On the Road Again......
Tomorrow is my sweetie's birthday and I am taking him to Ottawa to see the exhibit from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts titled: Tombs of Eternity: The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, and it's all about Ancient Egypt, mummies and archaeological digs. There will be lovely specimens to see and an IMAX movie about how these artifacts are found. We will then we hit the road, driving back home, but before we get all the way back, we will be stopping off at his nephew's house for some cake and coffee. We will sing a little birthday ditty of course, then finally back home, where we shall pick up some ribs to bring home, and I will give him his present. Now all this is happening because he LOVES anything to do with ancient Egypt and you would not guess in a million years what his gift is. Shall I tell you now....or wait till Sunday?
I will have to wait till Sunday!!! Main reason is that just in case he ever reads this (highly unlikely) I don't want the surprise to be ruined, and I also want to tell you all about his reaction to the gift! It had better be a good one! I expect total speechlessness, and maybe a small tear. Blubbering nonsense will also be accepted!!
This now means I have made a promise and I must return with news on Sunday.... and I'll update you all on what's been happening!
Have a great weekend!!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Back from the Land Before Time
Hello everyone,
Its been a really tough couple of months. The new job was grueling and I was so exhausted, and I was battling the blues, and I had no stomach for writing.
But I've overcome all that! The job has settled down somewhat, and things are looking better in the romantic arena and the blues are gone for now, so I will try to catch up with everything.
Work has been hell. When I was being interviewed, they asked me how I felt about occasional overtime. I know that in the finance department, there will be overtime at month-end, its all part of the job. But I had no idea I was supposed to be working 12 hour days almost every day. Its almost like Survivor ....whoever makes it to the year-end, will get their bonus (mega bucks$$$), and if you don't make it...oh well ...toodles! Less money to be paid out!
My kids are doing great. I am so proud of these 2 boys. Don't get me wrong, we all have our moments of doppiness, but on the whole they are great. Alex is in college, which here in Quebec is halfway between last year of high school and first year of college. He is doing really well with his classes, which is film studies, but then he had better be since he chose them!! He is also working part time at a Halloween Store that opened for eight weeks only, so with all the hours he is putting in, he has very little time to go out with friends. But even though its taking up so much of his time and he is exhausted, he hangs in there for the money(he needs to pay back his Dad for the Playstaion 3 he got on Boxing Day) and because he knows its all over after Halloween. He told me he'll take a rest when the job is done.
Andrew is in his second year of high school and he is also doing very well. This is such a huge releif for us, since he was diagnosed as ADD and was on medication for a few years in elementary school. He doesn't take any mdeication now, and he is doing so well. When he does well, he is motivated to work harder and this results in even better marks! All this by himself. I don't have to get on his case to do homework and he manages to organise his stuff without my checking up on him. Occasionally he'll screw up, but hey....we all do! I tell them every day how proud I am of them!
Things are going well in the romance department. Perhaps not as quickly as I would want, but I have to accept and live within the restrictions of our reality. At this moment we are both supporting our kids and there is too much going on to allow us to be together as a single unit. It bothered me in the begining, cause I thought it was all like a hollywood movie....you know.....your kids....my kids....great big happy family. Now I know that this is not real, that we all have our stuff and I have to say that I am content with the way things are right now! I get to see him when we have time and its been really good when we are together, so much so that I can live with this for as long as it takes to get our "ducks lined up in a row". B and I have something special that neither one of has ever experienced before and we both want to nurture it into what I beleive will be a wonderful life together. However long it takes, I am committed, and I beleive he is too. Only time will tell, and I am willing to give it all I have.
That's it for now......I'll get to mere stuff this week, as the kids are with their Dad and I am home alone!!!
Have a great day!!!
Its been a really tough couple of months. The new job was grueling and I was so exhausted, and I was battling the blues, and I had no stomach for writing.
But I've overcome all that! The job has settled down somewhat, and things are looking better in the romantic arena and the blues are gone for now, so I will try to catch up with everything.
Work has been hell. When I was being interviewed, they asked me how I felt about occasional overtime. I know that in the finance department, there will be overtime at month-end, its all part of the job. But I had no idea I was supposed to be working 12 hour days almost every day. Its almost like Survivor ....whoever makes it to the year-end, will get their bonus (mega bucks$$$), and if you don't make it...oh well ...toodles! Less money to be paid out!
My kids are doing great. I am so proud of these 2 boys. Don't get me wrong, we all have our moments of doppiness, but on the whole they are great. Alex is in college, which here in Quebec is halfway between last year of high school and first year of college. He is doing really well with his classes, which is film studies, but then he had better be since he chose them!! He is also working part time at a Halloween Store that opened for eight weeks only, so with all the hours he is putting in, he has very little time to go out with friends. But even though its taking up so much of his time and he is exhausted, he hangs in there for the money(he needs to pay back his Dad for the Playstaion 3 he got on Boxing Day) and because he knows its all over after Halloween. He told me he'll take a rest when the job is done.
Andrew is in his second year of high school and he is also doing very well. This is such a huge releif for us, since he was diagnosed as ADD and was on medication for a few years in elementary school. He doesn't take any mdeication now, and he is doing so well. When he does well, he is motivated to work harder and this results in even better marks! All this by himself. I don't have to get on his case to do homework and he manages to organise his stuff without my checking up on him. Occasionally he'll screw up, but hey....we all do! I tell them every day how proud I am of them!
Things are going well in the romance department. Perhaps not as quickly as I would want, but I have to accept and live within the restrictions of our reality. At this moment we are both supporting our kids and there is too much going on to allow us to be together as a single unit. It bothered me in the begining, cause I thought it was all like a hollywood movie....you know.....your kids....my kids....great big happy family. Now I know that this is not real, that we all have our stuff and I have to say that I am content with the way things are right now! I get to see him when we have time and its been really good when we are together, so much so that I can live with this for as long as it takes to get our "ducks lined up in a row". B and I have something special that neither one of has ever experienced before and we both want to nurture it into what I beleive will be a wonderful life together. However long it takes, I am committed, and I beleive he is too. Only time will tell, and I am willing to give it all I have.
That's it for now......I'll get to mere stuff this week, as the kids are with their Dad and I am home alone!!!
Have a great day!!!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Not Dead!
Holly Molly!! Has it really been three weeks since my last post?!?!?!
I have been so busy with the new job that when I get home I am a vegetable and function accordingly. I sit in front of the TV and my computer and the only strenuous thing I do is eat. Ok, some nights I may actually wash the dish.
There have been some days that I am in the office at 7 AM and finish at 7 PM ... which for me is incredible given that I am used to just waking up at 7 to get to work. These people love meetings. Why the heck was I ever jealous of people being in meetings before? Its not fun!
Lots of things to talk about, but the most important is my kids coming home from their vacation in Greece! I missed them more that I had thought I would. Ok, it took almost 4 weeks of peace and solitude, but I came to miss the jabbering and squabbling that goes on here. Yes they had a great time, but please keep in mind they were mainly in the company of my mother and my aunt... a 70 year old and an 80 year old. The exciting lifestyle of two partying teenagers was a little toned down! They came back with lots of beautiful pictures and videos, of which I have only seen a small portion still.
So now they are back and we are doing the back to school scramble. Great dance, that one! I am not the most organized person in the world, and its still summer out here and its hard to have everything in place for the start of school. At least here in my area, they ease them in with a couple of half days and then full time after the labour day weekend. Younger son's school has a uniform this year and we haven't quiet gotten everything yet, and I still need to hem his pants. Everyone, please do not worry, as I turn into superwoman when I am facing a deadline and everything will be perfect by Tuesday.
That's it for now....I promise more blogging later.... just want to get started on this loooong weekend.
Have a great day!
I have been so busy with the new job that when I get home I am a vegetable and function accordingly. I sit in front of the TV and my computer and the only strenuous thing I do is eat. Ok, some nights I may actually wash the dish.
There have been some days that I am in the office at 7 AM and finish at 7 PM ... which for me is incredible given that I am used to just waking up at 7 to get to work. These people love meetings. Why the heck was I ever jealous of people being in meetings before? Its not fun!
Lots of things to talk about, but the most important is my kids coming home from their vacation in Greece! I missed them more that I had thought I would. Ok, it took almost 4 weeks of peace and solitude, but I came to miss the jabbering and squabbling that goes on here. Yes they had a great time, but please keep in mind they were mainly in the company of my mother and my aunt... a 70 year old and an 80 year old. The exciting lifestyle of two partying teenagers was a little toned down! They came back with lots of beautiful pictures and videos, of which I have only seen a small portion still.
So now they are back and we are doing the back to school scramble. Great dance, that one! I am not the most organized person in the world, and its still summer out here and its hard to have everything in place for the start of school. At least here in my area, they ease them in with a couple of half days and then full time after the labour day weekend. Younger son's school has a uniform this year and we haven't quiet gotten everything yet, and I still need to hem his pants. Everyone, please do not worry, as I turn into superwoman when I am facing a deadline and everything will be perfect by Tuesday.
That's it for now....I promise more blogging later.... just want to get started on this loooong weekend.
Have a great day!
Friday, August 8, 2008
I went to see the movie Mama Mia on Tuesday with my friends, and OMG it was fantastic! I went because I wanted to see the Greek locations, and because of ABBA, but I loved the movie. I was totally blown over. It was the first time in my life that a movie finished and I wanted to see it all over again! I want to drag my BF to see it with me this weekend. It may take a bit of begging and pleading, but I want him to see it too. And I will be the first in line to buy the DVD as soon as it comes out for sale! Yes! I loved it that much!
I didn't expect to do all that crying though. That came as a total surprise! The movie brought back a lot of memories from when I was 19 and I had spent 10 months in Greece. It was in 1977 and a lot of the songs are from that time. The songs flooded me with all the emotions of being 19 again and missing those carefree days. Dang! but I had a wonderful time that year with my cousin. Imagine if you will, two young and crazy girls let loose in Greece during the disco era! Did we ever have fun! That year I visited 5 of the Greek Islands. And not just a quickie visit, no this was for a few days to a week on each one. Some were with my cousin, and some with my mom and aunts, but each visit was wonderful. My only regret is that I wish I had taken lots more pictures! Looking back now, I wish I had appreciated how wonderful I looked back then. I was no model, but gosh darn being 19 really helps!
The movie also made me cry, cause Donna's (played by Meryl Streep) daughter was growing up and getting married and moving on with her life, and I was thinking of my friend's daughter, who is now around 23, and bf's 2 girls who are 25 and 21, and I was thinking about my son who just turned 19 and how things are different and they are no longer our babies. Soon they too will start on their life away from us, where their focus will be on their friends, their careers, their relationships and later their own families. I know this the right thing, that our children grow and build their own lives, but it was only yesterday that I knew everything my sons did and went to and thought about. And now, I know there is a lot I am not a part of, and I wonder, when did this happen?????
Don't get me wrong, I love having independent children, thus having more free time for me, and yet the changes need a bit of getting used to.
Ok, enough mushy stuff, go out there and see the movie for yourselves, its really good.
Work has been really hard this week, but on the bright side, it has flown by. I blinked and it was Thursday! And payday! Yea!!!!
I am so looking forward to the weekend cause there will be cuddle time with my darling B! Perhaps we may go visit his mom on Saturday, as his oldest sister is in town visiting with her husband, and she is the only one of his 5 sisters that I have not met yet. What is that you say? Yes, you heard right, my sweetie has 5 older sisters, and he survived! I think that's what makes him so wonderful! Perhaps one day I'll tell you all about it.
Have a great day!
I didn't expect to do all that crying though. That came as a total surprise! The movie brought back a lot of memories from when I was 19 and I had spent 10 months in Greece. It was in 1977 and a lot of the songs are from that time. The songs flooded me with all the emotions of being 19 again and missing those carefree days. Dang! but I had a wonderful time that year with my cousin. Imagine if you will, two young and crazy girls let loose in Greece during the disco era! Did we ever have fun! That year I visited 5 of the Greek Islands. And not just a quickie visit, no this was for a few days to a week on each one. Some were with my cousin, and some with my mom and aunts, but each visit was wonderful. My only regret is that I wish I had taken lots more pictures! Looking back now, I wish I had appreciated how wonderful I looked back then. I was no model, but gosh darn being 19 really helps!
The movie also made me cry, cause Donna's (played by Meryl Streep) daughter was growing up and getting married and moving on with her life, and I was thinking of my friend's daughter, who is now around 23, and bf's 2 girls who are 25 and 21, and I was thinking about my son who just turned 19 and how things are different and they are no longer our babies. Soon they too will start on their life away from us, where their focus will be on their friends, their careers, their relationships and later their own families. I know this the right thing, that our children grow and build their own lives, but it was only yesterday that I knew everything my sons did and went to and thought about. And now, I know there is a lot I am not a part of, and I wonder, when did this happen?????
Don't get me wrong, I love having independent children, thus having more free time for me, and yet the changes need a bit of getting used to.
Ok, enough mushy stuff, go out there and see the movie for yourselves, its really good.
Work has been really hard this week, but on the bright side, it has flown by. I blinked and it was Thursday! And payday! Yea!!!!
I am so looking forward to the weekend cause there will be cuddle time with my darling B! Perhaps we may go visit his mom on Saturday, as his oldest sister is in town visiting with her husband, and she is the only one of his 5 sisters that I have not met yet. What is that you say? Yes, you heard right, my sweetie has 5 older sisters, and he survived! I think that's what makes him so wonderful! Perhaps one day I'll tell you all about it.
Have a great day!
Monday, August 4, 2008
Just Trudging Along
Where to start? Things are Ok. Nothing special, except that I am so overwhelmed at work with new stuff! This isn't the type of job where they train you, and you take notes, then you do it yourself and all is well. I knew it was going to be hard and I was prepared to work as hard as I needed to get to this next level. Its not just accounts receivables and collection calls like I was used to, this. is. FINANCE! Hey they don't pay the big bucks for nothing.
Unfortunately for me, I am not sleeping very well, probably due to the stress and worry of the new job. I am so tired at work, that I am constantly yawning, and it does not look good! I have to say though, that everyone there is so nice. They are always saying that I shouldn't worry, that is was the same for them and that it will get better. They really are sweet! But like I mentioned before, they are worried that I will leave. Ha ... it ain't gonna happen! I'm sticking around till the day I retire. They will need a crowbar to pry me out!
In other news tonight, the BF, B, is kinda down cause his kids are all over the age of majority, and yet they function like they are 5 years old! And to make matters worse, they took away the coffee machines where he works, and his shift is 2 PM till 12:30 AM. Yes! that's right, he'll be working till after midnight without coffee, every night, starting tonight! It will not be a pretty sight! I spoke to him a few minutes ago, and he is starting to lose it! Poor baby! I mean coffee! How could they?
My kids are still in Greece and I miss them so very much! Oh sure I call them, but its just not the same. Also, they are not able to upload any of their photos for me to see, because of some glitch, and I am so impatient to see what they have done and where they've been. I spoke to them this Sunday, (big son's 19th birthday ... Happy B. Day Ax!) and they said they had gone to this great restaurant whose tables are on little gazebos over the water. Each group has its own little hut. And keeping with the theme, they actually ate fish! Be still my heart! I shouldn't be surprised, as they grill the fish on charcoal, sprinkle it with oregano and squeeze fresh lemon on top. With home made fries, its divine. I dare anyone to ruin it with ketchup! I just have to hang on for two more weeks and then they will be back!
I will do my best to get to bed early tonight. I really want to do well at work, and I have to be and look alert .... the yawning has GOT to stop!!!
Now everybody go out there and see Mama Mia and Traveling Pants 2, cause they are both filmed in Greece and then come back and tell me if you liked it. The best essay gets to stay with me in Greece next year!! Just kidding! Maybe not!
Have a great day!
Unfortunately for me, I am not sleeping very well, probably due to the stress and worry of the new job. I am so tired at work, that I am constantly yawning, and it does not look good! I have to say though, that everyone there is so nice. They are always saying that I shouldn't worry, that is was the same for them and that it will get better. They really are sweet! But like I mentioned before, they are worried that I will leave. Ha ... it ain't gonna happen! I'm sticking around till the day I retire. They will need a crowbar to pry me out!
In other news tonight, the BF, B, is kinda down cause his kids are all over the age of majority, and yet they function like they are 5 years old! And to make matters worse, they took away the coffee machines where he works, and his shift is 2 PM till 12:30 AM. Yes! that's right, he'll be working till after midnight without coffee, every night, starting tonight! It will not be a pretty sight! I spoke to him a few minutes ago, and he is starting to lose it! Poor baby! I mean coffee! How could they?
My kids are still in Greece and I miss them so very much! Oh sure I call them, but its just not the same. Also, they are not able to upload any of their photos for me to see, because of some glitch, and I am so impatient to see what they have done and where they've been. I spoke to them this Sunday, (big son's 19th birthday ... Happy B. Day Ax!) and they said they had gone to this great restaurant whose tables are on little gazebos over the water. Each group has its own little hut. And keeping with the theme, they actually ate fish! Be still my heart! I shouldn't be surprised, as they grill the fish on charcoal, sprinkle it with oregano and squeeze fresh lemon on top. With home made fries, its divine. I dare anyone to ruin it with ketchup! I just have to hang on for two more weeks and then they will be back!
I will do my best to get to bed early tonight. I really want to do well at work, and I have to be and look alert .... the yawning has GOT to stop!!!
Now everybody go out there and see Mama Mia and Traveling Pants 2, cause they are both filmed in Greece and then come back and tell me if you liked it. The best essay gets to stay with me in Greece next year!! Just kidding! Maybe not!
Have a great day!
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