Sunday, 19 March, 2017

Another week of much the same as last week.  Dad finished up his course which he was really glad about.  Since he spends so much time either teaching or prepping, it is very mentally taxing for him - he was at the point where he really needed a break.  All five of the guys passed their last theory exam with Dad (there's one more exam for the electronics part of the course) and the guys gave Dad glowing evaluations which is always nice to see.  Hopefully, Harry (Dad's boss) will read them and appreciate what a valuable employee Dad is.  Dad will not be teaching this coming week, but will have to spend many hours prepping for the two weeks hands-on part of the course.

I continued on with attending my gym classes - I had a bit of a hard time at the beginning of this week - I just seemed a little bit weary when I was doing some of the classes.  It was a bit discouraging since I have been doing really well up to now.  Fortunately, by the end of the week, I was back on track.  I also began crocheting a square for the blanket the Relief Society sisters in HB are crocheting for - I decided to mail it to Robyn so that she can show Effie (who was our instructor and is putting the blanket together) to see if I was doing it right - and if not, how I can do it right.  Then, once I get her feedback, I can work on doing more of them.  They work up really fast - I can do one in a day in between everything else I am doing.

Dad and I had my birthday day all planned out for yesterday - we were going to do lunch, then a movie, then dinner and birthday cake.  Then, the movie theatre decided to change the time of the movie we wanted to go to and it didn't work out with our plan.  So, new plan: go to a late lunch, postpone the movie, and have my birthday cake after dinner.

We went to a restaurant called 'Hogsbreath' which is similar to the Keg, but nowhere near as good or as classy - the Keg is also better value for the money.  However, because we have a frequent diner card, you get a free dinner on your birthday, so we figured that was a good choice.  Dad and I both ordered a prime rib and Dad had pork ribs as well.  The portions were huge - and since we are not eating big these days, we were full for the rest of the day (no supper for us).  We did buy a chocolate mud cake and had a slice each later on in the evening (very yummy!).

 Dad with is prime rib, pork ribs, jacket potato (with sour cream) and Caesar salad

 Me with my prime rib, jacket potato (with sour cream) and garden salad

My chocolate mud cake birthday cake

Mud cake with ice-cream - so yummy!!!!

We decided that we would put off the movie until Tuesday - better time and better price since it's 'cheap Tuesday at the movies' on that day.  We are going to see a movie called 'Jasper Jones' which is an Australian drama film based on a novel of the same name.  It's basically the story of two boys (one white and one part aboriginal) who try to uncover the person who killed their friend.  I have seen a couple of Australian movies which have been quite good, so I am hopeful that this one will be the same calibre.