Chasing Rainbows

Time: 10:44pm
Mood: Enlightened
Song of the moment: New Kids On The Block - 2 In The Morning

I was driving home the other day and it was a wicked sun-shower that was happening. Traffic was rolling along the 407. To my left, I caught a glimpse of what looked like the beginning of a double rainbow. To my right... I saw an end of a rainbow. Then I looked up... and I couldn't believe my eyes....

It was a FULL rainbow.

I donno about you, but I've never seen a full rainbow in Toronto. They're definitely a rarity. The only places I've seen a full rainbow were in Hawaii and New Zealand.

I took a picture of it when I got off the highway - caught just as it started to fade....

Childhood Completed

Time: 9:40pm
Mood: Glad It's Friday!
Song of the moment: New Kids On The Block - Single

Last night I got to do something that I had always wanted to do as a kid - go to a New Kids On The Block concert!

I remember being a kid and being so in love with Joey McIntyre. I played their music hours on end on my tape deck, so much so I'm still surprised the tapes still play. If I was obsessing over a song, I would rewind and play the song over and over again, sometimes freaking out when the tape deck "ate" my tape :) I memorized all the lyrics, watched and studied all their music videos. I was obsessed. I remember my parents telling me I was "absolutely not" allowed to go to their concert when they came into town. And I was so heartbroken when they broke up because then I knew I would never be able to see them live again...

Fast forward 15 years - NKOTB is back :D And they were throwing a concert... and they were coming to town!! AND I got tickets!!! :D

The concert was awesome! I went with Flo and we had soooooo much fun! The concert brought back a sense of nostalgia; I felt like a little kid again. Here I was, a grown woman, screaming like a little school girl when the boys hit the stage. They played all my old and new favorites :) I have to say... Joey McIntyre still has the looks :D

The evening ended with quite a surprise. I met up with some of my Mac friends that were at the concert... and we met Jordan and Jonathan Knight's mom! Woah crazy! LoL

The Ups & Downs Of Life

Time: 8:25pm
Mood: Tired
Song of the moment: David Archuleta - Crush


Things have been crazy busy for me lately. Between spending time with family and friends, attending weddings and work, I've had little time for myself. And now that the olympics are on, I have no time for anything! LoL! I love the olympics.... it usually takes over my life for 2 weeks. For instance, this weekend, because Beijing is 12 hours ahead of us, I stayed up until 5:30am just to watch the men's 8 rowing team row for gold (which they did! yessss! haha). I'm such an olympic nut!

So quite a bit has happened over the past month. I'll start with the ups.

Ups: Jimmy and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary! Hooray! The year has definitely flown by. Maybe it's because I spent almost 8 months of it in Detroit? haha! But it's kinda sad now.. I can't refer to us as "newlyweds" anymore :( Work has been really good! I've completely enjoying my job, and I've been told I've exceeded their expectations. That to me is a big compliment! It's been pretty crazy with work lately... so crazy that they're going to hire someone to help me. I'm going to be someone's boss *shock*. I'm a little nervous about being somoneone's boss (**side note... holy crap I just watched the 200m race.. that Bolt guy... CRAZY! he beat everyone by a long shot!).

Downs: And this one is major. My gung gung passed away last month and the news was absolutely heartbreaking for me. He's been in poor health for so long, and realistically I should have been ready for it, but I don't think you can ever prepare yourself for the heartbreak you experience when you get the news. Or maybe I was sort of prepared... I found I've cried less. I remember a few years ago, when even the though of losing my grandfather would leave me crying for days. My uncle suggested making a slideshow that showcased my grandparents - which I helped prepare. Let me tell you... it was such a hard thing to do. I still can't watch that slideshow without bursting into tears.

I miss you gung gung.. more than you'll ever know... but I know one day we will meet again. I love you.....

When Bad Things Happen To Good People

Time: 10:50pm
Mood: Exhausted
Song of the moment: Coldplay - Viva La Vida

This weekend has been absolutely exhausting, but fun! Jimmy's cousins came down from NYC this weekend to surprise my sister-in-law and to see her new baby :D Also, my uncle and cousin from Van-city came for the week. So Jimmy and I ended up hosting 2 family BBQs - on one Saturday afternoon, one this evening. I'm exhausted!

Recently the company I used to work for filed for bankruptcy and completely closed down (it was all over the news...). I still keep in touch with a lot of people I used to work for so I was getting a play-by-play on what happened. I got an email from an ex-coworker when they filed for bankruptcy, and I got a phone call the day everyone got the call that the company was shutting it's doors and they were all out of a job. Even though I hated the job and the senior management staff that ran the place, I really really cared for the people that worked there. It was incredibly sad to hear that everyone had lost there jobs. And the worst part is, no one was offered any severence, even the people that had worked there for over 15-20 years. They were pretty much thrown out on the street like garbage.

I can't say this was completely unexpected because of the way the economy was going and the state of the industry they catered to. But I heard senior management lead people on, telling everyone there was nothing to worry about. People were so angry with how abruptly the plants closed, and how management pretty much left them in the dark that they began to picket outside the main plant. They met with senior management, who all got major pay-outs, in attempts to get some level of severence, but got nowhere. I was told after a meeting they had with the management team that those assholes were seen laughing about the whole matter. Of course they find it funny.. they have their money.

Even though I disliked a lot of the management team, there were some people I had highly respected. Now, I'm absolutely appalled by their behaviour. As far as I'm concerned, they're all selfish and evil, and I hope Karma comes and kicks them all right in the balls.

New Beginnings

Time: 11:07pm
Mood: Happy
Song of the moment: New Kids On The Block - Summertime

It's been almost two months since my last entry, and so much has happend in that time. Two weeks after I got back from Costa Rica, I got a phone call on a Saturday - it was someone from a company that found my resume online, and was wondering if I wanted to come in for an interview. The way the guy described the job... it really sounded like my dream job. I thought, ok, I really have nothing to loose by going to the interview. So we agreed to meet on Friday over lunch.

The Monday before the interview, my boss decided to make me an example out of me by sending out an email to my department, pointing out that I made a mistake. It made me look like a complete dumbass - which made me furious. I was in Detroit, so I couldn't go in and say anything to him, but it ate at me all week. I was really looking forward to the interview b/c I was so pissed I wanted out. So the day of the interview, I walked into my boss' office in the morning and told him that he had crossed the line with me and that I expected more from him as a manager. After that, we had a really good conversation, and I left his office feeling a lot better about everything. So I went to my interview that afternoon with a "I have nothing to loose" mentality. The interview went really really well - I got the sense that they were impressed with me and I left the interview with a good feeling.

Needless to say, I got the job. They called me an hour after I left the interview and offered me the job! It was extremely hard to leave my job though because I've grown so attached to the people. I still keep in touch with my ex-coworkers - I actually saw some of them last week :) My new company's test facility is just around the corner from my old office, so it makes it convienient to see them :) I miss them though.

Also on a the new beginning list - Jimmy and I became a first time uncle and aunt :D Katie and Ray had a healthy baby boy :D He's so cute. But it made me realize I'm not ready for kids yet (I don't like holding babies... hahaha). Eh... kids are more fun when they're more responsive :)