Seems what's been good for the music hasn't always been so good for the life.

This has been my song of the week.  I can relate to the line that I borrowed for the title of this post.  For me, I would substitute the word "music" for "school" and that would describe my constant struggle for work/life balance.

However, I did say "NO" to something last week which should help.  My friend wanted me to help her with the ultimate frisbee team.  This would have been something I could have easily done a couple of years ago, but this semester I am teaching an enriched grade 12 biology class which requires a lot of prep so I said no and she understood.

(Part of me is sad because helping her probably would have been lots of fun; but an over-booked/over-stressed me is not fun.)

I had a fun first-earned weekend.  (I haven't earned a weekend in months.)  On Friday night, I went with my pal Mathew to see Sloan at Massey Hall.  I was super excited for the show because I managed to score front row tickets!

We arranged to have dinner at a nearby gastro-pub that we knew would be showing the ballgame.  David Price pitching game one against the Yankees in the Bronx is a big deal.  Luckily, the Jays scored big and early, so the outcome of the game was pretty much foregone by the time we left.

The show was great!  There were technical difficulties at the beginning that meant the band couldn't start right away so the crowd started an impromptu sing-along of "O Canada" followed by a sing-along of my favourite Sloan song of all time, "Deeper Than Beauty".  It was fun.



The rest of the weekend was devoted to baseball.  Yesterday the Jays had a double-header against the Yankees to make up for Thursday's postponed game and I watched all nine hours of the insanity.  It was chilly and rainy out so a perfect day to put on my new fuzzy fall hoodie, light a pumpkin pie candle and watch 9 hours of exciting baseball.  The Jays won both games, but not without some extra innings in game 1, and with two players getting injured.  It was nuts.

Today's game was less exciting.  The Jays lost, but since they took 3/4 of the series against their rivals, I wasn't too concerned.

The rest of my Sunday was spent lesson-planning and running errands.  Sigh, this working life!