Last post.

Josh and I are watching the Grammys. He's enjoying it because Lady Gaga opened the show. She sang with Elton John which was fabulous.

that's weird. It just sounded like someone took a step outside the living room.

Anyway. I think this is all we're going to be doing tonight. I'd rather go to bed early since the kid woke me up extremely early this morning. Well, it was 7:30 which isn't to bad but I didn't fall asleep until 2. I'm getting sick as well so I need the extra sleep. I am so tempted to call in sick tomorrow but I can't. I need the money. Especially since my client canceled on Friday. Oh well.

I'm going to curl up on the couch now. Maybe he'll lose interest in the show and want to watch something else.

I almost forgot to write in this today.

Nothing much happened. We went to the Walmart in Orleans and I have to say, I'm disappointed. Yes it's a superstore but there wasn't much there by way of selection. We went to get groceries after and really, for the amount I spent I didn't get much. I forgot french fries, gravy and spaghetti sauce. We're getting cheese curd tomorrow so we can have poutine at some point.

I'm going to have a bath now. I'm feeling like crap and hope that'll help me.

Also, Zombieland is out on DVD soon. I need to get it.

I don't have much to say today. Why? IT'S FREAKING COLD! When I left the house today it was -20C, -33C with the windchill. It is now -19 with a windchill of -30. It's only going to get colder tonight. I think I am still frozen from this afternoon. I have been under the blankets since 3:14pm. I don't want to get up. I have to go to the bathroom but honestly, it's too cold for me to get up.

I so need to figure out what I'm going to eat for supper tonight. Josh had pizza at Noah's house which leaves me possibly not eating tonight. I want something though. I am craving meat right now. I don't have anything that I want to eat though which sucks. I want to get a meatball sub but I don't want to go out and pick it up. Why? IT'S TOO COLD! Oh well, I need to go and find something to eat.

Oh today was good. I managed to get two winter coats, a t-shirt, a sweater and a pair of shoes for under $70. God I am happy. The coats seem to be able to handle the crap weather we're having right now. It's -11C but it feels like -22C. I hope they can and it's not just a fluke.

My shoes are cute. They were regular $39.99 and I got them for $14. The sweater was $29.99 and I got it for $6.50. The shirt was $19.95 and I got it for $10. The best price was the coats. They were regular $59.99 and I got them for $14.95. I saved so much.

Today we went to the St. Laurent Centre and got food, samples of moisturizer, a Sims game for the Wii and Chaotic cards for Josh. I paid off my cell and have my new bus pass for February. We also got Baskin Robins. I have found my new favourite ice cream and sadly, it'll be gone at the end of the month.

Now I want to sleep.

Well, I just typed up my resume and cover letter for the assistant job with the city. I am nervous mainly because I know that I won't get the job. I won't even get a call for the interview. Still, I finished it. I'm faxing it off tomorrow before physio.

Oh god. I'm nervous.

I am getting extra money soon. I'm so freaking happy about that. It's just in time for the kid's birthday so I'll be able to actually do things with him. I'm probably taking him to a hockey game on Valentine's Day. I might buy him a pair of skates so that he can go skating on the canal when they open it again. With all the rain yesterday they had to shut it down.

I've noticed that these posts have been very short. I guess it's because I'm not sure who is reading these.

I do have this urge to watch The Monkees. I haven't watched the show in years.

I got a raise. I am surprised. I'm trying to figure out what my next pay is going to be.

We also had tons of rain today. It was insane. Streets were flooded, there's at least an inch of water on the canal, meaning the canal is closed right now. I was soaked going to work and it was cold enough to freeze my pants to my legs. I'm finally dry. I am also tired.

It's time to start supper. I'm starving and I know Josh will be begging for food soon.

Seven loads of laundry. Seven. At least we have clean clothes now.

I am also getting over this pre-teen stink that's happening with the kid. Seriously. I want to cry right now. I'm not putting the sheets on his bed until he bathes.

I was so tired after doing the laundry I just warmed up pizza pockets. I should do dishes but I don't want to.

Did groceries today. It felt good not to have to put away groceries because I couldn't afford what I picked up.

I also have a few leads on new jobs. I am so happy! I'm going to do up a resume and fax it off on Tuesday. We'll see what happens with it.

I am now going to have a bath. I'm bringing the laptop in with me so I can listen to music.

I HAVE A WORKING LAPTOP!!!

I went to two places yesterday and managed to find a place that could take a look at the laptop. It turns out it was the A/C adapter that was shorting out which, in turn, was shorting out my laptop. The adapter died and that's why it wasn't connecting to the laptop. I came home after physio and plugged the laptop in and was very happy.

I also have a few leads on new jobs with the city. My worker is amazing and said that he will keep looking for other jobs. I am so happy.

I am now going to lay on the couch and do nothing until I have to do dishes.

OK. One last try to get my laptop worked on in town. If this doesn't work then I am sending it away through Lenovo. I am getting tired of this.

Also, I have [physio today and I don't want to go. I want to sleep. I couldn't sleep last night and I am exhausted right now. My stomach is a mess as well and I have no idea why. Well, I know why but until I start getting paid a regular amount my stomach will be like this. I hate not having money.

This is sad. we just went basically to another city just so I could get candy. i have been craving sour cherries for the last week or so and since i got baby bonus today i decided that we were going to get some. Well, it was kind of last minute. We were leaving St. Laurent Centre and we went into Shoppers to see what candy they had and they didn't have anything I wanted so I decided right then and there that we were going to the Gloucester Centre to go to Bulk Barn. Yeah, I am sad. I have my candy though so I'm happy.

Another random [post. i have decided that i'm not going to make any changes to the words and stuff with this as i still have a massive migraine and I couldn't be bothered really.

I headed off to [physio today and that wasn't too bad. i think I did a bit too much but oh well. i have [pills and i'll be able to take them to make the [pain go away. i went back to bayshore and caught the bus downtown. i got off early because i wanted to go bring the la[pto[p in to get it fixed. Turns out the [place I was thinking of bringing it in isn't covered under the warranty so they [printed off the list of [places that are. i went to bring in the [pa[pers to welfare and decided to walk to the closest [place on the list. i got there and they didn't know what i was talking about. it was so annoying. i had already been out walking for over an hour and a half and i was in [pain. i didn't cry in the building which sur[prised me as i was near tears at that [point. there is one other [place that i am going to check out on thursday and if that doesn't work out i'm just calling lenovo and having them [pick u[p the la[pto[p. i am getting tired of this. very tired.

i have work tomorrow and i ho[pe this migraine is gone by then. i also ho[pe i have the dream that i had last night again. i'd like to see how it turns out.

i guess I'm going to go now because i haven't really eaten since breakfast and i'm starving. i'm lucky i didn't have to [put any numbers in this entry. doing [passwords is annoying because i get -0 98 98 76 76 54 54 3 2 1 so yeah. i need to start really [pricing new la[pto[ps soon.

So...

Started back to work today. It was fun because I love my clients but it was hard as well. I left the house today and ended up wiping out on the ice right outside our place. It sucked but I managed to turn in time so I didn't land on my right knee. Didn't matter though because I landed on my left but ended up bending my right knee too much. I am very sore now. I have also been battling a headache that's lasted three days. It does not want to leave. I'm almost out of Tylenol but I get money on Wednesday so I will be able to pick up more then.

I should go and start food but I don't want to. We're having chicken and rice and at just this minute I don't want to work with raw chicken. I think I"m just going to take some time to read through some things that I haven't been able to over the past few days.

It was a good weekend. Yesterday we went to see a movie and today was the day we had tickets for the hockey game. Ottawa won in a shoot out. Josh wants to go next weekend because Kingston will be here. I'm going to try to get tickets for that.

It was also good because I found out yesterday that I probably won't have to pay to get my laptop fixed. If they have to do anything to the inside it will be covered under the warranty. The only things that aren't covered are the power cord and the battery. Hearing that made me so happy. I cannot stand typing on this thing. One day I'm going to write something and not make any adjustments. It's so full of fail.

Now I have to go because I have food cooking and I need to get a glass of milk to try to get rid of this heart burn.

So my laptop died today. I don't know if it's the power cord or something inside the laptop itself. It'll be covered under the warranty so I'm happy. Until then I have to use the Acer and I am hating this thing. The keys are messed up and it has to stay in one place or the battery will die.

To forget about that for a bit we are going to see a movie. We got a gift card for Christmas so we're going to use that.

Also, gotta love going to the laundromat and being waved over and having a guy tell you that there is a person smoking crack behind one of the washers. Sometimes I hate this city.

I am starting to think that this laptop is against me. Today the cord moved and it disconnected so I went to try to connect it again and it shut right off. I couldn't get the power cord connected for a while after that. When I finally had it connected and turned on the internet wouldn't connect. Two months. Two months and I will have my new laptop. I hope I can anyway. My tax return just needs to be enough to be able to pay for it. If I can't get the Sony I'll have to look at something less expensive. I want that Vaio though. It's so pretty.

Picture post!

I am very tired after running around all day but I am home now and that is good. I am also watching NCIS because it is awesome.

I was a little insane today after physio. I missed the bus so I had to wait in the cold. So, I danced...and sang. A lot.

I listened to this twice. Sang to it too. Danced a lot.

Then I listened to this and danced and sang.

Then this came on and I danced again.

I saw this on Tuesday that made me giggle:



Yes, I am twelve.

I got to take this today:



OH YEAH!

Got these from the top level of the bus:





The Ottawa River is almost frozen.

That is all.

I head back to work on Monday. DO NOT WANT! Well, that's a lie. I do want to go back because I need the money and I miss my babies. I don't want to go back because I enjoy being lazy. Today was great - a perfect example of laziness. I dropped Josh off at school, came home and fell asleep at 10am. I woke up at 1pm. I ate and then flipped through all the channels that we have the fireplace channel, international music video channel, free preview of the Chinese channels because of Chinese New Year and a bunch of others that I didn't know we had. I am very happy about this.

I am now watching NCIS while waiting for Josh to get home. I am making cheeseburgers for supper and need to do dishes before I make them.

I need to buy some pop so we can sneak it into the hockey game on Sunday. I have the popcorn so I can pop that before we leave.

I want Starbucks.

Winter can end now. I am tired of the snow and ice and cold. One of these days I am going to move to a place with no snow at all. I need to win the lottery or something.

I am getting tired of not having money. I have to go back to work early, even though I can barely move right now to do the things I need for work. I won't even be getting a pay cheque until February 18th but if I don't go back now I won't be able to take Josh bowling for his birthday. He wants to bring a bunch of kids and at this point I have no idea how much that's going to be.

I should go and do dishes but I don't want to get up. I'd rather have a bath but I know that if I don't do the dishes I won't do them. I should also be looking for the DVD remote. We have movies to watch and Josh wants to play the Wii for the first time in forever and we can't because we can't find the remote. It has to be under the couch somewhere.

Can it be March now?

Meme

I generally don't post memes for these but this one amused me.

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Stability results were medium which suggests you are moderately relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Orderliness results were medium which suggests you are moderately organized, hard working, and reliable while still remaining flexible, efficient, and fun.

Extraversion results were low which suggests you are very reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.

trait snapshot:
does not make friends easily, secretive, introverted, reclusive, observer, dislikes leadership, somewhat socially awkward, does not like to stand out, dislikes large parties, values solitude, solitary, avoidant, ambivalent about fitting in, not dominant, unassertive, suspicious, prudent, unadventurous, worrying, weird, intellectual, frequently second guesses self

This is kind of close to me. Plus, it was something to distract myself from iCarly. The show is cute, but it can get on my nerves like it is doing right now. I am also trying to forget about being so hungry. I don't know what's going on but I feel like I could eat anything and everything. I had better go do the dishes.

Oh roast, how I love you. I cannot believe I had to cut it in half and freeze the other half. I'm going to have to pick up more potatoes and slow cooker stuff to make it again next weekend. God it was good.

I am now tired and full and craving chocolate. I did the dishes and took out the garbage - garbage was a chore. The compost container and black box were frozen to the porch. I hope the eggs that I put in for compost didn't crack and ooze all over the place. That would suck hugely.

I now I have to go and clear off the kitchen table so Josh can do his homework. His teacher is really starting to get on my nerves. Oh well. I'll figure something out

Just got back from groceries. Managed to spend more on them today than I have in months. It felt good, even though I couldn't get a few things. I do have the gift card to Giant Tiger so I can pick up a few other things if I need them. It's also good because somehow a hole was poked in one of the bags of milk and now we are down to two bags. I am a little upset.

I'm in the process of making poutine and that is making me happy. I love poutine and I've found a decent gravy that should work well it it. I'm a little upset that our cheese curd isn't as fresh as I'd like it but it is still good.

And now I have to go because the fries are almost ready and I have to stir the gravy. I love food.

I am finished moving for today. I am not getting up unless I absolutely have to. I don't know what we're going to have for supper tonight but whatever it is, it's coming from in this house. Probably just chicken strips and rice. Oh, that reminds me. I need to check the flyer for No Frills. SWEET! They have roast on sale. That will be good. I'll get it tomorrow and make is Sunday morning. The slow cooker is amazing.

I have gone and put the extra battery into the laptop. It's drained right now so I only have 80% left but still, that's better than what it was. I have just over 2 hours now and if I didn't have the extra one in I'd only have an hour. I might plug it in before I nap so that it can charge and we'll have the extra time for Lady Gaga night tonight.

I headed to the St. Laurent Centre today so I could put money down on my cell phone. I didn't pay it all off because I need the extra money for groceries. $80 for two weeks...it'll suck but I can do it. I've done it before and I have no doubt that I'll have to do it again. Hell, at the end of January and beginning of February I'll have to food bank it. I hate that but it's what I have to do.

Wow, I had other things to type and I cannot remember a word of what was in my head. Maybe I'm just overtired. Maybe after my nap my brain will work.

I want friend in this city.

Today was a busy day. I dropped Josh off at school and headed to the Rideau Centre to wander around for a bit. I bought myself a bra (finally) and then headed to Chapters to look at books for Josh for his birthday. I picked up a how to draw dinosaurs book and a dinosaur reference book for his birthday. I'm going to go back when I have some extra money and pick up a few Pokemon books and some art supplies for him. That'll be enough for his birthday I think. If I can really afford it I'd like to get him the new Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Wii game. It looks good. If not, I'm going to pick up a Wii card so we can download a few games.

I also went to my first physio appointment and it was good. I like the staff there. Sadly, I am going to have to cancel my appointment on Tuesday because there will be no way at all I can get from my doctors appointment to the hospital in time. It won't be that bad because it'll just be my second appointment. I have my exercises to do and I think I'll be fine until next Thursday. I'm going to have to talk to Myriam so I can rearrange my schedule. I'm thinking of volunteering during the time that I'm not going to be working. I might do two clients on Monday, one on Wednesday and then one on Friday. I wish I had Fridays off but if I just work in the morning it won't be too bad.

Tomorrow is going to be a relatively lazy day. I have to go and pay my cell bill in the morning and that's really it. I need to see how much it's going to cost to send out the stuff to Tan and then possibly send it. I need to pick up a few things though. Hmm, maybe I should check my bank account balance.

Did laundry, got the groceries we need for today and part of tomorrow and now we are home. I am not doing anything else for the next three and a half hours. NOTHING!

Josh stayed home today from school. His asthma was acting up last night and he had trouble breathing this morning. It was nice having him at the laundromat with me. Today, since he missed class he knows that he has to do work that I assign. He'll be practicing his printing and sentences and he'll have some reading to do. At least he has a book that he's interested in to read.

Now, I am going to sleep.

I think my laptop is against me doing this challenge. Every time I put it down it disconnects and the battery drains in under an hour. I made sure this morning before we left that it was connected and somehow it came loose. The battery needs to be replaced and I am just buying a new laptop. I only need to wait about two months and then I can get a new one. I might have to go with one of the minis but I don't think that will be an issue. This laptop will be put in Josh's room on the desk and will probably buy a printer for it. That way, I can print up the things that he needs for his OT and not have to worry about paying 15 cents a sheet to photocopy them. I'll be able to download pictures for him to colour as well which will make him happy.

I did have a good morning today (aside from coming home to see the laptop off again). I got my bus pass and a weekly planner for work. I also got Josh his own calendar and an Arceus plush. I've never seen one so I knew I had to pick it up. There won't be any more, especially with that one. He will be surprised.

I have just enough for pizza and the stuff to make throw together tomorrow if he wants. I'll just have to remember to do laundry tomorrow. Josh is almost out of clothes. I can get everything finished tomorrow morning and rest most of the afternoon. Thursday will be a busy day because I have to head down to the hospital for physio. It'll take an hour and fifteen minutes to get there, forty minutes for the appointment and then another hour and fifteen minutes to get home. I hope I'm home in time for Josh to get home.

I think though that I'm going to lay down now. I'm tired and sore.

I am feeling very toolish today. Well, left over from yesterday. Today I'm just really tired.

Yesterday I just broke down. I am so tired of being in pain and I know that it's only been two weeks since the surgery but I've had nothing but pain for over a year now. Sometimes, it just gets to be too much. Today is another day where I just want to cry. This time I don't have to worry about Josh getting upset. Sometimes I just feel like fail!parent because I can't do the things that he wants to do. He wants to go skating and I swear, I am going to get on the ice on his birthday. I don't care what I feel like, I am going to do it.

I just hate this feeling like I am going to break.

Second day of a Wizards of Waverly Place marathon. I want to shoot myself. Two more hours and it will be over. I can last. Then I can put something decent on.

I'm trying to figure out what to do with groceries this week. I'll have a bit of extra money this week but I don't know what I should make. I wanted to make throw together again but I have to make sure I can get cheese at a relatively cheap price. I'd have to get two bricks because Josh will want to eat one. I'll have to pick up more carrots, probably two bags of them at least. Josh went nuts with the last bag and it was gone in two days.

And less that two hours now. Had to take a food break.

We're going to be baking soon as well so that will get me away from this show. I wish I could go back to sleep. Oh, that reminds me that I need to take my pills soon. I guess I should go so I can get everything ready to bake. I need to make sure that the bathtub gets cleaned tonight before my bath. I'll probably end up doing it myself. That will be interesting.

Last night was pretty cool. Josh and I spent at least an hour watching Lady Gaga videos. I have to make sure I can pick up the CD for him for his birthday. There are a bunch of things that I want to pick up for him this year. He'll be 10. It's still surprising to me that I will have a 10 year old.

I haven't done anything today. I went to bed at 2:30 this morning because I was watching the Johnny Depp version of Sleepy Hollow and woke up at 11. I got Josh lunch and had a bath and read some. At 2:30 I fell back asleep and woke up at 4:30. Right now I am fighting to stay awake. I think I'm coming down with something. It wouldn't be surprising with me being in and out of the hospital because of my knee. Plus, the people here are a little disgusting and don't think there's a problem with coughing all over the bus handles and things. Sometimes I hate public transportation. Tomorrow will be much of the same I think. I don't have any money to really go anywhere and I don't have any bus tickets.

Oh, that reminds me. I have to look for my bus pass. Maybe I'll do that now to get away from Wizards of Waverly Place. Sometimes I hate Family.

Happy New Year!

Well, day one of this. I can do this for another month. I KNOW I CAN!

I guess I should say a little something about myself since well, there are only four posts on this blog.

My name is Kathy, 31, mother of one. I work for the City of Ottawa and am hoping to get hired on full time. I'm currently part time and temporary and while I do like the job and the pay is decent, I need something more.

I sometimes write fanfic for PoT though I haven't written anything in months. The inspiration just isn't there right now. I love to read and am currently reading Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. It's fabulous so far. I'm playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time and also Ring of Fates from the same series. They are great games. I am also playing Pokemon Diamond and Platinum because I want to be a Pokemon master.

I have signed up to complete the NaBloPoMo challenge on this blog. Every day this month I will be posting something, a quick note about my day, a meme, videos or pictures of what has happened. I'm not sure if anyone will see this so we'll see.