Friday, September 18, 2009

Strange Days & the Smell of Fall

When you stop worrying about things, you start to notice the world around you. When your over-stressed mind is clear the world becomes your oyster...I have no clue what that exactly means but sounds cool. Anyways... I've been pushing the negative out and pulling the positive in lately. Since the clutter in my mind that is known as stress is slowly dissipating I have become much more aware of my surroundings. One thing that I have become aware of is foot ware on the side of the road. While driving I tend to see shoes and rubber boots randomly laying on the side of the road. For some reason I always tend to look to see if it's the left or right shoe. Amazingly like 95% of the time it's the left boot. It's bizarre. Does this mean that there are hundreds of people wandering around with only one shoe or has the world suddenly become infested by left leg, peg legged pirates. Personally, I kind of hope it's the pirate option...pirates are cool...or at least the friendly ones are!! :) Another thing I noticed was while driving to work this morning. I was stopped at a red light and happened to look over at the van beside me. First thing I noticed was that there were 5 young children in car seats in this van so I say to myself, "Wow, that's a handful". I then look up to the driver and have to take a double take because the woman driving this van was eating a bowl of cereal while driving. I could not believe it. It's one thing to eat like a burger and fries while driving because they can be eaten with one hand but a bowl of cereal? Unless you happen to have a third hand or tentacle how are you holding the steering wheel? Also, is it really safe to not have your full attention on the road when there are 5 little ones in the back seat?
Apparently most of my noticing of things occur while driving and that's where my next siting has been seen. I was driving down Manitoba Ave in Selkirk yesterday and it was the weirdest thing; the trees on each side of the street were different colors. Not in the sense that they were different trees but in the sense that on one side they were green and on the other the leaves were turning yellow for fall and falling from the trees. It was a beautiful site but confuses you a bit. If trees on one side are preparing for fall then why wouldn't the other side? It's just some of the beauty you find in this world I guess.
To continue on the subject of fall, I can smell it in the air. Currently we are still experiencing out of the ordinary weather for September. 30 degrees in the middle of September kind of freaks me out. But even with the heat I still smell Fall in the air. It's not the "Oh I want Fall so badly that I think it's close", it's a literal smell. The air changes. You no longer smell heat, you smell the crispness of freshly fallen leaves. It's the smell of cleansing rain. Fall brings me such a calm. It's a time of anticipation, a time to see the world change before your eyes. I'm very excited to whip out the variety of fall clothes that I have. Sweaters, pants, nylons under your skirts, long sleeve shirts, jackets, and boots. You have so many options in the fall and it's wonderful!! I also find that the colors of fall seem to warm me inside. They are so rich and captivating. Just walking outside in the fall seems to relax you. As the weather begins to cool, I believe that relationships become closer as well. You find more time for cuddling and holding hands. It's the romance of Autumn! Fall time brings holidays as well. Like Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. I love the meaning of thanksgiving and the fellowship it brings. It brings family together to enjoy a meal that someone has slaved over all day. I am very thankful for Thanksgiving! Towards the end of October the warm and fuzzy feelings are pushed aside for one day and Halloween emerges!! I think I inherited my love for Halloween from my Mom. As a child my favorite TV show/movie was The Addams Family!! Halloween is just so much fun!! I especially love dressing up for it! When I was still going to school I would tend to plan my Halloween costume almost a year in advance. Halloween doesn't have to be scary either. If you want Halloween to become something other than a scare fest think of it as a masquerade. There's nothing to be scared of at a masquerade. Halloween brings the unknown. You can be whoever you want to be on Halloween. If you dream of being a princess or a cowboy or a fireman, you can do it on Halloween. This will be my first year handing out candy at my own house. I plan to decorate and dress up in costume. It's going to be very exciting for me!
Oh Fall I love you so!
I encourage you to take some time and become aware of everything around you. Keep your eyes out for random objects on the road. And please take some time to breathe deep the scent of Fall!!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Cancellation Policy & Positive Thinking

Cancellations...There is no way to avoid them but I really wish I could. Lately it seems that everybody is making their favorite thing to do cancelling plans with me. Oh, and it's never with plenty of time to make new plans; it's always the day before or the day of so everybody that you could make plans with is already all booked up. I don't mind if when people cancel there is a valid reason or they at least give me plenty of time but last minute with a crappy reason kind of sucks! Well it sucks big time! The plans that get cancelled are usually the ones that I have been looking forward to since the day we made them and then you get that call or text or Facebook message and you're crushed! When the same type of cancellations happen over and over again you can't help but think, "Is there something wrong with me?"

That brings me to my next stage. If you have been around me in the past weeks, months or even years you will notice my negative outlook on everything. People go through phases and negativity apparently has become one of mine. If you knew me through a good part of high school you would remember the positive, happy-go-lucky side of me. Post high school the positivity seemed to have died out a little. I don't know if it's because of the culture shock of entering "the real world" or what but unfortunately it's happened. I've somehow managed to pile the good stuff up in the back of a closet where I seem to have forgotten about it; while I stacked up the bad stuff right beside me and dwell on it like crazy. I've decided it's time for a change. The good stuff is going to come out of the closet and the crap is going to get buried away where I don't need to think of it. Even though my jobs sucks and making new friends is harder than I thought it would be I'm going to plow through and find the positive side of things. I am going to strive to be more impulsive(I've been trying to think of that word for days, mighty happy I finally remembered it); do things out of the ordinary; stop putting overly large amounts of thought into things! If someone cancels on me with short notice and a crappy excuse I will find something that makes me happy, even if it's just staying home and baking cookies! It's the whole when life serves you lemons make lemonade! The process has already began. It started off small with going to the Morris Stampede and getting my palms read. Amazingly the palm reader opened my eyes for me and pulled up the negativity veil for me even if it was just a little bit. I would never have done that before but part of me said be impulsive! Many have noticed in my life that death is something that brings me down. Well it brings everybody down generally but starting last year I suddenly had to deal with lots of it. I am finally starting to be comfortable with death or at least I think I am. My grandparents death, for example, was a crushing experience but you have to think of the good points. Yeah they're not physically on earth anymore but the memories I hold will live on until the end of time. Grandma and grandpa are feeling no pain now and I can remember all the good times and cherish them always. If you look past tragedy you will always see a light even if it's the faintest glow. Last week I attended my step grandfather's funeral. I wasn't close to him but the funeral seemed to get the whole accepting death ball rolling. We can't stop death. There's something bigger than us out there that has planned all of life's events out and death just happens to be the end of the physical plan. On my way home that day I decided to take a detour and go through the small town/village/ whatever it is of Cooks Creek. I had never been there but figured why not. When driving through I was very surprised to see this exquisite church appear before my eyes. I believe it was an Ukrainian Catholic church. This incredible building and yard stood before me surrounded in chain link. Everything was stunning. I'm telling you that this was not something you would expect to find on a Manitoba countryside. Just looking at it made you feel at peace. The amazing calm that came over me felt like something you could only see in movies. Maybe seeing this church was my light in the after effects of my step grandfather's death.

I want to see the light on the other side of the darkness. I want to strive for the positive side of things. I want to become who I was and who I am yet to be. I know with a little effort and a little impulsiveness I can do these things and will do these things. Let's see the brighter side of life!

Monday, August 24, 2009

The Geriatric Teenager

We live in a land full of geriatric teenagers.

Definition:
Geriatric teenager: One who becomes jealous of something meaningless, like a teenager but teases other in a way that mirrors the actions of the elderly.

Examples: Becoming jealous of someone talking to the opposite sex because that member of the opposite sex is someone you want but can't have.
Out of pure boredom you go after people that are talking to each other just because they are the opposite sex and say "Oh so and so has a crush on you" "So and so likes you" "Where's he/she, oh they're with so and so of course"

I have come to this realization while working at my current job. Some days I feel like I'm back in high school. I have developed a friendship with our computer tech guy and to my fellow employees they think it's attraction that is the reason we speak together when in reality it's just because we happen to have loads in common. The comments and judgements that are thrown our way are ridiculous. There is one girl who has expressed jealousy in this situation.. when I have called looking for the tech guy she tells him "Oh your baseball girlfriend is looking for you". She used to talk to me all the time but now it's rare or she only shows interest if the conversation revolves around her. The guy sees it too...
We've seen comments that range from

"Morgan has a crush on you" to " Oh I see you flirting with Morgan"

I honestly thought that when you moved from the school world to the work force that everyone would grow up at least a little but apparently everyone has stayed in the high school mind set or else they are preparing themselves for the geriatric life where they can say anything they want and get away with it for the most part.

I don't understand why and how people can live in a world where the feel that the only reason for a guy and girl to speak is sex. It's just not like that anymore. In some aspects I much prefer to have guys to talk to. Throughout my life I have for the most part always had a male confidant. They are great. You can have fun but you don't have to deal with the tears and heartache as much. Guys are pretty much drama free and that's a nice break to have in a group of friends.

The job itself isn't too bad but I wish there was a little more for me to do in my department...It's just the people that are pulling all my nerves. It's ridiculous the only people that I can manage to hang out with and hold a conversation are the shipping guys, the tech guy, the girl that shares my desk and that's pretty much it. Everyone else is too stuck up or way far out of my age bracket so I don't have anything whatsoever in common with them. This is just a weird atmosphere. My last few jobs have been primarily all young females so you have plenty in common with a side of cattiness...But this is way different. I don't really fit in anywhere in particular just with the few odd people listed above.

Everyone has a geriatric teenager in there life..the question is what do you do with them?

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Changes

I guess blogging is not really my thing or something considering Nov 2008 was my last post. Many things have changed since then. April 2009 Adam and I moved into our very first house together. We are no living in Beausejour. Moving was quite the hassle. The previous owners did not move everything out. All big furniture and appliances were removed but EVERYTHING else was left. Adam's mom and I spent the day hauling the crap out so we could move our stuff in. The entire driveway was packed with the stuff they left. It was sickening! When we were finally able to start settling into our house things got better. We are now enjoying living here very much. Haven't doen much work on the house yet other than painting the kitchen but it will all come with time.

Another change is also finding a new job. As much as I loved working at MTS to begin with I grew to hate it. They ended up relying on me for everything. Everyone was too lazy to do anything. The job had no future and I knew I needed to get out of there as soon as humanly possible. Finally I found a new job at BOMImed in Winnipeg as an administrative assistant. I started there at the beginning of June. It's an alright job. It's been kind of slow to begin with but I'm going to stick it out because they are very good employers and almost everyone that works there has been there for over 5 years.

I've also joined a softball team in Beausejour. I suck big time but it's fun anyways and with practice I will get better. We're called the Howland Hooters!

I can't really think off hand what else is worth mentioning but at least I caught up on my blog!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Been awhile!

So I'm a terrible blogger apparently...haven't written a thing since September. Let's see I guess an update is in order. Currently am working at MTS Connect as a bill payment girl. Loving the job for the most part so far. It's easy, good paying and I like almost everyone I work with. I've become friends with one of the girls there. We have loads in common and I'm very happy I met her. The living situation is going well so far. We haven't frozen yet in or little "cabin". It does suck getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom though. It's no fun to have to bundle up and go outside to the house in the middle of the night. I've been keeping myself busy lately by planning stuff. I'm too organized for my own good. Last night the girls in my small group from church got together for a girls night it was very fun. I've been planning a lot of stuff for Christmas. I'm hoping to get my Christmas shopping done very soon; I'm thinking of going this weekend to get the bulk of it done. I've been plotting out what to get everyone for the past couple weeks. I guess soon I'll have to dive in to writing up my Christmas cards, that is always something I love to do, seriously! I still have yet to decide where Adam and I will be taking or Christmas picture this year. Christmas parties are approaching quickly too! My first one is December 5th at one of my Aunts houses. Every year my Tante Margret and Uncle John have all of there nieces and nephews over(so all of my first cousins) for this gathering. It's always lots of fun. We have a big meal, a gift exchange and we play games. It's always a fun time. I have my work Christmas party a couple weeks later on December 20th; I'm not sure what to expect from that. Another thing that I am planning for is my mom's 55th birthday. I have decided that I would like to throw her a surprise party. I am hoping that I can pull it off. I need to talk to my step dad first though before I dive in too far. December will be a pretty packed month for me. I cannot wait until Christmas rolls around. It's going to be a good one I think. It's too bad that Grandma and Grandpa won't be around but i know they will still be in our hearts. I'm still missing them so much!
Let's see, what else is new? Just over a week ago I had all four of me wisdom teeth pulled. That was a frightening experience. Everyone had told me their horror stories so I was going into my surgery with very little confidence. Luckily none of their prophecies came true. I came out of surgery with very little swelling, I had no vomiting and no dry socket. It sucked having a frozen mouth though. I couldn't do anything. When I got back to my mom's I tried to drink some water and ended up spilling all down the front of me. Oops! The T3's were a big help. Man was i uncomfortable for a few days. I lost like 5lbs from my liquid and soft food diet. Let's just say I ate a lot of consume and mashed potatoes. I am very happy that I will never have to do that again!!
I'm kind of wishing that we would get a little bit more snow. I have a great ambition to build a snowman and a fort!! I also would very much like to go skating. I know that i could probably hit up a near by arena but that is never as much fun as skating outside like at the ice trail at the Forks. I'm also looking forward to going tobogganing. I'm really going to make the most out of this winter!!!
Hey and once it gets a little colder maybe I'll have to wear my mink coat!!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Find me please

So technically I am now unemployed. I quit the casino. Waitressing was not for me. I could do the job and all but it was stressful to the max! I hated cleaning up people's mess and I was constantly worrying that I was forgetting something. People also tended to complain about the most ridiculous things EVER!! I had one woman who would not let go of the fact that we were out of milk. The tips weren't too shabby but the hours killed me slowly. I was working 4-Midnight shifts and we never got out before midnight because there was always a load of stuff that still needed to be done. I may have only worked 6 shifts but I now know that serving people is not in me.

Luckily the girl who is replacing me at the florist couldn't get her schedule changed at her other job so I managed to pick up another week at the florist. Now that draining task of trying to find a job. I have applied for a couple and am now waiting for a response. I just hope that I find a job quickly because I do not want to be unemployed for a month like last year.

I had what I think is a brilliant idea the other day. I do not have the money to put this idea into action but it's an idea none the less. My idea is a coffee shop/radio studio. Since I have broadcasting education I figured that maybe I could open up a coffee shop that broadcasts a radio station of my making. I could have some wicked cool shows and do interviews and such. People could come in for a coffee and a snack and enjoy a very unique broadcasting experience. I don't know how much business I would get but I think it would be an awesome endeavor if I ever have the chance to do it. And if no one wants to hear someone blab while they are enjoying their coffee then it will just have to be a coffee and sweets shop.

I truly hope that everything works out and that I do not crash and burn!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Change Insane

It's amazing how quickly your life can change. Things don't stay the same for long. Right now I am currently experiencing a vast world of change and I'm not sure that everything is going quite right.

This past Tuesday I quit my job at the Florist. September 2nd is my last day and I'm a little worried. I was hired at South Beach Casino, had my orientation on Monday and still do not know when I'm actually starting there. HR said that my manager would call me this week to go over the details but I have yet to hear his voice even. I am so nervous that September 2nd will come and I will be without a job. I don't want to be put into that position again. I went through that last September when I was let go from CHVN. I ended up being unemployed for a month. I cannot deal with that now. I have bills to pay and without a job I will be at a loss. I know that I'm probably worrying for nothing but that's who I am, I must think of every scenario. I also sent away an application for Canada Post and really very much hope that I receive a favourable response. This whole growing up thing is a bit of a pain I must say.

The frustration of moving has also been plaguing me. I am just ready to get out of the trailer so we can settle into our new digs. I want to be able to have all my stuff in one place and not have to worry about it whatsoever. I want to unpack the boxes and make myself a home. So much has been done thus far but there is still lots that has not.

I have only a couple days left a Curves and I have been forcing myself to go because hey it's paid for but whenever I go in there I just get bombarded with insecurities. I am always being stared at. Probably because for the most part when I'm in there I'm the smallest one. I never really feel at ease there mainly due to my age. I just want to be finished with it and no longer have to worry about it. I just hope that the home workout routine that Adam has developed will suit me and that I will be able to stick to it.

These trivial matters of my life are plaguing me and I just want to be set at ease...I think I need a vacation.