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I need a holiday

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LOL ok in light of what I just said below I think I’m definitely going to plan at least a weeks holiday in the near future. I really think I need a break.

Perhaps I’ll look into one of those Virgin Island yacht charters … well if I come into a lot of money maybe I will. I think it’d be too hot to go to a Caribbean island or another warm location at this time of year.

Perhaps I’ll just rent a cottage for a week in Northern Ontario. That’s more my cup of tea anyway. I haven’t been camping or canoeing in ages and I really miss doing that.

I grew up having a cottage and we went there pretty much every weekend throughout my childhood. I really miss not having a cottage to go to anymore. Hey, maybe what I should do is look into buy a cottage instead of just thinking about renting one. Yes I know cottage properties are pretty darn expensive, but this half city half country girl could sure use a place to retreat to every now and then.





Writing overload!

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I feel so out of it this week.

My Crohn’s is acting up and I haven’t been sleeping well at all. At the same time it feels like the internet work that I have is increasing and increasing.

I think I need to add a few more hours to each day in order to get things done and get enough sleep that I’ll feel better.

I have at least seven major articles that I have to write over the next day and a half, and I’m fairly certain that I’ll have more assignments from another company within a few hours.

I think, other than getting those articles finished, I might just take the weekend off to relax if I can.

It’s just so weird. Here I am home sick, unable to work because of my illness, yet I seem to have too much work at home? Kind of ironic isn’t it?

The Gift

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Yesterday when Chris came home from work he was wearing a brand new pair of sunglasses. A really nice pair of motorcycle sunglasses actually.

It turns out that one of the patients he helped care for in the OR Recovery yesterday sells sunglasses and he was so impressed with Chris and how friendly and helpful he was that the man just gave him the sunglasses as a present!

I must admit when I first saw the sunglasses that I thought Chris might have picked them up accidentally … you know like he does with my pens and other things that I can’t leave out without them going missing.

It’s actually great that Chris has an extra pair of sunglasses. He often loses his, so if we tuck these away and just wait a few weeks I’m sure he’ll need them.

A bit of extra energy?

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Oh I almost forgot! In my last post I mentioned that I got together with family last night. My sister brought me a little gift. She wants me to try a new Energy Supplement to see if it helps make me feel any better.

This one sounds like it’ll give me more energy than I really need at this point.

I’d just be happy to feel a little better since my Crohn’s has been acting up very badly over the last two weeks or so.

I promised her I’d try it, and I always keep my promises … so if I’m speeding around tomorrow it’s here fault! LOL

Window shopping and get togethers

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I’m still in my home improvement mode.

Last night Chris and I went downtown to meet two of my brothers and my sister for dinner. One of my brothers was here on business. Toronto was just one stop in his ongoing three week world wide travel agenda. He was here trying to talk other businesses into investing in his business. He needs to get $240 million dollars! He’s well on his way too!

Anyway … I digress. We hadn’t planned which restaurant we were going to eat at so we met in my brothers hotel lobby and then started walking around downtown looking at restaurants while we tried to decide which one we’d stop in.

As we were walking I saw a home decor store. Of course I had to stop and do some window shopping! They had the nicest house marker that I think I’ve ever seen. It was pricey but I think I can talk Chris into getting it if I work on him a bit. It would go so well with our house!

I also saw a couch in another store window that I’d love to get. It’s kind of 50’s style couch. I’ll have to see if I can find a photo of it later to show you. It’s beautiful.

We finally decided to stop at the Hot House Cafe for dinner. My visiting brother and I both got the Jambalya. Mmmm I just love that. Of course it was a huge helping and I couldn’t even finish half of it so it’s in a doggy bag in the fridge. Hmmm now that I’m talking about it I’m hungry. Perhaps I should go and raid the fridge?

We had a nice time at dinner. Falling into our old habits of teasing one another. I think the five of us had the waitress confused because I don’t think she ever figured out that we were all siblings! Well Chris isn’t a sibling but my bothers and sister treat him like one.

My brother leaves town this evening to go back home to Vancouver. Then on Sunday he’s off to the US, then Paris and Zürich and I’m not sure where else.

I don’t think I’ll see my jet set brother again until the beginning of September.

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