Merry Ho Ho!

The One Where I'm Almost All Set

Well, in about 24 hours I'll be on my way to the airport!

Yep, it's true, the time has come for me to go home. At least the weather is not so bad there. Pretty much like Vancouver actually.

So I've checked in online already. I've got my presents packed. I have the stuff for my carry-on bag all ready to be packed. I just have to do a bit of laundry and then I can finish packing my clothes.

I'm really glad I have the week off and that I'll be able to see the fam. I really need to break after the past couple of weeks. Let's see, work was stressful which caused me to have trouble sleeping for pretty much every night for two weeks. Not sleeping caused me to get sick. Getting sick caused me to keep not sleeping well. And the cycle continued. Oh yeah and I cried at work. And I burned my hand while trying to pull out my frozen dinner from the microwave at work which caused me to drop it and it spilled all over the counter. Needless to say it's been a lot of little things that have made it a crummy time lately. Hence the need for a vacation.

In other news, I had my Big Sisters screening interview a week ago. It went pretty well. I also had my criminal record check...which I passed, of course! So I should have me a Little Sister in the next couple of months.

And now for something completely random, every year we take a few hours off work and volunteer our time locally for Charity Day. Different departments do different things and it's really great that my company gives us the time to do it. So anyways, last year we sorted food at the Vancouver Food Bank. This year, we switched it up and went to the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen. It was really interesting and I think I want to go back on my own. The people that work in the kitchen are in a drug/alcohol recovery program and work in the kitchen outside of the classes they take. We were there for only about an hour, but we served three hundred people! Most of the people eating were really nice and thankful. And the guys in the kitchen were great too!

I guess this year I've really felt like giving what little I can. I'm close to becoming a Big Sister, volunteered at the Soup Kitchen and I donated a small bag of food to the Food Bank too. Giving is good. : )

The One Where I'm Lookin' Good!

So I got some sexy new hair today!

No, seriously. It's really sexy! I'd show you a picture, but I don't want to ruin the in person surprise since I'm going to be seeing you all soon. I fly out 1 week tomorrow in fact.

So, how's that for some teasing?

See you soon!

Your Birthdate: July 22

You don't love lightly. For you, love is always a serious undertaking. However, you are able to love many types of people. You can bring out the best in almost anyone. Love surprises you often. You never know when or where you'll find it next. Number of True Loves You'll Have: 4 Number of Times You'll Have Your Heart Broken: 5 You are most compatible with people born on the 4th, 13th, 22nd, and 31st of the month.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean For Your Love Life?

The One Where I'm Sick

Blah. That's how I've been feeling all this week. You know that feeling? Where you're not really all that sick, but you still feel crappy? Yeah, well that's how I've been feeling since Sunday morning. I can't wait until tomorrow night when I can get a good night's sleep...and maybe even sleep in on Saturday! I think I'll feel tons better after that!

Oh yeah...I have my Big Sisters screening interview tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully it goes well. I still have to get my records check done, but I'll probably do that tomorrow afternoon too. I'm off work around 1, so I should have lots of time.

Did I tell you I finally booked my flight home? I'm on the red eye Christmas Eve (I get in around 6am) and I fly back out lunchtime on New Year's Day. Should be good times!

That's all for now kids...

P.S. - 10 days until Christmas!

The One With A Christmas Party!

So it was my work Christmas party last night. Soo much fun!!

We had dinner at this little Italian restaurant in White Rock. It was very nice and we even had a little section to ourselves. While we were at the restaurant we did our secret santa gift exchange. I got a white chocolate snowman. Yummy!

Afterwards, we went to the house of one of my co-workers who lives close to where we had dinner. We had desserts and drinks and socialized. We also had a few things planned for a guy at work who is retiring in January. We had a PowerPoint presentation, some gag gifts and of course a real gift too. But the best part was the video. The guy that is retiring is very, um, routine, shall we say. Always has toast at 10am, goes for a run at 12, etc etc. So we did a week in his life, starring a few people from the office. Trust me when I say that it is hilarious! People were laughing so much that they missed parts of the video.

The best Christmas party yet!

The One Where I Get Stuff Done

Ok, so I've been totally productive today. So productive that you shall be informed via the ever lovely bulleted, point form list:

-slept in (totally needed it!)
-walked like 5k and finished up some shopping for Christmas (had to get a printer cartridge and a couple little gifts)
-re-arranged my living room/cleaned
-organized my Christmas gifts (stuff that has to go home/stuff for here)
-put up my star lights (from IKEA) in my window
-wrote out my Christmas cards...all 23 of them

Not a bad day at all...still have a little more cleaning to do but that can wait until tomorrow.

22 days until Christmas!