Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Down...
There were some very huge UP's!
Sunday night I went to a concert with Roo. It started 45min late and we were worried this was a bad sign. Then there were to be THREE opening acts. Again... we were concerned. At least we had amazing seats. The first act was incredible! Sarah Fimm has a lovely voice with lyrics that were inspiring. I ran out and bought one of her CD's immediately. The next act was so captivating she stole the night. Elsiane and her two band members had amazing stage presence, dramatic and fun to watch. Her music is a bit jazzy, so you need to like some jazz. and she did very incredible things with her voice and play with the mike to get neat effects. A journalist says: "Like her Icelandic counterpart [Bjork], Elsiane treats her voice more like an expressive, adaptable instrument than most traditional vocalists."Roo has one of her CD's. She is supposed to be in concert here in Montreal in November. We are so there. The third act was different. Morgan Page is a master remixer of dance music. It isn't really the kind of thing you watch on stage. He was still interesting. I think it was innovative to put that type of musician onstage, however, it was odd. Finally around 10-ish pm, Delerium came on stage. OMG they were good, playing new and old stuff. I only really didn't recognize one song, but it was from their new CD that I have yet to own. Came home far too late to get back to the collossal amount of homework I had. It was still an amazing UP!
Monday dragged. Everyone seemed to be in a very down and out mood. Overtired and completely drained. Our very first staff for staff workshop got one person only in it. I was very disappointed. It was a great class about tea and preparing and selling it here at the store. I got home early (as opposed to after 9pm) and tackled homework with a vengence! I got the rest of the overdue articles finished and the bug responce paper done. I crashed around midnight.
Today I was up and at the school early. I was teaching again as a floating assistant. I will be there all week from 8am - 12noon. I am so hoping that I can keep this. The pay is real good. The kids are getting to know me. I tried to talk to the principal, but today the office was a bit crazy with parents and school photos. I got a school photo taken too! and the grade 2 teacher slotted me into her class photo. I wonder, energetically what that means. I don't want to read into it just in case though.
So now I am home. Last night I had resolved that if I didn't finish my homework today for class, I was going to miss class. There is little point if I cannot participate. I would rather be absent than be selected to speak about something I have not read and look like a dumbass. I would rather stay home and read and write and at least give her something worthwhile. I am almost caught up too. I intend to be. I crashed aster feeling ill and napped a few hours. I feel a bit better and am not getting back to homework. I also have no money to pay parking and not enough for the bus to get to and from class today. So I guess that really settles it.
Well, off to more and more and more reading/writing.
Downs... my desktop is about to die. I have everything pertinent off of it. I plan to tackle it Thursday. Tomorrow will be a hard day working at teaching as of 8am, then in the store for 1pm, then teaching at 6pm. OMG... going to die...
Sunday night I went to a concert with Roo. It started 45min late and we were worried this was a bad sign. Then there were to be THREE opening acts. Again... we were concerned. At least we had amazing seats. The first act was incredible! Sarah Fimm has a lovely voice with lyrics that were inspiring. I ran out and bought one of her CD's immediately. The next act was so captivating she stole the night. Elsiane and her two band members had amazing stage presence, dramatic and fun to watch. Her music is a bit jazzy, so you need to like some jazz. and she did very incredible things with her voice and play with the mike to get neat effects. A journalist says: "Like her Icelandic counterpart [Bjork], Elsiane treats her voice more like an expressive, adaptable instrument than most traditional vocalists."Roo has one of her CD's. She is supposed to be in concert here in Montreal in November. We are so there. The third act was different. Morgan Page is a master remixer of dance music. It isn't really the kind of thing you watch on stage. He was still interesting. I think it was innovative to put that type of musician onstage, however, it was odd. Finally around 10-ish pm, Delerium came on stage. OMG they were good, playing new and old stuff. I only really didn't recognize one song, but it was from their new CD that I have yet to own. Came home far too late to get back to the collossal amount of homework I had. It was still an amazing UP!
Monday dragged. Everyone seemed to be in a very down and out mood. Overtired and completely drained. Our very first staff for staff workshop got one person only in it. I was very disappointed. It was a great class about tea and preparing and selling it here at the store. I got home early (as opposed to after 9pm) and tackled homework with a vengence! I got the rest of the overdue articles finished and the bug responce paper done. I crashed around midnight.
Today I was up and at the school early. I was teaching again as a floating assistant. I will be there all week from 8am - 12noon. I am so hoping that I can keep this. The pay is real good. The kids are getting to know me. I tried to talk to the principal, but today the office was a bit crazy with parents and school photos. I got a school photo taken too! and the grade 2 teacher slotted me into her class photo. I wonder, energetically what that means. I don't want to read into it just in case though.
So now I am home. Last night I had resolved that if I didn't finish my homework today for class, I was going to miss class. There is little point if I cannot participate. I would rather be absent than be selected to speak about something I have not read and look like a dumbass. I would rather stay home and read and write and at least give her something worthwhile. I am almost caught up too. I intend to be. I crashed aster feeling ill and napped a few hours. I feel a bit better and am not getting back to homework. I also have no money to pay parking and not enough for the bus to get to and from class today. So I guess that really settles it.
Well, off to more and more and more reading/writing.
Downs... my desktop is about to die. I have everything pertinent off of it. I plan to tackle it Thursday. Tomorrow will be a hard day working at teaching as of 8am, then in the store for 1pm, then teaching at 6pm. OMG... going to die...
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Acer Update
Ok... so I looked at the Aspires online and I like this one better...
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10108699&catid=
It has Windows pre-loaded and has more memory. Although, I do already have a laptop. The Aspire is just so CUTE and LIGHT! I think I would have to play more with an Aspire (more than the 5 min of drooling) I did last night. My current laptop is almost perfect. It too is light, larger keyboard and screen. It just take FRICKEN forever to boot up AND is spit for memory. If there is a way to fix that... then I would not drool over the Aspire.
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10108699&catid=
It has Windows pre-loaded and has more memory. Although, I do already have a laptop. The Aspire is just so CUTE and LIGHT! I think I would have to play more with an Aspire (more than the 5 min of drooling) I did last night. My current laptop is almost perfect. It too is light, larger keyboard and screen. It just take FRICKEN forever to boot up AND is spit for memory. If there is a way to fix that... then I would not drool over the Aspire.
3:20 AM
Yup, that is the time.
Saturday was wonderful in that M-SB and I went out for breakfast and ran a few errands. I made chili and read an article... the same one I was working on Friday afternoon. I thought I would die when the husband poked me after dinner about commitments. The article was STILL not finished.
We went off to Tarasmas. THAT WAS AMAZING! I even played a part. I hope I didn't suck. It was a ton of fun and I got to see folks I almost never see. I also got to fondle something cool:
http://www.acer.com/aspireone/
I want either a blue one or a brown one. Future Shop has them on special for $299.
I was comparing it to the Eee that Concordia offers with its WISE program.... also $299
http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm
In the end, the Aspire comes in colors and has a larger screen and keyboard. I drooled at Ceri's during Tarasmas.
As midnight fast approached, Roo and I hustled over to our freind/co-worker's going away party. He was so worried we would not make it. He was very emotional. We will miss him so very dearly. He gave her a coyote skull and gave me a tiny vial of sand from the Sahara desert where he had visited. I also inherited two other things I will cherish. The first is a deer skull he found on his friend's property. It graces my stairwell shrine now with my colored corn. The deer is one of our coven totems... east quarter to be exact. I might move the skull to the upper shelf to be in the east corner of the stairwell. The second is a dagger he was just showing to me a week or so ago. It is an antique Algerian dagger. I love blades. It is on the shelfs next to my altar till tomorrow. Tomorrow I will set it on my altar till Matt is safely in British Columbia. I wish him well and a very safe trip. He has dear friends in Montreal that love him and support his endeavors. Maybe Roo and I will see him next Gaia Gathering in Victoria!
I got home around 1:00AM. I got back to that article. It was a good and fascinating article. I just read PAINFULLY SLOW! I finished it at 3:10am. Now I am here. Tomorrow I will read the 4th article of set #2 and write the little paper on it. I will also read the one article I missed on last week's homework and write a paragraph on that. With luck, I will staet the articles of set #4 for next Tuesday. I was ready for a meltdown on my way home. I had a bit of an energy drink which helped both moon and endurance and focus. I am back to my In the Moment state. Now though... desperately need to crash.
Delerium concert tomorrow. A treat to releive tension and inspire my sanity.
Saturday was wonderful in that M-SB and I went out for breakfast and ran a few errands. I made chili and read an article... the same one I was working on Friday afternoon. I thought I would die when the husband poked me after dinner about commitments. The article was STILL not finished.
We went off to Tarasmas. THAT WAS AMAZING! I even played a part. I hope I didn't suck. It was a ton of fun and I got to see folks I almost never see. I also got to fondle something cool:
http://www.acer.com/aspireone/
I want either a blue one or a brown one. Future Shop has them on special for $299.
I was comparing it to the Eee that Concordia offers with its WISE program.... also $299
http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm
In the end, the Aspire comes in colors and has a larger screen and keyboard. I drooled at Ceri's during Tarasmas.
As midnight fast approached, Roo and I hustled over to our freind/co-worker's going away party. He was so worried we would not make it. He was very emotional. We will miss him so very dearly. He gave her a coyote skull and gave me a tiny vial of sand from the Sahara desert where he had visited. I also inherited two other things I will cherish. The first is a deer skull he found on his friend's property. It graces my stairwell shrine now with my colored corn. The deer is one of our coven totems... east quarter to be exact. I might move the skull to the upper shelf to be in the east corner of the stairwell. The second is a dagger he was just showing to me a week or so ago. It is an antique Algerian dagger. I love blades. It is on the shelfs next to my altar till tomorrow. Tomorrow I will set it on my altar till Matt is safely in British Columbia. I wish him well and a very safe trip. He has dear friends in Montreal that love him and support his endeavors. Maybe Roo and I will see him next Gaia Gathering in Victoria!
I got home around 1:00AM. I got back to that article. It was a good and fascinating article. I just read PAINFULLY SLOW! I finished it at 3:10am. Now I am here. Tomorrow I will read the 4th article of set #2 and write the little paper on it. I will also read the one article I missed on last week's homework and write a paragraph on that. With luck, I will staet the articles of set #4 for next Tuesday. I was ready for a meltdown on my way home. I had a bit of an energy drink which helped both moon and endurance and focus. I am back to my In the Moment state. Now though... desperately need to crash.
Delerium concert tomorrow. A treat to releive tension and inspire my sanity.
Friday, September 26, 2008
And the Universe will provide
Sometimes we must simple trust that our needs will be met. I was starting to worry about certain financial things that will be hitting me throughout October. I was up very late as you can see on the time stamp of the previous post. I slept on and off being woken by a dream of being called to sub at a school around the corner for the morning.
This morning I got a telephone call at 8am. OMG woke me up. I called back the number to discover that it was the elementary school around the block from my home. They needed a sub for the morning today. I said YES! It was to be a shared assistant between two classes. I floated between the two classes helping the teachers out. It was easier than subbing and yet difficult to know my boundaries. All in all, it went well. I have a half day! That is like... $90 for a few hours. And I am to be there next week. The school wanted me all week, but I can't give them all week. There is no one at the store to replace me really. I did a little time switch for Wednesday. So i will give the school Tuesday (then do homework and go to class), Wednesday (then work at the store 1-5 and then teach CMS), and Friday (then do more homework and teach CMS). Monday and Thursday we don't have anyone at the store who could do the mornings for me. Alas! Still... this is a good unexpected bit of money for a mostly stress free job. The school is trying to find a regular assistant that they are interviewing. I am almost tempted to put in my name. But then I would be doing 1-12 every morning Monday to Friday. So far though... this was a pleasant surprise.
Trust in the Universe/divine and it will provide.
Now I work on cleaning house with my cleaning lady and doing my homework.
I will harvest Lemon Balm to take to work at 5pm and prep to teach CMS.
This morning I got a telephone call at 8am. OMG woke me up. I called back the number to discover that it was the elementary school around the block from my home. They needed a sub for the morning today. I said YES! It was to be a shared assistant between two classes. I floated between the two classes helping the teachers out. It was easier than subbing and yet difficult to know my boundaries. All in all, it went well. I have a half day! That is like... $90 for a few hours. And I am to be there next week. The school wanted me all week, but I can't give them all week. There is no one at the store to replace me really. I did a little time switch for Wednesday. So i will give the school Tuesday (then do homework and go to class), Wednesday (then work at the store 1-5 and then teach CMS), and Friday (then do more homework and teach CMS). Monday and Thursday we don't have anyone at the store who could do the mornings for me. Alas! Still... this is a good unexpected bit of money for a mostly stress free job. The school is trying to find a regular assistant that they are interviewing. I am almost tempted to put in my name. But then I would be doing 1-12 every morning Monday to Friday. So far though... this was a pleasant surprise.
Trust in the Universe/divine and it will provide.
Now I work on cleaning house with my cleaning lady and doing my homework.
I will harvest Lemon Balm to take to work at 5pm and prep to teach CMS.
Not Quite as Planned
Living in the moment, sometimes also means that the plan falls apart. Ooops! I napped, made supper and read a bit, worked on my Thesis some. Even sorta watched a movie.
No... didn't do any of the other evening plans I had. I just sorta went with the flow of the evening.
Tomorrow:
cleaning house, homework, harvesting herbs, teaching CMS
My head is so full of ideas and projects that I want to engage in... but just can't afford to do so.
No... didn't do any of the other evening plans I had. I just sorta went with the flow of the evening.
Tomorrow:
cleaning house, homework, harvesting herbs, teaching CMS
My head is so full of ideas and projects that I want to engage in... but just can't afford to do so.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Living in the Moment
Today I lived in the moment... and wow... it made a HUGE difference!
Taking things one thing at a time and engaging with that one thing without over thinking or stressing about the next things ... equals... OMG... sanity.
So I drove to Verdun to avoid traffic and got to work smoothly. Breakfast carried me through the work day. I had a short day. The plan for the day was get through some store stuff, emails and scheduling and blog and announcements. All done in neat succession. New tasks came up and were slotted in and addressed in due course. And were addressed. There was no work chaos. It was lovely! I missed lunch, but breakfast was still holding at 2:30pm. I ran an errand to get the store more recycle bags and then left at 3pm.
My afternoon went just as smoothly. Back into Verdun i went to pay the parking ticket agreement. That was painful... always is. But I am back on track there. Need to be regular about it to get rid of it. Took some money from the bank to pay the cleaning woman tomorrow and got groceries.
I am remarkably exhausted... but only physically. I don't feel stressed.
And I was hungry! I discovered YUMM! Yum yum yum... I poured some of my plum jam into a dipping bowl and dipped bits of whole wheat baguette into it as a snack! SOooooo yumm.....
Supper is going to be an experiment later. I am going to try something with rice and egg and cheese in a casserole dish thing.
Now the aches and pains in some joints are getting a bit more than I can handle. I will take some advil and nap a bit. Maybe read some homework.
Homework is on tonight's plan. I want to be done the rest of the articles for the homework I missed and the one I missed last week. We;ll see how far I get. The other night plans: pack for CMS-L2, sort clothes in the bedroom, cuddle with the hubby.
Taking things one thing at a time and engaging with that one thing without over thinking or stressing about the next things ... equals... OMG... sanity.
So I drove to Verdun to avoid traffic and got to work smoothly. Breakfast carried me through the work day. I had a short day. The plan for the day was get through some store stuff, emails and scheduling and blog and announcements. All done in neat succession. New tasks came up and were slotted in and addressed in due course. And were addressed. There was no work chaos. It was lovely! I missed lunch, but breakfast was still holding at 2:30pm. I ran an errand to get the store more recycle bags and then left at 3pm.
My afternoon went just as smoothly. Back into Verdun i went to pay the parking ticket agreement. That was painful... always is. But I am back on track there. Need to be regular about it to get rid of it. Took some money from the bank to pay the cleaning woman tomorrow and got groceries.
I am remarkably exhausted... but only physically. I don't feel stressed.
And I was hungry! I discovered YUMM! Yum yum yum... I poured some of my plum jam into a dipping bowl and dipped bits of whole wheat baguette into it as a snack! SOooooo yumm.....
Supper is going to be an experiment later. I am going to try something with rice and egg and cheese in a casserole dish thing.
Now the aches and pains in some joints are getting a bit more than I can handle. I will take some advil and nap a bit. Maybe read some homework.
Homework is on tonight's plan. I want to be done the rest of the articles for the homework I missed and the one I missed last week. We;ll see how far I get. The other night plans: pack for CMS-L2, sort clothes in the bedroom, cuddle with the hubby.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Equinox - edited
First off, I hope everyone had a good Autumn Equinox.
My Saturday was full of busy. Cleaning, rearranging the house, readying it for a day of harvest stuff for Sunday. I made my first harvest stew: chicken barley. The evening public Mabon ritual was great! Congrats to everyone who were involved!
Sunday was the start of Equinox. We went out to the Atwater Market to meet folks and buy harvest fruits and veggies to prep for storage. On our way back home (minus the other folks) we picked up Roo. So in our home we did the following... while watching Carnivale season one:
- stored the spaghetti squash (I am really the only one who eats it)
- tied pretty squa colored corn to dry and set them on the home altar and the stairway shrine
- chopped and blanched green beans, then bagged them and froze them
- mashed plums and made cold prepped plum jam
- chopped, bagged and froze a CRATE of green peppers
- chopped, bagged and froze red onions
- stored pears for lunches
- stored corn on the cob for later in the week
- stored sprouts to be eaten later
- chopped baby bok choy for stir fry
We closed the evening with delicious stir fry dinner and artisan Creme de Framboise. This is the special bottle I had sitting on the altar charging with harvest goodness. OMG it was good. Sweet and a bit like a codial. But OMG good. Need to have more!! Only, in smal small quantities. It was a great Autumn Equinox shared with the people I love.
Monday... The other day of Equinox... I wish I could scratch from the calendar. It was horrible. People were manic and crazy and made the day hard to handle. I wanted to tell people to fuck the hell off till they can speak in smooth sentences and consecutive (instead of concurrent) thoughts otherwise leave me alone. Brain dump equals verbal diarrhea and stress. I felt like I was on the tail of a fast riding dragon type roller coaster. I came home to curl in bed with the hubby where i still felt he was being manic. He by far was not. It was just me. I was done. Fed up. DONE! Never want to have another day like Monday.
Hubby and I went to libate the garden with the lingering creme to framboise and make dinner. Another stir fry with a side of the market sausages. We opened a bottle of Raspberry wine a friend made. It was my surprise for my hubby. He loved it! We will have to get more. Dinner went much more calmly. Food was good. Better than the snack I had to call lunch that I ate around 4pm. We now eat at tyhe kitchen table. The rearrangement of the kitchen is amazing! It brings a wonderful element of calm and focus to eat at the table together. After dinner we perused the Saxon Chocolates catalog and selected some things we really want to try. Catalog shopping is fun. We put little M's and S's next to all the things that make us go OOOoooooOoooo. Hehe. The evening progressed to me trying to do homework . I flopped in bed with my head on M-SB's back while he played his DS. I had the attention span of a knat! I got through one page of article, then went to sorted through my library for a sacred scripture to consider, then back to read another page of article, then answer maybe a 5th of a pagan survey.... attention span of a KNAT!! I gave up then. Tired and cranky and stuff.... though calming.
I slept like the dead. Now I am up... and early-ish at that. I am immeasurably grateful for my co-workers being able to rearrange their schedules on short notice so I can have a homework day before class. Thank you Sam and Matt! I will do a bit of cleaning up today and a TON of backlogged homework. The bonus, I don't have to plan CMS classes as those I already did! YAY! I am ahead of the game a bit. Oh... and breakfast. I should have breakfast.
Equinox rebalancing energies are over.
Jupiter is no longer retrograde.
May Autumn ge good to everyone.
My Saturday was full of busy. Cleaning, rearranging the house, readying it for a day of harvest stuff for Sunday. I made my first harvest stew: chicken barley. The evening public Mabon ritual was great! Congrats to everyone who were involved!
Sunday was the start of Equinox. We went out to the Atwater Market to meet folks and buy harvest fruits and veggies to prep for storage. On our way back home (minus the other folks) we picked up Roo. So in our home we did the following... while watching Carnivale season one:
- stored the spaghetti squash (I am really the only one who eats it)
- tied pretty squa colored corn to dry and set them on the home altar and the stairway shrine
- chopped and blanched green beans, then bagged them and froze them
- mashed plums and made cold prepped plum jam
- chopped, bagged and froze a CRATE of green peppers
- chopped, bagged and froze red onions
- stored pears for lunches
- stored corn on the cob for later in the week
- stored sprouts to be eaten later
- chopped baby bok choy for stir fry
We closed the evening with delicious stir fry dinner and artisan Creme de Framboise. This is the special bottle I had sitting on the altar charging with harvest goodness. OMG it was good. Sweet and a bit like a codial. But OMG good. Need to have more!! Only, in smal small quantities. It was a great Autumn Equinox shared with the people I love.
Monday... The other day of Equinox... I wish I could scratch from the calendar. It was horrible. People were manic and crazy and made the day hard to handle. I wanted to tell people to fuck the hell off till they can speak in smooth sentences and consecutive (instead of concurrent) thoughts otherwise leave me alone. Brain dump equals verbal diarrhea and stress. I felt like I was on the tail of a fast riding dragon type roller coaster. I came home to curl in bed with the hubby where i still felt he was being manic. He by far was not. It was just me. I was done. Fed up. DONE! Never want to have another day like Monday.
Hubby and I went to libate the garden with the lingering creme to framboise and make dinner. Another stir fry with a side of the market sausages. We opened a bottle of Raspberry wine a friend made. It was my surprise for my hubby. He loved it! We will have to get more. Dinner went much more calmly. Food was good. Better than the snack I had to call lunch that I ate around 4pm. We now eat at tyhe kitchen table. The rearrangement of the kitchen is amazing! It brings a wonderful element of calm and focus to eat at the table together. After dinner we perused the Saxon Chocolates catalog and selected some things we really want to try. Catalog shopping is fun. We put little M's and S's next to all the things that make us go OOOoooooOoooo. Hehe. The evening progressed to me trying to do homework . I flopped in bed with my head on M-SB's back while he played his DS. I had the attention span of a knat! I got through one page of article, then went to sorted through my library for a sacred scripture to consider, then back to read another page of article, then answer maybe a 5th of a pagan survey.... attention span of a KNAT!! I gave up then. Tired and cranky and stuff.... though calming.
I slept like the dead. Now I am up... and early-ish at that. I am immeasurably grateful for my co-workers being able to rearrange their schedules on short notice so I can have a homework day before class. Thank you Sam and Matt! I will do a bit of cleaning up today and a TON of backlogged homework. The bonus, I don't have to plan CMS classes as those I already did! YAY! I am ahead of the game a bit. Oh... and breakfast. I should have breakfast.
Equinox rebalancing energies are over.
Jupiter is no longer retrograde.
May Autumn ge good to everyone.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Look at that!
I have a table!
And I have strawberries in my garden!
And I have a back balcony!
And I have crock pot harvest chicken stew for Mabon feast!
And I have not done squat in homework!
And IMG I am in so much pain I want to cry...
Let's begin with the first discovery. In the effort to scrub and sort the kitchen and ready it for tomorrow's private little canning party, I managed to clear the kitchen table. I have a kitchen table! I am having inspirations of rearranging the kitchen. Just a little rearranging. I might still tackle that when I am done this post, despite hurting.
Strawberries?! This week, I started cutting back my herbs and setting bundles to dry in the store's public altar space for Mabon. They look lovely there! I cut what I thought was marjoram. Today, I had the hubby out helping to really hack that monster overgrown herb back and discovered a few things. The first was the herb's identification tag: OREGANO. Oops! The second was strawberry plants! I have prennial tough strawberry plants that I was sure the ... oregano had strangled to death. But huzzah! They live! AND they have a few strawberries slowly ripening on them! They give fruit throughout the year. Well not in winter (unless I bring them inside). Now... if I could find my Soaproot herb... that would be neat.
New cleaning woman came yesterday an thoroughly tackled my bathroom, my landry, my handwashing, and spiders on my back balcony... and some of my kitchen in the 3 hrs she was here. The back balcony spiders had to be dealt with so we could hang the hand washing. Today, the men removed the giant squirrel cage and put it into storage. There is a mostly spider free and spacious back balcony again! In all that moving, my bike came out of the tough under the balcony space and into the garage. I am going to put air in the tired later in the week and ride it a bit. I have been envying the cyclists all summer. In the garage where my bike now has a new home is a piece of furniture we will be happily adopting, a giant chest of drawers that will go into the "baby" room with a big fishtank on it at some point in the nearish future.
I started a crock pot of chicken stock and bits of chicken this afternoon. Into it went onions, carrots and caulifower. Then green beans and red pepper lentils. Last went barley. It smells and tastes amazing! It will be ready in a couple more hours. I will cut some herbs, take them to the store to be hung, and pick up bowls on my way to the public mabon ritual... crock pot and all! So i can share this harvest stew with everyone. One problem... I hurt and am not sure how I will manage a VERY full and heavy crock pot with my wrist acting up.
No homework has gotten done. Well, one article read yesterday. I have 2 more to read a paper to write on them and a scripture to choose. Those were due last Tuesday. I have another 4 articles to read and write a paper on due this Tuesday. I did get this coming week's CMS Level 3 and Level 2 classes planned in advance, so I don't have to worry about them. I will tackle homework after I finish the kitchen.
It goes in waves, this pain. A small stabby in the shoulder and a big stabby in my wrist, and other stabby in the ankle. The ankle has been a pain on and off since a little twist I gave it on ice in the winter. UIt didn't really bug me much then so I thought I was fine. It ached on and off late spring. It hurt bad but only now and then over the summer. Most days are a degree of hurt with some more tolerable than others. The shoulder and meh... stabby, I can tolerate it. I know I pulled it. It means I should be laying down resting and not carrying anything till is has readjusted itself. The wrist... slow progression of pain. Now I can't open jars and holding a pen or a fork is painful. I have a doc appointment ... in October.
Advil here I come... sigh...
Off to finish the kitchen, then lie down for a bit, then cut herbs.
Then figure out how to get the crock pot at least to the car.
Then to the store very briefly and to the ritual right after!
And I have strawberries in my garden!
And I have a back balcony!
And I have crock pot harvest chicken stew for Mabon feast!
And I have not done squat in homework!
And IMG I am in so much pain I want to cry...
Let's begin with the first discovery. In the effort to scrub and sort the kitchen and ready it for tomorrow's private little canning party, I managed to clear the kitchen table. I have a kitchen table! I am having inspirations of rearranging the kitchen. Just a little rearranging. I might still tackle that when I am done this post, despite hurting.
Strawberries?! This week, I started cutting back my herbs and setting bundles to dry in the store's public altar space for Mabon. They look lovely there! I cut what I thought was marjoram. Today, I had the hubby out helping to really hack that monster overgrown herb back and discovered a few things. The first was the herb's identification tag: OREGANO. Oops! The second was strawberry plants! I have prennial tough strawberry plants that I was sure the ... oregano had strangled to death. But huzzah! They live! AND they have a few strawberries slowly ripening on them! They give fruit throughout the year. Well not in winter (unless I bring them inside). Now... if I could find my Soaproot herb... that would be neat.
New cleaning woman came yesterday an thoroughly tackled my bathroom, my landry, my handwashing, and spiders on my back balcony... and some of my kitchen in the 3 hrs she was here. The back balcony spiders had to be dealt with so we could hang the hand washing. Today, the men removed the giant squirrel cage and put it into storage. There is a mostly spider free and spacious back balcony again! In all that moving, my bike came out of the tough under the balcony space and into the garage. I am going to put air in the tired later in the week and ride it a bit. I have been envying the cyclists all summer. In the garage where my bike now has a new home is a piece of furniture we will be happily adopting, a giant chest of drawers that will go into the "baby" room with a big fishtank on it at some point in the nearish future.
I started a crock pot of chicken stock and bits of chicken this afternoon. Into it went onions, carrots and caulifower. Then green beans and red pepper lentils. Last went barley. It smells and tastes amazing! It will be ready in a couple more hours. I will cut some herbs, take them to the store to be hung, and pick up bowls on my way to the public mabon ritual... crock pot and all! So i can share this harvest stew with everyone. One problem... I hurt and am not sure how I will manage a VERY full and heavy crock pot with my wrist acting up.
No homework has gotten done. Well, one article read yesterday. I have 2 more to read a paper to write on them and a scripture to choose. Those were due last Tuesday. I have another 4 articles to read and write a paper on due this Tuesday. I did get this coming week's CMS Level 3 and Level 2 classes planned in advance, so I don't have to worry about them. I will tackle homework after I finish the kitchen.
It goes in waves, this pain. A small stabby in the shoulder and a big stabby in my wrist, and other stabby in the ankle. The ankle has been a pain on and off since a little twist I gave it on ice in the winter. UIt didn't really bug me much then so I thought I was fine. It ached on and off late spring. It hurt bad but only now and then over the summer. Most days are a degree of hurt with some more tolerable than others. The shoulder and meh... stabby, I can tolerate it. I know I pulled it. It means I should be laying down resting and not carrying anything till is has readjusted itself. The wrist... slow progression of pain. Now I can't open jars and holding a pen or a fork is painful. I have a doc appointment ... in October.
Advil here I come... sigh...
Off to finish the kitchen, then lie down for a bit, then cut herbs.
Then figure out how to get the crock pot at least to the car.
Then to the store very briefly and to the ritual right after!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Frustrated
So I got up and moved laundry and hurried off to the new class.... only to find out I am not in it. They accepted 30 of the 40 applicants. I was not on their list. I was informed "very sorry, try for the January session". So frustrating. At least there will be another session.
So I spent the morning running around to doctors and making appointments.
Must call mom to see if I can get a $380 loan with an 80% return. That is for my orthotics.
I am home now. Going to make some food and do last classes homework.
Then cleaning woman comes and I prep for CMS Level 2 tonight.
Sigh... well... at least I don't have this teaching class on my plate. I guess that is a relief.
So I spent the morning running around to doctors and making appointments.
Must call mom to see if I can get a $380 loan with an 80% return. That is for my orthotics.
I am home now. Going to make some food and do last classes homework.
Then cleaning woman comes and I prep for CMS Level 2 tonight.
Sigh... well... at least I don't have this teaching class on my plate. I guess that is a relief.
Improvements
So I slept today. It was good. It helped my mood alot. The pain I am having in my wrist is now more than I can bear. I have not bothered to complain about it... well, because it was bearable. It has been slowly and progressively getting worst and worse by day over the past 2-3 weeks. I will make an appointment to see someone tomorrow about it.
I cut some herbs today and took them to the store to dry in our store public altar. I think it is AMAZING! Such a harvesty feeling there. I will bring more tomorrow. More Marjoram (gone bitter because it flowered... but still looks pretty hanging) and some mint.
We did some interviews of people for work. Then I picked up some groceries. I could not carry most upstairs. That was the indicator that I must must must get this wrist looked at.
I practically broke down again in the house. After recovering from that, I set into motion things that needed doing and resigned myself to not getting homework done... again. I folded laundry and took more laundry downstairs. I washed dishes. I cleaned up the fresh cat puke hairballs in no less that 5 places in the livingroom where I need to work on homework (one of the reasons I dropped the homework task). I had small panic attacks about the house's state and the fact that I have people coming over on the weekend. I did a quick search on craig's list for a cleaner... and for a scooter as I am still just dreaming. No louck on either.
Then I had a brilliant idea that I had forgotten about and called someone. I have a cleaner/personal assistant as of tomorrow! Just knowing that is a HUGE stress reliever. I swept the floor and made space for school work.
Now I am ready to plan tomorrow. I need to pack stuff for CMS level 2 and make a list of what to buy. I need to review the things I need for my new class which starts at 9:30am... also need to find where it is located. Then I need to rush home to meet the new cleaner/assistant for a couple hours which will be a full homework. Then I need to rush back downtown to teach Level 2. WinterWolf, bless him, is teaching the Drama and Costume in religion parts of the class and I am teaching the Sabbat Crafts part of the class.
Off to prepare late supper! For those worrying about me... I am doing a bit better today and feel kinda hopeful. For those keeping track of the baby-front... the past two weeks were too full of stress to even think about that. I even forgot to make my appointment for the 21-day test. Dammit. That makes 2 tests that have to happen in October. Mood-wise... on the whole... feeling much improved.
Thanks for the hug Ash... it was so needed... even though I was feeling all stressy and in pain and energetically prickly.
I cut some herbs today and took them to the store to dry in our store public altar. I think it is AMAZING! Such a harvesty feeling there. I will bring more tomorrow. More Marjoram (gone bitter because it flowered... but still looks pretty hanging) and some mint.
We did some interviews of people for work. Then I picked up some groceries. I could not carry most upstairs. That was the indicator that I must must must get this wrist looked at.
I practically broke down again in the house. After recovering from that, I set into motion things that needed doing and resigned myself to not getting homework done... again. I folded laundry and took more laundry downstairs. I washed dishes. I cleaned up the fresh cat puke hairballs in no less that 5 places in the livingroom where I need to work on homework (one of the reasons I dropped the homework task). I had small panic attacks about the house's state and the fact that I have people coming over on the weekend. I did a quick search on craig's list for a cleaner... and for a scooter as I am still just dreaming. No louck on either.
Then I had a brilliant idea that I had forgotten about and called someone. I have a cleaner/personal assistant as of tomorrow! Just knowing that is a HUGE stress reliever. I swept the floor and made space for school work.
Now I am ready to plan tomorrow. I need to pack stuff for CMS level 2 and make a list of what to buy. I need to review the things I need for my new class which starts at 9:30am... also need to find where it is located. Then I need to rush home to meet the new cleaner/assistant for a couple hours which will be a full homework. Then I need to rush back downtown to teach Level 2. WinterWolf, bless him, is teaching the Drama and Costume in religion parts of the class and I am teaching the Sabbat Crafts part of the class.
Off to prepare late supper! For those worrying about me... I am doing a bit better today and feel kinda hopeful. For those keeping track of the baby-front... the past two weeks were too full of stress to even think about that. I even forgot to make my appointment for the 21-day test. Dammit. That makes 2 tests that have to happen in October. Mood-wise... on the whole... feeling much improved.
Thanks for the hug Ash... it was so needed... even though I was feeling all stressy and in pain and energetically prickly.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Management
Trying to manage things today.
The morning routine fell apart. I will try to get my meditation in before I leave. The rest... well... pushed to the end of the day.
I have work, banking, craft supply shopping, reading in prep, teaching prep, teaching to do between 10am and 10pm.
The evening is full of... maybe more homework, more likely some relaxation.
Tomorrow is cleaning, homework and more homework, interviewing new employees, more homework. The readings and short paper have to be finished before bed tomorrow night. I have to be able to hand them in Friday before I start the new class. Oh... and prep of the CMS L2 class.
Don't ask me to do ANYTHING! I have enough. I have too much.
The morning routine fell apart. I will try to get my meditation in before I leave. The rest... well... pushed to the end of the day.
I have work, banking, craft supply shopping, reading in prep, teaching prep, teaching to do between 10am and 10pm.
The evening is full of... maybe more homework, more likely some relaxation.
Tomorrow is cleaning, homework and more homework, interviewing new employees, more homework. The readings and short paper have to be finished before bed tomorrow night. I have to be able to hand them in Friday before I start the new class. Oh... and prep of the CMS L2 class.
Don't ask me to do ANYTHING! I have enough. I have too much.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
First Week... Epic Fail
So I have had one... well almost 2 full weeks now of the new schedule of my life. Response? FAIL! Adjusting has been harsh at the best of times. On top of infertility thus far... why am I bothering? Not like I have energy to even "practice".
The schedule?
Mondays work and homework and prep for Wednesday teaching
Tuesday work and class where ALOT is due
Wednesday work and teaching
Thursday try to recover, clean the house, more homework, prep for Friday's teaching
Friday class, break for a short bit, then teaching
Saturday running errands, cleaning house, and prepping for coven
Sunday coven and catch up on anything I missed all week.
It isn't working. The multitasking came to a grinding mono-tasking. Everything that could hurt... does. I started making epic mistakes regarding considerations...mostly because I struggled to fit things into a crazy schedule and wasn't thinking beyond my personal bubble. I upset lots of people and missed seeing some people I really should.
Yesterday... I was non-functional, like all day. Like crawling through wet cement sluggish. Freaking out in my head about how the hell I was going to get everything done in time. I got home and curled in bed miserably, passing out for about 20min. The husband was very distressed and curled around me for those 20min. I mumbled and broke down for a bit in his arms. I love my husband. I almost never see him. This semester suck the big one entirely. Especially since I am doing things in it that I had not planned to and wish someone else but me could do and I could confidently hand it off.
Anyways. Off to work. Maybe I can work out something for an improvement.
The schedule?
Mondays work and homework and prep for Wednesday teaching
Tuesday work and class where ALOT is due
Wednesday work and teaching
Thursday try to recover, clean the house, more homework, prep for Friday's teaching
Friday class, break for a short bit, then teaching
Saturday running errands, cleaning house, and prepping for coven
Sunday coven and catch up on anything I missed all week.
It isn't working. The multitasking came to a grinding mono-tasking. Everything that could hurt... does. I started making epic mistakes regarding considerations...mostly because I struggled to fit things into a crazy schedule and wasn't thinking beyond my personal bubble. I upset lots of people and missed seeing some people I really should.
Yesterday... I was non-functional, like all day. Like crawling through wet cement sluggish. Freaking out in my head about how the hell I was going to get everything done in time. I got home and curled in bed miserably, passing out for about 20min. The husband was very distressed and curled around me for those 20min. I mumbled and broke down for a bit in his arms. I love my husband. I almost never see him. This semester suck the big one entirely. Especially since I am doing things in it that I had not planned to and wish someone else but me could do and I could confidently hand it off.
Anyways. Off to work. Maybe I can work out something for an improvement.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Stress and Struggling
There has been the growing notion that in our home, and apparently in the homes of others, finances are running on the thin side and causing a great deal of stress and strain on the other important sides of our lives, like school, relationships, and spirituality. It is often hard to think past the worry of where the money will come from to do the things we want/need, and of all the things that need payments and have deadlines for said payments. Often a small hiccup feels like the end of the world and you just want to do some very very drastic things, like yell and scream at the people you love and care about (friends, family, coveners, spouses) or you want to just drop things and cut them from your life.
I go through this in waves. The worst was about my wedding which due to a variety of circumstances didn't go the way I had planned or hoped and in the end cost me a bunch of extra money I had not budgeted. I am still trying to play catchup on the costs and where I had shuffled them from. The hiccup of the damage to the car has hurt... it is not fixed because it still runs fine, just looks bad and costs more than I can find in the finances to fix. The hiccup of not getting student loans and bursaries this year has REALLY hurt. I had counted on the inflow of that $1000 to cover things that got dropped. At the moment, we have had the luck of having received some money from family at the wedding and were supposed to apply that to a new TV. It has been applied to the bills that can no longer be on the back burner.
I learned some very hard lessons over the years... and have forgotten many of those lessons as well... until I taught Friday night's level 2 class about stress and its management.
Re-evaluating the stresses...
Money matter far less that the friends I have made. Money matters far less than the relationship I have. Money matter far less than the spiritual path I walk. I cannot afford to let money marr these because they are things that I can never have back again if I ruin them because I stress about money. How do I know this. I had a wedding. It didn't happen how I hoped it would and cost me money and stressed me alot. That marred deeply how I experienced that wedding. When I should have looked at how beautifully it had come together and the wonderful people who had attended it. They are who really mattered. And the man I married... was most important of all. However, I was a bundle of stress and I cannot revisit that moment of my wedding to expereince it differently.
Money should not have been on my mind at all. And the wedding would have been beautiful even if it was less "pretty" because the right people were all there for it to celebrate a special moment in my life.
That being said, the stress class helped remind me to think about my needs and the people I care about and how money often has driven a divide between these relationship and effected who I see and why and where I go and why. I amd reminded that I need to trust in the divine that things will work out for what ought to be and what I need as opposed to what I want. And that I need to let go of that stress and focus more on the relationships that matter instead of the money that may be related to that.
So... M-SB and I went on a lunch date today. We ate out. $25 I didn't really have... but we hardly see each other with our /my busy schedule. The divine will help me find that money later. But I can't afford to lose that valuable and precious time I have with my husband, that is something I can't "find later". The same goes for some travelling expenses to people's places that I don't have a budget for. I hardly visit some friends and coveners who live out of my area... and I almost never see my family. Both are valuable times and people I cannot have back if lost. So tomorrow we go out to visit coveners, because it is important. And during the week, I will plan breakfast with my nanny and visit my mom. I should also schedule a visit out to ottawa to visit my brother and his family for a day.
Moral:
Family, friends, and spirituality are the valuable things in life that cannot be found later if distances, lost, abandoned etcetera... especially for the reasons of "money". Budget the important, shuffle the funds to fit it in. Spend the gas and just go. Money is energy... what you put out will come back with all the intentions that go with it... spend it with love.
I go through this in waves. The worst was about my wedding which due to a variety of circumstances didn't go the way I had planned or hoped and in the end cost me a bunch of extra money I had not budgeted. I am still trying to play catchup on the costs and where I had shuffled them from. The hiccup of the damage to the car has hurt... it is not fixed because it still runs fine, just looks bad and costs more than I can find in the finances to fix. The hiccup of not getting student loans and bursaries this year has REALLY hurt. I had counted on the inflow of that $1000 to cover things that got dropped. At the moment, we have had the luck of having received some money from family at the wedding and were supposed to apply that to a new TV. It has been applied to the bills that can no longer be on the back burner.
I learned some very hard lessons over the years... and have forgotten many of those lessons as well... until I taught Friday night's level 2 class about stress and its management.
Re-evaluating the stresses...
Money matter far less that the friends I have made. Money matters far less than the relationship I have. Money matter far less than the spiritual path I walk. I cannot afford to let money marr these because they are things that I can never have back again if I ruin them because I stress about money. How do I know this. I had a wedding. It didn't happen how I hoped it would and cost me money and stressed me alot. That marred deeply how I experienced that wedding. When I should have looked at how beautifully it had come together and the wonderful people who had attended it. They are who really mattered. And the man I married... was most important of all. However, I was a bundle of stress and I cannot revisit that moment of my wedding to expereince it differently.
Money should not have been on my mind at all. And the wedding would have been beautiful even if it was less "pretty" because the right people were all there for it to celebrate a special moment in my life.
That being said, the stress class helped remind me to think about my needs and the people I care about and how money often has driven a divide between these relationship and effected who I see and why and where I go and why. I amd reminded that I need to trust in the divine that things will work out for what ought to be and what I need as opposed to what I want. And that I need to let go of that stress and focus more on the relationships that matter instead of the money that may be related to that.
So... M-SB and I went on a lunch date today. We ate out. $25 I didn't really have... but we hardly see each other with our /my busy schedule. The divine will help me find that money later. But I can't afford to lose that valuable and precious time I have with my husband, that is something I can't "find later". The same goes for some travelling expenses to people's places that I don't have a budget for. I hardly visit some friends and coveners who live out of my area... and I almost never see my family. Both are valuable times and people I cannot have back if lost. So tomorrow we go out to visit coveners, because it is important. And during the week, I will plan breakfast with my nanny and visit my mom. I should also schedule a visit out to ottawa to visit my brother and his family for a day.
Moral:
Family, friends, and spirituality are the valuable things in life that cannot be found later if distances, lost, abandoned etcetera... especially for the reasons of "money". Budget the important, shuffle the funds to fit it in. Spend the gas and just go. Money is energy... what you put out will come back with all the intentions that go with it... spend it with love.
Friday, September 05, 2008
New this week!
First old news:
My vacation is over. *pout* I was so busy toing all the errands and running around I could not do any other time, that I didn't get done the cleaning and prep stuff I had wanted to have done.
CMS Open house happened. It went ok. Very few to like no new interest through the Open House. I wonder if store staff bothered to push it at all. Oh well, there was staff changes and new folks and stuff. Either way, it will still be a successful new semester with 5 new level 1's, 3-4 level 2's, and 3 level 3's.
I ended the vacation weekend with time away with Roo roleplaying and hanging out by the waterfront.
New this week!
Monday was labor day. I can't believe school starts so soon!
Tuesday I had my first university class. "Scripture" in Hinduism and Buddhism. It was a ton of fascinating fun with a teacher I adore. Leslie Orr is an amazing professor. Although, this course has much more work involved than any class i have ever had with her. So much reading and writing homework. Dear gods! I will have to really carefully pace myself. As I am not getting student loans and bursaries anymore, I cannot reduce my work hours as I had hoped to accomodate having homework time. So, ya, real careful timing. Good thing I like bioth teacher and subject!
Wednesday was kind hellish. Staff out sick at the last minute, then in and then out again. Bless one of the new staff who dropped in and took over for the last couple hours so I could have a break to nibble and get off work in time to kinda think about the Level 3 class I had to give. CMS Level 1 seemed to go real well. Hobbes was delayed by traffic and construction, so I started his class for him while I waited for my students to arrive. CMS Level 3 went amazingly! We were missing one student who hopefully will be there next week. I had forgotten how much fun Level 3 is and how much I love teaching it. I have no idea how I am going to manage to squash the 40 weeks worth of material into 25 weeks. EEP!
Today I had a doctor's appointment at 12:45pm. I slept in wonderfully. My doctor checked my knees and told me they seemed to be healing well, but to still be careful as they still have healing to do. She checked my painful ankle and agreed with me about the reasons for the pain. It is likely a combination or not having my orthotics and overcompensating for my sor knees. She wrote up a thingy for me to get new orthotics. Apparently you are supposed to do that every 2 years. Oops. My blood test in August showed the liver enzyme abnormality was going down. She wants me to have another test in November.
Then we talked about pregnancy. She advised me to avoid some food, to increase some foods, to take Materna vitamins, and not clean the litterbox. Then she gave me a referral to the Royal Victoria Fertility Clinic. M-SB and I have an appointment on October 28th. There are a bunch of test things we are supposed to do before we get there. I have to have something called a Base Line test done on day 5 of my cycle (tomorrow) and a bloodwork. I have an appointment for those tomorrow! I will pick up a package there with information and the list of other tests that M-SB and I need to get. I am kinda excited and nervous. M-SB seemed so calm about it.
And I had my first GRSA (Graduate of Religion Students Association) meeting. I wanted to start getting involved in the student life at concordia to eventually earn a TA position. So I am now involved in planning a few very exciting things for the coming year. I will be registered in a Teaching certification course for teaching at the CEGEP and University level. Many Fridays of my life are now devoted to this. I volunteered to organize religion teachers to have a panel discussion on how to teach Religious studies. Also, I am coordinating a Religion Colloq on New Religious Movements for February. This will be good experience for conference work and such. The AAR is coming to Montreal in Novemeber 2009. I want to be so ready for it.
I feel so psyched for school this year. I thought I would be too tired. I am tired, but also very psyched. There are some fun Reli Grad activities I will attend and just... be involved in. I hope to also get back to my Research Paper on Pagan Conversion Theory. I have a goal. I want the historical context section done by January 1st.
I came home with ideas in my head and celebrated by making a fancy fish dish for supper. M-SB loved it. I did three kinds of fish filets (steaks) in a cream sauce over a bed of pasta. He was so pleased with it he told me he loved the salmon and that it was the very best he had ever had. I will definately have to do this again.
My evening was full of reviewing meeting notes and putting together CMS Level 2 notes.
Tomorrow I will clean a bit before I leave for the Fertility Clinic. I will bring all my CMS stuff with me so I can go straight from there to Melange and prep for my class. I also have to pick up my reading pack for my university course. I hope everything goes well.
My vacation is over. *pout* I was so busy toing all the errands and running around I could not do any other time, that I didn't get done the cleaning and prep stuff I had wanted to have done.
CMS Open house happened. It went ok. Very few to like no new interest through the Open House. I wonder if store staff bothered to push it at all. Oh well, there was staff changes and new folks and stuff. Either way, it will still be a successful new semester with 5 new level 1's, 3-4 level 2's, and 3 level 3's.
I ended the vacation weekend with time away with Roo roleplaying and hanging out by the waterfront.
New this week!
Monday was labor day. I can't believe school starts so soon!
Tuesday I had my first university class. "Scripture" in Hinduism and Buddhism. It was a ton of fascinating fun with a teacher I adore. Leslie Orr is an amazing professor. Although, this course has much more work involved than any class i have ever had with her. So much reading and writing homework. Dear gods! I will have to really carefully pace myself. As I am not getting student loans and bursaries anymore, I cannot reduce my work hours as I had hoped to accomodate having homework time. So, ya, real careful timing. Good thing I like bioth teacher and subject!
Wednesday was kind hellish. Staff out sick at the last minute, then in and then out again. Bless one of the new staff who dropped in and took over for the last couple hours so I could have a break to nibble and get off work in time to kinda think about the Level 3 class I had to give. CMS Level 1 seemed to go real well. Hobbes was delayed by traffic and construction, so I started his class for him while I waited for my students to arrive. CMS Level 3 went amazingly! We were missing one student who hopefully will be there next week. I had forgotten how much fun Level 3 is and how much I love teaching it. I have no idea how I am going to manage to squash the 40 weeks worth of material into 25 weeks. EEP!
Today I had a doctor's appointment at 12:45pm. I slept in wonderfully. My doctor checked my knees and told me they seemed to be healing well, but to still be careful as they still have healing to do. She checked my painful ankle and agreed with me about the reasons for the pain. It is likely a combination or not having my orthotics and overcompensating for my sor knees. She wrote up a thingy for me to get new orthotics. Apparently you are supposed to do that every 2 years. Oops. My blood test in August showed the liver enzyme abnormality was going down. She wants me to have another test in November.
Then we talked about pregnancy. She advised me to avoid some food, to increase some foods, to take Materna vitamins, and not clean the litterbox. Then she gave me a referral to the Royal Victoria Fertility Clinic. M-SB and I have an appointment on October 28th. There are a bunch of test things we are supposed to do before we get there. I have to have something called a Base Line test done on day 5 of my cycle (tomorrow) and a bloodwork. I have an appointment for those tomorrow! I will pick up a package there with information and the list of other tests that M-SB and I need to get. I am kinda excited and nervous. M-SB seemed so calm about it.
And I had my first GRSA (Graduate of Religion Students Association) meeting. I wanted to start getting involved in the student life at concordia to eventually earn a TA position. So I am now involved in planning a few very exciting things for the coming year. I will be registered in a Teaching certification course for teaching at the CEGEP and University level. Many Fridays of my life are now devoted to this. I volunteered to organize religion teachers to have a panel discussion on how to teach Religious studies. Also, I am coordinating a Religion Colloq on New Religious Movements for February. This will be good experience for conference work and such. The AAR is coming to Montreal in Novemeber 2009. I want to be so ready for it.
I feel so psyched for school this year. I thought I would be too tired. I am tired, but also very psyched. There are some fun Reli Grad activities I will attend and just... be involved in. I hope to also get back to my Research Paper on Pagan Conversion Theory. I have a goal. I want the historical context section done by January 1st.
I came home with ideas in my head and celebrated by making a fancy fish dish for supper. M-SB loved it. I did three kinds of fish filets (steaks) in a cream sauce over a bed of pasta. He was so pleased with it he told me he loved the salmon and that it was the very best he had ever had. I will definately have to do this again.
My evening was full of reviewing meeting notes and putting together CMS Level 2 notes.
Tomorrow I will clean a bit before I leave for the Fertility Clinic. I will bring all my CMS stuff with me so I can go straight from there to Melange and prep for my class. I also have to pick up my reading pack for my university course. I hope everything goes well.
