Well, hello there... I didn't see you come in... :-)

I know, I know it's been almost 4 months since I posted... and as I've quoted Chris before, "usually that means things are going really good or really bad..."

...well, surprise! For the second time in a row, things are really good.

1) I scrapped the old job of high stress and little pay off for... well, a great job at Toronto Western Hospital... I've got all the perks of working in a hospital, doing the job I thought I'd need to wait at least 4 more years for. Huzzah!

2) The relationship front is fantastic. Craig moved in a few weeks ago and we're looking for a bigger apartment for the 4 of us... (Cats included). He makes me feel like the most special, wonderful person in the world. I gotta say, I like that. Our coming to live together was a decision, not something forced. In fact folks, this IS the one. There, I said it. No taking it back now... we're getting engaged next April. ...crazy shit for the once party-animal extrordinairre. Mind you, I'm not supposed to know this... you see, Craig knows about livejournal, but doesn't know my page or if I even still write in it... LOL... I got him REALLY drunk on his birthday last week and got him to spill the beans. :-D I'm a naughty monkey...(La seinge sur la branche) - for A.J.

3) I've started therapy and am on anti-depressants... for the first time though, I don't feel like I'm being muted... I feel like I'm more like me... which is nice... and I'm dealing with things I've pushed down for too long. Things like losing so many people in my life and acting tough about it... because people seemed to find that admirable. Now I can really cry, and it passes... and I'm no longer ashamed of it.

4) I'm spending time with friends while in a relationship. There's a first! Katie and I see each other whenever she's in town and schedules permit and today... oh, happy day! I saw A.J. for the first time since Craig and I started dating. We, like all of you should, are going out for "ZOMBIE WALK". And we will be the most horrible, terrifying, fantastic dead girls out there. After buying our gashes and "fresh scab" (hmmmmm....scabby), we spent a whole day flitting from store-to-store in kenzington market... including a not-so-fantastic lunch at Last Temptation... don't go for the service... OR the food for that matter... DO go for the price. ...after, it was back to A.J.'s for some make-up tests and Eddie Izzard... tell me THAT isn't a match made in heaven! ;-)Anyway, Zombie Walk: it will be fun. And you should come, too. Check out www.torontozombiewalk.com for more info.

5) The "kids" aka my cats are good too. They are happy and healthy and full of energy. I love coming home to find them wrestling or curled up together on the couch... they make life more relaxing around here. Gotta love 'em.

6) My mother is fabulous and is still harbouring my cousin. Ouch. Though she DID just celebrate her birthday and I kicked ass with the gifts. :-) Overall she's doing well, just a little crazy... but what mom isn't?...come to think about it, that's really all that's going on in my life. And I'm good.Thanks for listening folks... I'll try to come around here more often... :-)

24

Well... I'm almost at that magical age of 24. What a frightening proposition! LOL.

To recap the past little while, I've been working a lot and sorting through, of all things, job offers. People approaching me, while employed and asking me to come work for them for more money. I'm a little baffled and surprised... but of course am weighing my options carefully. Looks like all the hard work is finally paying off.

Craig and I are doing well too. Most of my weekends are spent up North of Barrie at his brother's place where he lives. Soaking up sun with 2 puppies (who are fully grown), and two cats, occassionally hitting the hot tub and as of this weekend the pool. I've also been building my DVD collection with Craig's help. I've learned the previously viewed section of blockbuster is second to none. :-) He's a great guy. A blast from the past, sure... but a great guy who earnestly has my best intersts at heart. Whoda thunka I'd meet a psych major who ISN'T a total mental case?!

My Mom is doing well, though my cousin (who's the tender age of 43) has moved in with her. The loss of a job, accumulating debts and a disability related to his back have left him with less than nothing. And he called on my Mom to help him. So my Mom, with her nest so recently abandoned ends up looking after her nephew. Poor Mom. She's going nuts... she was already having issues monitoring her money before this happened. Now she's also paying to feed a grown man and for his chiropractic care at my clinic (there were only so many strings I could pull). Painful. And here I am with job offers... plural. He can't get ONE. One question though: where's his Dad? My father's brother? Shouldn't HE be helping out here, rather than my widowed mother bearing the brunt of it?

Anyway, that's about it on this end of the funny farm. 1 day to my first interview while employed - ever, WHILE employed. 4 days til Jon Stewart at Casino Rama.

7 days til I turn 24...Life is grand. :-D