Winter. Yes... Winter!

Snow. It's finally here, and not a moment too soon. I don't like the November cool without the winter atmosphere. But, November is done and gone this year, and we can all enjoy the cold quiet of real winter!

Things to keep an eye/ear out for:

Crunching footsteps.

Chickadees eating seeds at bird feeders.

Hot Chocolate.

Holiday Music.

The warm glow of Christmas lights.

Big star-filled skies.

A snowflake that lands perfectly on a mitten.

I know there's something going on.

Treasure

Today, I've had a wonderfully successful day of treasure hunting.

~This morning, I found $2 on the floor next to my bed that I don't recall being there last night.
~Outside of my dad's friend Victor's condo, I found 2 POGs, one of them was the #1 in the set! (it says on the back)
~This wasn't treasure, but my dear brother had bought me a brand new CD, just because he's a nice guy.
~I found some wild aspsragus in the forest while going for a walk with my dad, and we picked ourselves a little bunch and enjoyed it with dinner. Very delicious.
~I found a big handful of great assortment of neat little gadgets in my old bedroom (which Neil has claimed for himself this summer, so I was cleaning out my old stuff. They included a coin from Belize, a tiny red horse from Sweden, a tin that I remember purchasing in Chicago at The Ritz, a glass marble, a great totem pole keychain from Alaska (I don't know who I know that has been to Alaska), and a small Gumby toy.
~I went for a walk on the beach, and found some more great treasures. some wonderful seagull feathers, an interesting tab from an old old old can of some sort, a beautiful purple clam shell, a brilliant Lucky Stone, and 77 pieces of beach glass! (35 green, 21 clear, 13 brown, and 4 of both light and dark blue). I also found birtch logs, and stripped their bark for making bonfires in the future.

A very productive day of finding.

I also had one of the most miraculous experiances with a pair of foxes. They live near my parent's house this year, and are very tame around people. I put some pieces of fish on the deck and watched them come right up to the windows of my folks place and sit there and chow down. They're such slick creatures! They're so skinny and smooth looking, and the smaller of the two had what looked like a thin mane of hair going down it's neck and back like a hyena. Very beautiful animals, and by far the closest I've ever been to not just one, but a pair of wild ones. I'd like a fox for a pet now, I think.

A great day!

To top it all off, though, I had the pleasure of seeing a whole whack of brilliant and beautiful birds around Gimli today. What was your favorite, you ask? A Purple Finch, actually.

Ninety Three.

On the first of June, my brother will be back in town.  He won't be living in Winnipeg this summer, but rather Gimli.  He's a wonderful man, and I'm very excited to see him soon!

I was in the park yesterday and I saw a falcon, and I think it was a Northern Harrier.  It was wonderful. 

counselor

I had a very mentally productive day. I didn't get much else done, but my head feels a lot lighter.

This is a rough idea of what I solved today:

*woosh*

Mixed

Case Study: Inconclusive.

Summary: The subject did not pass the part of the test considered most important, but did however show signs of completing it in different areas, not covered by the specific parameters of the test. Further testing is likely the only solution.

Conclusion: Further testing to begin at an unspecified later date.

Testing.

Right now, I'm testing someone. I'm seeing if they're the kind of person I think they are. Well, I'm seeing if they pass this test, which will, as far as I'm concerned be a tell-tale sign that they are the way I thought they were. It's to just kind of just get an idea about things.

The funny part of all of this is that they don't even know it's happening!

I have my fingers crossed for them.

Daylight

I figured some things out.
I'm feeling better about life.
I've decided that I'm going to be happy.
It seems pretty simple when I simplify it.

I'm going to build a web. I put too much of myself into too few things. I need to spread it out a bit. If I have a web, if one of the threads break, I'll still be sitting in my web. I'm going to appreciate relationships that I have. I'm going to appreciate every single day. I'm going to appreciate every single person I know, and every single one I don't know.

I'm going to love what I'm doing at this exact moment, all the time.



Sorry for the ultra-pretentious self-serving post. Just felt good to write it out.

I feel like a tablecloth today.

Today feels like a tablecloth that wasn't laid out straight. It's just sitting there, slowly letting gravity take over. It feels like it's been about 15 times longer than a normal day, and I don't know why. Blah. It's only 5:00.

What I've learned so far:

So, I've been working at Town Shoes for a little while now, and I've learned a few interesting things.

1: There are over 8000 boxes of shoes in the back room, all of which I am responsible to keep in order.

2: It is acceptable to use the top top top of the shelves to store ONE box per row.

3: I am not as graceful on ladders as I originally had thought.

4: Shoes have a metal strip in the middle to keep their shape called the "shank".

5: Penguin brand shoes, as well as Hush Puppies have designed their shoe boxes to have no friction between eachother. This makes handling them very difficult.

6: Lots of Asian men love shoes.

7: Cream Soda can work as a meal replacement.

8: I need more black shirts.

9: I also need more shoes.

10: Shoe money is rewarded for doing a good job at something. It can be used to purchase shoes! My current balance is: $2.50.


So that's about it. An interesting place, so far.

Circles.

circles circles circles.