Winter = Cold.

BRRRR!!!!

It.

Is.

COLD!

The current temperature is -26C. 

With a forecasted temperature of -30C tonight! 

Not too far off...

We were starting to really get spoiled there with our very unusually mild November winter weather. But I guess all good and dreamy things must eventually come to an end.

The days are getting shorter too.
Daylight occurs from 9:10am until 3:27pm.

And that time is closing more and more each day.

Soon it will seem like I won't be seeing the light of day at all.

And that will nearly be the truth!

It's definitely a winter wonderland out there.

On my front doorstep at ~8am the other morning during a snowfall day.

At my work doorstep ~8:30am (shhh, I was late...).

Me at work. 

(I guess I don't use that sponge board on the wall back there...)

This is my art. 

Along with many 'behind the scenes' processes.

(mind the MESSY desk!)

On a good note.

I am turning 30 on Sunday!!!!!

(yes, it IS good!)

WHOOOOOT!!!

I have a GREAT feeling that I'm gonna LOVE my dirty 30's!!!! hehe! To be honest my 20's sucked royal ass . . . I learnt ALOT, so that I am thankful for. But I got pushed around, dismissed, neglected and was so insecure that I could just curl up and cry. And, in fact, did so on many, many occasions.

Now I realize, that that is exactly what the 20's were for. To learn.

(Not that it stops there.)

But now that I'm closer to 30's (almost there!), I feel so much more confident and ready to take on the world with my better learnt abilities to deal with the shit that crosses my path (and, yes, of course the happiness too)!! And I'm looking forward to this new phase in my life!! eeee!! I'm REALLY excited about it which is SO not how I pictured turning 30 (thank God!)! Not that I'll do everything right . . . cuz I'm sure I'll do LOTS of things wrong still. But atleast I won't feel shitty about it anymore. I'm so over that.

So bring it on, 30, full force!! =D

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I also have this little monkey to thank! =D

Fart.

Pardon the term. But the fact that I may have to leave for school a week earlier than originally planned, really sucks big farts. This means that JD and I will only get to spend 2 weeks together, over the holidays, instead of 3.

I can't wait till this show is OVER!





5 months and counting . . .

Mundane Monday.

Ok. 

So I took a 'mental health' day today . . . aka "sick day" at work. I just needed a break. To be ALONE. Know what I mean?! 

I was pretty happy about not doing ANYTHING, but by the end of it I got kinda leery about doing absolutely nothing and having too much time to think!

Here is how my day went and what I did (or didn't do):

~ate my morning oatmeal while checking emails etc.
~fed the dogs
~watched home improvement shows all morning
~drank coffee and ate 2 pieces of lovely Lindt mint chocolate (yes, IN the morning!)
~did some surfing on Etsy et al.

~ate lunch
~watched some more tv . . . by this time, I can't even remember what
~did NOT go to the gym  *GASP!*
~turned into a squash-like vegetable (ok, so  this didn't REALLY happen, but it could have!)

It was super NICE until about 2pm when I started to feel like I was getting bed sores (or couch sores) and proceeded to wonder if this 'doing nothing' thing was such a good idea after all . . .

I continued to linger a little bit longer BUT by 3pm I had had enough and headed for the shower. At this point, the anxiety and regret set in and my mind went WILD . . . thinking about everything in the sun from, 'oh I should have done  the dishes/tidied up my pig-sty house' > to financials > to mommy-guilt > to sisterly evolutions > to leaving for 4 months without my baby > to only seeing JD for 3 weeks at Christmas etc., etc., etc . . . like totally random, all over the place and uncontrolled, scattered thoughts.

Soooo. I quit thinking and went off I went to grab some groceries, check the mail (yayy, more goodies) and pick up Brooklyn from the dayhome (aka mommy-guilt). And do the normal routine of cooking, eating supper with my baby girl and doing the dishes . . . 

AND well. 

I felt better!

So, I guess I've discovered that my brain turns to mush and is a breeding ground for scatter-brained bucketness after more than 5 hours of doing NOTHING! 

And THAT is my maximum limit. 

After that, I MUST do something!!! 

Picture taken just over a year ago on Brooklyn's 1st Bday! 

Totally tuckered out and just chillin' with her handsome daddy =)