from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:50 PM
subject Le PLC rallie moins de donateurs, le NPD gagne du terrain; New hunt on for lost Franklin ships
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived sitting in a hospital bed waiting for my surgery for over 8 hours before I was told it would have to be re-scheduled. There had been an emergency, a road accident early in the day, and it had disrupted the day-surgery schedule. So now I go back on August 19. Also, I learned that my work stoppage could be for up to 6 weeks, not 3. I’m not sure if I can really live off my EI earning for that length of time, and it means I would miss the Chapman de-install. It would extend right up to MST, in fact, though not inclusive of.
Advantages of the long wait: reading the entire recent issue of the New Yorker from cover to cover. And being able to help pick up the kids, go to the market, make pizza for supper. Pizza on the stone on the BBQ. Too exhausted to do much more however. Sent off an application for a video screening in Kingston at the end of the month, but no energy left to apply for the deadline at Aceart in Winnipeg. Missed the 5pm deadline anyhow.
Rose is still up, fussing for me to read her the Anne of Green Gables story. She can sing along with almost the whole soundtrack to the musical, which we listened to in its entirety more than once this week during breakfast. I should record my audio version tonight as I am sure to start hallucinating and dream-talking as I conk out.
-chris
from chris lloyd
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date Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 10:49 PM
subject Alberta: une pétition réclame un pouvoir de destitution du premier ministre; RCMP believe fisherman who was swept into Saskatchewan lake has drowned
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a nice day at Jarry Parc, first at the playground, then the Pataugeoire then the big pool. We met up with Sonia, Dominique and Louneva and had a little lunch on the grass under the shade of a tree beside the big pool. Entertained the idea of visiting the Rogers stadium to watch some tennis, as the entry was free today, and there were inflatable games and music and lots of noise…
Rose up. Have to get her back to bed.
And read the story of Anne of Green Gables (up until the incident of the raspberry cordial) and then dozed off a bit and now it’s time to go to bed myself.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:15 PM
subject L’Agence du revenu assure qu’elle ne cible pas les ONG opposées à Ottawa; Special: Princess Patricia’s Infantry marks its 100th anniversary
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a pretty relaxing Sunday. Focused on keeping the house clean, and hung out with the kids all day. Filled the pool but after 5 minutes Rose said she was cold (it was water from our hose, so pretty cold) but also that she had had enough fun. She had her afternoon nap in the hammock and Sol conked out in the stroller. Stacy and Caroline came over for beers and we hung out in the back.
Have to look for some family photos in iPhoto, Claudine has organized the printed photo album but some have yet to be itemized and printed.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:26 PM
subject L’Agence du revenu assure qu’elle ne cible pas les ONG opposées à Ottawa; The Harper Doctrine: Why Canada’s prime minister supports Israel
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday. And what a weird Monday! Post-evaluation stress disorder via Victoria, a strange meeting with Tammy re: HR, how to cover my long absence while recovering from the surgery, and a phone call from the MAC regarding the job call back in May. I am going to do a day of “tests” this coming Friday before a more traditional-style interview probably next week. I am excited, and nervous, and everything in between. I feel unprepared and under-qualified, and at the same time confident I can meet the goals. It could be great to work in a more structured, public organization…in fact, it seems that it would really give me more peace of mind. The over-arching goal of DHC, the “gift” of exhibitions to a Montreal public, is nice and all, but as you know I feel a little underwhelmed and under-utilized with the 2-exhibitions per year format. Anyway, still too early to think about… changing… the MAC job is almost 40 hours per week, probably much less flexible in terms of hours… lots to debate, but even Tammy seems to feel that we have all (yes, all!) reached our Best Before Dates.
That was all confidential, of course. You won’t tell anyone will you?
Off to watch a movie in bed with Clo. This is a rare event, as often Rose is still climbing out of bed at this hour, or both or either of us are exhausted. Despite this being her first (half) day back at Oboro, Clo seems up for it. Don’t know what we are watching yet, however.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:52 PM
subject Appui à Israël: le président du Parti vert démissionne; Underwater gliders could solve ecological mystery about endangered whales
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a nice breakfast, a nice cycle down to work, a normal day at work, an afternoon beer with Victoria, a nice cycle back home to pick up Sol, meet Clo and Rose, went to a nearby water park, then home for supper. Clo whipped up a tofu-veggie stir fry (we are still vegetarian, and she is reading “Eating Animals” so we are both even more horrified than normal at the meat industry: poultry, pork and beef). After I put Sol to bed, and Clo and Rose came back from ice cream and had a bath, I told aloud again to Rose the story of Anne of Green Gables. We’re trying to spend less than an hour per night getting her to sleep. Tonight was about 40-45 minutes all-in (including the minouche at the end).
I finally found my Cahier d’exercise vacances 2009 piece I made for a show organized by Emmanuel Galland, so I can send off the contract for the next 5 exhibitions. The $500 will come in handy since I’m getting one more paycheck and then will be down to 55% while on EI. Unless (dare to dream!) I get the job at the MAC and have to start soon and re-schedule the surgery. Will cross that bridge when I get to it.
iTunes keeps opening automatically and I can’t seem to stop it. Has this ever happened to you? I forget, are you on a Mac or PC?
Off to have a shower. Oh, we watched Before Sunrise last night, the first of that trio of “Before” films by Richard Linklater. It felt dated (as was the intention) and the dialogue at times very cheesy, but also quite natural, as twenty-somethings often sound. From what I can remember from being in my twenties and dealing with conflicting, ramped-up emotions. Things certainly do calm down as we age!
Damn the planes are loud as of late!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:02 PM
subject La chef du Parti vert réagit à la controverse sur Gaza; Snow still piled 18 metres high in one dump used by City of Winnipeg
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another day of work. I worked on plans. For fun, I took some photos of the KKK mannequins in G5 with the lights out. Spooky. After getting the kids we biked to Parc Laurier to meet up with Sarah and Femke, and as well Barbara, Michael and Alicia and friends for a picnic and chance for the kids to run around and around. We got caught in the rain on the ride home and also I hit one of those metal plates covering roadwork and blew out my back tyre, and so walked home from Beaubien. Sol went down almost instantly when we got home and Rose also went quite easily, they were both so tired. Me too I’m tired. I can never seem to think about writing to you at night all the clever things I think about during my bike rides, during work, during breaks, during the day. Maybe I should start writing you at random times throughout the day, whenever I have more interesting thoughts. I’m mostly brain-dead at this time of night. What time do you usually conk out? I’m reading The Flamethrowers, it’s a quicker, easier read than 100 years of solitude, which I am taking a hiatus from, though I do plan to get back to it. Something else for the list of things to do while recuperating from knee surgery.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:21 PM
subject Selon Ottawa, Poutine agit de manière irresponsable; How Stephen Harper hopes to win the 2015 election
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another day at work. Finished some plans. Worked a bit on our kitchen re-design plans as well. Did I tell you already that our percentages have been finalized? We dropped to 36%, which is great as it brings our apartment down to $250K, saving us over $20K. Well, saving in a weird, abstract, hypothetical sense. We can be done paying a year earlier, something like that. Do people realistically imagine their final mortgage payments? I honestly have a bit of a problem imagining myself at 65. Then again, I don’t think I ever imagined myself at over 40, either, and here I am. Of course, I don’t FEEL 40, does that count?
I’m heading to the MAC tomorrow for a day of tests; I’m trying to be calm and enjoy the day for the experience, and not be too hopeful. At least I am not desperate for work or a change of jobs, so I guess I am in a good position.
We started watching Before Sunset tonight (after supper, and then line-dancing in front of the church, and ice cream for the kids, then bedtime, then showers), but Clo fell asleep halfway through. There is a lot of talking. It came out the year we met, and the characters seem more familiar to me somehow. I guess I have an easier time remembering 10 years ago rather than 20.
Do you think I should I set an end-date for this letter-writing project, or just keep it going?
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 11:32 PM
subject Sanctions russes: un geste à courte vue, pour Ottawa; Fugitive cat with apparent insect catcher on its head safely captured
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a somewhat gruelling, intense day at the MACM writing theoretical ad practical tests for the job of “adjoint au chef des services technique”. I was given an empty office with a computer and a USB key with the questions, and worked all day, with a half hour break for lunch, writing my answers in French. I couldn’t complete the practical parts fully as I don’t work in Vectorworks or Autocad. Not sure if that is a deal-breaker or no. If I get a follow-up interview I should know by Tuesday-Wednesday. Too much too speculate so I will try not to until then.
Today was a good start to the weekend, Rose watched a ton of Magic Schoolbus videos, we went to Stacy and Caroline’s yard sale, ate at Panthere Verte, and prepared the house a bit for supper with Caroline and Stacy. Claudine chose the recipes, selected the ingredients and cooked supper for all of us. Roasted cauliflower, cherry tomatoes and cod, it was delicious. Rose refused her nap until she passed out from sheer exhaustion at around 6pm. And after supper Sol had his first caca on the potty! Not bad as it was the first day we pulled it out for him. Worked on the Sketchup model of our kitchen, this time with actual IKEA cabinetry.
We finished the “Before” series last night, and I found “Before Midnight” to be the most elaborate and fulfilling. Is it perverse to enjoy a film about a middle-age couple having a potential relationship-ending argument?
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:45 PM
subject Le Canada versera 5 millions de plus pour aider l’Irak; Keystone XL pipeline could have bigger impact than expected, new study says
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a Sunday brunch with S. Roberts, and pretty much hung out at the house all day. Worked on the 3D plans for our kitchen and apartment renos. I admit to getting somewhat obsessed with the details. Now getting ready for bed by reading auto-correct texting adventures, some random facebook link.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:31 PM
subject Irak: le Canada peut en faire plus, fait savoir Harper à Obama; Den Tandt: Let’s see mandatory minimums for politicians who fleece taxpayers
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday yesterday, capped off by a late meeting with a rep from National Bank to choose what mortgage “product” we wanted (2.4% variable, if you were wondering). Then tonight I hosted an informal Skol CA to discuss programming in advance of the regular CA Thursday night. And tomorrow evening we have a meeting of all of us soon-to-be co-owners to discuss insurance. Fun? Not sure, but necessary.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:24 PM
subject Bloc québécois: Christian Paradis «d’accord» avec Jean-François Fortin; Canadian woman’s hopes rest with U.S. jury in sister’s 1979 murder
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another day of work and a call from the MACM wanting me to go to a second interview. Problem is, it is after my scheduled knee surgery, so I had to explain that, and in the end we settled on Friday the 22nd, 3 days post-surgery, and then IF I am offered the job AND I accept we can work out the details about starting date based on my availability. But we aren’t there yet! And I am a mix of nerves, excitement and a tad sad about potentially leaving my team, my colleagues of these past 5 years. At the same time, I would love to have the opportunity to highlight the fact that lack of direction, leadership and control in the HR department, and lack of honouring contracts can and will lead to employees leaving. At the same time I realize that I have things pretty good, and even if I am offered and accept the position at the MACM it will be much more challenging. That’s what I want, I think.
In other news, our application for a mortgage with Banque Nationale was accepted, and tonight all of us met to discuss the first draft of our convention. The kids were mostly well-behaved and cute (we met up in Sarah and Fred’s apartment – they had even prepared supper for all of us). Now Clo is out with Pip, I put the kids to bed, and plan to read a bit from the Flame Throwers and maybe play a few more rounds of Two Dots on my phone. I offered to Clo that she text me when she is ready to come home and I’ll send a cab for her using Uber. All this technology!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 12:06 AM
subject La fonction publique sans fil, un défi de sécurité; Tailings spill no risk to humans, but may harm aquatic life
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived my job evaluation with Cheryl. She had scored me on average lower than I had scored myself, but still quite good, well within the realm of expectations. She was told to recommend a salary increase of between 1 and 3% and settled on 2.5. I told her I felt it was close to insulting, as it barely covers a basic cost of living increase. Anyway, I tried to keep the complaining to a minimum, as I have no idea how effective that can be. Who knows what could happen in the near future.
In other housing news, we’ve signed for our mortgage, and the bank threw in a $16,000 line of credit just for fun. With a slightly better interest rate than my line at TD, which I should go and re-negotiated. Am I a lower or higher risk now that I have a mortgage? and the roof is still not even started but it is cold and rainy and so the roofers may start early in the week. I feel in some ways we have become a total cliché, a couple with young kids buying property for the first time, planning to be indebted to the bank for the next twenty-odd years, and planning a kitchen renovation.
I spent yesterday at home with Sol, and he starts at Les Turbs with Rose on Monday. We had heard some disappointing news via Rose, that when she sees Sol at the park from time to time his educators do not take the kids out of the poupon-bus, so they actually do not PLAY at the playground. It was even more heartbreaking as Sol obviously recognizes his big sister yet is still not allowed out, even when he is screaming to. So his final week at Les Écolos ended on a bit of a sour note. We’re so looking forward to his time at Les Turbulents.
Earlier in the day we went to Place des Arts for a bunch of free musical activities. The kids were quite amused. Ate at that great little dumpling place in Chinatown.
And last night there were events at Tohu!, that Circus up near Jarry and the 40, near the St. Michel eco-centre. Rose made a nifty mask; Sol ran around and climbed on stuff, and danced.
Tonight was Dominique’s birthday party, we went in the early evening after the kids had long naps. Co and Rose are still there, I came home with Sol at around 10:30, he was exhausted poor guy. “Large little man” as Rose has called him of late. The girls are planning to cab home. Despite my nap this afternoon I am tired again; the kids always seem to be up by 7, regardless of the weekend or late evenings. At least I am rarely hung over anymore.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 10:47 PM
subject Le PLC et le NPD veulent conquérir l’Alberta en 2015; Intruder leaves a threatening note on a line of butcher knives in Trudeau home
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a long afternoon brunch with the AC gang, meeting Anne and Laurent’s new baby for the first time, hearing some sad news from Elizabeth, hanging out drinking coffee and looking at photos from the gang when they lived in Halifax 12 years ago. Rose watched Magic Schoolbus all afternoon. No nap for her. Went for a bike ride through Jarry Park to play and blow off steam in the evening before buying french fries as an accompaniment to a mostly leftovers supper while watching Frozen. Clo left before the end to catch a movie with Anne and I put the kids together reading oh the places you’ll go by Dr. Seuss and of course reciting the basic plot line of Frozen. The kids fell asleep so easily! This must be the key, keeping them awake way past their bedtime one night so they fall asleep easily the next.
Tomorrow is my last day at work before the knee operation. I also have to remember to print some plans to bring with me to the interview at the MAC on Friday. I’m nervous. About everything; about doing well, and having to make a choice, or not having a choice to make, or making the wrong choice…
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:13 PM
subject Les conservateurs en tournée: objectif clair, moyens flous; Trudeau break-in the price of political prominence
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday, a half-day at work finishing up a few things (though so much feels unfinished, I am a little worried about the de-install!). I am also a bit nervous about the surgery tomorrow, and still undecided if I should stay conscious or go under. What do you suggest? Just finished a long email about SKOL stuff, and had a Facetime with my folks a little while ago. Sol must have heard us as he partially woke up and came stumbling down the hall to sit with us. Now I am off to bed; it is recommended to be squeaky clean for surgery, so I will shower before leaving the house by 6.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:50 PM
subject Marijuana: MacKay envisage d’assouplir les règles; Federal government vague on response to Lac-Mégantic rail-disaster report
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the knee surgery. In the end I chose general anaesthetic; I didn’t really like the idea of hearing or seeing the operation. As promised, I was amongst the first to go, so it was all done and I was awake by 9am. Clo came to get me at 1. I have more mobility than I expected, I can even walk and put weight on my leg. I just cannot bend very far, and should keep it elevated for at least 3 days. I booked my first physiotherapy meeting for Friday afternoon. I had best check to ensure it is covered under our health plan at work. Bingo, it is, but only up to $500. I think that should be sufficient.
In other news, we met with Marcello tonight to discuss the kitchen and salon renovations based on the revised plans, discussed budget, materials, timeline, etc. More to follow on all that this week.
Suddenly I’m exhausted; I’m going to sleep. Have my alarm set for 2:30 to pop a few more Oxycontin. That stuff really works! I hope I don’t develop an addiction.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 12:48 AM
subject Trudeau espère une majorité aux élections de 2015; Video: What to expect on Stephen Harper’s northern tour
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived my first day home in bed recuperating from the knee surgery. Dealt with setting up insurance for the triplex with La Capitale only to have them call back at the end of the day saying they couldn’t insure the place, as there were to many problematic areas in the inspection. I explained that all the work was being done but they will need to see receipts, which I am guessing will be difficult to get from Tarik as he is still out of the country and also, he seems to avoid getting receipts. Maybe he’ll surprise us. He indicated today that he won’t be back in Montreal until September 10. We are supposed to sign for the house on August 30, how is this supposed to work?
My cocktail of Oxycontin and Aspirin every four hours is keeping the pain at bay but made me feel nauseous, to the point of almost throwing up, all afternoon. I needed to lie down and not look at a computer screen. Then I lost 2 hours in front of Facebook tonight. I have decided to not “like” anything anymore. I’ll make more comments. I spread the word about the Khyber petition. Did some research on that ASL ice-bucket challenge.
My friend Todd wants to know why you seem to care more about Israel than missing and murdered aboriginal Canadian women?
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:17 PM
subject «Élite», l’arme de prédilection des conservateurs contre les libéraux; Cost of Victims of Communism memorial jumps to $4M
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a trip to the hospital to get the bandages off. Stacy drove me down in the work truck, I took a cab back. Did not sleep well, and am feeling tired and wonky today despite a couple naps. The weird thing with sleep is that I start dreaming before I am actually asleep, it is like some sort of weird hallucination. And I feel aware of myself sleeping, even as I sleep. I feel a tad unprepared for the interview tomorrow; at the same time, fairly confident. What Oxycontin gives, it doth takeath away? I have to remember to sign up for EI tomorrow, asap. Apparently even for sick leave there is a month delay before getting any money. I shouldn’t like to default on my first mortgage payment. Also tomorrow the roofers are coming, and I have my first physio appointment in the afternoon. Things are happening! Now maybe some Two Dots before my 10:30 cocktail, then bed.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 10:46 PM
subject La militarisation de l’Arctique inquiète Stephen Harper; Coyne: Ottawa holds the whip in talks with premiers on interprovincial trade
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the job interview, though I have homework: to compile a list of materials needed to build some walls for the next shows. Part of me thinks it is actual work, as in they will use the info to order materials to build the walls, as the TD seems to be filling the jobs of 3 people presently. Makes me think of the pros and cons of the position: cons, could be too much work, full time and maybe more. Pro, more money. Con, they seem unsure of the health insurance offered. Pro, there is 1 month vacation. So I’m still undecided, will finish the homework and the then see if I am offered the position and go from there.
In other news, I survived my first visit to physio this afternoon, and fell asleep at the end with a bag of ice on my knee. So far so good, it seems that my knee is healing really well. Still no pain, and I even dropped to one Oxycontin.
The kids and watched Frozen (again) tonight before bed. Sol was really digging the theme song. That kid love to dance! Kids went to bed OK as well.
Oh, the roofers were onsite this morning by 10am, but it appears that they couldn’t get their crane in place (because they had neglected to reserve the parking places), so I don’t think anything was done. A bit frustrating but what can you do? Magalie, our notary, says it is no problem if we push the signing to the 10th. We’re not paying rent in September though! We’ll owe Tarik for a portion of municipal and school taxes though.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:32 AM
subject Le sénateur Boisvenu devra présenter des excuses au Sénat; Victims’ suits against sex-killer Russell Williams settled, Maclean’s reports
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday. I sent in my ‘homework’ to the MAC but haven’t yet heard either way regarding the job. I survived watching a number of films during my days home alone: Moneyball, and the second installment of those juvenile Hunger Games films, Catching Fire (hint: what starts as a plausible sequel completely falls apart around halfway and the second half is an accelerated mishmash of the first film), and World War Z (which brought what little interest I had in zombies back to almost nothing, and interest in bacteria or viral-borne pathogens towards a something resembling disinterest). Anyway, now that I have more home-time on my hands it was easier to get sucked into Netflix. All this is behind me now as tomorrow there is an important lunch for the CPC with Denis Lebel and all area CPC EDA Presidents are expected to go; I’m not sure if I can make it but will mention it to Jerry tomorrow, as we had actually made plans to meet and transfer signing authority of our banking info in my name. Tomorrow night is going away drinks with the gang at work for Stacy, and then my dad arrives Wednesday and then his first order of business will be helping us prepare for about 50 people coming to our place for a going away surprise party for Annie from oboro. So not much time left for movies in the daytime. Remember when I planned to use my time away from work to work on art projects from home? Guess how well that is working out.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:56 AM
subject Le ministre MacKay s’affiche avec un chandail pro-armes; Secret security panel said to vet foreign investment in Canada
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another session of physio, which involved electrodes that stimulated my quads as well as a searing ten minutes of ice surrounding my knee. Clo picked me up as she had the car, we got the kids together, I had already gone shopping for supper so set to work preparing, although my plans were thwarted as we had run out of propoane. My dad’s flight was delayed over 2 hours for a minor mechanical problem (a faulty lightning rod), but he made it here by 11. The kids were in bed and asleep by 8:30 (Sol) and 9 (Rose), but I wasted time on Facebook instead of writing you. Now I’m rushing it just to get it done.
Last night I watched Melancholia, which was not half as good as I expected.
The day was strange. I was planning to meet Jerry and finally sign documents to become the signing officer for the #CPC EDA of Papineau followed by a lunch at a St. Huberts for Denis Lebel’s Tournée de la Rentrée, but then Rose’s daycare called and she had a fever so I had to get her. With Jerry. All together we drove to the TD bank way out by Viau and sat for 1.5 hours while the banker printed form after form after form. Rose was an angel, playing on my phone and drawing and being quite calm. We ate at a St. Huberts nearby while Jerry continued on the Lebel thing. I wonder how it went? I should call him to find out.
And then yesterday evening was Stacy and Caroline’s farewell drinks at Orange Rouge in Chinatown. I took the metro there and split a cab with Emily and Victoria on the way back. It was a good crowd, DHC and PHI definitely won’t be the same without The Machine, or the Captain, around.
Claudine is out; it is Pip’s birthday. Tomorrow we are hosting a surprise going-away party for Annie; she is leaving Oboro the end of September. She’s been there forever!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 10:37 PM
subject Les libéraux fédéraux explorent l’idée du vote obligatoire; Canadian scientists cure monkeys infected with Ebola using experimental drug
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a bit surprise party we hosted for Annie from Oboro. It was a big success, and not too noisy, messy or late. I mopped floors at 12:30 as there was Triple Sec spilled and tracked everywhere. Talk about sticky! My dad was great and retired to his den with Sol at around 8, poor little large man was exhausted from his 2 vaccines and interrupted nap. Rose declared Milan her new “Kindred Spirit”. Today was some more cleaning up the yard, The Captain dropped off a bunch of his suitcases for sort-term storage while he and Caroline are at James’ cottage. I’ll miss the annual cottage weekend as the Arcade Fire show is tomorrow night and Clo is working Monday, and with my dad here it doesn’t really fit. Oh, in housing news we should be meeting a structural engineer sometime next week to discuss the removal of the load-bearing wall. And in other news the MACM emailed me yesterday to apologize but they haven’t had time to meet and make a decision, so it might be next week as well. Doesn’t change a whole lot for me, but the not knowing is getting to be a little hard. Anyway, it’s Friday night, almost 11pm, so must be time for bed.
-chris
DEAR PM 