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Maybe it's the Christmas season or maybe it's just PMS but I've been thinking a lot lately about people I've lost on the way. I don't mean people who have passed away. Those people have a special place in my heart too but I'm talking about the people who I've lost contact with. People who are still out there somewhere. People like Adriane who was my friend in Denver. She lived down the street and stuck by me even though my behaviour towards her was terrible in the way that only 12 year olds can be. Even though I was obsessive about stupid things that embarrass me to remember. I wish I could track her down now.
People like Brian, who made my work at my job in Ontario bearable until he left and vanished without a trace because his dog, the last person he had left in the world, got hit by a train and died.
I'm sure these people wouldn't be any more significant in my life than my other facebook friends if I were to still have touch with them, but it makes me realize how much of a comfort that network is to my peace of mind.
I guess the bottom line is still just thank you all for being there for me and I'm thinking of all of you this season (as I'm bored, freezing my butt off).
For those of you who don't know, I've been putting in a lot of hours for the last few months doing a big excavation. We're pulling a bunch of contaminated soil out of the ground. I've been putting in 6-day weeks and 12 hour days since the beginning of November. The work is okay but the hours and the cold are draining. We're hoping to be done before Christmas.
I did manage to escape the cold for 3 days to go to a groundwater conference in Vegas courtesy of my work education spending. I had to use it before the end of the year or else it disappears. The conference was 3 days long and had some really good stuff and some really useless stuff. Vegas was interesting though. I think there must be steroids in the air there because the first night we got there, I was exhausted right up until we started walking the strip. Then I couldn't sleep for the whole rest of the time.
The first day we took classes at the conference all day (by the way, the food at the convention center in Vegas is gross). Afterwards, we bought beer, hung out until 9, went for dinner and accidentally won $300 at the roulette table. As a result, my coworkers decided we should go to a club. It was expensive and boring and I tapped out around 3 but we were all hung over the next day anyway. My coworkers who stayed out and drank more were better off than me in the morning because there's no justice. On Wednesday we just wandered the strip and the stores. It was too cold for the pool. After that, we went to the old strip, where there is a WATERSLIDE THROUGH A SHARK TANK. It was seriously the most epic thing ever. Unfortunately, people in Vegas think 18 degrees is too cold for waterslides so we didn't get to use it. After that, they bought boots of beer, which I didn't get because I didn't want the beer but I should have got one anyway because the boots were so cool. We took a ride back the the new strip and rode the roller coaster. Then we went to the M&M store and used the M&M printer to make M&Ms the colour of our company logo with the company name printed on them. They amused me. I hope I can convince the admin staff that they're promotional material and get reimbursed for them.
Because I knew I was working on Friday, I decided to skip out early and go to bed on time. Unfortunately, it's impossible to sleep in Vegas and going to bed at 1 turned into sleeping at 4. My coworkers apparently didn't sleep that night and ended up spending all their money on alcohol and gambling.
We went to the last day of the conference before heading to the airport.
I did not get to go to a show because Love was black and O was sold out and Reve only had expensive seats left. The other shows just didn't look as worth it.
In the airport on the way home, one of my coworkers was having a minor panic attack about how crappy he felt because 'it didn't feel like a normal hangover' and 'I should be over it by now'. I laughed at him because he'd gotten completely trashed both previous nights and hadn't slept the night before. He probably didn't feel that bad the previous day because he'd still been drunk.
I, thank god, got 3 full hours of sleep in the plane. Slept better than any night in my hotel. Got home at midnight and had to be up at 5:30 am.
My coworkers are already planning their next trip. They told me that it wasn't so bad to have not seen a show and other things because I'd have things to do the next time. I'm not really planning on going back.
People like Brian, who made my work at my job in Ontario bearable until he left and vanished without a trace because his dog, the last person he had left in the world, got hit by a train and died.
I'm sure these people wouldn't be any more significant in my life than my other facebook friends if I were to still have touch with them, but it makes me realize how much of a comfort that network is to my peace of mind.
I guess the bottom line is still just thank you all for being there for me and I'm thinking of all of you this season (as I'm bored, freezing my butt off).
For those of you who don't know, I've been putting in a lot of hours for the last few months doing a big excavation. We're pulling a bunch of contaminated soil out of the ground. I've been putting in 6-day weeks and 12 hour days since the beginning of November. The work is okay but the hours and the cold are draining. We're hoping to be done before Christmas.
I did manage to escape the cold for 3 days to go to a groundwater conference in Vegas courtesy of my work education spending. I had to use it before the end of the year or else it disappears. The conference was 3 days long and had some really good stuff and some really useless stuff. Vegas was interesting though. I think there must be steroids in the air there because the first night we got there, I was exhausted right up until we started walking the strip. Then I couldn't sleep for the whole rest of the time.
The first day we took classes at the conference all day (by the way, the food at the convention center in Vegas is gross). Afterwards, we bought beer, hung out until 9, went for dinner and accidentally won $300 at the roulette table. As a result, my coworkers decided we should go to a club. It was expensive and boring and I tapped out around 3 but we were all hung over the next day anyway. My coworkers who stayed out and drank more were better off than me in the morning because there's no justice. On Wednesday we just wandered the strip and the stores. It was too cold for the pool. After that, we went to the old strip, where there is a WATERSLIDE THROUGH A SHARK TANK. It was seriously the most epic thing ever. Unfortunately, people in Vegas think 18 degrees is too cold for waterslides so we didn't get to use it. After that, they bought boots of beer, which I didn't get because I didn't want the beer but I should have got one anyway because the boots were so cool. We took a ride back the the new strip and rode the roller coaster. Then we went to the M&M store and used the M&M printer to make M&Ms the colour of our company logo with the company name printed on them. They amused me. I hope I can convince the admin staff that they're promotional material and get reimbursed for them.
Because I knew I was working on Friday, I decided to skip out early and go to bed on time. Unfortunately, it's impossible to sleep in Vegas and going to bed at 1 turned into sleeping at 4. My coworkers apparently didn't sleep that night and ended up spending all their money on alcohol and gambling.
We went to the last day of the conference before heading to the airport.
I did not get to go to a show because Love was black and O was sold out and Reve only had expensive seats left. The other shows just didn't look as worth it.
In the airport on the way home, one of my coworkers was having a minor panic attack about how crappy he felt because 'it didn't feel like a normal hangover' and 'I should be over it by now'. I laughed at him because he'd gotten completely trashed both previous nights and hadn't slept the night before. He probably didn't feel that bad the previous day because he'd still been drunk.
I, thank god, got 3 full hours of sleep in the plane. Slept better than any night in my hotel. Got home at midnight and had to be up at 5:30 am.
My coworkers are already planning their next trip. They told me that it wasn't so bad to have not seen a show and other things because I'd have things to do the next time. I'm not really planning on going back.