Can You Hear Me Now?

I just wanted to see what the “predatory” face looked like. THAT’S ALL.

Tomorrow night I am attending a Christmas party held by one of my client’s and his wife. They have a Christmas open house every year. It’s really nice. They’re the kind of hosts that supply alllllllll the alcohol and food. AWESOME food, I might add, quite the spread they put out. This client is a great and trusting friend too, I absolutely adore him, so I would not miss it for the world. I am one of the few guests “he” gets to invite; his wife invites the rest. Heh. For as lovely an evening as it is, I do have one beef… I am ALWAYS the ONLY single person there (children do not count here). It’s married couple after married couple after married couple, their kids, and me. Wonderful people, all of them. I just really don’t seem to have anything in common with them! Fingers crossed that there is ONE other single person there this year. Puh-leeeeeeeease!!! Read the rest of this entry »

This week marks Calgary’s 4th Annual Disability Arts Festival, “Balancing Acts“. I never even knew we had one until this year! I attended the performances Monday evening. Looking at the line up for the rest of the week, it sure is a fun and worthwhile festival. The unfortunate part is, I am sure most of these events will be attended by people with disabilities, and not the general public, who really are the ones who need to see and experience it more than anyone. Although, it is fun to be able to laugh at ourselves and see situations we have experienced (me being a part of that “we”, as I certainly have lived my fair share, being a part of the System, having been around and worked with support workers, and having the audacity to leave the house with a cane, walker, wheelchair or scooter). You’d be surprised. There’s some odd people out there with some pretty bad attitudes. Then there are the caring people, who feel “bad” for you and want so desperately to help. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever been in love with your best friend? Oh, I know, some of you are going to say you MARRIED him. Yeah. Lucky you! I’m not quite there yet. I’m talking about being in love with your best friend, who absolutely does not feel the same way. Sure, he thinks the world of you, and “loves” you, just not that way. So you have to suck it up and move on.

I remember it well… It was about 10 years ago, and I think it was the single most painful time of my life that I can recall. It’s the only time I actually cried so hard over a guy that I think I howled. Read the rest of this entry »

In a previous entry I mentioned John, the kid I used to mentor that had all the drug problems and is now 23 and living in BC. Tonight we chatted on MSN and I am just so emotional right now, I wanted to share. Wow, don’t ever think you can’t make a difference in someone’s life just by being you.

Donna says:
Going to get water, brb
Donna says:
Back
John says:
That was fast
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This afternoon I made a visit to Ghazi the hair God. It was time for a cut and colour re-freshing. I would have just gone to get a cheap haircut by my favourite little hair stylist over at the mall, but when I went over there last week to make an appointment, she had QUIT and they said she wasn’t cutting hair anymore… she has been ill and is staying home now. Soooo what’s a girl to do?? I don’t trust many hair stylists. My cut is pretty simple, I think, yet they still manage to screw it up. So when I find someone who does it RIGHT, I am very loyal! Well, Quin was a no-go, so it was off to the high priced Ghazi. What the hell… it’s been almost 3 months, and doesn’t everyone deserve new hair for the holidays?? Hell yeah. Read the rest of this entry »

Ahhhhhhhhhh I am digging out from under my piles of market research, sales projections and marketing plans to make an entry. I need to write about something else besides motorcycles for a few minutes!

This business plan came to me out of the blue… this man stumbled across my business website when looking for someone to write his business plan. The fact that he found me via my website is good for me, because then I can charge the full rate I have posted there, rather than the “deal” I give to the students of the Self Employment program where most of my BP work comes from. Him and his wife came by a couple days later to meet with me. I guess they got a good vibe from me, because without asking for any references or proof that I know what I am doing, they took my word for it and hired me. He then came back the next day and handed me a couple hundred dollars cash as a deposit, which was never asked for but TOTALLY appreciated as I was broke. I love the way life just brings you what you need, you know?? Just getting this job close to Christmas is cool, I will be done and paid in full by then! (I hope!)

So I have been procrastinating working diligently on the BP since then. Read the rest of this entry »