| Sunday, August 9th, 2009 |
| 12:00 pm |
Alive
Now I understand why people disappear after having a baby. The lack of sleep makes it hard to function. The little guy is now 7 months old. It's hard to believe it. He's trying to walk and crawl. I suspect he'll be mobile soon. He's also screeching and yelling a lot; it's all very cute. I could do without the teething though. He started at about 3 months old, got his first 2 teeth at 5 months and now has another couple coming in. Not much to say that's not baby related. I'm going back to my masters studies in October. I have no idea how I'll fit it in around sleep and chasing the little guy. Lincoln and Morgan enjoy playing together though so maybe I'll have time in the evenings. |
| Thursday, November 6th, 2008 |
| 9:40 am |
It's another slow day at work. There's no copywriting to be done and I've proofed for a grand total of 10 minutes in the hour I've been here. I grumbled on monday that the work would come on Friday at 6 pm and it looks like I'm going to be right. They've already mentioned overtime on the weekend again. It's frustrating to sit around all week doing nothing and then lose a weekend day that I could be spending with Morgan. We've done a bit of work on the baby's room this week. Morgan managed to put together the crib without using a single bad word. I was impressed. I put a baby mat down and Johnny immediately started rolling around on his back, batting at the dangling toys. Since I'm resigned to cat hair appearing on everything in the house, I let him play. It was cute. The only major purchase left is a dresser for the little guy. Maybe a change table too but nothing fancy. I can't believe that we have about 10 weeks left. The time has flown by. |
| Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 |
| 12:49 pm |
woo hoo!
Last night was a good night. We got the crib put together, laughed at the cat playing on a baby mat and watched Obama take the victory. |
| Saturday, October 25th, 2008 |
| 2:02 pm |
Bored and sick with a cold at work
Happy saturday! I'm looking forward to a weekend where I don't have to work. I suspect this string of nasty colds is connected to working at least 6 days a week recently. Your result for The Famous (and Not So Famous) Art Quiz... Art Lover79% Artiste! 
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| Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 |
| 4:36 pm |
Year 1 finished
I wrote my exam in Montreal on Friday, officially ending year 1 of my masters degree. I'm taking a 6 month break and will be returning to the grind in March. I'm not sure how I'll do with a 1-1/2 month old in the house but we'll see. I figure I can take another 6 month break after the first term in hopes of becoming smarter (or more awake). |
| Thursday, September 18th, 2008 |
| 1:41 pm |
Tory apologies
Poor Steve Harper. Now we know why he keeps his MPs muzzled and on a short leash. Tee hee. |
| Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 |
| 12:41 pm |
Ultrasound
Another day, another ultrasound. At least that's what it seems like. Lincoln spent the ultrasound bouncing around. First his head is low, a second later the tech was looking at his feet in the same spot. I kept giggling because the feeling of the wand whipping round so quick tickled. The tech commented that we have a very active baby. That's so much nicer that the last couple of techs who've asked "Is your baby always this much trouble?". I'm pretty sure that the little guy is going to be a jock. Or maybe I'm just hoping that so it's just Morgan and I battling over the Xbox controller when cool games come out. At the end, when she finally turned the monitor, he was lazing about and look up toward my head. His mouth was wide open and I swear he looked like he was laughing at all the trouble he caused. I'm not sure if this means he takes after me or his daddy. It's a tough call. Current Mood:  amused |
| Monday, September 8th, 2008 |
| 11:33 am |
Election
Okay, I have to say it. Does anyone else find it suspicious that the Tories, who legislated the date of the next election for next October and promised fixed election dates from now on, called a rush election for early next month? Could this possibily have anything to do with the economy tanking? Or is it just because the report about whether they illegally handled election funds last election is due at the end of next month? Are they worried about something else entirely? Like the spirit of Chuck Cadman returning and telling the world the truth? I don't vote for parties that are in a panic and a rush. Something stinks about all of this. |
| 11:09 am |
Creepy Dreams
No one ever warned me about the disturbing dreams that show up when you're pregnant. Last night I had the strangest dream (during the couple of hours of sleep that I got). I put hand cream on my hands and my fingers started to turn purple and rot. Chunks of flesh started to fall off. I was out to dinner with Morgan, Lee and Walt at the time. They all refused to take me to the hospital, saying that I had to finish my speghetti and meatballs first. I remember looking down and seeing wiggling chunks of my fingers mixed in with the food. I tried to choke it down but was gagging. Yuck. |
| Friday, September 5th, 2008 |
| 8:52 am |
Half way!
Now that I'm half way through it, I have to admit that being pregnant has been a lot more pleasant than I was led to believe. My migraines have cleared up, my allergies have almost disappeared, I haven't caught any of the colds going around and I lost 10 pounds in the first trimester. In the month and a half since then, I've only gained 5 back. Woo hoo! I haven't had many symptoms and often forget I'm expecting until someone reminds me. I have a jab here or there but nothing major like morning sickness. The biggest problem I've been dealing with is sleeplessness. Sometime it's because my hips hurt (like last night), other times I just wake up and can't get back to sleep. I was overjoyed this week to find out that he's a boy. The idea of carrying a person of the opposite sex is fascinating. I like to claim that I'm a hermaphrodite now since I represent both sexes. It seems like I've been pregnant forever. My friend only has 9 weeks to go in her pregnancy and I can remember when she was as far along as I am. It seems like a week ago. I guess time will fly. I have my exam for my masters coming up in October. I'm a little forgetful and hard to motivate right now so I'm trying to force myself to study and do the readings involved. I'm worried that I won't be able to remember anything. Current Mood: happy |
| Thursday, June 19th, 2008 |
| 12:07 pm |
My Cat Genius
Today Johnny noticed the mirrors in the basement bathroom. While Morgan took a shower, Johnny jumped off of the toilet and hit the mirror across the room. I guess he thought it was another room. On the way down, he managed to unroll the entire roll of toilet paper hanging off of the wall. I love cats. |
| Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 |
| 8:15 am |
Well, I was going to post about the situation with my co-worker but I really don't have anything to say. He brings in a stereo and wears headphones all day to ignore me and, when he does have to speak to me, he acts like I'm a turd in his toilet. I'm finding it emotionally and pschologically draining to be stuck in a 7' x 7' room with someone who hates me. He's like a toddler and they're pandering to his temper tantrum. Oh well. At least now I know who the valued employee is. It's the one that no one wants to give work to because he's an incompetent boob. Current Mood:  frustrated |
| Thursday, June 5th, 2008 |
| 8:16 am |
Solutions
I came in today and my co-worker has turned his desk and computer so his back is to me. Considering that we sit in a small office with 3 desks, I admire the work his put into his disdain after I left. I guess that my boss had a chat with him last night. I can't believe that my work thinks this is the solution. That we sit here and don't talk to each other from now on. They're just pandering to my co-worker's immature temper tantrums. Oh well. Current Mood: frustrated |
| Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 |
| 12:32 pm |
Oddness
I'm having a bit of a strange day. On Monday, I suggested to my sexist, racist, homophobic co-worker that he may want to take his lunch early since the night shift guy had the day off. Dumbass aways takes his lunch during the last hour of his shift. Since there'd be no one to help him out, I thought he'd rather finish his work so he didn't have to stay late and do overtime. He said he'd take his lunch when he felt like it and then stopped speaking to me. Well, it's Wednesday and he's still not speaking to me. Not only that, my boss pulled me in to discuss the matter. Dumbass complained that I was bossing him around. My boss explained to me that Dumbass and I are on the same level and perhaps I shouldn't make suggestions that Dumbass might take the wrong way. My boss agreed that Dumbass is oversensitive. What makes this whole experience odd is that I complained months ago about how this co-worker likes to tell me that women can't think for themselves and need men to tell them what to do. This is how God ordained it and women are happier this way. I also complained to my boss and his boss about the casual racist and homophobic comments he makes and how they annoy me. No one ever spoke to Dumbass about his comments. All I hear is 'we'll take care of it'. So I hurt Dumbass' feelings and I get a private chat with my boss. Dumbass bashes women, black people, Native Americans and gay men and he's left alone. Something doesn't add up here. My boss and I agreed that the best solution to this on-going problems is if Dumbass and I just don't speak to each other. We share an office together and half a shift so this is going to be odd. I've never worked with someone that I didn't have friendly, social chats with. I'm just not sure what to make of all of this. Current Mood:  pensive |
| Friday, May 30th, 2008 |
| 1:44 pm |
Morgan
Happy birthday, Morgan! |
| Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 |
| 10:00 am |
Breakfast
Today I saw a guy on the subway eating a Snickers bar at 6:30 in the morning. Yesterday, another guy on the subway was mowing down on a Jo Louis snackcake around the same time. I couldn't help but notice both lacked wedding rings. Is this how single guys eat? |
| Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 |
| 10:14 am |
burma
The Washington Post is reporting a death/missing person toll of at least 60,000 from that cyclone and the wave that followed it. What a horrific loss of life. Yes, I count most of the missing as dead. I'm just a realist that way. I suspect things will be bad for the survivors, too. Everything's wet so disease will follow and food prices were already going through the roof before this. |
| Thursday, May 1st, 2008 |
| 12:24 pm |
Cat Hats
We've had our new 6-month old kitten for about 2 weeks now and he is weird. He wakes me up about half way through the night, every night, because he's sitting on my head. Yes, you read that correctly. He likes to hop on my pillow and drop about half of his body on my head. Then he rolls around and rubs his cold wet nose all over my face. I realize this is considered cat affection but, at 4 in the morning, I'm ready to kill. Last night he woke me up around 11 because he decided to attack my hair. There's nothing quite like the feeling of 10 little switchblades driving into your skull. Then, a minute later, he hopped on my bad ankle and drove his claws into my scar. It was motivating. Normally I try to wait these things out so the cat in question will calm down but I cracked and shoved him out of bed. Then, of course, he goes to pick a fight with Terry (our 3-legged little cat). I fell asleep to the sound of her yowling and then woke up around 5 this morning to more yowling and hissing. The sad part is that they like each other and consider all this noise part of their play. It's like having a small child in the house. Current Mood: amused |
| Friday, April 11th, 2008 |
| 8:11 pm |
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| Thursday, April 10th, 2008 |
| 12:33 pm |
What a Nice Day
I'm having a pretty good day. I had to work from 7:30 yesterday morning until 10 pm last night (again). I had planned on leaving around 9 but I noticed that the sexist, racist coworker was packing up. I confronted him about the fact he'd only worked 2 hours of overtime and that I had to stay to help with the extra work if he left early. It was only 4 sentences: "You're leaving?" "You only worked 2 hours. I've been here since 7:30 this morning. Now that you're leaving, I'll have to stay and help Val out instead." I didn't yell. I said my sentences and then walked out to the bathroom. I was tired and almost in tears and I had to get ahold of myself. Well, today he's not speaking to me. Instead, he goes to ask our supervisor his questions. It's beautiful. I can't remember the last time I got this much done when he was around. I'm hoping that his rage lasts another day or two. I think he's waiting for me to apologize. Tee hee. Current Mood: jubilant |
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