Went to the Esks game last night. We kicked Saskatchewan's butt! 27-10! And we gave them 3 of those points. I think Nick is corrupting me though. I can now follow were the football is going and I sat outside last night to watch it when it was below 10 above.
Went to my Cousin's baby shower the other day. That is the biggest baby I have ever seen. 2 weeks old and he weighs 11 lbs, 10 oz. OUCH!
On the job front: I'm going to be a busy girl. Looks like I'm going to have 7 or 8 shifts in the first 2 weeks of class. And I'm making $15.28/hour. I've never met retail that pays that well.
Nick, on the other hand, is having a little bit more trouble on this front. He didn't get that other job. So he's back to looking.
Well, I need to go and pick up the new key to the apartment building, so that's all folks!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The timing
I'm finding it a little bit hard to remember to write. You know. One of those "I really want to write about this" but then I end up busy and I don't write about it. Or by the time I do get a chance to write about it, it's no longer important.
Quick update: I got the job at the MacEwan bookstore. Orientation is tonight.
Backtracking to Saturday:
It was Mo's wedding. It was lovely. Full Catholic service. Big dinner. Didn't stay long into the dance (they weren't playing my kind of music. The oldest DJ I've ever seen was playing either slow songs or polkas. It was terrible).
The issue: Mo and I had a falling out quite a while back, when I was sick. I wasn't a very good friend when I was sick. Slowly, we're starting to talk again. Slowly to the point of we may call each other once a month or so but I've been inviting her out for coffee or over for dinner for over a year. She doesn't do the inviting and she doesn't take up the invitations. I'm feeling like she doesn't want me back in her life. I'm trying not to press, give her time to let the past heal, but this is starting to take too long without any progress. :(
It hit home at the wedding. Nick and I have been together for 2.5 years, but Sheila (her sister), and Mr & Mrs O have never met Nick. That is way to long. There is so much that needs to be fixed.
Right now she is on her honeymoon and I figure that I will give her a little bit of time to get used to playing house before I push this issue. I knew that it needed to be dealt with before the wedding but I figured that that wasn't going to be the best time to bring this up. It was her time. It can be our time in a bit.
I really hope that this can be resolved. I miss Mo in my life.
She is always going to be Mo to me. MBB just won't work (her married initials).
Quick update: I got the job at the MacEwan bookstore. Orientation is tonight.
Backtracking to Saturday:
It was Mo's wedding. It was lovely. Full Catholic service. Big dinner. Didn't stay long into the dance (they weren't playing my kind of music. The oldest DJ I've ever seen was playing either slow songs or polkas. It was terrible).
The issue: Mo and I had a falling out quite a while back, when I was sick. I wasn't a very good friend when I was sick. Slowly, we're starting to talk again. Slowly to the point of we may call each other once a month or so but I've been inviting her out for coffee or over for dinner for over a year. She doesn't do the inviting and she doesn't take up the invitations. I'm feeling like she doesn't want me back in her life. I'm trying not to press, give her time to let the past heal, but this is starting to take too long without any progress. :(
It hit home at the wedding. Nick and I have been together for 2.5 years, but Sheila (her sister), and Mr & Mrs O have never met Nick. That is way to long. There is so much that needs to be fixed.
Right now she is on her honeymoon and I figure that I will give her a little bit of time to get used to playing house before I push this issue. I knew that it needed to be dealt with before the wedding but I figured that that wasn't going to be the best time to bring this up. It was her time. It can be our time in a bit.
I really hope that this can be resolved. I miss Mo in my life.
She is always going to be Mo to me. MBB just won't work (her married initials).
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs ... I can't wait for September
It has been so long since last I've written in this thing. But really not much has changed.
I was working at Dawn's Bra-tique (a high end bra store) but I didn't like it so I was looking for something else. I got offered a job at Le Belle Femme (another high end bra store) and quit at Dawn's the next day. The conversation went: "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to give my notice." "Don't come back tomorrow." Bitch!
I came home from work that day to find out that Nick had been let go at Stantec because of a lack of work. Crap!
I tried to get hold of Le Belle Femme to see if I could start earlier. No answer. So I started on the planned day. I was having complications with my meds through all of this: headaches and bad, bad dizzy spells. I told them about this the first day I started. I never disclose that I'm bipolar until I'm comfortable in a place and trust the people I'm around. It makes people act funny around you. In the second week, I had a dizzy day and stayed home because I was having trouble standing. The Tuesday after the August long weekend I stayed home as well and cursed my meds. I got a phone call from them Wednesday morning while I was already on my way to work that said that they "had no more hours for me." Why can't people just say "Don't come in, you're fired"? Okay, so I got skidded due to a complication in my medication. Great. I did kind of like that job although the boss wore me out. She was to high strung and she wanted everybody else to be high strung. Oh well. Let's carry on.
Nick had an interview on Tuesday with another surveying firm. It sounds like he got the job assuming references and his drivers abstract came back okay. No problem! But not official yet. The job is out of town though. It's going to pay really well but it's 3 weeks out and 1 week in. I'm going to miss him but that will probably get covered in great detail in another post.
I went for an interview at the MacEwan bookstore yesterday. I think it went well but I will have to wait till tomorrow before I hear back from them.
Did I ever mention that I hate trying to find a full time job for only 4 months? I wish that if you were in school that summer wasn't nearly so long. A break is good but I get really bored by about 2.5 months into it.
Mostly, I can't wait until September hits and we can get back to normal.
I was working at Dawn's Bra-tique (a high end bra store) but I didn't like it so I was looking for something else. I got offered a job at Le Belle Femme (another high end bra store) and quit at Dawn's the next day. The conversation went: "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to give my notice." "Don't come back tomorrow." Bitch!
I came home from work that day to find out that Nick had been let go at Stantec because of a lack of work. Crap!
I tried to get hold of Le Belle Femme to see if I could start earlier. No answer. So I started on the planned day. I was having complications with my meds through all of this: headaches and bad, bad dizzy spells. I told them about this the first day I started. I never disclose that I'm bipolar until I'm comfortable in a place and trust the people I'm around. It makes people act funny around you. In the second week, I had a dizzy day and stayed home because I was having trouble standing. The Tuesday after the August long weekend I stayed home as well and cursed my meds. I got a phone call from them Wednesday morning while I was already on my way to work that said that they "had no more hours for me." Why can't people just say "Don't come in, you're fired"? Okay, so I got skidded due to a complication in my medication. Great. I did kind of like that job although the boss wore me out. She was to high strung and she wanted everybody else to be high strung. Oh well. Let's carry on.
Nick had an interview on Tuesday with another surveying firm. It sounds like he got the job assuming references and his drivers abstract came back okay. No problem! But not official yet. The job is out of town though. It's going to pay really well but it's 3 weeks out and 1 week in. I'm going to miss him but that will probably get covered in great detail in another post.
I went for an interview at the MacEwan bookstore yesterday. I think it went well but I will have to wait till tomorrow before I hear back from them.
Did I ever mention that I hate trying to find a full time job for only 4 months? I wish that if you were in school that summer wasn't nearly so long. A break is good but I get really bored by about 2.5 months into it.
Mostly, I can't wait until September hits and we can get back to normal.
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