January has been a busy month and I do apologize for not updating my Blog in a while - I have lots of time now so we’ll see how it goes.
We left home this morning at 06:10 am, the weather is great and the trees are covered with frost in some areas and snow in others – post card scenery. The sun is shining, the temp is about -5, the roads are clear and dry, it sounds like it is going to be like this all the way to Buffalo. I hope I have everything looked after at home, the house sitter has been fully briefed and knows that Gadget is in charge and the bills are paid.
January was a busy month as I mentioned – most of our time was taken up with renovations to a rental house we own. In the past we hired someone to go in and do the work, this time we decided to do it ourselves, thus spending more money than we originally intended. By doing it ourselves we would see other things that should be done and the list got longer. We finally finished it last Wed. We also went to a local tanning salon 3 days a week and I joined at Fitness Group which meets twice a week. Wow – now I am ready for a holiday!
Events of January 19th were a big surprise – the staff of MSEMS held a Retirement Dinner and Party for me – about 60 people attended and many others sent cards, phone calls and best wishes. It was so nice to see Medics and various managers from departments within the DSSAB again. It was also great to see the many friends – some from the Emergency Health Care field over the years and others just friends because. A good time was had by all. I was honoured with several speeches – some humorous and others sentimental, gifts were plentiful and all was greatly appreciated. Wonderful memories! I was asked to give a speech – since I didn’t have notes to follow like everyone else it was a tacky one and quite emotional for me to say goodbye. I will be putting together an appropriate one and sending it out with my thank you cards when I return from vacation.
5:00 p.m.
We arrived at our hotel in Buffalo at 3:10 this afternoon; it was a good trip all the way. We are close to the airport and all the planes go over us – Allan is in 7th heaven, he can watch them and imagine where in the world they may be going.
Modern technology just amazes me – on the way here we had the cell phone, the GPS to give us specific directions and I was able to work on my Blog with my laptop. Here at the hotel I have internet access so I can do e-mails and post this to the Blog. While away we have digital cameras one for land and one for underwater, a camcorder and to keep in touch with the kids we have connected to yahoo messenger, plus we have a webcam and we signed up for telephone calls from our computer – we can call from Mexico at a cost of 1.9 cents per minute. I really have to give credit to my years with the DSSAB, they allowed me the experience of working with computers and various programs which increased my confidence in the field of technology and in turn gave me the courage to proceed further on my own. I am not a computer wizard by any chance – ask Sonny he will tell you I know just enough to be dangerous, but I believe one learns through mistakes. Besides his visits allow me to spend time with Sherri and Maekiylah, what more can I ask for??
I will close for today; we are going out for dinner – just where - we haven’t decided yet.
Bye for now,
Anne
