Last Day of the Full Time Home Office

This where I have spent 7 years of my working life.  Luckily the window looks out where I can watch the local deer meander through the yard.   There are worse locations!

There were some of challenges - working through VPN is not always a smooth process, but it worked more times than not.  And the Surface Pro I work off was very flakey when it came to sound settings.

I just now realized that today is the last full day of working from home - next week (the last week) I will be in the Vancouver office to do my final hand-over.  Wow!  Those last few weeks went by very quickly!

In celebration, I bought myself a retirement ride - an eBike.  I plan to still pedal, but at least my poor knees will get some relief on the hills, of which there are many in our community.  Len is fixing up a basket to put on the rear carrier so I can pedal to the local store (5km each way) for groceries and beer.  Too bad the yard is still icy and mucky - I can't get the bike down to the pavement very easily.  I am sure that after my trip to Vancouver the yard will be better.  And I will have all the time in the world to bike to my heart's delight.

Countdown!

Well the countdown is on!  2 weeks and counting.
I have a few things planned for the first non-work month - keeping more than busy!

As it happens, the local Hospice Society is doing training for volunteers the second week of April, and this is a once a year thing in our small town.  So I will be spending 2 weekends in training.  In between I am traveling with my less-senior sister and more-senior Mom to the Senior Chorfest in Kelowna.  It should be a lot of fun to sing with 200 other older choristers!

A couple of weeks ago I picked up my latest musical undertaking - a bass viola da gamba.  It is sort of like the two instruments I already play a bit - cello and upright bass.  However, the 6 strings and frets and having it tuned with a 3rd in the middle (like a guitar) makes it a bit challenging.  Luckily come April I will have lots of time to figure it out.

If I get good enough quickly enough, there is a Conclave (gathering) in Oregon this summer.  I would love to go!

Viola da gamba
Sort of like a cello, no end-pin so you wedge it between your legs!