Friday. March 14th - it may be a slippery ride this morning

It's a very chily-13 this morning feeling more like -21. Not sure how much more snow fell last night. There wasn't a lot last evening but what did fall, formed into some fair sized drifts out on the road on top of copious amounts of ice that fell in the form of freezing rain the night before. I was awakened at 11:20 last night as Lloyd was hung up on  a patch of ice and just could not get the truck moving anywhere. Wasn't sure just how much help I was going to be as heaving lifting or pushing isn't easy at the present time but we got the job done. What a pair - me with cracked ribs and Lloyd with his sore hand.

He did finally go to the doctors office on Wednesday and they sent him to emergency. At the end of the day he has 6 stitches in his thumb and 3 in his middle finger. Of course the prep was much more advanced and ugly after 24 hours. But it should heal much better than it would have if he'd just left it. I just can't imagine what a mess he would have been left with if it had just been left to heal as it was. He goes back in tomorrow morning to have the dressing changed. Fortunately he didn't damage the bones so healing should go fairly well. He has drugs for pain as well as antibiotics so he should be okay.

Other than that, the only other big news is that James is off the the Canada East Championships in Riviere du Loup the last weekend in March.  He was the first alternate and he got the news this week that he's going so he's pretty excited about that. He knows he's facing some pretty stiff competition but it will be a great experience to skate for Team Ontario. I gave it some thought and then talked it over with Lloyd when I got home. He thought it might be nice if we both go. We haven't been away for a weekend since our trip to Nova Scotia last winter. It's a little over 7 hours drive from here, a bit closer for us than for Patti. I'm going to take the Friday off and we'll head out after Lloyd gets done work in the morning. Then he can nap in the car on the way. It will, of course, depend on the weather. We'll just play that one by ear.
 

Canada East Championships

Date:   2014/03/29 - 12:01am to 2014/03/30 - 11:59pm

Event type:  National Competition - Short Track

About the Canada East Short Track Championships

The Canada East Short Track Championships brings together the best skaters in the Training to Train stage of development for the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario and the territory of Nunavut.
The Canada East and Canada West Short Track Championships are intended to be the focal point of athlete preparation for skaters in the Training to Train stage of development. The Training to Train championships provide meaningful, high profile and developmentally appropriate end of season events which are a source of motivation and opportunity for recognition of the best developing skaters in Canada.
These events will serve as primary introduction to national competitions where skaters represent their Branch in competition. The events raced at the Canada East and Canada West Short Track Championships focus on providing a positive learning environment which reinforces the training objectives for skaters in the Training to Train stage of development.

I was browsing around the Speed Skate Canada website and I was impressed with their philosophy and training programs geared to the skaters level and ability rather than just their chronological age.  It will surely be a great experience for him to compete at a slightly higher level.

 
Other than that, a pretty quiet weekend is in store. I have a couple of things I'm working on for the conference in May so I'd better get to them because it will be here before we know it! This weekend might be a good chance to do just that. It's time to start focusing and get my act together
Have a great one everybody.