Oops!....

So....  I've been absent from here longer than I had planned.  I had thought about writing a quick set of mini-movie reviews but that all got lost in the helter skelter of events which took place in February. 

It started off with our school's move in late January.  It wasn't so much of an organized event as it was a sequence of things which happened simply that's because those sorts of things happen.  In a way it was similar to my packing up the contents of my condominium prior to my move to Japan: things were happening but not at the right pace to meet deadlines.  Same here.  In the end we tossed out half of what was in the school, scrambled to find some things which had long gone MIA, packed, found ourselves in our new location, and then ordered replacements for the items which we had tossed out but shouldn't have.

Other things which I had to work into my already busy work schedule were plans to take on a new company, a couple of re-scheduled meetings to deal with paper work and class observations, and preparations for a training course in the first week of May.  The last point required a fair bit of time to write up documentation to help my substitute plan her lessons...which all went to naught when she got the stomach flu and had to take a day off from work.  So I'll be teaching those missed lessons in lieu later this month...on a Monday which is usually my day off.

But I suppose the one thing which distracted me from posting here was the news that a close relative has been diagnosed with cancer...stage 3 out of 4 at that.  The news hasn't completely distracted me from my daily routine but it's lurking there in the background.  I'm getting regular updates on his treatments from my sister.  The question of when I'll be visiting Canada will be dependent on his prognosis once they get through the first round of radiation treatment.  There's nothing much I can do from this side of the ocean other than to keep my fingers crossed....