So my SIL had a doctor's appointment today and her doc figures that she'll be having the baby next week.  Squee!!  We were all hoping it would wait until after Christmas but next week would be equally excellent.  I'm excited and really hope that they have it soon and, of course, that everything goes well for both baby and momma.

An and I went to the Ikea Midnight Madness Sale tonight and it was soooooo worth it.  I picked up a little something for the new baby and for my little darling in Saskabush too.  God my nieces and nephews are all going to be Ikea kids.  Gabrielle got a little table and chair set that is just her size so she can colour and play and it'll go really well with her kitchen set that Big Bro's Dad bought for her.


It doesn't hurt that this is my favourite children's line from Ikea but seriously $13?!?!?!  We're not supposed to be exchanging presents this year but I'm going to put this together for them and put a giant bow on it as a surprise.  I'm so excited for this, I know that they didn't really buy a lot of stuff for the room yet and they really haven't decorated the room and Little Bro was saying today that he's been meaning to hang the light that I gave them but they just haven't had time.  I hope they really love it.  It's such a sweet bookcase and it'll grow with baby for quite a few years.

Labels: baby, christmas, family, friends

Last week I went to the doctor.  My doctor is really great and it's been a long time in the making this appointment.   I was feeling a little ill and now I'm full blown sick, woo.  Monday I was coughing like crazy, stupid ridiculous amounts of coughing and I should've gone home but every time I went near my boss he gave me more work to do.  Tuesday I was coughing less, yay for cough drops, but my head felt like it was in a vice and I was super dizzy but I toughed it out. 

Today I stayed home. 

I woke up and started to get ready and then thought to myself, "what the hell for?"  You know they don't give out medals to those who suffer their way through the day at work and I can't remember the last time my boss told me I did a good job so screw it I needed to be home today.  I still feel like ass; I have wicked dizzy spells, my head is in crushing pain most of the time, my stomach is being weird, and I get coughing fits but I'll go to work tomorrow and I should be feeling better.

But anyway that's not why I went to the doctor.  It all worked out because the Monday before my appointment I took a ball to the chin at soccer and severely bruised my jaw ("nearly dislocated that") so he was able to give me meds for that and yeah he figured I wasn't getting the flu despite me starting to feel gross so that was good to know although I wasn't even remotely concerned.  I went because I've been feeling like I've been out of whack for a long time now.  In the summer I was reading about cortizol and it's effects on stress and weight gain (where weight is put on and retention) and was thinking that it's something I should be tested for.  My mom thought I should be tested for a thyroid imbalance and I wanted all my hormones checked out particularly my testosterone levels. 

Turns out that daily headaches and cortizol levels are linked and so I'm on meds for that, and yeah my cortizol levels are high.  My testosterone levels are high, not dangerous or anything but above normal, as are my insulin levels which can indicate ovarian issues so now I'm on medication for that.  In six months or so I'll have to go back and get more blood work done to see how everything is going.  Not looking forward to that since I have a severe phobia to needles and this time around wasn't at all pleasant for me.

On the lighter side (maybe) I've applied for two jobs this week.  One had this ridiculous online form that threw me right off so I'm not sure how well I came across.  I'm hoping that I sounded as good as I do on my actual resume but I guess we'll see.  The other I sent in by email this afternoon and it's for a radio station and I'd love to get this actual position.  It's a bit admin which I do now but it also has sales and marketing aspects to it and the company is so diverse so I'd be able to move around if that's something I'd wish to do in the future.  Perhaps the new year will see me moving in a different direction. 

Well it was another busy weekend and I didn't even do anything on Friday except work late and do some grocery shopping. Saturday I got up and out of bed early enough and then met up with ChaChi for lunch which was delicious and then met An for some shopping.  Not necessarily the most fun shopping but baby shower shopping so it was good too.  Ikea has the greatest baby stuff and I love Old Navy's baby clothes. 

Now truth be told I am a huge Ikea fan but it's all good and there's nothing wrong with my minor Ikea obsession.  I just have to share the cute things I bought for my soon to be nephew (maybe niece but I seriously think it'll be nephew).

Labels: busy, family, friends, shopping

Not too much to say today.  Taking two of my regular days off and three working days off meant that I turned on my computer to 120+ emails this morning.  Ouch.  I didn't make it all the way through my stack of paperwork that sat at my desk waiting for me but I think I'll get through it tomorrow.

Saskabush was fun and I've gone through the pictures and have selected my favourite.  I want to tip my cap to Sarah over at "The Jam Revolution" for showing all her readers how to turn pictures into polaroid looking pictures.  This photo of my niece looks so much better as an old style polaroid.

Labels: family, soccer, work

It has been a very busy bunch of days.  Wednesday may've been a holiday and I really didn't do much, an impromptu lunch date that I've already mentioned, but everything after that was ridiculous.  Had morning coffee with J Girl Thursday morning and then it was off to the SK to go see the Big Bro and his family.  5+ hours and a numb tail bone later and I was there with enough time to help with dinner.  My little niece is so adorable.  She's walking all over the place and chattering up a storm.

The weekend didn't see us doing anything too exciting.  It was a lot of daily stuff and normal stuff but it was really nice to just get to see them and spend the time there that I don't have because of the distance.  The J's were there as well for Friday night and it was a great dinner with all of us. 

The only downside, well not really but it's cute, was that apparently I rub off on my niece in terms of sleeping habits.  She would not sleep the entire time I was there.  This is a little girl that in the middle of playing with kids or by herself will announce that it's nap time and put herself to sleep.  She was having none of it.  There weren't any naps, she stayed up later than usual, woke up more during the night than usual (as in she actually woke up), and she woke up earlier than normal.  It's bad but it's funny.  Hopefully she'll sleep well tonight.

J Girl taught me how to knit so now I'm making a blanket for my SIL's baby shower next weekend.  And I have two crochet projects on the go for Christmas.  It's going to be busy nights of handicrafts rather than reading comics.

And now I'm going to go stretch out my back, knit, and go to bed.  Oh so much fun. 

Labels: family

I was sort of supposed to go to Banff today.  It'd be to meet a guy which is kind of balls of me but I figured what the hell?  It's Banff and even if the company didn't turn out great it's beautiful there.  We've talked enough that I knew we'd have a fun day even if there wasn't the chemistry there to pursue anything else.  However I didn't end up going because he got called into work.  I considered going to meet up with him after he was done work, at 830pm, but I'm going to Saskabush tomorrow to visit the Big Bro so I decided to post pone.  It looks like I'll be going next weekend, he works but I don't have to go anywhere on Sunday so it'll work out.

So instead I got to sleep in and lounge in bed this morning which was fantastic.  I was chatting online last night until 330am this morning with another guy that I met online and the conversation was going so well and he lives here.  So when things didn't pan out for Banff today I was messing around on the computer and this other guy hopped onlien while working and asked me on a lunch date.  Eeee!!  The lunch went really well, no awkward moments or silences.  And it was like two and a half hours long so I unfortunately kept him from work but no complaints from him.  I've talked to him since tonight, he was still working but it was nice to hear from him again.  I hope to see him again but we'll see.  This whole dating world has taught me nothing if not that I shouldn't expect much of anything.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to meet up with J Girl for coffee before hitting the road to get to Saskabush.  I need to go tend to my Mom's cats although I may get my little brother to do it for me; was supposed to do it today but just didn't get there.  They're cats, they'll be fine.  My little kitties will need to survive from tomorrow morning until Sunday afternoon all alone.  It should be a good weekend though.  The J's are coming up Friday so they'll be there around dinner time Friday night which I'm actually looking forward to.  I'm annoyed with my Big Bro right now and still debating whether or not to bring it up to him.  He's just been such an ass to our family lately and I just really think it's time for him to grow up and act like an adult about things rather than freaking out like a child all the time. 

This should be a good weekend though, any weekend that starts on a Wednesday morning should be though.  It's my first vacation days of the entire year and I'm going to find my way to enjoy them.

Labels: dating, family, friends, life

So bad luck apparently comes in threes.  Sure it does, I totally believe that.  Until last week.  First my bank fees accidentally came out twice and bounced a paypal payment.  The NSF fee for that was awesome.  Then in trying to straighten everything out with the bank I get the non-payment strike from ebay automatically despite the seller and I being in good contact with each other.  So now I've paid the NSF fee, have a blemish on my perfect account, and have to pay for the stuff.  *sigh*

Are we up to three yet?

Well let's continue then shall we?  My car has been leaking rad fluid off and on.  Never a lot but enough to have me and my Dad concerned.  Come out of work on Monday afternoon to a giant puddle of fluid.  Yay.  Call my Dad and he figured that it'd be a hose since the puddle is on the wrong side for the water pump.  That would've been good; Dad can fix that at the shop.  Get up crazy early Tuesday, meet Dad at the shop, roll up onto the ramps and low and behold, the leak is definitely not from a hose.  Off to the dealership it goes.  It's my thermostat housing.  Woo.  And since they've got that open the thermostat should be changed as it's showing serious wear.  Woo again. Oh and when the oil got changed last Dad found that the transmission fluid was a lovely shade of almost black rather than the cherry red it should be.  So might as well flush the engine too.  And $550 later I have my car back and it's happy.

I also put the winter tires on my car last week.  That happened 99% glitch free.  They called to tell me my front brakes need to be replaced because they're metal on metal.  I call Dad because I think that can't be.  He concurs because we changed my back brakes entirely not that long ago and they checked my fronts then.  And I'd hear a great deal of squealing and gashing that I don't.  And I'd feel it and I don't.  So yeah I don't know what car they were looking at but my brakes are fine.

Weekend was pretty good though.  An's Grandma was extremely ill and in the hospital for what they knew to be her last days, she passed away Sunday, may she rest in peace, so we didn't go to see Where the Wild Things Are as planned.  Not a terrible thing because she needed to be with her family and I needed the night off. 

So I'm settled at home, relaxing in front of the tv, and turn on my computer to putz around.  Shortly thereafter my virus programs go crazy and it's like I'm being hit by a virus blitz.  Oh hell no!  So when the messages and junk stop I shut down immediately, which I learn after is the absolute worst thing you can do.  Restart the computer and nothing.  NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!  Oh shit...  I haven't backed up my computer in at least two years and have never backed up all the pictures, I've been planning on doing it at the end of the month.  I almost cried right there.  Six years of pictures and documents gone.  Six years of pictures that I don't have anywhere else and no one else has.  I went to bed after sending out a plea on my facebook status from my phone.

Okay I need to take a breather.  This is a lot of crap for one week.  Not everything was bad last week, rather the good stuff was pretty overshadowed.  It's all hopefully behind me now and I've been in a decent mood today.  And it was soccer night which I always love.  Yay soccer!

Hmm  I've suddenly gotten tired and dizzy so I'm going to stop here for tonight.  I'll finish the rest tomorrow and perhaps I'll have great new things to add that aren't so negative.  And it's soccer night tomorrow night too!

It's funny how when you stop to think about the little ways people describe you you learn things that you sort of already know.  The things that you're not entirely sure are true because it's in your own head but you do know it's true in some aspects.

For instance I have a tattoo and most people who I encounter are surprised to learn that, most of the people I knew when I got it were surprised.  Yet it came up in conversation with my boss the other day and he said he wasn't at all surprised nor was he surprised to know that I want more.  That's what I always figured; it makes sense to me that I have a tattoo and I think it suits my personality.

What's got me thinking about this stuff tonight is a show I'm watching where a girl is saying how no one describes her as anything but beautiful, not smart or fun or anything.  Well it occurs to me that I'm like that.  I don't get called cute or pretty or adorable or anything along those lines.  I do get called beautiful from time to time but mostly I get described as striking and other things along that train.  It's not a bad thing it's just something.  Most girls get called cute and adorable but I don't.  Unless I'm being teased.  And in my heart and mind I know I'm not conventionally pretty; just not that kind of girl, I don't smile enough and I'm certainly not the right shape to be conventionally pretty/cute/adorable.  Sometimes I hate that I'll never be described to someone who's never seen me as beautiful or pretty or adorable or cute but then I'm different and I like that.

Labels: just me, labels, life

Dating sucks so bad!!!!  F*cking god damn blows!!!!


~ That is all. ~

Labels: dating

Alright so yeah so super busy lately.  You know I swear that I remember saying that I was going to slow down sometime.  And perhaps that sometime will be in November or never.  *shrug*

This week I had my first game with the singles team that I joined on top of the team that I already play with.  So much fun and hard on my poor legs.  Well worth it though; I think I'm going to get what I want out of being on two teams though.  My footwork and other such skills will get better which will make me so much happier and, of course, the extra night is one more night of full out fun exercise that will be key in losing more or at the very least maintaining what I've already done.  I hope to lose some this winter and I'm working hard to do it.

Also J Girl came with me last night to a wine tasting and it was so freaking good.  Ugh I have expensive tastes but I did find two wines I thoroughly enjoyed for under $30 which is good.  My favourite of the night was $85 but would be so worth it.  Perhaps I'll find someone to enjoy it with. 

On that note I have a date on Monday that may get pushed up to Saturday but we'll see.  I'm excited and so nervous.  So far there's a lot of connection and I can honestly say I've thus far felt the best connection with him than I have from any other guy in a long time.  Here's hoping that the date goes really well.

And now it's bed time.  I'm so tired and mentally drained.  Looking forward to my lazy night tomorrow with ChaChi and then sleeping in on Saturday.  That will be the unexpected gift.

Labels: busy, dating, life, soccer