I’m too tired to come up with a headline so I used what’s shown at the top of my screen.
Dylan and Megan both had a hard night last night. It’s not too often that both of them tag team each other and keep me and Tamara up for the bulk of the night, but last night was such a night. Megan’s got a cough and the sniffles so she did a lot of coughing and crying.
Poor Dylan. He loves spending time with his grandparents and Saturday night him and Megan both spent the night with Tamara’s mom. Now, it’s nice that he gets to visit her (and my mom for that matter) but we find that after he gets home, he has a hard time getting back to his normal routine. He likes sleepovers but it always seems like he has a hard time when he gets back home. Hopefully this is something he gets over in time.
We picked up our Christmas tree on Friday. Took the walk down to John’s Garden Center, picked out our tree, and walked it home. Been doing that ever since 2004 and I think it will continue as long as one of us can carry it. The kids were pretty fascinated by the trees. Now we just have to decorate it. It’s been sitting in the living room since Friday night. Busy weekends mean not much time.
The holidays are coming up quick. My birthday is on Friday (Tamara’s on Wednesday) which means Christmas is just over 2 weeks away. I think I have most of what I wanted to get but I’m not feeling very Christmasy this year. Not sure what it is. Maybe it’s just fatigue but I know that it has been a hard year so I am kind of looking forward to 2010 starting and getting a fresh start. At least the snow is here which means winter has begun. The sooner it starts, the sooner it’s over.
My run of having Air Canada “Elite” status is also coming to a close. I did so much travelling for work over the last few years that I continued to qualify for “status”. Basically the means I get a few perks like getting into lounges, priority security and boarding, and extra points when I fly. Since this year I did very little travel for work, I did not accumulate enough points to get status for next year. My status runs out on February 28, 2010, but the qualifying period ends at the end of this year. It kinda sucks because having Elite is nice, but that’s ok. It’s not the end of the world.
I’ve had a resurgence of my interest in writing again. Although I have not put much here lately, I am still actively writing on a somewhat frequent basis. I’ve been pouring over old issues of VAJ and started working on a new project that would allow me to put all of that material together in a decent form. You might wonder why I would bother with all that old stuff? Truth is, I did a lot of good writing in those 5 years and I want to be able to put it in a format that is really good and presentable so that I can have it for the future. I have all the issues in electronic format with the exception of the last two which I am in the process of scanning. I’m hoping to churn out something in the new year.
Another project I’m working on with regards to writing is a sort of conglomeration of all of the thoughts, theories, and feelings I have about life’s purpose, our origins, and a bit of conversation about religion. It’s not a topic I talk or even write about often, but over the course of the last few years, I’ve had a few revelations. I’ve kind of come to my own sort of conclusions about what makes the most sense for me. I’ve always believed in a higher power but it always seemed that most religions of the world are somewhat contradictory. I also have always had a problem with how things like the Holy Bible seem to have 100 different interpretations and each one of them is sure their’s is the “real” version. Anyway, point being, I’ve always believed in something but it always seemed to contradict with what traditional churches teach. So, I decided to write down everything that I was thinking so that it would make sense to me. Maybe if I get brave enough, I’ll let someone read it.
Hopefully I can get some of this stuff together and share it with you.
