Raining but basking anyway.

I’ve got this new wireless keyboard at work and I’m not so sure about it yet. It’s got a bit of delay which can make for skipped letters and spelling mistakes, but if I don’t race across the keyboard it seems to work okay. I finally read the instructions on it this morning and moved the receiver the required eight inches away from my monitor and computer, which seems to help matters somewhat by cutting down on interference. On the plus side, I really like having less cables running all over the place, and the wireless mouse is so liberating!

And that is about the most exciting thing about work these days. Really, our office has been pretty quiet with half my co-workers telecommuting for the duration of the Olympics or out sick (nasty cold going around), and it’s been a lot less stressful coming into the office than I thought it would be with the tourist madness outside. Not to say they don’t get in the way of those of us who live here, but if you stay away from that cauldron thing, and the sporting events (and robsons square) it’s pretty easy to avoid them. Like herd animals these tourists, they moo and shop and pretty much keep to their own tourist kind.

I went to the island on the weekend to visit my folks and while I was there I bought onion and shallot sets at the Victoria “Seedy Saturday” event. Of course I’ve gone and planted them out now, heedless of the fact it’s only late February and perhaps I should have waited. But I’m hoping they are just like other bulbs and like to go in cold ground in order to really fill out in the warmer weather? I don’t know much about planting onions, though I am realizing that starting shallots from seed (which I did a few weeks ago) is probably a mistake as most of my starts have been taken by mould or are otherwise looking pretty bad. On the other hand I’ve got killer early tomato starts and my pepper plants are looking great for early days. I’m going to start more tomatos shortly, and sunflowers, squashes etc. when it’s time. Spring can’t come soon enough for me! Then again, our backyard studio is still in want of finishing and I can’t do much in the yard until the workmen are done tromping everything into smithereens back there.

This weekend I will be on and off and on the Sunshine Coast as I finish up with the last duties associated with the Gibsons house before the ownership transfer. I’m hoping it doesn’t amount to too much work on Saturday, though I am steeled against the possibility that there will be more than one dump run and it could be raining quite lot. Last responsibilities though, and that feels pretty damned good. Talk about a load lifted off my shoulders! I’m not cut out to be a land baron it turns out, only one property at a time feels manageable to me.

In general my spirits have been high these days, I feel like most things are manageable and I’ve had lots of energy! I’ve been mega-dosing on B-Vitamins and fish oil which has helped a lot, plus my gym routine has been increasingly strenuous as I move to the next level of fitness capability (jogging, who knew?) These feel like good days, getting longer and heading towards summer with all sorts of plans and ideas for vacations, home improvements, weddings (ours and Brian’s brother for whom we are hosting the rehearsal dinner). And I’m really very grateful for it all. Thank-you universe! Thank-you friends and family 🙂