This time I've gone and done it. Again.

I have finally tasted pure bliss. After hearing about them for ages, I recently had the pleasure of experiencing a Crave cupcake. I could be in trouble.

And also? I'm moving to Calgary.

As you were.

Update

Please forgive me, dear readers, for having ignored you for so, sooo long.

I wanted to write- really, I did- but in the upheaval of recent months, my inspiration seems to have taken a temporary (I hope!) leave of absence.

You see, approximately three months ago, I made great strides in fulfilling resolution number 7 by interviewing for, accepting a job offer on, and moving to the POLAR OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE COUNTRY. All in the space of three and a half weeks.

So here I am. In the West. Far, far away from my favourite region of this continent, 98% of the people I know and love, and my comfort zone. Don't get me wrong- this is a good thing. A very good thing- new experiences are always welcome to me- but it does take some time to adjust.

So far, so good:
- The job is going well. It's a good move for me: the organization is young, so there's plenty of opportunity for me to make a contribution, and the people I'm now working with are pretty fantastic.

- I've found, and moved into an apartment, and am now in the throes of tweaking it to my liking (read- painting it wild and wonderful colours, plastering the walls with wonderful artwork, and getting everything positioned "just so"). It's a process.

-I am starting to recognize a small semblance of a social life appearing. Again, it's a process, but one that I am beginning to enjoy.

Two extra bonuses to my new location are:
1. The weather- it's warm and beautiful (despite what the locals will tell you has been a "frigid" Spring), with a distinct lack of two things that make Maritime summers so "interesting"- humidity and mosquitoes.
2. My grandparents live here, so I get to see them once a week rather than once every two years. Yay!

I'm slowly finding my feet here. I'm hoping that once I get settled into my apartment, and work evens out a bit more, I'll start to feel more like myself, and the creative juices will flow afresh. In the meantime, I'll leave you with an image from my new neck of the woods.

New Resolutions (only a wee bit belated)

Happy New Year!

We're back to square one again; life can be a virtual tabula rasa, or so we would like us to believe in any case. It's that time of year again- Time to wax philosophic about the state and direction of our lives and how best to improve upon both. Thus, I present you with My Resolutions:

1. I have been very happy with my progress through my resolutions for 2007 , so I shall continue on with those that are still relevant, ie:
#5. I will learn to, if not love, at least like myself.
#6. I will write more.
#7. I will live more.
I've made great strides with number 5, which is perhaps the most important of all resolutions, and thus I will continue the journey; Some of you have noticed that I've sort of fallen off the wagon with number 6, so I'll have to really work at that one; Number 7 is a bit broad. How do I propose to live more? Well, let's see:
- I will take a trip this year- a big one- and cross of at least one of the places on my life's "Must See" list.
- I will take a class in at least one thing that is completely non-academic: Photography? Tango? Belly-dancing? Who knows!?
- I will make an effort to meet more new people- difficult to do in this town, but I'll see what I can manage.
- I will finally make the time to sit down on a regular basis and work on my French.
- I will continue to find new and wonderful ways to be creative.
- I will try something new at least once a month, if not once a week or day!

Ok- I think those are some good goals to work towards. Let's see how this goes.

Good luck with your resolutions for 2008!!!