Working From Home

June 5, 2013 Filed Under: CONFRONT, Everyday Stories, Work Tagged With: , , , , ,

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Since becoming an editor-in-chief at Confront Magazine, I’ve been working a lot from home. I dedicate full days to replying to e-mails, scheduling content, and doing my own writing & interview prepping; it just means I spend a lot of time in front of a computer.

I love what I do, despite the fact that I still relatively do it for free. I’ve always loved music, and I’ve always been so grateful for the opportunity to work on this magazine, which is why I often find myself OVER-worked. If you ask anyone who does any kind of work from home, I think they’ll agree; it’s easy to over-work yourself, because you don’t do a regular 9-5 in a building that is MEANT for you to do work in.

Working from home means waking up when you want, taking breaks to get other things done, and being VERY easily distracted by various social media and/or nice weather and/or various other life situations. It also means that sometimes, you don’t know when to shut down for the day. It’s not easy to tell yourself “okay, that’s enough for today, even if you still have a lot left to do” because if you’re wrapped up in your work, chances are it isn’t “enough” for the day until you can’t see straight.

In the last few months, Confront has been doing really well. I’m not *just* saying that. We’ve been working SO hard to make this magazine a go-to place for ALL things music, and it’s really become a place that even I go to for the latest music news. It’s been a really intense year, and I think it’s only going to keep getting crazier. More staff, more writing, more content, and more music.

All that being said? I’ve been having some difficulties adjusting my schedule accordingly. Between Confront, my actual-paying-job, Casa Cares, school, and my life, it seems like there will always be something that suffers. Lately, it’s been my personal life, because I’m just so often wrapped up in whatever work I’m doing, and chances are I’m poorly planning out the time that I want for MYSELF in my days.

My reading has decreased, my personal writing & my availability to my friends has too, and my motivation in things like school often goes down when I’m trying to get things done where I know someone OTHER THAN ME is relying on me.

The truth is, sometimes I’m just SO happy working; SO excited to sit down and write a new piece, time doesn’t even seem like an issue. Going to bed hours past my bedtime isn’t a problem, answering e-mails all day everyday isn’t even a problem. But it should be. I should be allowed to set myself up in SOME kind of routine, even if the job itself doesn’t have one- right?

It’s something I need to work on.

Currently, my working-from-home-goal is to stop answering e-mails (unless they’re important) on weekends. I want people to realize that you can’t reach me ALL the time in a professional manner, and in the world of music I think that’s easily forgotten. I want to use my weekends for ME, rather than for everyone else.

My second goal is to try and schedule the amount of time I work on each from-home task that I need to do. Instead of spending an entire day sifting through e-mails, having specific times during the day to do so.

I’m still not entirely sure how to go about this working-from-home thing. It’s been a steady 6 month-1 year now, but I seem to just be diving more into things, rather than setting time aside for my personal life.

This summer, I want to figure out just how to make all my jobs mesh together properly. I don’t want to be stressed all the time, and I don’t want to feel like I CONSTANTLY need to be working when I’m home.

Do you work from home? Any tips or suggestions on making it work?

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Do What You Love

September 17, 2012 Filed Under: CONFRONT, School... and Whatnot, Work Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , ,

I’ve been talking a lot about how BUSY I am this semester, and I guess I’ve briefly mentioned all the separate reasons, though I’ve never put them all in one post. The main reason things have gotten CRAZY hectic in my life is because I’ve taken up three jobs (only one of them paid) as well as being a full-time University student. At any other point in my life, this would sound like a disaster wrapped in a bigger disaster, just waiting for some aspect for something, somewhere, to implode right in on itself.

But where I am right now, I love every thing that I do. I have CHOSEN to become a workaholic (however long-term this may be) because I get to do three things that I’m passionate about ALL AT ONCE.

My first job is the one I get paid for. I’m a bookseller. My specialty is children and teen. It’s a part-time job but I love books like it’s nobody’s business and I get to spend hours and hours in a bookstore 3-4 times a week. I have very few complaints. Especially on weekends like the one that just passed when I work author events and I get to meet some of the best female names in Teen Literature. It was freaking AWESOME.

Hanging out in the staff room with (left to right) Rachel Caine, Melissa De La Cruz, Margaret Stohl and Rosemary Clement-Moore. They’re all sweethearts and it was such a pleasure getting to spend some time with them.

My managers were kind enough to let me watch the entire signing- questions, giveaways and everything. They were all hilarious!

After the signing, with (left to right) Kami Garcia, my manager, and the hilarious Melissa Marr.

The other ladies on the tour like to call Kelley Armstrong the queen of Canada. I’d have to agree, she is one awesome lady! We took this picture because she joked “CAN YOU SEE ME OVER MY PILE OF BOOKS?” and because, let’s be honest, I wanted a picture of Kelley Armstrong signing her books on my iPhone.

Me with Rosemary and Rachel once again. They were nice enough to take another photo with me once I was done work so I’d have a shot without my work vest on!

I think it’s safe to say that for a part-time student job, I got EXTREMELY lucky. The book industry is a place I’d love to work in my future, so I can’t say it’s been particularly hard to stick around for all these years. On the really tough work days I’m reminded that I get awesome days like this, too, and everything is better! :)

My second job, which I’ve talked about many times around here, is with CONFRONT Magazine. What I haven’t mentioned is that earlier this summer my editor (and the founder of the magazine) stepped down in order to take care of her family, and signed over the magazine to me and one of my best friends, Jenia. We’re now Co-Editors in Chief, but the whole thing is still a work in progress for everyone.

 We’ve both been extremely passionate about working for the magazine since we started nearly four years ago, and the ability to lead an entire team and make sure this magazine runs smoothly every single day has been beyond words amazing (and so much work!!) I can only hope that our team is as happy with the changes as we have been, and we’ve been working ourselves crazy trying to make the magazine the best that it can possibly be. Basically, our work is never done, but we love it.

Interviewing OK Go! I had so much fun with these guys & their show after was amazing.

 Finally, my last job is with CASA Cares, the non-profit organization at my school. We’re part of the bigger Commerce Administration Student Association, but our particular group takes care of hosting events with all the proceeds going directly to a charity. We work side by side with some of the other organizations at our school, but often we organize our own events too. My job as VP Public Relations right now has a lot to do with writing and finding promotional items for our events, and of course helping out in any other way I can. I’ve been having SO much fun with this group of people already, and we have a jam-packed year of stuff to look forward to. Being involved in school has made the whole thing about a hundred times more fun and I’m so happy I took a chance and applied for it.

The most dedicated group of people I know!

I’m very lucky. I work with three teams of people in three entirely different environments and I can’t imagine my life without any of them. I’ll never do anything that I don’t feel 100% passionate about, and by following my gut on things like this, I’ve been lucky enough to find three jobs that reward me every single day.

Now tell me. Do you do what you love?

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Lessons in Christmas Shopping

December 2, 2011 Filed Under: Everyday Stories, Post a Day 2011, Work Tagged With: , , , ,

As Christmas comes closer, my work-place becomes crazier. Now, it’s not just weekends that are filled with hectic shoppers- all hours of every day of the week are just plain nuts. I’ve been working in retail for 4 years now, 3 years at my current job and 1 year at a previous place… But both stores have taught me SO much about customer service. I often get really bitter around the holidays because it’s the time of year that as employees we are most mis-treated. People take out all of their stress and problems on customer service representatives… Probably without necessarily realizing it.

Luckily, there are some really amazing people out there who make the days better. Over the years, I’ve learned to deal with the customer service craziness, especially around the holidays… I thought I might share some of my wisdom with the world & see what you all think about shopping at this time of the year!

1. If you shop anywhere between November 1st and January 1st, expect it to be busy. It’s not the employee’s fault that there is a huge line-up, it just happens. So take a breath, grab a magazine, and wait your turn.

2. If you are in a store and need help, that’s fine. Just remember that a lot of other people do too, and interrupting an employee as they help someone else is frustrating.

3. If you’re in a rush and need something in five minutes or less, it’s not the store’s fault if you’re late. Shop earlier. :)

4. This might be the most important. Don’t be rude! Even if you have a million questions, if you’re NICE, you will be helped a million times faster and more happily than if you’re just shouting out random things and hoping to get an answer. My favorite is when someone walks up to me and, without saying hello, just tells me the name of what they are looking for. This irritates me a lot. Don’t be that person.

5. Try and be as helpful as you can to the salesperson when Christmas shopping. If you’re looking for specific items, come with a list prepared so that you don’t forget half of the information when it comes time to being helped. The color of the item and the first word rarely help.

6. If you’re not sure what to buy for certain people, salespeople are usually quite good with recommendations. Important- try and have some background info about the person. A “really popular item” doesn’t usually cut it. Who are you buying for? What are their likes and dislikes? Hobbies? Similar favorites? These things help. Provide your salesperson with information.

7. Be understanding about time constraints! It’s Christmas time, many people need help. Salespeople can’t necessarily dedicate 100% of their focus to you, even if they truly WANT to. Lots of customers need help and, more often than not, they need it RIGHT NOW. Be cool about it. It’s so helpful.

8. Long line-ups on December 17th-24th are inevitable. If you complain to a salesperson, you will not get their sympathy. Remember you’re probably the millionth person to make the obvious comment that it’s a long wait. If you’re being funny about it and aren’t actually upset, that’s more fun!

9. If you’re looking at a product but don’t want it anymore, try and put it back where you found it. This isn’t ALWAYS possible, but don’t put it one shelf over because you’re too lazy to walk back 5 steps. This happens regularly. On top of customer service non-stop, salespeople have to deal with the constant mess. It makes our lives about 100x more difficult to keep everything clean and shoppable. If you can’t remember where you got something? It happens! Just leave it with a clerk.

10. SAY THANK YOU and SMILE when you get good service! Letting the salesperson know that they were helpful brightens their day ENORMOUSLY. I can tell you from experience that a genuine thank you and ‘that was exactly what I needed’ means a lot.

I hope that if you read this, you’ll think twice before being rude while Christmas shopping. Just remember, if it’s stressful for you, imagine the people working who aren’t allowed to be snappy, rude, and often don’t get nearly enough break-time from the chaos.

Happy Christmas shopping, don’t forget to ENJOY it!

What kind of Christmas shopper are you? What good points of advice have you learned over the years?

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It’s the little things

March 1, 2011 Filed Under: Post a Day 2011, Random Ramblings, Uncategorized, Work Tagged With:

I haven’t been using any of the WordPress Post a Day prompts, but the one they posted today (or rather for Day 57, but who cares really!) reminded me of a fun story that was worth sharing.

When was the last time you did a random act of kindness?

I like to think of myself as a fairly positive person at work. I mean, we all have our days of complaining and sometimes it’s nice to just vent when something happens, but more often than not, I’m in a good mood.

Last Sunday I was coming to the end of a ridiculous 5 day work week. It was my 4th day in a row of working, and let me tell you, in retail it can be brutal- especially the weekend. And it was BUSY. Really busy.

Anyway, I guess I wasn’t having the best shift. People were being crazy & you never realize just how messy people can be until there are dozens of them grouped together, leaving everything lying around like they’re in their homes. I was trying to clean things up before heading onto my break when I saw the nicest thing. There’s this display fixture with hundreds of toy animals that are organized by type and children LOVE to take it apart entirely and play with all the animals. It takes a good hour to organize it all again, but it’s something that needs to be done every day. It’s very tedious.

As I was heading on my break, I happened to walk across this messy area and I noticed one of the mother’s picking up some of the animals that kids had been playing with from the floor… And putting them back in their rightful place. In my 2 and a half years working here, I have never seen a single child or parent pick anything up off our floor to put it back in the right place, especially those animals. I stopped for a minute and noticed that not only was she putting them back, she was putting them ALL back. She was picking up the hundreds of little toys off the floor and re-organizing the entire display.

I immediately turned around and got her a gift certificate for my store. I handed it to her and told her that it was really unnecessary of her but that I really appreciated it, and did she want a job? She laughed and thanked me and told me it was kind of fun. When I came back she had organized the entire thing.

Okay, so this wasn’t exactly MY random act of kindness, but I returned the favor with a small gesture that I think she appreciated. On any other day of the week, I might have just thanked her for picking up after her child, or maybe not even said anything at all. But on this particularly tough day when nothing was going right and I had 4 hours of cleaning to do after my break, I wanted to give something back to her.

Moral of the story? It’s the little things that can go a long way and you just never know when you could make someone’s day with the tiniest of those things. People like this lovely mother remind me of this on the days when I need it the most!

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Goodbye Parties and an overall awesome weekend

January 17, 2011 Filed Under: Cute Stuff, Everyday Stories, Funny Stuff, Post a Day 2011, Things That Make Me Happy, Work Tagged With:

Well, besides the fact that I’m beginning to feel the start of a small cold coming on, this past weekend has been tons and tons and TONS of fun.

After getting home from Toronto on Friday night, I went to work all day on Saturday and actually managed to make it through without complaining too much about my lack of sleep. I headed home right after and got ready for a night of crazy fun.

A friend from work is leaving (tomorrow!sadness!) until this summer to study abroad in England. I’m super happy for her and also incredibly jealous. I hope that next year or even the year after I’ll have the guts to do the same thing. Anyway, since she’s leaving for so long and had to quit work to go, it was only fitting that we throw her an awesome goodbye party.

It started off with a nice, somewhat intimate potluck dinner at her place with a bunch of the girls from work (and some of her friends too). Some of the ladies started to pre-drink and were HILARIOUS and pretty much drunk before we left for the bar at 10PM.

Me and Teddy- So incredibly jealous that she gets to study abroad!

After eating way too much food, we all packed into three cars and headed into the insane snowstorm and to the bar. There were already dozens of people there waiting for the guest of honor (is that the right term? anyway…) We literally just hung out by the bar and at this ginormous table all night. Literally until like 3AM. I was unfortunately too poor to join in on the drinking festivities but I did a lot of video camera-ing because my coworkers are damn funny drunks!

Oh, and we obviously just took like a million pictures.

Random picture that started with two people but we just added ourselves onto the end!

The two of us went on a crazy video-taking adventure! We were rather successful

Group picture of ladies of our works’ past and present. It’s so nice to see their lovely faces even when we don’t work together anymore!

Although there was a bit of drama that made the evening end on a bit of a weirder note, we still managed to have an amazing night, maybe one of our best bar-nights (and best turn outs) yet. That girls’ got a lot of good friends, let me tell you!

On Sunday I can’t even remember what I did, probably because I was so sleep deprived. I went to sleep at like 3:30AM and my crazy cat woke me up HOWLING to be fed at 7:30AM. Apparently it didn’t wake my mom up in the slightest, who also (for some reason) had her alarm going off on a SUNDAY MORNING, but I opened my door and fed my cat and turned off her alarm before realizing I just wouldn’t be able to fall back asleep. So much for a lazy Sunday morning.

But in the evening I headed over to this really delicious restaurant called L’Academie for my staff Holiday Party. We always have ours in the middle of January when the holiday rush is over and we can close the store early, get together and just have a good time. It’s basically the managers’ way of saying Thank You for all the hard work we put in during the insanity that is November/December in retail.

I’ve literally never seen so many of us in one place at the same time. In all my years working there, there has never been such an amazing turn out at a staff party. We were easily 100 people, and we took up a good half of the restaurant. It was nice to eat and walk around and just talk to everybody together.

I ended up leaving early (like 10PM-ish) because I was just TOO tired. But It was a nice and relaxing way to end a really good weekend!

I don’t have any pictures from the staff party, but here’s one last FREAKING awesome picture from the bar the night before. All the girls tried to get in on a self-taken shot and it just makes me laugh every time I see it!

Did you have a good weekend? Do anything fun!?

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Josh & other fun stuff

January 15, 2011 Filed Under: Concerts, Everyday Stories, Friends, Music = Love, Post a Day 2011, Roadtrips!, What's Goin' On, Work

Well my last two days (not including work today, but mostly my trip to Toronto) were really fantastic. I want to save the details for a post once all the pictures we took are up, but basically Josh is AMAZING and honestly one of the most hilarious/down to earth guys I’ve ever had the privilege of seeing perform. But more on that in a couple days.

For now, here’s Josh performing one of my new favorite songs, Higher Window, on the Ellen DeGeneres show(watch until atleast the first chorus, his voice gives me goosebumps!!):

When he performed this song live I was completely captivated. He gives one of the most heartfelt and passionate performances I have yet to see.

Besides TO, this weekend is going to be crazy filled with awesomeness and also a little bit of sad… But I’m looking forward to lots of partying… and then next week? Oh yeah more concerts and more partying. 2011 is shaping up to be a hundred times better then last year already!

Have a good weekend!

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Christmas Spirit…?

December 11, 2010 Filed Under: Everyday Stories, School... and Whatnot, Sometimes I Get Mad Too..., Work

Maybe it’s just all the stress of school and work, but this year I just don’t feel it. It’s snowing & it’s 2 weeks until Santa comes around and all I can think about is just getting through the next few weeks of December and getting ready for my 2nd semester at school.

It’s especially hard when school doesn’t finish until DAYS before Christmas Eve. I don’t understand how that’s fair to anyone. It leaves you just about no time at all to get your gifts together and to get into the mood of the holidays with family. all I can think about until December 17th is my first round of finals as a University student. I just want to study and hope that work doesn’t get too much in the way.

But work always gets in the way. Especially this year. Retail is killing my Christmas spirit and it’s making me practically hate my job. People are mean. Every customer thinks that the world is revolving around them at this time of the year and if my attention dares not be 100% on them then I get yelled at. Which often happens dozens of time in any given shift. I’m sorry that 10 people are asking me questions at the same time. I can’t split myself up the way everyone needs me to.

It might be different if this was all I had to focus on… But when work is almost (if not more) demanding then school, it becomes too overwhelming. Between these two halves of my life, where am I supposed to fit MYSELF in?

Well, the answer is that I don’t. Or, if I do, those other two parts suffer.

I kind of just want the holidays to be over. (Okay,I’m done whining now, I promise!)

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I’m so sick of watching the minutes pass us & go nowhere

May 30, 2010 Filed Under: Everyday Stories, Family, Reading/Books, Work

My weekend was good.

It was a good amount of busy & not-overwhelming, and making things better with my mom which was good. I guess things are still a bit weird between the two of us but for now, we’re okay.

On Friday night I brought all of my stuff for the garage sale over to Jenia’s house and we spent the entire night cleaning, pricing and boxing stuff for the next day… before crawling into bed and watching some episodes of The Big Bang Theory, with our glasses on and our pillows propped up. We looked like an old couple.

The next day we were both up at 7AM wishing that we could sleep for another 5 hours. But we got all our stuff outside by 7:45 and we were fundraising by 8AM. I guess I didn’t have huge expectations or anything, so I guess I’m not too surprised about not making millions or anything, but I guess in garage-sale-land the two of us did pretty decently well! We had a good time sunburning and hanging out outside all day too.

Me, my coffee & the sign at the front of the driveway at 9AM

We closed up the sale around 3:30 because it got really dead, and I had a family dinner to get ready for too. My mom picked me up & by 5:30 we were back on the road for middle of nowhere St. Anicet where My sister-in-law’s Uncle rented a cottage for the summer. I hung out with family up there until about 11PM eating lobster and sitting by the water before my mom and I made the one hour drive back home to sleep.

Today I was supposed to work 9-3 but I ended up staying until nearly 6. The day went by so fast. Unfortunately I only worked until 4 but I stuck around because popular teen author Sarah Mlynowsky had a signing from 3-5 and I got to help out. It was my first author signing type thing so it was a lot of fun. She was incredibly sweet too and she got me interested in her books, they seem really hilarious.

Now I’m just completely exhausted and I want to sleep 12 hours and maybe read a little too. I’ve been doing a lot of that in the last few weeks and there are a bunch of novels I want to read this summer so I’m trying to read even more than usual.  Actually, I think it’s time I go do some of that now!

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We’re here to make a scene cuz we’re living the dream

May 11, 2010 Filed Under: Concerts, CONFRONT, Everyday Stories, Family, Friends, Girls' Nights, Music = Love, Pictures, School... and Whatnot, Things That Make Me Happy, Travel, What's Goin' On, Work

I miss this week-end. And it’s only Tuesday. I honestly need more nights like Saturday and more afternoons like Sunday.

There is so much I want to say about Saturday, I don’t even know where to start. Basically, the whole afternoon/night was a huge party with friends. Jenia & I interviewed Dave from The New Cities for CONFRONT in the early afternoon and it was just really nice to hang around and joke around with him for 15 minutes. I love interviews like that.

Afterwards we spent a couple hours in Athena & Sam’s hotel room who came down from Ottawa for the show. We took pictures and made a lot of friends… Including a room of guys who were hammered by 5PM and part of the opening band who randomly got in the elevator with Jenia & I.

The show was awesome, but our whole gang hung out at the back of the venue by the bar enjoying the music, laughing and taking pictures.

Our elevator friend Kyle wanted a picture with the two of us. So there you have it.

Tommy, Jay, me, Lisa, Jenia & Julien
This picture actually kills me. I have NO idea why Jay is making that face, but I laugh every time I look at it.

The three of us wanted a picture together but people kept walking in front of the camera… so Jay stopped all of the traffic while we took the shot and, well, we were all hysterical.

The girls! I love you all <3

After the show we all headed to Fouf’s for some partying time. We stayed until nearly 4 in the morning just hanging around, having some drinks and laughing. And making more friends… because that’s just what we do.

The whole day and night was filled with talking about groupies and “make-out contests”… and Justin Bieber and Jackie Chan. We’re all very sarcastic people. It works well.

We only got to bed at nearly 5:30AM after some really fun adventures trying to hail a van-taxi in the middle of construction central.

The next day we woke up at 10:45 because I was getting picked up by my mom to go up North for a family brunch. My sister-in-law’s (whoa, I’m still not used to that) uncle & aunt were hosting this amazing brunch at their huge house in the mountains. I spent the entire afternoon eating and running from hot tub to Sauna with everyone who thought of bringing their bathing suits along. I was super tired but it was an awesomely relaxing day.

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This week I have another hectic schedule. Today after work I’m heading to Selina’s goodbye dinner. She’s leaving us for 2 months to travel across British Columbia so I’m going to go and say goodbye. Tomorrow I have orientation for University in the early afternoon and at night I’m heading over to Jared’s  house with the girls and some other friends to watch GAME 7 Habs VS. Penguins. I’m not a huge hockey person, but it’s impossible not to be excited about an intense game like that!

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What’s Happening This Summer (so far):

May 18th: Interview with Circa Survive and/or Coheed & Cambria
May 28th: Commander Keen show with the girls
June 6th: Possible interview with From First to Last
June 26th: The Spill Canvas
June 27th: Possible interview with Nikki Yanofsky
June 29th: The New Cities in Trois-Rivieres
July 10th: MY BIRTHDAY and Warped Tour in Montreal
July 14th: The New Cities in Sherbrooke
July 15th: The New Cities in Sorel
July 31st & August 1st: Osheaga (Interviews & Shows!)
August 7th: Possible Rihanna show
August 8th-18th: Very possible vacation to Cape Cod with Jenia & her family (as long as everything works out alright!)

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Week 11: 10 Things

May 1, 2010 Filed Under: 10 Things, Concerts, Friends, Girls' Nights, my crazy obsession with TV, Reminiscing, Work

10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

1. Last weekend I spent an entire day with my mom. We did some stuff around the house and then we spent the afternoon in Ste-Annes. We had to go wash our bed duvets at the laundromat because they’re so big and we took advantage of the gorgeous day to have some ice-cream and people-watch. It was a really good time!

2. I don’t think anything makes me happier then waking up to the sun shining. The weather has been amazing all week- except that one day that it snowed atleast 5cm… but then I woke up the next day and it was practically all gone. Just the way I like it.

3. Monday was an absolutely gorgeous day so I took advantage after work and took a bit blanket outside, cuddled on the swing with a good book, and read for a good 2 hours… until it started getting cool and windy. It was a great feeling and had me excited for the beautiful summer evenings ahead

4. Tuesday I went to my old high school with Agnes and we went to a student council meeting to start organizing a Benefit Dance. The school is letting us organize this dance and all profits are going to go to our Walk at the end of August. It’s really exciting & the students were super excited to help out!

5. Being back in high school was crazy, even if it was for just a few hours. It reminded me how much has happened and changed in the last 4 years, even though sometimes I wonder if that much time has ACTUALLY passed. But being back there was great, it’s been a while since I saw my old teachers.

6. Since my last post, I’ve told myself that I’m going to be okay with the whole situation with my friends. When I was back at school on Tuesday I saw a teacher that I used to have & the first person I wanted to tell was my friend K, because we’d had that teacher together. I think when the good times outweigh the bad, it’s okay to move on. Last night I hung out with them- a little girls’ night and it was nice. We went for ice-cream and we just talked and stuff.

7. My week at work was overall really good. It’s strange to add this to my list, but since I spend 3/4 of my time there I think it’s important to atleast be happy doing it.

8. I managed to finish watching Season 1 of Felicity this week and download/start watching Season 2. I’m completely back in love with this show, seriously. I’m at the part where she cuts all her hair off, she looks AMAZING. I wish I could pull off this look with my curly hair.

9. Although my interview with artist SIA didn’t work out yesterday, I got an interview with one of the members of As I Lay Dying set-up for this afternoon. So, not exactly my kind of music. But interviews in general make my day that much more interesting!

10. I’m not a crazy huge hockey fan, but I AM from Montreal so I think this deserves a spot on my Top 10 of the week: The Habs won the playoff series in game 7! The entire city is absolutely bursting with love for the team right now.

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Tonight, I’m going out with Jenn, Jenia & Laura for a much needed and long-planned girls’ night. We have a few things planned with an early wake up call for work tomorrow, which should be interesting.

I’m excited!

Laura’s birthday ’09. What an amazing night with good friends. <3

Have a good weekend!

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