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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

I suppose I'm feeling more introspective than usual lately, and I realized I haven't blogged as much as I used to. Therefore, a lot of the life events over the last year may have been omitted. Even if they weren't, let's go through the list again....


11 Things That Happened Over the Last Year

  1. In October, I started full time at the best job of my career. The subject definitely isn't as fun as when I was in SH, but in terms of responsibility, work environment, and fulfillment, this job is the shizzle.
  2. I traveled to Ontario to see a great friend get married, and reconnected with some other great friends. And I miss them.
  3. I went to my 10 year high school reunion, and probably partied more that night then I did in High School. Mind you, that wouldn't be hard to do, since I was pretty square in high school.
  4. My sister got married, bought a house and had a beautiful, wonderful, kick-ass little girl.
  5. I also bought a house (what, hadn't you heard?)
  6. I overcame one of my biggest fears in life, driving. Well, I'm still a nervous driver, but at least the province has deemed me safe to be on the road by myself.
  7. With the exception of 2 cigarillos (one when my niece was born, the other when I got my license), I am no longer smoking. I used to sneak ciggies every now and again, but one day, something just clicked that I wasn't really enjoying it anymore.
  8. I got shingles. What the hell?
  9. I got to go to Winnipeg as a support person at a conference. No one told me he had a gambling problem, and he ended up blowing his full week of per diems in the hour I was up in my room.
  10. I actually think it's reasonable to get up at 6am.
  11. My father got fired from his job of 30 years, a few months before he was to retire.



-- posted by Jenn at Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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Wow, that is way harsh that your dad got fired. That is such a lame thing for a company to do.

By Blogger Megan, at 4:45 AM  

It sure is, especially when you know the reason (he was planning on starting his own consulting company when he left, and his boss didn't like that and make a rash decision), and who the company was (Co-op). It was a total pissing contest. Thankfully, he didn't lose his pension (which would have been devastating), but he will be looking for another job soon to supplement the income..

By Blogger Jenn, at 8:55 AM  

Thank heavens he gets his pension! This happened to one of my pet-sitting colleagues - her husband had been with his company for over 30 years and they "downsized" him three years short of his pension requirement. He is also looking into doing consulting, but how shitty of them! Plus they gave him a buy out, which would bring them to within a year and a half of his pension, but they refused to just carry him over the extra.

People are so inconsiderate and shitty. I hope your dad told them to suck it. And kicked them in the shins.

By Blogger Jules, at 1:52 PM  

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