Day 14 of my holidays

The past few days have been a little anxious. Oh there is the usual – OMG where did the time go, how do I get all this done. There has also been the slow realization that Monday, tomorrow, I start a brand new job! You know how some people have buyer’s remorse. I tend to get decision remorse. What the heck was I thinking?!? Not only am I coming off of two weeks of holidays (thus two weeks of ‘necessary’ emails to go through), but I am also starting a whole new job with new knowledge/skill requirements and I know NOTHING! I will be showing up at work tomorrow, early because I am anal that way, and I don’t know where my desk is, I don’t know when the others in my new office start work and I don’t even know what will be required of me, task-wise or training wise. Oh goodness, I think I need to sit down.

I am excited. S reminded me that excitement and nervousness are really the same emotion, just with different contexts. So I am very excited to be starting something new, to be learning something totally different from what I was doing, to be working with a whole new set of people. Though I am also nervous about that since I am not your most ‘normal’ person. And it is the week before my most favorite holiday and I know there will be some interesting developments due to my costume for The Party. Do I broach this on my first day or wait until the end of the week, when it’s too bad, I need it for my costume, you will have to live with the results for the next 2-6 weeks?

Speaking of The Party, I am getting excited about that as well. I bought all the food today and finally found some clothes to work for my costume. (And get this, the skirt I bought is too big even though it is my ‘current’ size – whoohoo – heehee). There has been some new decorations put up and we are slowly getting the house all decorated.

There are just so many good things happening. I am very happy. There has finally been a quote for the tree removal that I can afford. I found the toilets that I want and that satisfy the extremely strict requirements for a grant (they are still not in yet though). I have most of my costume figured out. My credit card didn’t melt from overuse. I haven’t fainted from the approximate amount on my credit card. We got several Christmas presents bought. I discovered that my cravings this week were for Banana Cream Pie and I bought one and I didn’t eat the whole thing in one sitting (it actually lasted a few days). My office is now much cleaner that it was just a couple days ago (though my sewing room is a mess). I feel like lots got done and decided and it was not only a productive holiday, but it was relaxing as well. (Though I do apologize to a few friends for being busy enough that I couldn’t do some spontaneous shopping or anything.) And yesterday I unpacked my box from the last job and put it away. Now all I have to do is finish prepping my bag for tomorrow, make my lunch and turn in early, cause 6:30 is going to come early after two weeks of 9:15 wake ups (for the most part – there was a day that was earlier and a day that I slept until 11am).

Oh – one point of rant I need to say – Harper is an ass. He wants to totally ignore our signing to the Kyoto Accord and go with his way, which would have us actually doing something constructive in 2050. Because it is more important that we lower the GST to 5% and get rid of the penny, than to actually help save the place we live in. He reminds me of someone who has all the latest toys, but hasn’t paid his utility bill or maintained his house, so while he plays at being an adult in the latest video game, his house crashes down around him. It constantly surprises me that so few have stood up to him. What happened to our MPs standing up for their constituents? How about standing up for our country? How about maintaining the beautiful country we live in, stewarding the planet that we survive on, maintaining the standard of living that we enjoy? Why does the government make it so hard to get a grant to make your house more energy efficient, friendlier to our environment? I really don’t think Harper cares about Canada. I don’t want to become a mini-America. I want our beautiful forests, our clean water, and our smog-free air. Edmonton has actually started to have pictures taken showing our smog problem. What happened that we think this is okay, that this is normal? I like that we are advancing as much as anyone, but I don’t think that means we get to ignore our responsibilities to each other, to the planet. I don’t think that advancing technology and increasing pollution have to go hand in hand. Goodness, would someone please slap that man until he sees the light? Get his head out of the nether regions of Bush and remind him where he lives and who he is supposed to represent.

Okay, I just had a rant for a bit. It’s been awhile. So anyway, back to work tomorrow. I should go do the last few things so I can get to bed early. Wish me luck.

Time is on my side, yes it is

Week one of holidays has come and gone. It was both productive and yet, I feel like nothing much got done. I know it isn’t true. There was a lot done. I can tell you that I am very healthy according to the dentist, doctor and eye doctor. I obtained new glasses, which I am hating right now. I should know better by now. I hate to be rushed on a decision and I just felt like I needed to make the decision and so I did and now I am wearing my old glasses because the new ones give me a headache and make me dizzy. According to the clerk at the eyeglass place, I need to give it a couple more days for my eyes to get used to the new glasses. Bull-***-shite. Driving was really fun because it feels like my eyes can’t quite focus. It’s like the head moves then stops, the environment moves and stops, the eyes pause to try to catch up and focus and then the stomach lurches. I am supposed to deal with that for 2 more days?!? I think she was just saying that since the sales lady who sold me the glasses won’t be back until Monday. Coincidence that Monday is a couple of days from today? I think not.

In other news, I have spent way to much at Fabricland in the hopes of making curtains. So far, I have really cool material for the Halloween party and I have the blackout material for most of the windows (no idea how to hang that yet). And I have enough thread for the serger to do the living room curtains. Now I just have to learn how to use the serger. Heehee. I still haven’t called to book that appointment yet. Sighhhh.

Other than that – Custom Costumes was a bust again. I went with milady and S! on opening nite and wasn’t impressed then. This week I went with D and ndie. They were not impressed either. It seemed like a big San Francisco Gifts store with higher prices. The new owner seemed to buy things that she wanted to wear and I don’t get the impression that she is really into Halloween. I have the cheap stuff. I am now looking for the better quality stuff. I want something that is going to last me a few years. I know that doesn’t necessarily make the most money, but the old owners always brought in a few things that were higher quality. They always went fast. Some things didn’t last past opening night. Us regulars are very dedicated. But the new owner and staff are also not very open or welcoming. I don’t feel like I am welcome in the store. That is a big deal for me.

Speaking of customer service, there was a great article about why Wal-mart is failing. It was very interesting how things have changed in regards to shopping. It is so true as well. I prefer to go somewhere that I get good service or that is just really convenient. I understand why companies are getting rid of service, but it is not the way to go anymore. I want someone to talk to, someone who knows what they are talking about. I had to walk into a Wal-mart this week. ICK! Just because they had the exclusive box set for Garth. Well, they have both, but the guy working there said that they hadn’t carried the other one for a while and he ignored me when I asked if he could check other stores. If I knew someone in the states, I would just go online and order it, cause it is really cheap online and with the dollar being what it is – it is very affordable. Anyway, Wal-mart was a joke – no service, limited knowledge or assistance and the price certainly wasn’t cheaper than anywhere else. The ONLY advantage was that hell-mart was the only one to get the box set. Supposedly his next album will not be limited to hell-mart. Thank goodness. I am very happy I got the box set though – it has several of his videos in it and 2 concerts and 2 tv specials. Which rocks.

O-M-G! I have launch on in the background and a new Backstreet Boys video came up, so I popped the screen up to check it out and noticed immediately that Kevin was missing. So I popped over to their website and sure enough, he left the bad in 2006. Wow. I am sure Nick is a bit happier, since he now seems to be the front-runner in the video. Very interesting, these are the days of our lives.

Anyway, I should go prep supper and figure out what I want to do tonight. Most of my friends are doing a poker night, which I am not interested in since they like Texas Hold’Em – which as most people know, I despise. My office is a mess again. I could clean that up. Haha. Alrighty then. Have fun…

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Keep myself awake

Tomorrow is my last day at my current office. Has my two weeks notice done any good for my co-workers? No. They aren’t ready for me to leave. I don’t think they really have an idea of what all I do at the office. They think they do, but I don’t think they really know. I have been writing cheat sheets all week and today I spent a good portion of the day sifting through my desk, tossing and editing and getting it ready so that someone else can take it. Tomorrow I go in to write a few more cheat sheets, prep a few emails and then start saying goodbye.

We had a potluck lunch today for me. It was a great potluck, though it felt weird being there for both shifts. Of course, I ended up being the last person in the room, like they always seem to plan and so for my own potluck, I got to put away the excess food and wash all the dishes. No one came by to help or see what I was doing for almost 45 minutes. And then I went straight into training someone on something that they were trained on weeks ago, but they didn’t want to learn it because they thought I would always be there to do it. And then back to cleaning my desk. It actually looks like a desk now. And I only have one box to ship to my new work (would have been nothing, except they haven’t found someone to take over one of my duties) and one box to bring home. Pretty good I think. I tossed a lot of stuff today. Most of it from my duties as training lead that, due to my new position and a change in procedure, I won’t be doing ever again.

I got a really nice card from everyone and that was really nice. It was very upbeat and positive, which was nice. The gift was perfect for me so I know at least the supervisor knew me a bit.

I don’t know how I feel right now though. I have been avoiding the feeling part by keeping really busy. And that has worked. But tomorrow is it…I am done…and I don’t know what I feel. It is all kind of jumbled right now. It is hard to leave the safe, familiar world, even though I know I am so under appreciated and so over worked and truly stressed out. I guess part of it is that I am going from leaving this office to my holidays and then starting the new job, so part of me is too busy planning holidays to worry about what happens when the holidays are over. It’ll probably hit me once I leave tomorrow. Then we’ll see how I feel.

Yoga is going well. I am really enjoying it and I was very happy that this last time, I did not spend the next two days with extremely sore hamstrings. Ouch! The instructor is very good at describing the moves and there was only one really bad section where we were doing a move that wasn’t all that easy and she got caught up going to each person making sure we were doing it right and she forgot to mention that we should stop at 6. Instead we all did more like 10-15. Very painful for those last few. Phew.

Anyway, I am going to go catch some more of my shows. I am hoping to give you all a glimpse into my thoughts on the new tv season soon, so stay tuned. Heehee.