Another opportunity, another day...

I passed up on a job opportunity today - they hadn't actually offered the job, but rather were going to recommend me but wanted to make sure it was an opportunity I truly wanted.

It paid well, but was only temporary, ( i.e. Summer) and WAY too far from home.

 

It's such a bizarre feeling to pass up on a potential job, it surely doesn't happen every day.  Yet at the same time, it makes me feel confident about other opportunities that are coming my way - If I could get a job I wasn't even sure I wanted, surely I can get the ones that I do want...

Time will tell I guess.

Why Sustainability Education?

This is a callout to students of all ages - educate the educators!

Gung Hay Fat Choy

Wikipedia knows WAY more about Chinese New Year than me, and I've been half Chinese my entire existence. :D I perpetually forget that just like in North American Culture we celebrate on the eve of the new year, not the new year itself.

But the tradition that affected me for the first time this year is the one thing my siblings and I have always known.

The married people give the lucky money to the unmarried people. Period. End of story.

Now being married, this was the first time I went to the bank, requested new 5 dollar bills and stuffed the little red envelopes. I may have been a little begrudging - I did make my siblings and cousins come to me for their lucky envelopes - but we teased each other equally, we always do.

My parents, grandmother and aunt couldn't resist giving J and I envelopes, so in the end we still came out pretty well. It was a new Chinese New Year tradition, and I think it went just fine.

Gung Hay Fat Choy!
go eat some chinese food to celebrate...
...mMMMmMMmMmMMmMMMmm...

New Boots!

Aren't they kickin' rad?!

Thanks Mom!

NEW IPOD!

It was a huge hassle and I spent about 2 hours on the phone last Friday, but I got my ipod covered by warranty. I ended up paying $13 more than I would have to pay for shipping and that extended the warranty for another whole year.

They couriered the box on Monday.

J couriered it back on Tuesday.

And now it's Thursday and i have a brand new (or possibly refurbished - though it doesn't look like it) IPOD color (20GB) in my grubby little hands.

Now I'm finally loading up an ass load of Cd's onto the new computer - ROCKIN!

email meme

1. What time is it? 4:18pm

2. What's your full name? You don't get this one on the blog

3. What are you most afraid of? Nothing like starting with an easy
question - probably losing someone that I truly love...that and the
utter destruction of the planet earth.

4. What is the most recent movie that you have seen in theatre?
Think...think...think...oh I remember it was <b>BORAT!</b>

5. Place of birth? BC

6. Favourite food? Noodles, noodles, noodles - no questions

7. What's your natural hair colour? dark brown that most people call
black (grrrr)

8. Ever been to Alaska? Nope - hopefully I'll make it one day though

9. Ever been toilet paper rolling? I'm too nice for that...and clumsy

10. Yellow or White Gold? White - no contest

11. Been in a car accident? a few...

12. Croutons or bacon bits? Bacon, although truly my number one
salad accessory is CHEESE

13. Favourite day of the week? Probably saturday - day off with my honey

14. Favourite Restaurant? I don't like to pick favourites - the other
places I like might get jealous...I do like CRONOS however, if you
know where that is.

15. Favourite Flower? I appreciate all flowers - UNLESS they are
INVASIVE...then they are the devil, I hate them and will do my best to
kill them.

16. Favourite sport to watch? To watch? hockey i guess

17. Favourite drink? I do love a caramel macchiato as a treat

18. Favourite ice cream? I like good old french Vanilla

19. Disney or Warner Brothers? Disney

20. Ever been on a ship? Ferries lots of time, speed boats a few
times, canoes and kayaks lots...We will be going on a Mediterranean
cruise in September though

21. What colour is your bedroom carpet? NASTY AND OLD

22. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I never failed
my learners or drivers test...and I have both my class 5 and my class
4

23. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail?
uh...I'm too lazy to look

24. What do you do when you are bored? Read, watch TV, surf the net, blog...

25. Bedtime? usually around 11:15 unless Jon Stewart has a kick
ass guest, then it's 11:30

26. Who will respond to this e-mail the quickest? Seriously - do
people ever really respond?

27. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to
respond? I'm posting this on my blog and therefore count this
question as N/A

28. Who is the person that you are most curious to see their
responses? see about...N/A

29. Last person you went to dinner with?
Dinner...dinner...dinner - my hubby for sure

30. What is your favourite colour? Still on the orange these days

31. How many tattoos do you have? 3 - I guess, although I kind of
consider them all the evolution of a single tattoo...

32. How many pets do you have? 2 cats, 1 hedgehog and a 65L fish tank

33. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Get over it.

34. What do you want to do before you die? Initiate positive change in
the environment, have kids, see the world...seriously, some of these
questions are just too big.

35. How many people are you sending this e-mail to? Do people really count?

back in action

After MONTHS of procrastination, I finally went and exercised this
week. My hips are aching, my shoulders and chest are tight and my
legs are not particularly enjoying all the trips up and down the
stairs at work...AND I LOVE IT.

I've been trying to get inspired all month, and this week I finally
found the motivation. Well, perhaps motivation isn't the right word.

For the third week in a row my-sister-in-law and I told each other
that THIS WEEK we were going to go back to Kick-Boxing. Monday rolls
around and as per usual, exercise is not on the top of the list. All
day I told myself I was going, but still there was uncertainty.

Then, I spoke to a friend who complained of being sore from working
out and surprisingly I had a tinge of jealousy. I wanted to have that
sore feeling that means you have been working out - I love that
feeling, I find it so satisfying. I really thought that might be the
kick in the ass I needed.

But when I arrived home, tired from standing on the bus the entire way
home with a broken ipod and a mp3 player with a dead battery in my
pocket, I immediately crawled into bed with the hopes of sleeping the
day away.

But I went.
I worked hard.
And Tuesday I hurt.

But on Tuesday, I went and played Wallyball with my friends anyways
(more on this in another post) for the third week in a row.

Wednesday I hurt more.
But the hurt inspired me.
I went to kickboxing anyways.

Today I feel proud.
I'm exercising again.
Yay me!