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friday night...
babysitting and drinking toasted Marshmallow from Davids Tea (love when households have good tea), snacking on some mini eggs and working on my online class.
I ended up not getting any calls today. I didn’t expect to get any, my other supply teacher friends didn’t work either. Apparently taking off the Friday before March Break is not accepted plus no PD. Did not mind at all because yesterday took a lot out of me and my To do list is never ending. I cross off 3 things and then add 4, it’s non stop.
Today I: (haven’t done one of these lists in a while)
- picked up docs from home + macaroons that my Dad got me from Germany :) :) he knows me so well
- deposited cheque at the bank
- went to Service Ontario to get my address changed for my driver’s license
- stopped by LCBO, needed white wine for sangria (for tomorrow) & Jackson Triggs on sale!
- popped into Chapters & Winners, didn’t buy anything
- went Grocery shopping - treated myself to some yellow tulips and a pot of hydrangeas
- tidied the apartment
- emailed resume to a principal
- ordered and picked up prescription
- went for a lovely walk but could have used my headband, wind was cold!!!
- watched PLL, one more episode til finale!
- made a huge pot of chili, such good flavours mhm
Tomorrow night is our housewarming. Just a small thing with friends. Sadly some people can’t come who I really wanted to but it was hard finding a date with Easter and cottage trips coming up.
Happy Friday! TGIF
UPDATES
lots & lots of work. primarily at my favourite school.
meeting new people & missing others
enjoying the location of the new apartment
can’t believe I’ve seen bf every day for 3 straight weeks...except obviously because we live together! I feel quite lucky
expanding my cooking repertoire
love hate relationship with how to get away with murder. too much going on in this show.
budget app is working well for me
so many restaurants I want to try
miss my dog
Wine Fridays have become a thing
about 75% done my spec. ed AQ (excited to have two on my resume)
living with bf is just the best
example: tonight had some wine, easy dinner (cause I cooked real meals all week), and watched How to get away with murder (seriously addicted but so intense) as the snow fell outside. Just so relaxing and exactly what I envisioned when we talked about moving in.
I love having our own place, our own home.
changes & things
moving out in less than a month. boyfriend and I found a great apartment that we love in a wonderful location. so excited. I can’t wait to live with my best friend.
spec. ed. aq is going well. definitely a good one for the resume and I am also learning a lot as I expected
tutoring jobs are in the works. good way to make extra money.
lots of jobs which has been great! Hope it keeps up!
budgeting lifestyle - this is new for me. I am going to be limiting my spending by a lot. I want to be able to save a lot for my future while paying rent, gas for car etc. It will be new for me to have all these bigger expenses and I want to be smart about it. Plus supply teaching is not a reliable job. I don’t need to be eating out as much as I do (even though I love trying new places). I don’t need to buy new makeup every time I feel like it. I am going to follow Gail Vaz Oxlade’s tips and keep using the expense manager app on my phone. I want to hold myself accountable. I think it will take some adjusting but I know I can do it and I will be happy with the end result. Plus it’s a lifestyle change and that always takes time but once you’re used to it, it can stick.
life things!
- said goodbye to my blackberry it was time to move on
- obsessed with ‘Making a Murderer’, I’m on episode 6
- started my second Additional Qualification - special education
- been working a good amount of supply days
- got to catch up with Natalie and it was wonderful. we can talk for ages
- celebrated Megs 25th birthday which was lots of fun :)
- started taking zumba classes, so intense! I’ve done it before but I’m not very good...hopefully I improve but either way it makes me sweat
- viewed a few apartments with bf, we find out at the end of the week if we get the one we really want. still searching in the meantime
- keep getting rid of things and donating stuff I don’t need/want
2015 was an amazing year. I was hired as a supply teacher, bought my first car, worked as camp coordinator with an awesome group of people, met new friends at home and abroad, celebrated 4 years with my best friend, went back to England and taught my first class, traveled to Sweden and came home feeling more grateful and blessed than ever.
I want to remember that so much of this is due to myself, working hard and making it happen. I am allowing myself to be happy and proud of this!
home for a week now
time has flown by and it’s been wonderful.
- went shopping for gifts
- organized my room and donated things I didn’t need/want
- caught up with Liz and had pizza
- Starbucks with my neighbour Sarah
- went to Cafe Cristal with Meg & Katie, had a really yummy tea latte (heavenly cream) which I want to have again
- got Vietnamese takeout
- on Christmas Eve I visited my fave kids and gave them books from UK, also discussed what Santa was getting that night (so cute, kids make Christmas more magical)
- spent Christmas Eve at boyfriend’s and had so much fondue! delicious
- also got a stocking there which was so sweet
- we are going to QC at end of January, gift from his parents!!
- spent Christmas day with boyfriend and my family
- enjoyed a big breakfast, gifts/stockings, service at Cathedral, watched Home Alone 2, turkey dinner. fell asleep at 9:30 haha
- went to Kingston yesterday to visit family and have turkey dinner #2
Don’t really know why I continue writing on tumblr. Most of my tumblr friends don’t post anymore... but there is something therapeutic about typing things out. I also like having the option to look back, bit like a diary. We’ll see how things go in the new year!
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We’re dreaming of a white Christmas, but the weatherman is saying otherwise. Instead we can dream with this lovely scene by @une_olive.
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UK updates (cause I can’t seem to post regularly anymore...)
- said goodbye to my year 5 class... heartbreaking
- packed up my class, this was so hard and said goodbye to my year 6 colleague/friend (love this girl)
- said goodbye to my Australian bestie who gifted me a Pandora charm -fairy tale book because Cambridge is like a fairy tale and it was a chapter in my life
- received some lovely gifts from students and my teaching assistants (going to miss them, they are wonderful and so supportive)
- got shellac for the first time, amazing!
been a while...
back in Canada!
first weekend = bf picked me up at the airport with roses (too sweet), brought over wine and snacks (I was too tired to drink sadly cause it was one of my faves), watched Christmas movie, made me breakfast in the morning, watched It’s a wonderful life, had a sauna... so perfect. Would have been even better without this cold but still so so happy.
Sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky and then I remember I made this happen for myself.
Last weekend - exploring Borough Market, Covent Garden, walking around Soho, drinks at a pub, walking down the middle of Regent Street and admiring the lights, Bond street lights, dinner by Liberty London... just amazing. And all with my favourite Australian :)
Today - ugly Christmas sweater dinner! we are cooking a turkey for the first time. 12 of us in total... going to be a packed house!
Happy :)
(especially because I survived a class trip to London... 5+ hours on coach, but in fairness to them they were all really well behaved)
A week ago.... gorgeous.