Holy smokes. I am pretty much the queen of neglecting this blog.
To be honest. The reason I haven’t been posting much is because since being back in Canada my camera has been out of commission and then recently sold. So I haven’t had anything breath taking to upload anyways. But I kind of feel like I should at least put something up in the time between me selling my camera and getting a new camera so here it is.
Things you may or may not have known since me moving home
1. I have my own place! thats right iv gone from having a minimum of 3 room mates to a maximum of 0! I love it so much and its an amazingly welcome change, its super close to everything that matters in my city and best of all one of my best friends lives right above me ( its a basement suite that im in ) So halarity and hours of simpsons is never too far away. And it works awesome with me working shift work because I can cook and watch tv at 3am if i need to and no one is bothered!
2. Speaking of shift work. I basically got my dream job as soon as I got home which i never thought I would get. Im now working as a youth worker for a not for profit organization ( I still get paid though haha ) called EGADZ , I work in there youth based group home program and I love it! Its really challenging especially lately. But I couldnt ask to be doing anything else. It keeps be busy and on my toes but definatly WAY different from the Youth street program I helped with while in Australia. The backgrounds these teens come from ranges from never been in care or had a criminal record to kids coming from multiple care homes and with serious addictions and court conditions. So its really challenging learning how to interact with each of them.
3. I am a crazy cat lady?
Seriously. I used to hate cats ( and still kind of do ) but since my land lord wont let me have dogs I had to settle with cats. But they are pretty entertaining and good company at 3am
meet Wickit the angry box cat that runs down the hallways and jumps and grabs onto door frames and plays fetch
And meet rory calhoun the happy bag cat ( off of a simpsons reference ) who stands on two feet all the time
Burns: Smithers, look: he’s standing up. I’ve never seen anything so adorable! Do you know who it reminds me of?
Smithers: Benji? Lassie?
Burns: No, no, no, a person. You know who I mean.
Smithers: Snoop Doggy Dogg? Bob Barker? David Brenner?
Burns: No, no! The person who’s always standing and walking.
Smithers: Rory Calhoun?
Burns: That’s it!
4. Uhm…. its winter? I dont know. I sort of hated winter when it first rolled around but I realized how much I actually missed this -40 degree weather. it makes things so pretty. But then again. I read an article in our paper recently that went like this
“There’s a question I frequently ask myself in winter. It most often comes to mind when I’m wrapped up tightly like a down-filled mummy, only my eyes exposed, waiting for a bus.
Why is Saskatchewan inhabited?
I mean, I know *how* the Prairies were settled. I just don’t understand why any clear-thinking human would stay in a climate whose conditions could kill you for four or five months out of the year.
The only reasonable answer I’ve found so far was a succinct reply from a bookstore employee, who informed me — straight-faced — that Saskatchewan will be one of the only safe places left when the zombie apocalypse arrives. (Not ‘if’ — when )”
And that got me thinking. I love Saskatchewan.
If you didnt think that you can SEE cold. Take a look at this picture taken of my city the other day
