Journey & Adventure

I’m feeling in a bit of a “mood” today and I can’t put my finger on the cause.   I just know I’m feeling “off”.   I like my new job, but I miss the people from my boring old job.    I miss my old boss – at least we laughed about things.     I miss some of my old co-workers – especially the one that would bake me cookies.   I miss being able to surf the internet.  Oh, how I miss the internet (insert longing sigh).   Yes, I’m well aware how much I complained about that old job and about having nothing to do, but at least I had people to talk to, to laugh with, commiserate with and to make fun of.   Here, there is no one.  I’ve been here over 6 months and not a single person has grown on me yet.  I’ve tried to engage them, but to no avail.   I don’t know how to explain it, but they’re an odd bunch.  We have absolutely nothing in common, but that’s not what m...

The deed is done – J and I have booked our trip to Hawaii in December and will be bringing along an entourage with us - consisting of my in-laws, my 27 year old niece and The Boy.   I still suspect my sister-in-law from Ireland and her husband will end up joining us there.     Because of the cheap flight prices, we couldn’t get everyone on the same flights, so The Boy and my niece are travelling separately, but together with each other.   They have two stopovers and limited time in between flight changes. Technically they are adults and I shouldn’t worry, but when two easily distracted people get together, it could mean chaos.     The trip should be okay – J’s mom is over-the-top excited and has started to pack already.   She is even talking about trying to snorkel.     This trip will earn us at least 3 get out of jail free cards from future family functions.   Whoo hooo!   Never in my life have I had ...

The weather for this week has been hot and humid.   The temperatures have been in the range of 95 to 104 with the humidity.    I AM NOT complaining – I did enough of that from November to May.   Instead, I’m embracing it.     We haven’t even turned on our air conditioning.   As long as the nights are cooler, I don’t need A/C.   I only need to know it’s there for when I do need it.   We have ceiling fans throughout our house, we have plenty of cold beverages in the refrigerator and ice in the freezer.   This is the way life’s forecast is supposed to be – sunny, hot with a chance of cold beverages in the evening…

What has become of us?   All we do is scurry from one appointment to another, from one chore to another, from one day to another.   We don’t stop to appreciate what’s around us, the seasons, each other.     We rarely take time for ourselves and it seems we don’t even have enough time in the day to stop and breathe.   The Boy said to me this morning…”All I can think is how exhausted I am.   I don’t have any time for anything and the most depressing part is…that’s the way my life will be forever.”   I was so shocked by that statement coming from someone so young and so inexperienced with the real world.   I wish I could have disagreed with him.   The only words of wisdom I could muster were “Don’t let your life get out of control now or you’ll never recover.   You’re young enough to change your destiny.”      I wish I believed what I said to be true.     As much as I like to believe we are in c...

So, know how I said that I wouldn’t be going on a vacation until my Philippines trip in March 2012?   Well, it turns out that I lied - maybe.    I know.   I know – liar, liar, pants on fire….   BUT in my defense – I’m only thinking about going away because I'm getting an awesome deal on flights.    I still can’t technically afford to go, but I’ll figure that out later.      As a bonus, we are going over J’s birthday in December, so that means I won’t have to buy him a present – considering the trip will double as his present.   We are considering asking J’s parents if they want to go with us.   This decision goes against both of our better judgments; however I’m not sure if the trip will be worse than the “guilt trip” they send us on every time we tell them were going away….   J’s mother’s famous line:    ”Hmmm, it must be nice to travel.   We just don’t have the experience to tra...

My boss is still crazy – no doubt about it.   He’s a make work kind of person and instead of just answering a question, he in return asks about three more.   By carrying on with this circular questioning, he’s postponing actually having to focus on making a decision.   I’m wise to his “stall tactics” and now, I’m managing to think 3 steps ahead and have the answers before he asks them.   This drives him slightly more crazy than usual.    If I can manage to push one person over the edge in a day, I’ve fulfilled my life’s goal.    I LOVE my job…   Speaking of jobs – I had my 6 month review on Friday.   It went as I suspected and I am now slightly richer with the modest raise that came along with passing my probationary period.    I don’t consider this a big deal because according to the HR Manager – “Nobody gets fired from here, unless of course you feel the need to jump off the building naked.”   Hmmm… that left...

When I was last with you, it was Thursday and now it is Wednesday.   Where did the week go?     So our weather here in Canada is still hit and miss – it’s been colder and wetter than usual and we seem to only be averaging 2 days of sunshine per week and these days usually occur during the week when I happen to be working.   Even with the poor weather, its lilac season here in the great white north.   Lilacs are one of my favorite flowers and the bonus – they grow wild all over the place, which allows me to pick bunches and bunches of them.   Unfortunately, they don’t last long but while they do, I enjoy every minute of their beautifulness.   There is a garter snake living in my flower garden.   I’m not enthused with this new resident, but I can’t seem to convince J to relocate him for me before he turns into a man eater.    So now, I’m forced to stomp, clomp and swing my shovel around like a wild woman before ...