I'm not sure if anyone will even read this since it hasn't been touched in ages AND was flagged as a spam blog for a while?! I've been laid up with a stomach virus for the past 3 days, and it's pretty much knocked me off my feet and put a huge damper in everything. We had plans to start the organization of the house/painting/furniture shopping, but all I've been able to do is puke, sleep and moan. Anyhow, today I went to the doctor, and as expected, nothing can be done pharmaceutically to ease my pain. It's pretty pathetic -- I can barely walk up a flight of stairs right now without sitting down, as I haven't been able to eat for 3 days.
As I write, I have a border collie alternately chewing on my wrist and his stuffed squeaky dinosaur. His name is Marley, he's 6 months old and just got his balls chopped off last week. So far, this hasn't made him any less rangy. But he's such a cutie!! But man, he makes me rethink the idea of having a dog. It's one thing for Carol, who is retired and has lots of time to deal with his craziness, but when we (hopefully) have jobs and lives, I don't know that there will be room for a dog just yet.So yeah, we don't have jobs yet. I guess the economy pretty much sucks right now and the jobless rate is just climbing and climbing. For some reason I'm not worried yet, though I have times of total stress that come and go. Colin is a whole different story though. He once told me about when he went to the physiotherapist and they asked him his stress rating between 1-10 and he answered 1. So it's been really strange and a bit scary having him so stressed out right now.
Living at his mom's place is really comfortable, but that's not necessarily a good thing. It is hard to be productive in the suburbs. And all the driving we've been doing to get downtown and back is like a knife twisting in my heart. I can't wait to get our bikes! Our stuff is being delivered on Monday, to our new house! We've signed a lease on an old heritage house in a part of Vancouver called Kitsilano, which is very near the beach. You can google map it! 2322 Balaclava Street. Our neighbourhood seems INCREDIBLE! We're one block from tons of shops and restaurants and bars and a cupcake shop. Seriously, Vancouver seems to have a whole lot of cupcake shops...not that I'm complaining, but it's a bit strange. However, because of this stupid stomach virus, I can't even look at a cupcake right now without gagging. Anyhow, I'm really looking forward to moving into the place and actually starting our lives out properly. Today we went and got some paint. Dan Oke, please fly to Vancouver and paint our apartment. It's so frigging overwhelming! Anyhow so far we haven't fought much at all about the colours, which is amazing considering our vastly different tastes. The hardest part about the new place is that it's totally WEIRD. The two front rooms are lovely and big, with a fireplace and stained glass. The kitchen is sunny and big. But then there's the problem of bedrooms. There are two small rooms that we will use for bedrooms, but they are oddly shaped and it's going to take some creativity to get the place in working order. But the kitchen! There's a DISHWASHER!! There are 2 bathrooms, one full and one powder room. I'm not sure how this will work out...I mean, I don't MIND cleaning the bathroom, but having two might not be as great as it sounds. The shower is big, but there's no tub. The sinks are both European old-style, meaning they have a separate hot and cold faucet. But it's an old house with a LOT of character, so it'll be fun once the overwhelming bit is over.
And the best part of moving into the new place -- getting the kitties!! Though I'm a little reluctant to take them away from their surrogate mommy (my real mommy) as she's been having a hard time lately. She had a routine surgery that didn't go as it should have and has been having a lot of complications from it. So the boys have been keeping her company, cuddling and purring and being their cute selves. Although I've been hearing that Grumble's been working pretty hard to get outside recently. I'm really nervous about putting them on a plane as cargo. Anyone who has a story about a pet they know of or have had who has gone on a plane, please tell me some good things! I'm going to order some of this stuff: http://www.rescueremedy.com/pets/ for sure. Maybe I'll get some for my own separation anxiety as well.
Living at his mom's place is really comfortable, but that's not necessarily a good thing. It is hard to be productive in the suburbs. And all the driving we've been doing to get downtown and back is like a knife twisting in my heart. I can't wait to get our bikes! Our stuff is being delivered on Monday, to our new house! We've signed a lease on an old heritage house in a part of Vancouver called Kitsilano, which is very near the beach. You can google map it! 2322 Balaclava Street. Our neighbourhood seems INCREDIBLE! We're one block from tons of shops and restaurants and bars and a cupcake shop. Seriously, Vancouver seems to have a whole lot of cupcake shops...not that I'm complaining, but it's a bit strange. However, because of this stupid stomach virus, I can't even look at a cupcake right now without gagging. Anyhow, I'm really looking forward to moving into the place and actually starting our lives out properly. Today we went and got some paint. Dan Oke, please fly to Vancouver and paint our apartment. It's so frigging overwhelming! Anyhow so far we haven't fought much at all about the colours, which is amazing considering our vastly different tastes. The hardest part about the new place is that it's totally WEIRD. The two front rooms are lovely and big, with a fireplace and stained glass. The kitchen is sunny and big. But then there's the problem of bedrooms. There are two small rooms that we will use for bedrooms, but they are oddly shaped and it's going to take some creativity to get the place in working order. But the kitchen! There's a DISHWASHER!! There are 2 bathrooms, one full and one powder room. I'm not sure how this will work out...I mean, I don't MIND cleaning the bathroom, but having two might not be as great as it sounds. The shower is big, but there's no tub. The sinks are both European old-style, meaning they have a separate hot and cold faucet. But it's an old house with a LOT of character, so it'll be fun once the overwhelming bit is over.
And the best part of moving into the new place -- getting the kitties!! Though I'm a little reluctant to take them away from their surrogate mommy (my real mommy) as she's been having a hard time lately. She had a routine surgery that didn't go as it should have and has been having a lot of complications from it. So the boys have been keeping her company, cuddling and purring and being their cute selves. Although I've been hearing that Grumble's been working pretty hard to get outside recently. I'm really nervous about putting them on a plane as cargo. Anyone who has a story about a pet they know of or have had who has gone on a plane, please tell me some good things! I'm going to order some of this stuff: http://www.rescueremedy.com/pets/ for sure. Maybe I'll get some for my own separation anxiety as well.
I booked my flight home for Christmas!! December 21st I will be in Oakville. And I'll be in Toronto for New Years Eve!! My flight back to Vancouver leaves on Jan 3rd. I can't wait to see everyone. I'm feeling so disconnected from everyone. I know that I just got here and stuff, but that's only a good reason for so long. Even if it takes months for things to settle down, that doesn't mean that I don't have 5 minutes for a phone call or an email. (psst and that goes for everyone else too heehee). I know we're all busy, but just a quick hello makes everything so much better.
Due to this virus, the horse trials have had to be put on hold. I found a lovely 4 year old Thoroughbred X called Pirate at one of the seemingly rare places with an indoor arena, and was meant to try him last night, but was obviously too ill. So that'll hopefully be okay to wait until Tuesday. Another lady offered me her Draft/QH X who has just started over fences. but in her email she said if I had a little bit of redneck in me, I'd fit right in, so I'm a little worried about THAT. Plus, they have no indoor :) And then there's another girl who offered me her young TB who "overjumps and gets rushy" at fences and she won't jump him but is confident that someone with more experience could. Thanks, but I can think of better things to do than visiting the emergency room routinely.
So anyhow. I'm going to attempt to eat some food now! You can't imagine what an event this is. WISH ME LUCK!
Due to this virus, the horse trials have had to be put on hold. I found a lovely 4 year old Thoroughbred X called Pirate at one of the seemingly rare places with an indoor arena, and was meant to try him last night, but was obviously too ill. So that'll hopefully be okay to wait until Tuesday. Another lady offered me her Draft/QH X who has just started over fences. but in her email she said if I had a little bit of redneck in me, I'd fit right in, so I'm a little worried about THAT. Plus, they have no indoor :) And then there's another girl who offered me her young TB who "overjumps and gets rushy" at fences and she won't jump him but is confident that someone with more experience could. Thanks, but I can think of better things to do than visiting the emergency room routinely.
So anyhow. I'm going to attempt to eat some food now! You can't imagine what an event this is. WISH ME LUCK!
3 comments:
dogs are definitely a full time gig. can't leave them alone for too long otherwise they'll chew up all your shoes! or they'll just wait by the door til you return, which is just heartbreaking. But then, how can you resist something like this: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2897492935_0e747e36b4_o.jpg
Ugh, Rescue Remedy. Joanne used to use that stuff all the time when she was anxious, it didn't seem to make any difference though!
you mean Joanne used it on herself...isn't it for pets?
I'm still reading...just delayed a wee bit but keep writing please :)
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