Sniffle and cough.

Between getting back to work and coming down with a cold, this hasn’t been a really stellar writing week. And to top it off, my post yesterday was pretty much wrong 🙂 since the big APEC protest took place in *November* of 1997. My co-worker however heard some retrospective about it on CBC yesterday so who knows why they were running with a story like that two and a half months early…. Perhaps by the end of November I will have had a chance to come up with some sort of reflective piece. We’ll see. As I realized today (when my ex-husband posted to my facebook wall), I really have a crap memory for everything except the super-traumatic details of things. This is why I carry around a little notebook to jot down things so I can refer to them later. I’m afraid now I’ve started that habit it’s going to be with me for the rest of my life as I’m sure my memory won’t be getting better anytime soon.

Really, all I can remember about most Vancouver demonstrations is that it was raining. It was raining almost every time. And occasionally there was some scuffling. But mostly my dominant memories are of being wet and sometimes cold. How’s that for a Vancouver activist retrospective?

Yeah. See. Not exactly inspiration for the revolution is it?

So although I really should be taking a sick day because of this cold, I’m working from home instead because I’ve got a few key pieces to finish before I head to Ottawa next Wednesday. Once there, I’m giving a presentation on why my ideas are the greatest and why the department should adopt them right now and give our project the cash to see them through. Really. It’s all about me and my great ideas. And our programmer’s amazing ability to put together impressive prototypes in an instant. Go team!

I am actually enjoying the work I’m doing right now a great deal and yesterday I realized a big part of that is because I’ve got an awesome “boss” in Ottawa and am getting a lot of good feedback on my work for the first time in a couple of years. And I think there might be a chance to straighten out our web environment – a broken mess the entire time I’ve worked in my job (8 years and counting). Though sometimes it’s a little overwhelming to think of what comes between now and then, I just am keeping my eyes on the small goals that are right in front. It’s my project manager’s job to look at the big picture after all!

In other fronts I’m encouraging y’all who care to take some extra time and write to Darren and Chelsea over the next little while. They are both facing some personal challenges which I can’t detail here – but they could use some extra support right now. I’m sure by now they are both sick of hearing about my life in installments (though I do tell them some pretty sexy stuff) – and could use some loving from other folks too!

And speaking of sexy stuff…. Well. Hm. That’s right, we don’t post about that here. 😉 But apparently I am not the most unlovable girl in the world after all. I know, true self-esteem comes from loving oneself (thanks Dear Abby for drilling that one in at a young age). But a little desire demonstrated by others sure doesn’t hurt. In fact, it’s downright empowering in the right context. It’s not that I have much time for relationships at the moment, but it’s nice to know the possibility still exists. I forgot that this summer when I truncated my world into dealing with myself alone.

So I reiterate again, so glad that fall is here! And I did manage to get myself enrolled in a different French class (conversational only which is unfortunate but something) that starts in a couple of weeks. It should be an interesting few months with work, bargaining, french classes and a few other random social commitments on the calendar. Who says I have to sit with myself? I’d rather be interacting with the world 😉