Hello, I'm back. Well for now anyhow. I have been asked if my absence is because I am suffering from writers block. On the contrary. I have lots to say, I generally do. Life has just been busy.
Since the end of June I have had the pleasure to have the company of my two step sons, they are here visiting us for 5 weeks. It's amazing how time is flying by. They are now into week 3 three of their visit and there is still so much we want to do.
We have had a full house this past month. Along with the boys, we have had my girls here with my youngest staying for a week, and my brother in law,his son and girl friend and their dog Cooper who is pure bred golden lab and is just a live wire. I guess you could now say the Inn is full, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I've been asking family to come visit for some time now so they are finally starting to take me up on my offer.
Just another new find.....
Amongst all of this activity I decided to apply for a new job and got it. August 11th I start my new job working in the PACU(Post Anesthetic Care Unit)at the main hospital in Nanaimo. It's a very busy hospital so I don't imagine I will be lacking for work. I opted to make this change primarily to improve the quality of my life. I am finding that after 18 years of 12hour night shifts that this body of mine can't take it anymore. The change to PACU means that I would be doing 8 hours shifts with no nights!!! Life is good. The position is only part-time, which I really can't afford but I couldn't afford to pass on the opportunity. I really needed the change and this seemed like a great way to make that change happen. The manager is very pleased with being able to get me on board, but I am having a little grief with their Human Resource department with transferring a few benefits that I am entitled to, but I have been working with them on this and I am optimistic that things will work out, and they will see things my way.
Panning for gold in our new spot
My brother in law has been here almost two weeks now. He has come to the Island to get away from the hectic life on the mainland. He has recently retired and had been helping my niece out by providing childcare and being an extra hand around the house, so she could go back to work. However, he was finding it tiring chasing after her two young boys and being chief cook and bottle washer. He was hoping his retirement was going to provide him with more time to be on his boat fishing. Hence he finally told my niece that he was taking himself and his boat for a much needed break to the Island to where he plans on spending his summer, and voila here he is and has been out on his boat almost daily, and is really enjoying this Island life.
The girls and I grabbing some R&R at another one of our favourite swimming holes
Interspersed with his time out on the boat he has been helping out here. Not that I or hubby have asked but he has volunteered. Which brings us to the good and not so good. A couple of the projects he decided he wanted to do for us was to plaster, and paint my stairwell. Well thank you very much, but along with that comes dust, the stair well being covered by a tarp so the dust doesn't travel throughout the whole house, ladders strung across the stair well, buckets, vacuums and well the list goes on....this project so far has taken over a week....today I am hoping that he will get to painting...which he tells me is his intent once he gets back from picking up his prawn traps. I guess we will see. Another project that he decided he wanted to help us out on was finishing our main bathroom. Do you remember at Christmas when I told you about the bathroom reno's. Well they never got completed, primarily due to hubby having his shoulder surgery. Anyhow, my bathroom now is looking like a war zone. More tarps, plaster everywhere, half painted, parts of the flooring pulled up....oh yes it's a joy to go in and see. I wish I could just close the door to the room, but hey, they decided to remove the door. Oh I could go on, but I shant. I know this to shall pass, and at the end of the day I will have the bathroom that I have been looking forward to.
So there you have it, a very quick run down on what has been going on in my life. The sun is out and the birds are singing it is a glorious morning and life doesn't get much better than this. I have a pretty full day ahead of me. I've got to get that hallway vacuumed and the walls wiped so they can get painted, and then I have to go and do some volunteer work with a lady I visit in the community. Still lots of adventure to share with you all with lots more photos.
My nephew and his girlfriend
She is visiting from Zagreb and said she knew it was beautiful in British Columbia but she had no idea that is was a beautiful as what she has seen. I take that a great compliment to our province.
