Another weekend overwith. Another weekend with not much accomplished. It was a lazy feeling weekend and also a weekend where I wasn't feeling well.
Friday night I stopped into the grocery store on my way home from work to pick up a few things I needed to make a lasagna with. I was planning the lasagna for Saturday's supper, but was going to put it together on Friday night. Ryan emailed me earlier in the day on Friday and said he had gotten tickets for the Age of Daze show in Oromocto from a co-worker who couldn't got. I thought he said it was for Saturday evening. We were supposed to go camping on Saturday with my brother and his girlfriend, but with rain in the forecast, we abandoned those plans. Great I thought to myself, just when I thought we'd have nothing to do on Saturday, we now have tickets to see Age of Daze!
Anyway, I'm home and starting to get my lasagna together. Ryan comes home and asks me what I'm doing. I told him I was putting a lasagna together for tomorrow's supper. He said "Why did you start it now, the Age of Daze show is in an hour". I looked at him surprised and said "I thought you said it was tomorrow night"? He said "No, it's tonight". I finished the part I was working on for my lasagna, wrapped it up and put it in the fridge. I took off upstairs to get ready while Ryan lounged on the couch.
I came downstairs and sat on the couch beside Ryan. Both of us were yawning and feeling lazy. Ryan said "Shane also invited us over tonight, would you rather go to Shane's then to Age of Daze"? I told him it didn't matter to me. He said he didn't care either and that he wasn't really feeling up to doing much now that he had sat down, lol. I told him I felt the same way and was feeling slightly exhausted, lol. The start time of the Age of Daze show came and went and we were still sitting on the couch. I guess we decided we weren't going to the show. We decided not to go to Shane's either and we ordered a pizza and stayed in for the night, lol. I was also starting to feel like I may be getting sick, but wasn't sure if it was just my allergies or not as they had been plaguing me all week.
Saturday morning I woke up achy and with my throat sore. Yup, I was sick. Great. Man, I seem to get sick often. It seems like every couple of months or so, something is up with me. Luckily I had some of my prescription left from when I was sick in Tucson, so I started taking that on Saturday morning. I managed to put together the rest of my lasagna, Ryan went for a big bicycle ride and I slept in the afternoon while he was gone. We had a great supper and then rented a movie, spending another evening in at home.
Yesterday I woke up feeling better, but throat was still sore, just not as bad. I went to my parent's place to do laundry and had supper with them. I got home early in the evening, watched some Big Brother on TV and turned in early, hoping to fully kick my illness and be refreshed for work the next morning. I woke up in the middle of the night because of the rain pelting outside and from there, tossed and turned for well over an hour. So much for waking up refreshed this morning, lol. My throat is still sore, but getting better. I'd say in another couple of days I should be back to normal.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Lucky Night
My Aunt Nancy runs a canteen on Wednesday nights at local regular sporting event. On Tuesday night she called me and said one of her teens she has working for her wasn't able to come in for her shift and asked if I could give her a hand and cover the shift for her. I told her sure! I can always use some extra cash (I'm trying to save up now for the astronomical heating bills this winter, so straight to the bank I went this morning).
This canteen has always been a family affair so to speak. My mother worked there when I was very young. My Aunt Nancy started working there when my mom was there and has been there ever since, eventually taking it over. My cousin Krissy worked with us last night, my cousin Chris and his wife Sharla and their daughter Janelle were there and my cousin Susan was there also. The later part of the crew being spectators, not working. It was nice to see them as it had been a while. It seems that I only see family at funerals, so this was definately a happier occasion.
I only worked a couple of hours last night, but came home a hundred bucks richer. No, my Aunt doesn't pay that well. What happened was we bought some 50/50 tickets and didn't us canteen girls win! We split our winning and pocketed 75 bucks from the 50/50 and then the 25 bucks I earned, gave me 100 bucks total. I was definately glad to have had the opportunity to work last night!
This canteen has always been a family affair so to speak. My mother worked there when I was very young. My Aunt Nancy started working there when my mom was there and has been there ever since, eventually taking it over. My cousin Krissy worked with us last night, my cousin Chris and his wife Sharla and their daughter Janelle were there and my cousin Susan was there also. The later part of the crew being spectators, not working. It was nice to see them as it had been a while. It seems that I only see family at funerals, so this was definately a happier occasion.
I only worked a couple of hours last night, but came home a hundred bucks richer. No, my Aunt doesn't pay that well. What happened was we bought some 50/50 tickets and didn't us canteen girls win! We split our winning and pocketed 75 bucks from the 50/50 and then the 25 bucks I earned, gave me 100 bucks total. I was definately glad to have had the opportunity to work last night!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy Birthday Brother!
Today is my little brother's birthday. I guess he's not my little brother anymore, given that he's the ripe age of 27 today. It's hard to believe that 27 years ago, I was staying at my Aunt Patty's house while my mom went to the hospital "to get our baby".
I remember my Dad taking me to the hospital to visit Mom and my new baby brother. I climbed right into the hospital bed with Mom and started putting baby powder all over myself, lol. I remember when my parent's picked me up to take Richard home. My Mom was sitting in the front seat of the car, holding the baby all wrapped up in a blanket. Boy times have changed - I couldn't even imagine someone driving in a car now days, holding a baby in their arms!
Although we used to fight like cats and dogs when we were younger, my brother and I have gotten extremely close over the past 5 or so years. We've been through a lot as a family and I think that although it was tough at the time, there was some good that came from the hard times. We realized how much we meant to each other.
Happy Birthday Rich! I love you and am so proud of the person you've become!
I remember my Dad taking me to the hospital to visit Mom and my new baby brother. I climbed right into the hospital bed with Mom and started putting baby powder all over myself, lol. I remember when my parent's picked me up to take Richard home. My Mom was sitting in the front seat of the car, holding the baby all wrapped up in a blanket. Boy times have changed - I couldn't even imagine someone driving in a car now days, holding a baby in their arms!
Although we used to fight like cats and dogs when we were younger, my brother and I have gotten extremely close over the past 5 or so years. We've been through a lot as a family and I think that although it was tough at the time, there was some good that came from the hard times. We realized how much we meant to each other.
Happy Birthday Rich! I love you and am so proud of the person you've become!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Happy Belated Birthday Canada!
Well summer is now in full swing. I think Canada Day makes summer feel more real. The heat and humidity definately bring you into the summer time feel.
Ryan and I were both off for Canada Day. I was amazed that I actually had it off, because the 8 plus years that I've worked for the company I'm with, I've never had Canada Day off. It's not a holiday where we're sent up a lot of day off slots from corporate. At any rate, I was thankful to be off. I'm finding my job more and more stressful as time goes by. Maybe it has something to do with me getting older, maybe it's that I've been here too long, maybe it's because my job is painfully monotonous, maybe it's because it's super busy and I can't even take a breath between calls, maybe it's a lot of things, lol. Anyway, it was nice to be off.
We didn't do too much to celebrate Canada. We slept in and then had breakfast late. We went out to Ryan's parent's house to get the kayaks to go for a paddle, but his parent's beat us to it, lol. We decided to hop on the bike (Ryan's motorcycle) and head out to visit Phil and Anne, friends of Ryan's. We spent the afternoon on their deck enjoying a couple of beverages and chatting. We went back to Ryan's parent's place around supper time to drop off the bike and get the car and then headed back into Fredericton. We stopped and got some chicken and had that on the back deck once we got home and relaxed for a bit. We watched some tv and then watched the fireworks from upstairs. The advantages of living close to the river!
Ryan and I were both off for Canada Day. I was amazed that I actually had it off, because the 8 plus years that I've worked for the company I'm with, I've never had Canada Day off. It's not a holiday where we're sent up a lot of day off slots from corporate. At any rate, I was thankful to be off. I'm finding my job more and more stressful as time goes by. Maybe it has something to do with me getting older, maybe it's that I've been here too long, maybe it's because my job is painfully monotonous, maybe it's because it's super busy and I can't even take a breath between calls, maybe it's a lot of things, lol. Anyway, it was nice to be off.
We didn't do too much to celebrate Canada. We slept in and then had breakfast late. We went out to Ryan's parent's house to get the kayaks to go for a paddle, but his parent's beat us to it, lol. We decided to hop on the bike (Ryan's motorcycle) and head out to visit Phil and Anne, friends of Ryan's. We spent the afternoon on their deck enjoying a couple of beverages and chatting. We went back to Ryan's parent's place around supper time to drop off the bike and get the car and then headed back into Fredericton. We stopped and got some chicken and had that on the back deck once we got home and relaxed for a bit. We watched some tv and then watched the fireworks from upstairs. The advantages of living close to the river!
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