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.

ENGAGED!

Not me! Don't worry!

My brother MM took TH to Cuba a few weeks ago and proposed to her on the beach on May 25th with the ring I'd been hiding for him for a couple months :) Giving him the ring back before he left was tricky with her in the basement with us. There were some sneaky shananigans right under her nose! :)

They'll be getting married next year and I'm sooooooooooo happy and excited for them. That means wedding shower! Since they moved in last year I've gotten closer to them and gotten to see their relationship and I'm so happy for them. They're disgustingly adorable. :)

So yeah, so exciting :)

Tuesday Thoughts

I can't wait until I buy my first house. I'm hoping that will happen in the next five years. Lately I've been thinking about what kind of house I want and how much I want to get my own place. I miss having my own place.

My ideal world right now would be buying a tiny, crappy house with somewhat of a yard for Veronica and slowly fixing it up and hanging out with Veronica in our tiny house together.

I moved home after college to pay my student loans off quicker because my parents don't want me struggling to pay rent and my loan when they have room for me. They hate the concept of renting so they want me home to save for a house. And that's exactly what I want too. So while I'm paying almost double my loan payments, I'm putting chunks away here and there in my savings for eventually buying a house. I don't care how crappy or tiny really. As long as it's mine. :) I don't need anything big for now so I'll work my way up the real estate ladder and get a tiny one and fix it up and sell it down the road when I'm in my 30s and need a bigger one. This is my plan anyway.

As I continue my relationship with A I look forward to one day living with him. I look forward to cooking and baking and making a mess of our kitchen. I look forward to watching movies in our living room. I can't wait to barbeque in our backyard. I can't wait to have friend over to play games. I look forward to making a home together one day.

I'm a huge kitchen nerd. I can't wait to have a kitchen be all mine again. I want to get my dishes out I never got to use. And my pots and pans that I LOVE! And my Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer that my mom and stepdad got me... I LOVE LOVE LOVE that thing!! I want to use my skull oven mitts, and my funny glasses that my stepmom got me. I can't wait to make chocolate peanut butter squares and giant cupcakes and broccoli soup all the time like I used to for my friends in college. I can't wait to cook all the time like I used to. I miss all of that. :)

Anyway, A's been bugging me to get back on my blog and I remembered so I thought I'd blog what I was sitting here thinking about at work. :) I'm trying to remember to do it more.

Tee

Ugh!

I just spent half an hour writing a post and blogspot is being dumb and it didn't save or post. FML.

just the way you are...

I wonder how I went so long not knowing A. I feel so lucky to have him in my life. I love spending time with him and I love that if we're out or if we're at one of our houses doing nothing I still enjoy the time with him. I partly feel like I wasted time with other people when he was out there, but my decisions and experiences have brought me where I am today so I suppose I wouldn't have met him otherwise.

I love being with him, I miss him when we're apart, and I look forward to the next time I'll see him.

We do a lot for each other and we make a good team I think.

I finally found someone who gives me what I'm looking for. He makes me smile so many times a day, even when I don't see him. He texts me randomly throughout the day saying such sweet things. I feel so lucky to be with him, and I know he feels the same. :)

I am so in love.

-Tee

Nokia N8...Oh How I Love You

	So I've had to deal with a broken phone for over a month. I got it a year ago and had a bunch of problems with it since I got it but dealt with it. Of course when it finally breaks for good it's just outside of my warranty and they essentially say I'm screwed. But there's a different phone I want so it's all good. But then I can't get that phone for the sale price. Uhh... Pain in the ass much? Finally my mother manager to argue her way into me getting the phone I want. And I love it! It's a Nokia N8. It's a smartphone so I had to get a data plan and get rid of the internet I already had on my phone and change my plan. So now I really like my plan and love my phone. :) I can finally listen to music again and wake up to a song as my alarm and have a phone that actually rings! Lol.