Saying good-bye....

In the last three weeks I've had to say goodbye to two amazing people. Two of my favorite people from work have been transferred to other RCMP detachments and work just isn't going to be the same without them when I go back in November. One of them got an amazing opportunity to work in the Forensic Ident section in The Pas and we all couldn't be happier for him because this is where he excels and the other on is moving up to the Northwest Territories to a small (and I mean small, the last census had the population at 850) town, where the nearest town is 250 kilometers away.

While saying goodbye to the officer going to The Pas was tough, he is a really sweet man who would do anything for anyone without giving it a second thought (he has the broken nose to prove it), it was even tougher to say goodbye to the other officer. You see, I would like to think that me and him were more than just co-workers, we were friends, with each other as well as with eachother's spouse. When I found out I was pregnant, he was one of the first people at work I told and the excitement he had was unbelievable. You always hear how the RCMP is a family, well they really are and for this reason I had a really hard time saying goodbye. But I did and managed to do it without crying. I will admit though, I got a little teary eyed while the S/SGT was giving his farewell speech, but I managed to keep it in check.

I wish both officers and their families the best of luck in their new postings and truly hope they enjoy the adventures that come along with moving to a new place. I know that somewhere, sometime we will all meet again and while they are hundreds or thousands of kilometers away, they are always in my thoughts.

Organization, routines, and other sanity boosters.....

I admit it, I'm a sucker for routines, lists, schedules, well really anything that will keep me organized and sane. It's now been six weeks since Linden was born, and I'd like to think we're getting into a routine. Well, maybe not a routine, but things are definitely becoming less chaotic. Linden is only waking up twice a night now, and really the second time is usually between 4:30 and 6:00, and in my opinion (which has changed greatly in the last six months) if the sun is up, it's no longer night. And since I've been feeling better and more like my old self again, we've started exercising more. Pretty much every morning after Linden and I both have breakfast and are dressed for the day, we go for a walk up town. Sometimes we'll just walk and get the mail and others we'll go into a couple of stores. It all depends on what needs to be done and when.

The other plus of me feeling better is the joy of cleaning has once again returned to my life after a brief break. And now I actually have the energy to clean. So whenever Linden is sleeping, or in his swing (which he loves) I'll putter around and clean. It may take me all day to clean a couple of rooms but it gets done. I must take a moment to mention that Ido believe Garrett has caught a bit of my cleaning bug. Since Linden's been born, he has been a big help around the house. Granted he didn't really have a choice the first couple of weeks since having a C-section left me pretty well useless and he had to take on the chore of laundry since the washer and dryer are in our basement. But even since then I'll catch him cleaning up the kitchen or sorting the dirty laundry, all stuff that he would do before, but only after I had a temper tantrum.

But, long story short, since all this talk of cleaning is making me want to go clean or organize something, I must say that I'm feeling more like my old self, just new and improved with even better multitasking abilites, and while life is definitely different with Linden around, it's so much better and I couldn't imagine him not being here.

And I said........

I feel the need to organize!!!!!!

And believe me it really is needed this time, not just me in all my craziness being crazy. Our house has slightly resembled a war zone for the past week. But finally, two years after buying the ceramic tile, it's been put down in our entry way and if I do say so myself, it looks awesome. The journey to getting it put down has been a long one. When we bought the house, the previous owners had installed carpet in the entry way, which is the dumbest idea ever. I purchased the tile two years ago with the intentions of redoing the entryway that year, however, my ever loving hubby had other plans. Long story short, two years later, as a late Christmas present from my parents, the tiles were installed. The rush to get my house put back together is on because this coming Friday, the grandmothers are having a baby shower for me and Linden and we are having it here at our place.

But it will all be worth it in the end and I get to do what I love most, clean and organize!!!!!