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18 November 2008 @ 07:12 am
 
OK, so I just woke up. Literally. I'm talking 8 minutes ago. I am determined to go through with this posting every day and didn't want to take a chance and miss one post if something happened ad the servers weren't up and running. I'm very happy that LJ will be down when I'm in training because they've blocked the site itself in the building. Government buildings suck sometimes.

I know I had another insane dream but I don't remember much. There was a Jeep. That's all I remember.

Training is almost over. Thank god. We have today and tomorrow for this week, I have placement on the 21st and 27th, then we go back the 1st of December until the 11th and we graduate the 12th. And then nothing until January or February. So yes, I am happy.

And now I have to convince myself that getting out from under the blankets is a good thing since I have to bathe....but it's cold. I'm waiting to see how cold it is. and there is a commercial for the flu shot. that was actually anoying. SO, it's -5, with a windchill of -11C. Anyone want to go to training for me?

Oh well, gotta go or we'll be late. Have fun everyone!
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Kathy
17 November 2008 @ 03:26 pm
 
So it is cold. Very cold....well only -5 Celsius with the windchill. But it's been snowing off and on all day. There isn't any on the ground though.

And I am eating Ritz Chips. Sour cream and onion. They are nom.

And for some reason the theme for Flog It! sounds like Bargain Hunt. Now how many people on my f-list will understand that?

And I have to check out the clothes that are hanging up in the bathroom. Had to handwash them yesterday and I'm hoping they'll dry because we need them for tomorrow.

And now I am going. I need to warm up. Stupid colds.
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Kathy
16 November 2008 @ 09:10 am
 
I need to do laundry. The locks have been changed downstairs. I can't access the washer and dryer. I'd handwash, but my laundry detergent is downstairs. I am pissed off.

The kid wants Kraft Dinner or Oreos for breakfast. If it was pizza I'd say fine. Oh, he just asked for pepperoni.

And Trauma Centre owns my soul. Completely and utterly. I finally got an A rank because it is so much easier. OMG I GET TO USE HEALING TOUCH IN THIS!!!!! AND THERE IS GUILT! I can't wait. I'm still only at Chapter 1 but it is amazing and wonderful and I love it.

And I am having a nap later on. Now we are going to play Wii Play (I have to remember to change the batteries in the controller) and then I will wash some clothes in the tub (somehow).
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Kathy
15 November 2008 @ 04:48 pm
 
.......

I went shopping today.

I bought winter boots for both of us and shoes for work. I bought a mini agenda for work, Doritos and other chip like food things that are nom. I bought Rice Krispies so we can make stuff with them and he can have cereal. I bought us both games for the DS. Why? Because Pokemon Ranger will keep him entertained and I HAVE TRAUMA CENTRE!!!! Or I should spell it Center since that's how it's spelled on the game. But still, I can do surgery on the DS now. The Wii, while I love it is hard because my stitches are horrible. I'm too shaky with the controller. SO I will now be able to do it on the DS. Happy me!

I have not been able to pick up stickers and such but that will happen on Thursday when I get more money and don't have the kid with me.

So with all of my purchases today (and a hair cut that I know I shouldn't have gotten but according to Josh I needed) I spent $270. I want to cry now. I want that money back! But I have what I need and some things I want. Now I need sleep because shopping + rain = tired Kathy.

Going to make supper now, or at least figure out what I'm going to make and then do the dishes so that we can eat supper with it and not have to throw it on the floor and eat off of that.

Going. BYE!

And there was a random "Oh come on!" from the living room. I think Josh didn't catch the Pokemon he was trying to.
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Kathy
14 November 2008 @ 02:49 pm
 
I am feeling particularly gay today. I don't know why....but I am so tempted to search for episodes of Brock dressed like that and watch them and laugh.

My money will be in tomorrow (hopefully) and I am going to get my hair chopped off. I am also purchasing dye and I will get my hair back to the normal colour. Well, normal as in the dyed normal colour.

Before I do anything though I am having a bath and warming up. Josh is home. Mysterious PD Day. No reason for it. So he came with me to training and stayed with the trainer while we finished up the epipen and WHIMS and child abuse part of the course. Met with our supervisors and got our sheets for the clients we'll be seeing. I can't wait.

And something else. I can't remember. So bathtub here I come! Oh yeah, I have to do laundry. But that's a given. And I think the laptop is possessed.

and also:

Happy Birthday [info]meggiebaby81!
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Kathy
13 November 2008 @ 04:01 pm
 
Wow, it feels late to be posting but it's only 4pm. I don't have much to write about really. Josh is annoying and it's cold and rainy. Did our first day of CPR/First Aid. That was....interesting. They're combining two days worth into a day. Then tomorrow we do Epipen and WHIMS. Honestly, I'm bored. I've done it all. How many times have I said this about the training?

Have to figure out something to eat. Apparently Josh is starving. You can tell this by looking at him. He's skin and bones I tell you! So I must look for something to feed the child. And I tried something today that was...well I don't know what it was but it was good.

I'm also debating on giving up on a few friendships. The people....sometimes I wonder if there's any point in waiting to be acknowledged. I realized that it's not worth crying all the time. I call, I email and nothing. So, should I wait? Should I not? Knowing me....I'll sit and wait for a few more years. That's just me. I mean, with some of them it's already been....2 years? When I'm 64. That's when I'll give up.

What else? Have I complained about being cold yet?

But I get money soon so I'm happy. Boots, Christmas presents and birth control pills for me!
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Kathy
12 November 2008 @ 08:06 am
 
Had a really weird dream last night. We had to move but it was in the same building (somehow we were living in an apartment building and we were moving for the third time into a bigger apartment). While moving I had to go to the hospital for some kind of testing and when I got there I ran into Erin. I hadn't (and haven't) seen her in a while and I went and gave her a hug. She just gave me a dirty look and walked away. It hurt since this is the person that I have been friends with since the first day of grade 9. She is Josh's godmother. I walked away and seemed to forget about it and went to look where I had to go. The hospital was so big I had to take a train to where my appointment was. I found it and there was this little boy there waiting. He was talking and bubbly and he brought me to where I had to go. He disappeared. I ended up missing my appointment because they said it was at 10:30 and I had 1:30 written down. I had to rebook and when I turned to leave the guy behind the desk said he'd noticed me talking to the little boy. He said that the boy couldn't leave so he just talked to the people that came in. When I left I went back to the platform to wait for my train. He came up and climbed onto one of the statues and said that I shouldn't be worried, I'd survive till my next appointment and that I had a good chance of living. I got on the train when it came in and then I woke up. It was just weird.
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Kathy
11 November 2008 @ 08:16 am
 
Found out why it was so cold. We had no heat. Nothing since Sunday. So had to track down the new landlord through the real estate agent and I don't know how or when, but he managed to get the heat on again. It was so nice. I only had to sleep with one blanket.

Have to go to the doctor today. My uterus is already hurting. It is currently 1 Celsius outside. There is no windchill. This is a good thing. The snow has been put off till Thursday.

And taking Josh to the War Museum today. I don't know what Remembrance Day activities they have going on but the museum itself is free today. It's the last day for Deadly Medicine as well. I'd love to go to Parliament Hill to see the ceremony but I'll be at the doctor. Hopefully I'll get out in time. Because I just realized too that I have homework. Oops.

And today is my sister's birthday. She is 21.
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Kathy
10 November 2008 @ 03:32 pm
 


What Your Height Says About You



You are a very vulnerable and spiritual person. Your emotions run deep.

You have a philosophical and poetic soul. You think things through and are a bit of a skeptic.



You tend to be very opinionated. You are a perfectionist with high standards.

You prefer to work alone. You work hard, and you don't like interruptions.



You are about as tall as the average Japanese woman.



And I know why I"m freezing. We have no heat. Downstairs thermostat states it's 14 Celsius. Heat won't kick on. Don't have the landlord's phone number. Someone set me on fire? Please?
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Kathy
10 November 2008 @ 12:24 pm
Just a short post  
I"m not in the greatest of moods. Had a mild panic attack so right now I am drained and wanting to disappear for a while. Had to tell Josh this weekend that, with the way things are going financially I might not be able to buy him any Christmas presents. I hate this. I'm also forcing myself to eat. Baked potato. I have garlic butter. I might put some of that on. And the microwave is beeping.
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Kathy
09 November 2008 @ 04:54 pm
 

Went to the cemetery today. We live close to two so I picked one and went with it. It was cool. We ended up walking in the sugar bush for a bit and that was odd. It felt as if someone was following us. We saw a bunch of people walking their dogs but there was always this sense that someone was behind us. I don't know if it was just because the trees are right beside the cemetery but yeah.

We didn't see much of it. The thing is HUGE! I just looked on Wiki and it's 160 acres. We only managed to get to the first.....I don't even know how many feet. It was probably close to an acre that we walked. But even this cemetery had a weird feeling to it. Felt like there were people all around us. But some of the tombs were amazing. And I didn't realize how many well-known Canadians were buried there. When I remember to take the memory card out of the laptop I'm going to take pictures. maybe I'll go tomorrow while Josh is in school.

Until then, I'm having a bath to try to warm up. BYE!

 

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Kathy
09 November 2008 @ 02:52 am
Just because I like this icon.  
I wanted to go to bed early. I really did. Instead, I stayed up watching みゅうの足パパにあげる(Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru). Honestly, I don't think I've ever cried so much in my life watching a show. The little girl was adorable. And, even though I normally am not a fan of Jun's singing, his acting...that boy can act. And he played the father so well. And the role...heartbreaking. And now its 3am. I should be sleeping. In fact, I'm going to sleep right now. Maybe I"ll post something else later that does not include me crying over a show.

If only the links for Maou were working properly...
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Kathy
08 November 2008 @ 08:58 am
A full week of posting....wow  
So the cemetery trip is canceled for today. It's rainy and I don't want to get too muddy. So maybe we will go to the Aviation museum. But I should be a good girl and do dishes first. Hmm, I wonder if the War Museum is doing anything free this weekend. Hmm, not this weekend. But on Tuesday it is. I might take Josh out of school early to go. I want to see the one exhibit, called Deadly Medicine. I don't know if I should bring Josh....but I might.

Maybe we'll go out today, or maybe we'll just stay home and I"ll have a bath and then go back to sleep. I think that sounds good. Or maybe we'll just head down to the Rideau Centre and walk around, then go to Chapters to sit on the floor and look at books for a few hours.

Oh, and [info]llamachan and I have come up with the perfect wedding cake. Chocolate icing, chocolate sprinkles and broken up pieces of chocolate. It doesn't need to be fancy, just give me a spoon.
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Kathy
07 November 2008 @ 03:16 pm
 

I feel numb. Completely, utterly numb. I don't know why. It's been like this since I woke up. Not even walking around with the flower headband and a purple and green lei in training while listening to Kimeru worked. I could blame PMS but that would be a cop-out. At least I have the next four days off. I can ignore a bunch of things. Maybe I"ll have a nap when Josh gets home. I have to wait for his teacher to call so I can talk to her, then I have to start supper THEN I can sleep after.

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Kathy
06 November 2008 @ 04:36 pm
MOUNTIES!  
Thanks to [info]thekittykitty I have been Mountie stalking. I fully blame her. Yes I do.

( Mounties! and other things )
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Kathy
05 November 2008 @ 01:43 pm
I'm in a cooking mood  
Right now I have beef stew in the slow cooker. I need the iron and have been craving it. Plus, I need to start bringing lunch to training. I can't live on peanut butter and jam sandwiches anymore. So I will have good food for a couple of days.

I'm out of training early and I needed it. A few people were going to do their shift at the shelter so we get out early because of it. And today I saw the most amazing thing. Stephen Harper had his first protest of his new term today (I think. I haven't heard of any others). There were a bunch of students protesting raising tuition and there were a lot. They had the street in front of Parliament Hill blocked off and a bunch of cops directing traffic. The sound....so many people chanting. And it was great. I wish the Hill Cam allowed us to go back and see what it looked like when they were all in front.

And I am going to need to do laundry. There is no one downstairs anymore so I won't have to worry about the cat getting out or Max wanting to go outside and then not come back in. The last time, I had to pick him up and drag him. Keep in mind, Great Dane....whose head came up almost to my shoulder. Me trying to carry him. Didn't work so well. And I will do laundry....after House Hunters.

And I think that's it. I can't think of anything else that I want to write. So I am going.
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Kathy
04 November 2008 @ 05:19 pm
 
I am so happy that I am Canadian. Our elections are so tame compared to the American ones. I mean sure, if Parliament calls for it we could have another election in a year, two years, but we don't have to deal with the media onslaught, the phone calls, the door to door reps, anything really like that.

I am also finding it hard to post every day. I don't know why that is. Maybe it's because I'm tired and I feel that most of what I want to say will not make sense. Who knows. But I am determined to finish this. Oh yes. 

And I am sore. Very, very sore. Yesterday I slid on the ice and my legs bent in ways that I didn't know was possible for me still. Yesterday, I didn't feel that bad. Today....it feels as if someone wrapped my legs around my head and made me stay there all night. I think that I am going to get into the tub for a bit. Warm up and work out my muscles....along with muscle pills which will knock me out tonight I bet. But hey, if they work then that is great.

So yes, while Ontario is listed among the poorest provinces in Canada, I am very happy to be Canadian.
 

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Kathy
03 November 2008 @ 03:22 pm
 
Week four of training. I can honestly say I want it to end now. Seriously. It has to. Only two more weeks of class work then placement but still, I am tired.

And the dreams last night were beyond interesting. I don't understand why I was in Japan and had to watch some baby and I was left in some huge mall and Josh and I and the baby were surrounded by Engrish. I wish I could remember some of the signs. I remember laughing in my dream because a lot of them were just.....insane. I remember we didn't leave the mall, but if we did outside had a glass dome so that the pollution didn't affect us. I want to have that dream again.
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Kathy
02 November 2008 @ 05:20 pm
 
Well, I spent rent money on groceries today. And right now, I don't care. I will still be giving them $600, and I'll make up the rest of it later. Food was more important. I didn't want to buy only canned food because that is just not healthy. So, I spent the money.

I need to pick up a lamp for the living room. It is very dark in here. Time changes suck.

Oh yeah, this morning was so weird. Well not this morning but the wee hours. I fell asleep watching Matrix Revolutions at 2 something this morning and when I woke up it was 1:30 am. That was so weird going back in time. And then Josh woke me up early because he thought it was late. I was a wee bit upset.

and now, I am going to eat.
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Kathy
02 November 2008 @ 12:23 am
 

I just wrote the most amazingly stupidly cracky thing on the face of the EARTH!

I blame fanart and artists that are amazing and my bathtub when I'm trying to run away from the kid. And I am watching Matrix Revolutions and tring not to sleep. Maybe I will get into the Hellowe'en candy. That will keep me awake.

I fixed Josh's bed. It is now decent enough to sleep on it. Maybe I'll just go to sleep. I don't know. The candy is calling me.
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