Happy New Year (early)

Happy New year to everyone who reads me. I know it isn’t midnight yet. I will probably be offline at that time though. I am going to stay in by choice. It is that time of month and I prefer the time to myself. Don’t feel bad for me, it is what I desire.

With the closing of 2012 I think about resolutions. I wanted to lose weight for me and I already accomplished that goal. For 2013 I want to stay on task more. I get too caught up in being stressed out. From October until the present hasn’t been great for me. being ill for almost two months ( hadn’t had a cold/flu prior to that since last April) A car accident, a flat tire and other minor dage to my car. And to end the year in December, major car repairs were required. I had to spend over one thousand dollars on car repairs.

So maybe next year will be better. It is that time of the month which is the main reason I want to stay in. It is the worst day for my pain. I won’t have any alcohol because I am taking ibuprofen. I will indulge in a sugar free rockstar drink though.

I received far more than I felt I deserved for Christmas. Not that I don’t feel I am worthy of presents. I already have so much and don’t desire much though. I received a logitech remote. I haven’t looked at how to set it up. I think it combines everything on the tv and computer to one remote. a Mr. Coffee milk frother. I love coffee so this will be good. Santa gave me a stocking full of goodies including tea towels and beef jerkey, and Ugly Sweater Cream Brule coffee, yay Santa!

I also received gift cards for a book store (from my sister and bro in law) and the Keg (from my parent for Karl & I.) And my parent gave me a generous check. I didn’t spend a huge amount on Christmas presents, but my Mom & Dad exchange so many with one another. And with my in laws & sis & bro we only spend around $50.00.

My sister and her family have a toy poodle named Sammy. He goes almost everywhere with them. So he was over at my parents place for Christmas. Karl was in Regina to see his family. I didn’t mind though. I bought my Mom a fuzzy travel pillow. It kind of looked like sammys fur. At some point he decided that the pillow was his toy. So he was on a mission to get that pillow. My Mom had the pillow right on her neck. And he jumped on the chair to claim it. That was the funniest thing that happened.

I hid it from him in her bedroom. I thought he may get excited and accidently bite her when he was grabbing the pillow. It was a good holiday but it seemed to go by too fast. I am supposed to be on holidays for the first week of January. There is some office paperwork I have to do though. There was way too much to deal with on the last day of work.  My Mom remembered to buy Sammy a Christmas present but forgot about my bird Coro. And Coro is way older!

Plus I had to pay for the repairs. And I couldn’t use my bank card because there is a daily limit on it. So I had to go to my bank branch then back to the car place. And we were done our work day early. I’m not complaining about that part. It was nice to have the opportunity to leave ealy. So my rambling point is, I know my boss will expect that work when she gets back to the office this Wednesday or Thursday, So I am going to go the office on Wednesday and finish what I need to. And take the rest of the week off as planned. It will add some time to my vacation leave so it isn’t all bad.

I touched on my desire to not procrastinate as much and to pay more attention to what is needed rather than what I don’t have control over. I want to go on more paranormal adventures with karl. We haven’t had one for months. For the most part I am grateful for everything that I have. I don’t have my own house but I also don’t have to pay water, sewage, property taxes or for repairs. I don’t have to shovel snow or chip ice from the sidewalk.

I am able to live a fairly comfortable lifestyle. I have enough to eat, gas for my car and when an emergency comes up I can fund that. The expensive car repairs are an example of that. If I want to see a movie, buy a book or clothes I can do that. I am always looking for deals though. I have cable, movie channels and net access. I think I can be a bit impulsive with money though. Nothing bad but if I am craving a drink or chocolate I just go out and buy it. And I think that may add up monthly. Even for that and grocery shopping I try not to spend much though.

It is has been really cold here. Around -26 Farenheit overnight. It is warming up a bit though. I think I am adapting a bit to the weather. Now if I go for a walk that doesn’t seem as bitterly cold as it did a month ago. I bought chocolate after Christmas. I don’t know why I did that I still have chocolate at my place. I hadn’t been eating it though. I am going to give that chocolate to Karl. A Hello Kitty Christmas Advent calender. I had one of the chocolates and it was awful.

I have an unopened bag of Lindt chocolates I bought after Halloween. He can have those as well. I found an unopened bag of Hersheys Kisses behind a storage box where I have my stationary. He can have those as well. And my Landlords gave me a small box of Ganong Chocolate mints. I had one and it didn’t taste the same as the York brand ones. So he can have those. I only eat chocolate if it tastes amazing to me. Otherwise it is empty calories that aren’t even delicious.

And with that I will conclude this entry. My hope for the new year is less going wrong with my car and more excitement and happiness.

Yesterday I was at the grocery store buying a few things. Yogurt, bananas, blackberries, brown sugar and chicken and rice soup. There was a man in front of me buying cigarettes tobacco and maybe rolling papers I didn’t look that close. Tobacco is so expensive here. He had so much that I thought maybe he worked at a mine or a camp and was buying some supplies.  He said something to the cashier and me about how he planned on quitting. Since he was talking to me I felt that I could talk to him. I said "is that all for you." He replied yes then said how difficult it is to quit. He spent just a bit less than what I did for my expensive car repairs. One thousand dollars.