TourRoad Rage!!

I believe I have a form of Tourette syndrome. One that only comes out during driving. I'm referring to it as TourRoad Rage. It's symptoms are:

• Swearing at other drivers for even the smallest problem they may cause
• Lowering the volume on the radio so you can hear yourself swear
  
• Continuing the swearing until a new problem occurs
  
• Swearing only when there is nobody else in the car
• Offering advice to other drivers even though they can't hear you
• Yelling at the traffic guys for not telling me the traffic where I am or not informing me of the correct intersection of accidents.
  

I can't imagine what would happen if I had a longer drive to work. A normal drive of 25-30 minutes is fine but add a small accident, rain, snow and sometimes even the wind can delay my drive and I go mad. The other day the traffic guys all said an accident was at Woodbine and 16th Ave so I altered my route to avoid it and the delays it would cause just to find out that the accident was at the intersection I went to which was just east of Woodbine not at Woodbine.

At the moment I am not seeking therapy for this problem but as winter approaches I may have to work from home some more.

Golfing for Charity

After probably 10 years I went golfing on Tuesday for a good cause. Raising money for the Employee Charitable fund. We had excellent weather and the course, Oakridge near Brooklin Ontario was very beautiful. Luckily for me it was a best ball tournament and our foursome ended the day with a +2 .

Model Airplanes

Brian and I went to the Richmond Hill Model Airplane air field today . It's just a stones throw away from our house off 19th Ave between Bayview and Leslie. It was amazing to see how many people were there flying their planes. Most of the fellows were older but there were some younger guys there as well.
When learning you can connect 2 remotes together so the instructor can take over if you run into trouble. The guy we sat beside said the flying is easy but landing is difficult. He started about a month ago and crashed pretty bad. Fixing them up is part of the fun I guess :-)

Happy 7th Birthday

Sept 7th, 7th Birthday.
They call that the Champagne Birthday. Your are supposed to get a sip of Champagne on this day. We'll save that for another day.
Happy 7th birthday Angela!!!

You'd think it was Brians Birthday

First Day(s) of school

It's that time of year again. You can feel and smell it in the air not to mention the mad fury of people trying to buy stuff before their kids start another school year. Luckily for me, Silvana is quite proactive and our school purchases which include clothes, backpacks and most importantly new running shoes was done well in advance.
Take note: if you don't get runners early enough they will all be gone and the kids will be quite disappointed.

The post says day(s) as Angela started on the 5th while Brian started on the 6th.
JK is alternating full days but the first day they only go for an hour to get comfortable.
For Angela it's grade 2 in a new school and new friends. For Brian it's all new!!

Fishing

We also went fishing on Sept 2nd. The weather was overcast and the fish were not biting. At least not for us. Brian was pretty good at casting on his own. His favorite catches were seaweed and a leaf.










Update: I believe it's the Nottawasaga river.

Caves at Blue Mountain

We went to the Caves at Blue Mountain this weekend and it was quite fun. The kids were able to traverse the rocks and stairs without too much trouble. As their site says you have to wear hiking or running shoes and go on a dry day or you will be slippin and sliddin all over the rocks. The whole experience takes about 2 hours which included a view from a suspension bridge but we enjoyed the rocks and caves more.



We followed it with a side trip to the villages at Blue Mountain. They've done a really nice job making it look like a European ski town.