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Note to self: Next week remember things like... hat, gloves, maybe even scarf. Watching a bunch of kids run around a yard for a couple hours is a little cold when you don't have these things. Normally I'm fine in the cold, but I'm not usually standing in the middle of a playground while children run around.

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The slide show was done! That said, it literally took all day to get it usable. Literally everything that could go wrong went wrong trying to get this thing to work. It made it an incredibly long day, considering I was at the daycare from 7-5:30, then ran off for class in the evening!

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My neighbours are getting a gasline put into their home. They've been heading their home on oil this whole time. Oh man the noise and commotion involved in connecting a home to natural gas! Why the heck wouldn't they have done this when the ground wasn't frozen?

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Starting to feel the crunch! Need to get this slide show done by Wednesday night or else there's going to be a significant lack of one at the Christmas Party for the parents and children. I've really enjoyed doing it, but man these guys need to put some order to their pictures!

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Same subject for a picture as yesterday, just from across the room as opposed to right in front of it. I've been using my zoom lens lately instead of the 50mm. I notice a significant decrease in the sharpness of image quality when using the room up close. I have to keep reminding myself... don't use the zoom for close shots! Don't be dumb, go get the 50mm!

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I was in a haze all day. Just sort of moving through a sleepy cloud. Need more sleep, need less chatty girls coming over to stop me from sleeping!

Also not happy with the cold and the snow. I know I complain about the weather and the temperature a lot, but as a Canadian it is my right. I wonder if there is any truth to the predictions that we'll see a milder winter but a lot more snow?

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So ends my last day working for Joe. That said, I'm already signed up for a bunch of shifts next week at the daycare. I'm sure the kids will be excited to have him back, but they better not be too excited to see me leave!

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I still do not know what I am going to do once the year is over. I do not want to do another 365 blog, but I want to do -something-. At this point it feels more like a chore than something I actually enjoy (if you can't tell by this entry bring in the middle of a string of late updates). Just need to think of something I can do.

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The towel is sad :(

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All of the kids are busy making calendars. While I am sure the parents are going to like having calendars with artwork or hand prints or something about their children every month of the year, starting earlier might have been a good idea. It's a little bit of a crunch right now to get it all done.