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So ... if this one bores you, it's all Denise's fault for asking how I'm doing :)

I could just type "I'm fine" ...but somehow I think she was looking for rather more detail than that.

But I am.... fine, that is. A little perturbed at the weight loss thing... had been doing so well but then got into the monthly bloated thing and had a spike ... my weight is back down to where it was before ...but not much lower and that irks me. I'm just impatient.

Congress 2009, the conference I went to last week, was great.... I thoroughly enjoyed it, although I could have done without the slew of emails I received from DH & co (that would be Ross' ex-employers). I kept responding (when I bothered at all) that I was away in Ottawa and they should call or email Ross directly, but they are a little slow on the uptake. Okay, a LOT slow on the uptake - also on paying him, which is just irking me further. Ross is unconcerned about the whole thing... me, I am still majorally pissed.

And SO tempted to post an article or two that includes the text of all of the emails between us so that people can make their own decisions about what happened.

Not only have they not paid him, they have convinced themselves - and are running around shooting their mouths off - that they are entirely blameless in the whole affair. Of course, to do that, they have to completely rewrite not only history - but also the entire body of emails in which THEY put their idiocy in writing. They are trying to ruin Ross' reputation - no doubt because while they are too ******* stOOpid to figure out how to fix any of the issues even when clearly told what they need to do (i.e. stop ORDERING and start ASKING for what they want) - they do apparently have enough brain cells between them to figure out that Cottage Country Pest Control could quickly become a serious competitor to their business.

We have computer & Internet, business, marketing & PR skills they can only dream of. Plus, we are locals, not summer people (aka citiots) - oh yeah ...and we're not stOOpid. We're already kicking their butts for search engine placement - and I'm sure they're going to sh*t a brick next week when we get our new sign up at the store and have a highly visible presence in town, too (might as well, eh?)

So ... as soon as we get the paperwork (license and insurance and all that fun stuff) sorted out ....we'll be off & running.

The business stuff has been sucking up a lot more of my time than it's supposed to be....Tamara is here to work with Ross on that stuff and I'm supposed to be getting my major research paper (MRP) and presentation for Victoria done. It's hard to focus on that stuff right now though...but am trying.

Tomorrow the grandbabies are coming for dinner too ...so that will be another distraction, although an enjoyable one. I have until Saturday to get everything done ...then Andrea & I are off to Victoria BC for a week. And after that, I'll be heading back to Trent for two more weeks of summer school, during which I'll also (hopefully) get some of the archive work done too, and meet with my advisor about my MRP. If all goes according to plan, by the time I get back from Trent, my school work will be all done and I'll have two months to be a slug, fish, read, and do some serious writing. At least that's the plan, anyway.

What else? Oh... haven't done the FDGB thing since April 10... yay me!

Walked lots while in Ottawa but haven't been out this weekend... have done some weeding though... suppose that counts. Not much growing in my garden yet... my beans and sunflowers have sprouted - but my tomato, pepper and brussel sprout plants don't look much bigger than when I planted them.

And Scrooge is doing great and he says hi. He's a little perturbed at being left behind at the moment... Ross & Tamara are out mucking about with dockage in the lake and he apparently thought he would like to go ~help~ and I haven't got off my butt to let him out, poor thing. Plus there are thunders off in the distance and Scrooge does not like thunders.