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In need of a vent

Yay, my last day in Fort McMurray. Dad and Dan are on their way here and should arrive within the next hour. We take off to go back home bright and early tomorrow morning. I was feeling pretty good about this until about an hour ago when Lee San walked in the door saying "oh, by the way, I'm having friends over tonight." This isn't bad in and of itself. There are, unfortunately, problems with this:
a) She hasn't had friends over when I've been home at all this term why start now.
b) All of my stuff is in the kitchen and front hall, not exactly a pretty sight for people to see not to mention the possibility of things going missing or getting damaged.
c) We have one room reasonable for entertaining and dad isn't exactly a partier.
d) Dad is sleeping on the couch and we don't want to be up too late as we will be leaving early the next morning.
Grrrr, it's her place too and she should be allowed to have people over but couldn't she have done it ANY other day this term?! Why now?!!

And counting...

213 hours until I'm done work and am free to do what I want and leave this place! Woopee!!
This consists of 56 hours of work, 48 hours of weekend, an attempt at 72 hours of sleep and a whole lot of packing and saying goodbyes.
I've started with the packing part and now have several full boxes in my room waiting to go home. I just can't bring myself to pack up my stuffed animals (it'll feel lonely), my clothes (what if I want to wear them) or anything on my computer... yet! I have a busy week and a half ahead of me so I'm hoping it goes by fast so I can go home again.
Tomorrow is student night where Syncrude puts on a whole big to do for all the students including free food and door prizes (I think this results in free schwag for everyone!) We'll see how it goes, I'm looking forward to it though.
Friday my friends and I are trying to organize a bit of a Christmas party so we can all be together before the end. This could go one way or another. On the one hand everyone can be cheerful and happy to be together and enjoy themselves... or... it can go seriously downhill. See, we have this friend Amber. She has a rather interesting upbringing in that she's the most normal one in her family... and that's saying something! Anyway... there's always been something a little off about her but for the most part it's been something we can try to put behind us and ignore the creepy factor. She meets this guy, Matt, near the beginning of term. Now he seriously makes us all feel a little uncomfortable for some reason... mostly, I think, because he's a smartass. Anyway, since they've started hanging out it's been almost like they've been dating but Amber had a boyfriend back home in Ottawa. So it turns out the weekend some friends and I go on a road trip to Saskatoon all hell breaks loose. Kim (the boyfriend) came up all the way from Ottawa for the weekend, she breaks up with him and within the day is going at it with Matt... slight loss of respect here. This just adds another notch the the stick of why we don't really like spending time with her. So we were discussing a Christmas party and she happens to notice that we're talking about doing it next week. Well, she throws a fit! She tells us we already decided to have the party this Friday so that she could go as she will be going home for Christmas next week. We ended up discussing it and to keep the peace we finally gave in. So now we're all bringing ourselves and our leftover booze from the term and some Christmassy food over to her place and we'll see how long it lasts before somebody decks her... or Matt.
Anywho, this becomes a real problem in that she wanted to have us all over again for her birthday which she intends to celebrate on Saturday. Now I can already see that if things don't go well Friday night Saturday is not going to be an option. I hate this because I really dislike making people feel bad or leaving them out but really, it's going to be kind of sketchy to see how this pans out. Oooh, but Saturday Eric is being really nice and taking me to the bottle depot to FINALLY get rid of all the bottles and cans that have been cluttering up the front closet since May!
Sunday will truly be a day or rest after all of this high school esque drama. Church in the morning and then packing and cleaning, preparing the apartment for inspection so that I can leave!
Monday... last week of work, sometime over the course of this week we decided we will go for a nice steak dinner out one night... mmm, steak. Looking forward to that one!
Tuesday - final healthy weighs meeting... oooh! I weighed in on Tuesday this week and have so far lost 15 POUNDS!! YAY!! Now if I can keep this up at an equal rate I'll be a pretty ideal size by the time July comes around, I just hope I don't have to alter the dress TOO much!
Wednesday - steak? maybe, I&I... maybe, packing... maybe
Thursday - see Wednesday! Gotta finish packing today!
Friday is the last day! WOOPEE!! I can't wait to go home! Dad and Dan are coming up that day to take me back home. They will drive up in the morning and get here probably around the time I finish work or shortly thereafter. My two favorite men! Yay! Maybe if all goes well we'll load up the van that night and drive back again but something tells me that's not likely! Early the next morning we will be on the road in hopes of getting the van unpacked that night so that my stuff doesn't sit in the garage for a week!
Sunday, Christmas eve, fly out to Kamloops and finally relax again... kind of!

So that's the plan, now to see how it all pans out and hope that it goes by fast! Christmas with family in BC and New Year's with friends followed by the start of school and everything that comes with it, then maybe I can actually unpack!! By the way... what do I get Dan, a 24 year old man, for Christmas? I used up my ingenuity on his birthday at the start of the month. Silly December birthdays! OK, time to stop rambling I guess.

Goodnight!

Love hearts

Sick of this yet?!

This is the valentine's candy saying for me it seems...

Hmmm, not as random as I thought but it was fun!

nerdy!

Guess I'm not as nerdy as I thought but after seeing the questions I have a good idea than Dan will definitely score near the top!



28% nerdy, so 72% of people who took the quiz were nerdier than me. That's ok. I can live with that. Apparently I'm "not nerdy but definitely not hip"... I can live with that!

10 Favorites

Favorite Season: Summer
Favorite Sport: Swimming
Favorite Time: Just before lunch
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Actor: Anthony Hopkins
Favorite Actress: Anne Hathaway
Favorite Ice Cream: Pistachio
Favorite Food: Anything pasta
Favorite Drink: Water… 0 Calories :D
Favorite Place: With Dan

9 Currents

Current Feeling: Mellow
Current Underwear Color: Teal
Current Windows Open: Blogger, Word, ITunes, Dan conversation window, MSN
Current Drink: Water
Current Time: 4:25 pm
Current Mobile(s) Used: Sasktel, Motorola E815
Current Show on TV: Nothing
Current Thought: What am I going to make for dinner
Current Clothes: Lulu pants for lounging, nice sweater from church

8 Firsts

First Nickname: gum grins :D
First Kiss: Pat
First Real Crush: Graham
First Best Friend: Carli
First Vehicle I drove: 90 someodd Buick Regal
First Job: Seating customers at Bonanza
First Movie: No idea
First Pet: none…
First Shave: around 12-13 years old… don’t remember

7 Lasts

Last Drink : Water
Last Kiss: Dan
Last Time I Drove: May 4th
Last Time Shaved: November 3rd
Last Web Site Visited: Brennan’s blog
Last Movie Watched: Mona Lisa Smile yesterday
Last Pill I Had: Marvalon

6 Have You Evers

Have You Ever Broken the Law: Speeding?
Have You Ever Been Drunk: um… yes…
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: don’t think so, unless on the cheek counts…
Have You Ever Been in the Middle/Close to Gunfire or Bomb Blast: near enough to hear it in Guatemala when we visited the slums in Guatemala City
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: Yes, once…
Have You Ever Broken Anyone's Heart: yes…

5 Things

Things You Can Hear Right Now: music from ITunes
Things on Your Bed: Fluffy, Panda, sheets, pillows
Things You Ate Today: Eggs, Turkey bacon, Toast, Ham, Beans, Caesar salad, Grapes, Corn, Cake (potluck at church)
Things You Can’t Live Without: Dan
Things You Do When You Are Bored: Read, walk, watch TV, go on my computer, clean

4 Places You Have Been today
Church, Birchwood Trails, Kitchen, Bed

3 Things On Your Desk Right Now
computer, printer, CDs

2 Choices
Black or White: Black
Hot or Cold: Hot

1 Thing You Want To Do Before You Die
Visit Down Under (Australia or New Zealand, get your mind out of the gutter!)

Evil? Not!! :D

How evil are you?

Sesame Street

Again from Brennan's blog...

Snuffleupagus You scored 64% Organization, 60% abstract, and 61% extroverted!

This test measured 3 variables. First, this test measured how organized you are. Some muppets like Cookie Monster make big messes, while others like Bert are quite anal about things being clean. Second, this test measured if you prefer a concrete or an abstract viewpoint. For the purposes of this test, concrete people are considered to gravitate more to mathematical and logical approaches, whereas abstract people are more the dreamers and artistic type. Third, this test measured if you are more of an introvert or an extrovert. By definition, an introvert concentrates more on herself and an extrovert focuses more on others. In this test an introvert was somebody that either tends to spend more time alone or thinks more about herself. You are somewhat organized, both concrete and abstract, and both introverted and extroverted. I bet you didn't think you were Snuffleupagus. Let's find out why. You are both somewhat organized. You have a good idea where you put things and you probably keep your place reasonably clean. You aren't totally obsessed with neatness though. Alloyius Snuffleupagus (and all Snuffleupagus') is not sloppy by nature, but he moves so incredibly slowly that it is impossible for him to be totally organized. You both are about equally concrete and abstract thinkers. You have a good balance in your life. You know when to be logical at times, but you also aren't afraid to explore your dreams and desires... within limits of course. Snuffy generally has very basic interests, but he explores his abstract sensitive side when he plays his snuffleflute. You both are somewhat introverted. Originally Snuffleupagus was very shy and was only Big Bird's invisible friend. However as he has aged he has started to build new friendships with new characters. Like Snuffy, you probably like to have some time to yourself. However, you do appreciate spending time with your friends, and you aren't scared of social situations. The other possible characters are Oscar the Grouch Big Bird Cookie Monster Ernie Elmo Kermit the Frog Grover The Count Guy Smiley Bert If you enjoyed this test, I would love the feedback! Also if you want to tell me your favorite Sesame Street character, I can total them up and post them here. Perhaps your choice will win!

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on Organization You scored higher than 99% on concrete-abstra You scored higher than 99% on intro-extrovert

Link: The Your SESAME STREET Persona Test written by greencowsgomoo on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Long time, I know...

Not a lot since I last wrote... or maybe a lot since I haven't been home much! Went home for my birthday and Thanksgiving. It was great to see everyone but not really thinking ahead I brought my engagement ring in for sizing and then realized that Auntie Amy and Grandma hadn't seen it yet. Sure enough shortly after walking in for Thanksgiving dinner both of them essentially said congratulation, let's see the ring! Oops!

Dan took me out for a fabulous dinner at a greek restaurant for my birthday which would have only been a little better if one of the other patrons hadn't been so rude to the rest of us sitting near by in her vulgar conversation and rude remarks to the servers. I got a whole bunch of new books and videos to go along with a new portable DVD player! Very exciting! Fuzzy gloves and scarf to match a small elephant and candle from my friends and a few things for the hope chest... like a fondue set, yay!!

I kept forgetting that we would be married and living on our own next fall. We were discussing having a Thanksgiving dinner with friends and Dan said "we could have it at our place" so I said "yeah, you've got a big house for everyone!" That got a laugh as Dan pointed out he meant OUR place! Then at dinner with the family I asked who was hosting Christmas next year asking mom if "we" were meaning her, dad and I... turns out it's now going to be at OUR house too as I had just volunteered it! Ah well, if only that would teach me to keep my big mouth shut!

So pulled this off of Brennan's blog and thought I'd see what my blog got rated.



Sweet, only 25% evil! :D

So I'm definitely ready to go home, time to start packing pretty soon though. I can't wait to be back there, this place just isn't the same no matter what I do. It's not so bad when Dan's here though. He was up last weekend as he had a long weekend and we went for a couple of nice walks and lounged around a lot. I miss him...

Anywho, that's all I've got for the moment I think. By my weigh in on Tuesday I should be at the point where I will have lost 10 pounds since starting this diet! YAY! It's not nothing!

Going on a trip... kind of...

So here I am again. Still in the Fort, still wanting to go home.

The second Friday of this month we had a party to welcome the new students. We started with a pre-party at Patrick's new place (another good old Saskatoon student) on Powder (fancy places have two rooms, one with a bathroom and a balcony to itself, another bathroom, in house laundry, and a maid every too months. I thought I was doing pretty well for myself but the more I see of other apartments it seems I got the bum end of the deal. The redeeming quality of my apartment is air conditioning which was a Godsend this summer but from now until the end of term is next to useless. All the other places have in house laundry (did I mention it was free)and two bathrooms one of which is an ensuite. anyways...) and went from there to the actual party, also in the Powder apartments. We weren't there long but as there were more than 50 people crammed into this little apartment all of whom were drinking, some much more heavily than those like me, it got very loud, very fast. I figured that a party in an apartment probably wasn't a great idea but as we no longer have people in the townhouses and we needed to have a welcome party I can't say I'm surprised. We were kicked out by 10 o'clock to the point of the landlord/manager calling to cops. Funny cause it doesn't have to be quiet in that place until 10 and we were out of there by then. Anyway, we were kicked off the parking lot so a bunch of us stood around in the extra foods parking lot (some sober ones so that they could go get their vehicles once the cops left) trying to decide what to do next. A number of the students moved on to Diesel, a bar near my place. There were about 6 of us though who decided to tone it down and went to some other student apartments on Loutit where the goal was to watch zombie movies but we basically just sat around chatting. If it weren't for that night though I would probably still be bored out of my skull.

Though I still long to go home it's not nearly as painful as it was last term as now I have friends to spend some time with. We do movie nights about once a week or so and don't do much other than chat and listen to a couple of them play with their guitars. It's a good time though and it keeps me busy. Two of them even have cars up here to come pick me up and bring me over ther (as I don't have a dvd player here it's not entirely conducive to having movie nights at my place.) I made them all supper last night and was told by one who seems to have a lot of things upset her stomach that it was the first meal since she's been up here that someone made her and she didn't feel sick after. Not to mention that they all seemed to enjoy it as their plates were clean after. I felt proud of honing my domestic skills!

Anywho, I should probably think about getting to bed as my little trip is going to Edmonton tomorrow (we have Friday off) and meeting up with Dez tomorrow night and Dan, Russ, Matt, Cindy and Chris Friday night for the weekend. I can't wait to see everyone. We have passes to the waterpark that I got cheap through the social club at work and it's going to be a good time I think.

Oh, noteworthy point. I went to my weigh in for this diet I'm doing and after 3 weeks I am down 5 pounds, two weeks between the 1-2 pound ideal weight loss gain and one week 2.6 lbs (explain that one to me, Dan was up and I didn't exactly eat as well as I was supposed to that week, I don't get it!) I'm excited that this seems to be helping. At this rate though I can lose another 15-20 lbs before I come home at christmas!! YAY!

Going to Saskatoon in a week from today. I can't wait!! I'm leaving early for the long weekend as my birthday falls on the Friday and I'd like to spend some time with Dan and Austin Thursday night. Sounds like Dan's taking me out Friday night and going out with friends on Saturday, Sunday is thanksgiving dinner and I leave again on Monday. It's all far too short. I packed up all of my summer clothes to bring home and they pretty much fill my big suitcase so I'll probably have to send some down with Dan so I have room for the stuff I need for the weekend! My rollerblades can wait until the next time he comes up I think. We'll see what I can make work!

Ok, bedtime as was stated a few minutes ago! Goodnight! Luv ya!

CANJAC

Enough of the blogger drama and on to CANJAC!

WOW! If I could spend every day doing things like CANJAC I would be in great shape, probably in the hospital from lack of sleep, but very happy every single day! Please excuse me if this is hard to understand cause it'll be a little bit all over the place!

For those who don't know what CANJAC is it is the Canadian National Junior Achievement Conference. For a week high school aged students involved in various Junior Achievement entrepreneurship groups from across Canada and around the world gather in a Canadian city (this year Ottawa.) They work hard for this week in different coloured houses listening to various speakers and participating in different activities to answer a vague, business related question. They work hard but they also play hard. As part of building their team they also develop house skits and cheers, gAIMs (activities they rotate through put on by the staff of each house), as well as social events, networking, and visiting the city. The question this year was "As future business leaders how do we fulfill our individual, team and corporate visions?" and the theme was "Fulfilling The Vision". In order to answer this question in a 10 minute presentation they heard speakers as a large group as well as from their house's sponsor company in the areas of Marketing, Process/Production, and Human Resources. Each house consists of about 25 students, 2 staff and 1 house co-ordinator. This year we were ORANGE house sponsored by COGNOS. We had students from all over Canada, Bahamas, Hong Kong, Germany, Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Cayman Islands, and Norway.

This is our house!

Let's start at the beginning...

Wednesday, August 16th

All staff met for the first time save a few exceptions. There were 6 houses with 3 staff each (18) and black house with 7 staff for a total of 25 for those who can't add. Our opening meeting went over all the basics: schedule, rules, responsibilities, dinner... you know, all the important stuff. After supper we tried out the first gAIM put on by green house staff which consisted of taking newspaper and tape and being given the assignment of building a bridge the hieght of a pop bottle that could hold a bowl full of water. We were in two teams and we'll just say now that our bridge lost horribly! We then split off to meet as house staff to briefly bond together the three of us. I working with two men: Brent, our HC, who has been doing CANJAC for the past 9 years, and John who was with us last year in logistics but did a wonderful job this year with the students as well.

Here's a picture of us!















That's John, Me and Brent.


And all of the staff...














After the house staff meeting we got to paint our staff t-shirts which would be worn for the gAIMs day (instead of t-shirts, the students painted banners for this one, put on by orange house staff) and after this it was bedtime!

Thursday, August 17th

First full day of work. Breakfast was at 7, and trust me, there's no skipping breakfast here! We participated in 3 more of the gAIMs:

1) Putting together a large puzzle blindfolded, and then taking the blindfold off one of them and having them direct the others. This was put on by yellow house staff.

2) Participating in an obstacle course during which some get "blinded" some become "lame" and others end up hanging from a tree. The students didn't get to do this one as the day we did the gAIMs was the one day of the week that it rained and this was definetly an outdoor activity! This was put on by blue house staff.

3) Another activity that they found a replacement for due to rain. We had to "neutralize acid" by walking across planks to a small circle on the other end without falling in. This was put on by red house staff.

After a great morning outside we had lunch and started in on acutual training with things like time & stress management and goal setting. After dinner was a mall run for any last minute items we may need, some time for decorating/planning and the final gAIM - learning all the cheers. This was led by purple house staff. We also put together our own skit and song for the "opening ceremonies when the students arrived.

Friday, August 18th

I think the training is probably the hardest to get through because after little sleep you are sitting listening to people for most of the day as opposed to running from one place to another with the students. Today we did training all day with breaks for lunch and supper. In training we had the opportunity to practice our own facilitation skills and those sitting were the toughest crowd we would have to deal with all week, man did they give us a hard time! We also were given half an hour to put together our answer to "the question" to present briefly to the HC's. At least we have an idea of what the students will have to go through. After dinner we did a bit of decorating of the classrooms and halls. We met later for staff rehearsal of the skit and song.

Saturday, August 19th

The morning was spent wrapping up our training followed by lunch and preparations to welcome our students whom we would officially meet at dinner that night. We had our first General Meeting (all of the houses together) after dinner where we held the "opening ceremonies." We went from there to our first House Meeting where we did icebreakers and all of the basics like rules, introductions, distribution of t-shirts and developing of house identity.

From here the week was a blur! We got about 5-6 hours of sleep every night, when someone wasn't sick that is! Here's a quick overview...

Sunday, August 20th

We did the gAIMs most of the day, unfortunately had to be held indoors due to rain but still turned out pretty well, they learned a lot and that's the important part. Brief house meeting in the afternoon and general meeting at night with networking. All of the students received JA business cards to network with members of the business community (largely staff!) followed by another house meeting to prepare for our speaker in marketing the next day. Black House Frolics!! The staff gets to wind down with official hang out time together. The staff lounge was always well stocked with good food (and chips, and cookies) and Nancy would lead us in a game of sorts. It was always good times and always went late!

Monday, August 21st

Corporate tours. We went to COGNOS and had some speaker give us an overview of their business and got shown some of the perks of working there such as a gym and beach volleyball courts. They provided us with sandwiches and veggies for lunch. On our return we had a general meeting in marketing presented by Wendy Kennedy - president & CEO of wendykennedy.com inc. This was followed by a house meeting where we had John Blackmore from COGNOS come and answer questions about marketing. In the evening we prepared for the next day's process/production speakers and prepared skits and cheers for the following evening.

Tuesday, August 22nd

Pictures first thing in the morning followed by our second general meeting presented by Mike Hicks of Hyperactive Communications Inc. Again, we had a house meeting, this time presided over by Abdel Hamar Lhadj to answer our process/production questions. We followed up and prepared for Human Resources next day. That afternoon was free time. Some used the time to sleep but most went out on the town. I went with Kailena, Mark, and John to go down to Rideau Centre (mall) and the market which was pretty neat. The four of us and Yannick (who we ran into on our journeys) then went and got henna tatoos in our individual house colours. We had supper at a pretty cool buffet where we drank smoothies out of sand pails (that we got to bring home after.) It was a good time. That evening was skits and cheers. I was so impressed by our students. They were told to do a news program and for every scene they had people laughing. Their ending with a mock boy band of six of the guys calling themselves the "three blind mice" singing with hand actions to Do, A Deer from Sound of Music and one of our young men from Sri Lanka dancing in front of them had the audience howling. It was pretty cool. Frolics, frolics, frolics!!

Wednesday, August 23rd

Human Resources general meeting lead by Anne Graham of AVP Leadership Institute and Canadian Medical Association followed again by a house meeting of the same subject lead by Angela Roberge. We did a brief overview of everything before they were to work on answering the question. That afternoon we went over the presentation rules and got them started on developing that. They seemed on the right track so we pretty much left them alone. For dinner we went to a barbeque in a nearby park which was a nice way to spend some time outside with everyone together. We met back for another house meeting where we set them to work again on the question. At about 10 o'clock all hell broke loose. They determined they were lost and didn't know where to go from where they were so they would have to start over. They got some good brainstorming in together during which a mild conflict developed between two of the students. We returned to the dorm floor around midnight for birthday cake for Nicole and then they were to go back to work on the presentation from the floor as they would have little time the next day. Unfortunately the conflict from earlier came to a head so Brent sent them to bed so they could cool down and deal with everything tomorrow (and so we wouldn't have to clean up anything that was any more messy than it already was.) It was nice to wind down with frolics that night though they started (and ended) later than usual due to people working on the presentation until late.

Thursday, August 24th

Last day already! Sure didn't take long! Presentations and dry runs were completed in the morning and presented formally after lunch followed by "closing ceremonies". After a short break we had the very fancy banquet and awards ceremony. At the awards ceremony two achievers from each house formally thanked their staff with a little speech and certificates. They referred to me as the big sister of the group. Apparently they were going to say I was the mother of the group but then they decided that made me sound old so they changed it! We changed and went to a dance (go figure that the two achievers that had had the conflict the day before were seen dancing... rather close... together) following which we had pizza and pop in a house meeting that lasted until 3am as some of the students were leaving on a bus at 3:30. It was very emotional, lots of tears were shed. The achievers received CD's, certificates, cookbooks (Eat, Shrink and Be Merry - One of the authors was to be one of the general meeting presenters but couldn't make it so they sent books for all of the staff and students) as well as waterbottles and pens from COGNOS.

Friday, August 25th

Most of the students are gone and those that aren't are no longer our responsibility. Much of the staff went to lunch together at a place down by the market. It wasn't great food, or service, and cost too much but it was nice to go out with everyone. At 5pm we met again to go on our staff thank you evening. We received a pen set and an engraved glass inukshuk as gifts from black house for our work over the week, as if the experience and the paid trip weren't enough! We then went to Rideau Carleton Raceway where we had an incredible buffet dinner, it was huge! We were also given $2 each to bet (I bet to win and my horse placed... it was in the lead right up until the end... oh well, I was betting on names anyways!). We were also given a ride in the pace car which 4 people got to go in and we went down and had our picture taken with the winning horse of that race. It was pretty fun. We then went to a bar where we danced and partied until 1 or 2 am. I don't know what it is about Ottawa but they don't know how to play Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" all the way through. That is a staff song that we have a dance to every year and thought it was played twice over the last couple days it was always cut off shortly after the baseball sketch. We were pretty ticked but kept right on dancing to whatever they put on next. There's always next year anyway!

Saturday, August 26th

Got to the airport and because of the mixup with my flight on the way out I had to go through manual checkin which took about half an hour! I met up with a group of people in the food court just before I had to go through security. I said goodbye, gave more hugs and kisses and could no longer hold back the tears. I can't wait to go back next year (as long as wherever I'm working will let me do that as well as my honeymoon the month before!) I went through security, grabbed a quick sandwich at Timmy's and went to my gate where everyone was already boarding.

My flight from Winnipeg to Edmonton was delayed an hour or so but I still made my connection so all was good. My wonderful Danny came and picked me up from the airport here in Fort Mac although the next day would be spent unpacking and monday he would have to go home already again. It was good to spend the time together. He comes up again this weekend. I can't wait to see him! My arms feel empty and I long for his kisses and cuddles. I love you honey! Goodnight.

A quick note

For anyone who was offended by my last blog in any way. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. When I begin blogging I do a lot of thinking and a lot of emotion comes out as well. I was very frustrated and needed a venue to release that frustration. I figure this is a better place to put those thoughts than just talking to friends. I tend to shy away from confrontation with most people and in this manner of expressing myself I know that if I say anything about anyone they have the ability to read what I've said. I find it is better that I put it somewhere that can be read so that those who may be involved can know exactly what I've said or am thinking. Again, I'm sorry if anyone was offended by it. If you want to discuss it you know where to reach me.