Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Sorry about the Houston reference, Tash. :-D To be honest, I was more thinking of it as an entertaining story, rather than poking at you guys...
It was below -30 again this morning when I left the apartment to drop my lovely car off at the garage and FINALLY get the bumper replaced!! A mere 6 weeks after I was rear-ended. Stupid holidays and their messing-up of business schedules! Ah well. It was worth it. They even washed my car!
I'm getting together with articling students for dinner on Thursday. It's an unofficial part of my job to organise dinners, and Sarah (the former clerk) was telling me how she and the articling students in her year used to get together at least once a month. Yeeeaaaahh...this will be the second time we've gotten together in my tenure. It's not my fault, dammit! These people either a) don't respond, or b) bail. I figure if that happens again this time, I'm giving up. Officially.
To compensate for the lengthy silence, I have some pictures for you!
First, some views from Thunder Bay (where I was in November, as you may recall):
The Terry Fox memorial:
A view of the Sleeping Giant, from the memorial:
It looks like an island, but it's actually a peninsula. Everyone kept saying that for my second trip I would have to come back when it's warmer so they could take me hiking out there (also apparently on a "mountain" that they have nearby.) I love how the scheduling is based, at least in their minds, on the recreation options available, not on, say, the court's caseload...
The view from the courthouse:
If you're really sharp, you may have noticed that that's also the Sleeping Giant in the background there! Some day I'll provide you with a picture of the view from my office in Sudbury (parking lot, grocery store, some train yard) so you'll understand why I liked Thunder Bay quite a bit more than Sudbury.
Here are some pictures that actually make Sudbury look nice:
Bell Park:
There are actually quite a few lakes within the Sudbury city limits. This one is...uh...hold on...Ramsey Lake!
Here's another view of the lake, with Science North in the background:
C'mon, doesn't it make you want to come VISIT???
It was below -30 again this morning when I left the apartment to drop my lovely car off at the garage and FINALLY get the bumper replaced!! A mere 6 weeks after I was rear-ended. Stupid holidays and their messing-up of business schedules! Ah well. It was worth it. They even washed my car!
I'm getting together with articling students for dinner on Thursday. It's an unofficial part of my job to organise dinners, and Sarah (the former clerk) was telling me how she and the articling students in her year used to get together at least once a month. Yeeeaaaahh...this will be the second time we've gotten together in my tenure. It's not my fault, dammit! These people either a) don't respond, or b) bail. I figure if that happens again this time, I'm giving up. Officially.
To compensate for the lengthy silence, I have some pictures for you!
First, some views from Thunder Bay (where I was in November, as you may recall):
The Terry Fox memorial:
A view of the Sleeping Giant, from the memorial:
It looks like an island, but it's actually a peninsula. Everyone kept saying that for my second trip I would have to come back when it's warmer so they could take me hiking out there (also apparently on a "mountain" that they have nearby.) I love how the scheduling is based, at least in their minds, on the recreation options available, not on, say, the court's caseload...
The view from the courthouse:
If you're really sharp, you may have noticed that that's also the Sleeping Giant in the background there! Some day I'll provide you with a picture of the view from my office in Sudbury (parking lot, grocery store, some train yard) so you'll understand why I liked Thunder Bay quite a bit more than Sudbury.
Here are some pictures that actually make Sudbury look nice:
Bell Park:
There are actually quite a few lakes within the Sudbury city limits. This one is...uh...hold on...Ramsey Lake!
Here's another view of the lake, with Science North in the background:
C'mon, doesn't it make you want to come VISIT???
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