Counting Backwards

It seems that 2009 has found it's way into my life already. I am still looking over my shoulder wondering where 2008 went. The 12 months that have just whipped right by me left me with a few learned lessons.

• I am full of it. Yup, that's right. Take a peek backwards and you will see little entries where I promised to blog more. Yet I did not keep my word. Sigh...
• Changing my choices paid off!! Running blindly into the future got me a gig as a writer, so way to go on being foolish and perhaps irresponsible! Woop woop!!
• My dedication to buying lottery tickets hasn't exactly paid off just yet. But don't worry, I'll keep at it! I don't believe in giving up!
• The intuition razor is not all it promises. If it really knew what I needed in a razor, it would last more than 5 shaves. It's intuition is not validated.
• Living the city made me crave the country. Living the country made me crave the city. Clearly, I just don't know what I want. Perhaps I'll figure this out in 2009!

Sure, these lessons might seem frivolous to you, but to me...major impact. It's not just beauty that is in the eye of the beholder. So is life.

Too Much Sharing

I feel I must share 5 things with you...

1. We got new hand soap in the washrooms at work, and it smells like those fabric bandaids. Yuck.

2. I just finished a delicious lunch (spinach and ricotta panzerotti from Angelo's, mmmm) and am now full. I was talking to Jody at the front desk, rubbing my belly to edge out a tiny burp, and my manager watched me do it. Kind of embarrassed.

3. The accounting manager walked into the windowpane beside her door this morning because she was busy chatting....hehehhee.

4. I think someone at work has fleas because every now and then during the workday, my legs get itchy and I find little bites up and down my legs. These bites are not there in the morning when I get out of bed. (Dear lord, I hope they don't have crabs.....but no one seems to be itching there.)

5. Last week, I stood up at my desk and did not realize my chair rolled back a bit when I did. I sat back down, missed the chair and landed flat on my ass on the floor. And then I could not stand back up because I was giggling so hard. No one saw it, but I told them all anyways.

It's nice to share :)

Fabulous Five

Ok, so I haven't particularly been in the best of moods lately, just a little down on life. I need to buck up and stand tall, and take life for what it is.

Sometimes a little reminder of what is good in life is all it takes. So here I go. Here are five things I am grateful for in my life.

1. Family ~ I am grateful to have family members who are close knit and loving, and who will stay by each other's side for the long haul. That even though we don't always agree with each other, we haven't turned our backs on each other, as some of our other family members have done to each other.

2. Friends ~ I am grateful to have friends who seem to want to keep me around (hahaha). Friends who can make me laugh and giggle, and feel appreciated and respected. Friends who take me for who I am.

3. My job that I hate ~ Yes, I hate my job, but I am grateful to have it, as it provides solid employment, a decent pay, includes a benefit package, and has taught me valuable skills that I can carry forward into the workforce. If I did not have this job, I might not be able to have some the 'luxuries' in my life that I enjoy on a regular basis. Additionally, my job does allow me for some freedom in the workplace that I might not get with another organization.

4. My car ~ I am grateful to have a reliable, fuel-efficient car. It allows me the freedom to travel as I please. I can visit friends and family who live elsewhere at anytime, and not have to rely on anyone else to do so. I can carry out my errands without hassle, I can jump in my car on a whim and go somewhere, I can attend to family emergencies at the drop of a hat.

5. Being Canadian ~ That's right, I am grateful to be a Canadian. There are many places in the world who face poverty and war, who don't have clean water and enough food, and who don't have appropriate social systems in place--like healthcare. There are many things to be said for living in North America, where we are all able to lead our lives in such afforded comfort, that we should all be grateful for. While I don't necessarily agree with all that the government does (or does not do), it is minuscule compared to the benefits; Canadians are given so many rights and opportunities that many others in the world don't get. I truly am thankful to be Canadian.

Now I just need to keep reminding myself of these things, get my head out of my ass and smarten up.

Lucky Lotto

Do you ever have those dreams that you have won the lottery? And when you wake up in the morning, the dream is so vivid that you can close your eyes again and see the winning ticket in your hand, but when you try to focus on what the numbers are, you just can't quite make them out??

Yeah. I have those dreams. And this last time, I could remember a few of those numbers. But do you think that they worked and won me anything??? Hell no!!

I don't want to say that I am destined not to win the lotto, cause I don't want to jinx myself or anything. But perhaps I am destined to spend my life like the average person, working 40 hours a week to earn my living. And not that there is anything wrong with that at all. I mean, life is life not matter how you look at it.

But sometimes I like to imagine what I would do if I won the lottery. In excess of $1,000,000.00. Not that one million dollars is enough to quit my job and never work again....but let's get real, if I even won $25,000.00, I would quit my job right now and leisurely find a new one, LOL!!!!

So, if I won the lottery (ahem, the huge jackpot), these are things that I would do.......

1. Take one big fat trip around the world, for possibly a whole year. And stay in a variety of places ranging from ritzy resorts to shady hostels. Just to get the full experience. Do some backpacking, but also do some cruising. You know what I'm saying? And send postcards to all of my friends and family. I would also take along a travelling companion and pay for them entirely. Afterall, why experience the world alone?

2. I would then come home and buy myself a modest house. I like bungalows best. I have no idea where I would live though. I'll worry about that when the time comes (hahaha, which is going to be any day now, right??). I wouldn't fill it with posh furniture, but nice, ecclectic peices.

3. If money really did come in excess, I would also pay off the debt of some of my friends. School debt and such. I mean honestly, it's been years since we've finished school, and it must suck to still be paying for it. And I would buy my roomie Erin a new car~she's always driving old old cars 'cause she can't afford a new one!

4. I would start my own business. And if it took a long time to take off, that would be ok, cause I'm rich!!!!!!

5. Not to forget the ridiculous shopping trip I would go on. I don't even want to imagine it, it would be so glorious. With this in mind, the bungalow that I buy will have a walk-in closet for all my wonderful clothes and shoes I will buy.

Ahhhh....such dreams. I think after work today I will go and get a lotto ticket. Yuppers. When I stop for milk, I'll get the ticket. The 6/49 is $14 mill tomorrow night. I can feel it in my bones. I am going to win....

PS. And I would donate money to charities as well. After all, I don't really need all that money, might as well help out those that do!!

Questions, Answers~you know the drill

I cleaned off my desk and did not locate my will to work.

Oh well.

So now I'm playing in the question game.....My friend has a q & a entry on her blog. This is what she did....she was on someone else's blog, who had q's and a's. This blogger said if you want q's and a's, to leave a comment with your email address (unless she already had it) and that she would email you 5 random q's. You take those q's and and post them on your blog with your answers. And then if someone reads your blog and likes it....they leave a comment with their email, and you send them 5 questions. Does that make sense???

Here goes. My internet best friend stargazer has just sent me these questions:

1. What superpower would you most like to possess?

Hmmm....interesting. I've never been a superpower/superhero follower. But I guess I would like to be able to transport myself from one spot to another. Like Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie. Just blink my eyes, and I can be anywhere in the world that I want. Ahhh....think of the savings on airfare. And think of the time saved. That would be pretty cool. Perhaps not as glamourous and adventurous as some, but just as useful.

2. Is there a fictional character you would choose to be? Why?

Does Barbie count??? Haha, just kidding. Let me think. I know I would not like to be Napoleon Dynamite...hehehehe. I would like to be........why is this so hard??? Let me go to the next question and come back to this.

Well, I answered all the questions. So now I have to think some more. I should probably pick someone literary and look smart. But I won't. I want to be Baby from Dirty Dancing. 'Cause nobody puts Baby in the corner! And 'cause who doesn't want a scandalous summer romance, and then ship off to the Peace Corp?

3. You just found a time machine and there is enough battery to take you to one place in history--where would you go? (and why)

I would like to go back in history just to see things, not to change things. Yes, some really shitty things have happened, but it all happens for a reason, right? Although maybe I would like to make a few changes on some airplanes. But rather.....Ancient Egypt, go and chill with Cleopatra. Those Egyptians were smart buggers, I'd love to see them in action. :)

4. What is your biggest fear?

My biggest silly fear is that when I go swimming in lakes that fishies will eat my toes. But I guess my biggest normal fear is that I will never find someone to spend the rest of my life with, that no one will love me. Sniff sniff....that's sad.

5. And to copy my question from Stefanie-what are you better at than most people?

Huh. I would have to say that I am better than most people at writing clearly with my feet. That is right. My feet. I can legibly write out anything with my feet. Pen between my toes and away I go. Crazy I know. My brother and I used to have competitions on this. I always won.

Well, that was a good way to spend some time. Excellent idea, internet best friend!