I think it weighs more than she does....

Packed and ready for 2 months backpacking around Ecuador and Peru.

13 days!

Mmmmmm oatbar...

Good weekend in my world...had lots to do...rearrange the bedroom, clear out some crap, make room for G...tinkered so much I didn’t get around to making my looked-fwd-to weekly calls (sorry Aunty Cathy!! I will cat you very soon, don’t worry!) or get stuff prepared food wise for the week...grrrr. I did get to see Aunty Pam and Uncle Jim for dinner and a wee visit when they dropped Ayla off and took away the elliptical (WOOHOO!)...so interesting to watch Ayla struggle with things I recall so vividly at her age...the intensity of taking everything personally, of thinking your family are completely insane and mental and do not understand you...shit, I recall that quite clearly seeing as my whole family thought I was a Satanist at 16 HA HA HA (not even kidding hahaha) I do really like Ayla’s recent shift...I was hoping this would come around knowing full well she was raised to be a thinking person...she’s rethinking consumerism (selectively at this point) and will shop at thrift stores rather than demanding 100.00+ handbags etc. This is a huge relief.

Roller Derby was meh. The sport itself I like and enjoy but the venue was welfare and shitty so I won’t go again unless it’s at a place where there are bleachers so you are ABOVE the derby track...standing level to the bout going on is most unenjoyable in such a crowded place...u can’t really see shit all. The Victoria PARALYMPICS SPORTS CHALLENGE that me, Donna, Amanda & Erin did before hand though was fun as shit...baseball, basketball, badminton, Frisbee, fire sticks etc Man we are a sorry sight in the athlete dept but nobody has as much fun as we do fucking around that’s for sure! I just found out Graeme loves badminton....o-m-f-g this is gunna be great! A live in badminton partner!!!!!!!!!!

Sadly Monday came around and its back to work but it is a short week as I have Friday off...and then the week after is a super long w/e with that Easter bullshit then the next weekend I have the Friday off again so its 3 awesome short work weeks in a row...it’s like...like...having good sex at xmas time....whilst eating pizza and chocolate! {drool}

My Swiss Chalet experience last night was weird. It was like I walked into an old folks home (imagine Swiss Chalet on a Sunday night) – everything took forever I guess b/c they assume everyone there is so near death they won’t complain, they’re just happy someone’s taken them out of the nursing home...but I had good chat company so that made it okay...not in love with SC though...it’s just like Denny’s only mostly chicken hahaha

January 21 2010 - Thursday!

OK I admit it I friggin had a hearty chuckle about not enough snow up on Olympic Mountain Land...oh and don’t forget the seizure of the Whistler Resort...omfg what the hell is that? You are hosting the friggin Olympics and you stop making loan payments...are you kidding me? 1st thing I learned as a grown up is PAY THE RENT FIRST. Duh. Back to business school for you idiots...the real kicker is the snow...the gamble the gov’t took investing in this depends a lot on weather and that’s a pretty BIG bet to make on something so unpredictable as the weather. That is a lot of taxpayers’ money riding on weather! Clearly I think that is a gamble NOT TO BE MADE...although i am sure its no sketchier than other deal that we NEVER hear about – for something this public I wouldn’t want to be the one making that call. Wait....yes I would...b/c then the Olympics wouldn’t be an issue at all b/c that $ would be used for shit that actually MATTERS to real people. Sigh...

Tomorrow is jeans day....BONER! I cannot articulate the excitement I have for this day every single week!

Found out yesterday that I am indeed eligible for benefits and vacation time even as an auxiliary employee. Shocking! I found out only b/c I sent an email to HR requesting that they stop taking union dues off my chqs now that I am NO LONGER IN THE UNION...and then inquired about why the vacation $ and benefit $ was not added on to my chq....Gail then sent me an email saying “my bad!” – she was supposed to send me all this info when I started here but FORGOT...and guess what? You only have 30 days to apply so it is getting pretty damn close! Another week or so and I would have been S.O.L. Thanks Gail you are friggin awesome in your ineptness...then she got snotty with me despite me being far more than polite about this all and said “Oh not to be picky but my name is spelled GAYLE.” Oh really Gail? I thought it was spelled INCOMPETENT? Or USELESS? Or SNOTBAG? I confirmed with the boss...Gail is unpredictable with her moodiness...great. Gail, suck my balls. I will forever spell her name wrong every time I email her now...just because. I am over it now though...the paperwork is done and mailed.

Good news...that EAW testing I did (Employment Assistant Worker) that was BRUTAL and I was sure I failed it in proper epic form...I got called in for an interview.

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AMAZING. This is great b/c this job is something I think that would be a fabulous position to help me develop a sense of what I really want to do...I am drawn to social work type jobs but have managed to avoid exploring that by talking myself out of it figuring I am too messed up to help anyone else who is messed up. This of course, as I have gotten older, is bullshit b/c everyone’s effed up on some level and ppl who go into helping careers tend to be people who have endured all sorts of crap and are messed up by it....which gives them the empathy/experience needed to be in those careers I think...anyhow...I interview for that Feb 1st (HAPPY BIRTHDAY AYLA!) so that should be interesting. There are 4 pages of required work that has to be submitted a week prior to the interview. 4 questions I need to answer, 1 page each...I will be doing that this weekend, getting it all tiddled up and submitted. I haven’t heard anything about the UVic job yet but it just closed on Monday so...hopefully next week.

I haven’t written in a while...so I am Ms Blabbery Blab lady....

News on the Graeme front...looks like he is getting his ducks in a row and is looking to be moving here in March April/May (BOO! HISS!!)...This is exciting! It is forever away BUT not so forever that I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel (Admittedly May sucks hard ass compared to march but it is what it is....)...really looking fwd to having him around...you can quote me later when this blog becomes my personal relationship counseling center. Ha! Seriously though...you all remember that excruciatingly pain-filled pining your heart experiences...the mind numbing ache of absence...the fearsome horniness...? YEAH THAT’S ME RIGHT NOW! LOL (Him too...hehe)

Okay that was the most girly, vulnerable giddy girl thing you will ever see on this blog...for sure! OK...tonight is a mom/kid talk of uber importance...should be fun...I cannot fathom Ayla will be 16 in just over a week.....EGADS!

balls deep

Ooooo sweet friday how I love thee....
Especially now b/c its the only day I get to wear jeans to work...woooohooooo!!!!!!!!!

Got a date with Tracey planned for Saturday....some pants shopping and a movie...her recent unemployment is a welcomed rest but she is in need of some distraction and I do enjoy hanging with her so it seems like a great plan...plus I get to see Avatar again so I am all over that!

Clueless as to what to do for Ayla's b'day...16...gunna have to make her  sit down and think it out and make some sort of request/plan...

I can smell cat food b/c the cat was just furiously eating....she's getting lardy again...I didnt notice til ppl mocked her picture on Facebook lol....

It does look likea cat bra is in order there, doesnt it?

tarted up 4 the dance

Rugby Players & Alice in Wonderland

Ayla, Dylan & Jamie...so cute when they are not being a-holes.

Glasses, Puppies and Retinal Hotness.

my new glasses...I prance around like I am hot shit now.

This is DUGAN, Donna and Dan just got him, he is 7 wks old and a furry little bundle of whiney puppy goodness!

This is Dugan trying to hump Ayla..... and then below, her realizing and BOLTING hahahaha

So yeah, I saw pics of my retinal scans today...my eyeballs are HOT BABY! My hot (female) eye doctor said in 13 yrs no ones ever said "omfg, my retinas are GORGEOUS"...

500 bucks later I am set up with new specs that dont look so nerdy and also know my eyes have improved over the last 8+ yrs since my last exam so...WOOT WOOT!

The Lenscrafter lady was REALLY fucking annoying....annoyingly friendly and giddy...Cynthia and I near stroked out listening to her talk.

I gotta say though these high end no glare lenses are the cats MEOWWWWWW...

Anyway...that was my day...