Book your summer beach vacation.
Yesterday we had yet another snowstorm. Argh. The January thaw that saw us wearing spring jackets and tickling out toes in the grass was just too good to be true. We got at least another 15cm yesterday, I missed the official count because I was out shoveling. I didn’t have to shovel, Hubby would have done it, but I wanted the break from the kids climbing all over me. I did take J and the dogs out with me but, he climbed the mountain of snow instead of me.
As I was feeling sorry for myself that I lived in such a snow laden climate, I decided what better way to make it though the next bout of winter than to ensure that our wonderful annual beach vacation was booked solid. The agent called in December and our usual house was not available the week of July 4th, so we waited to book while we decided on the week. When I called yesterday our house was open from the 5th so we booked it with plans to stay with my family for the 4th. Yay!!
It won’t be long beach, until we meet again…
There is nothing like a great cup of coffee. And since I gave up my beloved sugar, I decided to try a new brand of coffee that I keep seeing at the store. And I chose the Kick A$$ Dark, just because I want to be able to offer people a kick a$$ cup of coffee.
In addition I can feel like I am making a contribution to the environment because it is certified organic, fair trade, Canadian coffee. Who knew Canadians can grow coffee beans. Well, it’s awesome. I love it and am only sorry I waited this long to try it out. Kicking Horse Coffee I highly recommend it if you are a lover of coffee.
And yes, my no sugar thing. Well, I am proud to say I am pretty much off the white stuff. I lost 5lbs for my efforts which made it all worth while. I have now been keeping track of calories and I am right on track for what I should be eating, so if I want to keep losing, I have to start cutting. Yikes! What to give up next, I have picked up some lower calorie snacks and lost of veggies, so hopefully I can make the switch to healthy before Spring starts to shine as I really want to fit into my capris from prepregnancy. My running has not been as consistant as I hoped, but I am now walking to school twice a day and with that has brought Apple away from her nap rituals (which is when I would run). Hopefully, I can get her back on track so I can get back on track. I would do it at night, but I am so tired that I figure I might fly off the back of the treadmill. But, don’t worry I still have lots of time to get to 5k. I’ll run it training complete or not.
Way back when in high school, I was never part of one clique. I was kind of a free spirit. One week I was a preppie, the next I was a surfer girl, a jock, a rocker. And my friends were of all different groups as well. I had my few closest friends, but I hung out with everybody. Again, preppies, jocks, punks, whatever I didn’t care, all that mattered was that they were my friends.
As high school went on, I found that certain friends of certain groups would get upset if I hung out with others. This caused me tremendous pain as I was always trying to please everyone. And I found that I just couldn’t do it. That was when I started dating a guy from another high school, far away. It just made things easier and as I type this I am wondering if deep down that was the only real reason I dated him, forever, it was safe from my closer friends at school. Hmmm…. something to ponder…
Anyhow, what has me started on this post “So High School” is that even today, I have found that there are still cliques, still groups that I either don’t belong or people think I don’t want to belong because I am ‘hanging’ with someone else. And this is just so weird that I have been thinking about it for a week or more. But, everyday I drop and pick up J at school. There are two or three distinctive groups of parents. I have at one point or another befriended Mom’s, Dad’s or Caregivers from all sides. But, I find that they don’t cross over. So, if I am talking to one Mom then, another from the other group won’t talk to me or vise versa. And it just seems so strange, that after all these years I still get the sense that I should be talking a little to everyone every single day. And I get the sense that the ones I can’t talk to get a bit upset that I can’t.
Not sure if this is making sense to anybody but me, but I guess it just still feels a little bit like high school some days. Or maybe it is just me and I feel like I did back in high school if I can ‘t chat it up with everybody. The best part about it all is that I really don’t let it get to me like I did in high school, there is enough of me to go around. I just find it strange that there are still cliques out there, I thought it was such a cliche.
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