That was a hard week last week

pulling in 40 hours. I hadn't that 8-4pm since the '80's. I think I got one more week, this week and that should be it for the summer. I'll continue on for as long as they continue to give me work.

This last Friday the Alberta Government went and began stage 2 of 3 to open up the Alberta Government. Like most Provinces, the pandemic went and closed everything. Stage 2 allowed for 50 people to gather. Rec centres are allowed to open and so are churches and theatres. Social distancing rules apply of course. Monday ETS is back to charging fares for rides. Its okay since working from home I'll rely on my seniors bus pass or not one at all. 

Over the last week on my down time I've been binge watching Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes, and McHale's navy. When I'm not doing that, its going on my walk in many cases after work. I'm usually in bed by 1am up by 6:30am. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Yes I'm still working through the work week

day 5 of a full 8 hour work day. I haven't had a shift like this since the 80's. I think though I'm going to run its course by Friday. Most likely because of numbers and performance. I get 2 paid 15 minute breaks and a half hour unpaid break. We break off at 3:45pm. 

Last week I got my first RGB gaming keyboard. I like the back lit keys. It has a usb dongle for Bluetooth (bt) but this computer never came with bt as it wasn't in the budget. I'd love to get a bt motherboard but apparently they are rare. Also I got a new mouse as well. I've got the Logitech mouse and webcam. 

Stage 2 of opening up Alberta's economy begins on Friday. The City can now open libraries, gatherings of more then 50 people, Rec centres can now open but social distancing and face masks are recommended. Them Premier said that there will still be increase spikes in Covid cases, At risk people (like me) should be cautious of course. Anyway, login time is almost upon me. Mary if your reading this, please give me a call anytime. I have no idea what's going on here. And on that note, anyway, that's all for now. 

At least I've got a bit of work

doing days so that was the big news this week for Thursday and Friday. Best part about this, is its 7 hour days. I'm in bed by 1am up at 7. For hour long I don't know. Also last week I had a Zoom lodge meeting the same day. Also this week I got a rgb gaming keyboard. I miss my low profile keys but this is a wireless keybiard. I'm not using it now but I will when Anne gets off work.

My goal for my You Tube channel this year is 100 subscribers. I'm already at 60. I'm having some trouble in Fl Studio channel rack because somehow the plugin's loaded in there dissapear and I can't click on them to call them back. I don't want to do anything now until Anne is off work. 

I've been doing a lot of binge Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes watching on You tube this last week, and McHales Navy. That and going out every night in good weather. Other then that, just holding the fort, not spending any money. Anyway, that's all for now.

Having a nice weekend

yesterday was the first time since the emergence of Covid 19 I had interest into going into a store. I needed a new computer mouse, as the right click button didn't work. So I went across the street to Visions and they have instore pickup. I noticed these see through shields they had installed. I got my first wireless mouse and it worked fine.

This morning however in my zoom meeting my face was mostly chromo keyed out. I'll be playing around with those settings over the next few days. I'm not sure if the chromo key is because of the blue tooth dongle that came with the mouse or what? No chromo key affects in Streamlabs, so that's pretty good.

This is an interesting Covid-19 graphic: 

The above image was from yesterday. Sadly most of the deaths were from long term senior care centres. The surprising stat above is that almost 90% of the cases since the pandemic, have recovered. I'm concerned that although I might have been spared the 1st wave, can I survive the 2nd wave? That's the 64k question. Anyway on that note, have a nice weekend everyone, take care.

I'm posting more video's now to my

you tube channel then before. That's one good thing about lockdown but at least phase one of Alberta's economy is opening.  So, I'm just making beats, having a good time. 

Hard to believe that it was 30 years ago Sunday that the Edmonton Oilers won their 5th Stanley cup in 7 years. I don't have my 1990 diary handy but most likely I was working that night. Speaking  about the NHL there is some talk that the NHL could resume play this summer. There's a lot of moving parts here. Something about Hub cities and a 12 team/conference to either finish off the 11 games remaining, or just start the playoffs. I'd like to see 3 on 3 hockey. Not sure how that would play out though.

Still no word about work. I think we're shut down for the summer until October or so. Other then my once around the block walk, most of my time is at the computer. Anyway, that's all for now.

The other day I ordered my

free 30 day trial for Output's "Arcade" subscription synthesiser. This vst is a pretty good deal. Its $13/month but even doable for me. So I've been messing around with it for a bit today. Since today was a wet and rainy day, may as well stay inside and get things done. 

The National news was saying that for all the Covid-19 cases tested positive, most people that died had low deficiencies of Vitamin D. Anne and I have been taking vitamin D daily. Research is underway and results of that study will be made public in the fall.

Our Robin friend nesting and her mate take turns in the nest so they can forge for food. Without disturbing the nest Anne took a photo of 5 blue eggs. Its been unusually cold for this time of year and we're expecting more rain for this weekend. Hopefully the eggs will hatch soon as its been 14 days since she's been there but maybe its 12 days until the last egg has hatched. Anyway, our spirits are high even though we have our marital spats, we're still okay around  here. Anyway, that's all for now. 

After a couple of days

I finally this afternoon got my Fl. Studio midi keyboard to work. I had Fl. all set up before but I guess I forgot how to put everything back together. This time around I'm ended taking a "snapshot" of sorts so I know how to reconstruct all the connections and inputs and outputs. Also, Saturday night I ordered from VB-Audio, Voicemeeter (not a typo) Potato. Its a virtual mixer that connects my web-cam Windows sound etc. I thought there was a mistake in downloading the program because I didn't get an installer. I sent tech support a note about it but after 2 days got nothing. They have a Facebook page. So I got there then I found their chat box. I sent another message. Long story short, I managed to get the software installed. So my two victories today. Here's an image of Voicemeeter:

At first Anne and I were going to go out to Capital Pizza. We like this place. Or used to. What with this pandemic underway and all the only going out I want to do is just on my walk. Anne suggested she'd go out and get take out as Capital Pizza is just one bus ride away.  Great idea! I gave her the cash and two hours later she comes through the door. After about 2 bites in the pizza was so tough it was I was able to get through half of it. What a waste of $35. Our favorite place was Rose bowl just off of Jasper and about 117th across the street from the old TD bank building. Rose bowl closed down some years ago. Royal Pizza is still our favorite place to go but every time we go I'm waiting over half an hour while Anne is shopping at No Frills next door Plus Royal is on the South side just a block away from the old Army & Navy department store. That closed down there as well this month. Sigh.

So, in closing things off here, we're just enjoying the summer off. I haven't worked in over 6 weeks and it doesn't look like we're going to get any work, anytime soon. At least this month anyway. I'm not holding my breath for anything to happen work wise even for June and if nothing is coming by for June that'll be it for the summer. I probably won't get back to work until October, if that. Anyway, that's all for now.