Usually on the night before

on the long weekend we'd leave an hour earlier. It means my weekend can start Thursday night rather then Friday. We still get paid for the extra hour, which is good. However I have no conformation this will be the case this time.

The first period of last nights Sharks/Oilers game was all Oilers in the 1st. I was able to listen to most of the 1st period in the car on the way home. The game fell apart for the Oilers in the 2nd and 3rd. The game went into OT and the Oilers had a bit of a rush but after that it was all Sharks. They won in OT. I'm still calling for a 5-1 Sharks win.

The other day my Doctor told me I have what's called Chronic venous insufficiency or CVI. Which is strange because when I was in the emergency Saint Patrick's day weekend, the ultrasound showed no blood clot. So now I have to wear these suspension stockings. May 8th I go in for what's called a PDA for imaging. CVI is not dangerous but it can be painful. I'm going to be wearing these suspension stockings for the rest of my life. Read more about CVI here.  

Korg Gadget had a nice update of 3 new gadgets this Spring: A "tape recorder" to tape audio, a drum machine/sampler, and a guitar affects processor. I haven't had much of a play with these but I hope to have a video upload of Gadget, this weekend. I'm going to and get even a mono sound out of Circuit and then play it in Audacity. From there make a copy of the track and pan one right and one left to see if I can make the sound a bit bigger. Anyway, that
s all for now.

Its going to be a busy morning for me

this morning. I'm out of here in about 20 minutes, as I have a 11:30 Doctors appointment in the Baker clinic. Then its upstairs for blood work, then downstairs on my way out its applying for the provincial supplement, which is mostly just medical benefits. I'm gradually getting myself ready and sorted out to leave. This will be a early commute into the office. I can spend a bit more time in the Provincial office filling out whatever form I need. It should be pretty basic. 

At least I'll have a few Oilers playoff games to watch. Game 1 is tomorrow here in Edmonton, game 2 on Friday, game 3 in San Jose Sunday, game 4 Tuesday. I'm suspecting SJ will take this in 5 games but the Oilers exceeded my expectations this year: they were playing meaningful games in April, they made the playoffs and as a bonus Connor McDavid gets the Art Ross trophy. Anything beyond that is gravy. 

Thursday, just before the long weekend, I'm heading over to Canada Place, Service Canada to get the Federal supplement filled out, that's going to be basic as well. Then after that let the weekend begin. Anyway, that's all for now.

I arrived to my place of employment

late yesterday afternoon at 4pm under overcast skies. The weather forecast was calling for a rain and snow mix over the weekend. Well it is April, and anything can happen. On my 6:30pm break, the skies opened up and reports from others coming in from a smoke break said it was teaming with rain. My buddy and I were grateful that our ride was there. She rarely shows up on a Friday night.

Since the Oilers have clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2006, with 2 back to back games remaining (all on this weekend) all that remains is which position do they go for. Do the Oilers want to face the Sharks in the first round or Anaheim? The only thing this weekend Oilers wise that I'm hoping for is that Maroon and or Draisaitl closeout with 30 goals. McDavid is already at 30. Otherwise, I don't care what happens after this weekend. I'm just happy the Oilers made the playoffs.

So far there's no work at the market research job. Since next week is a short work week, I don't suspect there will be anything until after the Easter weekend. That's ok with me. Even better if work slows down. The new ei numbers wont be released until after the weekend. As it stands now I have more then enough hours for ei between both jobs that could end in May. My market research job most likely will have enough work in June but will slowly phase out of work mid June. That's ok with me as long as I can make my monthly payment for Circuit. My first payment is for next week. I'll have enough to keep that going based upon my ei claim for the summer. So, I'm hoping work slows down at the market research job mid June. Its going to take a month to process ei anyway. Well, that's about all for now.