Goodbye McBride

Well this is it. My last night in this apartment. I picked up the keys to the new place tonight after work and then came home to help Kenny move some of his stuff. Then I packed a little more. Tomorrow it's up bright and early and moving my stuff. In some ways I can't wait. And then there's the part where I can't believe I'm actually going to be living on my own. It's crazy!

In other news...I shall be having a visitor in a couple weeks. This is wonderful news as it's a boy I'm quite fond of. Hey, Boy...if you happen to read this...you have no idea how excited I am!

And finally...yet another cousin is getting married this summer. Does anyone know what this means?? Yep, another trip to Ontario. It'll be a short trip though. I may want to save some vacation time for a fun roadtrip or something.

Adiós!

A little of this and a little of that

So I guess I spoke too soon about the rain. It's back and it's really pouring down right now. And of course this is the time when Kenny and I are moving so it's about the worst time for rain. C'est la vie!

It's our last weekend in this apartment. Soon I'll be singing "this is where we used to live". It's already looking pretty empty and I haven't moved anything yet. I'm pretty much packed up and I'll be good to go on Tuesday when I finally move. I'm not so into the waiting part of this move. I've been ready for a week now. Shouldn't rush my life I guess, it goes fast enough as it is.

P.S. I won't have internet for a while after I move, so I won't be able to update much.

Sun glorious sun!!

The rain is finally slowing down here. Thanks goodness, it was getting pretty depressing. Yes, I know; it's the rainy season here. But it does get a bit dreary after a while. I did hear a bird this morning when I was heading to my car on my way to work. It was a nice change. Spring may be on it's way.

Welcome, take a load off...

I've officially started preparing for life on my own.

Today I bought:

-a set of pots and pans
-a bath mat
-storage containers for the kitchen
-a couch (and I totally saved money by getting it in the as-is part of ikea because it had been assembled)

So when you come to visit, there will be a place to sit. Yay!

Rain, rain go away!

Vancouver has had 177mm of rain since January 1st of this year. It rained something like 28 straight days, which of course was one day short of beating the current record for consecutive days of measureable rain. So the 29th day was without rain. You know what happened on day 30? Yep, that's right. Rain. Again. And so far every day since then. Yay.

Of course I'm thankful that it's not snow, freezing rain and negative temperatures a la Ontario.

But c'mon, can we get a little break? Please? It's starting to get a little depressing around here.

Drum Roll, Please!

Let the packing begin!!!

The One Were No One's Ready

Ok, so here's the deal. I haven't been posting much lately. I started this blog before moving to Vancouver as a way to fill in my friends and family on the what's what of my life. But I don't think anyone's really reading this much. I debated whether I should keep writing or not; I decided that I will only because I like it. It's a place for me to write about what's making me happy and what's making me sad. The good news and the bad. So here goes...

My mom's cancer has come back. Pre-op next week, surgery on the 23rd. Apparently it's small and still in the bladder. But you know what? It still completely sucks ass. So does the part where she's still smoking and not sure she's going to quit. 2 heart attacks and 3 (almost) surgeries later and you're not sure? Good stuff. There it is; straight to the point, just like me.

In other news, I'm moving out on my own at the end of the month. A deluxe apartment in the sky. Ok, so it's a little apartment in a small building in Vancouver. But technically it's in the penthouse; top floor baby! Seriously though, it's a pretty nice, albeit small, 1 bedroom with a balcony. It's a pretty good area and there's lots of stuff in walking distance, too.

So, humour me now and then and post a comment. Even if you just say hi. You don't have to have a username to post, you can post under anonymous and just put your name in the comments part so I know who you are.