I'm off from work....

.....'til next Wednesday!!!

I'm going to moe down, a music festival in upstate New York, for the weekend :)

We drive down tomorrow and it starts on Friday......I'm SO excited!!!!!!!

It'll be so nice to get away and just relax......sit around and do nothing......hang out with friends....get to hear fantastic live music.......

When I get back, things at work are going to ramp up almost immediately.....without a break until February (until I go away again).......this makes the time away that much sweeter :)

How am I feeling......now?

It's been awhile since the last post.....lots of fun stuff has happened in between, but I haven't had the mental energy to blog about it all......

For all curious, things are going well on my end :) Work is busy......life is progressing well.....things are well overall!

I don't have that much to say at the moment other than that....

I guess I am feeling dehydrated because....well....I haven't had much water lately.....that will be fixed soon, though, as I plan to drink water all evening......it's kind of crappy that it gets like this......I don't like drinking water, but I'm forced to when I realize that I can't function without it......if only I could get used to drinking water regularly........

Hmmmm......now....I'm bored......I'm waiting for Steve to be done work.....I'm done for the day and just killing time......

And, I think that really is it for now..........

Home

I was with my family for the weekend....it was really nice and relaxing :) I got to see my brother and his fiancée (they got engaged!!!!!!!!!!) and some old family friends.

I don't often stay for more than a day or even one night with my parents because I usually get pretty antsy.......and I did have a bout of that on Saturday evening.....but for the most part, I really enjoyed it! It's nice to touch base with the old home every now and then. My hometown feels so familiar and I feel so nostalgic driving around town.....I ended up getting a little teary eyed a number of times over the weekend....driving by the house I grew up in......seeing our family friends after such a long time......

At the same time, so many things have changed.....the landscape is changing as developers build subdivision after subdivision, upon strip mall, beside big box store. People have moved, grown up, married, divorced, had babies, passed away.........

As much as I have a fondness for the old familiar, I love life as it is now and going forward.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Tuesday

• Busy busy busy...lots of things needed to be communicated
• Got a hair cut :)
  
• Played hookey from the gym with Steve and went to Reds for wine and snacks
  
• Visited my parents!! Gave them the scoop on Steve (he was still dealing with the tech problem at work so he couldn't make it for the visit).....saw my brother and his girlfriend....hung out with my dad.....ate my mom's chocolate cake :)
  
• Got lots of clothes.....my parents shopped for me in VA and brought back a tonne of stuff....work clothes and casual......my favourite thing is the Izod track jacket...it's fuschia and white....simply stunning :)

Wednesday

• Went running with Kevin
• Had breakfast with Steve before we had to be at work......it was so nice to relax and have coffee at home instead of rushing and grabbing breakfast on the go
• Another busy day at work.....more communications....and our quarterly financial report (that's such a bitch to write).....
  
• Went to the gym!!!
• Steve made barbecued corn and a really great veggie dish for dinner.....ate with him, Kev and Jordan.....
• Stu came over and we all hung out for a bit.....
• Went for a walk with the boys while Steve had to call in for a meeting at 9pm.....dropped the boys off at a pub and attempted to walk in a wind storm....got whipped by sand....went back to the pub and ended up having more snacks....
• Steve joined us at the pub when he was done his meeting
• Went to Shopper's to buy hair accessories to go with the new do
  

Thursday

• Steering committee meeting for a community of practice that I'm a part of for work
  
• Ended up reviewing a DVD for a work project....that took up my morning
• Went for a walk at lunch with Steve
• Had coffee with an IT Director who was in town from our Waterloo office....we had a really great chat and it was a nice diversion from real work......and it took up another hour of my day :)
  
• Knocked off a communication.....reviewed some of Keron's work.....
  
• Got a call to run an announcement about one of our employees who passed away this week :(
• Started feeling flu-ish.....very warm....my friend Marinela checked and said I had a temperature :P
• Decided to forego the gym and came back to Steve's with him.....he's working (same tech problem ongoing)....I'm hanging out......Kev is making dinner....I think I'm going to eat, then nap....I think I need some tylenol, too