Victoria-> Langley
Langley-> Nelson
Nelson-> Penticton
Penticton-> Langley
Langley-> Victoria
Lots of driving in 10 days.
Lots of driving in 10 days.
To stave off the hunger I grabbed some cookies to eat while I donated. Noone said anything, but I think I was eating them in the wrong spot of the clinic. One of the nurses talked to a couple of the volunteers, and they kept looking over at me. Oops.
The donation went well as always, and I hurried through the cookies and juice so I could get home for dinner.
One thing that struck a chord with me was one gentleman that was at the cookies was telling everyone about a bine marrow donation that he made to a young girl who was only a few months old. The girl was now 5 years old, and he was showing her picture.
It got me to thinking about stepping up to bone marrow donation as well. I will think about that one a little more. I am going to read up on that too.
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Sounds like it could be a very interesting course. I hop it works out better than the 100 Ways to Sell Your Photography course I took. Starts in September.
I plan to set up some kind of training schedule. Road biking is going to be a big part of it. Long road ride, hill repeats, and some off road riding to keep me accustomed to my bike. I will definitely be breaking out the heart rate monitor, and learning how to use that.
I don’t expect a technical race, and even if it is, I am sure I can handle the course. For me it is all about going the distance. The last race I did was a blast, despite the nasty weather. I am expecting great things from this race.
Yesterday the Snowbirds were in town for a show for the Oak Bay Centennial. The day was very nice out, and I had high hopes to get some good shots. Last time they were here, I was extremely happy with my shots, and now I have a better camera.
The show started off with an RCMP Helicopter show. It was a little strange seeing a helicopter with a siren flying around. When that show ended, I expected to see the Snowbirds right away. Instead there was a very long pause of close to half an hour. Waiting in the hot sun was no fun, but the show was spectacular.
The show was off Willows Beach. We saw it was extremely crowded, and ended up at this small park next to the Oak Bay Marina. It was lovely. We camped out under this huge oak tree, picniced, and watched the planes. Quite a few times they flew right over us on their way to a stunt. Very cool.
Pics are here.
One odd thing though was some old lady that rudely intruded on our spot. We got there early enough that we were able to claim a bench. We had our things on it, and the nursing moms that were with us (3 of them) used the bench quite a bit. After nursing, one mom got up, and a couple minutes later this lady sat down in amongst our things. :wtf: Very rude, and very weird. If she had asked us to move some things it would not have been a problem, but to just sit down?
It was a great performance, and I had a great time yesterday. Maybe the next time they come to town Sprout will be old enough to appreciate the show 🙂 As with last show, I am extremely happy with the resulting pictures.
I decided to check my profile. There are a lot of setting there, and most of them I have left blank, or set prefer not to say. The setting for marriage status was blank. I have a suspicion (or hope) that this setting will modify the ads I see.
First thing I notice is that there is no option to specify “I’d prefer not to say”. Crud. I set it to married, and we will see if this gets rid of the ads.
I really hope that the settings on my profile will influence the ads I see. It would make sense wouldn’t it? You’d think a company like Micro$oft would place contextually relevant ads. Surely they have someone there that can code that feature up.
Update 1: now I see ads for date.ca. Not much better.
Update 2: the MSN Live preferences page still shows LavaLife ads. I am now thinking I am S.O.L.