Feeling communicative

I have been having the urge to post so here I am.

I wanted to mention two things today that came with my Canadian Living magazine:
1 - There was a picture of red velvet cupcakes baked in ice cream cones in the Robin Hood recipe/coupon booklet. This is pure genius. I wanted to eat them instantly, but I will need to go grocery shopping first.
2 - Another 'no!no!' ad with the heading 'Go weeks without shaving!'. I also go weeks (or months) without shaving, and I do so by not bothering to shave. It's free, and does not require any sort of payment in installments. Just another option if you're broke like me and don't mind being a bit furry.

When is Fall getting here exactly? I am actually tired of the summer heat. I do enjoy not wearing socks, mostly, but I sweat like a pig every afternoon during my dog walks. It's worse on newspaper delivery days. I can't wait for cool weather. The problem with that is that may bring rain which will make delivering the papers significantly more awkward. The good part of the paper delivery thing is that I am getting into better shape since I have the hilliest route in town, or so it seems. Hot weather is great if you're on holidays and can spend days at the lake swimming. Otherwise, it can really be annoying. I tolerated it in Africa, but somehow I can't seem to cope with it here anymore.

I officially have a pet booking for Christmas holidays (+ 1 tentative) so I will for sure have to eventually tell my Mother. I am hoping the fact that I will be making money will appease her slightly. I am not sure exactly how I am going to swing a fall trip home, it will be a financial disaster but that's what the credit card is for I guess. Hopefully I will get a bit more busy business wise and make up for it.

I almost got laid off at the office, I say almost because all of the part-time people were let go due to cut backs. The dumb part is that they let experienced employees go who really liked working there and kept inexperienced seasonal staff instead. It's also less money to pay p.t. people, since they don't qualify for benefits and are obviously working less. But, maybe the big wigs know something I don't and it's really a smart idea. More likely though it's just another evil corporate scheme with little regard for human beings. Anyways, only me & another p.t. girl are still un-laid off and we don't know why. It would have been such a blessing, since I could legitimately claim unemployment insurance and my Mom could be nothing but sympathetic. What I don't know is if they will lay us off this week, next week, the week after, or maybe never. I am hoping this week or next, but it seems likely that I will be screwed over once more and be forced to quit.

On a positive note, I thought my suite was flooding due to this crazy weird leak on the hallway. It was just a wet spot in the middle of the carpet but there were no obvious leaks on the ceiling or wall. I was afraid something was leaking through the concrete, maybe a burst pipe or something, but it turns out it was a leak from the washing machine that was fixed a couple of weeks ago. For whatever reason it was just not showing up along the wall so the source wasn't obvious at first. All is well, everything is dry, and I can still do laundry. So yay!