Another season, another blog post

I am the world's worst blogger. It's official.

My life is just filled with too much excitement -- who has time to compose blog entries? Well, yeah, I have nothing but time. I just don't have anything interesting to talk about.

I'm watching an Eskimos football game by myself at the moment (I don't even see any animals in the room. Other than the dragon who is, as always, a captive audience). My beloveds are winning so it's especially enjoyable. The current fumble in Montreal's favour promises to be the TSN turning point, though, so my joy may be abated a bit in the next quarter or so.

We've had a lovely summer so far -- lots of time spent with the kids in the paddling pool and a couple of small outings in the camper. Chaeli is such a fun companion now at 4.5 and Carson is tonnes o' fun this year, too. Miles was in Saskatoon yesterday and today and Nyk worked early so I had the kids from about 6am until I took them to daycare on my way to work. I don't know how people do that every day -- my house looked like a cyclone had passed through both days and my hair was doing the "casual" look for a change. They're so cute, though. It's actually a nice way to start the day.

Chaeli is in the "questions" phase right now. A couple of weeks ago she was asking me what is inside our bodies. I told her bones, and muscles, and blood (she said, "ew. blood!") and a heart...and she said, "Yes, we have a heart inside. And if it breaks you cry and cry". I thought it was the cutest thing ever, so I told Nyk about it. She asked Chaeli what happens if your heart breaks and she said, "You fall to the ground and you cry!". Ah, the influence of the Disney princesses, I expect.

I have some changes coming at work very soon that I'm kind of nervous/excited about. I think it's a good move for me, but I'm nervous about it at the same time. I'm hoping to make the announcement tomorrow, so I'll be able to talk about it a bit more freely. It's really been weighing on me so it will be nice to have it all settled. I've been there going on 9 years, so I've become quite used to my routine. I think a change is due. I hope.

Speaking of change, I decided, after years of considering it, to start using my maiden name again. My last name is a two-parter now, and it feels AMAZING to be myself again. I honestly don't know why I didn't do this a long time ago. Changing ones name in the first place is the oddest concept to me. I'm really not sure why we do that. People have been asking me if I'm related to the Youngs in X or the Rudds in Y for years now and of course I wasn't. If you ask me if I'm related to the Stauffers in X or Y I probably am. Anyway, good to be back. Wonder why it took me so long.

Still doing the vegetarian thing, still lovin' it. This is also something I've been working toward for years and it is a good fit for me. I subscribed to a Veggie magazine online and I can hardly wait until it starts showing up in my mailbox. I never have trouble finding fun stuff to eat, but one can always use more ideas.

Well, I'm making another valiant attempt at playing guitar in the evenings again. I always say I'm going to get my fingers conditioned by the summer so I can play when we go camping and other places, but my fingers get sore and I drop it again. I'm determined to do it this time, and I hope to do a bit of writing again. We'll see. Maybe if I write it here I'll inspire myself. Time will tell...