No work tomorrow!

No work tomorrow as it is a public holiday. I don't have clue as to what kind of holiday it is but I don't care! All I'm concerned with is that it means a day off to relax from the stress of work. Another high point of this week is that I have received two emails from my dear daughter along with photographs of my two Grandsons.

It is so sad that they are so far away but the only one I can blame for that is myself. Good news though, is that the family is contemplating a visit to Ireland one of these fine days which means I will have to make another trip over to that lovely land. I really hope it does happen as I think that is the only way I am going to ever see my loved one's again.

Actually the last two weeks have been special as I have received a new 23" flat panel LCD TV from Dell to replace my 17'" computer monitor which gave up the ghost two weeks ago. It stopped working just like that and while the monitor was no longer under warranty (my computer's warranty expires June 7th) Dell agreed to replace the monitor free of charge. The new TV arrived the next morning causing my landlady to get out of bed to receive it. Don't think she was too happy! I called to find out why they had sent me such a great upgrade and they told me that they were all about great service and also that the old monitor that I had was no longer in stock which makes me a very happy chappie.

Crime seems to be escalating in Toronto as daily we hear about a murder somewhere in the city and there are also numerous reports on people dying in horrific car accidents and pedestrians being knocked over & killed. Driving standards have got really bad over the 13 and a half years that I have been in Canada and I put it all down to the kind of movies and TV programs which are produced these days. I feel strongly that the government should step in and regulate the type of media that is being put out today. Of course in a democratic & free society that will never happen so I guess we will just have to get used to it and watch as things get steadily worse.

Having said that Canada is still a pretty nice place to live and one can live a fairly peaceful life away from all the bad things. The nice part is when one can get away into the widerness for some peace an quiet. Hopefully we are going to have another great summer so that I can get awy with my nice, reliable new car. My sister and cousin are supposedly coming over to pay a visit so that will be a nice time to take some vacation and show them around. Have still not got to Quebec or Montreal which I am told are just like Europe so it will be nice to take them there for some sight-seeing.

See M-A......It's not quite two months this time so I am getting better! Maybe the next time I get around to doing this will only be a month!

That's all folks!.......for this posting anyway