Hey guys,
I know. It’s been a really long time. That Sunday Dinner post kinda came from nowhere, eh?
Sometimes, I didn’t really know if I was coming back to this website, to blogging. So far, 2019 has been a bit of a ride for me.
In 2018 I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. It’s something I haven’t discussed a lot publicly, despite being honest with close friends and family. Depression in particular is something that is closely woven into my every day, whereas anxiety is more situational for me. I’ve spent a lot of time this year getting to a place where I can be open about this, and feeling good about where I am in life.
Despite this, the first ten months of 2019 have been overall, great. I was so lucky to stand beside friends as they got married this September, and take part in allll of the fun stuff that comes with that. Bridal showers, stagette’s, crafting, scheming and shopping to my heart’s content.
We lost our sweet Whiskey this summer, only about 6 weeks after we welcomed Georgia to the wolf pack. Whiskey passed extremely quickly, and it was a gutwrenching and awful surprise. I was lucky to get to spend her last afternoon with her.
Georgia is a havanese puppy- she was a surprise. We got a message from Sylvie’s breeder, essentially that she had this puppy with a genetic anomaly, and asked if my parents wanted her since they had expressed interest in a Jomaran’s puppy in the past. They decided yes, and now we have a Sweet Georgia Brown who’s only genetic difference (she’s purebred) is having short hair with a double coat. She growls like an ewok and is a tiny little devil.
I volunteered in two election cycles this year- provincial and then federal. Having two elections back-to-back was nuts, and this was my first provincial election where I door-knocked multiple campaigns. Some of my candidates won, some did not, but it was good to get out and be a part of the campaigns I believe in. Unfortunately, the climate in Alberta politically is a bit sad for me personally, because I am a civil servant in post-secondary. Our collective bargaining is coming up, and there are a lot of talks of layoffs and pay decreases. There’s a lot of anti-union talk as well, which is hard to take, especially when I see it directed towards nurses, teachers and paramedics. I wish people could stop for just a moment to think about the everyday people making 50k a year like me who make up a lot of the civil service, and how the comments they’re making could be dehumanizing, demoralizing and just plain hurtful.
Another news-y item in my life is that I’m slowly pursuing a bachelor of science degree via correspondence. I’m about halfway through my second year thanks to transfer equivalencies from my first degree, and I’m starting actual classes in 2020. I attended a polytechnic for my first degree, which meant I never took mandatory general classes like most people do in their university careers. Calculus? NOPE. Philosophy? Double nope. Forget about chemistry and biology, two areas I’m really interested in as I research nutrition and other factors that could help me feel better with my health concerns these past few years. I’m lucky to have received grant funding and scholarships to help work towards this slowly! I do have hopes and dreams about what I could do with this degree, but I’m going to keep those to myself until I work closer towards completion of my BSc.
Speaking of health stuff… A lot of my hair fell out between February and March 2019, so because it was getting a bit unkept looking, I took a big chop! You can see in these pictures how short I went. I’ve been loving having shorter hair, but I am starting to miss buns!
This is how my hair is today ^
Last month, I purchased a new vehicle! A 2019 Ford Escape to replace my 2009 Ford Focus. I’m in love with my new SUV and so excited to have intelligent 4WD this winter!
So what is next then? Well for starters, I am not done blogging and content creation. I took a long break, not really on purpose, but definitely needed. There may be more posts about healthy living and studying, but I’m going to be staying true to my core hope for this website- creating content that helps inspire and enable people to live well with less. I’ve already started shooting and brainstorming holiday content, and I’m getting a Sephora Sale post together as well! I have no posting schedule, no commitments, I’m just getting back to what I love about content creation- sharing things with you guys.
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