Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been nice and we've enjoyed getting out for bike rides and hikes. I've been hitting golf balls several times, and they are going in the general direction I had planned! Wendy continues with therapy on her sore shoulders, but it's slow going. Our covid situation is still not improving. Part of the problem is delays in the arrival of vaccines, but the main issue is folks are not being careful. You combine that problem with the variants that seem more easily transmissible, and you have the recipe for what we're seeing. Alberta is still our worst province, with only one US state doing worse now, and the gap is narrowing! I've been working on a couple projects in the shop. I had to replace the handle for the hoe. The old one had broken, so I drilled it out, and shaped a new one. It's too bad—I was thinking the old handle would manage all the hoeing I wanted to do! I'm also assembling materials for a toolbox step stool for Wendy, and a library chair for Eric/Erica. I have installed the air piping, so I can leave the compressor in the far corner and avoid some of the noise! The markets were troubled again this week with 3 red days toward this weekend, and a flat week overall. Fortunately, I was able to close out my sixth straight month since the election on quota, as Biden turned in the best 100-day total on the markets since FDR. The NHL is into the final weeks with most teams having only a handful of games left. The Pens and Leafs have clinched playoff spots, and my Oilers are getting close. Einarson and Mouat won the Players Championships to open the week, and now we're being treated to the Women's World Championship. Einarson is our representative, but she has not had a good start to the tournament, losing to Sweden, Switzerland and Russia to sit at 1-3, sigh! Jays are starting to play a bit better in the early part of the baseball season. They're in second place in their division.
Erica writes, "This week Eric celebrated his 51st birthmas. We had some good phone calls, including catching up with the boys. Liam had an iron infusion on Friday, so he is home for the weekend. It’s April 30th, so we had a tax party at the firm. For those who don’t know, a tax party is where we all bring in our tax returns and fill them out together. There are prizes for the best returns and quickest to complete. (Just kidding!) It’s been a busy April and May looks to be busy too, but summer is coming. We hope that with the vaccine we might be able to go somewhere."
Kristian is completing this Quint (Industrial Arts, Phys Ed) this week, and then will move on to the final pair of Math and Social Studies. The plan is that he will be able to attend school each day with this set, which suits him better. Shawn continues to improve. Erin continues to do well, while struggling to prepare enough food to fill up a teenage boy!
Joanna has been in Toronto all week assisting with the care of her Dad. He passed on Friday morning. Condolences to the family! Trav has been taking care of things here. It's tough being separated at times like this. Joanna expects to return home tomorrow.
And that's about it for this week.
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