Constant Vigilance!

Life has been an interesting rollercoaster the past few weeks. I never was one for living with routines or following trends but yet here I am, routined to the max. I guess routines are safe in the end they protect you and shield you from all the harm that might come from the world.

Yes, my blog title is Harry Potter inspired! Alastor Moody constantly shouts the words above as a means of keeping everyone on their toes. It's a good idea to always be aware of what is going on, even if you feign ignorance for other purposes. I admit that I do it sometimes, or I wait for someone to make themselves clear before I assume anything.

My activities of late have been:

• Running around like a mad fiend with my mother.
• Working when I get a call in, which isn't often.
• Delighting in simple pleasantries like a heater. We had no heater for a few weeks and it sucked balls, trying to heat the house with the stove and lamps and the crock pot did not work. 
• Spending time with my friends, I feel a little left out due to everyone having finals. But then I think about the fact that even if I were going to school right now, I wouldn't have finals like they are.
• Playing some games.

I cried this morning, my dear friend who is also my ex from years and years ago (Oh yes, people, you can be friends with an Ex) reminded me that he has lung cancer. I can't believe that someone my age could die any day now, he's only a few days older than I am and he's so incredibly ill.. He says he'll get through it but when he told me that the band he's been hanging around with wrote a song about him and told me the song name.. I couldn't bear to think of it. The song is called Black Lung, quite a depressing name..

The next few weeks are going to be nothing but hectic running around, Christmas is coming and that always means a subtle hue of chaos falls over my home. I'm a stressful person and the main cook in my house, my mother is a fantastic cook but after all the years of cooking for her kids and husbands and all that.. She just likes a break, so I come in as Susie Homemaker and voila *thumpthump* I go into a cooking frenzy! I admit I'm looking forward to making cheesecake and all the other goodies.

Naanaimo baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars!