Canada's 150

This long weekend has given me a lot of things to think about... and surprisingly we didn't do too much this weekend!

I am still technically on my long weekend. I have today off as well for some repairs to our place. And in between supervising and checking that repairs were made, I'm using today to be productive even though I'm not at work. I have to edit today, take some photos for my blog, maybe make a pie and start planning out how I will work towards some new goals I've been thinking of/have been thinking of for a while...

Anyway... my weekend recap:

Friday - Went to Stage West with my colleague and our plus ones to watch Murder for Two and to eat as much as possible from the buffet. Food was great as always, and the show was interesting! Two actors and one guy plays most of the characters.

Saturday - Canada Day! Went for dim sum with friends at Central Grand Restaurant and then went to Made by Marcus. We got the nanaimo bar flavour along with a half scoop of the espresso ice cream. Sooooo good! The Nanaimo bar flavour tasted like bbq, but the espresso reminded me of my childhood days and tasted very similar to this coffee candy I used to eat all the time (X.O??) when I was little. We did go to Chinook to buy some shampoo and then we tried to go to A Mart to grab some matcha butter, but it was closed. Then the car's exhaust pipe started making loud noises because of a loose part... so we drove back home and then pretty much stayed home all day. We also watched the fireworks!

Sunday - Dan played some Frisbee with friends and then we all headed out for some bubbletea at Bubblemania. I was doing chores and felt lazy that day so I didn't play Frisbee, but enjoyed my drink, "Goldrush" at Bubblemania. Mmm apple, lychee and pineapple go SO well together! Our friend drove us there and back and that was really nice of him! We then went for a walk afterwards and just chilled at home and played games.

Monday - We were going to go for a walk in Inglewood but things changed. With the car still out, there wasn't any places open for us to take it in, but then my brother called me and told me that they had found a swollen lump in Tofu's throat. Now this is really scary because he's never been sick before and when I was hearing it over the phone it didn't sound like it was as big... but then I felt it for myself in person and it's almost like a big grape. We took the car to Kal Tire which was able to fix the exhaust, and we also went to the vet hospital to accompany Tofu on his visit. He didn't want to go into the vet room, but we had to know what was going on. They did some tests and will be sending the results to the lab. I really hope he's alright. I actually couldn't sleep for most of last night, my worriedness started to kick-in... and my parents didn't sleep much the night before either. Tofu will be okay!! The vet gave us some medicine (eye drops for his swollen eyes, antibiotics and some medicine for his fever) so the swelling should go down soon.

This brings me to the thoughts I've had this weekend about my goals...

I want to be happy with what I do, but I also want to be financially stable too.

Calgary is a tough city to live in nowadays because our economy has taken a hit and it's really tough finding something that can provide the support that you need to live here. It's also tough when what you find isn't necessarily something you enjoy doing, but it's all there is right now until things get better.

I have a goal of working for multiple contracts, instead of just a full-time job, so that I can have control over what my projects are and my income. But that would take some experience and also things like that don't happen overnight. It takes time, and what I am doing now takes that into account.

This is why after a 3 month hiatus I've come back to my blog and started blogging again. This is why I started taking my bujo more seriously as well. Ever since I opened some pins on Pinterest, my bujo hasn't been bland and boring. It's colourful and has so much meaning and it helps me organize my goals and the things I need to do.

It's almost been a whole year since I've been in this weird creativity block... I had spurts of videos and blogs here and there throughout the year, but then I just took a huge break. I think because it's more like 'work' it's not really motivating me. So right now I want to focus on my interests... like playing games again, studying Japanese, colouring and reading... just small, simple things that would get me going and motivated again.

Then I can focus on achieving my goals. Also, I need to create a page for my goals in my bujo soon... it'll help me map out how exactly I accomplish those goals.

So that's why today I am being productive instead of just sitting and waiting.