Mayday

Happy birthday to my sister who turns $#% today! Ya still got it sis!

Trini and River

On Mondays I feel like saying, "On your marks, get set, GO!"..but that would imply that I was starting something from a standing position and that would be wrong. I am bored of saying how busy I am. I'm too busy to complain about being busy! It's all getting a bit Groundhog Day-ish.

I am sneaking in some stuff for myself today. I have spent the past few hours in the kitchen, hovering over bubbling pots of yarn immersed in cochineal, Turkish madder, and pomegranate dye,  AND reading 'Cousin Bette' by Balzac, while eating snacks (I stand beside the fridge door...it's a conveniently small kitchen). At the same time I'm updating this blog. Well, obviously I've taken a break from reading because not even I am so talented I can type and read a book at the same time. I am getting close though. And I'm wearing my running stuff because I may attempt to go for a run later. Oh, and I'm trying to fit in some guitar practise so I can take the guitar in to preschool. I like to call it extreme multi-tasking. It's living on the edge and definitely not for the faint of heart.

It's great working at the preschool, I feel like a rock star when I'm out and about. Little kids run up to me and shout, "Victoria, Victoria!" with huge expectant smiles on their little faces. So much fun! Some days I'll have to wear a wig and dark glasses...when it gets too much...ha ha!

I am seriously considering getting back into academics; educational research. A couple of years ago I applied for an M.ed, but didn't get in. Then I began a post-bacc diploma (don't worry, no one knows what that is...you are not alone), at SFU in Early Education. That got side-tracked by breast cancer. I should have gone back to it but blah blah...excuses. The problem with getting back into education is that it is bloody hard to do when you've spent a few years out of it. And it's expensive. (that's two problems, I know). When my friend Mark was here we talked about it a lot and he gave me some hints. I am trying to find out how I can get back into an academic program. We'll see what happens. When would I fit it in? Obviously, something would have to give. Most probably I'll have to give the kids away. That's a joke...don't call social services. I'd never just give them away.