November 14, 2010 - 14:29
I've finished cleaning the apartment as much as I can. There are a few things that I won't do, because, well, it's not my place. This is how things work for them, so that's how I'll leave it. I'm enjoying myself with what I've decided that I can do, so I don't need to do more. Yet. LOL! I keep catching myself doing more though ... started off doing the kitty litter once in a while. Fair's fair, right? My cat uses it too. Then I started to do the dishes in the dishwasher. Discovered that the dishwasher sucks ... and have been doing it all by hand instead. Also been organizing the recycles, and picking up garbage. Today I swept the floor and vacuumed the carpet.
And I'm happy doing this. Why?!? I'm not sure. Maybe I'm just happy. I certainly have better energy since I came back to the city. The extra cleaning activities must be because I was finally re-hired at my old job here. I start on Thursday. :) Yeah, that's it. It's not because I'm a little restless and trying to not sit tat the computer all day. Yeah.
Don't get any bright ideas, my friends ... I'm not doing this for free. If you want me to come over and clean your place, I'll be invoicing you. $20/hr.
YAY! I'll have a paycheque coming in ... and it'll be part-time so I'll still be collecting EI (when it finally gets around to paying me. If it's going to pay me.)
Going to have my website up and running soon with PartyLite too. I can't believe that I let that account charge go for that long. That's not like me at all. And now, here I am, stuck trying to sell enough to earn a new kit, with no catalogs (I SWEAR I packed them ...) and no website for online orders. Geez! I'll never do it again.
Anyway, just had to pass on the good news about the job ... It's got me singing at at least! My own place is suddenly with reach!!
Harem and Mercury are going to miss their cleaning lady ... :)
Sweet Dreams!
PS. Greywhistle ... I'm shocked. No invites to play. *sigh*
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Lest We Forget ...
November 11, 2010 - 09:12
Love, sweet dreams!
Lo, the beams of the light Fairy moon kissed the streams,
Love, Goodnight!
Ah so soon!
Peaceful dreams!
Josef Pasternack's popular version of Taps
I really like this version. It's sweet and wistful ... Of course, the words that come to my mind when I hear the fateful tune is usually the traditional version by Horace Lorenzo Trim.
Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.
Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the skies
All is well, safely rest;
God is nigh.
Then goodnight, peaceful night;
Till the light of the dawn shineth bright.
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, goodnight.
I'll be doing my own thing today, although it makes me a bit sad to know that if I was still on Pender, I'd be preparing to kilt up for the Ceremony at the Legion. Next Tuesday, I'll be joining up with a new group to practice with. I hope I enjoy it as much ... I'll be learning Tenor properly and I'm sure that I'll be bored, but also a bit more confident and professional looking.
It'll get me out of the house occasionally too. ;)
Sweet Dreams!
Love, sweet dreams!
Lo, the beams of the light Fairy moon kissed the streams,
Love, Goodnight!
Ah so soon!
Peaceful dreams!
Josef Pasternack's popular version of Taps
I really like this version. It's sweet and wistful ... Of course, the words that come to my mind when I hear the fateful tune is usually the traditional version by Horace Lorenzo Trim.
Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.
Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the skies
All is well, safely rest;
God is nigh.
Then goodnight, peaceful night;
Till the light of the dawn shineth bright.
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, goodnight.
I'll be doing my own thing today, although it makes me a bit sad to know that if I was still on Pender, I'd be preparing to kilt up for the Ceremony at the Legion. Next Tuesday, I'll be joining up with a new group to practice with. I hope I enjoy it as much ... I'll be learning Tenor properly and I'm sure that I'll be bored, but also a bit more confident and professional looking.
It'll get me out of the house occasionally too. ;)
Sweet Dreams!
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Moving Forward ... Aaaaand Action!
November 9, 2010 - 19:22
Belly full, hair brushed, and teeth cleaned ... I am ready to write to you. :) Not sure what I'm going to say, but I'm ready.
Harem and Mercury have gone out to a meeting, so I have the place to myself for a couple hours. I think I'm going to work out a schedule for myself instead of wandering aimlessly during the day. Do exercises in the morning, and some cleaning in the afternoon (or in the evening when they've stepped out.) I'm trying to be helpful without being interfering or annoying. So, I'm avoiding re-organizing. :) Although, I really want to!
Wanting to is a good sign, actually ... proves that I'm feeling better. Getting happier. I'm once again expressing some interest in the world and it's inhabitants ... the one outside my little unbreakable bubble.
This could be because I'm home and on familiar territory ... and among friends. It may also be because I made a decision about the drama still going on at my old place on Pender. There are too many details to share, but let me "sum up". Landlords were apparently irritated with my notes. They felt that I should have phoned instead. Maybe, but I don't know that leaving a message on the machine, as opposed to leaving a note on the door, would have helped much since they admit that they were away for days at a time. And I fail to see why it should matter since I've been asking to talk with them for two months. They never made any effort to contact me or respond to the notes at all. So, yeah, maybe I should have phoned, but anybody who knows me knows that the outbound phone call isn't exactly in the comfort zone, so I avoid it when I can. Anyway, my friends bailed on me ... they claimed that I asked too much of them and decided to just not bother to help anymore. They told me this about three days after I left, thinking that everything was taken care of. Too late to do anything about it. (I asked them to do two things for me. Pick up my things that I couldn't lose, and take the trash to the bin. I even offered to pay for the garbage disposal.) Well, apparently my "save pile" was too big (I didn't think so, compared to what I took) and they took some of it and dumped the rest in the car port for my cousin to take. Apparently, he did, so I can recover some of it. My friend DID go to pick up my scooter, but the landlord had confiscated it as the only item of real value and wouldn't let them take it. They said they would be charging me a storage fee for the theft too. This can't be legal ... that's what the deposit is for.
I owe them $225 from September's rent. The Damage deposit is $450. Of the remaining $225, they intend to charge me storage and garbage disposal (from the garbage pick up - the most expensive and wasteful means of getting rid of items on the island, since most will recycle the items through re-sell or free outlets) So I'm thinking that they have no intention of giving me back my deposit. the scooter they stole is not of any real value to me, really, since it needs a spark plug, a new battery, and new rear tire tube. My friends already have the keys and the helmet, so what value they think it is, well ...
So, I've decided that what little I might get back from them is not worth the stress and the resulting health problems. There's not too much that I can do from here except nag at my cousin to pick up the remaining items. That trailer is in better shape than when I moved in. Much better shape ... considering that anything that needed to fixed still needs to be fixed. I do not claim that I'm a perfect angel, or a totally innocent victim; I know I certainly made a few mistakes ... but I was alone and very limited in what I could do. If they had bothered to respond to any of my notes, we might have worked something out.
So, I wash my hands of everything on Pender. I will not fight for a lost cause and drag myself down over the dramatic attitude. If they release the scooter, great. I will try to sell it, if not, well, they can keep it.
I still have to pay Mom back for it, but I'm willing to bite that and get on with my life. I'm not chained to the damn thing.
Moving on ...
No response yet from anybody I've sent a resume to. I still have hope though. Lavender is going to host a PartyLite party for me and I hope to make it spectacular. That will be a good start and I'm really hoping to take my PartyLite farther than I did before. I used to treat it as a side hobby ... now I feel like I have the drive to make a proper business with it. It's unfortunate that my PartyLite was stranded on Pender, but I admit that it wasn't exactly current. I've put the call out to my unit leader for help ... either a few items on loan, or the chance to earn a new kit. I am contemplating e-bay for my older items as well, but I'm not sure about that yet. It's kind of against the rules. The older things may just have to wait until I get my own place and have an open house.
Ah ... my own place. Just me and Spot ... and anybody who wishes to drop by to visit ...
Sweet Dreams
Belly full, hair brushed, and teeth cleaned ... I am ready to write to you. :) Not sure what I'm going to say, but I'm ready.
Harem and Mercury have gone out to a meeting, so I have the place to myself for a couple hours. I think I'm going to work out a schedule for myself instead of wandering aimlessly during the day. Do exercises in the morning, and some cleaning in the afternoon (or in the evening when they've stepped out.) I'm trying to be helpful without being interfering or annoying. So, I'm avoiding re-organizing. :) Although, I really want to!
Wanting to is a good sign, actually ... proves that I'm feeling better. Getting happier. I'm once again expressing some interest in the world and it's inhabitants ... the one outside my little unbreakable bubble.
This could be because I'm home and on familiar territory ... and among friends. It may also be because I made a decision about the drama still going on at my old place on Pender. There are too many details to share, but let me "sum up". Landlords were apparently irritated with my notes. They felt that I should have phoned instead. Maybe, but I don't know that leaving a message on the machine, as opposed to leaving a note on the door, would have helped much since they admit that they were away for days at a time. And I fail to see why it should matter since I've been asking to talk with them for two months. They never made any effort to contact me or respond to the notes at all. So, yeah, maybe I should have phoned, but anybody who knows me knows that the outbound phone call isn't exactly in the comfort zone, so I avoid it when I can. Anyway, my friends bailed on me ... they claimed that I asked too much of them and decided to just not bother to help anymore. They told me this about three days after I left, thinking that everything was taken care of. Too late to do anything about it. (I asked them to do two things for me. Pick up my things that I couldn't lose, and take the trash to the bin. I even offered to pay for the garbage disposal.) Well, apparently my "save pile" was too big (I didn't think so, compared to what I took) and they took some of it and dumped the rest in the car port for my cousin to take. Apparently, he did, so I can recover some of it. My friend DID go to pick up my scooter, but the landlord had confiscated it as the only item of real value and wouldn't let them take it. They said they would be charging me a storage fee for the theft too. This can't be legal ... that's what the deposit is for.
I owe them $225 from September's rent. The Damage deposit is $450. Of the remaining $225, they intend to charge me storage and garbage disposal (from the garbage pick up - the most expensive and wasteful means of getting rid of items on the island, since most will recycle the items through re-sell or free outlets) So I'm thinking that they have no intention of giving me back my deposit. the scooter they stole is not of any real value to me, really, since it needs a spark plug, a new battery, and new rear tire tube. My friends already have the keys and the helmet, so what value they think it is, well ...
So, I've decided that what little I might get back from them is not worth the stress and the resulting health problems. There's not too much that I can do from here except nag at my cousin to pick up the remaining items. That trailer is in better shape than when I moved in. Much better shape ... considering that anything that needed to fixed still needs to be fixed. I do not claim that I'm a perfect angel, or a totally innocent victim; I know I certainly made a few mistakes ... but I was alone and very limited in what I could do. If they had bothered to respond to any of my notes, we might have worked something out.
So, I wash my hands of everything on Pender. I will not fight for a lost cause and drag myself down over the dramatic attitude. If they release the scooter, great. I will try to sell it, if not, well, they can keep it.
I still have to pay Mom back for it, but I'm willing to bite that and get on with my life. I'm not chained to the damn thing.
Moving on ...
No response yet from anybody I've sent a resume to. I still have hope though. Lavender is going to host a PartyLite party for me and I hope to make it spectacular. That will be a good start and I'm really hoping to take my PartyLite farther than I did before. I used to treat it as a side hobby ... now I feel like I have the drive to make a proper business with it. It's unfortunate that my PartyLite was stranded on Pender, but I admit that it wasn't exactly current. I've put the call out to my unit leader for help ... either a few items on loan, or the chance to earn a new kit. I am contemplating e-bay for my older items as well, but I'm not sure about that yet. It's kind of against the rules. The older things may just have to wait until I get my own place and have an open house.
Ah ... my own place. Just me and Spot ... and anybody who wishes to drop by to visit ...
Sweet Dreams
Saturday, November 06, 2010
There's No Place Like Home ...
(aka Wish I Was There ...)
November 6, 2010 - 10:28
Change your clocks tonight!
It has been a tumultuous week for me - Emotionally, Financially, and Physically. Okay. it's been a rough FEW weeks ... but I think things are going to get better now. At the very least, they shouldn't get worse. While I know that thye CAN get worse (never fool yourself into thinking that things can't get worse!!), I think the Fates are finished taunting me for now. There are only so many challenges that one can face before they break, and while the Fates like to complicate things, they aren't generally in the habit of breaking people. They throw challenges at you to make you grow - it's up to you to make it happen ... or not.
Forgive any typoes that may sneak in. I'm typing with my keyboard on my lap.
So, I'm all settled in at my friend's place downtown, and trying to get some job hunting done. Had to fix my e-mail first though. Still not completely repaired, but I finally re-activated it. Now just have to get Outlook working ... not sure how to adjust that though. Oh, well. It'll happen.
The only worse than moving within a short period of time, is trying to do it by yourself. It was definitely a set back that a vehicle was not available for me to rent and come home. Packing would have been easier and Spot would have been happier. I had to leave so much behind ... Some of it were items that pained me to give away or leave behind, but I did it. Had a small pile that my friends were supposed to grab for me to ship out later ... but they bailed. I was horrified. Got a small note today that said the items may be rescued after all. Still need a job to pay for them to come out ... Hope I can afford it.
The train ride out was fantastic! Hard to sleep on, but fantastic all the same. I didn't take a lot of pictures, because the scenery was either in the dark, or in an area that I was already familiar with. Keep in mind that hte earlier you book a train, the lower the cost ... Unfortunate that my decision was so last minute. The people were great, and Spot was well cared for, although I think he was very unhappy to be in the baggage car. Still, the steward fo rmy car checked on him as I slept, throwing a blanket over the cage to help him retai heat and turning the heater on in the car too. As I didn't have a watch, he would periodically come and ask if I'd like to check on him (Spot). It was great! And the other travellers were so hilarious! You'd never know we were all strangers the way we treated each other. I'd ride a train again, if the chance came up ...
I'm very much looking forward to seeing all my friends again ... and working PartyLite and going to meetings. And finding a job that will let me get my own place. I'm sure Mercury and Harem would like their living room back. Harem is already "chafing" because he can't walk to the bathroom naked in the morning. Heh.
Sweet Dreams!
November 6, 2010 - 10:28
Change your clocks tonight!
It has been a tumultuous week for me - Emotionally, Financially, and Physically. Okay. it's been a rough FEW weeks ... but I think things are going to get better now. At the very least, they shouldn't get worse. While I know that thye CAN get worse (never fool yourself into thinking that things can't get worse!!), I think the Fates are finished taunting me for now. There are only so many challenges that one can face before they break, and while the Fates like to complicate things, they aren't generally in the habit of breaking people. They throw challenges at you to make you grow - it's up to you to make it happen ... or not.
Forgive any typoes that may sneak in. I'm typing with my keyboard on my lap.
So, I'm all settled in at my friend's place downtown, and trying to get some job hunting done. Had to fix my e-mail first though. Still not completely repaired, but I finally re-activated it. Now just have to get Outlook working ... not sure how to adjust that though. Oh, well. It'll happen.
The only worse than moving within a short period of time, is trying to do it by yourself. It was definitely a set back that a vehicle was not available for me to rent and come home. Packing would have been easier and Spot would have been happier. I had to leave so much behind ... Some of it were items that pained me to give away or leave behind, but I did it. Had a small pile that my friends were supposed to grab for me to ship out later ... but they bailed. I was horrified. Got a small note today that said the items may be rescued after all. Still need a job to pay for them to come out ... Hope I can afford it.
The train ride out was fantastic! Hard to sleep on, but fantastic all the same. I didn't take a lot of pictures, because the scenery was either in the dark, or in an area that I was already familiar with. Keep in mind that hte earlier you book a train, the lower the cost ... Unfortunate that my decision was so last minute. The people were great, and Spot was well cared for, although I think he was very unhappy to be in the baggage car. Still, the steward fo rmy car checked on him as I slept, throwing a blanket over the cage to help him retai heat and turning the heater on in the car too. As I didn't have a watch, he would periodically come and ask if I'd like to check on him (Spot). It was great! And the other travellers were so hilarious! You'd never know we were all strangers the way we treated each other. I'd ride a train again, if the chance came up ...
I'm very much looking forward to seeing all my friends again ... and working PartyLite and going to meetings. And finding a job that will let me get my own place. I'm sure Mercury and Harem would like their living room back. Harem is already "chafing" because he can't walk to the bathroom naked in the morning. Heh.
Sweet Dreams!
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