Well, I made the mistake of being gracious at work. I offered that as I didn't have any concrete plans for my FlexLeave I would stay until September, if that was determined to be good for the project. Silly me. They took me up on it, so now my FlexLeave won't start until the end of the current phase, which is likely to be late September, realistically, although we're shooting for mid-.

Good thing I'd postponed calling the kitchen people to tell them I'd decided not to proceed. Now that I have an extra month to earn my full salary (and hopefully save some more) I'm going to go ahead and launch the reno.

Had a great week last week, with rehearsals and then (seems very short, and in fact was only four days!) a terrific concert to open the Elora Festival. Exultate performed Israel in Egypt jointly with the Elora Festival Singers. It was nice to do more Handel -- felt comfortable, like singing the Messiah, but with the novelty of new music added in. The performance was a lot of fun and quite electrifying.

Saturday I slept in, read the paper, played on the computer, and joined the Usual Suspects at Joyce's to welcome her home from Hong Kong. She's got a lovely apartment with a marvelous view westwards towards the sunset. Very nice.

Sunday I slept in, downloaded some maps from Toronto Parks & Rec, and had a hearty tennis game with Dave. The score shall be kept confidential to protect Dave's feelings, since he's getting married next week. Besides, the games were a lot closer than the sets. Pete, Robyn and Dave came 'round for dinner and we had a great barbeque with expensive bits of beef & lamb (hmmm), vegetable kebabs, potatoes, fresh baguette, pie and ice cream! Yay for summer!
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