Slacker
I feel like I start every blog entry with "it's been a while..."
Why should this one be any different?! It has been a while. The unfortunate news for you is that there isn't really anything earth shattering and new to report. I have been keeping pretty busy with work and life, but haven't been experiencing anything above and beyond. I'm pretty boring.
I think the last entry was in March. Work kept me really busy from that point until the end of June. I made one resolution this year and that was to work on work-life balance. That was okay for January, but it all went out the window at the end of the first month. At least I didn't resolve to lose 10 pounds and then disappoint myself with a bag of cookies or something. What I have done is keep trying to balance life and work. I realized that without work, my life is just an empty shell and my effort this year was to fill it. So I'm working on it.
At the beginning of June, I took my mom to Ottawa for a first class weekend. Last summer, at a conference, I won a $500 voucher from viarail. I wanted to give her a break and we rode first class to Ottawa. We stayed at a nice hotel on travel points and spent the weekend being tourists. It was a lot of fun and a great time for us to bond. We haven't spent time like that together in ages.
Today marks day 1 of the 2nd of 3 weeks I'm off for holidays. I decided since I didn't have time earlier in the year to take any vacation, I would force myself to take 3 weeks off this summer. The other great thing is that I decided that I wouldn't do anything major. So I haven't. It hasn't been complete relaxation though. My sister spent a good part of the first week at my apartment as she's been going through her first breakup. It has been an emotional ride for me as the big sister and some of my feelings caught me off guard. I didn't realize the 'mama bear' complex would shine as brightly as it did. I'm definitely excited to still have 2 weeks off!!
Why should this one be any different?! It has been a while. The unfortunate news for you is that there isn't really anything earth shattering and new to report. I have been keeping pretty busy with work and life, but haven't been experiencing anything above and beyond. I'm pretty boring.
I think the last entry was in March. Work kept me really busy from that point until the end of June. I made one resolution this year and that was to work on work-life balance. That was okay for January, but it all went out the window at the end of the first month. At least I didn't resolve to lose 10 pounds and then disappoint myself with a bag of cookies or something. What I have done is keep trying to balance life and work. I realized that without work, my life is just an empty shell and my effort this year was to fill it. So I'm working on it.
At the beginning of June, I took my mom to Ottawa for a first class weekend. Last summer, at a conference, I won a $500 voucher from viarail. I wanted to give her a break and we rode first class to Ottawa. We stayed at a nice hotel on travel points and spent the weekend being tourists. It was a lot of fun and a great time for us to bond. We haven't spent time like that together in ages.
Today marks day 1 of the 2nd of 3 weeks I'm off for holidays. I decided since I didn't have time earlier in the year to take any vacation, I would force myself to take 3 weeks off this summer. The other great thing is that I decided that I wouldn't do anything major. So I haven't. It hasn't been complete relaxation though. My sister spent a good part of the first week at my apartment as she's been going through her first breakup. It has been an emotional ride for me as the big sister and some of my feelings caught me off guard. I didn't realize the 'mama bear' complex would shine as brightly as it did. I'm definitely excited to still have 2 weeks off!!
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