Zeus' Palatial Blog

Well, it’s been a wild few days since last I posted. Hera had some vacation days and so we did the family thing in between all the other things that needed doing.

Canada Day saw us out at the park as per usual enjoying the carnival and exhibits. The boys made it into the paper again this year - a tradition started by Hercules when he won the cutest baby in the city contest back when he was just six months old. Thank goodness the boys picked up some of their mother’s “good looks” genes to go along with their psi. I’m pretty sure their having flaming red hair and “combust in the sun” white skin has nothing to do with their popularity on red and white Canada Day. At any rate we had a great time on our picnic and riding the rides .. even the ones designed to reduce wrinkles through g-forces.

Since it’s been sort of rainy lately it gave Hera and I loads of time to redecorate and redesign the house (oh joy). Luckily it is for the most part finished .. there are still a few things to do but the decorating fund ran dry so Hera has to wait to finish things up. I’m extremely heartbroken about not being able to finish all the strenuous work (hahaha).

As the energies around the globe ebb and flow and disorder continues to infiltrate as it does PEHQ has kept me busy looking after things. If you’ve been in the chat or sent an e-mail and are wondering where I disappeared to well that’s where. I should be around this weekend and a little more next week and then I’m called away for a week.

Called away? Okay, me and the rest of the family are going to the cottage for a week. It’ll be nice to get up there for some relaxation (which never really seems to happen), fun, and practice.

Today, in the sun, the boys have been busy in Play Central whilst I took down some cherry trees and planted some new plants in their place. Unfortunately the trees had just become far too large for where they were so it was time for a change. I’m actually glad that I was able to create a new area of plants since they were from when my step-mother passed away and it better showcases them. Tomorrow I plan on moving some of my mother’s plants as well as my grand-father’s to create a family garden of sorts.

Seeing as I promised the boys they could go swimming and play with their new pirate ships - complete with working cannons that shoot water balloons - I should wrap this up and put on my lifeguard gear. BOTE!

The last few days of rain have allowed me to get the house back up to snuff after our little influx of water. Everything is back in place and we’re again ready to go. Apparently those renovate a room in only a couple of days shows are true after all!

Tomorrow is Canada Day and Hera and the boys are hoping the rain holds off so they’ll have fireworks. We haven’t decided whether we’re going to go to the park or down to the beach yet, but either way as long as it isn’t raining it’ll be fine.

Nothing truly exciting is going on these days. It’s been pretty standard summer-time fun with swimming and the like. Now that Hera has some holidays I am going to sail a little more just to get that in - it’s an escape you know.

And as always my life continues integrated with psi - how about yours?

The forecast is supposed to be nice for the next while - I realize I could just look into the future myself but that takes energy and the nice weather people at Environment Canada are supposed to know what they’re doing. They’re not psychic, so they have to make guesses on probabilities without knowing the likelihood of each step of that probability. But I give them the benefit of the doubt.

The nice weather has meant that the boys and I have had loads of time to play outside. After putting on hats and lathering on liberal amounts of sunscreen to protect them (their red hair and blue eyes equates to spontaneous combustion upon exposure to sunlight) we venture forth. The poor trampoline has already gotten a workout from the absolute pounding its received having the boys and their friends and families (alright and sometimes me) flipping and jumping on it. I’ve had to tighten the playground equipment bolts again from the traffic load playing tag or what-have-you that loosens everything over time. The sandbox constantly has holes on the go, tunnels to China (I knew there was a reason we put 1.5m of sand in there) and race tracks etc. The outdoor train set has been well received and provides hours of entertainment as well as comfortable shade under the well placed sun umbrellas.

The newest thing this year has been the addition of swimming lessons. Though it’s been more than a few years since I actually did any full time work in it I’m technically a fully trained lifeguard. I went through my medallion and cross training at quite an early age and ended up doing both twice because I wasn’t old enough to receive them upon graduating the first time. After that I took swim leadership courses and the class trainings while waiting to be old enough to take the NLS training. All that aside and fast track several years, recertifications, and pools later and I end up training my kids to swim. Apollo is like a fish while Herc is a little more cautious of the water. I don’t blame Herc at all since his body type allows him to float like a rock while the leaner Apollo is able to stay afloat a little easier. I don’t expect them to be excellent swimmers, but I do hope they catch on and like the water. I find it much easier to have people at ease in different mediums … ground, water, etc. Not to mention it’ll make it a lot easier to take them on the sailboat when they can swim. Yes, the boys wear life jackets but at the same time I’d like to ensure that they are able to swim too.

None of this has anything explicitly to do with psi, but at the same time you can see where psi is woven in and out of my everyday life. It really isn’t an add-on to - it really is an aspect of life.

Well, enough of my ramblings for the day we have a gathering to get ready for.
Best of the Energies Everyone!