Stalling

Why hello there!

Man things have been crazy lately. I am starting to feel a bit stressed.   I am supposed to have these videos done for two of my clients by tomorrow night. But they kept changing what they wanted. So originally it was doable but after the changes it wasn't.  They also made a big deal it was taking so long (that's because they don't know what they want!). I didn't want to tell them it was going to take longer so I just figured I would work my butt off last week on my day off. That was until I got called in to cover someones all day shift on my day off. I shouldn't have taken it but I did. Now I am behind and they are anxious to see the final product. I think I am going to be up late tonight working on this. I should be doing it now too but I am so frustrated with it. This one video is sooo boring I don't know how to make it more entertaining. It was his own script- sort of he mostly just decided to wing it. He has so much technical information though so its hard to decide what is important and what isn't and I am so bored of listening to him.

These people are great people and they are fun to visit with. But man its just getting tough. Oh my! Last week we went to meet with them and when we went to leave we ran out of gas in their driveway. He drove to the gas station and bought us some gas to get us up the street a bit so we could totally fill up. That was embarassing. It was very kind of him. I want to give him something spectacular in his videos but the content is just not that spectacular.

So my brother left for Portugal yesterday. He is going there for a month with his girlfriend and her family. Pretty crazy. In about three more weeks the man and I are going to Quebec with my parents and my other brother. I can't wait. I want to get away for a bit.

My grandma is visiting from out of town right now. It would be cool if she was just coming over for dinner but this is awful, when she comes to visit for a while she drives me crazy. She is the nosiest person ever. And she loves to share the gossip. She analyzes our neighbours loud enough that they can hear. At the grocery store some man was trying to decide on something with some juice he was looking at so he was taking a bit. She laughed at him and said "BEEP BEEP". My sister also has IBS so she took a stool softener one night before bed. I am just starting antibiotics which upset my stomach so the next day the too of us had the bathroom tied up. When my uncle calls she tells him because we have a house full of diarrhea she won't have time to get washed before church. Who says that? and I just had to go a lot I didn't have diarrhea that was so out of line! Same with the beep beep. She always lectures us kids too like she is in charge or like she needs to baby sit. If my parents aren't home we have to answer to her what time we will be home etc. We are adults some of us in our twenties, we don't need to answer to her. She has been told that before too by my parents but she still does it. She lectured my younger brother the other day saying because he ate chips he didn't eat his dinner so he can't eat anymore junk food...

He did eat his dinner and her and I argued about it for a bit. When my mom jumped in and said he did eat it she looked at him and said "there now, well that's a good boy. You're being a good boy when you eat your dinner" HE IS A TEEN HE IS NOT A FIVE YEAR OLD "that's a good boy"? 

*Sigh* I think it is partially because she is aging and partially because she is lonely. All her kids live in different cities hours away and my grandpa passed away a few years ago. I try to stay calm but man its frustrating

That's all my venting for now. I should get back to editing before I go into work soon...

Talk to you soon! hopefully not so far apart this time.

***Dee***

what history gave modern man: a telephone to talk to strangers, machine guns and a camera lense

Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) always has such great lyrics...

So I haven't posted in a bit because things have been crazy busy.

It started with working five days in a row before jumping into the weekend of the G20 summit. Oh my was that ever busy. I'm just a part time teleprompter and I was exhausted. We hardly followed our script, and our staff was having a hard time getting into the centre of things due to their lack of gas masks etc..So I spent most of my time watching CTV and learning about what was going on such as police cars on fire, and other riots and then passing it on to the anchor to report while we tried to connect with our reporters. When I finally came home I was half asleep and starving, and the niece and nephew were visiting but all i wanted to do was sleep. While I was eating the man's brother turned on the TV so we could watch more of what was going on. It was crazy to see Toronto look like that. It looked like a war zone in some places. I feel sorry for the people who tried to peacefully protest. I think their message got lost in all the craziness. By the end of the weekend I wanted to watch no more riots. Our other staff had it even worse. Lots of them were working twelve to fourteen hour days after having already worked all week. Then we all had to come back in on Monday. I tell ya, everyone was exhausted.

The rest of the week was busy too. It was a lot of working and running around and TV stations don't get Canada Day off so I was really looking forward to a day off. Saturday was a surprise bday party for my grandma who turned 80. She is in really good shape for someone who is 80. The man and I basically spent the whole day Wednesday shopping for ingredients for our recipes and then all of Thursday making dips, an cheese log and some h'ourderves ( I realize I spelt that wrong but you get it.) The pastries were made of phyllo do which is very thin and tough to work with but it was fun and they came out awesome and were a big hit at the party.

Friday was another busy day. I woke up at 5:00 with some really bad cramps. The man said I was panicking too. I rushed to the bathroom and was having so much pain. I got it somewhat together, took my meds and went back to bed At seven I got up for work and still felt like crap but I had to go in anyways. After work was more shopping and prepping for the party, Avon, had to meet with a friend who has been trying to get together with me for months now, and more cooking with my mom.

Saturday we all headed over to my uncles and about 80 people came to say happy birthday to my Nanny. It went really well. I got daring and had two drinks. I managed but it was tough because it was really hot out. I started dealing with a headache and  bordered on an anxiety attack later in the day but I think it was because I was dehydrated. I finally chugged some water and when all the guests left the family took over my uncles pool and I pulled it together. But I came home exhausted.

Yesterday morning we had to get ready for church for nine. I usually get up around seven to give myself time for my IBS to do its thing. Well I guess I was so tired I slept through the alarm and woke up just before 8. I managed to get ready in no time but then my stomach was sooo upset. I had such horrible cramps and constant need to go to the bathroom I couldn't get it to stop. Even the meds didn't help...again. We even went out for breakfast after lunch. I got through breakfast but it was rough and I needed some help to avoid the anxiety. We were supposed to go to the beach and a movie with some friends but all I wanted to do was sleep. They ended up canceling so we had a long nap, then wandered around indigo's for a bit, got some starbucks, and had an easy night. I was still pretty tired though so I was pleased when I finally went to bed. I am up now to get ready for work again. I still like the sounds of bed. My stomach isn't all that better and for some reason I still feel drained. This week is going to be busy too. Tomorrow I work two shifts because I didn't realize I already worked when I took someone elses shift then Wednesday I get to work the  morning show which means getting up at 3:30 am. I am sooo looking forward to August when I can go on vacation. For some reason I am just so drained and I need some time off.

there is more I could share...some of it some interesting good news but I think that is enough for today. I can share it later :)

***Dee***