There is alot more to life than just existing

I'm feeling alot better today. The combination of a really good chat with an aqquaintence yesterday turned out to be extremely helpful, and even prompted me to put my pride behind me and make the first attempt to contact el boy. I'm proud of myself for doing so - for being a bigger person than I had been able to in the past, and telling him where my head was at.
I have no idea if anything is going to come of it, and I'd be lying if I said I expected things to magically put themselves back together. I never really believed the whole Humpty Dumpty theory when in relation to relationships, but we have agreed to sit down together and have a good heart to heart about it. It's a good feeling to know that I will have some light shone on everything instead of being left to my own devices ( read: oh.god.stop.overanalyzing.every.damn.thing.you.baboon )

I have met a very cool chica by the name of Jenilee recently who has proven to be quite the hook-up. She works for a supplier for skate gear and has been selling me odds and ends at a ridiculously cheap price! I picked up a brand new black and pink etnies hoody from her last night, lined with long john material ( I didn't even know they did this! ) for $20! She's also got a seasons pass to Seymour, so I told her if she ever wants a partner in crime to drop me a line. And on an oh so secretive front she's also given me a heads up on a top secret sample sale in the future that I'm jacked up on. I don't think I will be able to buy anything ( read: budget ) but it's cool knowing somebody who can drop you a line on those things in the future!

I've got some plans this weekend I'm stoked on. Payam wants to go down to Seattle to hit up the Thanksgiving sales, so I agreed to tag along with him and provide the oh-so-coveted female p.o.v on what to buy and what to steer clear of :P Yes, I will be leaving all forms of my own money at home - purely there to provide opinions! Then his friends band Madison's Panick ( shameless plug here: http://www.madisonspanic.com/ ) is playing at The Media Club along with three other bands. I HIGHLY suggest anybody in the area to consider checking these guys out.... their music is available on their site. There is nobody out there right now with this sound, in my opinion. Solid crisp vocals over guitar and bass, with strings! I'm an official groupie, it seems - and I have a couple disks of their music for the first three people who would like it~!

Sunday I'm going out to Chilliwack again to see my grampa. He started his chemo on Monday, and as can be expected it's really taking it's toll on his already weakened body. I will be strong, and I will be there for my family - because that's what you do when things get tough.

I'm looking forward to things looking up. On that note I got a not-so part-time job last night. Mon-Fri 5pm - 10pm, and then 5 hour shifts on the weekends. It's a temporary position running for 5 weeks making those pre-assembled gift baskets you see everywhere for Christmas with all the assorted cheeses and whatnot. It's not a glamorous job, but it's going to work with my current work schedual ( until the 8th anyways ), is five minutes away from my house, and is going to let me pay down some more of my debtload.
It's going to be a little rough for the first few days, I'm sure - but I have to do what I have to do.
I'll be working for the next 2 weeks: Mon - Fri 9am-4pm in the Dr's office, then 5pm-10pm at the warehouse. So whew... time to brace for 2 weeks of an 80 hour work week! haha. Awesome. I'm actually really looking forward to it. That way if something goes south with the job here for a month or however I have a back-up plan. Good stuff!