I have a new part-time job; on Saturdays, I take devices used in acts of defying gravity and hang them back up where they belong – aka Stockgirl in a lingerie store. The move from the Photo Lab to there was necessary; after 4 great years of printing photos on Sundays, the higher-ups made the decision to close a bunch of the labs in Western Canada and the one I worked at was, sadly, shut down. While this was a sad ending to a chapter of my (and many others’) life, it has brought around the motivation that I needed to find something new. After two weeks, I am beginning to think I will really like hanging up supportive undergarments – and so begins a new chapter: Saturdays spent Defying Gravity.
Currently, there is a severe thunderstorm going on where I live. These are happening with increasing frequency this year; I find it worrying and far too reminiscent of the movie, The Day After Tomorrow. There have been far too many evenings spent sans electricity as a result and I cannot say I enjoy them one bit. Thank goodness for fully charged laptop batteries – BUT boo-urns to wireless networks that require power; how am I going to watch YouTube videos now??!!
Canada Day is coming up. I’m pretty excited because it means a glorious 5 day weekend… from my full-time job. I’m working two days part-time in the middle. Hopefully I can catch up on some sleep at any rate. I’d also like to finish a chalk-pastel drawing I started a donkey’s age ago (when I was still attending art classes once a week after school… way way back in high school), and want to do more baking (I’m hoping to make bread this weekend, and perhaps also a scratch Angel Food cake to top with Cool Whip and strawberries (to be patriotic?)).
I’ve been doing a lot of baking lately; tweaked a recipe for brownies, rediscovered a beloved childhood no-bake Peanut-Butter Butterscotch Marshmallow square, made a few types of cookies and bars, borrowed my sister’s fantastic Butter Tart recipe, and had a few blunders along the way.
Anytime now would be lovely to have power return; it’s been an hour sitting with candles. Ok, maybe bedtime then.
Upon trying to save this from the document where I am typing it, I’ve also learnt my external hard-drive goes MIA during power-outages… duh, Kim, it doesn’t have its own battery…
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