Still cold

It's March now, and the windchill is still in the minus-20s, although the ice-clearing operations on the Rideau River allow us to see clear water from the park by our street. Chris' operation hasn't yet taken place despite the fact he is on the Emergency List. Yesterday he waited for the pre-op consultation in a room full of people wearing casts and slings on their limbs. It is that time of year.

Today I have three meetings to attend: the German conversation that I'm hosting, a preparatory meeting with the next guest speaker on our Environment Action program, and a meeting with University Women Helping Afghan Women at which we are meeting Marie-France Lalonde, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.