Not that I ever work exceptionally hard....

Last night I had an overnight shift. I got home after 7am and slept til four. I had actually planned to wake up at one just so that I might actually have some semblance of a regular sleeping pattern for the rest of the week. That didn't happen. When I did wake up, I spent much of my time on the couch watching a few episodes of Buffy or reading. I did phone my sister in Saskatchewan and talked to my niece as well. I got to listen to "Jillian Jiggs" along with Bella so that was cool. I only really left the couch for about an hour and a half to go to mass. After mass, I plopped down on the couch and read until the automatic lamp in the living room went out. I enjoy Sundays where I can just sit and relax. Hopefully I will get more stuff done the rest of the week, but it was nice for today. So today's favourite thing is Lazy Sundays.

"Do you have to be in Ottawa to [have a McJob]? Couldn't you get one here?"

A couple days ago, my sister talked to our 5 year old niece. Apparently, Bella really wanted to talk to me so Colette told her to phone me at noon yesterday. She didn't end up calling but it wasn't guaranteed that she would anyway. Today, I phoned home and for some reason, Bella was too shy to talk to me. She ended up talking to me through her mom. She asked me why I had to live here to get the type of job I have and why I couldn't do that back home. She also basically told me that if I move home, I could work at the Casino I worked at before and make more money than I am making now. While I was amazed that she thought about stuff like that, she was probably right about the casino. Eventually, I hang up because she wasn't talking to me and I didn't really have a whole lot to say to her mom. Two minutes later, she phoned back and actually spoke directly to me. She told me everything that happened to her in the last two months. It was very interesting. I love talking to my niece. Some days, she doesn't really feel like talking but when she talks it is very entertaining. I really do miss her though. Based on her disappointment that I am not back there with them, she misses me too.

Happy Birthday Bella!

Today-ish is my niece Bella's 5th birthday (She was born on February 29th). I can't believe she is already 5 years old. I remember the day she was born and how excited I was. I also remember going to see my sister in the hospital and ending up staying there for 4 hours to keep her company. For the first 3 years of her life, I pretty much saw her every day and took care of her quite a bit. Then I moved to Boston and then to Ottawa and I haven't seen her nearly as much. I miss her quite a bit. She's a smart little girl and doesn't let much get past her. She also uses ridiculously large words for a girl her age. Hopefully, she will get over her fear of flying and come to see me sometime soon. Anyway, Happy Birthday Bella!

So addictive

Today was a pretty nice and relaxing day for me. I played some games on my Nintendo DS, read a book, watched some TV, ate unusual food, and read some more. Much of which allowed me to be huddled under my nice big blanket on the couch. But back to that first thing...A couple of years ago, I came here to Ottawa to visit my sister and she got me addicted to the Sims 2. A game we didn't have back home. It was terrible. I eventually found out that there was a version for the Nintendo DS, so I bought myself a DS. I kind of wanted one anyway because I had tried my cousin's and thought it was pretty fun. It was a lot of money; I could have bought the game for cheaper. Because it was expensive, I pretty much didn't tell anyone in my family that I had this Nintendo game console. After about a week of having this really odd secret all to myself, I told one of my sisters but she was sworn to secrecy. It wasn't until I had moved to Boston that I actually let my mom know that I had this game thing. All things considered, this secret was a really weird secret to have and I don't know why I felt the urge to keep it a secret but there you have it. Last year, I let my sister try my DS and she ended up getting one for herself; she now has more games than I do. She also got one for my mom when my mom broke her arm to stifle the boredom of not being able to do anything. My niece loves it. My mom probably does too, when my niece lets her use it. Anyway, yesterday my sister bought two new games. I have been playing both of them pretty steadily for the last day or so, with one of the game cards in my console and one in hers. I think my sister probably would enjoy the games as well, but I seem to be a bit like my niece.

A show for the whole family, but really not....

"Bones" is definitely one of my favourite TV shows although I haven't always felt that way. I stopped watching after the episode "Aliens in a Spaceship" because it annoyed me that they didn't catch the guy. Oddly enough, that episode is the one that got one of my sisters watching the show. This week's episode brought closure to that episode and I really enjoyed it. As with many "Bones" episodes, it had moments that brought up more questions that they answered but it was enjoyable enough that I didn't mind. Apparently, my niece had to call my sister to tell her that she was scared in the middle. Yes, my four year old niece watches "Bones." It is totally an inappropriate show for her to be watching but she loves it. Especially the parts where they actually show the bones. At the end, my one sister called back to make sure my niece was okay. Her mom said she was but they were going to have to have a discussion about ghosts.