Listy Friday

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– I have a 13-month-old. What? It seems like her birthday was just the other day. Where did the time go? How is it already August? I don’t even know. I decided that I’m no longer going to do monthly Isla updates and photos. Not that she isn’t growing and doing new things every day, because she is. For instance, she has 5 teeth now and is cutting two more at this moment. I feel bad for her mouth. She’s also not walking yet, but that’s OK. I can’t seem to keep up with Hurricane Isla, so her walking only spells more trouble for me!

– I have started watching season 2 of Grey’s Anatomy on Netflix. Goodbye, productivity. Hello lost years of television!

– I took a drive to check out the Chinese cemetery in Kamloops. It’s in an odd location but the area is really interesting. I didn’t get a shot of the tombstones, but there’s rows and rows of them up a little hill to the right of the entrance. It’s sad to see that it’s in such rough shape though.

– We’ve had a little “break” from the heat wave lately. It’s been a nice 30°C instead of the 40°C we’ve been having. Seriously. Except the wasps also seem to like the “cooler” weather, because they’re out with a vengeance. I had grand plans of setting up a little splash play time with Isla on the lawn, but the wasps were so bad that we had to relocate onto the deck. It was hotter up there, but Isla still had fun.

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– While I’m sad that summer is already 1/2 over, it also means that there are wicked sales going on right now! I’ve been wanted to buy a new swimsuit top for a while now since my post-pregnancy/post-nursing boobs are too small for my old swim tops. I picked up a $40 top for $10 after the sale price, extra discount and gift card I had. Woo! It’s a beautiful yellow and matched wonderfully with my black bottoms.

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– I’m still trying to decide what I want to do with my life, other than be a mom. I still miss working, but I love staying at home and raising Isla. Ugh. Really, I need the perfect work-from-home job that isn’t selling Tupperware or being phone sex chat girl. 

I’m a pretty boring person these days, so please, entertain me with something fabulous you’ve been up to!

Olive Branches

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About little less than a month ago, I found out on Facebook that an old friend of mine was expecting her first child. See, we were BFF’s a few years ago – the kind of friends that Christina Yang and Meredith Grey are on Grey’s Anatomy. But, a couple years ago we kind of drifted apart. She was dating a guy who I thought wasn’t good for her, she didn’t agree, and we slowly stopped talking altogether. About a year or so ago she moved to Edmonton, and we’ve just been silently keeping tabs on each other via Facebook.

On a whim and not really expecting much to come of it, I decided to send her a message on Facebook congratulating her on the arrival of her baby boy. I told her how I was glad to see that she was doing well and how even though I knew we had grown apart that maybe one day we’d get together again. That was my olive branch. I didn’t really expect much of a response other than a, “Thanks,” and left it at that.

Low and behold, I got a message back a couple days later saying “Thanks,” and that she was actually coming to Kamloops for the weekend since her sister was getting married. She agreed that she missed me and now that we have a common denominator in being moms, we could maybe reconnect. She still had my number since it hasn’t changed, and she said she’d text me to meet for coffee during her stay.

When we met for coffee on Monday, I wasn’t 100% sure what to expect. Would be carry on as if nothing had happened? Would there be awkward silences? Would the past be mentioned and would things just fall apart again? Well, it was almost as if nothing had happened. We carried on in conversation as openly and as freely as we used to – graphic details, funny pokes, laughter and coffee. I met her new beau – who seems like a wonderful guy for her – as well as her little boy (adorable) and her two pups. It was really great to get back together with her.

We both agreed that we were going to try and stay more connected this time around. We really missed each other’s company. We ended our brief coffee date with hugs and warm wishes, her going back north and me heading home to my family.

I’m glad I held out that olive branch a little bit longer. There were many times where I thought I should give stop trying, but at least this one time, it worked out.