Just Loving It

I found this photo on a random blog.  I was searching for pictures of poppies and came across this one and instantly just adored it.  I went into the blog to find out how I can get a copy of it, but no info was available.  Anyways, long story short....I saved the image on my computer, cropped the writing off the bottom and printed it on photo paper.  Not sure what I'll do with it....frame it one day? Not sure  Nevertheless, it's hard to believe it's a photo and not a painting.  What sort of settings are used?  

I'm getting close to completing the design of my next tattoo which is a memorial to my grandma.  It will have a yellow rose for grandma, a red poppy for me and the writing of "for grandma" in a nice feminine font.  I don't know who will draw/tattoo it for me or when but one day it'll happen.

A 35th Celebration

 The invitations I made for my parent's "surprise" 35th anniversary party.

 Dinner at Earl's.  Mom didn't know about it till that afternoon.  The food was SUPERB!!

The professionally made 3 layer cake that Caitlin and I got for our parents.  It was a 2 layer moist chocolate cake with a thin layer of strawberries in between.  We specified red & yellow polka dots as mom's fave colour is red and dad's is yellow.  (I did the invitations with that theme also)

The cutting of the cake...I figured since I wasn't there the first time, why not do it again? :) 

Below are examples of the wild game of Charades we played.  Men against women and the women won.  The laughs were huge and fun was definately had by all.  

Playing dress up

Swinging on a swing

Tsunami

Punk rocker

HAPPY 35th ANNIVERSARY MOM & DAD!!

                      

New (cheap) Spectacles

Today I received in the mail my new pair of glasses from Clearly Contacts, a Cdn company.  A couple weeks ago, they had a promotion that gave away 10,000 pairs of glasses including standard lenses.  I jumped on that bandwagon fast!  

The original pair of glasses that arrived last Friday were unwearable by me.  I had accidentally entered my prescription in wrong....-5.00 instead of -0.500....kinda makes a large difference and that was just in one lens, the other one was right.  The incorrect lens was about 4x thicker than the other one....just slightly unwearable eh?  So they were returned (free of charge) and I corrected the prescription and ordered a new set of glasses. They couldn't replace the incorrect lens with the correct one as they receive many pairs a day in the mail. They just send u a new pair unless that frame is unavailable, like mine was, I had to select a new pair.  (See above). 
The new frames are Kam Dhillon 3022 Brown. These cost me just over $15.00.  Not too shabby.  I'll submit the receipt to my extended health care carrier in Aug as that's when it's renewed.  These glasses are very light, wirey, and delicate but durable as well.  
I'm really liking that I don't look like I'm wearing glasses now, except for the bridge part....one step closer to the appearance of perfect eye sight.

Guacachip

See this bag of Guacamole chips?  Well it holds 700 g of chips.  You may be thinking that's more than a regular bag usually holds.  Well you're right, this bag is from Costco.  I had a sample during one shopping afternoon and enjoyed it immediately so had to buy the bag.  

I'm just gonna look back at my debit transactions to see when I bought it as I've had it for some time now and finally finished the bag tonite.  Ok (3 min later) I found the transaction....March 28th.  Almost 1.5 months ago.  They really were a delicious snack but couldn't eat large amounts at one time.
I kinda got a kick outta having my fingers turn green from the topping compared to the usual orange from nacho/dorito style chips. 
I have a huge liking for Guacamole and have a really good recipe that I use.  I'm open to new recipe possibilities as well.  When my co-workers and I head to a pub every 2-3 weeks I always scour the menu for guacamole for nachos.  So far none of the pubs have any.  Crazy eh?  Last week 4 of us went to Moxie's for a small good-bye dinner and low and behold, guacamole was to be had....the nachos were awesome.
Well I keep getting distracted from finishing this entry with a bang so no bang today.  Just gonna end it now.

The End of a Sad Story

Over the weekend I had to think about what my decision should/would be regarding my job and the training.  Today I received an encouraging email from my boss with her "two cents" in it.  She recommended that I go back to my part time wknd position of order entry and pick up shifts like I did before.  I averaged about 8 shifts/2 weeks so almost full time.  That wasn't my huge concern regarding going back to part time.  One of my main concerns/worries was I'd be taking the part time position away from a co-worker.  In turn I will be giving up a full time position that will be up for bids but doubt that co-worker will be eligible for it (lack of seniority).  Another point is that this co-worker is a good friend of the person I bumped last April when I first joined this pharmacy.  Ugh.

Because I know the people in this pharmacy 'talk', I will be cautious (as usual) when I go back to work next Monday.  I anticipate talk behind my back, complaining, and possibly being nicknamed the "bumper".  I'd probably call myself that too.  Believe you me, I don't wish this situation on anyone and really don't look forward to next Monday and/or the days after but gotta continue with life, hope for the best, do my best, and just be myself and my real friends will be noticed.

I don't think I need to worry about my planned vacation time, should still be the same with vacation pay to compensate those days gone.  That was one of my worries as well.

My boss did send out a communication to the pharmacy staff regarding this change in positions and about the posting that will come up for the full time job.  The email was very nice, explained briefly the reason for stepping down, and sounded genuinely real.  I am thankful for the support she has shown/given to me during this HARD time.  Bosses like that don't come around very often.

My part time job will start on May 21st.  I hope this will be an open door for great things to happen to/for me.

A partial load has been lifted.

Latest Work Update

I'm on stress leave for this week.  My boss recommended it after seeing me leave early (again) last Friday.  After lunch I broke down in a pharmacist's office and after a little chat she suggested to the second in command manager that I should go home as I was of no use at work at the time.  

As I walking down the hall to leave, I saw the boss coming my way.  We went into the cafeteria to chat.  To make a long story short she suggested I take a week off to chill, see a Dr/counselor about the thoughts I had been having because of being so frustrated.  I said I'd call her on Sunday about if I would take the time off.  She said that if the training is not going to be fruitful (my word) that I'd have to go back to my part time position (wknds). And since I hadn't been in the full time job for over 3 months that I was able to do that. Well guess what?  If I do that then I'd be bumping another person from that position. That's how I got the job in PG in the first place, I bumped someone.  And the person I'd be bumping is a close friend to the one I bumped last year....really, it probably couldn't get much worse than that.

I'm very nervous/scared of the treatment I may get from co-workers when I return next Monday.  I'm nervous of my trainer's treatment to me as well as I'm sure, or at least wouldn't put it past them, that people get pissed off when others are treated differently than them.  Politics!  

I called 14 doctor's offices today and all those doctors are not taking on new patients.  I'd prefer to see a female and that's who I called and I'm sensing a pattern.  The receptionists also said they didn't know of any docs taking new patients.  Hmmm....guess I'm off to the walk-in clinic.  I need a bit more stability than that.  I need a doctor's note explaining why I'm off for this week in order to use my banked sick time.  

I need to grasp this huge learning curve asap.  I need to be confident at work and while being trained in order to succeed.  I can't be easily frustrated.  I'm not sure if depression is sneaking up on me but I'm not exactly very happy.  A lady at church noticed that yesterday.  This Wed I will be seeing a counselor to talk about new issues that have come up with this training.  I don't really want to express that I experience paranoia thoughts but they're coming more often than not and they sure aren't comforting.  I wonder what can be done about that.

To be continued....