Tuesday is sunny.

After a valiant struggle against one more trip to Ottawa, I sucked it up today and got back on the phone with Travel Voyage to book my tickets for next week… schedule being Tuesday – fly to Ottawa, Wed – fly to Richmond, Thurs – ferry to Vancouver Island…. a little tiring, yes – but apparently essential to two completely separate projects (and I am no less than a good worker). I have to now explain the $1700 travel authority I just submitted to my new boss who started yesterday (and who I am already skeptical of because he was strange with me this morning when I introduced myself). As much as I like being valued, there is a part of me wishing I could go back to being the weird girl in the corner cubicle who everyone pretty much ignored…. you know, the one who just built web pages?

But I’m not so stressed about it as I was a couple of weeks ago – having now recovered from my last two trips east. The work on the Island means I get free passage to see Greg and also my family since that is Father’s Day weekend and my brother has already asked if I was coming over and did I want to hang out at the Saanich Artifacts Society with him (my dad is on the board there and spends every Father’s Day directing traffic for their big hay-threshing event)…. Woot! Hay-threshing!

I’ve been a bit stiff the last few days, mostly as a result of spending Saturday and Sunday cutting fabric and sewing and then yesterday in front of a computer obsessively. Definitely feeling under-exercised in any case – so last night I did some work cleaning up my deck and potting some plants – and today I went for a nice long swim on my lunch break. I’m feeling much better this afternoon as a result – more relaxed and awake despite the fact I’ve been having interrupted sleeps for several days.

Note to self: Exercise is good.

Things have been a little stressful the last few days with some things related to Darren’s case, but overall I think I’m choosing the right ways to deal with them. I can hardly wait until I am able to get out of this enough to actually process and write publicly about what has been happening through all of this for us. Suffice to say, it has been a process of betrayal and disillusionment beyond what most people should be expected to go through. I’m lucky to have people who listen to me and remind me of what is important in my day-to-day life. I wish Darren had access to more of the same (his contact with the outside world is of course limited)…… but at least if people help me be strong then I can in turn work through things with him.

Perhaps this weekend it will be warm enough to swim in the creek. That would be good.