Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown! Spring has continued to be elusive as we've had some April showers of white, fluffy rain! School bus driving continues to go well, and I'm on a bit of break as the schools were closed yesterday and again on Monday. The markets have recovered a bit, and I managed to make my quota for a change. Wendy and I have remained busy on the renovations. We have the gas lines in now, and expect to get the range installed, and both fireplaces upgraded in the next week. I've begun framing and drywalling in the basement. It seems a bit overwhelming, but we want to get an in-law suite ready by the summer. The sports week began with the Masters, the first big event of the new golf season. I was happy to see Bubba Watson win, although I was cheering for Jordan Spieth to break through. This week has marked the final major and the end of the curling season. It has been bitter-sweet for me as my longtime favourite, Kevin Martin, has announced his retirement after the event, but he's still curling well, and has advanced to the final tomorrow against Olympic gold medalist Brad Jacobs. So, I'll be cheering for him to go out with his 18th major! Hockey has moved into the first round of the playoffs, and I've been following several teams.
Haaken is in a group project, working on a play for his drama class. He plays the role of George, a computer worker. Liam had a boring week including a dental appointment. With Eric's employment and benefit plan coming to an end, they're trying to get as much of the dental work and braces completed and billed before April 30th. Eric had two interviews this week. One is just the first stage in a lengthy process, but it's for an interesting job with a focus on counselling. It's also in Saskatchewan! The other was for a position requiring travel to Port Alberni and Campbell River. Erica is into yoga these days. She has been reminded that, as a child, she used to do yoga with her mother. The Mazda 626 seems to be completely out of commission. At 12 years and 300,000 clicks, it has served well, but it seems to be failing electrically, and it doesn't appear to be worth investing in further repairs. In the meantime, they're enjoying the new motorcycles as an alternative transportation, and their location makes it a favoured choice! The family is heading down to Victoria to spend the Easter weekend with the Bailey relatives there.
Erin has been engaging her domestic side this week and enjoying the cooking aspects. Kristian is looking forward to the Easter bunny's arrival! He also has next week off school.
Trav, Joanna, Gemma and Andrew joined us for Good Friday supper, and we've engaged them for Easter Monday supper as well! It's nice to have them close by. We're trying to get the basement ready for them so they can be even closer!
And that's about enough for one week.
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