The Last 7 days in Bullets

• I signed up for One Match. It's Canadian Blood Service's Stem Cell and Bone Marrow donation delivery program. Pretty much what happens is you log onto OneMatch.ca, fill out a brief questionnaire, take a quick online test (FYI? I got 100% on mine), then they call you. After confirming you are indeed interested, they send you out cotton swabs in the mail. Swab 4 different parts of your mouth for 20 - 30 seconds. Then you mail your samples back to them. I sent mine away this morning. So should you.
  


• This weekend, I am getting my very first sister-in-law. I cannot tell you how stinkin' excited I am about this. My gorgeous J. and I are Emceeing the reception, The Boy is an Usher, and the Girl is flowergirl/ring bearer. Terribly exciting.
  


• I was contacted two weeks ago from a gentleman at a company I had applied to over 2 years ago. He was wondering, would I be interested in the position? It's come open. Sure, I said. I was incredibly flattered that he remembered me from two years ago and invited me to compete. Again. Crossing fingers.
  


• I have a client coming in this afternoon who I knew 15 years ago. She's the sister of a teenage friend of mine. Can't wait to see her.
  


• The Girl brought home a Magazine Fundraiser last night. Not wanting her school to go bankrupt, I subscribed to 6 magazines. One of them? Shambala Sun. A guide for peaceful living according to Buddist teachings. I need all the help I can get.

Aaaand my phone rings....

Later.

Lise

So Many Things To Tell You

What I've Been Up To

1. Just returned from an emergency family trip to Cuba. Yes, indeed, it was an emergency. My little cousin and I went. (Little, as in younger. 16 months younger, to be exact.)

The Beach was the best, the milk was...different. The people were wonderful and we met some fabulous new friends.

2. I've moved my fun little company into a corner office in a skyscraper in Downtown Regina. Perhaps "skyscraper" is an embellishment. It's in a 100+ year old building. But I am on the 2nd floor (which is the top floor, if you are wondering) and it's scraping the sky in relation to the people on the 1st floor.

So there. And? I am madly, madly in love with my new space.

3. Kids are back in school - The Girl started 2nd Grade and (no surprise) - loves her new teacher. The Boy began his high school career yesterday and is relieved he is on the "good" bus (versus the "ancient" bus) driven by his favorite bus driver. He is also pleased about the signifigant amount of dating possibilities with the increased female student population. He's 14. And it shows.

4. I've been invited by my dear friend A to accompany her to Toronto at the end of September. Oh, how I would love to go. But- I fear I have exhausted all of my travel allowance and vacation time on separate trips to: California, Mexico, Las Vegas, California (again) and Cuba this year. This girlfriend of mine is hilarious in the way that she doesn't KNOW she's hilarious. We would have a blast - I would guarantee it. But I would be scared that my lovely husband would do something drastic while I was away so I will be declining.

5. My dog, Isaboo, came to work with me today and has discovered the joy of watching the world go by whilst sitting on the 10" windowsills.

6. The cats will never accompany me to work. But my kids do. At every opportunity. They work in the front reception area at the glass table.

7. The glass table, in retrospect, isn't the best thing to have in a front reception area due to the constant windexing it requires.

8. A cousin of a very close friend of mine got married two weeks ago after dating her beloved for...get this...SEVENTEEN YEARS. We bumped into the happy couple weeks before their wedding and she told me she's starting her anniversary next year at 18.

Good for you, I said. Skip the paper, the cotton and the leather and go straight for the china.

Aaaaand....my phone rings.

Lise
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