#257 Collection DocumentaShawn

I spent an hour yesterday photographing all our beach-coming treasures from Summer Vacation.

It was kinda fun, sorting through things. arranging things, in sand (we brought back from the beach), on wood, on the counter.  Thinking of different ways to dimply them.

All of the sea-glass, driftwood, shells, feathers, etc. Now I'm spending time editing and posting to Instagram. 

Here are the first two:

Shades of Green.

Shades of Brown.

#256 Quick QuestShawn

Question: What do you do when you sleep for 12 hours (Friday night into Saturday morning)?

Answer:  Lounge around in bed for 2.5 hours. Naturally.

But can you blame me? I mean it was wet and cool out. AND, it was Saturday morning.  What else did you expect? Really?!

#255 Self-CongratulaShawns

I did it!

I made it through the first week after Vacation.

Not the biggest victory of all time however I can still feel the positive effects of our recent vacation. 

In years past, the residual ‘feel good’ vibe was all but sucked out of my system by idiots and stupidity in the office by the second or third day. But based on how I’m feeling at the moment… I’ve got a feeling that I should be able to at least get through another week without wishing the Plague on anyone… (fingers crossed)

#254 Hometime AppreciaShawn

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE vacation… and I LOVE being at the cottage on PEI, but we are creatures of habit and there are some of our creature comforts here at home that I’m happy to be back with on a daily basis:

• Air Conditioning
• Dish Washer
• 45” flat screen TV
• PVR (NO MORE COMMERCIALS!)
• The Bed

Honestly, if we had these at the cottage, I would have had a very difficult time returning to Montréal (job or no job)

#253 Delicious NutriShawn

So we've only been back from Vacation for 2 days, but we decided it was time to have Lobster Rolls.

I gotta say it's the closest thing to being on the island that we have... and we'll take it for now... 

...and just keep on with our Meditation.

#252 Office DeleShawns

In never fails. When I am away from the office for a week or more, you can be sure there will be capital "D" Drama.

Once I arrive, I booted my computer and then grabbed a coffee, then walked back into the Dept and said, "Okay, what's new, who's gone, what's the damage?"

The girls just laughed...

... and then they started:

-There were two lay-offs in our Distribution Center.

-There was another Resignation (after the one announced just a few days before I left for vacation). 

-There is a "leave of absence" that was initially going to be 2 weeks, then a month and now 'indefinite'. And this for a person that was only showing up to work  3-4 days a week and when she WAS in the office, did no describable work. She from the Finance Dept, one of the old dumb-ass General Manager's hires.

-Our fearless leader (aka the Dumbass Boss) will now be working split shifts, temporarily, as he helps out at the Distribution Center to make up for his two layoffs...not that we think this is necessarily a bad thing. :-) 

A rather fruitful Return to Work Drama re-cap, don't you think?

I only wish I could take another 2 weeks off, just to see what would happen. 

#251 Island MeditaShawn

Every lotto ticket.

Every lost eyelash.

Every 11:11.

Every shooting star.
Every blown out candle.

... is a wish to be on PEI forever.