3 Best Friends in 1 Week = Happy Tee

I'm so excited for the coming week :)

I'm doing my 48 hour stretch of work right now and I finish tomorrow at 1:30pm. After that I'm going home so Fluff can fix my brakes on Norton. Then I'm going to drive to Bellville to hang out with AW and........... RR!!!!!! Yay! I'm so stoked to hang out with my besties!

AW and I are gonna have dinner with RR in Trenton, then me and her are gonna hang out Sunday too. Sunday when I leave I'm going to A's place to bring his mama a coffee and hang out there :) Then Monday A and I will hang out. Tuesday I have to work an extra day shift. Then.......

Wednesday!! Wednesday I get to see TB. I saw him the other day cause he msged me at 10:30pm and said we needed to hang out asap cause he needed to talk so I drove to pick him up and we spent two hours in Tim Horton's talking boys, our lives lately, his birthday, etc. So... his birthday. He turns 23 in a couple weeks. We're having a toga party so we're gonna go shopping to get fabric and belts and accessories, etc. I'm so excited to spend a day shopping with him. :D

So I get to see all three of my best friends in one week which never happens anymore :) It makes me sad that it's such a rare thing to hang out with any of them, let alone all three in a few days. But I'm very, very excited!!

Now on to doing Avon work :)

Happy Friday!

-Tee

Happy Sigh. I F***ing Love Camping. :)

I'm really glad I'm going camping this weekend.

I need the break I think. I need to be not in a city and not surrounded by all the crap of the day-to-day grind. I can't wait to just read a book on the beach, or spend hours swimming. I can't wait to play catch with my dad, and badminton, and soccer. I can't wait to play cards, and board games. I can't wait to hang out by a fire with my parents, my stepsister and her friend, and A. I can't wait for vegan s'mores. :)

I can't wait to go on walks and just be outside non-stop.

I started my shift this afternoon and I work til Thursday afternoon for my overnights, and I hope they fly by because I can't wait until afterwork Thursday when I go get a table from my sister's tattoo studio (http://www.forevermoretattoos.com shameless plug!) and go get my camping groceries. I have to babysit my other little buddy Thursday night and then when I get home, I'm going through my camping stuff to make sure I have everything I need!

Friday means last minute laundry, then packing my clothes, outdoor rec stuff, chairs, tent, and everything I'll need into my car. :) My dad got me this wicked camping set for my college graduation present. It's an awesome tent, nice and big, with two camping chairs, two sleeping bags, and a mini tent to store little things in your tent, and that all fits in this ones carrying bag that's on wheels so it's super handy. :) So then I'm making homemade vegan bugers and vegan marshmallows, and getting my food ready Friday afternoon. Then hitting the beer store to return my brother and his friends' empties from our Saturday night get together to use their money at the liquor store for my camping beverages. Bahahaha. :)

Anyway, I'm just so excited to relax, and play, and have fun. :) I effing love camping.

-Tee

Sister talk

I spent so much time last night talking to TH and MM and TH asked me to be a girl for a sec and gush about A. I have a hard time doing that. I can do it in my blog or to A but i have a difficult time doing it to others 'cause I got used to telling nobody anything about my ex because it was always bad so i stopped so now telling good things is hard too. TH had to ask me specific questions she was curious about cause i didn't know what to say. So she asked me if i think it's a long term thing and i said yes and she asked why and i told her how well we click and that we're able to talk and we have similar viewpoints on things that are important to me and just that we connect so well and he treats me so good. :)

Time vs Money

I love working. Sooo, so much. I love being a nanny to the girls. I love my boss, she's easy to talk to.. we get along great, and she's laidback and nice. I love watching S when I get a chance too, even though he's cheekier these days :) I love doing respite relief with Boog. I enjoy selling Avon and Regal. I am liking my new respite job, but not sure I click with the family and the person I'm supporting enough to do it long-term. But I love working. The more downtime I have, the more I wish I was working. The only problem with how much I work, is how little time I have to go to Belleville to visit the W's. And that A and I have to work hanging out around when I work different things. And I haven't had a chance to see TB in forever!! And when I do have time off I try to go to see Faja. And then of course if I have time, I have no money and if I have money, I have no time. So getting to Belleville or Burlington or Aaron's can be tricky when gas is pricey these days.

I haven't got to see AW in ages, I haven't seen TB in ages, and I haven't see RR in ages but she lives crazy far so that's more understandable. :) I'm glad that RR is moving back because I'm hoping I'll be able to find some time to go visit her and AW at the same time. Also looking forward to a few roadtrips with AW and the boys to go visit RR and JR when they buy a new house in Ontario when they move back. It'll be a long road trip but fun I think for us to hang out on the way, and worth it when we arrive at RR and JR's new town. :)

I gotta start planning more time for people I don't get to see often! I'm gonna try people :)

-Tee

My Bestie

I'm so over the moon that RR and JR are moving back to Ontario. I'm beyond ecstatic that they'll be home again. Although they'll be living far away in the province it's just so nice to know it's driveable, and that we're further in the process of them being close to home again. :)

I miss them both so much. Not being able to see RR as much as when we were in school together, and even after we finished, has been difficult for the last two years. I'm so glad my bestie will be back!

Difficult Situation

Let me start this by saying I'm trying to respect confidentiality with this person so I'm trying to not give any details.

I've recently begun a new respite job with a person with a disability I've not had experience with. It's been challenging so far but it's been interesting to get experience with another disability. Not that I believe that all people with a disability are the same, far from it... but I just have never supported someone with this particular disability. I've met other people that have it, but I've never been in a supporting role with anyone affected by it.

I've had to face decisions and situations and circumstances that I never considered. I've had to problem solve on the spot quite a few times in various dilemmas. But so far I think I've done a good job with my common sense, what I learned in college, and with what I've learned in life thus far.

I've wrestled with my values and beliefs in what I think is right and wrong. I've struggled with my thoughts on a person's rights, and on restraining, and how to protect my own safety. It's been a tricky job so far.

The family of the person I'm supporting is making things a bit more complicated for me and they are making me not want to continue on in this job. They have asked me to do a couple favours that don't show respect for my role in their lives. I'm there to support their family member in community outings and to provide respite relief for them, not to do chores and errands for them on my way to their house. That has been frustrating and quite frankly offensive to my job, and annoying.

That's all for now I think.