I take things too personally

I take things too personally. At work, in business, when people decline on the wedding invitation RSVP...

I take things too personally, but how can I not? I take criticisms of my work as direct criticisms of me. I feel far too much responsibility for my tenant's happiness and wonder if I'm doing the right thing in renting out my condo. I jump every time my phone rings because I think there's something wrong at the condo. Every time someone RSVPs 'No', I'm a little sad. Isn't that silly? Maybe I need to harden my heart for certain things; things that don't really matter or need so much of my emotional energy. If someone doesn't like what I make for dinner, I have hurt feelings (so much so that I don't like to cook for others very often). Geez...

I don't want to be so sensitive, but I also don't want to be a callous jerk. How does one find balance in this?

Staying cool... maybe a little too cool...

While my friends and family are enjoying unseasonably hot weather in Winnipeg, I am enjoying unseasonably cool weather in Kelowna. I take small comfort in the fact that I haven't had a sunburn or heat stroke yet.

Went for a makeup test for the wedding yesterday. I think it went well. Still not sure if I'm going to try doing this on my own or getting the makeup artist to do it for me that day. Don't want to look bad in the pictures. I do have about 10 weeks to learn how to do this myself... Do I buy the product and practice and look pretty for the dog every day or just get the person to paint it on me?

Feedback appreciated...

Week 1 of Okanagan Living

I'm still trying to get used to the idea that I'm not here on vacation this time. That it's not temporary. That it's long-term.

Another sunny day in Kelowna. It's such a beautiful area but I don't think I should go on and on about it. I want people to come and visit me and see for themselves, not listen to me babble on about how nice it is while their weather is lousy. Believe it or not, I saw citrus trees at a greenhouse and they had fruit on them! I half suspect that they were imported that way or, they're never really outside for very long. We're not in a citrus producing area, so I'm still not sure what the whole deal is, but I'd really like it if my orange tree (that I brought with me) would at least flower now that it's out here. I also find the idea of a lime tree really cool. :)

Landlord status: at this point, still feeling more stressed out about it than I'd like. I still can't relax about it. I'm hoping that the dreams stop soon, as I don't want to worry about this the whole time. I guess that if the whole parking situation hadn't come up, I wouldn't be feeling like this. Still not sure if I'm cut out for this. I take things too personally most of the time. This is a business and I need to treat it as such.

As long as Rich keeps cooking for me, we'll get along splendidly. ;)

Wine and health

While researching the Mediterranean diet, I cam across some notes about red wine and saw something I really liked:

Wine and health - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In his circa 375 BC play Semele or Dionysus, Eubulus has Dionysus say:
“Three bowls do I mix for the temperate: one to health, which they empty first, the second to love and pleasure, the third to sleep. When this bowl is drunk up, wise guests go home. The fourth bowl is ours no longer, but belongs to violence; the fifth to uproar, the sixth to drunken revel, the seventh to black eyes, the eight is the policeman's, the ninth belong to biliousness, and the tenth to madness and hurling the furniture."

All I can say is, SO TRUE! Who hasn't progressed through all these stages, or at least almost all of them. I'm not sure how large Dionysus' bowls were, but I think that they must have been quite large. This is a great reminder to drink in moderation, so as to enjoy the benefits of wine, but not to wake the demons that lie within.

In vino veritas ~~ In wine is truth

The binge before the purge storm

Next Monday is the start of a 12 week healthy living program that is being sponsored by work. I've been tracking my eating habits for the last week and it's BAD! I didn't think my habits were this awful. There are barely any vegetables and fruit but there is a lot of junk. The question is, is this brief window an accurate view of my long-term eating habits or is it a skewed vision because I'm eating extra bad because of the junk drought coming up? Mardi Gras is a good example of people engaging in this type of behaviour.

Am I flashing for beads or am I just a junk junkie?

Working from home can be hazardous to your pants

Or, at least it was for mine. They've all gone and shrank themselves somehow. Not really sure how it happened, but I really hope that it's not going to continue in the future. I refuse to buy bigger pants (silly, I know) but am not comfortable at all in the ones that I have now. I honestly was surprised that it happened, as I thought I was aware of how much I was eating and I attempted to be active everyday. Looking through my Beginner Triathlete log though, I see that I might not have been as active as I thought I was. And the eating thing? Who knows, as I didn't record anything for that.

I am drifting further and further away from Ironman shape. For the last 1.5 years, I've barely kept to any sort of a routine for more than a couple weeks at time. I moved, I started traveling for work a lot more, I started getting injuries... Those are excuses, I know, but that is what has kept derailing me from the track I want to be on.

Onwards and upwards, right? The past doesn't matter, what matters is what you do in the future.

Snowing in Kelowna

It's snowing for the first time while I've been in Kelowna this February. Every other day has been a mix of cloudy mornings and sunny afternoons. It's been a dry winter here. Last year I came here for a visit in March and there was still a lot of snow on the ground. I'm just thankful for the milder temperatures here.

12 days til my next CGA exam. I really need to buckle down and go hard for the next few days so that this can all be over sooner than later. I will be so happy when I have completed the CGA program. I can't wait.

In other news, is there a good way to turn down a potential job offer?