Roller coaster of love.. roller coaster....

Oohh Red Hot Chili Peppers, that song has been stuck in my head off and on today.. , well actually only that particular chunk of it and I wonder why..
There have been lots of ups and downs in the last few days, but it seems like I might be close to the end of the ride, things seem to be stabilizing in my head, and hopefully that effect will continue to stretch out into the rest of my life. I met with my new dr today. Her name is Ewa and she is pretty and nice. Unfortunately she didnt have a lot of new insight into the mood swings. The result is I am just going to have to do some thinking, and I am well on my way doing that. While at the Drs I also got a flu shot. I dont think I often get sick, but I dont want to be a carrier and make other people sick either. Better safe than sorry.
Alan is very close to completing the bathroom. He put caulking around the tub, so other than some nicnacs to pretty up the place I think we are pretty much set. Which means it is soon time for some pictures.
He also bought some boxes to organize our bathroom stuff (= mostly my girly stuff, nail polish, bathfoam etc) so it looks pretty :) and he found us some nice cutlery on sale 60% off. We have been using it for the past couple of days and it is very exciting and will work great for our nice dinner with friends on the weekend. He also rearranged our bedroom furniture, and I like it, except that I will need a powerbar for the plug. I have the alarm on my side of the bed and I cant have the lamp and the laptop run at the same time, which means I am typing in the dark right now. The most exciting part is that we were finally able to hang Alans beautiful Greece photo on our bedroom wall!
I start my temp job on wednesday, I am looking forward to that. My first regular money coming in in a long time. Celebration is in order :) My new boss will be out of town on a conference so I will be trained by somebody else. Could be interesting, I am sure you will here all about it.
I am going to attempt to make fresh vietnamese springrolls tomorrow, so i was at the chinese grocery store today. It is always an experience to go in there. It smells.. exotic, and I am affraid yet intrigued to look at all the jars and products they carry. I did find star Anise, (trust me this is exciting, because it is one of the key ingredients to making delicious Pho!!), and we hadnt found it in Canada until today. I am stoked for our vietnamese themed dinner tomorrow!
The funniest part was, when I went to Sobeys after and ran into a whole bunch of organ meat in the meat department. Here I was in the chinese store trying to not see the yummie fish head snacks, only to grab my chicken breasts from next to the cows tongue and pig feet at Sobeys.. haha I am so spoiled and western. Cow tongues are huge and hairy... I like them better when they are in the cow... What would people use those for anyway?

maybe venting helps...

I dont know what is going on inside my head or body, but the last few days I have been having miserable mood swings. They really really suck and I cant seem to do very much to control them, no matter how hard I try. I go from extatic to super sad, to angry, to giddy... and I am hyper sensitive. I read things into everything that happens around me. Needless to say, I am not the most fun person to be around at the moment, and I have an general crappy feeling... I cant really explain to anyone what is going on, because quite frankly I dont understand it, which makes me more frustrated and lonely. Bbaahhhh I hope this passes soon...
That is all...

Let it snow

It has been snowing, pretty much all day, and I absolutely love it! I really want to play some christmas music. This may also be due to the fact that I have been trying to decide what christmas cookies to bake this year. On sunday I am going to a family cookie bake and exchange. M, J and I will be baking cookies all day, exchanging said cookies, and have supper after. It am looking forward to baking cookies. I was browsing the internet for some new ideas and I might try to make peppermint swirl bark this year. I try to make a different recipe once a year to add to our family favorites collection and I think it is a lot of fun. They get better each year, and I dont know if that is because I am actually starting to learn what recipes work, or whether iam becoming a better cookie maker and so the cookies automatically taste better.
I have decided my next project is going to be painted, now I just have to decide what I am going to paint it on. I might actually try painting it on card stock and framing it... Just a thought.

title... because I should have one...

Since we both arent exercising i.e playing sports, we have decided to go on daily walks or at least try to go on a regular bases. The first week went very well, this past week has room for improvement, but it is very enjoyable. It is fun together time, which I know sounds funny since we are together all day lately, but it is time we spend talking about everything and anything, while enjoying some fresh air. Tuesday night Alan surprised me with a walk to Futureshop where we bought Wall-E. We went home and had a nice date night in front of the fire watching Wall-e, it is a very cute movie! I am intrigued how they can use mostly sounds and hardly any dialog and still achieve people's emotional involvement with the characters. I really enjoyed it.

This is us during one of our walks. Alan brought his camera to take some pictures of my new hair cut, which I absolutely love! It is so easy, I barely have to come it and it looks good! yay for shorter hair.
No new developments on the job. I am going to continue applying for some other jobs, because too many options is better than not enough.

Last night we had Alan's parents over for dinner. I tried a new chicken recipe and it was very tasty and easy to make, a keeper for sure. After dinner we sat down in front of yet another fire and looked at the wedding photos Tyson sent us in the mail. We have had them for a few days now, but we decided not to look at them until A was done giving our bathroom a face lift. He figured he would want to work on the photos once he saw them, so this means 1. A is pretty much done with the bathroom, and it looks amazing! I am super excited about it. Pictures to follow 2. We got to finally look at the pictures, trust me, it was hard not too, and they turned out great! 3. We found ourselves with a new project: making our wedding album, which is going to be a fun and long process :) Oh well, gives A something to do aside from watching soaps on the couch while I am bringing in the big bucks :P
I am considering starting a craft project. I havent decided yet between knitting and painting. I have a couple of ideas, but havent settled on either yet...

A whole new world!

I have been wanting to write for weeks and I finally managed to sit down and do so. So much has changed since I wrote last, I might as well be in a completely new world! Life is so exciting, and Alan and I are so happy together!
In the mean time I have graduated, planned a wedding, had my family visit for the wedding, had the most amazing day during the wedding, had a couple of mini-moons that were fantastic and I finally got real about looking for work and probably have found myself my first post-graduation job. Once my family left I started applying for jobs on a daily bases. A friend of Alan's found out about my job search and mentioned she could ask around. that first seemed to resolve into nothing, until her boss's boss mentioned he needed someone for his office. I ended up getting an interview for that position. I therefore tried to brush up on my French a little bit, I went shopping with Alan and bought a few new clothes and some great new boots, so I would look sharp in the office and I got a new haircut to match, which I absolutely love. It is so fast, I barely have to do anything to style it if I dont want to, but I can do lots of different looks with it. I am going to try out something new today, probably straighten it, to see what that is like when I do it.
I had my interview this past thursday morning and I had really good feeling about it. My feeling was right, because I got a call back late that afternoon to say I got a job. They felt I had to many skills for the one I interviewed for, so they are trying to find me a different job around the office from their job pool. If they can't find anything that matches my language and security clearance level, I would do a clerk job for a while until my secret clearance came through, which is fine with me. The office will give me a great opportunity to meet lots of people and to get some gov experience on my resume. Because she is still looking I am not sure when i will begin work. I am hoping sometime this coming week.
I am still going to continue looking for other work since this contract is only temporary, and it isnt really in my field, but it is a nice thought to have something for a little while.
I always thought that getting married wouldnt really change anything between us. Maybe it is the fact that we have experienced something incredibly emotional together, I don't know exactly what it is or why, but I do feel there is a small yet significant difference in our relationship. I couldnt even tell you where exactly and it doesnt matter, the only thing that matters is that we are both incredibly happy and excited about our future. It is time to go for our daily walk.