Well, Cosmic Adventures is the name of an indoor play centre for kids that I took Theo to today! But the name could also apply to the state of our globe's financial affairs these days. Although this title gives the situation far too positive a slant I think. Either way, it's the title of today's posting.
Anyway, Theo had a BLAST at Cosmic Adventures (the indoor play centre) and didn't want to leave when it was time to go. We went through an infinite number of tunnels, tubes, ball pits, slides, more tunnels, climbing areas and also had lunch there...he's napping now! Woooohooo!
The last couple of days have been good. Although Theo did miss his daddy. Jamie has been at a meeting in Toronto. So we've been keeping busy. We've gone for walks, playing in the leaves, read books, played and watched Thomas the Tank Engine. Especially after I hit the jackpot of Thomas the Tank Engine toys at Boomerang Kids (2 bags of engines totaling 19 pieces!!!), going to the Organic Farmer's Market and to the fall craft show at Landsdowne Park.
(Theo sitting in a bin full of leaves!)
It's amazing that Theo basically refused to nap yesterday afternoon! The funny thing was that around 6 pm he finally did fall asleep while we were walking our dog Loup. Theo was in the stroller and after 10 minutes basically passed out. He slept for about an hour or so. By then I had brought him back home and put him in our bed. When he woke up he didn't believe me that we had already walked the dog and wanted to go 'walkies' again! It was pretty funny!
Other than that Theo may have another ear infection. Last night he was sitting on the couch complaining about his right ear hurting again. It was pretty funny actually. Theo really loves our doctor. So he was sitting there after a while (after I said that we would have to go to the doctor's office on Monday) saying that 'his ear hurt and that his forehead hurt and that he had to go to the doctor - that the doctor would deal with it'. In those words!!!!!!! :)
Well, we really will be going to the doctor's office tomorrow as Theo is still pulling on his ear. And he'll have to stay home with me tomorrow anyways as Cheryl is sick with strep throat and will still be contagious at that time. I hope she feels better soon and I really hope that Theo's ear infections are over with soon also! He seems to be getting them a lot. I asked our doctor what causes them and if I could do something to avoid them, but I was basically told that some kids are just predisposed to ear infections and to just look out for the symptoms. But that there is nothing I could really do. Oh well....
A friend of mine just went to her highschool reunion and it went great from what she posted in her blog. Mine is next July - on July 31, 2009 to be exact - and I'm already a bit worried about what it will be like. I'll keep you all posted! But I really do hope that Theo's school years are better than mine were! He does, however, have the advantage of having a community here, which wasn't the case for me. We immigrated to Canada when I was nearly 15 years old and it was tough to fit in. Not because of the language issue (my mother tongue is German), but because of culture - what's around us in general and kid culture within the school. I wonder what Theo will think when he reads these posts when he's a bit older?
I'm off to do our laundry now. It's amazing how much can accumulate in a couple of days! I'm also in the middle of drying tomatoes from our garden and drying basil for use in the winter. We didn't grow enough basil for making pesto this year (I lost the battle against the slugs for the most part unfortunately - and I don't think the spot I planted the basil in was bright enough), but we do have enough to use as spice/herb throughout the winter, which is great. :)
I'm back and thinking about the state of the global economy right now. Watching TV is depressing at the moment. And in terms of our finances...I'm not even looking at my RRSPs at the moment. I just don't want to know as I can't really change anything anyways at this point. But I am thinking about it and I am concerned.
Today I received an e-mail from a friend that contained a poem that pretty much says it all. I thought I would post it for those of you who speak German and are concerned/thinking about the current global credit crisis also.
Which brings me to a subject that I really have to start thinking about. I really have to begin to teach Theo German again! Until he was one year old I spoke to him in German every day. Once I went back to work that changed. Jamie was with him for four months and when Theo was 16 months old he went into daycare. It's really my fault, Theo, that you don't know my mother tongue. And it is so much easier to learn languages when you're small. I'll have to figure something out here!
But now, on to the poem in question...
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Wenn die Börsenkurse fallen,
regt sich Kummer fast bei allen,
aber manche blühen auf:
Ihr Rezept heißt Leerverkauf.
Keck verhökern diese Knaben
Dinge, die sie gar nicht haben,
treten selbst den Absturz los,
den sie brauchen - echt famos!
Leichter noch bei solchen Taten
tun sie sich mit Derivaten:
Wenn Papier den Wert frisiert,
wird die Wirkung potenziert.
Wenn in Folge Banken krachen,
haben Sparer nichts zu lachen,
und die Hypothek aufs Haus
heißt, Bewohner müssen raus.
Trifft's hingegen große Banken,
kommt die ganze Welt ins Wanken -
auch die Spekulantenbrut
zittert jetzt um Hab und Gut!
Soll man das System gefährden?
Da muss eingeschritten werden:
Der Gewinn, der bleibt privat,
die Verluste kauft der Staat.
Dazu braucht der Staat Kredite,
und das bringt erneut Profite,
hat man doch in jenem Land
die Regierung in der Hand.
Für die Zechen dieser Frechen
hat der Kleine Mann zu blechen
und - das ist das Feine ja -
nicht nur in Amerika!
Und wenn Kurse wieder steigen,
fängt von vorne an der Reigen -
ist halt Umverteilung pur,
stets in eine Richtung nur.
Aber sollten sich die Massen
das mal nimmer bieten lassen,
ist der Ausweg längst bedacht:
Dann wird bisschen Krieg gemacht.
~ Author unknown
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I'll try to find a translation for those of you that don't speak German as soon as is possible. It's 2:26 am and I have to go to bed now.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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