Blog of Random Thoughts
We won our first game yesterday with Xavier in net and then lost the second game. We should have won the second game as we had more opportunities. In Xavier’s game today we lost. We were heavily outshot and spent most of the last 2 periods in the box. By no stretch of the imagination…
Yesterday someone had mentioned that I do not speak about Olivier as much. At the end of the summer, to treat the kids for their behaviour we went to hardwood hills so Xavier could bike with Mel as I was in no shape to bike for hours. So it was Olivier and me and we…
Work life balance is something that is quite important to me as a leader. I always tell my team that you need a safe haven at either work or at home to help alleviate pressure and stress. When you are faced with pressure in both it is a real struggle. Since I can not control…
I still have not heard back about my PET scan. I can see how easily it can get lost within the system and how difficult this is to navigate. I am lucky because I can get information through people that I know. A lot of people would struggle not knowing what the status of things…
Mel loves to watch Hallmark style movies all year long. It has progressed from Christmas movies to things that have been released throughout the year. They tend to be feel good stories with no real “bad guys” with generic storylines. I always tease her about it but lately I have been just as bad. I…
I had mentioned prior that something that I have always enjoyed was teaching. Lately, over the last couple of days I have felt that this has increased significantly. Whether it was at work or in my personal life. When I was younger I had to adapt and spent a lot of time growing into this…
I had to go buy some groceries today for dinner and for lunches tomorrow. As I was entering the grocery store a random guy asked me to buy him food. I declined and went in and bought everything that I needed. As I was heading out in saw him sitting there and I thought, why…
I spend a lot of time at the arenas. Every time Xavier has hockey it is a 3 hour commitment as he likes to be at the arena at least an hour early. On Saturday he was on the ice for 3 hours straight and Mel asked me if I wanted to come home. I…
The unknown is probably what is the most stressful part of this journey. You are left in the dark not knowing what the next steps are, what the plan is or if anyone is actually doing anything in the background. I am very fortunate that I know the healthcare system and know people that are…
When I first was diagnosed with cancer, I think that they recommended for me to find a support group of some kind. I do not remember the exact details. But I did join Cancer Connect. I recently tried to log back in and could not. Posts there are sometimes slow and far between, but I…