Thanks for listening

I am sad and lonely today. (boo hoo for me)
My hubby's been away for a week now, and with 9 more sleeps to go. I am reallllly missing him.
The first few days were ok, 'cause I know he's coming back, but then I got a bad cold and that kept me inside - all - by - myself.
Don't get me wrong; I value my alone time, but ah! too much, too much! (and too much studying to boot-I've got a tight deadline) I know if I could get out and do some stuff, I wouldn't feel so lonely, so this next week I am keeping myself very busy. Studying, yes (ick), but also Christmas baking, working on organizing my sister Kay, getting my hair did, having 2/3 sisters over to make (& eat) fresh pasta and watch a chick flick. (Yea for girl time!) Then it'll be doing the cleaning that I let slide since the hubby wasn't home to notice :) and making him a special dinner which he may or may not be too tired to eat when he finally arrives.
Hopefully I'll also be able to start running again. I started a 5km training program (love Nike+Ipod!) and had totally impressed myself that I'd actually be able to run as much as 8km!
Before starting the program, the most I had run non stop was like 2.5km - & I felt like that was a real push -ha! I was 4.5 weeks through the program when this cold hit and my lungs are still not back to normal. With the cold weather, I'll have to be better before I start it up again - cause I'm addicted to air.
Hm. I feel much better. That was very therapeutic. Thanks for being such a great listener!

Bad blogger

Oh - has it really already been 2 weeks since my last posting? Bad blogger!
I guess I've just been busy with the job hunt, running around to interviews and recruiter meetings. -and studying. I'm taking a tax course and it is so, sooo ick.
Excitement and disappointment - interview - yea! Then, wait - you want to pay me what? "That's way lower than I expected" --yes I actually said the part in quotations. He didn't call back for a 2nd interview. Too bad because I would have suggested to him that the low, low bargain basement salary they were offering was probably the reason the last two employees in prospective position were of such low quality.
I did hear some encouragement from recruiters, however. They said there wasn't the increase in demand in September as expected, but they were experiencing a little pick up now, and they expect it to last another couple of weeks. If not now, then January should pick up again, they expect.
I think I would quite enjoy being off for Christmas, it's been some years since I've had the pleasure. My last employer's year end was Dec31 and auditors were in the 7th(ish) of January, so there wasn't any time off to be had, except for the stats (and thank goodness for them).
So, there. The update. (Trying) to enjoy EI (it would be a lot easier without this icky tax course hanging over my head - I should just get it done already!) and hoping for a job just to be sure I have one before EI runs out, even though I do have several more months left.
I know God has a job for me. I just wish I could know the whole picture in advance so I wouldn't feel so much pressure over it. Deep breath..... and release.

Introducing me - take 2

After I "published" last time, I realized what had happened. I got a little distracted by my work (lack of work) situation in what should've been my introduction posting. Funny how we tend to define ourselves by what we do for a living isn't it? Well, not really funny, funny, I guess. But not really exactly sad either, because really, it does take up a whole lot of our time and energy, and hopefully, we like it. Yes. Yes I do like being an accountant; and no, I don't think I'm romanticizing it because I'm not actually working as an accountant right now. Really, we are so much more than the sum total of our work experiences. And that is so, sooo good. (Especially in my case because although sometimes balancing can be exciting... well, not everyone thinks so - some might call it (gasp) boring!)


So, here's take 2 of my introduction. I'm 29 again (4th time = 32), have been married 5 years to an absolutely amazing man who I've known for more than half my life now. I'm the first born and recently voted feistiest of my 4 sisters, though I'm also pretty shy. If you ask me what I think, I'll tell you honestly, although I'll try to be somewhat diplomatic about it, if possible. I don't like games. If I say we should get together sometime, it's not just to be "nice"; I actually mean it. I've "lurked" around quite a few blogs and some of them are just so interesting. Now that I'm a blogger though, I think I'll start commenting, because it really is pretty exciting to get comments and to know -- I'm being read!! That's me in a nutshell. I also reserve the right to further discovery in the future.

Introducing me

OK, so here I am again. My most pressing matter of the day is done and now I get on with the rest of my duties. I've been unemployed for a few months now, so my most pressing matter is finding a job. Not any old job, a good one. One that meets the requirements of the CGA (I'm working on the 4th of 5 levels of the Certified General Accountants designation) and preferably close-ish to home. I did the hour commute to work for 5 years and if I can have less of a drive, that'd be awesome, although as time goes on, that's becoming less and less important. That's not to say I haven't applied or interviewed at "big commute" kind of locations earlier on, you know, I'm just hoping. I'm looking for an intermediate level accountant position. Preferably at a corporate office and preferably not dealing with taxation matters (they're not my favourite). But of course, after 4 months on unemployment, I'm becoming more and more flexible. By January, H&R Bock might start looking pretty good -especially because they'll certainly have a location "close-ish" to home. Know anyone who's hiring? I'd be glad to send my resume!

I'm a blogger!

So, I've decided to start a blog. How interesting will it be? What's my main topic? Will I have any followers -- even if they're just "lurkers"? Well, that remains to be seen.
Today I got together with my sister, who's graduated with an English degree and has yet to "do something" with that, and I'm trying to convince her to blog, since she keeps saying how she'd like to start writing again. "Fabulous idea! Do it!" I keep telling her. (She says it right back, so here I am, being her blogger example. She has no more reasons why she shouldn't if I am, right? I'm not the English major -- I'm an accountant:) She told me an amusing story today which I think gives her blog a name. -- "I'm someone". We'll see if that name sticks. I'll add a link to her blog so you can see the story and check her out (as soon as she starts her blog too). She's someone alright -- she's awesome & I love 'er.
Ok, since she'll be reading, I guess I should qualify the "yet to do something" comment by saying that actually, she has just started "something" and has started the ball rolling on using that degree in a real-live career.
Whew! My very first posting is done. Short & sweet. I guess I'll introduce myself next time.
ttys