Canada Day 2013

There's nothing monumental happening for me on today's national holiday. There is no going to the parks, no beer gardens, no barbeques, no checking out bandstands, no ogling bikini clad women. Even though I live right next to the fireworks show that will kick off tonight, I won't be spectating: the trees bordering the park obscure the view from my place, I'll just get all the noise. Instead, I'll be holed up here, avoiding the extra crowds and road traffic, and trying to comfort my dog who will be terrified once the blasting starts. I still go to work today, and I then take on some extra chores of doing some house/pet-sitting for other vacationers beginning tonight.

I started writing a reeling daily entry covering the weekend. That posting failed to upload completely and was somehow corrupted: either because it got too long, or because I got hacked, or because it was becoming so laden with negativity about the vocational and social scene around here that for all I know, I might have been outright censored. It's just as well that I voluntarily trashed it. Reflecting on, and expressing such bitterness and contempt is not the way I want to close the first half of the year. The rain has finally subsided over the weekend, and we are getting some hot days ahead. Summer has finally arrived, and I need not dwell on depressing stuff throughout it all.

The only good development I did mention was that I think I overcame some struggles with my running. I finally broke through the teens (I reached 13 kilometers on Saturday). My lungs are finally starting to function properly. I believe my troubles may have been stemming from a seasonal allergy to some kind of pollen. I hope I keep improving to get fit enough for the River Run Classic half-marathon coming up in a few days.

My new set of "clubs"

My actual summer holidays are coming up in about ten days from now. Other than training for this upcoming race, and getting some work lined up for fixing some stuff in my suite, I haven't the foggiest idea about what I'll be doing, or where I'll go for my leisure. I know fishing in the rivers is out of the question. The water is still high and fast, and they're still a murky mess from all the flooding from the previous weeks.
Last weekend, I made a spontaneous purchase of some disks for playing Frisbee golf: since there is a course so close to me for it in Diefenbacher Park I thought I'd capitalize. Frisbee golf is probably the equivalent of lawn bowling for hipsters. I'll find out soon enough.