Well, it's been an interesting week. Lots of work-work (an unbelievable amount of paper has crossed my desk this week). A bit of manual labour (dig, dig, dig, dig... yay, no more digging!). And for some extra weirdness, we're going to be moving, sometime in the next 2 months. Our landlord has decided he wants to give our house to his daughter to live in, so out we go, by November 30.
Now, we had planned on moving anyway, just were thinking maybe Spring would be a better time. Ah well - everything happens for a reason, in its season, as they say. So the next few weeks are going to be hectic; finding a place, packing, hauling some stuff out to Peter's brother's place and to my folks... (smart parents, mine - they gave us a patio set for our wedding and now they're "storing" it for us - theirs is worn out). Not a lot of time for knitting in the next while, but this weekend I'm going to try to get a bit in, in between loads of laundry and calling for apartment viewings. Provided Mok-mok, Preventer of Knitting Via Excessive Cute-Snuggling, lets me!
Sep 26, 2008
Sep 20, 2008
Saturday *sigh*
So I goofed last night/this morning and shut off MY alarm when I shut off Peter's at 1 a.m. Which means I slept too late to make it to my exercise class, and for extra fun woke up from a nightmare by means of Mok licking the nightmare-tears from my face (good kitty, she loves me). After a half-hour of cuddle-recovery from the dream (which I thank God can't remember), I got up and am FREEZING cold with full-body aches. Blargh.
Upside, I got on the scale and am down to 171.4 lbs - was around 175 a couple weeks ago (too lazy to look it up right now) so apparently the cigarette diet is working. HA! Yeah, I'm smoking again, full-on. About 3 packs in the last 2 weeks, and with the corresponding lack of appetite I'm losing weight, albeit in the "wrong" way. Whatever, I'll quit again soon - quitting is not hard for me to do - and it has been helping me deal with stress at work, so I'm not going to beat myself up for it. Although I DO at times want to beat up my fellow-smokers, who have invariably been greeting me outside the past week with "What are YOU doing here? You quit! What's that in your hand? Oh no!" And I'm responding (pleasantly) with "same as you, having a smoke. " God, the hypocrisy.
So today I'm going to take it easy again, and maybe putter on some laundry, and maybe knit and maybe read or game awhile. I'm tired, bone tired, despite having slept longer than usual (or maybe that's why). Odd, I've been feeling better and better (mentally/emotionally) all week, but today I just want to stay in my PJs and do not much. Tomorrow will be better.
Upside, I got on the scale and am down to 171.4 lbs - was around 175 a couple weeks ago (too lazy to look it up right now) so apparently the cigarette diet is working. HA! Yeah, I'm smoking again, full-on. About 3 packs in the last 2 weeks, and with the corresponding lack of appetite I'm losing weight, albeit in the "wrong" way. Whatever, I'll quit again soon - quitting is not hard for me to do - and it has been helping me deal with stress at work, so I'm not going to beat myself up for it. Although I DO at times want to beat up my fellow-smokers, who have invariably been greeting me outside the past week with "What are YOU doing here? You quit! What's that in your hand? Oh no!" And I'm responding (pleasantly) with "same as you, having a smoke. " God, the hypocrisy.
So today I'm going to take it easy again, and maybe putter on some laundry, and maybe knit and maybe read or game awhile. I'm tired, bone tired, despite having slept longer than usual (or maybe that's why). Odd, I've been feeling better and better (mentally/emotionally) all week, but today I just want to stay in my PJs and do not much. Tomorrow will be better.
Sep 18, 2008
We are becoming a nation of wimps
From the Weather Network website, Thursday September 18, 2008, 3:29 p.m.:
FROST WARNING: City of Ottawa
Issued at 3:00 PM EDT THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2008
WIDESPREAD FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A WARNING THAT AT OR NEAR ZERO GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE FROST IN THE PARTS OF THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
A LARGE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS PRESSING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO AND WILL SETTLE OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO TONIGHT. UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT WIDE SPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED.
My God. It's FROST, people, not a bloody 3-foot blizzard! Jeez...
FROST WARNING: City of Ottawa
Issued at 3:00 PM EDT THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2008
WIDESPREAD FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A WARNING THAT AT OR NEAR ZERO GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE FROST IN THE PARTS OF THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
A LARGE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS PRESSING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO AND WILL SETTLE OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO TONIGHT. UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT WIDE SPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED.
My God. It's FROST, people, not a bloody 3-foot blizzard! Jeez...
Fall is upon us!
Well, not for another 3 days per se, but the chilly temperatures in the mornings this week are making me think I'd better get the toque done to match the scarf I did last month! Been working away here and there on the new sweater, it's at a fiddly bit around the neckline/shoulders and every time I pick it up to work on, a cat materializes in my lap so the progress is a bit slow. Ah well, even 1 row is something!
Things are "evening out" for lack of a better term, emotionally and whatnot. I've been on Effexor XR for a week now and once I got over the initial side effects, it seems to be helping. Of course just talking things out with people and trying to let go of the little daily annoyances is helping too! My new motto is: "If this is my problem, I'll deal with it. If it's not, I'm not going to worry about it." With my job, just being able to step back and say, "Hey, not my responsibility" is a WONDERFUL solution.
And with the rest of life, I am doing my damndest to not make mountains of molehills. For instance, my car needs repair (the muffler is d-e-a-d). This will cost between $200-$500 to fix depending on how badly rusted out the other bits and pieces of the exhaust system are. Six months ago, this would have been a CRISIS - how can we afford it, when can I get it fixed, etc. etc. Now, it's an inconvenience, but not a catastrophe. Take car to shop, shop fixes car, car is safe and sound again, carry on. It just means a pinch in the budget but we will have some extra income in the next couple of weeks so it's a temporary glitch. Dishes piled up in the kitchen? Well, if they don't get done today, they'll get done tomorrow. Ditto laundry, as long as we both have enough clean clothes to get through the work week, I don't mind spending part of Sunday doing the washing. We're not living in an insurmountable den of filth, so I'm not going to feel guilty if I don't want to do chores after work every night.
Maybe it's because the sun has finally decided to come out and stay a few days, but I'm actually feeling pretty good about life, the universe, and everything (42). So I want to make note of that, so I can look at it if a dark day rolls in. Happy Thursday.
Things are "evening out" for lack of a better term, emotionally and whatnot. I've been on Effexor XR for a week now and once I got over the initial side effects, it seems to be helping. Of course just talking things out with people and trying to let go of the little daily annoyances is helping too! My new motto is: "If this is my problem, I'll deal with it. If it's not, I'm not going to worry about it." With my job, just being able to step back and say, "Hey, not my responsibility" is a WONDERFUL solution.
And with the rest of life, I am doing my damndest to not make mountains of molehills. For instance, my car needs repair (the muffler is d-e-a-d). This will cost between $200-$500 to fix depending on how badly rusted out the other bits and pieces of the exhaust system are. Six months ago, this would have been a CRISIS - how can we afford it, when can I get it fixed, etc. etc. Now, it's an inconvenience, but not a catastrophe. Take car to shop, shop fixes car, car is safe and sound again, carry on. It just means a pinch in the budget but we will have some extra income in the next couple of weeks so it's a temporary glitch. Dishes piled up in the kitchen? Well, if they don't get done today, they'll get done tomorrow. Ditto laundry, as long as we both have enough clean clothes to get through the work week, I don't mind spending part of Sunday doing the washing. We're not living in an insurmountable den of filth, so I'm not going to feel guilty if I don't want to do chores after work every night.
Maybe it's because the sun has finally decided to come out and stay a few days, but I'm actually feeling pretty good about life, the universe, and everything (42). So I want to make note of that, so I can look at it if a dark day rolls in. Happy Thursday.
Sep 8, 2008
Step 1: make a plan
Next year (next summer), Peter and I are taking a REAL vacation - the first one we've had in about oh... six years? We are going to drive out to Gibsons BC and back, and the plan is to have it coincide with the Gibsons Fiber Festival. When we first got together, and for the longest time when we were dating, we spent loads of time just bombing around the back roads, driving here and there - then we did a road trip down East so I could show Peter my old stomping grounds, and now this will be about double the length of that trip. Suffice to say, we love spending time driving together!
Of course there are many things to be arranged in the meantime - vacation time to accrue and book off, a new(er) vehicle (that's the biggie, but we'll figure something out) that will be road-worthy for the trip, and then we will pack our little bags and boogie!
It's a year away, and I'm already excited. This. Will. Happen.
Of course there are many things to be arranged in the meantime - vacation time to accrue and book off, a new(er) vehicle (that's the biggie, but we'll figure something out) that will be road-worthy for the trip, and then we will pack our little bags and boogie!
It's a year away, and I'm already excited. This. Will. Happen.
Sep 5, 2008
Week in review
Today's thought for the day: "If Sinners Entice Thee, Consent Thou Not" (from Isaiah, apparently, but I heard it in "Guys and Dolls". I interpret that to mean not so much that one should resist temptation, but rather take responsibility for oneself. In other words, "No Excuses." So that's my thought for the week.
It has been a rough week, I admit. Ups and downs, of the sharp extreme type, and mostly I'm just tired out now. Work is starting to get out of control again (summer insanity is over, and now the fall is looking worse), and I'm starting to question how much longer I can remain here. I think to a large extent my work situation is affecting my eating/exercise/stress response habits, and not in a good way - but (see above) that's up to me to examine and deal with. Can't point fingers to blame others for my own actions. I've been eating poorly, sleeping poorly, not exercising (much), and I even had a couple of cigarettes this week. However, I am a grown up rational person and if I DECIDE that's what I really want to do, I'm not going to beat myself up about it. Just move on and try to do better.
It has been a rough week, I admit. Ups and downs, of the sharp extreme type, and mostly I'm just tired out now. Work is starting to get out of control again (summer insanity is over, and now the fall is looking worse), and I'm starting to question how much longer I can remain here. I think to a large extent my work situation is affecting my eating/exercise/stress response habits, and not in a good way - but (see above) that's up to me to examine and deal with. Can't point fingers to blame others for my own actions. I've been eating poorly, sleeping poorly, not exercising (much), and I even had a couple of cigarettes this week. However, I am a grown up rational person and if I DECIDE that's what I really want to do, I'm not going to beat myself up about it. Just move on and try to do better.
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