Has spring finally sprung??

This time last week it was debateable as to whether or not it was entirely possible that it was spring time. I think today I indeed got the confirmation. I was able to stand outside at work for over two hours in the glorious sunshine. The best part was that I didn't even get sunburnt!!

Do I want to work some overtime??

Ahhh hell yeah!!! Especially when I am getting paid to work a position higher than me AND I am getting an evening shift premium!! Good, now I don't feel so guilty for shopping with my credit card the other day!!! And there's a pretty good possibility that I could end up doing the same thing all over again tomorrow. Whoo hoo!

I am getting rather impaitent!!

I can't wait for Max to get a job. I think that I will be more excited about Max getting a job than what he will be!! I think it's because I keep looking online at houses and townhouses and I keep finding things that I like, but we can't get a mortgage without Max working. And trying to determine where we should live with all these unknowns, one of which is my roster at work. Right now as it stands our roster is supposed to change at the beginning of September, along with a hundred other things!! The thing is if I have to pratically relcoate to mom's house for alomst 5 months out of a 80 week roster because we are living in Airdrie or Calgary is that really going to make alot of sense??

Oh well!! The thing is I am still loving my job. I am looking forward to working extra hours... this means we will actually get some new furniture we do figure out where we are going live!!

Whoo Hoo!!! Max is now a permanent resident!!

Well what a day!! First off I had to work a 8 hour midnight shift which wasn`t too bad, except for the first four hours I had to be outside in the snow. I got home and was able to get about two hours worth of sleep, leap out of bed, shower and get ready to go to Calgary. The roads were a mess and I thought that we would barely make it on time!! Well by the time we got down to Airdrie things changed substantially, the pavement was dry!! We got there in plenty of time, which was good because shortly after there were at least 15 people waiting in line.

Our interview was quick, double checking of id, answering a few quick questions and voila!! Max has now got landed immigrant status!! So to celebrate I went shopping, for myself!! :) While we were shopping Max gets another phone call with a company that has already had two interviews with him, they want to see him for a third interview sometime next week!

So now I have 4 more days off, which is a good thing because I had a chunk of tooth come loose in my mouth this morning at work, which means that I am going to have to go to the dentist!

Quit beating on the dead horse already!!!

Brief warning, this may turn into a very long long rant!!

Ok, once upon a time ago I became friends with a guy. Someone who was new to town and didn't know anybody besides those who he worked with. I befriended him, well because he was a nice guy, fun to hang out with and well it was nice to have a friend in town, because most of mine from school were in Red Deer. We spent alot of time together, we even went on a trip together because he had never travelled before and thought that he might never have the chance again because he would get to caught up in his career, family etc. He also came with alot of baggage, most of which he never discussed with me, I still think that to this day he didn't trust me, which still to this day hurts. (oh my god what a huge run on sentance) Anyways thing were going good. His "adopted" family loved me because I brought him out of his shell.

So anyways about 5 years ago, our friendship came to a screetching halt. Someone, who is best described as something else (slanderous!!), started to turn him against me. How? Stockholm Syndrome I guess... Anyways, her daughter also got into the mix, and then her son. Totally screwed up! The next thing I know, the guy who I knew detested smoking, has got a two pack a day habit. And his attitude is totally different and the guy who was opening up to me is now shutting me out. His "adopted" family also bear the brunt of this as well. They are so upset and they have no choice but to kick him out. So he turns to his new "friends". They welcome him with open arms because this is exactly what they wanted. This broke my heart. Betrayal is something that I don't deal with very well, because of this I decided that I would break what ties that I could with him to spare myself, because to me there was no way to save him.

Over a year later, my dad unexpectedly passes away. Not that I expect much, but I would hope to get a phone call right?? Well I got one, three days later. I've still got a theory on that one as well. Right around that time, he quits his job after nearly 5 years of service because he was overlooked for a promotion. Truth be told, he didn't deserve it. He was no longer putting in the effort, that he once did. His friend was also asked to leave a short time later, for reasons I am not going to divulge here. I left for Europe and came back 4 months later for Christmas holiday to a whole host of rumblings about my friend, one of which saddened me. He was in debt to a sum of well over $100,000! Extortion was running through my head the entire time. Not only that but his beloved truck was left in ruins by her son.

But still to this day her daughter, who I run into very often in the this small small town, still likes to rub what salt she can into my old wounds. Like last night when I encountered her. She knows about my new job, and I think that that gets to her. (oops sorry!) Anyways, her dig last night was that he's moving back to the way he used to be. Very quiet, kept to himself, stays up all night watching tv and sleeping all day. She tells me that he hardly goes out anymore and that I should be the one to get him out more. HUH??? EXCUSE ME????

I am baffled. I am stumped. I am absolutely astounded.

Don't get me wrong... I would love to see this person happy with his life. But when a person makes a choice and can't deal with the consequences of that choice, I am afraid that I can't help them.

It's these kinds of encounters (and I have had many of them now) that totally piss me off! She helped to the make the fucken bed, but why is that I have to lie in it????

Enough said... rant over!

It's days like these!

I got up rather late this morning!! I had full intentions of getting out of bed at a rather early time so that way I could have a long nap this afternoon in preparation for working nights (yet again!). I get upstairs this morning to rain..... ugh! Oh well. So I've gone grocery shopping so that way I have a plethora of food to choose from for work. And now I am just watching Dr. Phil... girly men!!!

Thank god my husband is a sports nut!!

Enjoying some me time!!

It doesn't happen very often these days. I have time to myself. I had tons of it when I temporarily relocated to Saskatchewan against my will! Max is gone to Calgary for a second interview today. So I am hoping in a way it takes all day so I don't feel guilty if I decide that I want to get out without him.

Right now I am pretty content trying blast the neighbours out with Audioslave. And doing laundry... the way it is supposed to be done!!!

I am not making any major plans for anything for the next little while because I am going on to the one part of my rotation that I am not looking forward to... the 7-3/7-4. Work 7- 8 hour days and then get three off, work 7- 8 hour days and get 4 off. I now get to appreciate how my other co-workers in the system feel, and if they were able to vote in the 12 hour shifts they would know how I feel about getting a week off every 5 weeks! PRETTY FRICKEN AWESOME!!!

I am amazed at the human capcity of the deviant!

I enjoy going to work because, for some strange reason, it never ceases to amaze me! You would think that after a few months of this it would have worn off. But nope! It could be the simplest of things that I never would have concieved of, or the most complicated or intricate of intentions. I am learning stuff everyday that I walk in there. I haven't gained any further understanding of the deviant other than they facinate me even more.
It's one of those things that if I ever decide to do a masters thesis, I wouldn't be short of any ideas! However if I were to write a book I am pretty sure that I would be questioned as to whether or not some of these things were true because some things that happen are truly unbelieveable!

Comin out of my hole!!!

I have disappeared for a week, I didn't mean to!! I have been sick. I ended up having to take a night off from work to get some extra shut eye. But it's been a very very busy week. Max has been getting tons of great news!! We got a phone call about an interview with Immigration that's happening next week. Pretty much after our interview his Permanent Residence is approved! Max also got his new car... I took it out for a drive the other day, there's evidence on the parking pad as well. Skid marks going into the garage!! OOPS!!

Max also had a job interview this week, it went well, well enough that he meets with the VP tomorrow. So it's wait and see for now!

We're getting serious about the house searching as well, it might be one of those things that we might be moving before fall. Just going to have to wait and see. It's moving so fast, and somehow I thought that it would!!

Rolling right along with things!!

So here's the developments up until now, today Mom and I went to Calgary to get our passport done, no time like the present. We left around 6:15 this morning and hit absolute gridlock at Airport Trail. I was in complete and total shock to see that much gridlock on the Deerfoot. Not to mention taking Memorial Drive to 4th Ave. Wow I think that I need to get out more. We get downtown and the parking lot that I usually use when I take people down the passport office (becuase I do do it quite often) is now a big huge hole in the ground. So mom and I were basically stuck plunking quarters into a meter! We get into the building and there are already 40 people ahead of us, some who have been there since 6 this morning!! But all said and done, Mom and I were out of Calgary and back home by around 11:30! We can't complain. A friend of ours when sometime after Christmas in that huge rush and had to wait over 4 hours.

So when we get home I take a turn for the worse. I have been feeling a bit sick the last few days and it seems like today it caught up with me. So seems I do have the time I decided to lay down. Well it's like I slept the enitre day away. I wake up and Max says that I missed a whole host of phone calls, alot of them bearing some good news.

Max got a phone call from the immigration consultant that we hired. They were phoning to reconfirm our address, becuase they have his work visa!!!! YAY!!! We also got a phone call from the car dealership... Max's car has arrived, we don't get it just yet, it has to go in for scotchguarding and undercoating first. At least tomorrow I can go and get the paperwork finished up, get the registration and insurance so that by the time that we do get the car that we can just take the keys and go for a spin!!

The only phone call that I got was in regards to some GST thing. GRRR!

But now it's back to bed. UGGGHHHHH

They found us a car!!

I got home from running errands and found out that there was a message on the phone, they found us a 4 door Cobalt with a 5-speed transmission and we got financing!! YAY!!

Uh oh!!! I'm getting sick!!

I can feel it in my throat and one ear right now. Damn it!! But then again I was looking for an excuse to be in bed for a couple days before going back to work. Damn it!!! Oh well, I guess that I am going to go and get some orange juice, Cold FX and curl up in my pj's. I guess that I will have to go and make a doctors appointment as well. GRRRR! Maybe I can go and get some new sleep meds as well.

So much to do this week!

I have to get a hair cut.

I have to go into work to discuss a few things: one of which is what is the likelihood that I could get some time off when Max needs to leave the country for 24 hours.

I have to go down to Calgary and get my passport done... why can't Canada have a 10-year passport like the European Union?? But then again with my name change I guess it's something I can bear doing!

Hopefully we will have the new car by the end of the week so there's a bit of stuff to do with that as well.

Plus there's a trip to plan. How to leave the country for 24 hours?? We're thinking Scotland if it's cheap enough, and we're going to have guests with us if we do infact go!

There's numerous resumes and cover letters that I am going to help Max with as well. So needless to day by the time Friday night rolls around... working isn't going to such a bad thing, it will be my excuse for not getting anything else done!! Except maybe reading a book or two!

How to kill two hours on a Saturday morning!

Saturdays are usually a day of rest, a day to sleep in, to take things one little detail at a time, however this Saturday was not the case. After the good news that we recieved late last night we stayed up until the wee hours. Then this morning at something like 8:00 I get out of bed, why?? It wasn't that I couldn't sleep any longer.... oh no, it was because today was the day to shop for a new car!!

Actually it was alot of fun!! We started out in the showroom looking at an Aveo sedan. Cute but for someone who is taller than the average man... I had no headspace!! But then again this is the usual case for me anyways. We took one for a test drive and Max didn't seem so keen on it. So we took a Cobalt out, I was a bit skeptical but it wasn't a bad ride, Max seem thoughly impressed and today that is all that counted. We took yet another Cobalt out, but it was a manual coupe, just to see if he liked that one better. He liked the manual transmission but likes the thought of four doors. So we look at the online inventory, there is a red one (his color!!) and it's the only one in Alberta.... what are the chances of that. So next week I think is going to be even busier than I had anticipated, that's ok because I have the week off! Have I mentioned lately how well I like my new job!

WHOO HOO LET'S HEAR IT FOR IMMIGRATION!!!!!

We just checked Max's on-line file for immigration and found out that he has been approved in priniple for permanent residence!! This is a huge weight lifted off of both of our shoulders! Now if Max pulls the cranky act on me I can be as mean as I want to be.

It's going to be a busy week next week!!

Tomorrow can't come fast enough.

I am excited! Max is going to start test driving cars tomorrow. I think that mom and I have convinced him that we should just take the leap and buy a new one, that is if we can get a new one at the right price!! But then again mom is coming with us, we should be in good hands, plus we've got our trusty car salesman, with us as well. If you got any hint or tips for me, leave a message!!

Rain rain go away!

I woke up this morning and looked at Max who just happened to be standing over me and asked him if it was still raining this morning, unfortunately yes. We both said this morning that this reminds us of weather in Sweden. I told Max it's the one thing that I wish that he didn't bring this with him and that he could have brought something better!! Oh well Monday actually looks good and that is all that counts!

I think we've got a house!!

Well given recent developments, ie: immigration getting fire under their feet... things are moving along at a good clip. Max and I are going car shopping on the weekend to see if Max can find a car that he will like that's not a Ford Focus wagon. Last weekend entailed us going for a car trip around the area looking at houses. As it turns out one of my friends from University might have what we are looking for... her mom is thinking about selling her house. Awesome!!! It's a huge house and it could be sold privately!!! There's tons of potential... the basement isn't finished!! Now the only way we can get this of course is if Max is able to get some full time employment!! Soon we hope, very very soon!

What a cluster-fuck of a day!!

I know that I need to come up with a better term.... Max, a swedish equivalent?? Drama popped up all day at work. I think it was more of the likes of "Let's see how the rookie will deal with this one!!" I hate it. I wouldn't treat someone new like that but it's amazing how many fat white men get off on something like that!!
I am amazed at the human ability to thrive on such a disgusting habit. Oh well at least now I have a week off to heal some of the scratches that I have incurred throughout the day!