Long time, no see
So it's been a few years since the last time I really used this thing. A lot of things have changed in my life since then. Rereading some of my old entries makes me feel really embarrassed. I mean, seriously younger self? Seriously? Two years has done a lot of things to me.
For starters, I've gotten out of La Loche. I ditched my car a couple winters ago and the utter helplessness of the situation prodded my husband into looking for a job in the southern part of the province. He found one and we wound up moving to a town 5 hours south of where we were. If you're familiar with Saskatchewan, we moved to North Battleford. It's roughly an hour and a half away from Saskatoon. My kids did really well in school, I found a job I liked (and lost it 4 months later because I sucked at it), found another job that I'm not really sure if I like, and just recently we bought a house. We've had possession of it for a little more than a week now. It's amazing to not be renting anymore. The realization that we won't be moving again is really starting to hit home and it's nice. Our house is in a small town called Cut Knife, about 50 km away from North Battleford. It's where my husband got his job when we moved last year and he really likes the community. It's super small and everyone knows everyone else, but this is a thing we got used to up north. It's not really that weird.
On a personal note, I've finished and self-published two of my novels and a short story. Sales on those aren't as brilliant as I'd like, but they do well enough. I even brought them to a convention in June and I sold out of one book. This is largely due to the fact that that one in particular was one I'd been writing for a really long time. High School is what I generally tell people, but in truth it incorporates a lot of things from a series of stories my BFF and I were writing in junior high. So it's old enough to be super detailed and I'm really passionate about it. When describing the two books to potential buyers, I guess I got more enthusiastic about that one in particular so more people bought it. Which is awesome. It's nice to know I can sell it to people.
I've recently gotten really into cross stitching again and it's a nice, relaxing thing to do. I'm not doing anything overly fancy or complicated yet, mostly just My Little Pony characters. Once things settle in the house, I'll be doing more and in a wider variety.
I lost my cat last year, too. Jaffa contracted severe feline diabetes. Treatment was possible but would have only given her a few months, so she was put down. I've learned that I have a hard time coping without a cat in my house, so a few weeks later, on our planned trip back to Edmonton, we got a new one from the SPCA. His name is Sully. As much as it hurts to replace Jaffa, he's an amazingly sweet animal. Unlike my previous cat, he likes everyone and is really super social. I still miss my girl, but Sully's a good cat.
So much has happened in two years that I'm suddenly finding it really hard to sum up. What's important? What isn't? Hard to say. At any rate, I'm back.
For starters, I've gotten out of La Loche. I ditched my car a couple winters ago and the utter helplessness of the situation prodded my husband into looking for a job in the southern part of the province. He found one and we wound up moving to a town 5 hours south of where we were. If you're familiar with Saskatchewan, we moved to North Battleford. It's roughly an hour and a half away from Saskatoon. My kids did really well in school, I found a job I liked (and lost it 4 months later because I sucked at it), found another job that I'm not really sure if I like, and just recently we bought a house. We've had possession of it for a little more than a week now. It's amazing to not be renting anymore. The realization that we won't be moving again is really starting to hit home and it's nice. Our house is in a small town called Cut Knife, about 50 km away from North Battleford. It's where my husband got his job when we moved last year and he really likes the community. It's super small and everyone knows everyone else, but this is a thing we got used to up north. It's not really that weird.
On a personal note, I've finished and self-published two of my novels and a short story. Sales on those aren't as brilliant as I'd like, but they do well enough. I even brought them to a convention in June and I sold out of one book. This is largely due to the fact that that one in particular was one I'd been writing for a really long time. High School is what I generally tell people, but in truth it incorporates a lot of things from a series of stories my BFF and I were writing in junior high. So it's old enough to be super detailed and I'm really passionate about it. When describing the two books to potential buyers, I guess I got more enthusiastic about that one in particular so more people bought it. Which is awesome. It's nice to know I can sell it to people.
I've recently gotten really into cross stitching again and it's a nice, relaxing thing to do. I'm not doing anything overly fancy or complicated yet, mostly just My Little Pony characters. Once things settle in the house, I'll be doing more and in a wider variety.
I lost my cat last year, too. Jaffa contracted severe feline diabetes. Treatment was possible but would have only given her a few months, so she was put down. I've learned that I have a hard time coping without a cat in my house, so a few weeks later, on our planned trip back to Edmonton, we got a new one from the SPCA. His name is Sully. As much as it hurts to replace Jaffa, he's an amazingly sweet animal. Unlike my previous cat, he likes everyone and is really super social. I still miss my girl, but Sully's a good cat.
So much has happened in two years that I'm suddenly finding it really hard to sum up. What's important? What isn't? Hard to say. At any rate, I'm back.