Beautiful Disaster

Flu of doom is over and mostly just been getting my strength back, my body seems to hate me if I don't take a nap o_o but I'm fine with that because sleep = LOVE.

James and I volunteered yesterday for VOKRA and got to take care of/pimp out two very lovely rescues. This is sweet, cuddly, shy Henry . I would have adopted him if I could.



James said I'd adopt them all if I could....he's right =(

And this is Bart, he was really sweet too~ James and I played with him when he wasn't napping XD


Hopefully we'll do it again some time, they wanted us for this up coming weekend but Friday we leave for Alberta....YAY! apparently they still have tons of snow in High Prairie and of course I don't really have the proper clothes for this so hopefully I can borrow someones snow pants and go nuts with Charlie in the snow XD! Might even get to go sledding on Sunday (Edmonton has hills? o_o?)

Flying there and back because driving through Jasper right now would be dangerous...and there's the off chance they close the roads and we'd be stuck. I am trying not to freak out too much thinking about the flights but being scared of driving too...its like I can't win :P

Also going to try and pack less this time, it helps that it'll mostly be warm clothes and I don't have that much warm stuff. I am still badly in need of luggage but don't have the money to put out for some right now. Hoping I can borrow luggage from someone (I love you?) otherwise I'm stuck with my old knapsack and dying kit bag.



Started weight lifting again too, my arms want to die :P
Good thing James gives amazing massages. <3

Oy, haven't posted here in ages...I'll try and remember what I've been up to.

- Did the photo-shoot for Double Double Foil and Fumble. It went well and James was a great assistant ^_^ keeping me balanced when I had to climb up on things and lifting me back down again. He even did the poster because I still need my brother to install Photoshop...but he did a much better job than I ever could of done.
Wren and the other girl loved it so yay XD



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Christmas was all sorts of amazing~
I was able to get all my shopping done on the 23rd...thankfully the mall wasn't too crazy, I was worried because I was cutting it so close.

Christmas Eve James came and picked me up, we hauled a couple bags full of gifts (some from me and some from my Mum) over to my brothers place where she had gone over in the morning to cook the dinner.


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Hope everyone else had a great Christmas ^_^

Got the last of my Christmas shopping done today, woke up at 6:45am and met my Mum up at Metrotown @10. Thankfully because it was so early it wasn't too busy but when we left around 1...it was packed.

Hardest person to shop for was James, I don't have a ton of cash this year and wanted to get him something really special.

Tomorrow we will pack up all our gifts and spend Christmas at my Brothers, my Mum is heading over there early in the morning to do the cooking and we'll go over around 4. It'll be her, Chris, Dana, Candace, James and I. Then we'll come back here, open Padme's kittypix secret Santa parcel and then I'm going back to James. We've already planned on spending Christmas day together starting with a breakfast he's going to cook, then opening the presents his Parents & Sister got us and later in the evening getting hot chocolates and driving around looking at Christmas lights. Looking forward to it.

Hope everyone else has a great Christmas~! (I feel awful I wasn't able to get cards out this year. =\)

Step One
* Make a post (public, friends locked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

* If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

* Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.


* Surf around your friends list (or friends friends, or just random journals, or holiday_wishes/wish_list) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

1. Film and a battery for the HK camera
2. Cute drawings of Rikku/Auron or Padme XD
3. Canon 7D
4. Snow
5. Enchanted DvD
6. 10/Rose, Aurikku, Tangled fics
7. Ralph by Ralph Lauren or Clinique Happy perfume
8. Paid Piknik account on Flickr
9. GLITTER!
10. Bodyshop or Lush stuffs

Halloween was great, James took me to a couple haunted houses (at first we were like...um maybe not such a good idea for someone with PTSD :P but I was okay). First was "Scare Affair" which was the biggest haunted house around and cost $10 per person. It was just okay, nothing impressive.

The other one I forget the name of, it was just a small set up in front of a house by donation to Children's Hospital or Children's Wish (I forget which). It was really well done ^_^




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It seemed to come up so fast and even though we'd been packing and buying things we'd need....it still felt like we weren't ready.
Got the foam mattress set up in the back so we wouldn't have to bother with much when we got to the campsite. We'd planned on taking 2 days to do the drive instead of the 1 his parents usually do it in. This way it would be less exhausting and we could see some sites.

James had bought me a kitty cat pillow pet a few days before and omg its so awesome, I was kind of wondering if it would be as amazing as the guy selling it said it would be if you wrap it (the stuffy can fold and you Velcro it so it stays) around your seat-belt. It worked and OMG SO COMFY XD!

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We left on a Friday in the morning, I was pretty exhausted because I was just not able to sleep at all and had pretty much been up all night =\
Put Padme into her carrier...thankfully she went in with no problems (unlike Taro a few days before where we actually had to cancel her nail trimming appt, because we could not her in) but she was scared. James was a huge help with the bags and getting us into the cab to the Vet's while I handled Padme.

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James and I drove up to the beautiful Edgewater Lodge in Whistler for Andrew and Alisha's wedding~
It was Pride & Prejudice themed so they asked that I wear my regency dress, I was worried because wearing white to a wedding? Baaaad! So I sent them a photo of it just to be sure and they still wanted me to wear it, I still worry what the guests thought~

James looked awesome too but sadly I've only seen one photo with us in it and you can't see our clothes well.
I didn't bother taking any pictures because my camera decided it didn't like the lighting.

It started raining a couple minutes before the ceremony so it was moved under the tent, but even with the lighting and rain it was still very beautiful. It fit the setting ^_^ Had a wonderful time seeing everyone and even James had a great time even though he's not comfy around tons of people or people he doesn't know. He said you could just feel the love and happiness radiating from everyone and that made it different from any of the other things we've gone to.

I loved that they had a video message from her brother in Afghanistan and a beautiful large colour photo of the dogs where you could write a message to him on or even send him a video, such a sweet idea ^_^

James wanted to leave before dark since he's never driven anything but flatland before and I was going to stay and maybe get a ride back with someone but when that couldn't happen he stayed and we didn't leave until after 11.


I woke up around 5am a bit itchy, there had been lots of mosquito out and I really should have put on my Off cream but didn't...anyway, I popped a Benadryl and went back to bed,
Woke up for good around 11 super itchy, I had a bite on my right arm, one on my collar bone and the back of my left hand had a marble sized lump on it...so I took another Benadryl.

About an hour later the marble lump became golf ball sized so I called my Mum to see if there were any clinics open on a Sunday, she said no and suggested I call 811, our nurses line and see what they say.
So I did that and the guy went through a bunch of questions with me, then suggested I go to a clinic..I'm like, its Sunday...and tomorrow is BC day...he was like "Oh...good luck =\, you might want to go to the ER then..."



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Keep meaning to post and then never get around to it >_<
Had a tooth pulled...it was NOT fun...

First they checked to see if the root was still alive....god that sucked, it was alive so that was good. We discussed the options...root canal vs pull it, she said (yeah...different dentist -_- mines pretty much retired so he's not in much and I couldn't wait any longer...didn't want to end up in the ER again) she might not even be able to finish the root canal if they start it, because I have REALLY strong roots so they'd have to send me to a specialist and that would cost even more than the $700+ they'd have already charged me. Or pay $200 for just pulling it.

So I really didn't have a choice, I don't have that kind of money right now.

As it was she said the tooth was so bad that they'd have sent me to a specialist to have it out and they'd have put me right under...but again, cost.
She was even worried she might not even be able to pull it anyway -_-! So I was super stressed. Had to have tons of freezing, it washes through me quickly so I always need more than normal. Plus her not knowing me = she wasn't able to find the right nerve to hit...mines deeper back so that took awhile /swt

It took like 2 or 3 hours? Oy....
At the end of it she said I'd gone through one of the most traumatizing things they can do to you, and how she normally would refuse to do one that bad without the person totally under. She also said congrats, most people wouldn't have been able to get through it. X_x what like I had a choice?

God I felt so awful, came home and was VERY thankful I still had some Oxy's left. Popped one and spent the next few days in bed watching Jem and the Holograms on my phone and living off of a liquid diet (yay for losing 10 pounds?)

Then when I was feeling a bit more normal I go and injure my arm, it was stupid...I was just reaching into my jacket pocket and I guess my arm bent funny. I didn't think much of it and rubbed it a bit, was surprised when it didn't just go away. I had been on my way to Forsaken for our self defense lesson with Ken and it was still hurting but I ignored it and spent the next 3 hours kicking the shit out of things.

I'm not the greatest at punching, some moves I couldn't even do because of my knee's but apparently I fucking rock and ramming someone with my knee XD

The next day at work my body was a little sore from the work out but my arm? OMFG T_T it was so hard to go through the day, I tried to pop into a clinic on my break but the wait was too long. People were insisting I run up to the hospital but I thought that was a bit much. Although at the end of the day when my fingers started getting really swollen I decided to listen o-o

Alan ran me up yet again and we had a 3hr wait...I was hungry and so sore...the waiting room is so uncomfortable too.

Had to get x-rays because they thought I'd fractured something, but nope nothing broken....the doctor said I'd done something to the muscle so go home and take Advil. Yes...the drug that wasn't touching it AT ALL.

Thank god I STILL had Oxy left XD
Although its sad I need something so strong just to get through the day, but I saved it and only took it when I was at work...and just one pill. Went to see my doctor the other day because its still pretty painful and I don't want to keep taking the big guns so he prescribed some super strong anti inflammatory that I take twice a day, it helps a bit.

Other than the arm work has been good, I love working there ^_^
Get to hang out with friends all day and sometimes play games, plus we get eye candy coming in ;)

Came home to sad news though Niko passed away, he was seriously the sweetest cat I've ever known, I loved cat sitting him...even if he did keep me up most of the night when I'd sleep over by kissing my nose and walking all over my head.



Had a good long cry and cuddled Padme for awhile ;_;
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Today I went to some SCA dance lessons, probably not a good idea with the arm but meh....tired of missing stuff because of various physical things.
I did okay I guess, was a bit worried until the dance teacher told us she'd just been doing all advanced stuff o-o they decided to throw us right in. I was glad I'd done the Scottish Dancing a few times over the summer because its very similar...just slower and more elegant. I'm going to one of their events this Saturday, more dance lessons, a dinner and then a real dance ^_^ I just wish I had a nicer outfit to wear.

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