We get dressed and take the dogs for a walk. If it's not too cold and the wind isn't blowing too hard, we go towards the local school. Behind and beside the school there is a wide open area that we let the dogs off lead and they go and do their business. The walk in total is usually 15 - 20 minutes. Jacquie always puts the coffee on auto the night before, so it is ready in the morning. So she pours the coffee and I feed the dogs. Next we have a shower. We have developed the habit of showering together (saves hot water and our backs get cleaned) Then dressed, breakfast and get ready for work. We usually take our squash stuff, since most days we go to the club after work. When we return from the walk in the morning we plug in the jeep. So before we leave for work the dogs are let out and the jeep is started to give it a chance to warm up. The dogs are out for 5 minutes or so and then they are hussled back into the house and off we go to work. Its about 7:50 or so and there isn't much traffic on the road. Jacquie gets dropped off first and then I pick up my boss (John Connor - he is acting CFO at present) John lives across the parking lot from where Jacquie works. Actually, I usually drop Jacquie off at the building where John lives, since there is a Tim Horton's on the main floor.
We both work for the morning (work will be the topic of another blog) and then it's lunch time - YEAH!! I usually leave for lunch around 11:40 to beat the traffic. Interestingly the worst time for traffic in Iqaluit is at noon and 5:00pm.
I pick Jacquie up and we head home to let out the dogs. I usually let the dogs out while Jacquie makes lunch. Quite often its soup and a sandwich. She is an excellent lunch maker and it always "hits the spot". Just before we leave to go back to work, we let the dogs out for a few minutes and then back to work. Usually by 12:35ish. Same routine as the morning. Jacquie gets dropped off first and then I go to work. Jacquie's work is down town, perhaps 3 or so KM from our house and my work is another 2 KM or so from where Jacquie works. My office is exactly kitty-corner from where we live. We live in the south east part of town and I work in the north west part of town.
Anyway, after work, I usually drop John off at his place and pick up Jacquie. Most days we go to the squash club, which is fairly close to where Jacquie works. We would normally play squash or work out for an hour or so!
Then, you know what they say "after action satisfaction" we would normally have a beer and head home.
As soon as we are home, we take the dogs for a walk. Normally a pretty good walk, weather permitting like a 1/2 or so.
We treat ourselves well from a food perspective. There was a meat man (that's what we call him) from Ottawa that was selling boxes of meat, so we purchased steaks (both rib eye and strip loin), chicken breasts, chicken strips, lamb chops, sole, talapia and pork tenderloins. So almost every night we eat meat, salad and vegetable and sometimes a potato or fries for supper.
After supper, a movie, TV, internet or a little guitar playing and then to bed we go. Usually in bed by 10:00PM - 10:30PM.
It probably sounds pretty boring, however we really have a pretty good time although admittedly both Jacquie and I look forward to the weekends!!
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