Indulgence

On my way back from a meeting this morning I decided to skip the LRT ride and enjoy a gingerly walk on a brisk morning. The wind was blowing, people were bustling and I spotted a Second Cup! What the hell, a little indulgence is a good way of celebrating your life and it eats up time that you'd waste at work! Win-win situation.

In the last couple of days, I've had some revelations. I recognize that just because someone has pissed me off doesn't mean that anyone else deserves to experience the mood that person put me in, they deserve my best smile and a friendly attitude. Save the 'pissy-ness' for that first person.

I also discovered it feels good to smile, even when stuff is weighing on my mind, if I smile somehow my mood magically lightens even just a little bit.

It makes me smile when I sing in my car...doesn't matter if I can't sing cuz Kevin can't either! Ha ha ha! But seriously, I sing for me...if I thought I could sing I would've auditioned for Canadian Idol by now...thank you God for letting me recognize the fact that I could probably break glass and will never end up on one of those singing shows thinking I'm awesome when I completely suck!

But what makes me happiest is knowing that I treat people with respect. Funny how someone treating you with the utmost disrespect makes you even more respectful of others...you think they'd steal that from you. That would just be sad...they really are sad.

Caught Myself!

Tonight I opened up my calendar to see what I have on the go this week. Looks like I have a lot of meetings, a course on Wednesday, an employee retreat that I have to finish planning for and well a ton more projects to finish. I felt a little overwhelmed and a little disappointed in myself that I hadn't done a little prep work this weekend to lessen the load. I was about to log on to my Citrix account...and then I caught myself. It was just the other night that I wrote, "don't let all those stressful situations eat you up - sometimes it's best to hide out for a little while, take a vacation, learn to live life again instead of just getting through it". I didn't think it would be an effort to not work on the weekend - but it's a challenge for me knowing the stressful deadlines I'll be facing this week. But I don't get paid to work my weekends.


This is my time, time to recharge, time to live life. I really have to start listening to my own advice - I think it's pretty good!

Where'd May Go?

Ok, so I missed an entire month...good God, I missed an ENTIRE month! I wish it was because I was off in some wonderful foreign land, oh wait...I was! At least for half of it. As you know from my previous post, Bruce and I were in Italy for three weeks. The scary thing is we've been back for three weeks already! Holy cow! Italy was absolutely fantastic! We got home late on a Sunday, and no word of a lie I was online Monday morning looking for real estate in Italy. Such a magical place... something new and wonderful around every corner. Even the language woos you! My dreams are still filled with our trip and I pray that it lasts forever!

I seriously question why we choose to live in Edmonton. One day...but until then here's another photo:


There's always stress in our lives and there always will be but I bet I would deal with it better if I lived in Italy! Ha! At the very least, this trip reminded me that you need to take care of yourself, don't let all those stressful situations eat you up - sometimes it's best to hide out for a little while, take a vacation, learn to live life again instead of just getting through it. Italy came just at the right time. Ciao!