, that's all for now.

Three days late better then

never on this one but early Friday morning ex Premier of Alberta Don Ghetty passed away. he was Premier from1985-1992. Ghetty was a Edmonton Eskimo and won a grey cup. His legacy was Family day and since then every Province in the country adapted this special holiday. He died at the age of 82 of heart failure.

There were just 2 of us working on the cell phone Northlands project yesterday. 95% of those calls were answering machines, busy, nis, no answers etc. Conditions were changing through out the day. At the end of the day we got new conditions updates and I misread them and screwed up that portion of project. With 3 days to go and a limited sample rate, there is no way we were going to get those last 11 completes anyway. With my mistake we ruined the chances of trying to get some of them but something from nothing is still nothing. If most of that sample were missed calls yesterday, we're going to get more of the same today anyway. Its fatiguing work coding answering machines, no answers etc. At least with fresh numbers to call my complete rate goes up and talking to the respondent makes the day go by faster. The only thing keeping my job I think is according to super, I'm a good interviewer. At least that's some positive reinforcement. I asked how do we resolve this? He didn't have a solution for me as there were other things he was juggling. Later I'm going to suggest to super next time new condition updates are given on the same sheet of paper, super should use a highlight (at least for me) marker on that whole condition update. That way, I'll enter the complete condition. Of course I didn't come to this realization at the time. I felt like shit with the last half hour left and I requested to leave early as my head was just not into doing the other project. My error took a lot of the wind out of my sails and sank my moral. I'm ok for today though. I'm sure I'm going to get shit for this one. I like doing market research and I'm good at but I make mistakes. With the cell phone sample rate we have left I doubt we'll get 11 completes out of that bunch regardless. 

Its hard to tell from today's Rogers Place arena webcam Rink view but the seats are being installed along the right west side of lower bowl. There's still work to do near the "end zone" area. The concrete seat supports have yet to be installed. Anyway, that's all today.

There is still a lot of work to be done on the

Rogers place downtown arena. The winter garden itself looks like its going to be challenging to be on time. They've got 7 months left and I don't think they can get it all done this year. They still have to get the skin up and the interior. If Rogers Place arena is on time, then they better start running shifts 24/7. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think they will be ready for another year yet. Even now there is no work going on inside.

It was 30 years ago yesterday the date of the Challenger disaster. I was working at the Cobogo warehouse when a

                          
Colleague heard it on the radio. I couldn't believe it. Four days prior to this L. Ron Hubbard passed away. Hubbard was associate for a time with Jack Parsons who helped found JPL. My office was right behind the white vertical sign on the street lamp there there in the 1980's. The building is called Cobogo lofts and a block away from Rogers Place arena.

We were woken up by the inspectors this morning. They came back to replace the fire alarm. I headed into work at my usual time. It was a beautiful day at +7, only to find the office working on running lights. There was just the manager and he was interviewing somebody. He said we start tomorrow. That meant no shift for today. So I went home and I got off at Michale's craft shop and headed to Bo'diddly's Pub & Grill. I wanted to buy a Sleemans but the closest they had was a Molson Dry. I sat there for half an hour and headed home and inside the apartment by about 5:30pm. I probably could have had a snooze. So I'll be in the office at 4pm today, regardless and hopefully for a full day Saturday. Anyway, that's all for now.

I have yet to hear from my job as to when

the next project is. I'll be calling the office for an update this afternoon. Most likely even though we have work for the summer its going to be something like 1 week on 1 week off type thing. I've got a few options I'm going to call in on. My job is more or less steady but because its project based is unpredictable in the summer. If I didn't have ei, I'd be in trouble.

Update: I decided to check into the office about 5pm and the boss said there's nothing happening for the rest of the week. Something is coming up for after the long weekend. I have a couple of options including a few job leads. One option I might have and I'll be calling tomorrow is to see if this career upgrading school still has its 3 month customer service course. I think one might begin in September. It helps extend my ei claim and improves my existing customer service skills. Also, when where I work has more projects, I might be able to work 2-3 days/week for pocket money. I'll be calling the school tomorrow.

I put another post out there in the "I grew up  in Coquitlam" site. Asking the group if anyone remembers a Mrs. Wilson. I gave a description an address and years. Some people remember her and one member said she knew my siblings and our

family saying we lived around the corner from us on Hailey etc. She asked how Rick, Martha, Jeff etc were. Apparently though my Mrs. Wilson was Mrs Mitchell. The member corrected me from the description I gave her. She knew Jill and corrected me on the spelling of her last name. I got the name wrong but the description is bang on. The group member's madden name was Westover. She remembers when Hailey was a dirt road in1959. The Mrs. Mitchell thread is all but petered out but it was interesting and generated 35 replies. The Google map above shows the area I grew up from 1959-1971. The blue dot is about where our house (still standing) is. I got one more story to go in "Tales of Heresy" and I'm really enjoying this anthology. I've got 4 more anthologies in this series, "Legacies of betrayal" is the next book in the series, book 31. Also a Horus Heresy anthology. Great stuff. Anyway, that's all for now.

Monday morning Anne took our cat Skippy to get fixed up

and to get her needles. So at least that's taken care of. Now we just got to watch her stop licking her sutures in case she gets a infection.

Our lodge planning meeting Sunday went well. I got out of going to Fort Edmonton park next Thursday. Somebody covered for me. Also, I got out of the IPM chair and I took the Junior Steward chair for next year. We hadn't had any stewards in a long time. If we needed any, we'd just delegate them. Also, I got my apron and case back, so that was a very productive way to spend a Sunday afternoon. 

Work is going fine. We might have the new project sometime next week. I might have a few days off work though until then. I'll need to activate my ei though and I'll be doing that when I get up out of bed in the morning. Anyway, that's all for now.

Instinct kicked in shortly before midnight

and I thought to check my phone call display. Our isp records who called and sure enough my place of employment tried calling Wednesday shortly after 1pm. That's why we need our vm activated. It could have been to tell me the project has been delayed for a week or two or for me to come in Thursday for training. It's not like at the other place where its a conference call between multiple offices. I just need a minimum amount of instruction and I'm ready to start. 

So yesterday I left out of here for my Doctors appointment noticing signs by the Muttart lands Brookfield residential popping up all over the place by Stadium South of the lrt tracks. I arrived to my Doctors appointment right on time. I got weighed at 204Lbs for my height I'm just about 40lbs overweight. I seem to recall my first visit my weight (2008) was about 260. I dropped a lot of weight over the last 7 years. I got another form for my X-ray and one was faxed over to that office. After that I went to this seniors office and they said that the Federal Government will prompt me a year from now to apply by sending me a form in the mail or through Service Canada via my email to apply. After that I went to Corona station to get a bus to City Centre mall. I decided why not go to Rickies? I treated myself to a burger and a beer. After that upstairs to Coles and I got a Warhammer 40K book, "The Grey knights" omnibus. I've got about 4 more omnibus books to get. Since I haven't been in City Centre mall for a long time, gone was the stationary store (formally Wilson's) but The Source (radio shack) was still there and on my way out there was a Tim Horton's. Cool. I got my train and I was  home by 4pm.

The only casualty of last night was (I think) that the British open preempted the Esks/Lions CFL game. I did see some of the highlights on the news so there must have been some TV coverage. The good news is Esks won 18-13. They're off to a great start.

Also in the news Telus was saying they are investing $1B to fiber every subscriber home over the next 6 years. Its at no charge to subscribers. It means that currently, broadband internet is 25 megabits per second. With fiber, Internet speeds will go up to 150 megabits per second. According to Telus only about 10% of North America uses Fiber. This is a highly significant announcement.

So having learned that my place of employment actually tried to reach me Wednesday, and me leaving a vm message last night, means I'm up shortly before 10am to find out whats going on. If there is nobody answering the phone at 10am, then that could tell me that the project has been delayed. Actually if that's the case, I could use a week or two off. Anyway, that's all for now.

Every movement

I made heading into work Friday was slow going but I felt better. I was able to find a bit of time to read but I wasn't into it as much as I wanted. 

For the first part of the shift, about 4 of us in the lunch room were folding letters. Then we did reminder calls. I worked until 8:30pm. I lost an hour because there was nothing for us me to do because I wasn't trained on the project currently under way. I didn't mind so much. After I filled my time sheet and checked my hours my bus came by shortly before 9pm. I did my banking and caught the train at Central and home.  

When I got home, I checked my email and Audrey's emailed me a copy of a invoice saying my Warhammer 40K Hours Heresy book was in. Book #30, so I'll be picking this up Monday on my way into work. As for today, its a full day of it. All I'm doing after work is going home to watch whats left of the Chicago/Ducks game #7 and pass out.

I had a nice relxing Saturday

and more of the same today. I usually like to get out of bed around noon on a the weekends. 

Global warming no doubt exists but not in an Al Gore junk science kind of way. Researchers here in Canada are using backyard ice skating rinks as a research tool to learn about climate change through ice. I don't know what they hope to gain from this but I'll wait for the off season to get the results. 

Today is going to be a reading day. I hope to reach up to page 100 of "Battle for the Abyss." My goal is to have it read by the end of March.

Now that I'm about to work days for a few months, I'm taking advantage of my evenings free. I'm looking for a evening job 5 days/week. Even if I could work at my current place of employment 1 Saturday/week would more then be enough for what I need. Anyway, that's all for now. 

The next stat holiday will be

Good Friday, April 3rd, Easter weekend. We could still have snow on the ground at that time.

Friday I have "special meeting" with the regional boss from Victoria and the supervisor. That can't be good. When I first began work at where I'm working now on this upcoming day project, my coding was really sloppy. I got called into the office on a daily basis to explain why I coded this case or that case wrong. I was pulled from the project. This guy is my boss's higher up. My boss is on vacation until Wednesday. If the regional boss says I can't do any more Victoria projects, then this limits my options. Since the time of the last time I did this day project  I've been with this company for over a year since then, doing Victoria projects. If I get pulled off this project, I'm going to explore other options. I wont get fired because I've done nothing to warrant that. I'm always polite to the people we call, and I'm a team player. I've never done or said anything that was inappropriate over the phone or anything else. I've got 2.5 years until I'm able to collect full pension and I'm counting the days. 

Not much going on today. I've got a few phone calls to make to Service Canada to make a few inquiries. Anyway, that's all for now.

I had a great evening

although my wife came home with bad news. Apparently they are cutting back her hours and to 2 shifts next week. They are hiring at the same time. We don't know what's going on. For all we know her shifts might be restored next week or maybe next month.

I'm off tonight for lodge. Traditionally (as far as I know) every immediate past master (ipm) usually at the time of installation receives a jewel and a ipm apron. I've seen this happen since 2002. The apron looks similar to a MM apron but with a ipm symbol and the jewel looks like a military medal hung from the suit jacket. Both signify I am an installed master. I did the work by running the lodge for one full year. I didn't get either at the time of our installation before Christmas but apparently they were ordered for me according to the last lodge master as he pretty well said as much in June but I didn't get them last meeting. I'm also thinking maybe I its because they only present the apron/medal (aj) There's also a certificate that gets presented at the end of ones ipm year and a case. Mike said in June "they're in the back." He wasn't at the last meeting. So all kinds of things are going on through my mind now. Are they doing this to put pressure on me to ask for a demitt? So I'm hoping tonight lodge presents the aj to me in traditional format. If not then I'll have some decisions to make. Do I continue on pay my lodge dues as if nothing has happened and then ask for a demitt around November and a letter of good standing and join another lodge? It's not like I don't have any options. I don't want to ask for my aj. I shouldn't have to ask for them. No ipm should ever have to ask for their aj. This is why I think somethings up. I have a few allies in the lodge by by and large, I'm not well liked because I'm not a union guy or a professional or in the trades and my disability stains the lodge in a way. Or so this is my perception. There are guys that do like me there, Neil, Nathan, John, Dan and and the new guys, and I pick up on that. If I don't get my aj, I'll quietly leave this lodge and join another. I kind of like the Saturday lodge anyway. It's not a York right lodge. But I don't want to give anything away either.

I'm really looking at ELektron's Octatrack. It's a multi sample, glitch effects machine, that can do some amazing things. its a little on the pricy side but a piece of gear I've got my eye on. Anyway that's all for now. 

What with having

so much time off, even though its Christmas week, it doesn't look like I'm going to get any work next week with only 1 day off next week, it doesn't look like I'll get a schedule until that first week in January. We're doing ok though.

While Joe Cocker was a legendary British rocker from my generation I wasn't really a fan. I vaguely recall him doing that song "Up where we belong" in 1982 and he had other hits as well. Most of my generation recall him from Woodstock. Cocker died at the age of 70 from lung cancer.

My 4 fd picks were good, except the results were not very good. I barely got 16.3 as most fd players picked the Ottawa/Washington game. First position's score was 45.2 against the last in the top 10 was 37.8. I had 2 decent players in my line up. I just picked the wrong game. 

In the Horus Heresy series I began to wonder how many Horus short stories do I have. BL publishes a lot of them. In one of the Horus series I have "Tales of treachery" and that has a good bunch, and about 5 other Horus books have others as well. I have 33 short stories including some pulled from the audio books I currently have. Coming out in April is "Legacies of Betrayal" and that anthology has 20 short stories in it. Of course that's not all of the shorts BL has published. Anyway, not much going on today that's all for now. 

If we keep holding

at about a high of -0/-10 as it looks like its going to go between now and the end of the month, I can live with that. its cold but its not arctic weather. 

At lunch I wanted to read Legion, my Warhammer 40k Legion ebook. However the memory card I put in my Kobo, the one I've been using for a couple of days now for some reason, popped out. After  trying to insert it, it now says I have finished reading the book I just started. Huh? I don't know whats going on so, I'll be check into this on the weekend.

I had a better day on the job as I was away from my loud neighbor. For a 8.5 hour day ending at 10pm, it went by fast. This project will be over next Friday. So, I'll be off at 9pm and able to catch that 9:25pm bus home. I hope I'll get at least 2-9. I can handle those hours now until the end of the year.

Yesterday, the European Space Agency was able to land their comet probe "Rosetta" on comet 67p. This made international headlines because its the first time a probe from earth has landed in a comet.

I've got another full day today and 2 off. Well, lodge Friday so really 1 day off where I can just relax. Anyway, that's all for now.

I needed that

9 hours of sleep in the middle of the week. I love these mid week stat holidays for that reason alone.

My day yesterday was ok except for the person beside me. She's a nice lady but has a drowning nasal voice that penetrated right into my headset. I think my respondents heard more of her then me. I ended up with barely 5 completions. I don't make the seating plan up but I know who does now and I'm going to implore him to put some separation between us. Its bad enough having to listen to my loud neighbor score on every call while I'm getting 1 every 90 minutes or so. Tomorrow, I'm going to leave an earplug in my ear and see if that helps a little. About 80% of the time a 15 minute takes about half an hour because most of the respondents have accents. Because they hear the echo of my neighbor more then me, their asking to repeat the question. I like the project I'm working on but I think it's going to come to an end (and the calling) Saturday. I'll know my schedule when it gets emailed as the availability sheet  has been missing lately. Since I don't have spell check on the computer where I'm sitting, I'm going to open up Google and use that as a spell check in another window and just copy and paste. Many times I can't go back after the survey is done to correct spelling. We're not supposed to use the Internet for inappropriate use but this is appropriate use as far as I'm concerned. 

The other day I found (after almost 2 years of working in the building) my service provider wifi. Listed was Shaw's Go wifi, which since I'm not on Shaw wont open for me. So, I thought the back door to Subway was on the main floor of the building. Subway has free wifi. I thought maybe all I have to do to access it without going outside (sometimes the intercom to the building doesn't work, and I don't like to stand there outside when it gets -25 waiting for the buzzer to click to let me in) While on the other side of the "Subway door"I go to my list of available networks and there's my ISP's open. I just type in my email hit the TOS button and I'm online. Oh, wait..this isn't Subway. It's another business! It just says my ISP and I think I can get online access anywhere on the main floor. I'll try that tomorrow. I wish I would have known about this during this last CFL season. The CFL season is now over as of this last weekend. Esks lost in Regina but they played all 18 games. Having known about this during week one in June I could check on the games during my 2 breaks and my half. At least I can check on Oiler games. 

Speaking of which the Oilers are in Nashville tonight at 6pm. This is a market we have trouble winning against while on the road. I don't think we're going to take this one but our boys have been playing good on the road winning their last 2. Here I was thinking they'd win at least 1 in OT. Now two back to back? Can they make it 3 tonight on the road?

I decided on my day off Friday before lodge, I'm running down to my bank then over to Audrey's to get my books and then to Memory express to get a sshd 1Tb drive for my laptop, a 1Tb drive for my desktop and a sata/ide connector, a screwdriver set and memory card for my camera and a dedicated memory card for my Kobo and Windows 8.1 64 bit. I'm going to just start over and reset my laptop back to factory settings and install Win 8 and then reinstall my music programs. Komplete 8 is about 110 Gb, Maschine is maybe 4 Gb, the Oxygen keyboard is minimal and that's all I need for now. On the desktop, I plan on getting a hard drive dock duplicator. They're priced at about $75 take out the desktop drive and do the data transfer and install the new drive with the sata/ide connector inside. Anyway, that's all for now.  

I could do 50 hours

week for the rest of my life but I'm not going to get hours like that for awhile. If we just have a evening project, best I could get away with is 6 days and weekdays only 4 hours a shift. That's if they have evening calling only. In that case best I could get is 31 hours week or 62 hours on a pay cheque. However, that's not permanent. I need 50 hours/week until I'm on full pension. At that time, I could handle 31 hours/week easy.

Good news is I have articles and ebooks added onto my Kobo! Helps to have a memory card and ePub. I'm going to download a sample BL quick reads after I have about 8-9 hours of sleep before the Esks/Riders game. If the sample works out, I'll download "Legion."

Wow, the Oiler's finally won one in Buffalo last night! Good news. I'd be happy if they win 1 on this road trip. They won 3-2.

Whats this? Free wi-fi coming soon to all lrt stations? Soon meaning by this time next year. This is great. It means that I can access Esks/Oiler scores as my train pulls into the stations, nice. Anyway, that's all for now.

Its been a rough couple of days on the job front

lately. Things haven't been going to well with my downtown job and not much better in my West end job. My West end  job could be ending on Friday but my downtown job is holding.

The world seems captivated by this ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Ice Bucket Challenge. Local political figures and people from all walks of life are raising funds for ALS. Is it actually raising awareness of ALS or is it just chance for another photo op opportunity, or just another fad? It's raising a lot of money as well.

I'm back to the upgrading my current case/pc idea again. All I need is just the motherboard, cpu, ram, hard drive and a better power supply. I can get it all done for about $700. I only need 16Gb of Ram maybe even 8Gb. The real feature of the upgrade will be the 4Tb internal hard drive.  

While at work this afternoon I read in the Journal that a Chinese group is going to be building 2 condo towers. One is a 38 story condo, the other (on the same property) is a 26 story one. However the big news yesterday is The Stantec tower. Its going to be across from the new downtown arena and is going to be 62 stories tall! Wow, now that's a sky scrapper. The Stantec building will be 224 metres high, nearly as tall as Calgary's 237-metre Bow Tower. Construction on the Stantec Tower starts this fall with completion by the summer of 2018. Anyway, that's all for now. 

The plan for today was to go

downtown for a follow up with my Doctor. Anne says I should be more concerned with seeing my pcn worker about the medical benefit appeal process. The pcn worker is back next week. I think that's a higher priority anyway. I was also going to get my haircut before my Doctor's appointment and get a bite to eat at City Centre mall, and head into work from there. Anne's plan is better. Besides I can sleep in for a bit longer. Other then that, I'm out of here at 4pm today for day 2 of my 2 day part time evening job. This week could be my last day at my day job. I thought I was supposed to get 3 months. Next time I see the boss, I'm going to ask about that. If he sites something else, then if I don't get a member between now and Tuesday, I'm just going to piss around during my last 3 days. If Friday I get the heave ho, then I'm going to make adjustments to my part time job. If not and I get another month, great.

It was announced in the news last night that Burger King is going to buy Tim Horton's. It shouldn't mean store closures or our local Bk across the street will get Tim Horton's menu as part of their drive through. It could be good for Tim's allowing it to expand its brand in the over 32 countries and BK gets a tax shelter. I doubt I'll be able to order a burger and fries at Corona station Tim's. If the merger goes through it'll mean this deal will make it the 3rd fast food chain closing in on Wendy's and McDonald's. 

There was another place I wanted try out but its in the NW end of the city and the commute is as long as my day/evening job. A lot of my old Xentel colleagues are there. Before I get on with that place I want to wait until the Nait (Metro) lrt line comes online at the end of this year. That way all I do is get the bus to Clareview in the morning and then the lrt to Corona and wait for the Northbound Metro to the Royal Alex hospital transit station and the #12 from there. It's a lot easier then that long #12 from downtown. I don't have to stand in the cold for 20 minutes waiting for the bus either. This other job days so I can work my evening job 3 days/week and have the weekends off. That's my "plan b" if my last day at the other place is Friday. if that's the case then I'm just going to work my evening job this winter and have Sunday's off. We'll see as for today, I'm out of here shortly before 4pm for downtown get my book at Audrey's and head into work. Anyway, that's all for now.

The world owes me absolutely

nothing. That's my family, my wife, my colleagues my lodge etc. I'm fortunate to have Facebook that lets me connect to my family. They have busy lives. We all do. I love my brothers and sister. We might not be able to face to face with each other but they are always in my heart and prayers. I always think of them in a positive way. I don't expect anything from anyone, anymore then they expect from me, which is why I removed when my birthday date on Facebook sometime ago. Last thing I want is all my friends and brothers and sister is to acknowledge my birthday every year. It means I have to reciprocate. When I'm on their Facebook page I try to send birthday greetings etc. One of my brothers has been dead for sometime and one of my brothers doesn't use social media, my sister barely. That just leaves Jeff and me. 

Moving forward. I caught my #137 bus at Northgate to specifically get out at 170 and 107 street for lunch at Harvey's. I had a double bacon and cheese burger combo. It was ok. I walked to work from there. 

My shift yesterday wasn't the greatest. I have 7 days left. By this time next Friday I'll have a better idea if next Saturday is my last day or do I continue with this job. If not, at least I have my market research job and I'm in all day this coming up Sunday and Monday night. The idea was to work my day job 3-9 Tuesday-Friday and Saturday 9:30-1:30 and bus it from wem downtown work 3 hours Saturday and work all day Sunday and Monday night. That didn't materialize until this weekend. Except Saturday. If the 3-9 job doesn't work out, then at least I have the other job 5-9 Tuesday-Friday, Saturday afternoon 2-6 and all day Sunday and Monday off. That's 55 hours in a 2 week period. Good enough and I wont have to travel so much to the West end. Either way I'm ok with it 3-9 or 5-9. West end or downtown. Anyway, that's all for now.

The new job seems to be

running along ok. Its basic telemarketing but I'm not selling anything. It's easy enough to do and the hours are decent enough.

Sometime this month I'm supposed to know, one way or another, if I'm going to get on this extended medical benefits plan. It's from the Alberta Government and is similar to a company health care plan. It's different then Alberta Health care. It's set up for emergency situations and was strongly recommended in writing by my Doctor. My local PCN feels that there's no reason why I shouldn't be accepted. It even covers my wife as well. My PCN says I should get a card in the mail very soon. Maybe next week sometime. it's mostly to cover my diabetic needs but the plan covers beyond what Alberta Health care would cover. The plan covers my diabetic supplies, vision/optical, and most important right now, dental and dentures. If I get the card this week next time I see my Doctor (Monday) I'm going to ask about my dental and what we can do to get my teeth done. Pending of course when (and if) I get the card in the mail. I might some time off in the hospital until my gums heal but I'd do this about mid September. I'm sure my job will accommodate me. Getting my teeth done has been on my mind for sometime now.

Yesterday I went to Audrey's and picked up my Warhammer 40k book. "There is only war." It's a Warhammer anthology of 42 short stories published last year. I hope it sells well enough to bring out a 2nd volume sometime this year or next. 

Also on my commute I read a bit at Campus waiting for the #4 bus and then I had a bit of a wait at wem. ETS had this grey low floor bus. It's an electrical bus. Not a hybrid and apparently its wifi enabled and looks really cool. I'm going to try and see if the fellow I'm meeting with after coffee can drop me off at wem so I can get a photo and try out the new bus. This bus apparently is the only one of it's kind in all the 900+ buses in ETS's fleet of bus.   

Prior to when my colleague was living at Westmount my drive home colleague and I would take the Yellowhead and run down 50th. I mentioned to her if she would be able to pull into the Wendy's drive through on my way home as it was on the way. Then I realized as we were heading towards the Canadian tire store off 129th to Fort Road, we were not anywhere near Wendy's. I almost said to cancel because my meeting ride this afternoon can always go to "Harvey's" on 170th there. She said it was no problem. So as we went over the Manning overpass it was just off in the right side lane by Pet Smart (Sparky) and a few minutes South on 50th. I got a Double Baconator and biggie fries for my lunch and watched Smackdown. That way Anne didn't have too cook anything.

I'm out here at 8:30am. One of my colleagues from my lodge said he'd be able to pick me up this morning and said he'd be out here at 8:30am. I emailed him and called so he doesn't swing by here thinking he's going to pick me up. I called him before Anne got in and left a message for him not to pick me up as I wouldn't be attending. I feel bad I can't make it but I need the hours as well. I am however going to meet with the fellow running the meeting after. If there's no snags. He's got the address to where I work and he said he could meet with me after 1:30pm for coffee today and to give me the details as to what happened. Also, if that electric bus is there I can get off at 95th ave/156th street and snap a photo of Sandy lane. I've been wanting to do that since last Octobers fire. Anyway, that's about all for now.

This morning before bed I was able to

get my little Samsung camera to upload a 30 second video to YouTube. The frame rate has to be set to 320 x 240 and no longer then 30 seconds. It doesn't upload directly to YouTube but the work-a-round is to email the video to self and then drag and drop the video to YouTube. I can upload YouTube video's ok from my iPad but then I still get those black bars on either side of the video, uggh. 

 
I would have had my schedule emailed to me by now, and so far nothing in my in-box from the office. In other words it looks like I have no work lined up for next week. Anne was looking around last night and found a couple of things of interest, we'll both be looking into. I'll find something to keep me going until work becomes available between now and the end of the month. 

As I post this it doesn't look good for a schedule in my email. It's already going on to 2:30pm. Next week also includes tomorrow but at least I have enough hours for most of July's rent. So I've got to get my ass in gear and get onto something after the weekend. We still have bills to pay. With $4 bucks to my name, the weekend doesn't look good. Yet I recall when I had nothing. Anyway, that's all for now.