State of my life address: family

October 10, 2011

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! How apropos that I’m talking about family today. This is part 2 of my “state of my life” series. Part one can be read here. Family My parents are doing alright physically. My dad (who now lives in this city six hours away nicknamed Hammy) has been walking to and from work [...]

Hammy with my Daddy

September 21, 2011

Today was my first day back at work after a whole week off. Things didn’t go exactly as planned from the “rest and relax” point of view but my heart is happy with the way I spent the week. I was supposed to be off work from Monday to Friday, but instead I took Tuesday [...]

Life is good

August 2, 2011

I had one of the best weekends this summer, even though it was full of hard work. It helps that it was a long weekend. I crossed a long-time goal off my list and I participated in one of my family’s biggest decluttering operations, one that is nowhere near complete. It will be a multi-stage, [...]

My dad lives six hours away from me

June 21, 2011

Three weekends ago, my mom, sister, and I helped my dad move to a city six hours’ drive away. The good news is the move wasn’t the result of a divorce or other relationship woe: my father’s job had moved to this new city and for reasons I will explain below (after giving you more [...]