Alright, so life kinda got the better of me this past week and I have fallen waaaaay behind in my 10 days of positive goodness. Although I may have a pretty good memory it's reeeeeaaaally short, so trying to remember what happened on what days is going to be quite the chore. So here's what I'm going to do instead. I am going to start over, with today being day number 5....or 6, whichever one I left off on, and I will just skip over the entire last week. Many things did happen over the week, some good, some bad, but there is no way I will remember what goes where. So I will write again tonight about today and go from there. :)

Day Five of Positive Goodness

Sooooooo......tired.....8:17 pm and ready to crash...that's what I get....lol. Oh well. Here is a positive right off the bat. As i sit here typing I listen to my lovely niece playing my guitar....the one which I have yet to learn how to play, and singing her little heart out. I think I could listen to her play and sing all night. She has such a beautiful voice, and self-taught on the guitar....so talented. As I sit here and listen to the conviction in her voice, and watch the passion in her face, I know she will go far.

Today I worked my first relief shift at work....yes, I am a practicum student, and now I am also working for money...thrilled about this. Before the end of my shift the coordinator pulled me into her office to search the schedule for any available shifts I would like. So now I have at least another half dozen shifts to take on and I am so excited. I now get to experience some other areas of this agency. The shift today went great, so I cannot complain in the least. But I need to get some sleep, so that is all for today.

Day Four of Positive Goodness

Tuesday, January 19th.....Unfortunately my computer was down last night and I was unable to write...now I am struggling to remember what I did yesterday....My morning was pretty uneventful, made some much needed phone calls, had a quick visit with a very long time friend before I headed off to my practicum for the night. The night was really great. It was pretty laid back and all the girls were in a pretty positive space. We played some cards, had some dinner, baked a cake, and played a boardgame....that's about it......EXCEPT!!!!! for the fact that I got a call from another program on campus and was able to secure my very first PAID shift. HOORAY!!!!!! So Wednesday I will work a relief shift in the Secure Services program of our agency and actually get paid. I'm so excited! Not only will this give me some experience in a different program, but now I will start to get a bit of money in my pocket to help alleviate the scraping of pennies.

After work I stopped in on another friend of mine and had a really great chat and visit, it was awesome. Although it did leave for very little sleep before I had to get up this morning, it was very much worth it. So good things happened today, good shift at work, good visits with friends, and paid shifts in my future.

Day Three of positive goodness

Day three....Monday....usually an "ugh!" to most, but for me it's not so bad. My schedule this semester is freakin' awesome! I get to sleep in on Mondays, how awesome is that?! This morning I got up, made a fabulous pot of coffee and brought a cup over to my neighbor. I thought I'd pop by and visit while he still had his daughter with him, (she's 3). So when I get there She decides she wants to watch 'Up'. I have never seen this movie before but have been told by many how good it is. I didn't have any intention of staying for the whole movie because I was a mess and had an afternoon class to get to.....buuuuuut......I got sucked in. At first I thought, 'what the hell kind of kids movie is this??? It's really sad!!' It made me sad because it reminded me of my own grandparents, and how in love they were through the many years they were together (over 60!)....that's not very common these days unfortunately. Anyway, then things start to get a little silly and I start to laugh, and before I know it the movie is over and I have to rush off to school....a mess!! So needless to say it was definitely a ponytail and hat day...lol. I had such a relaxing morning with good company, good coffee, and some good laughs.

The afternoon went on, I got to school, found a parking space no problem, which at my school these days is a HUGE positive in itself, and went to class. My three hour class felt like only an hour which means it was awesome...lol. After class (at 4:00), I'm thinking...'Crowchild is going to be screwed!! right in the middle of rush hour...sigh...maybe I'll try Sarcee...so I did...which happens to pass by my old workplace from before I went back to school. I still keep in touch with one person there, so I decided I would stop in to say 'hello'. I had such a great visit there! Not many faces are the same since I left, but I did see a few, and they are all the ones I still enjoyed seeing before I left. Fabulous people! I had such a nice little chat with my friend Lorna, and caught up with a few others while I was there as well. It was great, I'm so glad I decided to drop in. So I leave around 5:30 to head home and get dinner for the kids and I, I hit hardly NO traffic at all, and arrive home to find my son and my neice, believe it or not....IN THE SAME ROOM! Can you believe it? A sixteen year old and and 10 year old, hanging out, playing video games, listening to some tunes and most importantly getting along fabulously. We then had a little family meeting to discuss how things were going to be should things continue on this way and everyone was content and happy, and that.......that makes me happy! I went back to my neighbors to watch the hockey game....HUGE negative....joke of game that was....so moving on....game home and had a very well rested sleep. Hooray again! So until tonight my lovely followers, that was day number 3. :)

Day two of positive goodness

Okay, so ...... a little late on the positing of day two....considering day three is almost over, but here it is. So yesterday was Sunday....sunday waking up without a child, and I woke up at 8:00 am....yup....8 on a sunday with no reason to get up at such an hour, but wide awake I was. No chance of getting back to sleep, so up I get. First positive...I actually felt well rested. Yay!!! So I grabbed a coffee and headed to my mom's work where she was starting her shift to pick up Jaden. Here is where the next positive comes along. Have you ever had the pleasure of locking your child in the trunk of a car? I HAVE!!! LOL. My mother got a new car last week and was showing my son the safety feature which is the latch in trunk should you ever for some reason get locked inside. Well...being the 10 year old boy that he is, he wanted to test it out. So in he climbed, and down went the trunk. I now know what it sounds like when someone is trapped inside the trunk of a car....you know, in case I should ever be walking down the street and hear some thuds and banging....I can now recognize that someone is in fact stuck in the trunk of their car and perhaps need assistance in their escape....this could save lives!! lol.

The rest of the day was fairly uneventful, came home to do some much needed laundry. I must say, with all the coverage regarding the devastation in Haiti, I am very thankful I have a safe home to return to, electricity, and running water in order to complete such tasks. I tidied my bedroom, completed my laundry and received a phone call from my beautiful neice. So now I have a lovely housegues who at the very TEEN age of 16 is comfortable enough to call me when she is in need, and knows she has a place to come to. This is a positive in itself because it makes me feel I have succeeded in starting to become the person I want to be...one who is inviting, helpful, and empathic...one who people are comfortable coming to in times of need.

Until later tonight...that is day two.

Day one of positive goodness

Okay, so today was a pretty not so exciting day. I woke up with the final remains of a headache from my last few days of flu and took my son to Jiu Jitsu class. I somewhat enjoyed my first coffee in three days while having my usual and very enjoyable conversations with the father of a couple of the other kids. On the way home Jaden asked if he could go to Grandma's, to which I responded, "I think she's at work"...but I dialed the phone for him and low and behold Grandma was at home and happy to have a visit. So off to Grandma's we went. By now my headache was gone, which after three solid days was a VERY positive thing. Had a nice visit at Grandma's house and played some Jenga Extreme....fun as it was I don't recommend it if you like straight things....the tower always looks crooked...lol. But we did have some good 'ol family fun playing that with Grandma and Suzanne. I then headed back to Calgary on my own as Jaden was staying for a sleepover, and headed to my good friend Trudy's house. I promised a beautiful wee girl a slurpee a week ago and figured I'd better make good on my promise. When I got to Trudy's place I was able to sneak into the kitchen undetected by the wee one and crouched down behind the counter. She was called into the kitchen to see what was there for her...she came around the corner and her eyes just lit up when she saw me...and no, the first words were not, "Aunty, where's my slurpee?" as it has been before...it was just plain "Aunty!" followed by a most wonderful hug. I handed her the slurpee which you would think was a million dollars if the look on her face came from you or I, and proceeded to read a book with my darling little niece. She sat beside me, leaned her head into my shoulder, looked me in the eyes and said, "I missed you." It was so beautiful. It is moments like those with the children of this world which create many of the positive moments in our lives. (And of course the words they pronounce such as, "Yes Mommy, I undermastand." LOL.)

So this my friends was day one of positives, the tail end of sickness falling away from me, the genuine fun to be had with family while playing childhood games, and the beautiful innocence of the young children in our lives. Conversations with good friends, and coming home to a quiet house, loyal puppies, and a cozy bed for a night of movies. :) Goodnight all!

Ten Days of Positive Goodness

Okay, so I have this friend Alaina who is doing a little experiment in trying to find the good things in life again. In this experiment she is going to document ten days of her life focusing on the good and positive things that happened throughout each day. I thought.....'What a great idea!' So I have decided to do the same thing. So today will be day 1....yesterday was hers, her story was pretty funny. So here I will keep record of the next ten days and the good and positive things that happen to me each day (even if they are just little things). Enjoy the adventures and misadventures of ME! :)

Robyn