Not very bright, yup, that's me!

I know. I should have gone to bed at a decent hour last night. I know. I should not take on so much. I know. I am not wonder woman.

I woke up this morning, after only going to bed this morning, looked in the mirror and saw that my hair (still in it's ponytail from yesterday) could pass without even the need of a brush this morning, and went back to bed. Got up 20 minutes later and added another layer to yesterday's makeup. I tried to get dressed and discovered that somehow between my bedroom and downstairs bathroom I lost my bra. I searched high and low. Leon, delightful husband that he is, thoughtfully advised that I could probably get away with using a couple of band-aids and noone would be any the wiser. Jerk. I eventually found my undergarment hanging behind the bathroom door, right where I left it last night/this morning, when I went to bed.

I answered five facebook emails, grabbed my lunch, and headed out the door with a whopping headache and arrived at work five minutes late. I have had days start far better than this one has. But then, I have had days that start far worse.

We have been overrun by mosquitos here at work. One little bugger has decided that my ankle would be a tasty place to start on me. My goal for the day is to catch him and bite him back and return my blood to its proper place. That'll teach him a lesson he won't soon forget.

I am still not happy with Sheri's wedding photos. I have to buy a new flash and lens for this weekend's wedding. Her parade album looks nice, BUT, it is not one of my best. I know my headache had a huge part in my lack of thoughtful poses, and my zero ambition to keep trying. I hope today's headache goes away and does not come back until after Sunday.

My kid are being baptised on Sunday. Asia and Cassie both need to write up their testimonies, and I need to somehow help them. Asia has ball tonight, Friday (after Esks cheer practice) and Saturday and Sunday. Plus I am doing the rehearsal Friday, and the wedding all day Saturday. It's the early wedding that ends up over an hour out of town. It's a long one this weekend. Then I have to make sure I clean up on of the memory cards for Sunday morning photos at church.

On a happy note, I am only working three days next week. I am at Capilano on Monday and Wednesday, then the wedding on Saturday. The week after that I am only working two days. I need to recuperate. I am not wonder woman, but I am also not a fool. Well, that may not be altogether acurate, but close. I am a fool, but I am not a COMPLETE idiot. :)

Two admissions will be coming shortly, so I should get to work.

Well, I've been told ...

A doctor came into the office so I had to close down my post! The baby shower was a lot of fun. I won the baby bottle toss, and the baby food taste test (lucky me)! I ate way more than I should have - no, not babyfood! (But I find with my family out of the house I am not eating real meals, so in all fairness to me, I was starving!!) and visited, and laughed and held wee Luke. I don't see Tammy often, so that was very nice. I miss her, and have to find time for friends more often!
I think she liked her gift of food and drugs, discs of pics and a slideshow, jammies, diapers, and a verse I authored myself and framed, all so creatively loaded into a laundry basket and covered with a receiving blanket. I'm a genius ... lmao
After the shower I did laundry, cleaned house, made a stir-fry, went to a local trade show, watched a movie, read my book and went to bed. The solitude is nice ... in small doses! I don't imagine my family will be back until after supper today, unless it rains out there I suppose. I plan on cleaning the yard, and finishing laundry before they get home.
I used to envy those who are free every second weekend due to divorce, or WHATEVER, but now, quite honestly, I feel sad for them. It is very lonely. Sigh.
I'm such a loser. lol

Sometimes I wonder ....

... how long I can stick it out at this job! I am at Alberta Hospital, and I am so incredibly BORED!!! I fell asleep at my desk (just dozing, really) and the housekeeping guy woke me up. Boy did I feel silly.
There is quite honestly nothing to do but surf the net, read my book and eat. No wonder I am having weight issues. Well, there are probably many reasons for that!
I wonder what is worse ... camping vs working here.

Whew, I am busier than I thought ....

Well, I screwed up big time and overscheduled myself! I knew it would happen sometime. Oops. I work 60 hours next week from Sunday to Saturday. I am tired just thinking about it.
For those of you who like to know where I am going to be: (Mom, Lynne, Me)
Sunday Alberta Hospital day shift
Monday Capilano
Tuesday Alberta Hospital day shift
Wednesday Capilano
Thursday Capilano
Friday Capilano
Saturday wedding
Sunday editing and proofbook
Monday Capilano
Tuesday Alberta Hospital evening shift
Wednesday Capilano
Thursday Day off (I think) lol
Friday day off
Saturday wedding
Yikes!

On top of all of this, the flu has decided to visit us again. Asia on Monday night/Tuesday morning. Cassie last night. Hmmm who is next? It, thankfully, seems to be a quick one.

For anyone who doesn't know, I have started scoping out facebook.com and loving every minute of it. I have caught up with old friends from kindergarten! So if you go on there I am listed as Rhonda Arndt Lemoine. Check it out. I highly recommend it!

Have a fantastic day!

Busy 'Not So" Little Bee

Wow. I guess it has been awhile. Three months almost since my last entry. What has happened in the Lemoine household ...
Cassie turned 10. No more single digits for her. She is starting to develop that pre-teen attitude, but not quite to the extent of our drama queen Asia! But, still, she has this foolish notion that she is her own person with her own thoughts and ideas, needs and dreams. I have to stomp on that immediately before it gets out of hand! lol She is a little extension of me. What a frightening thought! She has a guitar now, and a cute little case for it, but seeing as our lives are crazy busy, we have yet to get her anywhere for lessons. Shame on us, I know.
In February, Cassie raised $500 towards the Make a Wish Foundation, and the Stollery, and participated in the St. Valentine's Day Hair Massacre and shaved her head! She has handled it very well, better than I expected. She is still called a boy quite often (I make her wear pink and earrings as often as possible) and has lost her beautiful golden locks, as it is coming in dark brown. She is very proud of what she did, and because she hit the $500 mark, she gets a Kali-Bear. We go to pick it up next weekend.
In March we said good-bye to our first tween and welcomed a full-fledged teenager. Lord help us! She is a hormonal drama queen to beat all hormonal drama queens!!!! Everything is boys and her friends. Her friends know everything, and sometime between her turning 10 and 13 her parents brain cells all disolved into mush, resulting in us knowing absolutely nothing about anything ... EVER! Nothing is her fault, nor is life fair, and God help the person who is closest to her when she stubs her toe! It will, understandably be that person's fault. Our phone line is tied up because she holds it to her ear, and listens to music and plays on the computer all at once ... It is amazing the multitasking that can go on, yet she can't remember to bring her trombone home to practice!
I got another job at the Royal Alex Hospital. I will be a unit clerk in emergency, as well as a porter. I am looking forward to the porting job, as it has been years since I have been off my ass for any length of time, and it is starting to show. Oh, wait, it was showing a long time ago. I am working a lot between my clinic job, and the Alberta Hospital, now the Alec, and in June I have three weddings booked. Leon is doing a lot of single parenting these days. It is only temporary, though. I just do not have enough faith to leave my sure thing (the clinic) until I know that the other jobs will work out. My hope is that by June I can quit the clinic and just work the hospitals. I won't even book any more weddings. I will hopefully work three or four shifts per week, and have some days at home with the kids during the summer. Too much freedom is not a good thing, especially at Asia's age! So pray for us, if you so choose, that our family will be patient with me while I do this thing that I need to do. Livvy is starting to ask for Leon at bedtime, which tells me that I have been working too much lately. (Was it that, or the bags under my eyes, or forgetting where I live ... I don't remember) I have a total of five days off in just over two months. Not very good, but necessary for the short term.
Leon is still trying to do the fire dept thing. There is an opening at one of the chemical plants in the Fort. He is hoping for that, while still trying with the city. That would mean we would both be shift work, and I would work around his schedule, but at least one of us would be home the majority of the time. We can get reacquainted (whoa, I think I totally spelled that wrong!) later.
As for Liv, she is a non-stop talker now. She yaks and yaks and yaks. She tells tall tales (When she gets bigger, we'll just call them lies, but for now ...) and tattle-tales! It's usually Cassie that is to blame when things go wrong in her world. She sings, and dances and is just a little nutball! She saw a spider and Lynne and Diniz's and had nightmares all night. She tells everyone about that spider!! (Maybe I should bug Lynne and tell her that if her house was a little cleaner, she wouldn't have the spider problem...lol) She fell asleep in my arms last night while we were watching a movie. That doesn't happen much anymore so I cherished it until my arm fell asleep. Ringo whipped her in the head with his tail, and her little eyebrows came together, but she didn't wake up lol! She is just too cute!
As I type this I am working at Alberta Hospital (or, you might say, not working, seeing as I am typing on my blog ... so I should say I am getting paid for passing the time here today.) while my family is Easter Dinnering with his family Hosted by Gerry and Marg. We are next to host, which will be Thanksgiving...... maybe I can pick up a couple shifts for that weekend too!!! lol Hosting big dinners is not my favorite thing. I consider it in the same category as, maybe, digging out ingrown toenails, or discussions with the kids' teachers, OH, or getting stuck at a very long, very slow train when you are low on gas, and desperately have to pee!!!
I suppose I should stop at that. Attention spans are low to non-exsistent these days, at least among the people I know! lol
Oh, Craid and Cindy had a baby boy on April 5, little no-name baby last I heard! He is beautiful!

Also, Tammy and Mark are due to have number three any day now! I am very excited for both little families. (But, no worries, not so excited that I am about to do it again!)

My new job......

I started my job yesterday. It was OK .... although when you are used to functioning in chaos, it is going to take some getting used to. I had no idea how large the hospital really is. There are four patient buildings. One for geriatrics, one for criminals, one for basically permanent residents, and the other (which is where I work) for the more acute patients, out patients, assessments, etc. In my building there is one locked down ward, and the other three where patients are allowed to wander around. They stop in and say hello, and are very friendly. I interviewed a few patients today just to get their info. One was a delightfully senilic alzheimer's patient. He just giggled while I spoke with his son. Another lady came in on her own, and the third was an ambulance escort schizo who really didn't want to come, but was certified by her doctor, so had to. She was pleasant enough, but a little antsy. All in all, a better day today than yesterday. I'm asking them to show me how to do stuff, because they don't want to overwhelm me. Hmmmm...I should take them on a walk through Capilano!! I'm not back there now until next Friday, so the test will be how much I retain.
Off to bible study! Hmmmm....How much of THAT will I retain?

Well, How 'bout that?

Hey all. I got a new (another?) job today. They are starting me (and 'looking forward to it') on Thursday. I have signed in for 18 shifts until and including the first weekend in March. I'm hoping I can train sooner and scrap that March weekend, but who knows. She said there is a lot to this job. I'll make that my challenge! To surprise them! Wouldn't that be cool? I am keeping my job at the clinic also, but Dr. Loewen told me that he supports whatever I need to do to stay happy, even if that means going elsewhere. How about that for a cool employer? When I told him I got the job (thanks to his glowing reference) he stood up and said congratulations and shook my hand! I definitely have great employers, even if they don't pay a whole lot. Who knows? After working elsewhere for a little while, maybe I'll find that is more important than a better wage. (Although they tell me that the training and tech support I will be doing at Capilano will be a higher paying position....and I am looking forward to THAT challenge!)
Anywhooooooo .. if I disappear off the radar for a couple months, it is because I am so busy that my telephone and computer have gotten lost in my messy house!

Oh yeah, I started adult swimming lessons at the 'Y' on Monday night. It was actually fun. :-)

What the heck?

HELP! Why are my pictures going all wonky?

We're back!

Hi all! Phew! I need a holiday from our holiday! Take a look at some of our pics!

To all you blog hoppers - Don’t underestimate the severity of depression … we did.

Often I lie awake at night and wonder:
How deep and dark and lonely was that pit, that death was the only option?
How could stopping your breath be better than waking up in the morning?
Did she have a cup of tea first?
Was she calm? Relieved? Just plain tired?
Was she in a frantic rush, so as not to get caught this time?
Was it fair for her to cherish that last night with the man she loved, and not share what she knew so that he could do the same?
Did she know his heart would be shattered?
Did she have any clue that all these "if only's" would haunt our dreams?
Did she know, deep down, that we loved her? Her smile. Her laugh. The breath of fresh air that she was.
It still seems so unreal.
But it's not.
It happened.
I hope she is somewhere in the light. Is there a light? Who knows.
I hope, if there is a heaven, she is there.
I hope it's nice. I hope she is happy.