tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63374792011-06-07T22:06:25.882-07:00KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11755356484548511815noreply@blogger.comBlogger8551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-60688282909568046162009-03-29T18:51:00.000-07:002009-03-29T19:00:21.416-07:00

Today I got a reasonably substantial raise! It's nice to be recognized for the work and frustration I've put in and gone through in the last while. This company sure doesn't make it easy to want to leave...In other news, well there's nothing all that exciting going on as usual. I'm really looking forward to Raph, Wifey and Britney next week-end (never thought I'd ever use those three in a

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-7686377389017910512009-03-20T18:03:00.000-07:002009-03-20T18:28:10.341-07:00

It's been a while...First off, bit of an update since the last post. Vancouver was good, although not as good as I've been used to. I suppose that aside from the highlights of hanging out with Matthew and Pavel nothing really happened of note, to me anyway. Sister on the other hand finally got a performing part that PAYS! Interestingly enough it's in Kamloops and is a 7 month contract. So on

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As usual there's very little of consequence going on up here. I have decided that I'm going to go to Europe again in a few months. This time for a jaunt with GAP Adventures through France and Italy. Unfortunately I don't quite have the same amount of time as I have been able to squeeze previously but I'm still planning at least 19 days.When I handed in my 'request for leave' form to my Manager

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Hey! I'm back. Emotionally and mentally. Apparently the same thing is happening that was happening a number of years back when I was being poisoned by Chanel products. Unfortunately this time it's not proving to be that obvious as to what the culprit is. So I'm going to have to do some investigating when I get back to work. I forgot to mention that Valentines day actually turned out to be

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-67554938838571014182009-02-15T20:18:00.000-08:002009-02-15T20:20:03.875-08:00

I'm barely keeping it together. I'm sitting at the kitchen table and almost burst into tears just looking at random pictures. I am so glad I'm going to the Naturalpath tomorrow. Something's majorly wrong and it needs to be fixed. I need something to numb the pain.

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Today was a good day.

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After much the usual roller-coaster ride that is my company's way of doing anything; today I was told I would be staying on site at least until the end of March. I'm not actually getting my hopes up that I will be released at that point either though, quite honestly. I fully expect that when that time comes around I'll be "asked" to stay on until the end of the project (who knows when that will

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-52029366623562123522009-02-05T17:58:00.001-08:002009-02-05T18:05:33.173-08:00

I'm really starting to wonder about Feb. 5th. Today around 10:00 my Manager came into the office and told me that he'd received an e-mail at 23:00 last night saying that I was to be in Calgary on Saturday! I just shrugged and said that until I got specifics about this I wasn't going to worry about it. He agreed this was probably a good response to the news.Around 14:00 he came back into the

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-74592272927564399012009-02-04T20:45:00.000-08:002009-02-04T20:58:59.236-08:00

Since I've been back some of the "promises" that have been made to me have started to go forward a little. While I'm still working at my desk in my office Management has finally started to train me in some other areas. In truth I'm glad they haven't physically moved me as I've pretty much formed the environment to my specific needs.What else is going on?Can't think of anything quite

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-90291478001412580712009-01-31T21:07:00.000-08:002009-01-31T21:13:54.000-08:00

It's always astonishing and disturbing to return to camp and realize that I'm happy to be back. Being where I have a purpose and a function really makes me happy. That and it's always nice to be back in my room. The fact that tonight was steak night made me really happy as well. Now if I could just get rid of the migraine that I woke up with. Hopefully it'll be gone in the morning.After

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-66688930907073602742009-01-27T18:07:00.000-08:002009-01-27T20:02:41.059-08:00

Ok kids! First of all I'd like to state that Wifey is not allowed to read this post. I can feel the disapproval already! I don't think I can handle it and then see her later this week. So Wifey if you're reading, turn the computer off, go make some tea and knit something! You can read it after I'm gone on Saturday.So yes, Texas was where I made the transition from person who enjoys having a

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-55285880305820469622009-01-26T20:42:00.000-08:002009-01-26T20:43:41.294-08:00

Texas was unreal. Mildly surprised my escapades on Saturday night didn't make CNN or get me thrown in the drunk tank. I'll update shortly but I'm tired, have a cold and am going for my first snowboarding lesson tomorrow morning!!!

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Had some rather disappointing news today. Marcie e-mailed from Toronto saying that baby A was sick. She had even been to the children's hospital as a result of this sickness and was still struggling with it. As a result of Baby and the rest of the family all being sick Marcie asked if I would be able to change my schedule for my trip. So I had to rebook everything from Austin and will now be

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-42737958666841492882009-01-14T17:46:00.000-08:002009-01-14T18:09:47.955-08:00

When I was at home at Christmas my Father impressed upon me the importance of having a will. So because I'm all grown up and have 'assets' I called a lawyer today and made an appointment to have a will drawn up when I'm home in February. Now that I have the appointment I'm actually starting to think about this a little.Unfortunately for those who end up being my beneficiaries, if I kick it,

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-59331491335900030272009-01-13T20:37:00.000-08:002009-01-13T20:46:24.916-08:00

Well today turned out to be boring with one mildly interesting situation jammed in there for kicks. My Business Manager called me into his office to ask me which two of my three girls (one's still at the old site) I wanted to keep! Good Lord. While I was expecting this it's an uncomfortable situation to be put in that's for sure.One of the girls is an absolute keeper. The other two may's well

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-27683726903152032502009-01-12T17:37:00.001-08:002009-01-12T17:50:44.166-08:00

I'm taking a break from working on my resume and cover letter for a position at a University in BC. I have applied for this position before and got shot down but this time I'm hoping there'll be a different outcome. Apparently the major holdout on my resume last time was fired and it's her job I'm gunning for.Quite honestly I know I'm not completely 'qualified' for the position. Though it

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-90192360398100566962009-01-11T17:49:00.001-08:002009-01-11T17:49:48.948-08:00

It's so cold out I spit and I swear it froze! Winter blows!

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My experience with religion is such that I'm sure it really should make me run screaming at even the very mention of it. I've been spiritually abused, tortured in fact, to the extent that many years later I still hold much of the hurt. Astoundingly I still find my mind directed towards the though patterns and longings that I experienced and felt during the heights (depths) of my religious period

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-72298079270826378952009-01-07T20:06:00.001-08:002009-01-07T20:13:52.711-08:00

I woke up on Jan. 2nd (my Birthday) completely convinced this year is going to be a year of big events. I'm not sure what kind but I know that this year is going to be filled with a lot of change. I'm looking forward to and anticipating all this with a great deal of excitement.I just finished booking my first big trip of the year. This year District Meeting is in Austin, TX! So I'm heading

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-29552686707662244232009-01-07T19:58:00.000-08:002009-01-07T20:05:58.320-08:00

A little late but I thought I'd post my annual letter here.Well here we are again. Another year draws to a close and I find myself sitting in my Sister's living room waiting for my friend Pavel to come pick me up for what will surely be a memorable evening in Vancouver.Overall 2008 has been so different than last year. Yet, I'm sure, many of you are completely sick of hearing me whine about how

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-56355842614691262802008-12-18T20:00:00.000-08:002008-12-18T20:00:13.222-08:00

Well Mexico went well. J's married off and I got some truely phenomenal pictures. Yet another wedding to add to my ever expanding collection of wedding photo's. Tomorrow at the ungodly hour of 4:20AM I leave site to go home for Christmas. I'm looking forward to it in a way as I'm ready for a break. Yeah, I know I don't know what I'm going to do when I ever have a 'normal' job where I have to

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-71594597974077013362008-12-03T19:28:00.000-08:002008-12-03T19:39:39.881-08:00

I'm trying really hard to be grateful and thankful right now about a number of things. Now as my friend Pavel said to me the other night 'I wish I had your problems'. Here are the two main problems that are irritating me at the moment, in no particular order:A job that bores the living shit out of me but pays me an obscene amount of money while also housing, feeding and paying for travel.A '

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-63848841942463581182008-11-28T20:21:00.000-08:002008-11-28T20:34:26.642-08:00

Reading this blog I'm somewhat disturbed to see how little life has changed for me. I'm sitting in a camp room that is almost identical to the one that I originally settled myself into almost three years ago. True things have changed for the better in just about every way since then, I'm now the boss of my department, I'm making almost double what I was, I've been with my present company for

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-86361897292133913442008-03-16T08:28:00.000-07:002008-03-16T08:52:32.519-07:00

I'm laying in bed in Edmonton reflecting on the last 9 days. They've been good days. I have really enjoyed this turnaround. I started it off with an overnight visit in Edmonton before I jetted off to Toronto last Friday. I spent two days with a VERY pregnant Marcie and Frank. I honestly think this marked the first time that I've ever been consistently out-eaten by a friend. Overall Toronto

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-44899405149440153772008-02-26T18:48:00.000-08:002008-12-09T09:30:44.416-08:00

I learned something today. If you really want to seriously piss off your Father... buy your Mother a dog! Somehow I inadvertently ended up buying an adorable 6 month old Silver poodle for my Mother.Mother is over the moon with excitement and said she probably won't sleep tonight. My Father , on the other hand, threatened to set my car on fire! He's not thrilled. It's a good thing I don't go

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-34916315962402946482008-02-21T18:41:00.000-08:002008-02-21T18:54:47.618-08:00

So this morning my Boss asked me if I wanted to run the payroll department. He then went on about how it would be a promotion and would be good for my career. I told him that I would think about it and let him know tomorrow.I then went back to my office and proceeded to stress out about it all day. Thing is I have ZERO desire to take over the payroll department. The position doesn't play to

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-9187604400739748102008-02-19T19:19:00.000-08:002008-02-19T19:30:59.581-08:00

I had a mild revelation tonight. While I was laying in bed being frustrated with life in general I realized that I'm really no different than any of the other people here. My company is full of talented young people. We're all on somewhat the same level and while some of us are in more stressful positions than others we're essentially all in the same place.All of us want to move onward and

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-73202884181803436442008-02-12T23:30:00.000-08:002008-02-12T23:48:10.155-08:00

I have had an awesome day. Started off this morning with lunch with one of my best friend's from high school L. She moved here from Edmonton quite some time ago and works in the area where my Sister lives. After a good bit of catching up she went back to work.I on the other hand met up with someone and went on a date. Went for coffee, wandered around Coal Harbour talked. It was a lot of fun.

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Well I'm in Vancouver and as usual things are pretty good. I spent the weekend in a drunken stupor with new (old) friends and had a great time. Now I'm thinking it's time to just kick back and relax.It's weird actually. Whenever I come to Vancouver a few days into it I start to think it's really time to go. My brain starts to repeat old patterns and my emotions take a huge hit. I saw my

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My computer says that it's -39C in Fort McMurray. Unfortunately I know that it's colder where I am as it's ALWAYS 5 degree colder! Fuck.

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Well I'm back from my two day whirl-wind trip to Houston, TX! Every year the company puts on a District Meeting that is compulsory for all employees to attend. As I'm mentioned before this company is extremely large and they take care of their employees like I've never seen before.For example, this meeting probably cost the company well over a million dollars. Word going round is that the

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-49981715239882505442008-01-19T19:33:00.000-08:002008-01-19T19:43:44.752-08:00

So today was an incredibly bizarre and terribly exciting day at the same time. Wierdly I'm living vicariously through Sister for this one. I'd been harassing Pavel for some time now to take her out for a an evening of fun. Well he finally did the other night and from the sounds of it they had an amazing time. They started off the evening at the infamous 1181 and then went to a drag show at

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I am SO tired it's ridiculous. I wish I could take Wifey's advice and take tomorrow and just sleep. I am looking forward to having a couple days off this coming week. Being home with no parents or distractions will be nice. I have a limited number of things that I have to do so I'm not going to be busy at all. I think the rest will be nice.The few plans I have for my days off include going

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-82772498850576534282008-01-09T21:16:00.000-08:002008-01-09T21:29:42.285-08:00

I've been back at site for five days and things are busy. I'm sure if it's just because of all the craziness that went on in December or if it's just that it's January; but I'm having a bit of a hard time. Things are great and compared to the mess that I've been this month in years past I'm on top of the world. Thing is the thought of "I'm lonely" keeps winding it's way through my

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Well it's almost over and done with. I think I'm going to look back at 2007 as one of those years that was entirely unremarkable and yet incredibly markable in so many ways.I'm working on my second year in Fort McMurray and over all things have gone really well. I moved from Universal Aviation to my present company in April and it's been no where but up since. Aside from all the stress and an

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We traveled together wonderfully. You're everything a man could ever want. You pushed me to go places and do things I never thought I would. I learned a lot from you. Now it's over. Despite the fact that as you put it "we were so great as friends, I think we should stay that way" it's just not going to happen. You see I'm not emotionally strong enough to do that. It hurts to be around you.

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I think that I'm sort of crashing a bit now from all the excitement of the past week. I've finally started to catch up with my sleep that I missed and I think that going to bed early again tonight will help. The emotions I'm feeling tonight are a mixture of depression brought on by being tired and loneliness. I'm really struggling with the perceptions that people have. Who do I think I am and

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-31599791926625623622007-11-11T17:59:00.000-08:002007-11-11T18:33:55.136-08:00

All I have to say is that the Dominican Republic, specifically Punta Cana is amazing. We had a phenomenal time and I got certification for Scuba. When I got back I bought a new lap top which as I get it closer to how I want it configured I'm enjoying more and more. All in all everything's good.

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-33541282970168302292007-10-25T21:28:00.000-07:002007-10-25T21:35:35.897-07:00

Holy Hell have I been busy. Tonight we carved pumpkins in the warehouse at work! It's been years since I carved pumpkins. Mine look like they were kicked in the face but my friend K's look awesome.We're having a big Halloween bonfire at camp on Saturday night and as usual everyone's going to get tanked. The difference from a regular Saturday night though is that this time people are going to

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-27021629479821253062007-10-16T20:18:00.000-07:002007-10-16T20:35:18.043-07:00

I think that large construction companies attract a certain type of personality. Now I know what you're thinking... and you're probably right I do fit right in. That said dealing with that many strong personalities everyday is extremely challenging. I think that of all the skills I've gained while working up here learning to deal with those personalities is one of the most valuable lessons

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-82431621831042807402007-10-12T20:17:00.000-07:002007-10-12T20:36:15.329-07:00

Yesterday was possibly one of the most insane day's I've had in a long time. I had arrived back at site on Wednesday night (yes, just in time for steak night!), unpacked, watched some TV and went to bed. The next morning the shit show began.I walked into my office and found a note from one of my girls that she would not be in until later in the afternoon as she had a Doctors appointment. No

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I may be getting a new job soon. I sent in my application today to a friend that has got me two previous jobs. I'm looking forward to the possibility here and hope that things go well. I'll update everyone on it when I get a chance.Happy Thanksgiving!

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Tonight was the most exciting night in camp. Steak Night! Oh how I love steak night. One of the things I will absolutely miss about this place someday...Things in the office are fucking insane. The crazy Manager decided to take one of my girls away so now there's just three of us taking care of over 800 people. I can't even describe the feeling on that. I'm really frustrated because of all

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-83444589245358840752007-09-21T18:49:00.000-07:002007-09-21T18:58:18.108-07:00

I talked with our Big Boss today about what he thought I should do about the survey that was sent out. He suggested that I put my first choice down as the Corporate Office in Calgary, then Edmonton, then a camp. He told me that he figured I'd do really well in contracts or estimating which is awesome because I'd been planning on putting those two fields down as my interests anyway. The only

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Got a thought provoking e-mail today from the company. Essentially they were asking what our preference was once our current job wrapped up. Do we want to work in the Calgary head office, the Edmonton yard or in another camp situation? Even though I'm sure I'll be on my current site for another couple months I've got to make this decision and get my response back to them by the beginning of

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-552654255618877852007-09-16T17:42:00.000-07:002007-09-16T17:51:14.497-07:00

It's been an interesting couple of days. My department is being audited and it's finally coming to an end. Essentially everything is good and we're rockin' things. Yesterday the guy doing the audit had me wound right out though because he was asking questions that made no sense and was "giving me advice" on how I should be doing my job. For some reason I was doubting myself and he had me so

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-56031082953507892482007-09-11T18:17:00.000-07:002007-09-11T18:26:03.937-07:00

So the Tooth Fairy is getting her revenge on me for having a Dentist extract my wisdom teeth and not leaving them for her to collect. Well that Bitch is doing a great job of making me uncomfortable. Up until yesterday everything with the surgery had been fine. Then two days ago the sutures started to dissolve and ever since then I've been fighting the battle of the ever swelling gums. Ouch.

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-2841273967697925892007-09-08T20:53:00.000-07:002007-09-08T20:59:26.329-07:00

I think I almost had a Britney moment today... I'm so tightly wound and frustrated that while I'm getting a hair-cut I wanted to tell the woman just just gimme a buzz cut. Thank God I just told her to cut it short and spike it! Either way I think that maybe I should have just gone with the buzz cut. Maybe next turnaround. So feeling yucky I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the nastiness

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The weather here is phenomenal. That perfect blend of warmth with a crispness to the air. Warm enough for short sleeves but pants are recommended. My favorite time of year.

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Early Wednesday morning I had my wisdom teeth taken out. Every time you hear stories about people getting their wisdom teeth out they tend towards the horror genre. I'm happy to say that aside from a little discomfort and puffiness I'm doing fine. Unfortunately/fortunately the only real issue I've had so far is the inability to eat.That noted I got a nasty surprise this morning when I went

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Forgot to mention that last night I went to the weekly campfire (a company tradition where everyone goes and gets drunk by a fire). I didn't drink but I certainly did laugh. Lots of very funny people working for this company. I took a friend from another company that I used to work for and she had a great time. As I walked her back to her truck she said "jeeze, I need to get hired with this

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Why is it that people are always surprised when it rains on Labour Day? While it hasn't started to rain yet there are large black clouds in the sky and the forecast for tomorrow indicates it will in fact rain. Again I ask, why are people surprised? I've always figured that it's God's way of showing his displeasure over organized labour (I'm joking... honest...)!Anyway today was a fairly

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Well as it was a usual Wednesday at JC it was steak night. This time to add a twist a bunch of us got our food to go, grabbed a few bottles of wine and set up in one of the common rooms. There we ate, drank and watched a movie. Great time had by all.

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I don't know what's wrong with me but something is up. I'm feeling totally discouraged with life in general right now. It seems as though there's very little celebrate or enjoy lately. Work is brutal, we're extraordinarily busy and curves keep getting thrown at us. Almost all of the things making my life miserable are completely uncontrollable and so I keep hearing my father's voice telling

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I got into Edmonton yesterday and I've been enjoying the relaxed hospitality of Raph and Wifey. Truly a great way to end a somewhat stressful turnaround before I head into the next rotation starting tomorrow.While I was out this time I finally got around to purchasing a yoga mat and I'm planning on making use of it. Hopefully I'll be able to regain some flexibility that I haven't had for a

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Last night while I was at The Baron's watching a movie our family dog lunged at Sister's face. He was sitting on my Mother's lap and I guess she just got to close. She was rushed to the ER for stitches and we're going to have the dog put down this afternoon. I'm hoping that as these things seem to come in three's that this is the end of it.

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I have to admit, I didn't intend for my absence on here to be this long. Life has a way of jumping up and beating the living hell out of me which leaves me so tired by the end of most days it's all I can do to sit and watch tv.I'm back at home in the Okanagan right now and things are pretty much as they always will be. The dog's getting older, my parents are losening up more and more everyday

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On July 20th our family lost a great man. Indeed I believe that anyone who ever met Uncle Frank knew that he was a great man. He was a man that meant a great deal to me for many different reasons throughout my life. My Maternal Grandfather passed away while I was very young and my Paternal Grandfather lived in Saskatchewan (which is essentially the same as being dead) Uncle Frank acted as my

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This past weekend was awesome. I just got back tonight from Vancouver where we were involved in all sorts of festivities for the marriage of Matthew and L. Altogether I have to say I think it was one of the best run weddings I've ever seen. Everything was organized, well planned out and a true testament to the Bride's organizational abilities. My part of the wedding saw me acting as the MC of

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Two extremely important people in my life are in the hospital tonight. One of them my Great Uncle Frank is in Calgary and we're really not sure if he's going leave the hospital. The other, is one of our dearest family friends Mrs. C. She's in the hospital in Vernon.Thinking of both of these people I can only hope and aspire to be like them in some way. Uncle Frank is the composite Gentleman.

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I just downloaded 'Introducing Joss Stone' on iTunes. What a phenomenal album. I highly recommend it. Soulful and powerful it's excellent listening.

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People who have never spent time in the environment in which I work everyday cannot understand the sheer stupidity of some of the people that I come into contact with everyday. A few days ago I had to turn a new employee around at the airport when I got a last minute call that he'd failed his drug test. Understandably he was pretty upset about the whole situation and with the fact that we sent

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Last night I was talked into going to the bar in Fort Mac by Sister and Peter. The rational was that it was their leaving ESS party. Can't argue with that. So we went, we drank, we danced, we drank, we danced a lot more, I woke up this morning drunk. The waking up drunk was a new experience... as was feeling like utter shit this morning. Remember why I pretty much stopped drinking in camp

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After reading the Strata minutes last night the unease I've had in my gut increased. After being tormented by the decision today I officially retracted my offer for the condo. It's kind of upsetting to me in one sense but on the other hand I'm actually feeling pretty at ease with the decision.There were two main factors that were bugging me. The first was obviously the price of the mortgage I

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I'm feeling low.

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Honestly I didn't think that I'd be writing about mortgage woes before I even had one... Turns out that a certain Orange bank thinks I'm not necessarily a good credit risk. How are they basing this decision? Well because I'm new to my job they don't want to take the risk that I'm not excellent at it. So I had to get my Dad to guarantee it... at least until I've been with the company for 6

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THEY ACCEPTED MY OFFER! KELOWNA HERE I COME!

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Well I put an offer in on the apartment that I was looking at. After looking at 5 others, just for the sake of making sure there was nothing else out there I wanted, I put an offer in on the original one that I liked. The other's had a number of things wrong with them. In one you could hear the traffic through the walls, in a couple of others the floors were totally destroyed (new carpets and

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After spending much of the day with Janet yesterday I decided that today I would look into this whole house buying business that seems to be the rage with the kids. So I went onto MLS and started to look around. Well wouldn't you know it but the condo I've been dreaming about was there. The place is in the building in downtown Kelowna that I lived in once-upon-a-time and that I loved. The

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I can't believe how long it's been since I wrote. Work has been so psychotically busy it's just sick. Things are going good but I'm really looking forward to going home again. This time in I've been dealing with some sporadic sever depression that I think is a result of being exhausted a lot. Just to be sure though I've got an appointment with my naturalpath while I'm home.Right now I'm

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Today two things happend that are of some significance. The first is that I withdrew from my online course at Athabasca University. The new job is just not leaving enough time to focus on it and learn. While I'm chagrined at the money I've lost on it I'm somewhat happy that I won't have a WF on my transcrips in case I ever decide to take another course from there when I have more time.The

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One thing I have to say about my Boss is that he's shrewd. I just recently found out from some people that he's known company wide for coming in and turing operations around. He'll use whatever means necessary. I am proof of that.Happily he's willing to stand behind me and what I feel needs to be done in the department. So in that light I'm working towards my first firing. I inherited three

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Surprise, surprise...Greed:Medium Gluttony:High Wrath:Low Sloth:Medium Envy:High Lust:Low Pride:Very High The Seven Deadly Sins Quiz on 4degreez.com

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I've been back on site for a few days now and while it took me a day or two to get into the swing of things I'm doing well. Everyday my department has another minor sucess and that's where I'm getting my motivation from (I'd be lying if I didn't say that the pay-check I got this week didn't make it so much more worth it though). I came back to a spotlessly clean office, well as spotless as a

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I'm spending money like a rock star! Yesterday my Dad and I went on a wine buying trip through the South Okanagan and came back with a trunk full of wine, 20 bottles to be exact. We then stopped and had dinner at Sumac Ridge and I won't hesitate to state it was probably one of the most exquisite meals I've ever had. I started with an appatizer of mixed olives and Steller's Jay Brut! A

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It's not my imagination... the air does smell sweeter in the Okanagan. It's good to be home, even though the heat is killing me.The last few days at site were really long and I'm so completely exhausted right now it's sad. Yesterday on my way back from work to camp I was going to walk (there's a great backroad that's been closed to vehicle traffic that helps me get SOME exercise) but I was just

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Two more get ups and I'm out of here. I'm really looking forward to going home... not so much because I'm looking forward to going home but rather because I'm really tired and am looking forward to a break. Things in the office are running so smoothly I don't think anyone can believe it. I had document control come in to clean up our files at the beginning of the week and they took not two,

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G-L-A-M-O-U-R-O-U-S! For some reason that's how I'm feeling tonight. For no other reason than I had a pretty darn good day and I've been listening to Fregie's song 'Glamourous' off and on all day. I think I'm going to be heading to Vancouver again this turnaround as Marcie and Frank are having a going away party and I really, really want to party again. These periods of stress and bordome in

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I've been super busy hence the lack of updates for the past while. Seriously my day involves getting up at 5 to be at work for 630. I work until 530 or like tonight until 7 then I come back to my room, watch an episode of Nip/Tuck (a fantastic show I just found out about) then I go to bed. I've just finished watching the show, so now it's time for bed.

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There are a lot of times when I fall into one of those funks where I start to question everything I'm doing. I think these situations are somewhat valuable because they get me to think and question what I'm doing. I think about the fact that I'm up here and that I'm very much alone. I think about the money that I'm making and I ask myself what do I have to show for it? Then I think about the

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Check this interesting little thing out.

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Hello all you Happy People! Well things are still going along well. I'm starting to get the rythym of how things in this new company work. Overall I'm enjoying it and I have to say that even at this early juncture that I think it was a good move. I'm busy, the girls in my department (yeah, I am in charge of a department of women, what a surprise) are a lot of fun. Management is supportive,

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Had a very good day today. Things are going along swimmingly. I do have one hell of a headache though so I'm going to bed. Like now.

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I'm sure you may have heard about the fatalities up here. Apparently a roof collapsed on one of the giant boilers and two people were killed immediately, 4 were rushed to hospital where one died today, and there are rumours that 14 are still missing. I think the site was where the Chinese Nationals were working so can you imagine the reaction when the full story gets out?I've been with the new

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My new schedule is going to take some getting used to...

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It's been a really exhausting week since I posted last. Tuesday I returned to site to finish off my last three days with the last company. Finishing those three days involved things like making sure that my replacement had the information that he needed and some other final administraitive details (my replacement has already called me once this morning... I didn't answer though). Friday I

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It's probably bad that when the other team scored the winning goal with 30 seconds left in the third that I almost cheered. The mere thought of overtime just about made me sick.

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Well I'm off to do my least favourite thing. Hockey playoff game. I really wish Dad would just listen to me when I tell him I'm bored out of my ever loving mind sitting there watching a game. I'm thinking of taking my iPod and a magazine tonight.

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Vancouver was a blast! I spent WAY to much money but it was oh, so worth it. I drove down on Friday and Marcie and I went shopping on 4th for a few hours before we headed over to Commercial for dinner at Marcello's. We hit Lulu Lemon pretty hard and even went to the "Hidden" outlet store where I got a good deal on some pants. Marcello's saw us goarging ourselves on amazing food and some good

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I've been home for two days now and I have to say it's been nice. Yesterday after I got off the plane my Mother dragged me around Kelowna for a few hours. The experience wasn't completely painful but I was exhausted already and she just would not go home, so I comprimised and we went to Quail's Gate for lunch. All I have to say about that is... don't. Don't get me wrong the food was good and

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Hey Wifey! We got 87% on our first assignment! Great work!

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I GOT THE JOB! April 20th is my last day with the current company.

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I'm depressed. It's Easter weekend and I'm sitting here in Camp doing NOTHING! I'd much rather be with my family. Today I didn't even leave my room more than twice. I went to the gym and went for a run this morning (new insoles make running capable once again) and I went for dinner this evening.I've been contemplating withdrawing from the course I'm taking for a while now. I think it's the

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I feel sick. I'm shaking and my lunch is having a hard times staying down. Everything's kind of gone to shit but theres a good chance at salvage. This morning the other company called again wondering what the hell had happened to me and this time I just couldn't not answer. So after telling them that I still couldn't give them an answer they told me they were sorry but they guessed they'd

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Really, really weird how two years ago on this day I got the job with 1-800-Got-Junk, the next year on this day I was just starting my time up here with my current job and now I'm waiting to hear about another job. April must be new job month!

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Called Big Boss just before 5 and he said that he needed one more day and that he would have something for me before dinner time tomorrow. We're waiting... Problem is I'm dodging phone calls from the other company. Feels like the title of that Garth Brooks song "If tomorrow never comes"

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Big Boss is back unexpectedly! As soon as I found out this morning I marched into his office and told him we needed to talk. Then he worked on convincing me that staying would be a better option than going. He laid out all of his points, I aired my concerns with him, and he made some promises. I gave him to the end of the day to give me an answer before I called the other company back and

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The tension and stress of the situation is just about making me sick. There's a whole lot riding on this job move right now and while everything looks good so far it's a day late already. I was promised an answer yesterday and was supposed to give the new company my response at that time. This morning I left a message with Big Boss who still hasn't returned any of my e-mail's or voice messages

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-82157290608893372152007-04-01T13:08:00.000-07:002007-04-01T13:12:52.842-07:00

I've found a replacement show for 'The OC' I recently started downloading Brothers & Sisters and I'm LOVING it. Great show with an incredible cast, although Sally Fields character drives me crazy, so I highly recommend it to anyone desiring to get caught up in the lives of some fictional television characters.

KShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985456768158087204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337479.post-34864018004836265402007-03-30T13:04:00.000-07:002007-03-30T13:06:20.990-07:00

Well I got a hold of one of my Bosses by phone and told him of the opportunity that had come my way and that I would really like to pursue it. He sounded positive about the whole thing and I'm somewhat optimistic.Keep your fingers crossed for me!

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