enjoy each day

I tired to uninstall a program, and along with erasing itself, it also erased every file on my computer. I was horrified when I found all my folders empty; years of work, gone just like that. But I found a program called ParetoLogic, which recovered everything for me. I’ve never been so relieved in my life. It cost over $50, but it’s well worth it.

Oh my, I totally forgot to write an entry about this. My brother’s cat had two kittens. They are the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!

Kittens are very helpful for this goal; it’s so much fun watching them, I’m always enjoying my time with them.

My brother’s cat just jumped up unto my laptop and broke off five keys. Luckily, the buttons under the missing keys still work, and I know where the period, the arrow keys, and the right shift is, so I don’t actually need to see the keys. Of course, the tiny buttons are not very comfortable to push, but I’m happy that everything is still working.

We went to see Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings’ band play tonight in concert. They were formerly part of “The Guess Who.” It was a fabulous concert. We had pretty good seats at the NAC Opera. The sound was great and they played all their big hits and more from The Guess Who and lots from BTO as well! Cummings also played a big solo hit he had, “Break It To Them Gently.” They played for 2 hours and there was an opening act, “Booker T.” He’s been around for a long time, since the 1960s. His band is very soulful/jazzy/bluesy.

All in all, a very memorable evening of wonderful music!

It was obvious throughout the show that Randy was really enjoying himself and his guitar licks and solos were superb. There were a total of 7 musicians; 2 percussionists, 1 bass player, 2 other guitarists, plus Randy and Burton on keyboard. They played a 10 minute rendition of “American Woman,” starting with a bluesy opening, before the telltale American Woman guitar chords started the anthem, “dah-dah-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, dah-dah da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da…” :))

Other notable songs were, “Takin’ Care Of Business” (encore number),” “These Eyes,” “No Sugar Tonight,” “New Mother Nature,” “Clap For the Wolfman,” “Albert Flasher,” “Laughing,” “Let It Ride.” “Rockin’ Down the Highway,” “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,” and “Hand Me Down World.”

My cat peed on my bed >:(
But at least I didn’t sit in it :)

I’m trying to be a Pollyanna and see the good in every situation. Sometimes I can’t see anything good, but sometimes I surprise myself.

i have to start enjoying each day, and finding the fun in it all!

I went on a scavenger hunt today. It rained, and I got soaked, but it was a lot of fun.

I’ve been feeling depressed lately, and the scavenger hunt cheered me up a little :)

I’m not totally out of the woods though.

I’m in class right now. It’s a computer class, made to be functional; white walls, steel grey blinds on the windows. The blinds are closed on every window except one.

The sun is setting; the sky is orange and pink, the clouds are purple, and trees are silhouetted against the sky. It looks like a beautiful painting on the stark white wall.

Better get back to work now before the teacher catches me on 43T.

Update at 06:33PM PDT
OK, class is over now…and the sky changed to violet and a beautiful deep red. Much nicer than a static painting, eh?

Another funny incident:

Once while I was working as a vet tech, I had to feed a dog. Sounds like a simple thing, right? But when I opened the kennel door to put the food inside, the dog rushed out and tried to get away. She had long hair, so I could grab onto it. So I was down on the floor, wrestling with this really hyper dog, and the whole time I was thinking, ‘If I let her get away, I’m going to look like a fool.’

Luckily this happened in the grooming room, and I could kick the door closed so she wouldn’t get out. Once the door was closed, I could let the dog go (there was nowhere for her to run in the small room), and I managed to get her back in the kennel, along with the bowl of food. After the wrestling match, I was out of breath and sweating like a horse. And since I was down on the grooming room floor, I came out covered in dog hair. I thought the others might ask what happened in there, but they were busy with other things and didn’t notice.

So that’s the difference between a nurse and a vet tech; nurses don’t have to deal with this kind of behaviour from their patients. I suppose nurses have some funny stories too, but probably nothing as crazy as what goes on in a vet clinic.

The way I see it, there are two ways to do this (enjoy each day).
1 – Spend some time each day doing things you enjoy.
2 – See the good in every situation, and notice those funny moments and smile.

With number 1, you create your own enjoyment. With number 2, you can decide to have some fun even if you’re not in control of the situation.

I think it’s best to use both ways, rather than just one. However, I think number 1 is the more important of the two, because while number 1 is always possible, number 2 isn’t always feasible (some situations have nothing good or funny about them).

The biggest obstacle to number 1 is time; there never seems to be enough time… but even a few minutes can make a big difference, and we can all find a few minutes if we try.