A weekend's worth of chit chat

I survived the weekend and now some silly person has decided that we should give the teacher's a day to gather their thoughts after having spent only 2 weeks with our little darlings. What about the parents????!!!

Last night Todd said to me "I wish I had tomorrow off like you and the kids". Huh? The kids not having school is the opposite of having the 'day off'. Though I do love them and do think of them when they are at school. OK, OK, you caught me, it is a quick passing thought but nonetheless....

Anyhoo, we were up all and shesh were we productive this morning. By 10:30am I had called to complain to Roto Rooter about their lack of "rootering" (more on that later), scheduled an electrician to install Tomas' ceiling light (the light switch just works a table lamp), bought Toria an amazing pair of new Stride Rite fall boots for $20, taken a steamer trunk for refinishing, driven past Todd's office and the inner harbour AND been given a referral to a pediatric specialist for Tomas' motor skills/planning.

My rooter venting: Soo, in Victoria it is against the law to have your drain spouts drain onto your lawn. All houses have perimeter drains that are underground and flow directly into the city sewer lines. Right after we moved in we had them cleaned by Roto Rooter. Last week there was a little rain and I noticed that 2 of them were not working. I ended up digging down 3 feet in one drain (it is about a 4" pipe) and it was STILL CLOGGED WITH CRAPPOLA. This morning I phone Roto Rooter and asked to speak to the manager. I was royally unhappy and ready to lay into the guy.... To make a long story short they fired the guy who did our work (I wasn't the first one to complain) and the manager himself is coming out tomorrow. I will keep you posted on the outcome.

Tomas has qualified for Rock Climbing lessons through his OT at the school. How cool is that. In Edmonton I couldn't even get the school to acknowledge Tomas' fine motor difficulties and here he gets to go rock climbing for 6 weeks. I guess it helps build hand strength.

Time to shoo everyone outside - gorgeous day +22.