My last post I mentioned how I'm going to not put too much on my plate, I'm not going to take any more extra shifts unless I was sure I could do it without missing something that's important to me such as something with friends that was planned in advance, homework or shifts/special events at the museum that I volunteer at.
Today I had my shift at the pool in the morning, but two weeks ago, I said that I could work a shift the same evening because I thought my schedule would be clear.
Turns out that I mixed up the dates and it interfered with plans that I made with my friends.
Knowing that I had plans with friends that afternoon, but also realizing that I took the shift, I told my co-worker of the original shift and we worked something out! I said that if we couldn't find someone else to take the shift, then I would cover it because it was my mistake and she was completely fine with that!
I ended up being able to find a sub for her the day before, so everything worked out perfectly.
Not too far from where I live, every Thanksgiving weekend, there's an event called the Pumpkin Races.
The Pumpkin Races are where people grow pumpkins that are over 1000 pounds and they paddle across a lake in the pumpkin that they grew.
It's a huge event that many people go to. A lot of it is a fundraiser for many things but there are also stands all over, for example one was a chili cooking contest, another to raise money for a school trip, another to raise money for a school playground and more, but then there were also concession stands and bouncy castles.
It's quite the event.
Either way, this is the first time my friends and I have gone to the event and we had a great time.
Two of my friends joined me and one of the fundraisers there was a dunk tank. For five dollars, I could get six balls to throw, so I paid five dollars and we each threw two balls.
My first throw was a little off, but I nailed the second one! I hit it right on the target and dunked the girl! I felt bad because she must've been freezing, but she probably went and got changed after that.
I was really proud of myself, that was my first time doing something like that, so it was pretty exciting for me.
After that, we watched the races, drove home where one of my friends came to my house (the other had to go back home for Thanksgiving dinner) and we watched a movie.
I didn't have to go to the Pumpkin Races, I could've told my friends and they both would've understood seeing as they both have teaching jobs in skating, but I changed my schedule.
I rebalanced my plate so that it wasn't overflowing with work.
I would've been at the pool all day, I would've worked so much that I would've been exhausted and cold for the majority of the day, but because I found another sub, I wasn't overwhelmed with my day, there was a perfect balance between work, friends and family.
You'll always have the chance to try and rebalance your schedule so that one thing doesn't outweigh the other. Sometimes you won't always have the chance to do this, but I'll always recommend that you try to because it will make you feel better throughout the day.
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Sunday, 11 October 2015
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Canada Day Family Barbecue
As I mentioned on my blog post before this one, A Long Awaited Homecoming, my older cousin is home and tonight was the big Canada Day barbecue.
Before I get into the story as to what majorly happened, I should explain that this is my mom's side of the family.
On my mom's side, the ages are quite diverse. My eldest aunt just started university when my uncle was born. For that reason, I have cousins that are all grown up, married and have kids. At that point, my mom's side of the family had this sort of agreement that even if their your cousin, if they're older than you by a lot and have their own kids, you can call them your aunt/uncle.
My cousin that cam home for the first time in awhile is actually my cousin, but I could call her my aunt if I wanted to.
For the barbecue, I was pretty surprised that not everyone showed up. I easily thought that we were going to be 20+ people when in reality, we were only about 18. I was okay with that because I really was expecting more family members to show up.
I'm really happy that I went because everyone that I saw tonight, I only see them a handful amount of times per year.
The supper was pretty nice; we got there early, sat around, talked and caught up with everyone and we all had a good laugh.
I felt terrible at one point though because I had a terrible choice of words.
My cousin moved to the States, out of country, to be with her boyfriend. After a little bit of her living there, they decided to get married to speed up the process of her getting a green card. They had their wedding ceremony at City Hall, but I know that they want to have a wedding party or maybe even a typical marriage ceremony with the white dress, tuxedos, reception and all that. I'm not too sure what they want to do, but I think it's something along those lines.
Anyway, when things quieted down, I asked my cousin (when everyone could hear) "Hey, when are you having a proper wedding?"
That's not what I intended, that's not what I meant, but I couldn't find another word by the time the sentence started to come out of my mouth.
Everyone had a laugh and my cousin thought it was pretty funny. My mom was telling me to stop talking, but my cousin and her husband understood what I meant, so I guess that it's fine...? Overall, it wasn't my greatest moment.
During the supper, everything was good, it was pretty much the same as before supper.
After that, everyone was settling down. My little cousins gave us a little gymnastic performance and then a highland dance performance, so it was really fun to see that. It was so cute considering that they're all still in elementary school.
We started to clean up and we were all inside, so my grandmother decided to give her wedding present to my cousin and her husband.
My grandmother started this tradition for children and grandchildren only that she sews a quilt for each of us and gives it to us on our wedding day or as a marriage present.
My cousin was so excited to get hers because she knew exactly what it was. Turns out that my grandmother waited 13 years to give that to her, so it was nice that she finally got it.
Seeing as though my little cousins are young in age, they left the party with their parents and that left eleven of us.
We got a fire going, roasted a few marshmallows and had some s.mores. Admittedly, this was my first time ever having a proper s'more. Those things are good! I could only manage one though, they're also pretty filling.
Surprisingly. my grandmother wanted one, but when i went to give her a stick to roast the marshmallow on, she said "Oh, I thought you were making me one," so I did.
That was it, really. It was a lot of catching up with family I don't see often, so that was nice.
I'm not the biggest fan of big family gatherings, I have to admit, but I got to talk to family members face to face that I only see twice a year. We were all able to have a laugh and no one was really stressing over anything.
If you ask me, it was kind of a perfect way to spend Canada Day with your family.
One More Girl, no longer online
Before I get into the story as to what majorly happened, I should explain that this is my mom's side of the family.
On my mom's side, the ages are quite diverse. My eldest aunt just started university when my uncle was born. For that reason, I have cousins that are all grown up, married and have kids. At that point, my mom's side of the family had this sort of agreement that even if their your cousin, if they're older than you by a lot and have their own kids, you can call them your aunt/uncle.
My cousin that cam home for the first time in awhile is actually my cousin, but I could call her my aunt if I wanted to.
For the barbecue, I was pretty surprised that not everyone showed up. I easily thought that we were going to be 20+ people when in reality, we were only about 18. I was okay with that because I really was expecting more family members to show up.
I'm really happy that I went because everyone that I saw tonight, I only see them a handful amount of times per year.
The supper was pretty nice; we got there early, sat around, talked and caught up with everyone and we all had a good laugh.
I felt terrible at one point though because I had a terrible choice of words.
My cousin moved to the States, out of country, to be with her boyfriend. After a little bit of her living there, they decided to get married to speed up the process of her getting a green card. They had their wedding ceremony at City Hall, but I know that they want to have a wedding party or maybe even a typical marriage ceremony with the white dress, tuxedos, reception and all that. I'm not too sure what they want to do, but I think it's something along those lines.
Anyway, when things quieted down, I asked my cousin (when everyone could hear) "Hey, when are you having a proper wedding?"
That's not what I intended, that's not what I meant, but I couldn't find another word by the time the sentence started to come out of my mouth.
Everyone had a laugh and my cousin thought it was pretty funny. My mom was telling me to stop talking, but my cousin and her husband understood what I meant, so I guess that it's fine...? Overall, it wasn't my greatest moment.
During the supper, everything was good, it was pretty much the same as before supper.
After that, everyone was settling down. My little cousins gave us a little gymnastic performance and then a highland dance performance, so it was really fun to see that. It was so cute considering that they're all still in elementary school.
We started to clean up and we were all inside, so my grandmother decided to give her wedding present to my cousin and her husband.
My grandmother started this tradition for children and grandchildren only that she sews a quilt for each of us and gives it to us on our wedding day or as a marriage present.
My cousin was so excited to get hers because she knew exactly what it was. Turns out that my grandmother waited 13 years to give that to her, so it was nice that she finally got it.
Seeing as though my little cousins are young in age, they left the party with their parents and that left eleven of us.
We got a fire going, roasted a few marshmallows and had some s.mores. Admittedly, this was my first time ever having a proper s'more. Those things are good! I could only manage one though, they're also pretty filling.
Surprisingly. my grandmother wanted one, but when i went to give her a stick to roast the marshmallow on, she said "Oh, I thought you were making me one," so I did.
That was it, really. It was a lot of catching up with family I don't see often, so that was nice.
I'm not the biggest fan of big family gatherings, I have to admit, but I got to talk to family members face to face that I only see twice a year. We were all able to have a laugh and no one was really stressing over anything.
If you ask me, it was kind of a perfect way to spend Canada Day with your family.
One More Girl, no longer online
Sunday, 5 April 2015
Happy Weekend Holiday!
Happy Easter and Passover weekend!
I hope you guys all had a good long weekend celebrating whatever your personal beliefs are.
Personally, I celebrate Easter which I think most people associate with the Easter Bunny, chocolate and Easter egg hunts.
I can say this without any ounce of shamefulness, but I have never participated in an Easter egg hunt.
The "Easter Bunny" never set one up for me because my family and I had a dog, so they didn't want to leave chocolate all over the house. When my dog passed away, it was just too late in the Easter Bunny's eyes, so I never got to do one.
Whenever I tell my friends that, they seem shocked. They say that I'm missing a huge piece of my childhood, that I missed out on the best part of Easter, and so much more.
In the end, I never felt as though I was missing something.
In the long run, I would much rather have a dog everyday for almost a decade rather than one mini-chocolate egg hunt per year.
Something that's difficult to remember around Holidays is that everyone has different traditions and may not do the ones that you see as "classic traditions".
Whether someone has their own traditions that you find weird or they've never had a tradition that you've been doing every since you were little, that doesn't suddenly mean that their holiday is awful or invalid.
Everyone celebrates whatever holiday in different ways. Because they do so, that doesn't mean that they're missing out on a great childhood.
You might not have a clue if they love a different tradition that they do or have replaced a "classic tradition" with something else!
Everyone can spend their holidays whatever way they would like.
Just because they do it differently, that doesn't mean it was a crappy time for them.
In the end, are you truly missing out on something even if you never did it or is that what other people want you to believe?
One More Girl, no longer online
I hope you guys all had a good long weekend celebrating whatever your personal beliefs are.
Personally, I celebrate Easter which I think most people associate with the Easter Bunny, chocolate and Easter egg hunts.
I can say this without any ounce of shamefulness, but I have never participated in an Easter egg hunt.
The "Easter Bunny" never set one up for me because my family and I had a dog, so they didn't want to leave chocolate all over the house. When my dog passed away, it was just too late in the Easter Bunny's eyes, so I never got to do one.
Whenever I tell my friends that, they seem shocked. They say that I'm missing a huge piece of my childhood, that I missed out on the best part of Easter, and so much more.
In the end, I never felt as though I was missing something.
In the long run, I would much rather have a dog everyday for almost a decade rather than one mini-chocolate egg hunt per year.
Something that's difficult to remember around Holidays is that everyone has different traditions and may not do the ones that you see as "classic traditions".
Whether someone has their own traditions that you find weird or they've never had a tradition that you've been doing every since you were little, that doesn't suddenly mean that their holiday is awful or invalid.
Everyone celebrates whatever holiday in different ways. Because they do so, that doesn't mean that they're missing out on a great childhood.
You might not have a clue if they love a different tradition that they do or have replaced a "classic tradition" with something else!
Everyone can spend their holidays whatever way they would like.
Just because they do it differently, that doesn't mean it was a crappy time for them.
In the end, are you truly missing out on something even if you never did it or is that what other people want you to believe?
One More Girl, no longer online
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