Hello All,

I have been terrible with keeping up to date with my posting. A lot had happened in the two weeks. Not really. So lets get down to it.

Week 7 was the big mid-term week. I forgot the feeling from Durham of the endless nights of studying the morning before the test. Haha… It still was a pretty hard week, and despite the middy’s going on we still had class; mostly review.

Tuesday started with a bang. 30% final climbing test for basic tree climbing ‘what’s up’ after playing in a hockey tournament all family day Monday. I’m just going to throw in the random stuff throughout because I’m too lazy and burnout to edit. For this test we had to climb up one stem, double tie-in to the second stem, cross the crown to the second stem, descend down the second stem, re-tie in and ‘TIME’! I faired rather well, in the end I passed the basic tree climbing course proudly with 92%

Wednesday we were out in the bush. I didn’t have much to do, so I did my tree felling test. This time they actually picked apart the defects in the proper notch and back cut from the stump we left. Trust me, you can tell exactly how; and how well a tree has fallen from the stump. I have an unfortunate bad habit of losing the angle of my back-cut in relation to my notch, leaving my hinge wood all wack like. This caused the tree to roll a bit when falling. Still walked out of the bush tall with an 86.

Thursday was the fun fun fun plant health care mid-term which was open book. Now this would be a great opportunity to get 100% and get a free 25% in the course… …   .. .  .. .   So I played a pretty fun game of shinny the night before. I miss hockey, don’t play it as much anymore which sucks… Same goes for lacrosse.

Friday which is normally my day off became my elective day to do my Urban Forestry exam. We got to do it any time during the week on webCT  in a designated computer lab at the school. I remember doing them in Durham, except it was during class time, meaning set date. I rather enjoyed the fact that I could take the exam at freewill during the week. It was not like the tree characteristics in Week Fo’; rather more about the science of trees such as: Hardiness zones, tree biomechanics,  tree biology,  vascular systems etc. I actually enjoy reading and learning about that gibberish, and it payed off with an 82%. All in all I am quite pleased with how my academics are right now.
Work hard, play hard right? Well didn’t do too much over my reading week. I celebrated my birthday which happened on the  Thursday, on Saturday with a couple of buddies at Wild Wing and in class fashion almost got into a fight. Monday I went to CFE and got a handsaw, scabbard, gaff covers for my spurs, shit that doesn’t sound like English to most reading. Went to the gym a bit. Was at the cottage Thursday till Sunday. Chilled mostly, broke in the new saw dead-wooding a tree, entered and lost an ice fishing derby, a wee bit of snowmobiling.

I can’t win with keys. So I get back and go to get into my room… no key. Luckily, I knew I had a few options as to where it could be… Between the seats in my car in the parking lot outside of the crackhouse residence? Nah, too easy.  At the gates at my cottage in the mud? Haha, It gets better. I had to stop at Shoppers Drug Mart in Lindsay, in doing so, I cleaned some of the garbage out of my car with new 600 dollar car fucking wonder key in hand. Luckily I was a smart man and hid the key in the dumpster where no one would find it.

Cheers,

Ross

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