forcing a smile

i received all my leave approvals from work yesterday – now it looks like after next week (when i am in the office every day) – i will be out of the office for most of the three weeks following. one week for union business, 3 days of the following week for holidays (am working 2 days), and one week for having my wisdom teeth removed at the beginning of january.

that means very little commuting for three whole weeks (union work is at-home work this time)! of course i will be travelling to the island for a few days of the holidays – and am having people here for new year’s eve and the days surrounding that – but there is a part of me wondering what it will be like to be mostly in the country for three weeks, and not in the city almost at all.

although i am still feeling crummy (ugly, unloved, tired….) i plan to go to vancouver island this afternoon with fraser to attend the 30th birthday of our beloved kyla and see many old friends. hopefully i will have some photos to post tomorrow when i return.

i decided to book a hotel room so i would be assured of not having to sleep in a noisy corner – and for some reason went with the odd choice of the cherry bank hotel. now – i worked at this hotel many years ago – in the restaurant, bar and at the hotel front desk. and from that experience – i *know* it is a dive. however, it is cheap and since i worked there for almost two years, there is a part of me wondering just how divey it is to stay in.

am hoping the socializing this evening boosts my social energies – have been a little too reclusive of late. fraser seems hell-bent on having fun, and hell-bent on making me have fun – so that’s a good start anyhow.