Christmas vacation!
So, these past few days have been real good and, on one particular note, kinda sad.
Friday was fun. Full of food and laughs. I gave our company's President the bag of cookies, wished him and his family a good Christmas, and just said it's been real great working there and "thank you...for everything". I really could not bring myself to thank him for money (I'm weird, I know!) so I hope that encompassed everything.
Speaking of money, everyone in the office got a $1,000 increase in their yearly salary. Wow. I was just happy with the basket full of chocolates they gave us (with a Terry's Chocolate Mint ball to thwack!), but that was really generous.
So we all said our goodbyes, which was kinda sad, but we'll see each other again in a little over a week...
Yesterday was the big day: my last day at Indigo. That was kinda tougher. The work day was fine, just hanging out, sometimes working, going 'round the store and taking pictures with co-workers. Then once I swiped out and did my rounds to say my goodbyes...yeah, that was a bit emotionally-charged. But I'll be shopping there a lot, and I'm joining the gym on Thursday where a few of my friends go, and I'll probably be seeing Olga and Frankie for tea on Friday, as well as some parties in January, so it's not really a goodbye.
Last night, my sis, Angie and I went to Place-des-Arts to watch les Grand Ballets Canadiens in The Nutcracker. So pretty and so...colourful. And I was enjoying watching the orchestra play some times. Just a wonderful evening.
Today's going to be busy. We're going to have to dig out the car, gas it up, and find a parking space on the now-clear side of the street. I wanted to do that yesterday, but the cleaners were late in clearing it up. I am not worried about the general delays but when you put up a sign on a street saying "No Parking between 7 pm and 7 am" and for 12 hours, no one parks there, you clean it! You don't clean a full 24 hours later! Bah.
So, I think I need to treat myself with something. I must say, 2007 has been the best year yet: I lived on my own (well, with my sis) for a month, which was liberating; I met Sophie Kinsella, which was thrilling; I went to San Fran (finally!), I went to LA and did the WB tour; I went to Ohio and got to hang with Roeper, as well as teapot; I went to Boston and got to hang with smrou and Summer; I finally got my license and my uncle got us a car; and, most importantly, I got a kickass internship and found the perfect job that will really give me the experience I need in this field. So, yeah: it's been hard these past few months trying to balance everything and being AWOL most places in the process, I need to treat myself.
A massage could work. I could really use one... But nah...
I was thinking of buying myself another Luke's mug that broke, but the GG shop is sold out. Boo. I was thinking a TO mug and travel mug, so that's a go. I wants something Heroes-related, too, but what? Another mug, definitely (hey, I love mugs), but maybe a t-shirt, too? Hmm. Decisions, decisions...
Anyhoo, today requires a lot of cleaning around the house, so I best get a move on on that.
Friday was fun. Full of food and laughs. I gave our company's President the bag of cookies, wished him and his family a good Christmas, and just said it's been real great working there and "thank you...for everything". I really could not bring myself to thank him for money (I'm weird, I know!) so I hope that encompassed everything.
Speaking of money, everyone in the office got a $1,000 increase in their yearly salary. Wow. I was just happy with the basket full of chocolates they gave us (with a Terry's Chocolate Mint ball to thwack!), but that was really generous.
So we all said our goodbyes, which was kinda sad, but we'll see each other again in a little over a week...
Yesterday was the big day: my last day at Indigo. That was kinda tougher. The work day was fine, just hanging out, sometimes working, going 'round the store and taking pictures with co-workers. Then once I swiped out and did my rounds to say my goodbyes...yeah, that was a bit emotionally-charged. But I'll be shopping there a lot, and I'm joining the gym on Thursday where a few of my friends go, and I'll probably be seeing Olga and Frankie for tea on Friday, as well as some parties in January, so it's not really a goodbye.
Last night, my sis, Angie and I went to Place-des-Arts to watch les Grand Ballets Canadiens in The Nutcracker. So pretty and so...colourful. And I was enjoying watching the orchestra play some times. Just a wonderful evening.
Today's going to be busy. We're going to have to dig out the car, gas it up, and find a parking space on the now-clear side of the street. I wanted to do that yesterday, but the cleaners were late in clearing it up. I am not worried about the general delays but when you put up a sign on a street saying "No Parking between 7 pm and 7 am" and for 12 hours, no one parks there, you clean it! You don't clean a full 24 hours later! Bah.
So, I think I need to treat myself with something. I must say, 2007 has been the best year yet: I lived on my own (well, with my sis) for a month, which was liberating; I met Sophie Kinsella, which was thrilling; I went to San Fran (finally!), I went to LA and did the WB tour; I went to Ohio and got to hang with Roeper, as well as teapot; I went to Boston and got to hang with smrou and Summer; I finally got my license and my uncle got us a car; and, most importantly, I got a kickass internship and found the perfect job that will really give me the experience I need in this field. So, yeah: it's been hard these past few months trying to balance everything and being AWOL most places in the process, I need to treat myself.
A massage could work. I could really use one... But nah...
I was thinking of buying myself another Luke's mug that broke, but the GG shop is sold out. Boo. I was thinking a TO mug and travel mug, so that's a go. I wants something Heroes-related, too, but what? Another mug, definitely (hey, I love mugs), but maybe a t-shirt, too? Hmm. Decisions, decisions...
Anyhoo, today requires a lot of cleaning around the house, so I best get a move on on that.