2009
So I’m a few days late…. Happy New Year!! Things have been a bit busy around here so this is the first chance I’ve had to really sit down and make an entry. I can’t believe we’re nearing the end of the first decade of the new century. I remember when everyone was freaking out about Y2K lol! I decided not to make any new years resolutions this year. No not because I’m afraid I’m going to fail or because I’m lazy. I’ve just discovered that if a person is going to make a resolution to change something in their life, it should be done when they’re ready to do it and not based on the date on the calendar.
New Year’s Eve was fun. We went into town and ran some errands and picked up some Chinese food. We got home early enough to watch a movie before the big hockey game (which the Flames won thanks!). The game itself was really good - no fighting which is unusual between Oilers/Flames but there was lots of goals and lots of action AND it was on TSN so the comms and sportsdesk guys were highly entertaining. About halfway through the game Rick came over! We haven’t had him over in ages. He moved into the house behind us now and that morning I was looking out the bedroom window, decided it looked lonely over there and invited him over. He ended up staying until after 2am! We watched the whole countdown thing and then somehow we ended up on CMT watching them countdown the top 20 videos of all time and nobody wanted to go to bed until we found out what #1 was (Johnny Cash’s Hurt btw).
New Year’s Day was even better! DETROIT AND CHICAGO! WINTER CLASSIC! WRIGLEY FIELD! EPIC WIN! Detroit was down 3-1 at one point and came back to win 6-4. For awhile I was going to cry but thankfully my boys pulled one out. They’ve had a tendency to do that to me this year though (fall back really bad and then squeak out a win). One of my favorite moments of the game (besides seeing Chelios because I love that man even he’s 46) was seeing Chris Osgood sitting on the sidelines (at that point he still was out from a groin injury) with a big fuzzy toque on and wrapped in a HUGE blanket just yakking away to whoever it was he was sitting with. Oh yeah - the game was outside hence the blanket lol! There were some fantastic goals (like Datsyuk’s #2) and some great saves by both Chicago’s goalies. I felt so bad for Huet when he got pulled but dude - 6 goals.
After the hockey game I put together this meatball pasta bake casserole thing to take over to Bill and Karen’s for dinner. We had a great time as usual - why we only get together once a year is beyond me. Food was great, the kids were well behaved and we drank lots of Karen’s Jamaican rum muahahaha. Some of us more than others (BRIAN). I ended up leaving just before midnight because I had to work the next day and Brian and his mom finally wandered in around 2am.
Work has been work. I picked up a couple extra shifts through the break. Coming to work still seems to be optional for my co-workers as witnessed this weekend when I had to work BY MYSELF ALL WEEKEND - ALL DAY. Thankfully it was pretty quiet so it wasn’t too much to manage. Saturday there was alot of whining and tattling (”he said poop”, “she called me stupid”, “OMFG HE TOUCHED MEEEEE”) but once I threatened to kick them all out that stopped right quick. However the fact that we’re only getting a handful or less of kids to each program makes me worry about funding and job cuts. One co-worker thinks it’s because we aren’t doing van runs anymore for the little kids (I used to go pick up kids that needed rides but the van is dead) but honestly at most there were 1 or 2 kids that ever got picked up on a regular basis and 1 of them, their mom has no problem bringing him now and the other hated coming anyway and her parents forced her. So that’s only a difference of 2 kids and we’ve gone from 15-20 kids down to 3? I’m hoping it was just because of Christmas break and next weekend I’m overwhelmed honestly.
Today I’m not feeling so well - I picked up a bit of a bug last week and I’ve been fighting it off ever since. I was supposed to go help Brandy learn Wordpress today but I can’t stop running to the bathroom for different reasons. So I’m just going to take it easy and get some extra rest. I have to take the car in tomorrow to get the lock replaced (FINALLY) and then Wednesday I have a doctor’s appointment - nothing seriously just to get my ears done and some prescription refills and hopefully a referall to a specialist that’s not a fucking douchebag :).
