Chasing Waterfalls

The perfect way to spend the rest of your lunch hour after you’ve eaten?
Go out on a beautiful, sunny day and down to the harbour, sit on the ledge of the boardwalk, looking at the sunshine glistening on the water and the sailboats floating by, listening to a piper.
It’s times like that that I […]

The second day at work went well - I was answering the phone all day (aside from breaks), and did a couple of other things. Tomorrow I’m supposed to learn how to do disbursements, which from the sounds of it, don’t sound too complicated (disbursements, in case anyone doesn’t know, is billing).
I think that […]

Before I get into my first day at work, allow me to say one thing off-topic.
Over at TUS? Yeah, the issue has totally changed. Now they’re bitching because I use asterisks to give emphasis. And apparently that annoys everyone and is therefore worth ranting about in the thread. I mean, seriously. I wrote something, it […]

I’m not really surprised. This seems to happen quite a bit, which is unfortunate, but whatever.
I’ve been posting on TUS for a few months now, and I always managed to stay out of the Back Alley (the “war room” as it’s described). Until today.
It’s sad that some people are THAT argumentative. I used to be. […]

The de-fleaing is done.
I rolled out of bed this morning around 7:30, had my breakfast, surfed the web a bit until I heard my landlord walking around and knew he was up. I vaccuumed the bed (mattress and box spring), the couch, armchair, all the rugs, as well as the floors. Sprayed the flea […]

Overheard last night as I waited for the light to change, one guy to another: “C’est pour ca que t’a quitter ta ‘job’?”
French for: That’s why you quit your job?
I thought I’d been teleported back to Quebec. It’s funny how odd I find it now to hear french - and not Acadian french.
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One of my […]

That salmon was SO good. I’m not a huge fan of canned salmon, y’know, for salmon sandwiches. I put some garlic powder and oregano on both sides, then grilled it on my trusty Hamilton Beach grill that Natalie gave me a few years ago (have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE that thing?). When […]

I just got a call from the staffing agency who placed me in this office. Remember that interview I had for the law firm? I got it! (So yes, Laura, you were right without jinxing it, heh). The staffing agent is supposed to forward an email with the job offer over to me as soon […]

I’m on my second day of my two-day temporary placement. It’s at the Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board - now, being somewhat of an environmentalist, I don’t particularly like offshore drilling, but this is the board that regulates it, and as drilling isn’t likely to stop anytime soon, I guess I shouldn’t feel too hypocritical […]

So I’m thinking that these bites I have - and which I keep getting whether I walk down tree-lined streets or parks or not - are flea bites. My landlord has a dog and a few cats, all of whom go outside. Now, the animals don’t usually come in the apartment (except when one of […]