Time to catch up and vent

Since Friday I've been in one heck of a mood. I get a call from the parks and rec recreation director Friday afternoon with a message on my phone that she is going on vacation until after the long weekend, and went on to say she wants to meet up with me when she gets back about diving and the diving boards.

I don't know what is going on? but originally when we met up and discussed the do's and don't on the boards she gave me approval to use both boards and to be able to do what ever dives I like for practice! When I went to the pool Friday before work after hearing my message I was told by the head lifeguard I can't go off the 3m board, Ok fine I'll stick to the one meter board for now, meanwhile I'm stewing inside saying WTF!! I have another competition coming up on the 29Th and if I can't practice? I will suck worse than I am now!!

What really pisses me off is the fact that the rec director leaves me hanging without explanation of what is going on with a message on my machine telling me she wants to meet with me, leaving word with the head lifeguard I can't use the the 3m board then goes off on vacation!!

I have a feeling this has all got to do with politics and liability, but WTF!! what is the purpose of putting in a recreation center with equipment that you're not able to use during recreation times!! I am a tax payer to!! and if this is about some persons complaining that they can't lane swim while I and others are diving!?!? then to bad for them!! There are 2 other rec centers that are more suited for lane swimming!! The Holly pool was built for recreation with the hot pool and water slide and of course the diving boards for diving!! not just lane swimming!!

I may be jumping the gun here, but what she did is really rude and inconsiderate. I want to do good for the city by giving my knowledge of diving and services to build a diving club with the city, but if I'm going to get yanked around with politics, and with all that I have been doing to meet the city's so called requirements? Little do they know, it doesn't take a weekend certification course to make a coach!! It takes years of experience and know how! which I have!! By god!! I was taught by a Canadian National Olympic diving coach and certified as an instructor and coach by said same person!! The mechanics of diving hasn't changed since I last coached!!


Am I pissed??? you bet I am!!


OK back to training, I have a marathon to do in less then two weeks....I didn't do a thing over the weekend except stuff myself at the Mandarin with family for Mothers day. ...Burrp!


Today's training...

Swim 1000m
Run 30min

Joseph and the technicolor dreamcoat

I ended up uploading my video on my computer last night and editing and producing the movie before going to bed at 2 am last night. I burned a few copy's for my principal and Patricia, (the teacher who was directing the production ) to check out before burning the hundreds of DVDs for sale.

The movie turned out alright, except for lighting and sound being inferior. Because I didn't have a direct sound feed to my camera I only could capture the sound off the sound system speakers, which were awesome live. I could edit in sound, but that process would take a lot longer to do, as for the the lighting? I had no control over, what do you expect with an elementary school production.

Tonight I get to do it all over again. GO....GO...GO... JOSEPH!

Here is a sample of Joseph and the Technicolor dreamcoat play put on last night at my school.

One down....

I'm all go, go, go go, go joseph'd out! Almost 2 hours of show!! One down and one to go.....

The play the kids put up was awesome. Now I have to upload the video onto my computer tonight when I get home and get ready for tomorrows performance.

No training today as I went in to work early to get set up for the play.

I might have time to hit the pool tomorrow, we will see?

Mini Tri day

I had a big work out day. I started the day with a one hour ride, then ran a 30 min brick. I downed a protein shake and made my way to the holly pool for a 1000m swim followed by an hour of diving. whew! I'm tired!! ......

I took my Digital camera with me to work today, as I volunteered to be the video photographer, ( yet another one of my many talents) for my schools up coming play of Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat. ...

There will be two nights of the production of the play at my school, the first being Wednesday and the second will be Thursday, and i am filming both because each night has a different lead playing Joseph.

I needed some sound checks done and I videoed some of the surrounding props and stage, and some behind the scene shots. I even caught one of the teachers practicing her singing part on camera. I'm going to use it to blackmail her if she get out of line with me and doesn't keep her class clean. ; ) ........

Tonight when I get home after work, I will upload the behind the scene shots I took today on to my computer, along with the credits I will shoot when I get a copy of the program tomorrow and edit it onto the film of Joseph that I'm shooting. When I'm done filming both night productions, I'll edit everything together to make two seperate DVDs for the school to sell to the parents of either nights production.


Today's training...

Swim 1000m...17min
Bike 1 hour....30km
Run 30 min....5km
Diving 1hour
: )

Started a grow-op

Today after my run I forgot to mention I planted my veggie garden. I turned and Hoed the bed and planted about 20 tomato plans of different variety's, bush beans, zucchini and pumpkins, all my favorite.I also managed to get sun burned, my back is as red as a tomato. : )

The weekend.

Saturday was cold so I didn't ride. Joanne took me out for my birthday dinner to the Mandarin for a great Chinese buffet dinner. I love Chinese!! I pigged out on crab legs, prime rib roast, spare ribs, chicken, fish, oh ya, and some rice and veggies. Then I went up for seconds! : )

Sunday, I went out biking with some members of my tri club Michelle Ted, Dave, and Leslie. We rode out to Wasaga beach and back and then some for a total around 100km. It was a good ride and weather was great but we did have cool winds. I felt great after my ride. When I got home I started dinner Mexican style, Taco's!!

Today's training...

Swim 1000
Run 5km

:)

New car is here!

I went to the dealer today after training to make sure they were getting the right car ready for Joane to pick up, because there were 2 cobalts there that I looked at, one of which Joanne and I looked at over the weekend.

Well guess what? the car I picked out for Joanne wasn't good enough for her! When she went to do the paper work yesterday and test drive the car, (without telling me,) she ordered the other cobalt we saw over the weekend. The one with more mileage and more scratches on it, the one that the dealer was trying to push on me, but after looking over and assessing both cars I decided the one I like and picked was better! and had a lot less mileage on it!

So when I went to see the salesman today I checked out the sales lot where the cars were and low and behold the car I picked was there, and the one I didn't want was gone. So I asked the salesman if he go the right car? That's when he told me Joanne decided on the other car, you know? the one with more mileage and scratches??

Well I called her up on it and she tells me no! the other one has more scratches, that she and the dealer checked them out and agreed the one she picked is better, ( remember the dealer was trying to push that car on me yesterday??)

Anyway Joanne picked up her car and she is happy with it, so congrats.

Today's training...

Run 4 miles

swim 500m

dive 1/2 hour so I could check out the car order.

The 2008 cobalt LT on the lot.......

Car Shopping for under $11,000

Last weekend Joanne and i went to a car dealer to check out some car deals being offered. Her car, a 97' Honda Accord is dieing a slow death so rather putting in buckets of money to fix it up Joanne and the kids have been bugging me to buy a new car. So we looked and saw some good deals with used 2007 and 2008 GM G5's and Cobalt's. She like the cobalt best in charcoal gray but it had to have all the bells and whistles, not the standard cobalt. we found a couple Lt's with the bells and whistles she was looking for and ooo'd and aaa'd over it, figuring out if we can afford to buy it. We then left the dealer to think on it.

Today after being hounded daily about the car she wanted, I went to the car dealer, looked for a honest looking used car salesman, ; ) When I found one, I showed him the used car I wanted, a charcoal gray 2008 Cobalt LT which only has 37,000km on it. Then I told him to work up the papers so we can buy the car.

I called Joanne from the dealer to tell her, OK we will get the car you wanted, but you have to come down after work today to make the deal on the car. She was happy. I then went to work.

Joanne went down after her work to meet up with the sales man who had all the paper work ready and car waiting for her out front for her to test drive. Then after she got the financial approval cleared, she signed all the papers for a dun deal! which includes trading in her Honda and will pick up the new used 2008 Cobalt LT tomorrow after work. ..... I think she is happy! : )

Today's training...

Swim 1000m

I don't feel like fifty???

Today I turned fifty years old. I woke up this morning, went down stairs to the kitchen to find some cards and presents left on the kitchen table. But first i grab a cup of coffee already brewing and waiting for me, priorities first!! I go to the fridge to grab the milk and I see a cake that says happy 50th birthday on it. I grab the milk and pour it into my cup with some sugar. Siiiiiip ahhhh!!! that's better. Ok, now I go check out my cards and presents left by my family. ....Thank you family, much appreciated, and the cake is good! : )

Next I get ready to go to the rec center. I ran on the treadmill and did some diving. I was thinking of doing 50 swim bike and run today to celebrate my 50th, but I didn't, I'm getting to old.

When i got down to the pool for diving I met up with some potential new divers Chris and Richard a couple of nice young guys who are very eager to learn and compete in diving, possible becoming members of my dive club when i open it. I worked with them a bit today on there form, as well as doing my own dive practice.

Today's training...

Run 5k
Swim 5min
Dive 1 hour

The kempenfelt Tri club social was fun Saturday night. It's always nice to see everyone and talk shop. The food was great with everyone bringing something for the pot luck.

Sunday we had another social to go to, down in Markham at my brother in-laws. Just a little family gathering with Joanne's side of the family to memorialize her oldest sister Sandra who did last year at this time, plus it's the first time since the funeral that we all have got together since last year. It was fun and again good food.


Weekend's training...

Bike 90km
Run 5km