Three guesses…
I have never been this excited about a Halloween costume before in my life.
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… it’s what all cool admin staff are wearing at work!
(Click to enlarge) I was bullied into getting this sweater dress. By the tall one. That Amazonian one and her Italian-Mob Boss co-worker. They are mean women. And even though Mo said “It’s like high school!” I said later to Shawn in the car, “Not for me! I didn’t have close enough friends to all buy the same outfit. Technically this is better than high school – I’m cool now! I have friends!” The best part? We all bought this yesterday, said we’d wear it today and we all came in wearing it in our own styles. I don’t only have friends, I have great friends. What a week it has been! It was one of those weeks that makes you seriously think “I really need to do something about something!” and then try and figure out what it is that needs to be done. Meanwhile, the weekend has been calm and uneventful. I have spent much of it in my pyjamas doing nothing or little things. Yesterday Shawn was out so I puttered around on the computer playing games (match games and hidden object games – ones where I CAN’T die. heh) and then made some soup, watched some TV (Joy of Painting! I love that show!) and took a nap. When Shawn got home we ate random things for dinner/snack and then went out to a movie – we saw Zombieland and although I am the farthest thing from a zombie fan that you can find, I enjoyed it! The beginning of the movie was a little gross for me, but it tamed down as the movie went on and it was very funny! We used one of the two 2-for-1 admissions coupons I have. This means we need to find another movie we’d both like to see before November 11th. When the movie was over we stopped in Chapigo on the way back to the car – and bought nothing! I am so out of sorts this season as it has been many times since August that I have gone into a store and came out with nothing. There are many books I want to buy, I just don’t feel like buying any of them. In fact I can’t even read the books I HAVE already at home. Argh. I hate these reading ruts. When we got home it was after 10PM and the rain had stopped and it was pretty mild so we took the dogs for a walk. It was pretty peaceful. Today? Nothing much. I am still in my jammies, but I have managed to brush and wash Annie and have dyed my hair and oh! On Friday night I got my Halloween costume! Totally un-related to Annie’s grooming, but I knew I forgot something. It’s not the costume I wanted (same character, just different costume) but I am happy that I found it in the Halloween store, since stupid Zellers didn’t have the one in stock that they advertised in their circular this week. I was so sad about that. I wasn’t even going to dress up this year because I am just not feeling all that festive – and then I saw this costume in the circular and said if I could find it and it fit I would dress up. Now I can’t wait for Friday! And in other news… though the gluten-free thing has not really done anything at all in regards to my pain and inflammation, I do notice a difference digestively and energy-wise when I eat something high in gluten. (I have only had “real” bread once for a sandwich since I started this and it made me feel awful afterwards and the one time early on I had pasta nearly killed me). I have not been 100% faithful to the diet though, I am still about 90% gluten-free a week and something little always manages to slip in. But having cut out the bread and pasta with the gluten-free stuff has made a big enough difference that I can tell. Sadly, not for the pain thing. And on that matter – I have my follow-up on Nov. 10 for the MRI & blood test results. The pain killers are not doing as great of a job as they were at the start now that I am a month into them… so I hope something was found because this morning the pain in my hips was so bad I was dreaming about it again. Grr. And, ow! Fifteen years ago, I was 18. I was in my second year of CEGEP. Fifteen years ago I was finally in the same school as one of my closest friends. Fifteen years ago it was a cold, wet, miserable October weekend. I remember sitting in choir practice waiting for them to arrive. It was only the day before that she and I had said “See you at choir!”. I didn’t know why they had not shown up yet. Choir practice seemed so long and dull and people were missing who were normally there. When mass started, I knew something was wrong. It was only after mass had ended that I found out – my friend and her mother had been in a car accident earlier that day. One of my closest friends was in the hospital and her mother, one of my mother’s closest friends, didn’t make it. I spent that night wide awake in shock and grief. The next day, Sunday, I wrote the song below. Only later on did I find out that I wrote it almost at the exact same time Erin had passed away. Ever since then, I have posted the lyrics as a tribute on the anniversary of her passing. This year? Fifteen years have gone by since the accident and I can’t believe it. She will always be 17. This post is dedicated to Heather & Erin. I miss you and I am a better person having had you in my life for those 18 years. ~~>–<@>–<~~
erin walker :: august 6, 1977 – october 23, 1994
when i close my eyes
she’s too young to be forgotten
dancing in the sky
child of the sunlight
the wind it softly kissed her cheek
and i see her
a thousand white candles
she’s fast asleep
and i see her
© catherine healy Today was all kinds of miserable. I was a force to be reckoned with in the morning (surprised I didn’t break the window when I threw the laundry basket!) and have been feeling rage all day. What didn’t help at all? The SNOW that fell at quitting time – 5PM. When traffic is already horrid due to Montreal sucking like crazy and having closed most all roads and sidewalks for construction. Really, Montreal? REALLY? I hate this town so bloody much. Anyway.. there was SNOW. Wet, slushy, falling all over the place, SNOW. And I didn’t appreciate it. Not one bit. I am not looking forward to the first snow covering like I used to when I was younger (read, 31) and and especially do not appreciate it in the middle of freaking October. And certainly not at rush hour!! So we attempted to go home, Shawn with his migraine so bad he felt sick and me with my raging rage and verge of tears all day mood. Yeah, not so much. We left at 5PM, by 6PM we had gotten less than halfway to the bridge and we thought, huh, ok, let’s just go eat. Since we ended up in Old Montreal we parked, walked through the slush and freezing cold and headed towards the nearest decent restaurant (that had a bathroom because boy did I have to pee!!) and we knew we wouldn’t be eating cheap because of where we were, but dammit! We were hungry, tired, angry and cold. We ended up at The Keg in Old Montreal where we each had some of the best steak we have had in a long time! I had a Monte Carlo potato with mine and Shawn, garlic mashed potatoes. I had shrimp and Shawn had mushrooms. Shawn’s head was still hurting when we walked back to the car at 7:10, but we were both much more relaxed and happier than we were an hour earlier. We felt bad that the dogs were left so long, but with the way the traffic wasn’t moving, well, we wouldn’t have been home until close to seven anyhow. As it was we were home by 7:30. Not bad. We even found a Jazz station on the radio which was mellow and comforting. It actually felt Christmassy in the car while we were stuck in traffic. Imagine! Christmassy even BEFORE Halloween! And I can tell you that I have not been feeling the Halloween feelings this year. I almost didn’t decorate and when I did put some of my decorations out, well, I wanted to put out my CHRISTMAS stuff instead. So, here we are. October 22nd – the first snow of 2009. (It didn’t stick where we live, THANK THE GODS!) |
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