Trilobite

Wow! Busy, busy, busy! I handed in my first assignment today. I think I’ll get a good mark on it.

The drug my dentist once prescribed me for a sore jaw was pulled off the market today by it’s manufacturer because it was found to cause heart attacks and strokes. (Vioxx, just like aspirin, but costs $4 per pill). I only took it for a short time, and infrequently, so I’m sure I’m okay.

I’ll post some pictures this weekend.

On this occasion Ma and Pa dropped by at the same time and I got to introduce them to a friendly neighbor, Melody. I came by the night before when the first coat was still wet, but it was too dark to take photos. What a difference! Ma went through the inside with me, while Pa installed more security for the shed. We were excited to see the trimming painted or piled in the house and admired the workmanship on the outside northern wall. I was wondering what the skid of red brick was for, until I climbed up onto the scaffolding .
Monday the oak staircase was put in and the first working light bulbs appeared on the ground floor!

By the end of the week the stone wall was being built on the west side. Free lance landscapers came by to clear away some brush. Banjo was very happy to see them. Unfortunately someone broke into the shed and stole the grass hog trimmer and extension cords that I bought.

They did the stucco ceiling in the house this week. Michael took a few great photos that shows the texture.
The north wall is coming up steadily. There is an interesting device that they use to cut the stone.

I made three more catch-up posts. See August 28th, September 4th, and September 14th. Also look at August 14th if you missed that one last week. I just have a few pictures from the past week to post, and then the blog will be up to date again.

Kingston Online Services seems to be serving me stale versions of the main page of this blog (without the new posts). I hope this page works for everybody else.

Gina sent a long giddy email saying her sister had her baby yesterday afternoon. His name is Dominic Jeremy Randall and he weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces. I guess this makes Peter an uncle!

I had not been by the house for a couple days so the sealing of the drywall in the different rooms might have taken place before today. They also managed to bring in the furnace and the hot water tank. I was amazed how compact the furnace was compare to the beast that use to be in the old house.

Sorry for being so slow, everybody. I’ve started posting catchup blogs again. See my post for August 14th for the first one. That reminds me. I bought some sambal badjak “extra heet” the other day. Really looking forward to it. Who can guess how that reminded me?

September 9. I had my first class, and then went to the coffee shop in the computer science building.

September 11. The digging has started in Skeleton Park [small & big holes]. I asked one of the archeologists what they had found so far. She said some broken glass, bricks, and lots of mud.

All of the drywall at the house has been put up. Now they are filling in the seams, and they’ve started building the basement walls. Somebody abandoned a bike in the yard. It was there for almost a week, and then disappeared.

We found a letterbox at Fort Henry. Banjo liked playing by the water. He was mesmerized by the pigeons that live in the East Tower.

September 12. We went letterboxing at Kingston Mills. I had fun wading to a big rock in the middle of the river. The current downstream from the falls was pretty strong! Celine made a little friend.

September 14. I bought my textbooks. They were a real bargain at only $600!

Well, here I am in Toronto. I am staying in a dorm room until I can find a cheaper place to live. I’m looking for a room in a shared house, hopefully with grad students. We’ll see what I can get.

My residence is right downtown, about a 10 minute walk from campus. It has a gym, pool, tennis court, and convenience store in the building, and each floor has a shared kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, and TV area. My room is on the 14th floor. I have a bed, desk, closet, and sink. I’ve got my own telephone and the room is air conditioned, which I like. But the best part about the building is the talking elevator.

Celine and Christine came to Toronto to see me off. We did a bit of shopping and exploring, and visited a couple of patios. Celine picked a very nice bottle of wine at one of them.

Yesterday was the first day of the fall term and I spent all day on campus. I did some administrative stuff at my college and got lost in the brand new computer science building. I also got my new student card. Wow. What a difference from the picture on my old card!