Wow. It’s been over a year since I posted last. How embarrassing. I hope you can forgive me. I only even thought to post anything being as how it’s new years day.
I wish I could say that my amazing jetset lifestyle kept me so busy that I just didn’t have time to blog, but I think we all know how ridiculous that would be. I kept super busy with work, volunteering, and kid teenager stuff but, honestly, I just didn’t feel like any of it was riveting enough to blog about.
So here’s a quick update and maybe we can move forward from here?
Work
I passed my 3rd anniversary at work this year, doing insurance data processing. That’s a huge accomplishment for me, given how many places have deemed me “unemployable” due to my disability. I worked on 3 different specialty teams throughout the span of the year and now, as a result, I may be up for my 2nd promotion, this time to commercial lines processing. More money is always nice but my team lead is pretty damn kickass and I don’t know if I can break another one on how to deal with me without wanting to fire me on the regular.
Volunteering
I started out the year with my only volunteer gig being Awana club secretary at our church. In January, I added in working as a volunteer librarian at our community library on Saturday mornings. Then I made the mistake of going to our community association meeting and ended up as a director on the board, which may actually change to my taking over as treasurer in the next few months. I also found myself recently at a meeting of the local riding association of my preferred federal political party and ended up as treasurer there too. Oh! And I’m a regular volunteer for our local reptile and amphibian society. As well, I am (or soon will be) in charge of the websites for the community association and the reptile society. So that’s where most of my free time went this year.
My kidlets
Boy child turned 13 this year so both of my kids are now, officially, teenagers. Oy.
Girl has been participating in both wind ensemble (on clarinet) and steel pan bands at school. I had the dubious honour of parent chaperoning the wind ensemble trip in the spring and have, subsequently be voluntold for the upcoming 2019 trip as well. She’s also had a boyfriend for very nearly a full year now and her attempts to integrate him into our many family events, outings, and traditions has also kept us on our toes.
Boy has also been participating in the senior band at his school (trombone) and talked his dad into chaperoning their band trip. Apparently I can’t even have my dubious honours to myself. He also joined the local air cadet squadron, which seems to be almost a full time job (for us parents, at least) in and of itself.
Animalia, etc.
We both lost and gained a few animals this past year. Previously. Our current count is as follows:
- Spooky, a dog whose name is quite apt.
- Clarabelle, the embodiment of a very cranky panda in feline form.
- Philip J. Fry, fluffy ginger doofus cat.
- Kaiya Ufgood, dwarf kitty. Kinda blind. Yells a lot.
- Lord Nibbler, black gerbil. Quiet and considerate officemate.
- Noodle D. Doodle, ball python with a penchant for Taiwanese dramas and Marvel movies. Especially Thor.
- Crab, baby B. auratum tarantula.
- Ash Gilliams, bedside betta fish.
- Goldeen, goldfish, enjoys house music.
- Plecostomus, unnamed, Goldeen’s roomie.
- 4 African cichlids, unnamed, except for the big blue one who is reffered to as “Jerkbutt” when he chases the little ones around the tank.
Anyhoo, that’s about all that’s new with me. I was tempted to make this a “new year’s resolutions” post, but, honestly, mentioning what I want to do is likely to both demotivate me and make me feel bad when I, inevitably, fail or fall behind. So instead, let’s celebrate what we have accomplished in the last year! And lets hope that my next post isn’t just a similar one in celebration of new years 2020.