Author Archives: kdarcy21

I have not been sleeping all that well at home lately, typically waking up early, 3/330 in the morning, that’s too early. What is it with hotels, I wake up even earlier. Yesterday it was just after 2am, same with … Continue reading →

I got a call around noon on Friday from Costco Optical that my new sunglasses had arrived. I decided that I would pick them up on Friday as opposed to waiting until Tuesday and going all the way from Calgary … Continue reading →

Today is my last day at home for 10 days or so. I’m dropping the dogs off at boarding around 3. They’ll have a great time, as they always do. I’m hoping that my new sunglasses that I ordered from … Continue reading →

Just another week until my trip back to Ontario. I am greatly looking forward to it. Nothing much planned for this week. It is supposed to be warm, temps in the upper 20s, so I think the dogs and I … Continue reading →

It’s been a quiet and relaxing week. I’ve spent time with the dogs, going to the lake, and have enjoyed some real down time. For the first weekend this summer, I have nothing going on. I was going to umpire, … Continue reading →

I’ve had a slow few days, which is good. June and July have been relatively busy, relatively busy for a guy who’s not working that is. So, a couple of more down days is welcome. I have no umpiring this … Continue reading →

I ended up umpiring 3 games on Saturday. I was scheduled for a double-header, but the league sent out an email looking for additional umpires so I picked up a 7pm game in the tier 3 division. It was actually … Continue reading →

Today was a great day. I didn’t wake up until 4:50am. I know that most of you would think that’s pretty early, but for me, that’s sleeping in. Since I don’t have my dogs until Sunday evening, I didn’t have … Continue reading →

My mini-getaway to Calgary is over. I checked at the hotel and to book another night last night would have been $135 plus tax, more than I wanted to pay for sure. I had booked it at pre Calgary Stampede … Continue reading →

The first year I lived in Calgary, a friend from Ontario visited me during the Calgary Stampede. On the Tuesday night, he and I along with a friend/coworker went to Boston Pizza to watch the MLB All-star game. It was … Continue reading →