Greetings to my readers in London, Toronto and…Sarawak, Ontario?
This is going to be a short one. It’s been a quiet, one might even say, “boring” week. But I think you get to an age (and I’m there) where sometimes just having a week where nothing major happens isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I mean, sure…no lottery win, no announcement that my novels will be published but the end of the work week has arrived.
I’m not quite sure what to do with myself now.
There’s no more baseball until next spring. If you’re Canadian (since approximately 45% of the country watched at least part of Game 7) and you haven’t been living under a rock, you know the Jays lost. Obviously a lot of disappointment came out of that loss…but honestly, it’s made me want to start watching again. (Of course, my Mom may go hoarse if I get back to watching baseball regularly. She tends to yell at the TV…A LOT…when we watch baseball. She especially gets angry at the opposing team when they catch the ball.)
There’s also no more NASCAR until the build-up to the Daytona 500. I have to be honest, reading the NASCAR’s blue checkmark brigade’s (the so-called experts) response to both the Xfinity and the Cup championship was like listening to people talk politics. Yeah, I get it. Your side didn’t win so now you have to change everything. Grow up, people!
Anyways, I won’t go too far into any of that. (I can neither confirm nor deny that I am writing an article about this for my Track Talk site.)
Wait a minute! I just remembered something that happened this week. On Wednesday night, the power went off. It didn’t seem particularly stormy but around 6 p.m. the hydro went out. As much as I’m becoming less and less a fan of modern technology, having a phone to keep tabs on things came in handy. Multiple people said they had heard that the power would be back on at 8:15. Sure enough, at 8:12 p.m., the power came on.
Line of the night came from my friend, next door neighbour’s next door neighbour, and fellow NASCAR fan, Adam. Someone asked “What’s up with the power?” Adam’s response: It’s out! My Mom and I laughed for about 10 minutes over that.
My Mom and I are hoping to head out to Woodstock tomorrow to visit the One Of A Kind Antique Mall. She’ll be looking for John Grisham novels and I’ll be looking for NASCAR stuff, as always.
With it being November, it’s looking like bad weather will hit sooner than later. My Mom got the snow tires installed on the #3 Black Chevrolet. I know she was anxious about getting them done but she went to Kal Tire and that is one thing off our To Do list to prep for winter.
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