Who said?

I had the funniest thought this morning. I was listening to the Crash and Mars morning show on 102.9 this morning. They were talking with this caller and just the way he said something, it made me laugh as everyone around me morphed. I saw everyone around me as the little kid they used to be - little kids driving cars, little kids drinking coffee, little kids carrying briefcases on their way to work. The best way to start your day guaranteed! Who said we had to grow up?!

Energy

I find people fascinating. I find what people do fascinating. Totally makes sense why I took sociology in University. I love sitting back and watching. Anticipating. Predicting. Gives me a little jolt! Some people can change the energy of a group with their mood, just the mood they bring in on that day - fascinating! Some people are incredibly easy to read. Others you can only guess. Some days it's like a switch. A person will be happy and calm, something happens, click. Somebody flipped the switch and it's panic mode. Fascinating.

And It's Over...

Did you blink? I think I blinked. I sure didn't see it at all...let alone feel it! Tomorrow is the official start of fall. Fall people!!! Apparently summer started on June 21st, yup and tomorrow it's over. Have you looked outside today? Yeah, nice last day of summer. I don't know what we did collectively to deserve this summer this year but we clean up our act! Can you imagine what winter's gonna look like if that was summer?! I'm heading out to buy some boots and long underwear tonight!

I am proud of myself today. I stepped up last week to help somebody out, stepped out of my box, out of my comfort zone. Yes, I was nervous but I did it - I pushed myself and you know what? I succeeded! And it made me happy. It's so easy to make excuses (real or imaginary ones) to keep yourself behind the wall, rather than try something new - who knows you might fail. But you might not...you won't know if you'll succeed unless you try and stretching yourself builds character. I'm guilty of not pushing myself as often as I should. Sometimes it's a long period of time that flies by before I challenge myself and sometimes that makes me feel like I can't do something, I don't know how or I forgot how to push myself. This past weekend made me realize I should do it more often so I don't have those fears and trepidations.

But I'm gonna do it indoors, I'm not strong enough to deal with this kinda weather!

Things that make you go hmmmm...

So they're working on the Federal Building behind the building I work in (the Bowker Building) and there's nothing happening there right now - not a worker in site, no movement, nada, nothing, zip! Then there were sirens. An ambulance and a fire truck, but on the other side so I can't see anything! I'm dying to find out...I need to know. What the heck?!

It's me, Sarah!

Hmmmm...it's been so long I don't know if I remember how to blog! I know that's crazy but you know the saying, if you don't use it, you lose it!

"...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 believe I wrote that a few blogs ago. Guess I should read that again and figure out when I'm going to apply that in my own life if I'm going to give it out as advice, eh?!

I think I'm gonna plan a little get away for September. Bruce and I have both been pretty busy lately, him moreso than me - when the clock hits 10:30 I'm either off to bed or already turning out the lights! Sometimes I think that we're both missing out on life cuz we're always playing catch up. I think we need to regroup, step back and let life show us what it needs to. Jasper is always a great place to hunker down, let yourself get back to who you are and not what people want or need you to be. Sleep in, go for a hike, grab a coffee and scone at the Bear Paw Bakery...good God, when is September???

On my way to work in the morning there's a speed sign on 97th Street just before 137th Avenue that shows how fast you're travelling. It always makes me wonder - how do I know which car's speed it's showing? There's a ton of us passing it at the same time but only one number is flashing at any point in time. Perhaps I need to drive by in the middle of the night when nobody else is around and figure out where on the street triggers the sign. Pretty insignificant thing in my life but it makes me wonder every morning.

I thought you'd all enjoy a little happiness and you can't deny that my little Neko is smiling in this picture - seriously, look how happy he is!!! Doesn't that just make your day?! Now go out and try to top it!

Birthdays

I had a conversation with a friend this afternoon that made me think about how we feel about birthdays. You all have probably guessed by now that I love my birthday and birthdays in general! Maybe not, sometimes I can be a little understated. Anyway I told her that Bruce and I were headed over to my parents' place to celebrate my mom's birthday on Sunday. Her actual birthday isn't until Monday but that's a work night so it'd be kinda rushed. My friend said that she likes to keep her birthday quiet, she likes to celebrate it but not in a big way and if it's not on the exact day it's not such a big deal. She always takes her birthday off work and likes to have a "me" day. I don't have any issue with that because everybody deserves a "me" day but I want to celebrate my day and I want other people to celebrate my day with me! Don't get me wrong I would never force anyone into celebrating my day but it's a special day for me and I want to share it with everyone and that's how I feel about my friends and family's birthdays. I want to celebrate them. Birthdays are so special, without them, those closest to us would never have been and the world would have missed out on some absolutely fantabulous people! That's why I LOVE birthdays, not just mine, but all of yours. I need to take that one day, and let you know that I am so happy that you're here and let's eat some cake!

Shame on Me!

I have taken a one month hiatus from blogging, from reaching out to you, from centering myself at the end of the day. Sure, I've seen and done things that would have made great posts but something stopped me from sharing, from opening up and letting all of it spill onto this screen. But not tonight, no! I am here, I am focused and I want to reconnect with you. Four things are popping to mind about what to share, bunnies, friends, work and dreams! Probably the most interesting is my dream from last night so perhaps I'll save that till the end cuz it's ridiculous!

Bunnies. Yup, seen a lot of them lately. The most bizarre place I ran across one was on the first floor of the parkade at work. No, I didn't literally run across one - close but didn't. I was twirling my way down to exit at the bottom of the parkade when I had to slam on my brakes cuz there was a little bunny right in the middle of the road licking something off the ground! Seriously, had to slam on the brakes! I didn't want to honk at him cuz it'd be really loud and echo-y so I put my car in park, ran over to him (he didn't budge) and clapped my hands and yelled, "Shoo Shoo!". It worked and as I drove away I looked in my rear view mirror to see that he moved on but no, there he was, in the middle of the road licking something off the pavement. I hope he made it out of there and moved on to something better, something greener!

Work. In the last few months it's been a trial going to work. I have been in a manager's position for the past year in my branch doing the work of two people without a whole lot of support from above. Anyway, the last few months have really tested me, pulled me to a place where I didn't quite like myself or believed in myself. My position was recently posted as I was only temporarily reclassified to it to help out during the hiring freeze. Anyway, I made the decision not to apply for it and return to my previous position and I already feel more like me and I'm starting to feel happy again. Sometimes the higher, more 'prestigious' positions don't pay off and cost you more in the long run. I'd much rather smile and feel good about myself.

Friends. I have the best friends that anyone could ever ask for in life! I don't think I would be where I am in life or half the person I've turned out to be without them. I'm not an overly mushy person, I have my moments yes, but not overly mushy. But I feel that I need to share how special my 'peeps' are to me! Like I said earlier, the past few months have been tough but I was able to keep my head up and rise above cuz I have such beautiful people on my side!

Ok, now for the entertainment piece that you've all been waiting for! I think the green curry we had for dinner last night contributed to my fantabulous dream! Warning, this is strange so if you aren't a fan of the weird and wonderful you may want to end on the friends paragraph! It started off with me and three friends being shot out of orbit on a space shuttle and we landed on the moon, or so I thought. We exited the shuttle and the terrain was dry, arid, brown and hilly. Then I started to notice little black pygmy men with hairy backs blowing dart guns...not quite pygmies, a little bigger than pygmies and they were wearing loin cloths! They greeted us by offering coconuts to drink from. So there's life on the moon...and a convenience store! That's right a convenience store that sold ham sandwiches that weren't any thicker than my pointer finger...but there was a clue in this convenience store - the sandwiches were labeled, 'Jambon'. Not only is there life on the moon but they speak French on the moon! As I walked around I noticed a pen full of little Yorkshire Terriers. They raise Yorkies on the moon?! Yeah no, those dogs belonged to all the tourists because they're small enough for people to bring along on their vacations but they pen them up cuz they don't want them around all the time! Makes sense. And then I ran into Bruce. You got it he wasn't on the space shuttle with me, which leads me to question why was he on the moon?! I start talking about how cool it is that we're on the moon and he looked at me like I was nuts and said, "The moon?! Are you crazy, we're in Africa!" Who knew you could get to Africa by space shuttle?! Ha ha ha! I've never remembered a dream in so much detail - it was wild! I can't wait to go to sleep to see where I end up tonight!