Catch-up

It seems like a long long time since I last wrote anything. Funny how quickly time can pass. I spoke to my former roommate last night. Neither one of us can believe that it's been almost two years since I lived in this city, and one year since she started her new position, and it's soon heading toward one year since she left to go back to Montreal. Ah nostalgia. I miss home sometimes, but I know that I can't live there right now. Besides that, I'm super super happy with how things are shaping up in my life here in Ottawa.

Long story short - I got a new job. I've been off work from the store for about a week or more as I got a call about a temp job through one of the agencies and they needed me to start "right away." As things go, I stressed myself out to the max with my what-ifs about the new job, got rid of all my shifts at the store, told people about my start date, and then was told by the agency that paperwork didn't go through so I wouldn't be started until this week. If the paperwork goes through. Ah government. It has been nice to have some days off to relax, clean a little bit, go biking and generally wonder how to fill my time. Evenings and weekends it's not hard. I will miss having days off through the week but I think it will be great to have the whole weekend to myself to spend with P and hanging out with friends and going out on Saturday not worrying about having to work on Sunday. If I don't sound super enthused with my new job it's because it's only admin, and although it's with a government agency, it's not what I want to be doing with my life, and I had hoped when I left the store it was going to be because I had some really great high-paying job to go to. Not the case, but it is a "toe" in the door and that's better than nothing. Yesterday I worked my last shift at the store and the gang got me a card and baked me a cake. It was the last day for one of the other girls too. Despite all my complaints, I'm going to miss working there, at least a little.

Saturday some of the girls from my MA program and I got together for drinks and supper. It was so nice to be together again. It's hard to see some of them very often, what with work, and living in other cities, etc. but it was like old times almost.

Watched Finding Neverland last night. What a great movie. I'm all sappy these days, so it made me cry, but it was what I needed.

I haven't written anything about my trip away with P over the long weekend. Perhaps more on that later. We did have a great time, despite the rain. A friend who I've seen a few times over the last week told me last night that she has never seen me look so happy and that on Saturday I looked positively radiant. The thing is, despite all my stress and uncertainty, the one thing I am certain of is that I am so completely happy with P. It's gooey and gushy and gross, I know, but holy have I waited a long time to feel this way about sometime. So there you have it dear reader(s), my life so far. Not terribly interesting, especially coming from one who calls herself a writer. This is going to lead into another topic, so I'll post for now, and hopefully go on a bike ride while the rain holds off.

Schmoozing

I was in Hartman's yesterday buying some groceries to cook for Amy and I as we watched one of the remaining episodes of Lost when I noticed a familiar face: Lawrence MacAulay, MP for Cardigan, PEI. A few summers ago I worked in Communications for ACOA (a gov. dept.) and dealt with the four Island MPs on a regular basis. Even though MacAulay was not my MP he was one of the ones I liked working with the best. He's a very pleasant man; yesterday I said hello and introduced myself to him and had a nice little chat. Where did I get the balls to do that sort of thing? I saw Joe McGuire (another MP from PEI) the other day walking down the street when I was on my way home from work, but I did NOT like him so I didn't say hello.

In other news: my honey has gone fishing for four days. He's only been gone for not even one day and I miss him. Thank goodness I'm working a fair bit, otherwise this would be a difficult weekend. Since when did the notoriously single girl get so wrapped up in a man that she gets all cutesy-wootsey to the point of missing him if he's gone for a few hours? Ha. Perhaps this weekend will be good for me to reconnect with myself, the girls, and my housework.

Too bad the weather wasn't warmer. I was really enjoying the 26 degree weather. I even put some winter sweaters away yesterday. Hmmm.

I want to ride my bicycle

Today's post is brought to you by the letters B, and P, and the numbers 1,2,3, go! B for bicycle which my awesome boyfriend P bought for me (he'll say largely contributed to). We went for a ride last night and it was awesome. THIS is what I have been needing to do in this city since I moved here. I've been once with my sister and brother-in-law when they passed through on the way to Edmonton (we rented from behind the Chateau Laurier) and a couple of times with my friend Vic on my roomie's borrowed bike. But knowing that I'm riding my very own bicycle is so much fun. I've never actually had my own before, the bikes of my childhood were hand-me-downs. Anyway, more on this later, I'm out to enjoy the 20+ degree weather and get some biking done!