I have no excuse...

I enjoy blogging. I try to keep people updated. Yet, I come home at night and make supper, eat a popsicle (blame the popsicle ad at work) and doze off. So, to recap what's happened since my last blogging effort...gasp...almost two weeks ago.

Work has been busy. There have been a lot of things blowing up and a lot of deaths and murders. It's depressing work some days, but I think it's also important.

The hardest story I had lately was the Chris Benoit murder-suicide--the wrestler who killed his wife and seven-year-old son then himself. I was covering it throughout the day, with constant updates, and the details just kept getting gorier. It almost makes you wonder whether we really should know these things. This guy was obviously not quite with it, and he still has two living children from a previous relationship, who had to hear all the details over and over. That day really bothered me.

Luckily, I've been getting three shifts a week, and doing lots of writing, mostly for Canada and World news. I'm finding it really challenging (thus the exhaustion), but also really rewarding. I love the thought that people turn to things that I write and are satisfied and feel informed afterwards. Well, at least some of them do. Many people appear to have nothing more to do during their day than to send criticisms into CBC.ca. Why can't any one submit praise?

James had his birthday on the 27th, and we had a good day, though I got called into work unexpectedly and thus James had to wait quite long for his special home-cooked birthday dinner.

We went to Belleville for the long weekend, and it was nice to get out of the city for a bit, even though the weather sucked! It had been crazy hot here right up until the long weekend, when all of a sudden the temperature dropped down below 20! That's not very summery.

This week, I'm in for three days again. It's been a weird news week, with the holiday on Monday and then the American holiday today. The stories tend to be quirkier at times like these, but there's also been some big stories breaking, like the journalist Alan Johnson being released--I'm so happy for him, it must have been a terrifying four months--and the very sad news of six Canadian soldiers being killed today.

Sometimes it's really hard not to let all the bad things get you down. There are so many terrible stories coming out each day, and they're the ones that are read the most, that sometimes it's hard to remember that there are good things in the world, like shoes and my latest Starbucks favourite--a tall lemonade ice tea made with black tea.

Today was a really different work day for me, I was on the consumer desk, as the regular consumer person was working on a feature on robots. And, as I said, it was kind of a quirky news day, so here are some quick hits to explain:

Tim Hortons' prices rise — but won't double-double

Oh Canada, D'oh Homer

Cirque du Soleil, Ski-Doo among Canada's top iconic brands

Second Life business sues for copyright infringement

No other day has been quite this bizarre, though I did write a story about a bear
but it was a rather nice change.

Well, James' birthday cake is finally done cooking (on my last attempt, my ingredients melted due to heat). I solemnly swear to be a better blogger, at least with short but frequent posts!