Friday. Oh how I've been longing to see you! I will love you even more when you turn to 8:45 p.m. and I can log out from work and get the heck away for 2 days. I just wish it were a long weekend for me too and that I didn't have to come back to work on Monday, but oh well...atleast I didn't get drafted to work on Canada Day!
This week has been so hard on the head at work. So many SC's (stupid customers) who refuse to back down and accept the fact that they waited too long and we really don't have cars left, or some other stupid issue they bring up.
Carrie arrives in town today and I am so freakin' excited to see her! She's only here until Monday, but will be back again in August. Her and Chris may be stopping into my place tonight, Ryan and I have Angela's wedding tomorrow and Sunday we're having Carrie and Chris over for surf and turf dinner...they're deprived Ontarians, so we're going to show them some good ole Maritime hospitality with seafood! :)
Friday, June 29, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Duh!
This weekend is the holiday weekend - Canada Day. As you can probably imagine, we're super busy at work, pumping out the rental cars.
It's well known that Toronto is Canada's biggest city - our New York if you will. In large cities a large percentage of the population relies on public transportation and they don't own a vehicle. Therefore on holidays weekends when everyone wants to get away, these people all want rental vehicles. That's a scenario that easily understood right? Well, why is it that the people who live in these big cities don't understand that their fellow citizens want to do the same and were smart about it... and actually called ahead and booked in advance. If I have to tell one more stupid Toronto residence "That is correct, we ARE sold out for the holiday weekend", I'm going to go nuts!
It's well known that Toronto is Canada's biggest city - our New York if you will. In large cities a large percentage of the population relies on public transportation and they don't own a vehicle. Therefore on holidays weekends when everyone wants to get away, these people all want rental vehicles. That's a scenario that easily understood right? Well, why is it that the people who live in these big cities don't understand that their fellow citizens want to do the same and were smart about it... and actually called ahead and booked in advance. If I have to tell one more stupid Toronto residence "That is correct, we ARE sold out for the holiday weekend", I'm going to go nuts!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Oh The Drama!
Tuesday already, wow. Yesterday went by extremely fast for me, so here's hoping that the rest of the week does too! I rediscovered Facebook at work (muhahahaha) thanks to my coworker "Poet" and can now hack in, in a secret way. Mind you it's a half-a$$ version and doesn't have the full advantages of logging into Facebook regularly, but I'll take what I can get, right.
So last weekend was Angela's stagette. For me to say I had a fantastic time would be a lie. A simple, honest mistake that I made at the end of the evening, led to a few people getting mad at me-which was complete bull$hit. I apologized for my honest mistake, however am left feeling that I'm not believed. I also learned that someone was backstabbing me and deliberately trying to make me look bad through lies, so needless to say I don't have much use for that person anymore. I can smile and nod and play nice for now to get through this week. After this week, my contact with this person will become extremely limited.
It sucks when people act so childish and deliberately hurt others to make themselves look better.
I've learned recently from someone that the secret of life is to turn everything into a positive. That person's message has really stuck with me and I've been trying to adapt that philosphy to my life. Applying it to the situation I just described above, my positive spin on it is that I learned about this backstabber's true colors now, rather than say a couple years down the road when say we may both have children involved their own friendships along sides ours and then said backstabber did something that tore away not only my friendship but our children's. It sounds stupid, but it's my "positive" that's getting me through this, lol.
So last weekend was Angela's stagette. For me to say I had a fantastic time would be a lie. A simple, honest mistake that I made at the end of the evening, led to a few people getting mad at me-which was complete bull$hit. I apologized for my honest mistake, however am left feeling that I'm not believed. I also learned that someone was backstabbing me and deliberately trying to make me look bad through lies, so needless to say I don't have much use for that person anymore. I can smile and nod and play nice for now to get through this week. After this week, my contact with this person will become extremely limited.
It sucks when people act so childish and deliberately hurt others to make themselves look better.
I've learned recently from someone that the secret of life is to turn everything into a positive. That person's message has really stuck with me and I've been trying to adapt that philosphy to my life. Applying it to the situation I just described above, my positive spin on it is that I learned about this backstabber's true colors now, rather than say a couple years down the road when say we may both have children involved their own friendships along sides ours and then said backstabber did something that tore away not only my friendship but our children's. It sounds stupid, but it's my "positive" that's getting me through this, lol.
Friday, June 22, 2007
TGIF!
T.G.I.F! This week has dragged on so bad for me. The shifts that I've been pulling at work feel like 15 hours rather 8! I think me coming back from vacation has contributed to the dragging-on feeling and also now that it's summertime and I'd rather be elsewhere than at work is also adding to it.
Tomorrow is Angela's stagette party. We're starting out at Kim's house and then heading to the bars afterwards. It's hard to believe that Angela's wedding is almost here. The time has really flown by!
Tomorrow is Angela's stagette party. We're starting out at Kim's house and then heading to the bars afterwards. It's hard to believe that Angela's wedding is almost here. The time has really flown by!
Monday, June 18, 2007
Back From Vacation...What A Sad, Sad Day!
So I'm back. Having a week off work was nice, but I just wish I could have gotten a week off later in the summer months. Oh well, you take what you can get right.
My week was spent mostly in Fredericton, I didn't travel too far with a lack of funds currently. Monday I went grocery shopping and went to Walmart to pick up a few things (man I really don't like our new Northside Walmart). Tuesday I went to Oromocto and went to the Giant Tiger store and found a few buys. Wednesday my Dad took the day off work and he, myself and my Mom went to the States to Houlton, Maine for the day. Thursday I helped my Mom plant flowers at my brother's place for him and Friday I went camping in Oak Bay with Angela, Kim and Alisha. You can view the camping pics on my Facebook.
And speaking of Facebook, that's what the second "sad" is for in today's blog title. The first sad is for having to come back to work. The second sad is for Facebook. They've blocked Facebook from us here at work! After having it for months they've now decided we can't view it at work. I have no idea why either. I mean, I have access to this blog, MSN messenger, to hotmail, games, you tube.com, pretty much everything...and I mean everything as I've seen people pulling up some things online that they shouldn't be at work. So yah Facebook is really the only thing that I can think of that they've denied us access to. The only reason I can think of is that they would be saying it's a "distration" from our work. If that's the reason why, I think it's crazy because nothing is more distrating than MSN messenger and trying to chat with your friends while working. Anyway...I almost cried today when I sat at my desk (which was in a state of disaray with numerous items missing...I love going away for a week and your desk becomes a buffet to everyone else) and saw I couldn't log into Facebook.
Sigh. I guess I'll be visiting my parent's house more often now so I can keep up with Facebook! I guess my blogging will probably become more regular now too, now that I don't have Facebook at work, lol.
My week was spent mostly in Fredericton, I didn't travel too far with a lack of funds currently. Monday I went grocery shopping and went to Walmart to pick up a few things (man I really don't like our new Northside Walmart). Tuesday I went to Oromocto and went to the Giant Tiger store and found a few buys. Wednesday my Dad took the day off work and he, myself and my Mom went to the States to Houlton, Maine for the day. Thursday I helped my Mom plant flowers at my brother's place for him and Friday I went camping in Oak Bay with Angela, Kim and Alisha. You can view the camping pics on my Facebook.
And speaking of Facebook, that's what the second "sad" is for in today's blog title. The first sad is for having to come back to work. The second sad is for Facebook. They've blocked Facebook from us here at work! After having it for months they've now decided we can't view it at work. I have no idea why either. I mean, I have access to this blog, MSN messenger, to hotmail, games, you tube.com, pretty much everything...and I mean everything as I've seen people pulling up some things online that they shouldn't be at work. So yah Facebook is really the only thing that I can think of that they've denied us access to. The only reason I can think of is that they would be saying it's a "distration" from our work. If that's the reason why, I think it's crazy because nothing is more distrating than MSN messenger and trying to chat with your friends while working. Anyway...I almost cried today when I sat at my desk (which was in a state of disaray with numerous items missing...I love going away for a week and your desk becomes a buffet to everyone else) and saw I couldn't log into Facebook.
Sigh. I guess I'll be visiting my parent's house more often now so I can keep up with Facebook! I guess my blogging will probably become more regular now too, now that I don't have Facebook at work, lol.
Friday, June 8, 2007
Friday's here, almost time to be sprung for a week!
This week has surprisingly gone by pretty fast. I figured that it would drag on because I'm on vacation next week and thought that it would seem like forever for Friday to get here. That being said, since I'm on vacation all next week, I more than likely won't be doing any blogging. I know I've been slacking alot in my blogging ever since Facebook came into my life, but I do try and manage to post here a couple of times a week. Next week I doubt that I'll make an appearance at all, lol.
I don't really have any plans next week for vacation. I'm kind of bummed because next week is the only week in the summer that I could get off, so I better enjoy it I guess, lol. I just wish the water was warmer for swimming and stuff. I just plan to putter around the house and soak in alot of rays in my backyard - here's hoping the weather will be nice next week. I'm also trying to convince a couple of friends to be "sick" from work next week and to take a trip to Houlton for the day shopping. If they can't be "sick" I'm debating on going by myself. Would that seem weird to the boarder guards? LOL.
Ryan and I have a formal dinner to go to tomorrow for his work. It's a steak and lobster dinner that his company puts on every summer, followed by a dance. I'm looking forward to getting all dressed up and going with him, as we never really get a chance to do that much, but I'm not looking forward to not-knowing anyone else other than him there. I guess that's why God invented alcohol right?
I don't really have any plans next week for vacation. I'm kind of bummed because next week is the only week in the summer that I could get off, so I better enjoy it I guess, lol. I just wish the water was warmer for swimming and stuff. I just plan to putter around the house and soak in alot of rays in my backyard - here's hoping the weather will be nice next week. I'm also trying to convince a couple of friends to be "sick" from work next week and to take a trip to Houlton for the day shopping. If they can't be "sick" I'm debating on going by myself. Would that seem weird to the boarder guards? LOL.
Ryan and I have a formal dinner to go to tomorrow for his work. It's a steak and lobster dinner that his company puts on every summer, followed by a dance. I'm looking forward to getting all dressed up and going with him, as we never really get a chance to do that much, but I'm not looking forward to not-knowing anyone else other than him there. I guess that's why God invented alcohol right?
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Another Weekend Quickly Overwith
The weekends just aren't long enough. The work week drags on so slowly that it feels like you've worked 8 days in a row instead of 5, then the weekend finally comes around and you feel like you've had a 1/2 day off instead of 2 full days.
Friday night I went up to my parents for a visit as I hadn't seen them all week. I then went home and stayed up until well after 2 a.m. preparing food and straightening up in preparation for the BBQ Ryan and I were hosting on Saturday.
Saturday I rose very early and began my numerous tasks for the day - cleaning, planting my flower boxes, cleaning, getting beer, cleaning, getting propane...you get the idea. Ryan gets home to my place at around 2 in the afternoon (he had to work until 1 p.m. and didn't get out right away) and tells me that the brakes are going in his truck and he's taking it over to Crappy Tire. He just got his truck back last week from getting repaired, so it's frustrating. He comes back shortly after dropping the truck off and we hang the flower boxes around the deck and start getting ready for our guests.
We had a pretty good turn out, my friend Shelly and her two kids, Mike, Chris, Andrew and Red...I asked Ryan what Red's real name is and he said he honestly doesn't know - that everyone has just always called him Red, lol. Everyone had cleared out by around 8 p.m., so Ryan and I packed up and headed out to his parent's house for the evening to retreat as they were away for the weekend.
Sunday I layed out for a couple of hours and worked on my tan and then went to my parent's place for supper and to do laundry. Sunday night I headed back out to Ryan's parent's place and we had some treats and watched the Sopranos.
Friday night I went up to my parents for a visit as I hadn't seen them all week. I then went home and stayed up until well after 2 a.m. preparing food and straightening up in preparation for the BBQ Ryan and I were hosting on Saturday.
Saturday I rose very early and began my numerous tasks for the day - cleaning, planting my flower boxes, cleaning, getting beer, cleaning, getting propane...you get the idea. Ryan gets home to my place at around 2 in the afternoon (he had to work until 1 p.m. and didn't get out right away) and tells me that the brakes are going in his truck and he's taking it over to Crappy Tire. He just got his truck back last week from getting repaired, so it's frustrating. He comes back shortly after dropping the truck off and we hang the flower boxes around the deck and start getting ready for our guests.
We had a pretty good turn out, my friend Shelly and her two kids, Mike, Chris, Andrew and Red...I asked Ryan what Red's real name is and he said he honestly doesn't know - that everyone has just always called him Red, lol. Everyone had cleared out by around 8 p.m., so Ryan and I packed up and headed out to his parent's house for the evening to retreat as they were away for the weekend.
Sunday I layed out for a couple of hours and worked on my tan and then went to my parent's place for supper and to do laundry. Sunday night I headed back out to Ryan's parent's place and we had some treats and watched the Sopranos.
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