Effectively a Friday

And Thank God for that.

The cheese has been purchased. Ditto the wine. The kirsch, however, is now in pyat's hands. Wish him luck; I don't think he's ever set foot in an LCBO before.

There was no milk in the fridge at work this morning. I was forced to use a few drops of half-and-half instead, because I can't drink it black. It's not the best cup of tea I've made lately by any means. I'm glad I didn't spend a precious Chai teabag on it. I only have so many of those left, and they are not to be trifled with.

I had a very clear dream last night about people on my friends list who I've actually never met. Come to that, I've never seen pictures of either of them, not even on icons. So it was rather surprising that in my dream, I knew exactly who they were and was calling them by name. It'll be interesting to find out if the lady I dreamt about really is a blonde, or for that matter looks anything at all like her dream counterpart.

Plans for the dolphin book are proceeding apace. I have a partial outline done, which is more a description of the socio-political state of things in the dolphin seas than an outline. One job for this week is to begin to develop a clear outline with a list of scenes. I found that very helpful with the last book, though I added a whole bunch of stuff to it in the long run.

I realized this morning that I need to take a look at the pay scale in the last (expired) collective agreement. If memory serves, year six (that is, next September) comes with a large pay raise - like, 10% of my current salary. Now, about 40% of that would end up in the government's coffers, but it's still a substantial increase. I figure if the motivation of the job itself isn't working for me right now, perhaps the motivation of the salary will.

Gotta go prepare a spelling test. Oh, joy.