Hello Again :o)

Sorry I haven't updated in so long, it honestly feels like time flies sometimes! Just a month or so ago it was like a week could have been a year... and now, it's going by like crazy! Not that I mind, I'm going to Winnipeg in about a week and a half, and I can't wait. I'll get to see Chaley, I'm going for lunch with her and The president of the UofW (who is also the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs in Canada, cool eh?) and I think it'll be a great time. I even get to see Bend Sinister live (they sound like a grunge rock band, I know, but they're actually pretty good.. a soft rock of sorts).

Anyway, here's some stuff that's going on: Bella, my kitten, is happily living in Snow Lake and annoying Peanut like it's no ones business, which I think is great. Dad shows me pictures now and then of them all snuggling into a little sun spot on the floor or sleeping on Mom's slippers, I think it's great the dogs and the kitten get along so well. I miss her though, I don't get to see her often, as she can't live in the apartment because it's not a pet-friendly building. *tear* She's the cutest little thing in the world though, and really mean to losers, which I approve of, lol.

Elisha is hoping to move into a 2-bedroom with me next month, she's starting up at Staples again, something about assistant Manager or something... which is awesome, because she'll be doing really well, and I can be in a bigger apartment, not that mine isn't a good size or anything. I'll like having the company, even if she is horribly messy and I'm a bit of a clean freak now. It'll all work out! Hopefully we can find something pet friendly so that I can have Bella back, I don't like having her so far away, and Mum says she misses me. I got her at 4-weeks, so she got REALLY attached to me because she was taken away from her Mom 2 weeks too young. But eh, who wouldn't get attached, I'm overly cuddly as it is! Haha.

Work is good. Stressful, but good. We're now INCREDIBLY short staffed. The only shifts I'm working all month (and I mean all month, as in at least 15 hours of overtime per paycheck) are nights, which tire me out quickly. I have trouble sleeping during the day, and have tried everything. It's to the point that I get run down and sick, and am considering getting sleeping pills because I can't run a month on 6 hours of sleep a week :(.

I also have a sad update, about Patsy who I had asked people to pray for. The lung cancer isn't curable, and the family is really torn up about it. I can only imagine going from being told I'm cancer free, to finding out that I have cancer spreading to the point there's no treating it, in a week and a half. Completely unfair. It's putting a lot of stress on my friends family, because Patsy and her husband will be living with them until they stop the chemo and she passes away, but it's costly and they're supporting her on their own. It breaks my heart, honestly. Cancer is a terrible thing.

Oh, I also have something all through the same breast I had the tumor taken out of this summer, but I don't have the time to go and get it check out. It is growing and spreading to other places in the breast though, which is definitely not a good sign. I know there is at least one tumor in there right now, which will obviously need to be removed as it hasn't passed like some of the others have. So let's hope this one is benign like the one this summer was, because I don't have the time or the money to be taking time off of work for more surgeries etc. Not to mention that we're too short for me to be able to take the time off for even a minor surgery (say like 2 weeks or so) without having a horrible effect on the few staff we have here, as they'd have to cover my shifts. That's what I meant by work being stressful, there isn't enough staff to cover the shifts, and we're scrambling to find time. I go from doing 7-8 straight night shifts (we're never supposed to do more than 4) to dayshifts the following day (ie: I'm done a night shift at 9am, and back here at either 2-3pm until 11pm). I'm getting run down, but trying to keep it together... please pray that I can keep up my ridiculous energy, haha, I need it!

Other than that.. well, I don't really have much news, if you thought all I did was work before, it's gotten even worse, lol. The only friend I consistently see these days is Sabrina, and that's because we work together and can grab coffee before or afterwards. I really miss being able to go out and stuff though, hopefully when we get more staff things will go back to normal. I miss seeing people and having hobbies. I haven't even been able to write in months, and THAT stresses me out!!!

Anyway, I miss you guys.
Lots of love and a BIG hug,
Beth