Weekend report

Pretty productive weekend.

After work on Friday, my agent took KT and I around downtown and showed us some condos that I was interested in. One at Bay/Wellesley, and two in Yorkville. There are several factors that I'm finding are important to me as a renter:

1) Locker - I have tons of army equipment that needs to go somewhere. A locker is critical for this purpose.

2) Parking - If I can rent that space out, it's another $100-150 a month.

3) Amenities - If I can cancel my gym membership, that's another forty-something dollars a month.

4) Furnished - Makes it easy to move in and move out of a place if I don't have to worry about many belongings. This feature is awesome for short-term renters, like me.

Saturday morning, I went for a 4 km practice run in anticipation of the 5 km charity run on Sunday. I just needed to make sure I was in good enough shape. I spent the rest of the day working on the gazebo site and cleaning up a felled tree. I built up the ground around the site so as to raise the grade and discourage the water from flowing down into the site. It was tough working against time, watching the storm clouds roll in. It appeared to be only partially successful, but I think it sufficiently reduces the flow of water into the site to avoid future drainage issues future. Progress is slow - I'm maybe half way through clearing the actual site - a 8' radius circle, about 4 inches deep. I'll have to dig down another few inches to improve drainage. Hopefully I'll be finished the gazebo by the end of summer. Had a barbeque with my family and some of my sister's friends. I was the lucky guy stuck outside in the rain, tending to the grill. In any case, I must have spent 9 hours or so outside, and came away with a nice sun burn.

Sunday, I ran the Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation Legacy 5km. It was pouring rain and kinda cold and miserable in general. I clocked in at 23:21.1 min (4:40 km split time). Not too bad, I guess. Spent the rest of the day shopping.

-d