This is a tad late for a Father’s Day entry, but it’s still worthy to note as I am surrounded by boxes of stuff. Some of it mine; some of it my bf’s. I’m approaching my third weekend as a homeowner, and the pile of boxes that sat in my apartment are now sitting at my house. How did I accumulate so much in such little time? I thought I had it all figured out a few years ago when my dad passed away and my family and I went through his things. That man kept everything! He was a pack rat on the verge of...
I went on a quick business trip at the beginning of May where I stayed at a Holiday Inn. Known for their budget priced rooms andlacklustrecustomer service, I checked in with low expectations. To my surprise, it was really pleasant and quite nice! It had all of my essential needs for a hotel/motel room: 1. Large washroom 2. Large (clutter-free) writing desk 3. Choice of pillows Yes, all hotels would have #2 3, but I hate moving all of the hotel binders and promotional materials around to find space to ...
Where did April go? Oh right... I met deadline after deadline and then decided to sleep out the rest of it. May has been wonderful. I am enjoying the beautiful spring weather and preparing for the last bout of craziness: writing 25 report cards and getting the keys to the house! Only another month of work and then it's the much anticipated summer break. My plans don't involve much travelling since I'll be busy with the house! At the end of the month, the house is ours. Paint colors have been my latest o...
What if you could live your life over again making changes every time you lived? That's pretty much the entire premise of the book, Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Without any explanation as to why or how this happens, it just happens to Ursula Todd. Born in February 1910, she (sometimes) lives through the Spanish Influenza, WWI II, an abusive marriage and a series of other events. I won't ruin the shock/surprise that happens halfway through the book that connects the first and final story, but I d...
One of my biggest fear happens to be debt, which is why I do anything in my power to avoid it. I thank growing up poor for this. This year has been my biggest spending year because I bought my first home with my boyfriend and I went back to school. I still teach, but it's now part time and the income from this goes straight to day to day living expenses (rent, groceries..etc). I managed to do this by borrowing from myself. Ever since I started my "real world" job, I opened a Registered Retirement Saving...
I thought that handing in my MA paper for a course 2 weeks ago would free me, but it has done little to carve out any sort of free time. It's nearly report card season, which means teachers are up to their neck in paperwork to help them with more paperwork next month. I absolutely loathe this part of teaching. Teachers have to meet the demands ofadministersin handling all of the deadlines for work that we should do during class time, but not offering us any details as to how to realistically do it. I ha...
Some Important Dates for me: 7 more days until I'm done a M.A course 52 more days until I become a homeowner 67 more days until I finish teaching 82 more days until I move out of my apartment 175 more days until I'm no longer a paralegal student I'm stressed, but in the happiest of ways possible. I don't think I've ever stretched myself this much and I'll never do it again. I can't wait until I can cross each item off my calendar and find some breathing room.
via The more meetings I have, the more work I have to do. For some reason, only 6 days into April and my calendar for May is already filling up! I can't wait until June when I'll have a little bit more breathing room and a house to organize. Until then, my only form of relaxation is television. I don't have a TV, which I'm thankful for. If I did have a TV, it would be on constantly and I would really not get any work done. So, I do the Netflix thing, and I'm happy with being selective of the shows I wa...
It was quite the April Fool's Day joke that mother nature played today. Spring still isn't ready yet, when snow is still falling! It was a cold end of a long weekend where I spent it with the bf's family in Toronto. I had lots of delicious home cooked meals and his family made sure that I was stuffed before I could leave the table. The one day that we did venture out, we had lunch at one of my favourite downtown sushi restaurants. It's fast, cheap and mouth watering good everytime at Sushi on Bloor ...
I said goodbye to an old friend yesterday. It was incredibly hard and I'm typing this with a heavy heart. Only pet owners would understand the complexity of emotions that run through you from such an event. Telling myself that her suffering has ended doesn't erase how much I wish I could get one more cuddle. For all the irritating times and damaged furniture that I had over the years, these are some wonderful lessons I learned from my cat, Fei Fei: 1. Let your opinion be known. Fei Fei knew instantly w...
