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Welcome to my online journal.
Here you can share all my deepest darkest thoughts - the ones I'm willing to share on the internet anyway.

November 29, 2005

Getting there

I am getting closer to December 1, which is the first day I will see patients in my new clinic. The place still has a long ways to go as far as getting ready - a huge part in the delay being that there was a flood in the place last Thursday thanks to a burst pipe on the 6th floor which made it down to my suite on the 4th. There were driers and dehumidifiers in there all weekend while we were setting up the computer etc. Currently, they have ripped off all my baseboards in 3 of the rooms and the carpet needs to be cleaned in all of those rooms. One of which is my intended treatment room, so I am probably going to have to use the second room for a few days until I get a chance to set up the other one once the workmen are done. It just adds to the excitement, I guess.

So, instead of getting a bunch of things ready this afternoon, I went to see Rent. And now I have that "Fivehundredtwentyfivethousandsixhundredminutes" song stuck in my head.

And now I'm baking muffins. There's always tomorrow, right?

Oh, crap. There's only tomorrow!


WTF?

It is NOT supposed to snow in Vancouver in November. What is this world coming to?


November 15, 2005

Clinic is Go!

I got the keys to my new clinic today. After months of stress and hassle, I have a location and a lease and now, keys to the premesis. Woot! I'm now filled with all kinds of nervous energy about getting the place painted and furnished and ready-to-go for December 1. You can check out the clinic website - www.serenityclinic.com - and even book an appointment for a treatment through my online booking system. Hooray!

Plus, anyone who wants to help me paint or move stuff in (especially Nov 29), is mighty welcome.


November 10, 2005

Remembrance

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day here in Canada. It is one of those days that make me feel especially Canadian and especially proud to be Canadian. I'm pleased that we have an actual holiday to celebrate our veterans and that a lot of average people go out to the cenotaphs to participate in Rememberance Day ceremonies. And that businesses, events, TV and radio will come to a standstill at 11:11 to observe a minute of silence. As a child in the Brownies and Girl Guides, I marched in Rememberance Day parades every year. My dad was an incredibly proud Legion member - he served in the Australian militia (reserves) during the Vietnam era - and as a Boy Scout leader encouraged us to participate. My brother and I had no problem with the ceremony but didn't like the Northern BC November weather though it was the only time of year I could wear jeans with my uniform instead of a skirt. The cold just made the hotdogs and hot chocolate served after the parade taste even better.

And I love seeing the ubiquitous red felt poppies.
poppy
We buy the poppies every year and pin them on our jackets to represent the poppies that grew in Flanders Fields (row on row) over the graves of soldiers who died in Europe in WWI. We almost always have to buy more than one poppy because the poor pin design means they never actually stay where we pin them. If we weren't Canadian, perhaps we'd come up with a new style of pin that didn't fall out but the fact that they don't stay in place is kind of part of the whole ritual to us. They don't work and that works for us. In fact, there was controversy this year because a politician had deigned to put a Canadian flag pin through the middle of his poppy to keep it on. Only Canadians could get upset about something like this.

What I don't like about poppy time is that some people don't seem to know poppy ettiquite rules.
1. The poppy goes on the left side of your jacket - closest to the heart.
2. The poppy is not a decoration to put on your baseball cap or backpack.
3. You take the poppy off after 11:11 on the 11th - because you're supposed to have pinned it on a wreath at the cenotaph after the parade.

I see people on the streets breaking all these rules and really want to yell at them but I don't want to seem crazy enough to scold people for breaking poppy rules. So, I'm crazy enough to want to scold people but not crazy enough to actually do it. I think I can live with that.


November 7, 2005

Lousy anterior talofibular ligament

I sprained my left ankle yesterday while walking to my car from a store. Just like the last time I blew out my other ankle, I stepped off a curb I didn't realize was a curb and WHAM! Thankfully, this time is a lot less severe - especially since I had to drive my manual transmission car back from Coquitlam - but it still hurts like a mofo and I still can't go to work. Gah! The timing sucks because I'm so busy trying to get my clinic off the ground and I'm spending tons of money so time off isn't smart. But I guess it gives me time to sit here and work on my website.

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I'm just a gal trying to make her way in this crazy world. I love to laugh and sing and dance. I also love to rip my house apart, then put it back together with power tools. I wish there were more hours in the day to get stuff done.

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