June Update

Gosh it's been a long, long time since I wrote last.     So much has happened.   I've started training at the new jobs.   Home Care Reception training is done and I actually filled in this morning for a sick call.    I'm training at Home Care Dispatch and don't know if I like it yet.   I'm training with Judy and she is very, very nice.    I'm crossing my fingers that I will like it enough to stay but for right now I'm not sure.

We've been very busy with all the fund raising for the Weekend to End Women's Cancers.    I'd say I've almost reached my goal of $2,000.00.   It's so close!     I don't know if I'll be able to help with Penny's goal like I did last year.   We haven't made my total yet.    Only after I've met my goal was I able to help Penny with hers.   I don't know how much she has to collect yet but I'm thinking it's still pretty substantial.

Jillian is done with her first year of Nursing.    She finished  her spring semester and seems very happy about it.   Jacob finished Grade 9 and is finishing off his exams right now.     Earlier in the week he received a medal for the Honor Roll and he also received a Certificate of Excellence for Phys Ed and Science.   I was so proud of him.   I was unable to attend the awards ceremony due to the fact that I was training with Home Care Dispatch ... insert unhappy face here.

I'll be working like a crazy person for the next little while.    Then we are off to Vancouver Island for a little vacation.     Once I'm done training I think I'll get a little more excited about it.

Great news!

As I said last time, life is always changing, and this time it was a good change.   Tonight when I was at work, Jillian called me to tell me that she made it into the Nursing Program at Mount Royal University.    What a relief!    I can honestly say we've been on the edge of our collective seats waiting for this crucial piece of information.    She checked this morning and she was still listed as 'conditional' but it all changed when she checked again this evening.    I'm so happy for her.   I know the next four years are going to be a challenge but this is what she wants and we are, over the moon, happy for her.

Early Day

Today I worked at 6:45am.    Waking up was okay, going into work was okay ... the whole day was okay ... but when I came home I crashed ... hard.    I ended up eating a peanut butter sandwich and went right to bed.    I really needed it.   The sleep was crappy though because Jonathan and Jacob were rotating the tires on both the cars and the tool they were using was so loud and it was right outside my window.   But it was a good retreat from everything and I managed to squeak in a few little sleeps.

I noticed today that the people I work with were a little more dis-satisfied then usual.     I can't put my finger on it exactly but the mood was a little off.     There is really something to be said for 'doing what you love'.   We just received a 5% wage increase and you would never know it.    I was trying to explain that to Jacob just last night.   I want him to go to University or College to do what he loves.    That's all that matters.   Money will come and go but it's the quality of the work that matters.    Today proved it to me.    We've received a 15% increase (5% a year for 3 years) ... a real bonus considering how the economy was suffering last year.   Yet these women seem so unsatisfied with it all.   It makes me shake my head.

Minestone Soup Day

Today I had a day off. I got up with Jacob and got his lunch ready and then retired to the couch and watched a little TV and dozed with the dog. It was an uneventful day.

This afternoon I got it into my head to make the Clean-Eating Minestrone Soup from one of my Tosca Reno books. Was it ever good!

Jillian starts her upgrading at Mount Royal tomorrow and I'm happy about that. It's good that she's finally doing it and I'm going to be happy to get her out of the house. She is driving me crazy ... she does next to nothing. She isn't even working on her English upgrading any more. I don't know where she is going to end up at the end of this semester but I hope she is taking it very seriously and does well.