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the_siobhanI keep looking out the window at the backyard and thinking it's got to be as out of control as it can get and it keeps exceeding my wildest expectations. Today I think some of the plants are growing antennae. Or maybe hands. You know, those could very well be hands.
Axe keeps saying "I need to do something about that"[1]. Personally I plan to wait until the very end of the growing season and rip it all out at once.
Maybe November. I have some time off work in November. The sun will be further away then.
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Because there is balance in all things[2], work is going spectacularly well. I actually won a quarterly performance award, which is a first. (I have been on teams that have won them, this is the first time for getting an individual one.) There is a small amount of money attached to it, which is nice because this month is a tight one.
In a couple of weeks Axe starts a job for Elections Canada, which should get us some much-need financial breathing room.
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Just in the last couple of weeks there has been somebody speaking Spanish on the bus every day on my home - different people each time. This is a pretty abrupt demographic shift, I can count on one hand the number of times that previously happened on this particular bus.
My Spanish is at the point where I can make out the odd word and can sometimes get the gist of what they're talking about, if not the details. Very helpful was the girl who was translating between her friend with no English and her friend with no Spanish. Also helpful with a side-serving of adorable was the young family teaching their probably-Kindergarten-age daughter the English words for things. (She kept getting stuck on the correct pronunciation of "apple".)
I probably shouldn't be eavesdropping, but when they're sitting right next to me it's kind of hard to ignore completely so I might as well use it to practice my comprehension skills, right?
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I am actually leaving town for the long weekend through the kindness of friends who are throwing transportation and crash space at me. It will be a grand experiment in leaving my assigned furrow.
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[1] I have learned over the years that the statement "I am going to do a thing" is not a precursor to actually doing a thing. It probably took me longer than it should have to figure that out.
[2] I have a theory that there are three major factors that dictate how well my life is going; health, work, and relationships. It's a good year if two are going well, it's manageable if one is going well, if none are going well it's time to give it up and go start over somewhere else. There has never been a time in recorded history when all three are going well.
Axe keeps saying "I need to do something about that"[1]. Personally I plan to wait until the very end of the growing season and rip it all out at once.
Maybe November. I have some time off work in November. The sun will be further away then.
Because there is balance in all things[2], work is going spectacularly well. I actually won a quarterly performance award, which is a first. (I have been on teams that have won them, this is the first time for getting an individual one.) There is a small amount of money attached to it, which is nice because this month is a tight one.
In a couple of weeks Axe starts a job for Elections Canada, which should get us some much-need financial breathing room.
Just in the last couple of weeks there has been somebody speaking Spanish on the bus every day on my home - different people each time. This is a pretty abrupt demographic shift, I can count on one hand the number of times that previously happened on this particular bus.
My Spanish is at the point where I can make out the odd word and can sometimes get the gist of what they're talking about, if not the details. Very helpful was the girl who was translating between her friend with no English and her friend with no Spanish. Also helpful with a side-serving of adorable was the young family teaching their probably-Kindergarten-age daughter the English words for things. (She kept getting stuck on the correct pronunciation of "apple".)
I probably shouldn't be eavesdropping, but when they're sitting right next to me it's kind of hard to ignore completely so I might as well use it to practice my comprehension skills, right?
I am actually leaving town for the long weekend through the kindness of friends who are throwing transportation and crash space at me. It will be a grand experiment in leaving my assigned furrow.
[1] I have learned over the years that the statement "I am going to do a thing" is not a precursor to actually doing a thing. It probably took me longer than it should have to figure that out.
[2] I have a theory that there are three major factors that dictate how well my life is going; health, work, and relationships. It's a good year if two are going well, it's manageable if one is going well, if none are going well it's time to give it up and go start over somewhere else. There has never been a time in recorded history when all three are going well.