September 26, 2010 - 16:52
No word from anybody who has a resume, or application, handed in to them. Also, no word from the landlords in regards to post-October. And the situation has intensified in the meantime.
The reason for my intensified search for more work was not only being down to one job with sole possession of rent and bills. Last week, I was given advance notice of being laid off for the winter. I have no idea if anybody else is being laid off or not. This is the downside of Pender living, and I know it. I know it very well. This is the position I was in when I arrived last year. Didn't like it then either.
I will be laid off Oct 15th. My lease is up in October as well. The crux of the matter here is what to do. I have a room available to me here on the island. True friends, they offered long before I could consider asking. Between my final pay, and my damage deposit, I would have enough to make it home. The problem again is where to live. Damned if I do, damned if I don't. There's also the issue of my current responsibilities. I'm looking after Ripley and Simon until my parents come back to the island. (That's my Dad's goal.) Finding an affordable place in Edmonton with a dog and two cats in tow isn't easy at the best of times.
As depressed as I am, and as much as I want to go home, I think I will be here until Spring at the earliest, and Fall at the latest. Even if I had a place to stay in Edmonton this year, it's probably best to stay here for now. I'm hoping that I will be able to claim unemployment, and they don't like it much when I change provinces. I also want to be able to leave the other pets behind and just come home with Spot.
19:12
Okay, we have something worked out in regards to my possible new place. I won't be trying to cram into a room, with my cats and dog and things. This is good. More later on this.
Anyway, I don't want to run off with just enough money to get somewhere. I want to have enough to get me by for a bit until a permanent solution comes up. A chance to come home with my feet under me.
One thing that won't change is that I'm going to miss Pender just as much as I miss Edmonton. I've made a few good friends here. And I don't have to EXPLAIN myself all the time. When I say something, I don't get funny looks or an outright "Wha?" People either understand or they just accept it as being me. My strangeness is accepted. What more can a girl ask for in life?
Yes, I think I will be okay ... I will stay. If things go really well, well, we'll see from there. Perhaps I will rotate and come home for winter to work. White Christmases will be nice.
I could also win the lottery by then too.
It could happen.
Meanwhile, my budget is getting easier. I have one less card to pay off, the storage unit is no longer an issue, and I have paid almost all of my personal debts to people off. My head isn't far above the water, but I can breathe without the water getting up my nose.
Dare I say that I am almost floating just at the surface, staring up at the stars, and dreaming of flying again. All I need is a place to stand so that my wings can dry.
Sweet Dreams!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Good Vibrations - No Batteries Required
September 15, 2010 - 22:42
My new favourite videos are Geek and Gamer Girls and Dancing at the Movies ...
http://www.break.com/break-originals/other-funny-stuff/geek-and-gamer-girls-anthem?ref=nf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYL3j27sSH8&feature=player_embedded
Dancing is supposed to have 40 movies/TV shows, but I think it's more like 40 clips ... too many clips of the same movies to be 40 movies in there. Still, I could be wrong. I recognise most of them, and can guess at the others. I'm willing to have a contest to see who can name the most. Let me know if you are willing ... try to do it without help.
Got another Auto letter from U-Haul yesterday that almost stopped my heart. It said that my rights to the locker had been terminated and that they were advertising my things for auction. I wrote to my contact and begged her to tell me that these notes were automatic and that it wasn't actually happening. She confirmed that it was just automatic, but I still feared that somebody in the chain wouldn't realise that and go forward with it. Oh, the horror of the day!! I cannot begin to describe!
Thankfully, things are fixed up today. I'm paid up ... That's one bit of good news. The other good news is that my mother managed to convince my brother to place all my things into storage ... in his basement or garage. I'm not sure how she managed to convince him. He only just bought the house and moved in. Shoving my things into his place can't be what he planned to do first thing.
I wonder what he'll charge me?
I'm just happy to have that payment gone!
Tomorrow, I hope to drop off resumes ... to places that must be tired of reading them by now. Still, I have to have something while I wait for the construction place to hire me. If they hire me. They have to hire me. They will. I'm worth it.
Sweet Dreams!
My new favourite videos are Geek and Gamer Girls and Dancing at the Movies ...
http://www.break.com/break-originals/other-funny-stuff/geek-and-gamer-girls-anthem?ref=nf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYL3j27sSH8&feature=player_embedded
Dancing is supposed to have 40 movies/TV shows, but I think it's more like 40 clips ... too many clips of the same movies to be 40 movies in there. Still, I could be wrong. I recognise most of them, and can guess at the others. I'm willing to have a contest to see who can name the most. Let me know if you are willing ... try to do it without help.
Got another Auto letter from U-Haul yesterday that almost stopped my heart. It said that my rights to the locker had been terminated and that they were advertising my things for auction. I wrote to my contact and begged her to tell me that these notes were automatic and that it wasn't actually happening. She confirmed that it was just automatic, but I still feared that somebody in the chain wouldn't realise that and go forward with it. Oh, the horror of the day!! I cannot begin to describe!
Thankfully, things are fixed up today. I'm paid up ... That's one bit of good news. The other good news is that my mother managed to convince my brother to place all my things into storage ... in his basement or garage. I'm not sure how she managed to convince him. He only just bought the house and moved in. Shoving my things into his place can't be what he planned to do first thing.
I wonder what he'll charge me?
I'm just happy to have that payment gone!
Tomorrow, I hope to drop off resumes ... to places that must be tired of reading them by now. Still, I have to have something while I wait for the construction place to hire me. If they hire me. They have to hire me. They will. I'm worth it.
Sweet Dreams!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Lalalalalalalalala!! WIPEOUT!!! (Insert Drum Solo)
September 12, 2010 - 10:57
.... Darnit ...
I had a lot of things to tell you today, and now that I'm here my mind is blank. I wonder if I bumped it. No, impact was absorbed by my knee and shoulder ... hmmm ...
What? Didn't I tell you? Sorry. Had to repeat the story over and over on Friday and you tend to forget who doesn't know. Friday morning, I had an accident with the scooter.
Oh ... by the by ... I finally got the scooter! LOL!
It was my fourth day driving it. and I had already been having power troubles. It kept dying on me while I was riding. Well, Toby, my scooter expert neighbour, and I gave it a look over the night before and found that the spark plug was clogged and starting to corrode. He cleaned it for me and we will replace it when we get a new one. Meanwhile, just cleaning it seems to have given the possessed thing some extra torque ... it was like a wild thing the next morning.
Anyway, Friday was already not starting well ... it was raining unexpectedly, so I knew I would be having troubles with my glasses. And I was going into work an hour earlier than usual (to make up for being late on Wednesday when I broke down.) ... strangely, I was on the ball about getting ready, eating, and getting out of the house.
I was driving carefully, trying to keep my speed down to 40 instead of up at 50 like I had been up to then, so I had a bit of a line up behind me. I decided to pull over before I went up a big hill, which slows me down even more. This act of kindness was my mistake. No more miss nice rider here. I pulled over at the base of the hill, onto the shoulder. The shoulder, I must point out, is dirt. Mostly sand and small rocks. When the traffic went by, I started to go forward again, but because I was already facing uphill, I needed a bit more power ... I didn't go overboard with the gas, but the scooter suddenly bucked forward. I still had a foot on the ground, and caught the scooter which proceeded to fishtail towards the pavement. It hit the gap between the pavement and the dirt shoulder (a dip of about 2 or 3 inches) and I thought I had gotten it back under control ... um ... no. No, definitely not. I think the tire had been spinning in the gap and it hit the pavement faster than I thought. Scooter went flying, taking me with it. we fell sideways and skidded across the road. Thankfully, no traffic ...
Scratches in the white plastic, cracked the floorboard when the edge caught, and broke a cover to a signal light. Also cracked an already broken mirror ... luckily, I "walked away" with a slightly skinned knee, and some aches. No bruises, no broken bones, no scratches on the borrowed helmet. Yay, me!
I think that was the last day of the Mercury Retrograde. Talk about a notice-able exit!
Life has not smoothed out in other factions either. My second job has cancelled every shift this month ... It's bad enough that I was surprised to only have three shifts in the two weeks available, but to find myself with no pay cheque after all? Well, it will have one shift on it ... a whole whopping 3.5 hrs. Better than nothing, I guess ... Still, I was short for rent last month. I'm going to be short again this month.
I thought I was saved when I found somebody who was hiring FT ... and my boss at the lumberyard gave me a glowing referral (he always says the best things!!) But he's not hiring a labourer until next month ... maybe.
PartyLite has entered a rocky place as well. I owe them money too. Thanks to that stupid bank, which I no longer have an account with! Haven't been getting any sales either ... Trying to get some sales going on my website, but I have little hope. Meanwhile, I'm keeping my eyes open ... but work on the island in winter is scarce.
My Dad's heart transplant two weeks ago has us all on pins and needles as well. He's finally showing some positive recovery now, so keep the positive thoughts and the candles lit. (I know a great place where you can replace your candles ...)
And then there is my love life ... *sigh*
Navy Boy is emotionally not really ready for a relationship. I'm being a good friend and helping where I can, but I won't let it go beyond flirting until he's in a better space. And I don't mean distance. He's trying to find something to cling to, and I don't want to be his crutch. Even if it did mean I'd be given a willing, loving slave for life. Not looking for that. Well, not like that ...
Yet another best friend with a girlfriend is feeling a strong connection with me ... He's got strong feelings for his girlfriend though, so I'm not as worried. We're both walking the line carefully. *sigh* It's not easy being this sexy ... LOL!
And then there's Jade ... the greatest love of my life, who refused to wake up from the cotton balled world his mother kept him in. Sometimes it seemed like he might wake up, but it was only to roll over and go back to sleep. Well, he seems to be waking up now ... and resenting the fact that he can't stretch out his legs. He told me that he regretted thinking that the situation would work out, and that he definitely removed the wrong person from the house. He wants me back and he's making the moves to make it happen. I'm hesitating though. I want to be sure what I'm coming back to ...
On the bright side, if I came back to Jade, my friends would see so much more of me. Hmmmm ... oh, the dilemma. LOL!
I found a TV/Stereo cabinet for free ... just have to find a way to get it here. Also, rattan outdoor furniture. A bit late for this year, but next year should be great!!
My container garden is under water ... LOL! Next year I will try again with containers that DRAIN! <3
Sweet Dreams!
.... Darnit ...
I had a lot of things to tell you today, and now that I'm here my mind is blank. I wonder if I bumped it. No, impact was absorbed by my knee and shoulder ... hmmm ...
What? Didn't I tell you? Sorry. Had to repeat the story over and over on Friday and you tend to forget who doesn't know. Friday morning, I had an accident with the scooter.
Oh ... by the by ... I finally got the scooter! LOL!
It was my fourth day driving it. and I had already been having power troubles. It kept dying on me while I was riding. Well, Toby, my scooter expert neighbour, and I gave it a look over the night before and found that the spark plug was clogged and starting to corrode. He cleaned it for me and we will replace it when we get a new one. Meanwhile, just cleaning it seems to have given the possessed thing some extra torque ... it was like a wild thing the next morning.
Anyway, Friday was already not starting well ... it was raining unexpectedly, so I knew I would be having troubles with my glasses. And I was going into work an hour earlier than usual (to make up for being late on Wednesday when I broke down.) ... strangely, I was on the ball about getting ready, eating, and getting out of the house.
I was driving carefully, trying to keep my speed down to 40 instead of up at 50 like I had been up to then, so I had a bit of a line up behind me. I decided to pull over before I went up a big hill, which slows me down even more. This act of kindness was my mistake. No more miss nice rider here. I pulled over at the base of the hill, onto the shoulder. The shoulder, I must point out, is dirt. Mostly sand and small rocks. When the traffic went by, I started to go forward again, but because I was already facing uphill, I needed a bit more power ... I didn't go overboard with the gas, but the scooter suddenly bucked forward. I still had a foot on the ground, and caught the scooter which proceeded to fishtail towards the pavement. It hit the gap between the pavement and the dirt shoulder (a dip of about 2 or 3 inches) and I thought I had gotten it back under control ... um ... no. No, definitely not. I think the tire had been spinning in the gap and it hit the pavement faster than I thought. Scooter went flying, taking me with it. we fell sideways and skidded across the road. Thankfully, no traffic ...
Scratches in the white plastic, cracked the floorboard when the edge caught, and broke a cover to a signal light. Also cracked an already broken mirror ... luckily, I "walked away" with a slightly skinned knee, and some aches. No bruises, no broken bones, no scratches on the borrowed helmet. Yay, me!
I think that was the last day of the Mercury Retrograde. Talk about a notice-able exit!
Life has not smoothed out in other factions either. My second job has cancelled every shift this month ... It's bad enough that I was surprised to only have three shifts in the two weeks available, but to find myself with no pay cheque after all? Well, it will have one shift on it ... a whole whopping 3.5 hrs. Better than nothing, I guess ... Still, I was short for rent last month. I'm going to be short again this month.
I thought I was saved when I found somebody who was hiring FT ... and my boss at the lumberyard gave me a glowing referral (he always says the best things!!) But he's not hiring a labourer until next month ... maybe.
PartyLite has entered a rocky place as well. I owe them money too. Thanks to that stupid bank, which I no longer have an account with! Haven't been getting any sales either ... Trying to get some sales going on my website, but I have little hope. Meanwhile, I'm keeping my eyes open ... but work on the island in winter is scarce.
My Dad's heart transplant two weeks ago has us all on pins and needles as well. He's finally showing some positive recovery now, so keep the positive thoughts and the candles lit. (I know a great place where you can replace your candles ...)
And then there is my love life ... *sigh*
Navy Boy is emotionally not really ready for a relationship. I'm being a good friend and helping where I can, but I won't let it go beyond flirting until he's in a better space. And I don't mean distance. He's trying to find something to cling to, and I don't want to be his crutch. Even if it did mean I'd be given a willing, loving slave for life. Not looking for that. Well, not like that ...
Yet another best friend with a girlfriend is feeling a strong connection with me ... He's got strong feelings for his girlfriend though, so I'm not as worried. We're both walking the line carefully. *sigh* It's not easy being this sexy ... LOL!
And then there's Jade ... the greatest love of my life, who refused to wake up from the cotton balled world his mother kept him in. Sometimes it seemed like he might wake up, but it was only to roll over and go back to sleep. Well, he seems to be waking up now ... and resenting the fact that he can't stretch out his legs. He told me that he regretted thinking that the situation would work out, and that he definitely removed the wrong person from the house. He wants me back and he's making the moves to make it happen. I'm hesitating though. I want to be sure what I'm coming back to ...
On the bright side, if I came back to Jade, my friends would see so much more of me. Hmmmm ... oh, the dilemma. LOL!
I found a TV/Stereo cabinet for free ... just have to find a way to get it here. Also, rattan outdoor furniture. A bit late for this year, but next year should be great!!
My container garden is under water ... LOL! Next year I will try again with containers that DRAIN! <3
Sweet Dreams!
Saturday, September 04, 2010
My Name is Lea, and I'm an Idiot.
(aka In the Battle of Wall vs Head, the Wall is Winning!)
September 4, 2010 - 13:47
Things are once again moving quickly. Maybe a bit too much, in a way. I finally got my income tax. It was less than I was expecting, and I was at a loss as to what to do with it. I really needed it for a series of things and it wasn't going to cover it all. It wouldn't even cover the cost of getting my things here. I came up with the best alternative and put the call out ... and got static. Pity.
On the other hand, I came up with another plan. I would try to get a loan/line of credit. When I went off-island to get to the bank with my pay cheques, I went in and asked about loans. All well and good, but I have no collateral. I don't own anything. I need a co-signer. My parents are not an option, and I can't ask my brother because they don't want a co-signer from out of province. This leaves me with the most difficult quest ever. I need to ask a friend here on the island to co-sign.
I dislike asking for money. Ask anybody. Even the band members here have figured that out and will step up with an offer of food or cash when we do gigs out and about. But that's part of the island friendship that I've fallen into. Nobody is keeping score here. Asking somebody to be my back up for a few grand? That's gonna be a whole new kettle of fish. Still, I'll try. I have nothing to lose ... except everything I own. So ... with the loan in mind, I did what I felt was the wisest course ... I spent the income tax return. I paid off a few debts, including my long cancelled VISA card. I caught up on my bills and ... made the idiot move of coming up short for rent. *sigh* Didn't leave me with a good starting point for re-negotiating rent, but I did my best.
As you may have noticed in my last update, my Dad had finally made the Heart Transplant List. Well, he got it this week. Today is Day 5 and he's still in critical, but stable, condition. There was a bit of a problem with the right side of his new heart, but that's been dealt with, and they have closed him up and taken him off the bypass machine. Surgeon told us that his old heart was the worst heart he's ever seen. Let's hope he takes better care of the new one. Please light candles and send positive thoughts ... not just for my Dad, but for the donor, and the donor's family, as well.
I am trying to come home for a bit of visiting and some PartyLite parties as well. It's going to be tough, and will mainly depend on how much the bus ticket will cost. I will do my best to get home, but things are looking a bit grim. Still, I am going to try. There's always hope, right? Everlasting, and all that?
Sweet Dreams!
The only time you run out of chances ... is when you stop taking them.
September 4, 2010 - 13:47
Things are once again moving quickly. Maybe a bit too much, in a way. I finally got my income tax. It was less than I was expecting, and I was at a loss as to what to do with it. I really needed it for a series of things and it wasn't going to cover it all. It wouldn't even cover the cost of getting my things here. I came up with the best alternative and put the call out ... and got static. Pity.
On the other hand, I came up with another plan. I would try to get a loan/line of credit. When I went off-island to get to the bank with my pay cheques, I went in and asked about loans. All well and good, but I have no collateral. I don't own anything. I need a co-signer. My parents are not an option, and I can't ask my brother because they don't want a co-signer from out of province. This leaves me with the most difficult quest ever. I need to ask a friend here on the island to co-sign.
I dislike asking for money. Ask anybody. Even the band members here have figured that out and will step up with an offer of food or cash when we do gigs out and about. But that's part of the island friendship that I've fallen into. Nobody is keeping score here. Asking somebody to be my back up for a few grand? That's gonna be a whole new kettle of fish. Still, I'll try. I have nothing to lose ... except everything I own. So ... with the loan in mind, I did what I felt was the wisest course ... I spent the income tax return. I paid off a few debts, including my long cancelled VISA card. I caught up on my bills and ... made the idiot move of coming up short for rent. *sigh* Didn't leave me with a good starting point for re-negotiating rent, but I did my best.
As you may have noticed in my last update, my Dad had finally made the Heart Transplant List. Well, he got it this week. Today is Day 5 and he's still in critical, but stable, condition. There was a bit of a problem with the right side of his new heart, but that's been dealt with, and they have closed him up and taken him off the bypass machine. Surgeon told us that his old heart was the worst heart he's ever seen. Let's hope he takes better care of the new one. Please light candles and send positive thoughts ... not just for my Dad, but for the donor, and the donor's family, as well.
I am trying to come home for a bit of visiting and some PartyLite parties as well. It's going to be tough, and will mainly depend on how much the bus ticket will cost. I will do my best to get home, but things are looking a bit grim. Still, I am going to try. There's always hope, right? Everlasting, and all that?
Sweet Dreams!
The only time you run out of chances ... is when you stop taking them.
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