So very Tired

So very tired still.  Slept until 2PM today.  Need more rest.

There are 54 days until my camping trip…up to Bird’s Hill Park Campground.

I am looking forward to getting up there to use the time in a few different ways. 

First and foremost I am looking forward to the time alone to relax and rest and be by myself.  Of course it is a campground and there will be other people in close proximity, but I will be by myself still.  I am very much an introvert, which can be difficult at times since I am always around people.  So this time of solitude should help me to recharge with the energy I need to get through to the next time I am able to spend alone.

It will also be a chance for me to get some reading done.  I love reading, but I rarely have the time for it these days.  I used to read a bit before bed, but now by the time I get to bed it’s all I can do to even get my head to the pillow before I start falling asleep.  So I have a few books on my radar, 3 of which I already own (The Gospel According to Starbucks, The Wounded Healer, and Lost) Although I hope to have those 3 done by the time camping rolls around.  I also have these 3 books on my radar to buy, Exiles:Living intentionally in a Post Christian Culture, Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry, and The End Of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus.  Although those could change as I browse through Amazon over the next while.

Another reason I am looking forward to camping, is I will be able to walk or bike some of the trails there and take some pictures.  I love taking pictures, but again like the reading just haven’t had time to get out there and do it.  I’m not the type to carry around my camera just in case, so perhaps some intentional picture taking while I am there. 

Ok I am looking forward to this way too much.

My book wishlist

I was going to put up a book wishlist but I am too tired…so maybe tomorrow

I am exhausted

And my sister did most of the work. 

This weekend was moving weekend.  My sister and I moved as much as we could out of my apartment and over to my parents place.  It was 2 days of work and I was almost going to cry because it looked like we were never going to make a dent in the stuff…until I let Linda just start throwing stuff away.

So now all we have left is the big stuff to move…a dresser, bottom half of my china cabinet, my bed, my desk and a bookshelf.  I have no idea where all this is going to fit in my parents place and I am pretty sure they don’t either.

I hate moving.  Hate it.  Which is funny, because I am working towards a life profession that will see me moving very often.  I keep telling myself though at least there will be no big furniture to move, and they will get me movers to move the boxes…..that’s the one part of being a Salvation Army officer that I will hate…..moving.

Camping was fun

Well I am back from camping and it was fun.  In true Manitoba form, the weather was a little wonky for part of this May long weekend.  It’s rained a little on Saturday morning for like 2 minutes…while we were still sleeping.  Saturday afternoon was very very windy.  The dining tent kept getting blown in.  Other than that the weather was really nice, and I am even sporting a sunburn as proof.  This morning there was rain, but again while we were still sleeping.

I think the funniest part of the weekend was last night at the fire.  One of the guys got his marshmallow on fire and he was shaking it to get it out, well the marshmallow flew right off his stick and onto my foot.  It was still on fire when it landed on my foot, so that hurt quite a bit.  I created a hey my foot is on fire dance, and spent the rest of the night soaking my foot in ice to cool it down.  The funniest thing about it was that the closest cold liquid to pour over my burning foot right away was a bottle of Coke.  I guess I now prefer coke to pepsi…

Here is a pic of my toe…..actually not bad considering it was ON FIRE….it could have been a lot worse, we thought we were going to peel skin off when we took the marshmallow off but we did not.

 

Blame it on the Rain

Well the May Long is upon us. 

There are 3 things that will always happen on the may long weekend well at least they have been my experience over the last few years.

1.  It will be cold, we have not yet hit our balmy summer weather in Winnipeg, and we don’t usually until after the long weekend.  It’s ok during the days, but at night…cold

2.  It will rain.  Whether it is a few showers here or there, or a downpour that last for hours it will rain.

3.  Despite these 2 undeniable facts, hundreds of crazy Winnipeggers will head out of the city to go camping.  I am one of these crazy people, although I do not “rough it” I will be counted among the crazy. 

I’m looking forward to it, last year was my first year going and I had a blast…and it was so relaxing.  This year they are actually calling for good weather (knock on wood).  No matter what happens though, no matter what the weather.  I know I will have a good time because I will be away from everyday life, relaxing and chilling with some of the people I love.

So here’s to may long, thank you Queen Victoria…without you I’d have to go to work on Monday.

New Books

I’m excited because I got some new books recently so I am happy.

I got lost by Gregory Maguire.  I like his writing, so I expect this book to be good.  I got that one from my sister for my birthday.

Today with some of my birthday money I picked up The Wounded Healer, by Henri Nouwen.  It came highly recommended by several friends so I hope it is good.  I don’t really know what it is about.

I also picked up the Gospel According to Starbucks by Leonard Sweet.  I’m not positive as to why I picked this one up, I am not a big Sweet fan.  I saw him at a conference once…he was one of the speakers, and I just found him arrogant.  He did not impress me at all, however I hear rave reviews about this book so I’ll give it a read.

I’ll let you know how they go.

Here is what I will miss come June

I know that we are only beginning of May, but June will come fast and as of May 31st I need to be out of my place…so moving is on my mind.

There are a few things that I am really going to miss come June.

I am going to miss my freedom. I’m moving back in with my parents to save money so that hopefully I can make it to CFOT in 2009. I’ve been on my own for 2 years now, so it will be hard to go back to living with my folks. It’s not that I don’t get along with them, I do and I am grateful that they are allowing me to come and stay with them, rent free for a year. It’s just that once you have been out living alone not having to worry about thinking of someone else. I could come and go when I want and not have to consider the needs of other people…so it will be an adjustment.

I will also miss my view. I have a great view. Check it out…

It is a great view and peaceful…I love it here.

I will also miss my friends. I have really appreciated the cadets that were assigned to my church this year. I felt like I really got to know them, and we hung out a few times and had a great time together….A even got me hugging…I KNOW!! Well their training is done and come mid-June, they will be heading on their way to their new cities/towns to begin their ministry. I will miss them a lot.

So June brings some transition, but change is inevitable and we can’t let it slow us down.

Well it has finally happened

I turned 30 years old today. 

I was dreading this day for the longest time.  I have been depressed about this day.

Friends told me that it was no big deal at all, and I did not believe them. 

Well today when I woke up, I believed them…I did not feel any different than yesterday.  I am fine.

Then I hopped onto my bike for my 14.7KM ride to work and not only am I ok with being 30, but I am going to embrace it.  My 30s are going to be my greatest years.  I have a lot to accomplish, and unlike all the things i wanted to accomplish by the time I was 30, I am actually on the road to doing now, and if I had done them sooner it would have not been right I think.

I am getting into shape in an effort to take better care of my health.  I am watching what I eat, not only to lessen fat intake, but to try and get the proper nutrients into my body.  I am exercising, who knows…maybe that goal of running the marathon will come true in my 30s.

I am getting ready to go into CFOT.  This has been a lifelong dream and it will happen in my 30’s.

Things are going to be good, 30 really is the new 20.

Also a shout out goes to my Grandma Erva Deacon, who would have been 84 today…I love you and will always miss you, especially on our day!

Look someone has to say it!

There is something that has been bothering me lately, and as I approach my 30th birthday, I figure that it is time to stop messing around and just say it. 

I am taking the liberty of speaking for employees everywhere.  Whether you are a sandwich artist, or a brain surgeon.  I am speaking up to our bosses, those in the highest places. 

It’s about working standards that are just not acceptable, we are over worked and underpaid.  We give give give, and you take take take.

It is time all employees stood up for ourselves.  We need to fight for our rights and stand united.  If we all shout it out, they will have to hear us.

So lets get loud about our right for AN AFTERNOON NAP!!!!

No seriously…we need afternoon naps in the workplace.  We are tired and we deserve.

It’s not about the money.  If employers instituted afternoon naps, they would save money.  Less accidents would occur on assembly lines, less mistakes made in the office.  Employees would be more courteous to their customers.

COME ON….IT JUST MAKES SENSE.

Give us an afternoon nap it’s the only solution, and because you know we take it anyways!

OH MY ACHING LEGS

ok so today I actually did some exercise.  I biked to and from work.  I work approximately 14.7KM which is around 9 Miles from my place.  so pretty much 30KM today. 

Getting to work was not a problem, it took me about an hour, which is not bad for my first time out in a while.   There was a train on the way, which I found kinda funny because on the path at the train crossing there were 4 other bikers, they’re all decked out in their biker gear like spandex and everything…and they are on road bikes and all in shape looking…then there is me, bent over like I am dying, in my sweats, not looking athletic at all…I found it strangely funny.

Coming home was not so fun, as the wind was against me.  took me about an hour and a half to get home.  I thought I might die.  My mom was worried that something happened because I was not home right away….but it was the wind I tell you.

All I can say is that if I don’t lose weight this week I will be very sad, that is if I am able to move enough to get on the scale.

I do have to admit though that I am quite impressed with myself, doing that far of a distance, I’m pretty much Da Bomb!!!