Oh goodness, am I horrible at this blogging thing or what??!
Don't fret, I'm just as horrible at staying connected with the real world as I am here.  I have about a million things on the go currently (including 3 jobs.  Yep count em, not one, not two but thuuurreee) and I have to admit, I'm absolutely terrible at returning texts/phone calls, making plans and sticking to them (Not because I don't want to keep plans, but because I am so completely scatterbrained that I usually end up making plans with more than one person or forget that I've told someones cousins aunt that I have to help move..you get the picture).  So, this is the current situation..

(You would be correct in assuming that that is indeed the bottom half of my husband in poster form right next to my bed.  Common, who doesn't like to wake up next to JD...)Comfy pajama pants - CHECK
Laptop - CHECK

Big handsome snuggly Dozerbaby - CHECK CHECK CHECK!

So now that that is taken care of (Good lord how I hate using the same word in a row like that....that that...ugh!) I've got a question for all you lovelies.  This might sound ridiculous, but...I'm not entirely technologically inclined, and I would really love to link up with some of you all...heres the kicker...I'm....not sure how to do so!?  I know I know, ridiculous right?!  Well.  If someone(s) would be so kind as to...fill a girl in I would love you forever and...well thats probably all I can promise.  I mean, I'm sure I could figure it out if I tried, but I just put in How to Train your Dragon and I work at 6:30am so its not looking very promising!  Tell me I'm not the only one who sobs uncontrolablly in this movie?!  Oh, I...am?  Well this is awkward...(How badly do I wish I knew how to link up with someone for awkward and awesome Thursday?!  That would be top of my list...)

I know it was a short one, but I'm exhausted and am clearly not functioning at normal levels! 
Hope you're all having a wonderful evening and hey, its aaaalmost the weekend =)
xoxx
S

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
So I start this silly little blog, and three days in I promptly die of bronchitis!  Not cool!
The good news, is that I'm fully recovered (aside from a liiiiittle  bit of a cough still kickin' it) and have some really exciting news!
I had an interview last Thursday for a job at a treatment centre for the evening shifts (not a counseling position quite yet, but almost as wicked!) which I was absolutely terrified for.  It was at the same place that I just recently finished my practicum at so I knew the staff and a lot of the clients, but the lady doing the interviewing was a member of the board of directors and the acting executive director of the facility.  I actually kicked this interview straight in the ass.  I was so happy when I walked out of there, she kept telling me how many great things she had heard about me and I think she slipped up when she would refer to "when I started" not "if".  So I left that morning feeling really good about it and literally three hours later she called back asking me to come back in that evening to meet the board and a few other important people, kind of a second interview I guess.  I went back more terrified than the first time, and apparently kicked that interview in the ass as well because Friday afternoon they called and asked if I could not only work that evening, but Saturday and Sunday as well.  I guess that means I got the job?!? 
Unfortunately I was only able to go in for Friday, but my first shift went fantastically and the lady I was working with that evening kept referring to me as "the social worker".  Even though I've still got 8 months left before I can infact call myself a registered social worker, I totally let it happen (Don't get me wrong, lady knows I'm still in school and haven't graduated yet).  It felt wonderful to hear those words....with my name....in the same sentence =) 
Not to mention, the pay is incredibly good for the position.  With that in mind, I decided it was only fair for me to buy myself a new pair of shoes.  I'm not a shoe girl.  Really, I'm not.  There are about a thousand other things I'd rather spend my money on, so not only was this purchase a big old random surprise, it was a pretty big ordeal to!  I knew what kind I was looking for and lo and behold, I found em =)

Oh hi cute little moccasins!

Oh hi cute moccasins with cute Dozerbaby =)

Ok, thats enough excitement for one day! 

Time to watch Big Brother and drink me some white mocha soy milk no whip!

xoxx
S

Aww heeeell no!
Well.  It looks like this lovely little number I've been trying to fight off for the past week has turned into bronchitis!  My lord, I am darn near ready to boot this thing to the curb.  Between the constant coughing/hacking, sniffly nose and pounding headache...geeze louise!
The worst part about this whole hot mess, is that I can't even take a few days off work to get better, as everyone else is already on vacation leaving little ol' me to fend for herself!  My vacation starts on Thursday which is nice, two more days and I'm free to sleep in, drink copious amounts of iced tea**, and lounge around in sweats. 
I thought it was absolutely ridic. getting up in the morning and trying to look like I didn't just crawl out of a dumpster in this heat (Holy mother, it was a whopping 27 degrees C here today...about 80 degrees F.  Don't judge me, we have 8 months of snow, winter, snow snow snow here!) but man it is roughly...89 times harder when its 27 degrees out and you've got bronchitis!  Whats this you say?!  You'd like to know what shanty I'm currently staying at?  Not to mention the fact that even if I do somehow manage to put myself together for work, like I did today after spending 4 hours in the hospital having chest xrays, ekg's etc. I'm in such a bitter mood&feeling like death warmed over that it is absolutely no better! 
I'm ready for this bich to move on outta my system and kindly find someone elses immune system to attack!  Mine is not havin' it!
Oohhh I think its time for a pillow, my snuggle puppies and perhaps my husband, pirate edition loveelovelove.

xoxx
S






** Starbucks

Oh goodness.  Let me tell you.  I am having a major hair melt down. 
I should probably begin by explaining that I've had the same hair dresser since grade 9. 

I give you exibit A.

I had long, long hair for my grade 12 graduation, and decided that once all that was over I would cut it.  We went with just at my shoulders.  I know it doesn't look real long in this picture, but keep in mind that its half pinned up and curled.  I cried, for I kid you not a week straight.  It was too short.  I couldn't get enough of it into a pony tail.  I looked like a boy.  It wasn't going to grow fast enough.  Anything under the sun that you could possibly complain about a haircut, I sure did.  From that day on, I cut literally, inches off.  I trim the split ends, but nothing drastic (I think its beacuse every time I think about cutting it a little shorter, instantly my 17 year old self screams you're going to look like a boy!).  

I have real long hair, and its ridiculously thick.  Have I mentioned I am terrified to get it cut by anyone else??  Which means your assumptions are correct..my hair has been running rampid since the departure of my lovely untraceable hair dresser.  OH yes, thats an important part of this hair mess I can't leave out.  What on earth is one supposed to do when your hair dresser goes on maternity leave and then just...leaves period?!  Without a trace!  Or a phone call!  Or...warning!  It leads to disaster. 

My best friend M has been trying rather unsuccessfully for god knows how long to get me to come to her hair dresser and I think I'm finally about to take the plunge and go with it.  

That alone is scary as all hell.  I don't even know where to begin with this hair cutting debaucal.  What style?  How short?!  How long?!?  So many choices.

I have a hard enough time deciding on what to eat for supper let alone how I want my hair cut after a liiike 12 month hiatus.

I guess if the thing stressing me out the most is my haircut I'm in good shape though right?  

Right.

 

I give you exibit B.

The hot mess that is my hair currently...and it is absolutely not a pretty sight.  I cringe just thinking about this, but it really is time for a change.  A good change!  I think I'm going to do it!  I'm not sure when...and I'll probably end up crying...but, I think its going to be good for the soul!  I've made a lot of changes recently, some for the better, some I'm not so sure of yet, but all in all its looking like i'm starting a new part of my life and this hair is not doing a damn thing for me!   

. 

xxxx
S  

Oh my goodness Hello!
Let me begin by introducing myself to you, I'm Sarah =)
Where do I go from there?!  Well, after reading a handful of blogs for about a year I've finally decided to start my own.  Let me tell you, girlfriend is scared as all heck.  I've never worked up enough courage to actually comment on any of these blogs or tell any of these wonderful ladies how much I lovelovelove reading their stories and how inspiring they all are to me, BUT!  I've decided now is the time, to step up, create my own little blog, and give myself a name (instead of being the shady anonymous poster)!
A little bit about me, I'm a social work student (1 year left hoorraah!), and absolutely love everything about what I'm doing.  From the moment I started in this field I knew my place would be with addictions and I recently just finished my practicum at a drug and alcohol treatment centre.  Never before have I ever felt so welcome, and never before have I connected more with a group of people than I did there.  It was an amazing two and a half months and the people I met there will always hold a special place in my heart as my "first" clients.  This will probably be a pretty common topic of discussion, I sometimes can't help myself and often find that I go off about how wonderful my clients are and how lucky I am to be doing what I'm doing.

I'm currently Momma to 3 fur babies, 1 in particular, my 2 1/2 year old Chocolate Lab Dozer.  Yes he is like my child, yes he looks for me when someone asks "Wheres Momma!?" and yes his adventures will definitely be documented here.  He gets into a lot of trouble and I wont even begin to pretend I have him under control.  Hey now, I'm a good momma, not a good pet owner!  I have a hard time disiplining him, scolding him and overall staying mad at him...I boot him outside after hes eaten half a cake for my own mommas birthday (this may or may not have happened a week ago..) and within oohh...46 seconds I'm outside sitting on the deck explaining to my dog that even though he'll be throwing up said cake later that even, and more likely than not in my bedroom, momma still loves his big butt.  Ok, call me crazy.  Dozers counterparts (and the other children) are likely to make an appearance aswell, so if I go off on a tangent about Jake, my grumpy old man or Eeugene, the yappy little number, you'll all understand. 
   
Not much else to say, I love to bake and decorate cakes and cupcakes to make a little extra money, I am having a serious love affair with my hot gluegun (is there anything it can't do!?) and I lovelovelove to craft/create, I drink enough Starbucks to become my own addictions counselor, and I can't help but refer to Johnny Depp as my husband =)

Alright thats enough babble for one girl!
xxx
S