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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Life Goes On

Sorry about the last melodramatic post. The overwhelming wave of nothing ever goes right has passed. Sometimes it just feels like I get kicked when I'm down. And it can be lonely. And cold. No surprise about the cold part.

There are some things I like about the snow, and why not focus on that, seeing as I have a few months left to live with it? Sometimes, when I go out at night, it's snowing really lightly and it looks like glitter falling from the snow. I also love the way the snow sparkles when it's dark out. I used to think that was so magical when I was a kid, and really, it is magical. The snow here is so different from snow back home. It's so light and fluffy and one of the neat things about it, is when it accumulates, it's not all packed together so when you look at it, you can see each individual ornate snowflake. And sometimes when you take a step back and look at it, it looks like cotton batting, it's so puffy and air-filled. It's pretty cool.I also enjoy how quiet the world gets when it snows. It's almost like a reverence. Snow has it's place in the world. I really do prefer it to rain sometimes. No offense Nanaimo, I still love you.

I'm in Nursery at church. It was weird the way it happened. Because I'm the activity days leader, the primary pres. told me that I'm automatically a primary teacher (which I'm pretty sure isn't true...) and she asked me if I would serve in the Nursery. That's where the majority of my church was spent anyway because Sloan won't let me leave him, so whatevs. I was already helping out, I just wasn't teaching any lessons. The nice thing about teaching Nursery lessons is that they're short, to the point and simple. You stick to the basics.

Today we went grocer shopping and Sloan was so excited about his new diapers that he asked me to take his diaper off and put a new one on. I obliged, since he was about due for a diaper change anyway. About four minutes later he came up to me and said "Poopy Mommy." Nice. I need to get a potty for that boy.

Kyle got a job at Rona. |It's good but it sucks at the same time. We need the money. But now he's around even less. Hence the loneliness.

Are you really sure money can't buy you even a little bit of happiness? Because if he didn't have to work, I'd be happy. I'd also be happy if I could go shopping for myself once a month. Just sayin...

2 comments
Sarahstottle posted @ 2:38 PM

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actually they've done studies. People with lots of money DO tend to be happier. I think money gives you security and peace of mind. And freedom.
Snow IS magical! Sigh. I have to remember that myself. We're getting a huge dump of it here right now.

# posted by

Beth-a-knee : 4:39 PM

i think looking at the positive side of snow is a good idea. and the individual flake thing made me wish i could photograph it. so you need to. get the camera as close to a flake as possible and focus on an indi flake for me. on the negative side of rain, my pants are always wet.

i'd be happy if i could shop for myself once a month too! or i would even be happy dreaming about it.

have fun in nursery, but she totally is not right. nursery is mom's favourite calling. you can be mudsy 2.

# posted by

Laura : 4:42 PM