Today was tough at work, but I got it done. I then headed to Encore for a bevie and intended to come home as there was a sold out show tonight. Rae had a booth and let me buy a ticket with the understanding that I would make sure no one took the spot reserved for her and other staff. It was nice, I was there for sound check, had time to relax and read my book, and had lively chats. And then the place started to fill to standing room only and I got a lot of stink eye, lol. I was alone so I did scroll my Facebook on occasion which lead me to two posts that I was dreading. Doug got a new job, and vimf put its Facebook page in hibernation. It is clearly done. I couldn’t hold back the eye leakage and as soon as others came to sit, I took my leave and cried all the way home. I shall post my feelings about all of this in another ‘ode’
I have struggled again with sleep the last two nights. Weird ass nightmare time, silly brain defragging.
It was pretty much a day defined by starting with an apology to a client who cares so much about me that it is all good.
Rotary lunch was great as I had the honour of introducing our guest speaker who is a local icon, the photographer Brian Clarkson. He have a beautiful presentation
Brian and Heidi
This evening, just as I was about to go into our board meeting, our janitor came to me that he wasn’t feeling right and thought he was going into a seizure. He kept trying to call his aide worker to no answer so I finally had him agree that I needed to call an ambulance. I also called his boss and she came down. I tried his worker again and she answered and came as well. The ambulance was there pretty quick and I left him in good hands to go to my meeting. I am glad I was there for him. He was very fragile.
The meeting was productive and we went to Boston Pizza after. I had a good snack with enough left for lunch tomorrow and had an especially ice visit with Steve about family dynamics. It was good to talk.. and be heard
The guy who bought my desk picked it up this morning and then it was off to the office. I had a lovely visitor for an hour while her owner was busy. Stella and I are friends
I left work at 4:30 to head to my client in Kimberley to get my flu and Covid vaccines. Mountain & Pestle is a sweet little pharmacy run by two sweet young ladies
I texted my cousin Jeanne and was invited for dinner and a visit. It was very nice to catch up. I do worry for her as she has advanced COPD and has been denied a lung transplant. There was a good long stretch in my 20’s when she was my best friend. We had a laugh about the hours we spent on our phones with the long spiral cords while we did chores
The sky outside their house was amazing. It was odd that so close to home there is snow on the ground
On the way home I was being tailgated for Dari g to go the speed limit. Good thing I was as a big buck walked across the road and I was able to easily stop. Nearly got rear ended though. Coming down the strip I saw police flashing lights ahead and as I approached Victoria Drive there was a small truck blocked by a cop car and another one came roaring along and blocked them in. not sure what was going on but I am glad to be home safe.
Today was an order Door Dash sushi kind of day. I mistakenly ordered two rolls but that was good as I finished it for dinner after the show
I had a three hour volunteer budget meeting with the FPPAS president Steve and then drove him home on the way to pick up Mom. We have tickets to The Music of the Night, a celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber at Key City. The show was amazing from our front row spot
The best part was escaping for a few hours from the horrible news that there is actually a chance that Trump may end up president of the US, again.
I just don’t understand how a convicted criminal could be elected over Kamala Harris. We are going backwards…
If you know me personally, please don’t worry. I am going through the usual cycle of a 30 year old experience that I am reminded of and still feel the remnants. I love my son, the life I have, this much is true. I also mourn the life that I could have at this point. I want to be free, I want to be travelling, I want to have the pension, etc that I was aiming for all those 30 years ago. Some grinding days, it just overwhelms.
Addendum:
The world lost two icons today, one of whom I met and from whom I learned a great deal, Murray Sinclair He was the face and the wind behind truth and reconciliation His legacy is large, that of being the first indigenous judge in Manitoba and the second in Canada.
The second loss was mostly influenced in the soundtrack of my life, Quincy Jones.
Can we just stop changing the time please. I was up too early for a Sunday and now am ready for bed by 9. Got quite a lot of work done today including advertising my desk for hopefully a quick sale and sorting all my Disney Infinity with a thought to possibly sell. I may hold on to them as long as I still have a working PS3. No one to play with now 😦
Homemade soup for dinner with air fried garlic bread was just what I needed
I finally slept well. I got out this afternoon and sorted my shed, cleaned up the yard and loaded Tracey’s truck to take to the transfer station tomorrow. I then got ready and headed to the arena to volunteer for Rotary 50/50. It was fun and I sold the winning ticket!
Work, got it done in spite of a massive hangover. Shouldn’t have had a beer between whiskeys last night.
I had a ticket to an interesting performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show at Key City. The movie was showing on an up high screen and actors were below. They did a good job. My favourite part though was an older sounding female voice yelling out all the additional lines. She had us all laughing. I think it was 1981 when I last saw the movie at an indie theatre in Vancouver. I went as Waldo and believe me everyone could find me in that awesome dressed crowd.
Afterward, I went to Encore where Pretty for the People was entertaining a good crowd. I had fun n and met some great people including Dean and Jolene who were just the darlingest couple.
There were great costumes
Roger and GeneMike and JennyMaddiZac
The sweetest young guy was completely overwhelmed by my costume as he said he’d spent hours pouring over the books as a kid.
Okay, so I may be a bit shmammered. Today was a crazy lot of work after a disturbing night due to a client having set my email incorrectly and at 1:11 am onwards I received 159 emails! And I woke up to snow!
Rotary lunch at western financial place was a lot of fun
I came home and set up for the night with my fireplace and Fireball shots for adults and Halloween ducks for the kids. Tracey and I hung out together, debriefing our trip and shot for shot enjoying the night
Wasted Waldo was a lot of fun. I have other pics of me and the grands but will have to share tomorrow as I am awaiting my friend share.
Last night was a toss and turn festival so I got up before 6. The day was stressful as I needed info to complete filings due today. A new client that I had been waiting too long for past payroll info called and I made it clear that this needed to be completed. Later in the afternoon he showed up at my office with beautiful flowers and a card that said thank you for your patience. He said he went to the store and said he needed the nicest ‘I pissed off our bookkeeper’ flowers. He did good and it made my day
I finally got done and headed to Encore for an hour before heading to Key City to volunteer. As I was heading to my car I saw Snotty Nose Rez Kids walking towards me. We had a chat and a fist bump as they went in for something before the show.
I worked door 5 which was very busy with in and outs, but I enjoyed myself. I wore my loops though as it was very very loud. doing a sweep of the area before the show, I found the cutest thing yet
Strange 2ruth opened with a great set and got the place jumping
SNRK are great performers. The language and lyrics were explicit and the audience had a lot of kids. They were very well received
I was up early so off I went to the office. Thank goodness Keri wanted Subway today as well and had a meeting so she could pick it up. I was so ready to eat when she brought it back. I worked back and forth and all over with many clients today and did a bunch of volunteer work. I still ended up with over 8 billable hours! Got home and made food so that I could have dinner and leftovers for lunch. Now I am slumped in my chair with my feet up. It was a very productive day and it is clear that I am starting to feel much better.
The best part may have been my newest Lego arriving which had been on back order. I received the email today that the light kit is on the way as well
I really did plan to do only two things today, but I ended up doing two others.
Firstly, I was going to set up my Halloween inflatable collection, but it was pouring rain
Secondly, I was going to binge shows and ride the couch, but I saw there was a fundraiser at Encore and Maddisun was playing.
I am so glad that I went. Ashlée showed up with 4 of the teens and we all bowled. I hung around until after Maddisun was done and even purchased a button and a sticker.
I also took a picture of Steve from Cranbrook Dodge and turned it into a meme. I noted that my Facebook started showing me car adds while I was near him.
I stopped at Fenwick & Baker on the way home and had a nice visit with Jim. Then it was home to make food.
I am beginning to feel a bit better and woke up at a decent time. I was at my clients by 11:30 and left by 3:50 as I had managed to get a much needed nail appointment at 4. I enjoy my visits with Minh and he does a good job when I give him free rein. On the way home I stopped at Encore to pay the bill remaining from last night and ended up having a lovely visit with Marie Blackmore. She is very sweet and we talked about travel mostly. Once home I ate some leftover salad and watches my shows. I just love saying that as it was something my Nana always said.
I was invited to a costume engagement party tonight, but I am just not up to small talk with strangers. As one of the brides is someone I play poker with I was invited, but I am sure they won’t notice I’m not there.
Tonight was the FPPAS Vollie party at Encore and everyone seemed to have a great time. There were prizes and great food and bowling. The best comment was from a person who was just there on their own, not with us, who said she’d told her husband that she should volunteer for us seeing how well we test our volunteers. That’s a win for this party planner.
Rotary lunch was interesting with a talk from Chad Fitz who runs the Trout Hatchery.
I filled up at Shell on the way back to the office at 131.9! $.20/L off with the app.
My Dr called at 3 with most of my results from yesterday already. I have no issues with Thyroid, iron, B12, diabetes etc. basically a clean bill of health and no signs of infection. That brings me joy but also… why do I feel like shite?!
Sigh maybe it is just depression acting in weird symptoms
I was awake just after 6, likely beauty brain knew I needed to get to the lab. After collecting my sample, I arrived just before 8 and was number 7. The number was at 88 when I arrived and I was told it would be at least two hours due to appointments and oncology hour. I had brought my book so I settled in. Around 9:48 with us only up to 99, I thought to cancel my appointment on the 31st. Out of curiosity I checked the app to see if there had been any changes only to find that there was a 9:30 this morning available. As it was already 20 minutes after that, I headed to the reception and asked if I could confirm it. She said yes and my name showed up on her screen right away. Moments later my name was called and I was out of there by 10! What a wonderful stroke of luck.
Back at the office I was grateful when late afternoon Cassidy and Maya stopped by. They are lovely girls and it was so nice to have Maya here for once. She loves Cranbrook and would fit in well here. Their favourite shop was HillBilly Hardware where they each well supported a locally owned small business.
We had plans to meet at Encore and they would pick up my Mom. I got there first and found the Heavy Metal bands doing soundcheck for later. Not bearable for a visit so we switched to Fire Hall. Gene was working, Ash brought the other three boys, and Roger popped in after work. Too bad Rae had to work until 9. We had good food and a great visit. I was a bit emotional when I let them all know how perfect the timing was as it would have been my Dad’s 85th birthday today had he not crashed his floatplane 20 years ago. He would be so proud of his heirs.
I have been struggling with my mental and physical health since I returned from Ecuador. Today I was finally able to see my Dr as I waited a weeks to see if it would pass. I have been suffering a deep malaise, many muscle issues, headaches, abdominal issues and fatigue. As I suspected, my Dr said he doesn’t know about things you can catch in Ecuador but ordered lab work. I headed there only to find that they are understaffed and I had to book an appointment with the earliest being on October 31! He has some concern that I may have picked up a parasite, sigh.
I had a bite to eat at Encore and then headed to see Karissa for a trim. I am pleased with the result.
There was a deer crossing my path that headed into a yard down the street. Poor thing was decorated
Today was a lot. I was busy for the better part of 12 hours with work and a Board meeting. After we went to BP for some food and a drink so that was good. I had popped home earlier to put my Hello Fresh for the week in the fridge only to discover that I hadn’t reviewed my meals and two of the three were pepper based. Fortunately Tracey was happy to buy them from me. Dang intolerances!
triumphgal 