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26 November SNOW! It is snowing like crazy outside! Big flakes...and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight! My Vancouver friends are so excited to see it but for me it's something I could do without for awhile. My car is great in the snow but it's the stupid Vancouverites that make winter driving a nightmare. In addition to the heavy snowfall, there has been a "boil water" advisory here for the past week and a half. It hasn't really affected me as I never drink tap water on a good day.
I am going to venture out and shop for some snowboard boots today. I bought a cheap snowboard at the Snowshow and am excited to learn to snowboard this winter. It will be so nice to be able to drive half an hour to go boarding. I haven't been swooshing down a mountain since I lived in Kamloops back in 95. Where did those 11 years go?
I have been meeting alot of people over the last month and have been getting out of the house alot more which has been great. I just started seeing someone. Her name is Dawn. She is very nice and alot of fun. She is shorter than me if you can believe that!
As for work...I just finished taking a Department Supervisor Training course. It doesn't mean that I will be moving into a Supervisory role, but it puts me a step closer if that is something I would want later on. I am starting a new shift next week. I will be working 5am to 2pm from Tuesday to Saturday. It will be nice to have a regular schedule and the days go by so fast. By 9am I am on lunch and the day is half over. The only problem is that I am ready for bed by 4pm and need a nap then I can't sleep later. Oh well, I guess I will get used to it.
My friend Brian is coming down soon for a visit and Sandy is coming down and has a layover in Van at Christmas. It will be great to see them. My brother is having Christmas at his house again this year and my parents are coming home from Yuma to spend it with us. It's been a few years since we were all together so it will be great!
That's all for now. Must hop inthe shower.
S.
01 November I need to be.... i need to be a better friend....i need to be a better girlfriend....i need to be a better worker....i need to be a better aunty...i need to be a better sister...i need to be a better daughter...i need to be a better grand-daughter...i need to be a better PERSON!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sorry to all of those who understand this!!! I love you!! 17 October My car is definitely cursed I went out tonight to get some food and when I got back in my car I smelled something resembling smoke but not really. I thought it was just the raunchy fast food. I noticed my stereo humming which happens when a wire has come loose from the amp, so when I got home I decided to check it out. I was going to wait till morning but knew I would be in too much of a rush. When I opened the trunk there was smoke. The ground wire was loose and rubbing up against the metal causing sparks and the amp was too hot to even touch and was burning a hole on the plastic coating around the wires. So I unhooked all wires from the amp and the power wire from the fuse box and wrapped everything in electrical tape. My car probably would have started on fire if I didn't check it out until morning. FUN!!! 29 September bad stuff just keeps happening Ok...so my last entry was about some shitty things happening in my personal life and now I have a couple stories of bad things that happened to me yesterday.
First off I went to Victoria for 2 days to see Ang and Martina for Ang's birthday. It was a chance for me to get away and forget about anything stressful. Anyway..the visit was great as usual but on the way to the ferry yesterday I got rear ended by some dude in a Jeep Cherokee at a stop light. I will take a small bit of responsability for it because I braked a little hard at a yellow light and he said he thought I was going to try to make it then i put on my brakes. I think he was going to try to make the light if I did which is absolutely retarded because there wasn't even enough time for me. Anyway the traffic was going at a good speed so the guy plowed into my car pretty good. My head hit the headrest pretty hard and my big toe slammed into the brake pedal and got cut open. Other than that there was minimal paint damage so that was good. Anyway, we exchanged info and he is going to pay for the bumper to be painted. I believ that my car is cursed because I bought it on Halloween last year. It's had a rough year to say the least.
So my second story is that when I got into my car for work this morning, all my papers and cds and everything from my console and glove box was strewn all over my car! I must have forgot to lock it when i got all my bags out of the trunk. I ALWAYS lock my car! The funny thing is that nothing was missing, it was just all over the place. So the detective in me thinks it was the new upstairs neighbor who may have done this. Why you ask? Well because I was doing laundry and I came out to change it over and she had taken it out of the washer and put in on the dryer and put her stuff in the washer. I know it was her because I saw her through the window before I went outside to check it. So this upset me a little because I was just on my way to get it and "Miss Impatient" had to take it out herself. So I left a very polite note asking the culprit to not take my clothes out of the dryer and I would get it. So then this morning my belongings were all over my car. Good times!!! My $100 Oakley's were still there and so was my phone charger and my change so they just wanted revenge whoever it was (new neighbor!).
So that was my excitement in the last couple days. Tonight I am going to the Giants (hockey) game. I must go. Cheers.
S. 18 September Drama magnet I am a drama magnet! I think I always have been. What do I do wrong that always gets me into these fucked up situations? I am soooooo frustrated right now that I feel like Fort Nelson would be like heaven to me. At least there I had a home of my own with lots of space and a yard, and I had close friends that stuck by me no matter what stupid things happened, and even though I hated working in a mill...for the most part, I felt like I was at HOME. Vancouver still doesn't feel like my HOME.
I thought I had made a really great friend recently. Someone who I felt connected to right off the bat and someone I felt really comfortable around (which doesn't happen too often or too fast for me) and someone who understands me. She is gay also, so it was great to hang out and be able to talk freely about whatever. She has a partner of 10 or so years and there was never a problem with us hanging out until recently. The three of us met for dinner and it went great. We had some laughs and the parnter even said she liked me and wanted to set me up with a co-worker of hers. Anyway, long story short....the partner is no longer ok with us hanging out and there was a huge fight between them and now my friend can't/won't hang out anymore. The shitty thing is that we work together and now she is being all distant at work and it is making work really crappy when it used to be fun and laid back. It really sucks because neither her or I did ANYTHING wrong. We were just buddies and liked each other's company. Now I have pretty much lost that friend and am back to being a hermit in my cold, dark apartment. I can see where the partner is coming from because I am known to be a bit jealous at times (all my ex's are laughing their asses off right now). I understand that a young good looking single lesbian hanging out with your partner of 10 years could be a threat, but for "J" to feel like she did something wrong and that she shouldn't even talk to me at work is soooo wrong!!!! It's ironic I guess that so many times I got upset at people I was dating because they were getting a little too close to someone and now I am on the other end of that. It sucks!!!!!
Other than that... I had met a girl earlier in the summer and was kind of interested in her. We hung out a few times and I was under the impression that maybe we were dating. Well one night we went out to a club together. Within 30 minutes this girl was practically making out with some hoochie on the dance floor and then all of a sudden they were gone. Luckily a couple girls i knew from the softball team were there and I had someone to hang with otherwise I would have been there by myself. The shitty part of that evening was that I had left my keys at this girls place before we left for the club and she knew they were there. When I couldnt find her in the bar, i got a cab to her place but she wasnt there either. So in order to get into my apartment I had to walk to my landlord's maintenance guys house at 1am and get a master key. Luckily I know him a bit and he's a nice guy. So then I walked to my place. I finally get ahold of her in the morning. She tells me she went to a hotel with some girl. So....now I know that when a girl tells you she just got out of a relationship and she doesn't want anything serious, it ACTUALLY means "I want to sleep with everyone I see". This is good to know! I will keep that info locked away in my vault incase anyone ever says that to me again. Anyway this girl has recently apologized to me for all that and has decided not to be a "playa" anymore because it hurts people. We may hang out sometime as friends. As for me...I have learned another valuable lesson to go with all the other lessons I have learned in all my failed attempts at finding love.
So the two events I just described have hit my poor little ego pretty hard and I have pretty much just stayed home and pouted for the last while. I have a lot of people I could call to hang out with so why don't I? I don't know. I am afraid of drama and of being hurt. I am afraid of rejection mostly. It seems to happen alittle too often for my liking. I am in a huge rut and can't seem to find my way out. I wonder if I could get my job back at the mill? Just kidding!
If anyone has any words of wisdom.....feel free...............
S. 11 September What's new with me...... It's been awhile since my last confession....err...blog. Sorry to my loyal fans. What's new? Hmmmm....
First of all, I am now a full time Home Depot employee with full benefits and 40 hours a week. I am fully liscenced on the forklift, reach truck and order picker, which by the way wasn't suppose to happen until after my 3 month probie period, but because I am so amazing I was was advanced quicker. I also got an excellence pin from my boss "J". She told me how great and fabulous I was then gave me a shiny new pin to put on my apron. Collect five of these babies and recieve a day off with pay. Sweet deal! I will do my best to be excellent in the future. My boss is very cool and we have become friends as of late. We do lunch, and play pool where she kicks my ass and embarrases me terribly. It's nice to have someone to hang with because I was getting a little depressed being alone all the time. Anyway, so work is good except for the odd needy customer that has to bother me when I am doing something very important to ask a dumb ass question. So I go over and read the label to them and tell them "Yes...you can use this product outside as well as inside". The last 2 days have been interesting as I am the new opener. I work mostly 5am to 2pm. I do pack down for 2 hours before the store opens to get ready for the day. Packdown is taking full lifts of lumber, plywood, insulation, roofing etc down from the overheads with a machine and then filling up the bays at shoppping level. I like it alot. I like to organize the store and fill up shit. It's very satisfying. For those that know me you will understand why this makes me happy. Insert new paragraph here.....
As for my love life, well lets see.....THERE ISN'T ONE!!!! That girl from my birthday turned out to be a player so I had to forget about that. I haven't really met anyone so TO BE CONTINUED ....
I went to Victoria for 3 days to visit my friends Ang and Martina. It was soo nice to get out of the city for a bit. We just had a chance to chill and visit. It was relaxing. The damn ferry is getting crazy expensive though. Over $50 each way for just me and my little car. Then had to pay 6 bucks for a damn hamburer! It's insanity. The good news is that I filled my car up the other day for less than a dollar a litre! That hasnt happened for a very long time.
Well that's pretty much it. I am a loser! No excitement here to report. Later.
S... 21 August Whatta party!! So I went to this wild party yesterday. It was off the hook!!! There was balloons...there was cake....there was "hokey pokey"....there was loud music ("If you're happy and You Know It and "Fingers, Knees and Toes" were two of my favorites)....there was dancing. I mean this party was crazy fun!! My niece Olivia sure knows how to host a 2 year old birthday party! Happy birthday sweetie. A great time was had by all...except when the Nemo cake was put on it's side for cutting time. Poor little Livy was so attached to her Nemo cake that she had a little cry when it came time to cut. She kept saying "Nemo fall down" and "Nemo hurt" with her sad tear filled eyes. It was heartbreaking. Needless to say...next years cake won't be a replica of one of her favorite characters.
After the crazy party Cathleen and I headed into Stanley Park to see the Sara Harmer concert. It was really good. She put on a good show and the weather was beautiful. It was almost like being at the Merritt music fest without all the dust and drunkeness.
Work's been a bit crazy lately as we have lost 3 guys from our department in the last week. Today was especially crazy. I was the only one in our department because one guy just went home and another was on lunch and Jeanine was doing paperwork, so I had both our phones (we carry wireless phones and have to take calls from customers while we're on the floor) and they were both ringing, and I had customers bombarding me with questions and we were all out of 3/4 plywood and I had to get some down for a customer, and Returns was paging us to come pick up our returns. All this happened to me at once so I had to call J to come down. Today was the first day where I wanted a different job. It eventually slowed down and another guy came in so then it was all good again. Jeanine told me today that I will be put on full time at the end of my 3 month probabtionary period, which is in a month. So I will be getting full benefits very soon. Yippee!
That's all I have to say! Cheers!
S.
11 August Happy Birthday To Me! So it was my 31st birhtday on Tuesday! I am so old! The years are coming quicker now and I don't like it! I wish I was 19 again and knew what I know now. That would be so sweet! I would skip a few things and do some things different. Wouldn't we all?
Anyway I celebrated my birthday a few days early during Pride weekend, which was so so so so so fun!!!! Great weather, good friends close by and cute girls everywhere!! What could be better? I'm not sure either. Monday was spent recovering from the copious amounts of alcohol that was consumed. I worked 7-4 on my birthday which was OK cause I wasn't too excited about it anyway. The higher the number gets, the less excited I am for some reason. So I went to work and all was quiet....no one knew it was my birthday except Jeanine, who wasn't working.....and then out of no where John (another lumber person) wished me a happy birthday. I was confused as to how he would know it was my bday so I asked him. He played dumb and said he couldn't remember where he heard. Fine...I shrugged it off. Then an hour later I was paged to come to the "drywall aisle". I knew something was suspicious because they usually just call a "lumber associate". So I come around the corner and there is Trudy and my niece Olivia standing there with a bunch of balloons and some cupcakes. My secret was out!! Not only did I get balloons, but Trudy made me wear them on my tool belt around the store. So now, I was a walking birthday advertisement! Everyone was wishing me a happy birthday for the rest of the day. It was actually kind of fun. Thanks Trudy and Livy!
After work and a shower, I went to Carole's where she made me a great birthday dinner. It turned out to be a great day. I also got lots of messages and calls from friends and family. Thank you to: Mom and Dad, Steve and Trudy and Olivia, Cathleen, Ang and Martina, Stacy, Brian, Sandy, Debbie, and anyone I have forgotten.
S... 07 August PRIDE Yesterday was the big day! Pride Parade was wicked. The weather was hot and beautiful and the streets of Vancouver were packed with people. We got a nice spot right next to the road to watch the festivities. There was a big group of us. A good time was had by all! My friends were marching in the parade for their softball league. I could have marched with them but I opted to watch from the side lines. I'm not much of a marcher. My friends Ang and Martina came down for the weekend and they brought another friend Emily. It was really good to see them. I think they had a good time while they were here. They met the "girls" and hung out with us. It was alotta fun.
After the parade, I went to meet Carole. I met her at the Macaroni Grill for the after parade party. I felt a little weird at first because I didn't know anyone there, but her friends were really nice. We had some drinks and some dances. The Macaroni Grill is an old mansion on Davie Street which has been turned into a restaurant. It has two levels and a beautiful outside garden where people can sit and eat. There was one DJ upstairs playing old school music and one down stairs playing house music and outside in the garden there was Flamenco dancers and spanish kind of dinner music. It was very cool. I couldn't believe how many girls were there!! Who knew there were so many of us? It was absolutely packed!
When we came in and exchanged our tickets for wristbands, they gave the single people glow in the dark wristbands so we could tell who was single and who wasn't. I think thats a great idea! Every party should be like that. You could just see people checking for wristbands. It was kinda funny.
Anyway, we had a good time. I had to leave "Chicas" because T and Jena were having a BBQ and I wanted to see Ang and the girls. So I went home, showered up and then went to see the girls. We hung out for awhile then went to "Hershe Bar" downtown, which is the night time girly party. So the weekend was a success. I had a great time and I will post some pics. Right now I must go do some laundry and clean up. Later.
S. 31 July Happy pride week! It's Gay Pride Week here in the big city. Lots going on next weekend. Can't wait cause I have the whole weekend off. I have a couple friends coming down to visit from Quesnel . This will be wicked! Can't wait to see them. (Hope you don't mind sleeping on a camping bed!) Wow..I'm going to have my first overnight guests! How exciting!
I am currently experimenting with furniture rearranging. I have moved my tiny living room into my bedroom and my bedroom into the living room. I think it will work out when I am finished. I will hide my bed and dresser area with some sort of Chinese screens. I just wanted more space for my living room so I can put my new couches and tv in a normal arrangment that will feel homy. This place has not yet felt homy. I am contemplating finding another place but I really dont want to move again.
So I called Carol, the girl who's number I got at work the other day. She is going to hook me up with a ticket to a Pride party after the parade on Sunday. I am going to meet up with her and her friends and hang with them for a bit. It will be good to meet some people.
I went to see my parents today. Havent seen them in quite awhile so it was good to see them. We went for lunch then Mom and I went to the mall. I helped her pick out some duds and she bought me a couple things for an early b-day present. She had another appointment at the cancer clinic today and everything is well. Awesome!
I have to go get my laundry now and continue my rearranging. Later.
S. 05 July My feet hurt!! Hello readers!! How are you today? I am fine thanks except my feet freekin hurt!! My job requires alot more manual labour than what I'm used to. Alot of walking and standing on a cement floor. I don't have a tricycle to ride from one side of the place to the other like I did at OSB. Once I get my forklift ticket I guess I will get a break once in awhile and get off my feet. I cant wait to get my forklift training because they use the exact same Cat forklift that I drove at OSB and the dudes that I work with are pretty sloww drivers. Its quite painful to watch actually. I had a guy who wanted to hire me the other day when I was cutting up some plywood for him. He was impressed with my skills I guess. He said to a lady near by..."She's a treat to watch on that saw isnt she?" It waas pretty funny. I also had someone tell me I was the friendliest person working there. Can you imagine that? It's probably only because I'm the newest and I still enjoy it. ANyway things are going good. Thanks for the comments people I love them. Miss those of you I haven't seen in awhile. Later.
S.. 04 July Happy Birthday Steve!!!! It's my big brother's birthday today! Happy birthday Steve. Love you. See you tomorrow. 26 June C comes home today! Sorry I havent updated this thing for awhile. Ok....so whats new? Well I have worked only one full shift at Safeway and that was awhile ago now. It went pretty well except no one seems to want to work with a trainee. Oh well whatever. I'm so over Safeway! I have been working at Home Depot for the past 2 weeks and I love it!! It's the perfect job for me.
The woman who hired me is very cool and fun to work with and she is also my supervisor in the lumber dept. Things are really laid back there and everyone gets along great and has fun at work. There is a foosball table and a big satellite tv in the lunchroom so we've been watching the world cup on our breaks. Eight hour shifts are wicked!!! Its so nice to work normal hours! And I get an hour for lunch! I really like the people I work with. Lots of different kinds of people...young and old, white and brown, gay and straight....its pretty cool. A couple of the guys I work with thought I was this fragile little thing but I think I am proving myself. This one dude told me to "step back...this is dangerous!". He was operating a pry bar!!!! It was so funny!
My boss (Jeanine) came up to me yesterday and told me I was doing a really good job and have just jumped right in, so that made me feel really good. It's very busy in lumber right now so its pretty hard work. Lots of walking and lifting heavy things and cutting up wood for people. The days go by fast and I get a good workout too.
My parents surprised me at work yesterday. I was helping someone and then I turned around and there they were. I guess they wanted to see me in action. So I visited for a bit and Dad wanted to check some stuff out then we went for lunch. My Mom said I look cute with my tool belt. Aww thats so cute. Thanks Mom.
So Safeway keeps calling me to work but they give me like half day notice and they know Im working somewhere else. I'm thinking I will probably quit there. I dont want to work EVERYDAY of the week and I dont need the extra money right now.
Cathleen flys home today...for good!! She's done with Ft Nelson and is excited to be coming home. She thinks I'm working today so I'm going to surprise her at the airport. Tomorrow is her birthday so I am going to have the girls over tomorrow after there ball practice. It will be fun. Anyway.. I have to shower and get on with it. Later
S>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 13 June Hooked up I'm hooked up with internet now so I will be able to update you all more frequently. First of all, I'm glad to know everyone at OSB is ok. Thanks Sandy. My new number is 604-708-3010 if anyone wants it.
My job at Safeway is going good. I'm still in the training process right now. Just trying to memorize produce codes which is hard for me as I have the worst memory on the planet and I have A.D.D. right now so its hard to study them. I bagged groceries for a couple hours the other day as I'm not allowed on the till yet. Who knew bagging groceries could be so much fun? Did you know that you put boxes down the sides of the bag to build walls, then put heavy things like cans and jars on the bottom to make a stable base then fill the rest of the bag with lighter items and crushables (such as bread and eggs)? Niether did I. But now I do and I'm a better person for it
 . It's kinda fun getting up in the morning and putting on my new black pants, black leather shoes and Safeway khaki button up shirt and go down to a coffee shop on Commercial Drive to have coffee and a muffin before work. I feel like a normal working person. Its also nice not to work 12 hour shifts too! I have only worked 4 hour days so far because I'm training and if I don't get many hours I can work at any Safeway in the area who needs people. Apparently my Safeway is the busiest one in Canada. I havent seen that yet but I'm sure I will. I saw two people get taken to the back room for shop lifting the other day. We have our own security guard who is in the store all the time. I'm a liitle intimidated to work there as it is a bit of a scetchy area with a sky train station near by and alot of transient/drug user type people around. I have been sooo sheltered in my life. I guess I need to toughen up. I applied to Home Depot in Richmond the other day and got a call for an interview the next day. So I meet with the lumber dept manager tomorrow. I am hoping to get hired there. They pay a bit more and its more up my alley. It's weird to walk up the aisle and see the blue Polarboard bundles there for sale. I also dropped off an application to the Home Depot that is in Vancouver. I will keep you posted.
I went and had some lunch outside at this little place on the drive and the streets were filled with the yellow and green Brazil colors. People were cheering and dancing in the streets supporting there favorite soccer team. There were hundreds of them! Walking and driving up and down the street. It was pretty fun to watch. Apparently they close the street when it gets down to the finals. Is that what its like when the Canucks make the finals? I guess I'll have to wait to find that out!! Maybe next year?
My new place is slowly coming together. I'm constantly organizing and trying to find a place for everything. Well, I have to go fold laundry. Later.
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