Aug 17 2018
One Week
Darkness is creeping back again. If it weren’t so foggy in the mornings this week, I would have put the high beams on. I am always glad to see the fog, though this summer, it hasn’t been as cool as I would like even when it is foggy. I can’t remember the last time I slept without the fans on. It’s not that it is exceptionally hot, just that it hasn’t been as cool as usual for the coast and never gets really cold at night the way it used to. Maybe it’s an anomaly and maybe it’s the new normal. Did you ever notice that anytime it’s a “new normal” it’s never good?
Hopefully this Fogust will not give way to a hellacious heat wave the way it did last year.
It’s been a long and dreary week for our heroine. It kicked off with a dental appointment, which is never a good way to start the week. No cavities this time, but unenjoyable nonetheless, especially since they insist on making an appointment for six months later before you leave, so you don’t even get to enjoy what Gilbert and Sullivan called “the gratifying feeling that our duty has been done.” It’s already hanging over you even though it’s next year, and you can’t really feel like you’ve checked it off your ever-expanding to do list.
Dental duty was followed by two long days. One had 4 hours of meetings in its 12 hours, and the other had setting up for and attending a work-related party/reception in its mere 10 hours. I’m not sure which of these was worse, but I do know when I got in the car 11 hours after I had gotten out of it, it all seemed a little too familiar.
Add in looking after my boss with some health issues and a Board meeting at the library and you have a week you are glad to see end.
One Response to “One Week”
It has also been very hot and humid around Ottawa this year, the heat we can take but the humidity, we could live without. Going to the dentist has always been a pain, like you said even when things look good, they remind you that you have to come back and hope things are well in six months. I see you are still very busy at work, wish they could give you a break Suzy, it’s nice to be dedicated but after a while too much is too much.