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Star-Crossed...Students

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 There's no way i can convey the enormity of the exuberance and energy and obvious hundreds of hours of work that were on display, although anyone who has ever worked on something like this or been close to one knows. Every year the arts and science students put on a musical that is related to their program - past productions were called Feel the Fission, An Inquiry Line and Project Sassafras, among others. It's student-written - this year Eve's housemate Lauren was a co-writer. They write the script, then find songs to base the parody songs on, then music students arrange the songs and write choreography. The band conductor was only in second year! Then they work on it for hours and hours and hours, all while carrying heavy course loads. Eve said in second year that she didn't think there was any way she could do the musical with her workload. In third year I told her to do the musical even if she had to drop a course. She told them she didn't want a lead, but then...
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March Break

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 March Break was super relaxing up front and enjoyable but not remotely relaxing at the end, which was a little backwards but what can you do, the Arts and Science Musical waits for no woman.  Monday a group of us had lunch at a fun local Indian place. Two of us work in schools so were off for March Break, two of us work for Investors Group people who were off for March Break, and two of us are self-employed law practice people. Plus there was Tony, as long as his boss doesn't read this blog he's good.  Tuesday I had a chill reading and yoga day and went to the chiropractor. I have thrown chiro, physio and massage therapy at this neck and back thing for years now, and I am starting to think I've gone as far as I can go addressing this structurally and my next step should be better drugs. Then we went to bar night and I had TWO drinks, because it was NOT a school night. Wednesday I got a pedicure. No matter how much I scrape and slather my feet, they are icky, and I think ...
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You can SO get too much

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Yes, I inadvertently took an extended break, and I'm not even sure I can finish this and publish it before we leave for Hamilton (I did not), and no one remembers this anymore, BUT, my Vitamin-D warnings shall not be impugned, Vitamin D toxicity IS a thing. Is it rare? Yes. Do I gulp down Vitamin D supplements like candy without a care? Yes. Is the warning on the Corona Sunbrew bottle almost certainly an ass-covering measure that is nearly unnecessary? Also yes. And the treatment for Vitamin D toxicity, usually caused by taking too many Vitamin D supplements is to.... stop taking the supplements. Drink responsibly - you won't get drunk, but you might get hypercalcemic! Whew. Glad I got that off my chest. A couple other niggling details - the Corona sunbrews were being consumed not by people who don't drink alcohol, but by people who are endeavouring to drink less alcohol - my only quibble was that, if I was trying to drink fewer beers (I never drink a lot of beers because ...
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Friday: The Fjig is Up

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 I'm in a crap place physically. This is not that unusual for me in winter. I have autoimmune issues and am basically strung more tightly than a cheap violin. I try to exercise and stretch enough to not let things get too bad, but exercising in the winter - or just walking Lucy in the winter, or just walking at all in the winter - affects my gait, which goes right to my lower back and jacks everything up and then exercising actually makes it all WORSE, which is VERY ANNOYING. Anyway. I feel a little bit like I can either devote myself full time to not being in pain, or I can work and live my life and be in pain. This happens every winter and I go to a terrible, dark place and think that everything will be terrible forever, and today I remembered that I always think this and then things are not, in fact, terrible forever.  As my good friend who faithfully records positive stuff on Facebook daily often says, Nevertheless, Good Things: February 22:  We went curling. We were ...
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