2022 JCS Tour.

We arrived home from Disneyland in mid November

in the middle of the night on a Sunday morning. And

after a few hours of sleep and long showers, we all

headed in to the Big City to see the 2022 Tour of

"Jesus Christ Superstar" that afternoon. Verdict? It

was incredible! I've only seen the original movie

but have never seen the stage play. The music, the

lighting, the actors, the costumes, oh the set! It truly

was brilliant. It was a lovely day out too. Just a bit

of snow so driving in was fine. A great show to see!

~ Chy

January 1st.

The last day of 2021 was quiet. And the first day of 2022 even quieter. We didn't make any plans for today. It's been so brutally cold and we've spent the last week resting, playing, reading, writing, purging, tidying and just being. Today, the weather warmed and tomorrow is going to be amazing! From ~ 42 C at the very coldest to ~ 6 C for Sunday. Balmy! We are going to try and dig out the rink tomorrow under the many feet of snow that it is currently buried under. And the inflatables as well. We still have next week off work, though I have been on call the entire holiday (no calls to date!) and I've been working on hiring more grief counsellors for my team, so I've had some work each day. I will likely go in one day next week to meet the interviewees in person ~ I've done Zoom sessions and have narrowed down the applicants but in person will be my hope. We'll see how the numbers of Omicron will look like then. 

I'm feeling quite lazy and I don't like it. But I know it's also been good for me to not be running like crazy. I love my work, I love my down time and I love my art, but I have to find a better balance so when I do take time to just be, that I don't feel lazy. Or guilty. Hopefully I'll have this figured out before retirement! I've got time to figure out this goal. 

The other goals I have (or we have) for 2022? Figure out retirement, work on my book, find a publisher, increase my grief team (in progress), become a better gardener, find a new location for our centre for the preschool and potentially the creation of a community daycare, agree to surgery that I've been putting off (not critical but needed), finish curtains for the cottage, re~stain the decks this Summer, improve my delegation skills, negotiate a new car with our dealership and sell the old one, and travel when it's safe to do so. We spent one week out on our little west coast island after our son's wedding but I'd love a longer trip or more frequent ventures out there. Our little island is where I truly relax!

On tap for tonight is the special on "Harry Potter" and then if we're not too tired, we're going to watch "Dear Evan Hansen." Tomorrow will be busy and we hope, outside a lot! Then we'll be back in a cold snap again for the next week. By the time we venture back to work, it should be warmer. I'm really not liking Winter so far, but happy that we can stay home, cozy and warm, in our little cottage in the big woods. The best place to be when the cold wind howls outside.

Hope your 1st day of January has been lovely!

~ Chy

New Year 2022.

Like everyone around the World, this

past year has been hard on so many

levels. But there have also been some

great things that I'd like to record. The

best was our ds and ddil's wedding,

a day that was planned for 2020, but

they had to wait another year due to

Covid. In the end, the small wedding

over looking the ocean was amazing.

The original large wedding had to be

scrapped and we all agreed, this was

so much better, much more intimate

and so much fun! I truly believe all

weddings should be like this one was.

More great moments: being promoted

to Director, the move to our all new

hospice; traveling to the coast for the

wedding, then to our little island for

a very well deserved break; more time

working from home; more time in

the office; new connections; I was

able to do a lot more writing and art

this year; my brother came to visit

and stayed with us; and my mom is

still with us, though declining. All in,

it was still a good year. Here's to 2022!

~ Chy