Haven't been posting here much...

It's hard to come up with something UN-baby related at the moment. My life revolves around the care of a new human.

Wow...I made a human!

As soon as I have ANYTHING non baby related I'll blog it. If I remember....

Something to do

Here is the new 2008 edition of getting to know your family and friends. Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. S ome of you may get this several times; that means you have lots of friends. The easiest way to do it is to hit 'forward' so you can change the answers or copy and paste. Have fun and be truthful! 1. What is your occupation right now? Baby factory 2. What color are your socks right now? I don't wear socks...it's summer. 3. What are you listening to right now? CBC Radio for the news 4. What was the last thing that you ate? Toast with peanut butter and jam - the 'approved' breakfast on the GD diet 5. Can you drive a stick shift? No 6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? The nurse at the high risk clinic 7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? I think I have to by law! LOL! 8. How old are you today? 38 9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? At the moment, it's diving 10. What is your favorite drink? Coffee. But in my OTHER life, it's Ceasars. Mmm...can't wait til I can have one again. 11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Many, many times 12. Favorite food? Meat. And Shrimp Alfredo 13. What is the last movie you watched? Superhero Movie. Dumb, dumb, dumb. But good. ` Favorite day of the year? Christmas Eve...all the anticipation 15. How do you vent anger? Kill things in video games 16.. What was your favorite toy as a child? Can't remember. Probably something to do with a doll. 17. What is your favorite season? Fall. CAN NOT WAIT! 18. Cherries or Blueberries? are gross 19. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? Sure 20. Who is the most likely to respond? Whoever is as bored as me 21. Who is least likely to respond? ??? 22. Living arrangements? Shacked up with fiancé, cat, and baby to be 23. When was the last time you cried? Yesterday while sorting out old letters/photos 24. What is on the floor of your closet? dust bunnies, suitcases, and shoes 25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending to? Julie 26. What did you do last night Channel surfed, ate chips, drank tea, spoke to the belly. The usual 27. What are you most afraid of Dentists 28. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? ALL OF THEM 29. Favorite dog breed? Bouvier and Rottweiler. 30. Favorite day of the week? Saturday 31. How many states have you lived in? None. I am not American 32. Diamonds or pearls? Either if they're given to me. But I prefer Sapphires 33. What is your favorite flower? Day lilies

There goes more of my childhood up in smoke

I woke up to see my sister's facebook status "is sad the pier has burned down" and looked to see what she was talking about (although there's only ONE pier we'd care about, really).

We spent many hours there when we were children. I'm sad to see it go. And, like my sister, I too was hoping to go back there some day.

My childhood is slowly disappearing. First, it was the closure of RAF Locking, and now this fire.

OH MY GOD, I'm BORED!

I started training my replacement on Monday of this week.  She's great, and I think she'll do fine. 

 

So, since then, she and I have been hanging out in the office while I teach her the basics of my job. 

In perfect honesty, there isn't much that I can teach her.  The job is different every day and the best way to learn is to sit at the desk/computer and browse to see what's been done in the past.

 

That's how I learned the job.

 

To make matters even more boring, the boss left last night for 6 weeks of vacation...making sure that he had no loose ends and left no work for when he is gone...because he doesn't want to overload the new girl who'll have no help.

 

So..she and I spent the morning chatting about mortgages, music, boys, babies, Perez Hilton, etc.  I taught her how to use the Google Reader at work, and other really really important slackage techniques.

 

What to do this afternoon?

 

She came from a REALLY busy department (the busiest in this place) and is having to learn a whole new way of doing things.  The SLOW way....

 

And we still have a bit more than 2 weeks of training to do....  The boss thought it would take that long.

I'm done!

So today, after hanging on to my 'emergency' pack since January-ish, I gave away my last - almost full - pack of smokes to a co-worker.

I'd been hanging on to them in my filing cabinet 'just in case' I felt the need for a smoke break. Also, at $10 a pack I didn't want to just throw them away...it would feel like such a waste.

I haven't felt that need since I got knocked up so today, when the co-worker mentionned that she was out of smokes, I gave them to her. They're probably stale but she didn't care...she was completely out.

Bless her heart, she tried to make me keep some of them in case I still had the urge, but honestly, I don't.

And this is a good thing.

Don't get me wrong...I've not become a radical anti-smoker. I still miss smoking, I miss the breaks, I miss the taste, the smell, and yes, the nicotine...but I don't miss them enough to want to go for a smoke any time in the near future.

(In exchange, she just brought me a chocolate popsicle. I just swapped one vice for another...)

Good news-Bad news

Good news:

• We don't have to buy a new dryer to replace our 'broken' one.  It's not actually broken.

Bad news:

• There's a frikkin' nest of Starlings in our dryer vent blocking it (and therefore not letting the moisture from the dryer escape etc).  We have to call the landlord to come get rid of the nest and put in a new vent cover to replace the one the damned birds have jimmied open.  The vent is WAY up high near the roof - we don't own a ladder.

BEST news:

• We're not homeowners and WE don't have to fix it.  That's the landlord's job.
• Starlings are icky and I don't feel any remorse in kicking them out of their home (although I'm not totally heartless and we'll wait to call the landlord until after the chicks are hatched).

We discovered this yesterday.  I'd had my suspicions for a little while.  It also explains why Norm went ape-shit crazy about getting in to the dryer the other day.

Baby shower

Awww...  They threw me a surprise baby shower today at work.  Yes...I blubbered...