June 28, 2010 - 18:42
you spin me right round ...
you spin me right round ...
you spin me right round, baby,
right round like a record, baby,
right round, round, round ...
you spin me right round, baby,
right round like a record, baby,
right round, round, round ...
So, the e-Harmony profile is going through the paces with some guys showing marginal interest, and others showing a bit more. I'm a really hot commodity with the older men, it seems. Still, nothing serious yet. A childhood friend of mine went through the process with very satisfying results and he advised me that NOW is the time to be picky with my choices because whomever makes it out the other end should be worth the trouble! Being picky makes me guilty when it involves the effort of others though. Still, I'm trying. Send some good vibes my way for a man that I want to wake up next to for the rest of our lives. ;)
Meanwhile, drama has not been avoided. I admit that I have never told Jade that I have an e-Harmony account. (At least, I don't remember saying anything about it, because I wasn't sure how to bring it up, for one thing. For another, it's not his business anymore.) Anyway, he appears to be in a bad head space right now. He got me on chat the other night and spoke openly with me as he rarely does. I recognised the patterns though. He'd put through this "mood" before. Jade really shouldn't drink when he's depressed ... but at the same time, it's the only way he can unload what he's thinking, so I can't be completely critical of it. It came down to this ... He's decided that he still loves me. Loves me, wants me, and can't have me. 'Cause I'd never be happy in Alberta. The conversation got a bit "drunk" at that point, but he's turned us into star-crossed lovers, which, while somewhat poetic and romantic, is completely incorrect. Proof that he'd been drinking - he gets a thought in his head and there's no changing it.
Anyway, I gave the points he made a lot of thought. Then I e-mailed him the next morning ... I told him what there was for me in Alberta. Then I listed what I had in BC. They weren't long lists, but they were good lists. After that, a bit of heart to heart words ... and then I laid down the law. I told him that if he wanted to get back together with me, there were a few non-negotiable points that he would have to agree to. I listed them and the reasons for them.
Now I can hear some of you (okay, all of you) moaning and swearing at me that I should never go back to him because he treated me so badly the last round. I'm sure that you are right, and I shouldn't. Your phrasing may even be justified ... but he's sincere in his depression. Being who, and what, I am ... well, I can't ignore it.
I'm not going to sit back and wait for it to happen either. I'm ready to move on with my life ... whether he's in it or not. I'm not going to let this drama make me step back, fall back, or even stutter. He needs to decide what he wants ... and if it's me, then am I worth giving in to my protective demands.
Had a great day playing for the car show on Galiano Island ... my flourishes are progressing nicely. Especially in the Beer Song. I have fun with that one. On the way home, we were waiting for the ferry on Galiano and one of the pipers called us to the side of the pier ... At first I thought she was pointing to a baby seal perched on the end of the lower pier, eating fish, but then the 'seal' got up and walked further up the dock ... I was so surprised that I said out loud ... "Oh, it's a muskrat!" thankfully nobody laughed, but I'm sure there were smiles. I was corrected immediately. We were looking at an otter. HUGE thing. Made the otters at the San Diego Zoo look like miniatures. We watched him until he dove again, then Mr Roadie and I continued our conversation as we walked to the other side of the pier. While waiting, we saw a seal (yes, it was a seal this time!) surface twice (never on land though - more's the pity) and a kingfisher zipped by us.
I so love living here!
Anyway, that's the recent drama ... Can't wait to see what happens next!! ;)
Hugs to all!
Sweet Dreams!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
I'm Playing With the Dance Band on the Titanic!
June 25, 2010 - 23:48
I'm pissed with my bank here on the island. thanks to them, I now have an NSF charge on my account. And, yes, it's their fault. I had made a payment through them to a credit card that I needed that weekend ... only to find out that that was the SLOWEST form of payment. In fact, it's so slow that it's been about 7 business days and the payment STILL HASN'T ARRIVED. So ... my storage unit, which was supposed to get paid from that card, tried to take money out of the account ... and there wasn't enough there. I'd better get some satisfaction or I'm closing that account. To heck with the "convenience" of an on island account. What good is a chequing account that won't give me cheques anyway?
I need to lose that storage unit ... Wish I had a driver for the truck!!
More misfortune ... although this may have been a good thing now. I had contacted somebody here about a scooter for sale. Less than $800 - sounded great. The owner drove it down to me for an inspection and I had my boss there to help with the inspection ... I test drove it and came to the conclusion that I could live with it. :) Apparently, Somebody disagreed ... on his way back home, the owner blew a tire and bent the rim. :( So, he's going to fix it, but he's on holiday now, so he won't be back until August. *sigh*
Added some photos to my e-Harmony profile. Hope my special somebody notices me soon ...
Well, I should be getting to bed ... I have Field Clean up Duty tomorrow. (For the upcoming Car Show - a fundraiser for the band.) Oh, yes, for those that hadn't heard yet, the competition in Squamish was good ... we received 2nd place! Whoo hoo!
*yawn* ... sorry ... bed, yes ... sleepy ...
Sweet Dreams!
I'm pissed with my bank here on the island. thanks to them, I now have an NSF charge on my account. And, yes, it's their fault. I had made a payment through them to a credit card that I needed that weekend ... only to find out that that was the SLOWEST form of payment. In fact, it's so slow that it's been about 7 business days and the payment STILL HASN'T ARRIVED. So ... my storage unit, which was supposed to get paid from that card, tried to take money out of the account ... and there wasn't enough there. I'd better get some satisfaction or I'm closing that account. To heck with the "convenience" of an on island account. What good is a chequing account that won't give me cheques anyway?
I need to lose that storage unit ... Wish I had a driver for the truck!!
More misfortune ... although this may have been a good thing now. I had contacted somebody here about a scooter for sale. Less than $800 - sounded great. The owner drove it down to me for an inspection and I had my boss there to help with the inspection ... I test drove it and came to the conclusion that I could live with it. :) Apparently, Somebody disagreed ... on his way back home, the owner blew a tire and bent the rim. :( So, he's going to fix it, but he's on holiday now, so he won't be back until August. *sigh*
Added some photos to my e-Harmony profile. Hope my special somebody notices me soon ...
Well, I should be getting to bed ... I have Field Clean up Duty tomorrow. (For the upcoming Car Show - a fundraiser for the band.) Oh, yes, for those that hadn't heard yet, the competition in Squamish was good ... we received 2nd place! Whoo hoo!
*yawn* ... sorry ... bed, yes ... sleepy ...
Sweet Dreams!
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Today's Episode is Brought to You by *SNIKT*
June 8, 2010 - 18:35
I should be making supper right now, but Spot is comfortable and I just dealt with Mr. Jack's comments on the last entry, so I thought I would write something while I'm trapped in the chair. :)
I have no idea who this Jack is, or how "he" found my site. Perhaps, he searched through the blogs for the word 'eHarmony', I don't know, but I wasn't lying when I said that it was creepy ... and somewhat alarming. I have no idea what pics he's talking about though ... maybe he was answering the wrong site?? Dunno ... but I'll be keeping a geek eye on my computer, bub. *snikt* So don't get any ideas ...
What a ghastly weekend, I had. I can't completely blame Mom (well, I can, but I won't) as her heart was sort of in the right place. And I got many, many, many wonderful wishes. I was a bit awed by the number of them. Out of all the good wishes, though, 3 were glaringly absent. My brothers and my father. My younger brother, well, he always ignores it, so I'm used to it. But really ... what up with the other two? We're all on FB, so it's not hard to write a note! Everybody else did! *snikt* Geez! Even Jade managed to text me first thing on my birthday!!
Anyway, spent Saturday and rainy Sunday in Sidney with my parents ... in a motel. Did a bit of walking, a little bit of shopping, got some Barq's at a really good sale price :), but didn't get a cake. Got pizza delivered though. That was nice. Sunday dinner was just Mom and I, as Albert wasn't feeling up to going. He stayed home and watched sports. Barely saw him. Mom spent the time alternating between being happy and being resentful. She would not have been happy as a nurse.
That was my birthday weekend. Can only sigh about it though, right? On the bright side, she did leave me with the portable DVD player, so I got to watch a movie before practise yesterday. Wonder what I'll watch today?
I had a large number of "matches" waiting for me on my eH page, waiting for me to get my subscription, but I decided that that just wasn't fair, so I went through them at last. Sent a couple ice breakers, and allowed a few to see my profile report (which was wicked cool to ME when I read it!) I have no idea whether or not these guys have any indication about whether or not they can view that, but I hope so. It was a pretty good break down. I'm a little nervous about this whole computer dating thing ... but I've heard some good things, so ... yeah.
I have another competition coming up - I'm going to miss a day of work, so it's a good thing that my hours are improving for a bit while I'm covering for somebody's holidays. I'm stressed about it, but pipe major says it's all good and we're getting better, but I sometimes wonder how much of my performance he actually sees/hears ... and I get anxious all over again. I won't puke though. I always get strangely calm the day before ... and I'm good until the event. And after it's over, I'm so relaxed, I could be considered intoxicated with it.
Not too much else to say so ...
Thought for the Day: The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
Sweet Dreams!
I should be making supper right now, but Spot is comfortable and I just dealt with Mr. Jack's comments on the last entry, so I thought I would write something while I'm trapped in the chair. :)
I have no idea who this Jack is, or how "he" found my site. Perhaps, he searched through the blogs for the word 'eHarmony', I don't know, but I wasn't lying when I said that it was creepy ... and somewhat alarming. I have no idea what pics he's talking about though ... maybe he was answering the wrong site?? Dunno ... but I'll be keeping a geek eye on my computer, bub. *snikt* So don't get any ideas ...
What a ghastly weekend, I had. I can't completely blame Mom (well, I can, but I won't) as her heart was sort of in the right place. And I got many, many, many wonderful wishes. I was a bit awed by the number of them. Out of all the good wishes, though, 3 were glaringly absent. My brothers and my father. My younger brother, well, he always ignores it, so I'm used to it. But really ... what up with the other two? We're all on FB, so it's not hard to write a note! Everybody else did! *snikt* Geez! Even Jade managed to text me first thing on my birthday!!
Anyway, spent Saturday and rainy Sunday in Sidney with my parents ... in a motel. Did a bit of walking, a little bit of shopping, got some Barq's at a really good sale price :), but didn't get a cake. Got pizza delivered though. That was nice. Sunday dinner was just Mom and I, as Albert wasn't feeling up to going. He stayed home and watched sports. Barely saw him. Mom spent the time alternating between being happy and being resentful. She would not have been happy as a nurse.
That was my birthday weekend. Can only sigh about it though, right? On the bright side, she did leave me with the portable DVD player, so I got to watch a movie before practise yesterday. Wonder what I'll watch today?
I had a large number of "matches" waiting for me on my eH page, waiting for me to get my subscription, but I decided that that just wasn't fair, so I went through them at last. Sent a couple ice breakers, and allowed a few to see my profile report (which was wicked cool to ME when I read it!) I have no idea whether or not these guys have any indication about whether or not they can view that, but I hope so. It was a pretty good break down. I'm a little nervous about this whole computer dating thing ... but I've heard some good things, so ... yeah.
I have another competition coming up - I'm going to miss a day of work, so it's a good thing that my hours are improving for a bit while I'm covering for somebody's holidays. I'm stressed about it, but pipe major says it's all good and we're getting better, but I sometimes wonder how much of my performance he actually sees/hears ... and I get anxious all over again. I won't puke though. I always get strangely calm the day before ... and I'm good until the event. And after it's over, I'm so relaxed, I could be considered intoxicated with it.
Not too much else to say so ...
Thought for the Day: The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
Sweet Dreams!
Friday, June 04, 2010
Happy Days Are on the Horizon?
June 3, 2010 - 22:25
As usual, I've left this for forever and it's almost time for bed now, but I thought I should get something down ... nothing happening on Facebook. :)
Some good things have come my way lately ... the best of which being that I have water pressure at home AT LAST!! My room-mate was warning me that he was going to leave at the end of the month if it didn't get fixed, so I put the nag on the landlord. I know he's busy and I'm pretty easy going about waiting, but my roomie is not. Which is a good thing right now.
My mother has offered to help with my choice of two needs - bring my stuff over, or get a scooter. She was pushing for my stuff, but I wanted the scooter. After some thought I decided that getting my stuff here was probably the better plan ... and now she's thinking about getting the scooter. :( Grrr ... This would be an easier decision if I had somebody who could drive the truck here. Hiring a company to do it for me will be SO expensive! :( Hopefully my income tax arrives soon and I can get a few bucks in my accounts ... and I can breathe better. I'm also finally transferring my auto payment accounts here so that I can reach them when I need to.
I finally won something at the Meat Draw that the Pipe & Drum Band hosts ... I'm thrilled with what I picked. Prime Rib steak, lean ground beef, pork chops, and boneless, skinless chicken breast. Now if only had my stuff here so that I could COOK it!! :) Still, $40 worth of meat for only $5 (spent on tickets) is a deal that I can freeze for future purposes!
I have a tomato plant, two watermelons, and a strawberry all waiting to be potted and put outside. I plan on seeding carrots, corn, and a pumpkin if it's not too late. Thankfully, the growing season here is a bit longer than I am used to, so I might get away with it. Just need to buy the tubs and the dirt.
I'm told that my income tax will be a very reasonable amount, but could be more ... if I can find more paperwork ... which I'm afraid is in storage, but I'm looking ... I'm looking!!
On a spur of the moment, I filled out an eHarmony profile. I'm getting matches, but ran out of time to talk to them as I have to have a subscription. :( So I am going to hope that these nice matches are patient and will wait until next payday?
Sweet Dreams ...
As usual, I've left this for forever and it's almost time for bed now, but I thought I should get something down ... nothing happening on Facebook. :)
Some good things have come my way lately ... the best of which being that I have water pressure at home AT LAST!! My room-mate was warning me that he was going to leave at the end of the month if it didn't get fixed, so I put the nag on the landlord. I know he's busy and I'm pretty easy going about waiting, but my roomie is not. Which is a good thing right now.
My mother has offered to help with my choice of two needs - bring my stuff over, or get a scooter. She was pushing for my stuff, but I wanted the scooter. After some thought I decided that getting my stuff here was probably the better plan ... and now she's thinking about getting the scooter. :( Grrr ... This would be an easier decision if I had somebody who could drive the truck here. Hiring a company to do it for me will be SO expensive! :( Hopefully my income tax arrives soon and I can get a few bucks in my accounts ... and I can breathe better. I'm also finally transferring my auto payment accounts here so that I can reach them when I need to.
I finally won something at the Meat Draw that the Pipe & Drum Band hosts ... I'm thrilled with what I picked. Prime Rib steak, lean ground beef, pork chops, and boneless, skinless chicken breast. Now if only had my stuff here so that I could COOK it!! :) Still, $40 worth of meat for only $5 (spent on tickets) is a deal that I can freeze for future purposes!
I have a tomato plant, two watermelons, and a strawberry all waiting to be potted and put outside. I plan on seeding carrots, corn, and a pumpkin if it's not too late. Thankfully, the growing season here is a bit longer than I am used to, so I might get away with it. Just need to buy the tubs and the dirt.
I'm told that my income tax will be a very reasonable amount, but could be more ... if I can find more paperwork ... which I'm afraid is in storage, but I'm looking ... I'm looking!!
On a spur of the moment, I filled out an eHarmony profile. I'm getting matches, but ran out of time to talk to them as I have to have a subscription. :( So I am going to hope that these nice matches are patient and will wait until next payday?
Sweet Dreams ...
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