Anyone want to buy a MacBook with the new Leopard operating system installed, for decently cheap? The laptop isn't that old. I just don't really want a Mac anymore. I bought it for $1300, so I'll probably sell it for $600 or $700. If you want it, or know anyone who might, let me know.

I have the worst earache ever right now ( okay, maybe it's not the worst, but it's aggravating ). The pain is gone, mostly, but it's still a huge annoyance. I need a way to get rid of it before Friday. I really don't want to drive all the way down to Edmonton with an earache. Especially since I'll be the one doing the driving. It will be the longest drive for me where I'm the dirver, heh. We were going to leave on Saturday morning, but Steve asked, on Sunday evening, if I wanted to leave on Friday instead. Hey, I worked Sunday, plus I'm getting an extra $195/day, tax free, for LOA, so I can afford to miss Friday ( as well as next week ). He wants to go home, and soon. He's got the flu really bad. I feel absolutely awful, especially everytime I get a text from him, out at camp, saying that he wants to go home, and be sick in his own bed. I totally understand, though. He keeps saying that there's nothing out in camp, to make him any better. He told me that he was out there with the heat off in his room, the window open a little, wearing a pair of shorts and still sweating. I don't remember the last time that I had a fever. On Sunday, he thought that his sore throat might have been because of the lime dust in the FGD. Turns out he was getting the flu. Nice, right? He figured that he'd be in to work on Thursday to get his cheque, but now he may not. I told him that I could just as easily get his cheque for him, so he should stay where he is, and try to get better. It's all up to him, though. Only he can tell Dennis what to do with his cheque. 

Steve spent the weekend here, this weekend past. Despite things that went wrong, it was nice waking up next to him, despite the fact that we couldn't stay that way for very long, since we were both working this weekend. Friday night, I got home, and went right back out to camp for him, before I got too comfortable at home, and decided that I didn't want to go back out. Once we got back here, I showered and we headed back out. Since he wasn't going to be in camp for the weekend, he would need to get something for lunch from the grocery store. So it was off to Safeway!

We did a little grocery shopping, and picked up some luncheon food for the weekend of work, and since we were both far too tired to go out for supper, like we were going to, we ended up going through the Tim Hortons drive-thru and getting some sandwiches. I never used to like those, but they're growing on me. Ham and swiss on white is just so good <3

We got home, ate and went right to bed. It was a little difficult to get situated right away, since my bed isn't quite as big as his, or that bed at the Sawridge. But we managed! I should hope, at least. He is going to be sleeping there for three weeks >.> God, I need to clean out my room. He's going to have to clean all of his stuff out of his camp room when he goes to school, and keep it all here. So, I need to find a place for his stuff before March ... 10th? I think it is.

Anyways. Back to the rest of my weekend. Our weekend, rather. Saturday went by just fine. Until the end of the day. I went down to the office to sign out, and George asked me if I wanted to stay late. I laughed at him, and told him no. He said "Well, Steve's staying." Does he think that I would stay late, just because Steve was? Screw that. But then George said that we weren't, but the scaffolders actually were. Good enough. Dennis came in the office, and I just asked him if he was going to drop Steve off at my place when they were finished. It seemed that Steve already had that talk with him, because he already knew that he wasn't to drop Steve off at camp. We had a big old conversation about that when Steve came down to the office. Steve MacLeod looked like he was so lost ^^; "What, are you guys sleeping together?" He never got his answer.

I went home, knowing that Steve was going to be late. We were supposed to go out to supper that night, and we were still going to, no matter what time he got home. He called me at 7:30 and he told me that they were sitting in the lunch room, waiting on an operator to look at something, or do something to something, before they could get to work. He said that they were probably going to be working either a 14 or 16 hour day. That meant that he would probably be there until at least 9 or 11. I was hoping for sooner than later, but that's pretty obvious right? I didn't want to have too much to eat before he got home, just in case we did get out for supper, but I was picking at a container of yogurt all night, so by the time he did get home, I wasn't hungry. I was too tired to go out by then, anyways. Well, by 9:30 I was falling asleep, so I set the alarm on my phone for 10, so that I could nap, but it wouldn't be enough to keep me up all night. Steve was supposed to call me when he was on his way home, anyways.

It was about 10 to 10 when he called and said that he was on his way home. I had just fallen asleep, but was glad that the call came then. Hell, it could have come at 11 >.>

I was laying on the couch, falling asleep again when he walked through the door. I wanted to hug him and kiss him as soon as I saw him, but instead, I just greeted him at the door. He was filthy! I wouldn't let him touch me until he got a shower ^^; So, he showered, and then asked if we were going out to eat. I told him that I didn't really want to, which turned out to be a good idea, because he didn't want to either. He was tired and sore. He's used to going to bed around 8:30, and here it was, almost 11. So, instead he had a few hot dogs, we sat on the couch for a little while, and then headed up to bed, where we talked for a LITTLE while, before we went to sleep. So, as it turned out, we got to spend little while together while he was here. But, we both woke up pretty early on Sunday morning, so we had lots to cuddling time before work. I had my alarm set for 5, and we were both awake at 4. Unfortunately, when 5 rolled around, we had to get up and get ready for work. It was pointed out by him that he'd barely even kissed me all weekend. 

On Saturday, since I was driving the van, when we got to work, everyone else would get out, and he'd stay in the van, and come with me while I parked the van. Sunday, Ken left the door open, so he felt that he had to get out. But, while no one was looking he kissed me. I was so happy <3 It was a bit of a risk to kiss at work, but ^^;;

Work went as usual, and then we got back here, he collected his things, and we went for supper at Boston Pizza. We both wanted to try to be in bed pretty early that night, and he still wanted to go to Hortons before going out to camp. I ended up getting him out there at 9:30, so I got home around 10. I had SUCH a good sleep.

He wasn't in to work again today. But then, neither was I. I don't think I'll be going again tomorrow either. He won't be in for the rest of the week. My ear ache is mostly gone, but my ears all still all plugged up. Not hearing at work is not a good thing. I'd be fucked if alarms started to go off. If I was working alone, I'd never know. I have a few different things to try to clear up my ears. Hopefully, all goes well.

Oh, and one last note - join 
metallic_bovine

It's my new comm for music sharing. Love it <3


 

This is a little odd, I know, but if there's anyone who knows a good website for buying vinyls, I'd be really appreciative. There's two, in particular, that I'm looking for, but they're pretty hard to find.

<3

This is going to be for my reference, mostly, but feel free to use this reference, too. If you want any of it, just ask, and you shall receive.

( Dragonforce )

( Emilie Autumn )

( Freezepop )

( Muse )

That's it for now. I have more music on my computer than that, but I'm getting tired <3 Update more tomorrow, and as more finishes downloading. <3

I HAVE INTERNET AGAIN! ON MY OWN COMPUTER, AT THAT !

I don't know how long it's going to last, but the point is that I have it!

I can't do any of that fancy shit with the text or anything, so, let's just say, Happy Birthday Nolan! Lots of love and all to you <33333333

I'm moving this weekend. We're going to start tomorrow! I'm so excited. One of two things that brightened up the end of the week. <3

Item number two that made my week was an invite to go out with the scaffolders tomorrow night.

Brandon: So, you going out drinking this weekend?
Shannon: No.
Brandon: Why not?
Shannon: Because, I have no one to go with.
Brandon: Well, a bunch of us are going out tomorrow night. You're more than welcome to come with us.
Shannon: Where at?
Brandon: Diggers.
Shannon: When? Like, what time?
Brandon: How about I just give you my phone number, and you can give me a shout tomorrow.

When he gave me his number, he also told me that apparently, they supposed to be going to Paddy's for supper too. If all goes well tomorrow night, I'll probably give him my number, that way anytime they're coming into town, they can give me a call and let me know.

I will keep in touch with the scaffolders. I swear it!

Okay, so to those of you who read and were wondering about my post lastnight [didn't actually have much time to write anymore than that] or commented [love you!], here's the story.

The contract for the general maintenance out on Suncor site was up as of the end of January. Hence, a new contract had to be signed [also, general contracting was up for grabs]. Jacobs ended up losing the contract to two different companies. They lost scaffolding to Safway, and everything else to this new company called TransField [TransWest? .. No, I think it's TransField]. Meaning, Jacobs is being put off site. Bad news? Nah. Not really. Just switch hard hats when the time comes. It's not taking place for another 8-ish months anyways.

Not that bad, right? No one's losing their jobs [as it looks now.], or anything. Pretty good news if you ask me.

For Suncor.

I don't work under Suncor

I work under TransAlta.

That's a whole new animal down there.

TransAlta gets to pick their own contractors. There was a possibility that Jacobs could have kept the contract down there [although not likely. There's only about 20 of us down there].

It didn't happen.

We lost it down there too.

No Safway though.

Venture Scaffolding got it.

We had a meeting yesterday with Terry Romans [supervisor] and Vince whatever the fuck his last name is ["The Powers that Be" for Jacobs out on Suncor site. Us and the scaffolders.

The scaffolders were told, point blank, that as of Friday, their services are no longer needed in TransAlta. Then the shit hit the fan. Guys were worrying about where they would go, and some were even already making plans to go back home.

There were options for them though.

There's a shut down going on over in the Upgrader 2 where they needed about 24 more scaffolders. Jacobs just happened to be into the shut down too deep to pull them out now.

Then there's site-wide services. That is still Jacobs. They were told that they could go there. Nothing but tear-downs for the first few months, going everywhere on site. No counting material. Just tear it down, bundle it up, and go.

A scaffolder's friggin' dream job, as far as I can tell, because a lot of them seemed pretty excited to do it when they found out that they were going there, last night.

I was pretty upset that I was losing my scaffolders [yeah, you saw correctly. My scaffolders ^^;]. I mean, they are all such great guys. It's going to be so weird not having them around everyday. No one to stop and talk to us. Just us going up to the kitchen for break everyday. No seeing them in the lunch room [it's going to be so empty now]. No seeing them in the plant. None of them in the office. Fuck, we even lost our office. George is being moved out of the Jacobs' office, and Venture is taking it over. George'll get put into their little office.

But, before Terry and Vince left our lunchroom, it was Randy who asked the million dollar question:
"What about us?"

They said that we're stable. It's work as usual for us.

Bull fucking shit.

Little did they know that while we were having our meeting, Rex Norman [partial owner of Venture Scaffolding. Good guy.] was in a meeting with TransAlta, about getting the insulating contract too. They have it. They take it as of Saturday. Terry and Vince didn't know this.

That's when the stress started [what ultimately made me sit in the bathroom and cry]. We don't know what's happening with us. We still don't know what's happening to us. Either we get signed up with Venture [depending on what they offer George]. If he doesn't like they offer, we try Cessco. If not them, we go back to Jacobs, to see what they want to do with us. Most likely, we'll get transfered all over site. If I end up getting sent to Extraction, I'll go right to Terry and tell him I want to be a laborer, because I wouldn't learn fuck all there. If he doesn't give me that, I'll ask for a lay off. If I go to Upgrading... Well, I don't know. I've never been there before. Crystal tells me I don't want to go there because there's a lot of bullshit that goes on, yet Dario tells me that it's great over there. Then again, she's an insulator, and he's a scaffolder. Two completely different trades. Things are bound to be different for them. But the point being that I don't actually want to leave TransAlta. As much as I say I hate it there from day to day, I've been there since day one. It's all I know. And I don't want to know anything else. I know the PowerHouse like the back of my hand. I don't want to have to learn a completely new area again.

I left work early today, so I called George tonight to find out what was going on. They haven't decided yet. So, we go to work Monday, like usual. Only technically, we don't work for anyone. Jacobs doesn't have any contract down in TransAlta, even though we'll still be getting paid by them. It won't be until Wednesday or Thursday that we find out. But... it's going to be so quiet, and even a little depressing without them there too.

I don't want to be a contractor anymore.

Heh. Never thought I'd actually cry at work >

Oh no! My folder... with all my manga... it's gone ; ; Maybe if I'm lucky it's just hiding somewhere, but right now, it's gone ; ;

You totally know it's off having a torrid affair with FFXII, which is still MIA.

I will find it!

both of them!

I'm totally not going back and re-downloading all 87 chapters [plus the rest] of D.Gray-Man that I had. And I'm not going back to re-find all those doujins. And I'm not going back to re-download all the Angel Sanctuary volumes.

Okay. I lie. If I don't find it, I'll most likely be re-downloading all of it. You all know me better than that >.>

Okay, I know I'm being a little more dramatic than I need to be, but I can't find FFXII ; ;

It's awful. I have, like, zero chances to play it when I get it, and now that I have ample time, I can't find it. I have a habit of not putting things back in the right boxes, and now I can't remember what box it was put in. ;; And I just saw it around like, a week ago too ; ;


Okay, none of you care about that I'm sure ^^;

The search continues.

Reading some of this makes me laugh:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Breton_accent

Okay, so I totally stole the idea of doing this again from Nichole. I don't remember what I had exactly when I did this last time, but I know for a fact that my results weren't quite like this. Seems I'm getting worse as I get older >.> ( I didn't have 'very high' before... )

It was a no.

BUT! It turns out that Kim [the one that's supposed to be moving in with us] has good credit. That would have been a good thing to find out before. See, that the reason why we didn't get it in the first place. It was mine and dad's names on the application. I have no credit, and dad has bad credit. So, we're going to fill out another application, this time with my name, and Kim's name. We'll keep trying. There's bound to be some place that'll take us >_<

Omg. Billy makes me laugh xD

Note: Billy is Marie's brother.

Billy - If I found out that I only had a two to live, I would just in my truck and go on a killing spree right across the country. I mean, I'll pick up every hitchhiker I see and just torture 'em. So, warn your family and your friends, anyone you want to survive, and tell them not to be hitchhiking. But my luck, the doctor'll fuck up, and I actually have twenty years. The cops'll catch me, and I'll be laughing at them, saying "Haha! Fuckers! I only have another day to live!" And then I get a phone call. "Uh, William? We sort of made a mistake. You actually have twenty years to live." Ah fuck. Bubba, I'm comin'.

Heh xD

Snakes on a Plane is going to be out on video on January 2nd <3

Wouldn't you know that it's the day I go back to work after the holiday >.>

Definitely have to buy that, though xD

Just a little update about the condo situation too.
Dad was talking to Colleen [she's a friend of his. The one who lives in the condo that we're applying for] and she said that the landlord will let her know tomorrow, and then we'll know.

Be watching tomorrow for a yes or no on that.

Fingers still crossed?

In the Spring, I may have an actual reason to visit B.C!

A friend of mom's is moving to BC in the Spring, and mom might be moving there for 3 months or so to work herself, while staying with her friend. I hope she does. It would be nice to visit, without having to pay for hotels, or without having to find someone else to go with, since I doubt I would be going alone ^^;

I was going to add something ... oh right ^^;

Now, I just need to visit Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland [I could probably go to Harbor Grace, and know exactly where I'm going when I get there, for how much Randy already told me about it ^^;] and then I would have been to every province in Canada.

Maybe someday I'll even take a drive up North [when I have, like, tons of time, mind you] and visit the Northwest Territories. That's right. I'm planning on going places. Will I ever actually do it? Maybe >.> Maybe not.

But I will be going through Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Me and dad are supposed to be driving home this summer. I know I said that about last summer, but this time he's really serious about it. He's even taking two months off for the trip. I, on the other hand, will not be taking off quite as much time. I'll be driving home with him, and getting a plane ticket to come home. He's making the drive both ways.

Anyways, that's it for now!

Back to watching Advent Children again, and maybe playing some Deadrising

We should know either tomorrow or Friday if that condo is ours.

Be hopeful and cross your fingers for us.

I know I will be.