As Expected...

...not anywhere close to done with this kitchen reno. Can't remember the last time I used my stove!

I gotta focus and stay positive, if not broke.

Also, my cholesterol is high again (unsurprisingly). I really should start getting back on caring about that

So. Slow.

...for so many things: kitchen building (although the “hard part” of the ceiling is done, and I’m just about done the floors (!)); the 10k race I did (slowest time ever!); and updating this blog (but really, no surprise there).

On the bright side: finished the fence (sand door) and had the waterproofing done (hopefully no more leaks!).

Also, that dream of having a better area and a better supervisor is vanquished for the next three years. I wonder how the hell I can get back on the vbd team...yargh

Gotta stay focused!

Also, I don’t think I could have done as much as I have in the kitchen without the help of my chipmunk. Tanks youse 😁

Now That I'm Doing One Post A Month...

...it's really easy to say "wtf time is going by so fast where did the summer go?!?". Like a dolt. 

So with the end of summer I'm still in building mode...but now with bonuses (not necessarily positive): gotta do the fence ($), gotta have my leaking foundation waterproofed ($$) and gotta finish this kitchen ($$$). I hope it will be done by Christmas, and I'm thinking positively it will be; as long as I don't say what year. Yikes. 

Also, my jig is up again for the VBD team. I hope I can get on again next year, but realistically speaking chances are slim. Looks like I'll be back to doing outdoor pools again! Also I hope I get a better district (and better Supervisor) next year.

Lots of life changes happening; some for the good, some for the bad (or rather, some that make me a bit anxious). 

Oh yeah, and I also have a 10k race in about a week. I'm hoping to break the 5(something) mark.

I should sleep

No, Seriously, I Need To Learn How To Bend Metal

Turns out that quote was pretty accurate. Blergh.

But otherwise the construction is coming along and do is the dust and my impatience. I'm going as fast as I can but it does t seem fast enough. Self-inflicted stress is turribull. 

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Gonna miss you at work Buh! But I'm pretty secure with our friendship that I won't think it's the end 😁

I Need A(n electrical) Spark

Construction continues...and so does life. Which means I'm running tired trying to fix stuff up. Oh and the stress of getting in a sheet metal worker because the other guy was quoting me at $4500. Wtf? Time for me to learn metal bending!

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So grateful to have my chipmunk in my life. Love you three!

And It Begins! (*Gulp*)

Permit approved...demolition begins. Stress time cometh (/shrug emoticon)

But first! Beach time tomorrow with the Bataclans (after Sauble on Canada Day with the salsa folks)

Permit To Build?

Permit for stress...haven't even started the process yet and I already feel stressed. 

Gonna be an interesting couple of months!

Looking For Whelmed

Feeling a bit over lately for whatever reason. 

Gotta find some balance and have to release some of this anxiety somehow.

The craziness that happened at Yonge/Finch today certainly didn't help. Those poor people, walking the same streets I've walked countless times 😑

Seven!

All the festivities have come and gone and now I have a standing seven year old. Wtf?!? I still think of him as a toddler!

Yesterday he said to me "okay bye Jason". Haaaaaaa. My boy

Multi-Slow-Task

Sometimes I think I do too much at once, and then everything suffers. Laundry room is coming along but slowly...which means other things, like, I dunno...running...doesn't happen. 

And now I'm getting quite lazy(er) and not even caring that in doing my laundry at the laundromat wasting monies. I'm gonna blame that food poisoning I had a bit back and that I'm getting anxiety about going to court for work in May. Blah

Okay, gotta get back to it...don't need to know where you're going as long as you keep moving forward!

Confrontations

For some reason I absolutely dread confrontations at work, specifically with operators that are known to bitchy. I hadn't even met this one operator in person (spoke to her on the phone one time) but I just know tomorrow when I see her (I'm doing a re-inspection) it's gonna be ridiculous. 

I hope one of these days I grow that thick skin I've always wanted, as opposed to the fatty skin I always have (haa)

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My person has parents that will always cause grief (more to her, but still some to me).  Speaking of confrontations, hope tha never happens!

Workworkworkworkwork

Killin' it at work, full planning ahead with the laundry room (first!), buying stuff and things for the kitchen (two bloody base cabinets were $$$ but I always buy stuffs on sale), boy with me all week.

I'm kinda tired too, but I have been stretching and squatting every day still as per my New Years reso...hope I can keep it up!

New Year ‘18

It’s that time again! Semi-Unrealistic New Years resolution time:

1. Don’t use my phone as much while driving/while with my kid
2. Stretch at least 4 minutes a day
3. Start reno projects/finish reno projects
4. Continue drinking more veggies/fruits
5. Push ups
6. Dance better
7. Love better