Still Alive

After dinner tonight, we listened to the soundtrack from The Power of One - and I remembered how difficult it is to listen to such music while stuck in one place. It is such powerful and moving music, and it makes me feel so alive that I can hardly bear to just stand and do dishes but instead I feel inspired to crank the music, dance around the kitchen and sing (well, mumble) along to words I can't really understand. At this point, I ask that you stop laughing and please stop picturing me!! Pick up the soundtrack yourself and see what crazy things it makes you want to do.
I apologize to all my faithful blog-readers (all two or three of you that is) for not updating in a while. Yes, we're still alive! Alive, and busy, but when isn't life busy, really. We didn't get any of the snow that seems to have bombarded places withing 1/2 hr drive of us, thanks to the sheltering effect of the Niagara escarpment. I did see a few snow flakes, but none that dared to stay on the ground. Our furnace is on, our slippers are on, and it is beginning to feel like electric blanket season.
Work is going well - it was an interesting week, as Staples is celebrating its 15th anniversary in Canada. We got new uniform shirts, buttons, a 6 foot (yes FOOT) sub for lunch on Thursday, gift certificates, and other goodies. It was also announced that I was the Superperson of the month for September (yay!), and a friend from Staples in Ancaster is training in St Catharines for five weeks (yay!).
Mike's teaching is going really good, too. He had his first round of parent-teacher interviews, which were interesting and informative. The kids seem to really like him and he is enjoying them right back, and having a lot of fun. It's very busy, with a lot of planning and marking, but that all comes with the territory of being a rookie.
A special congratulations goes out to my Dad, who had his last official day of work at Stelco today. He'll be keeping himself quite busy working in the car rental business for the next few weeks, and he'll still be working at Stelco on a part-time contract basis, but the 8-4 days as Engineer Mussche in the steel mills are over now (I had to laugh, Dad, when you answered the phone as "Engineer Mussche" - I'd never heard you call yourself that before!!). Strange feeling, I'm sure, to walk out of your office for the last time, to drive out of the parking lot no longer an employee but a retiree. Congratulations on reaching this new stage in your life, and I hope and pray that you will enjoy the change and new pace of life!
Since I'm not feeling particularly inspired, I guess that's it for now. I know that about a week ago, something happened that I said to Mike "well, that's blogworthy for sure!!". Unfortunately I didn't get around to it, and now whatever happened that was outrageously funny at the time is lost in history unless I have a memory attack. Sorry!