For ten days we've been living inside our home like a rabbit underground.
Popping up only to sniff the air for a moment.
I swept the garage earlier today and it felt refreshing as hell to remove a layer of dust;
dead leaves.
While things have been different during these days of self-isolation, it's almost like it has given us a new opportunity to be appreciative of the world around us.
I make quesadillas for breakfast this morning after sautéing some onions and red peppers.
While things have been different during these days of self-isolation, it's almost like it has given us a new opportunity to be appreciative of the world around us.
I make quesadillas for breakfast this morning after sautéing some onions and red peppers.
The first one turns out decent (you can tell I haven't done this before)
And the second one nearly doesn't turn out at all. I end up having to turn off the stove, wash the frying pan and start over. It took me a couple hours, but I thought about the kitchen utensil that would have made things easier for me. It's always the same one I seem to forget - tongs!
Tongs are obviously the most underrated of all the utensils. You can use them for easy lifting, flipping, and moving. But this post isn't about the multiple uses for kitchen tongs.
Today's post is about the same thing as many others before it - it's the end of an era.
Our self-isolating ends tonight. Tomorrow morning my husband and I can both leave the house and go to our second homes again. I think it's a pretty special thing to know our bosses both miss us; our teams miss us. Having a supportive environment makes all the difference when it comes to getting out of bed for work in the mornings. I know both of us have two little words floating in the back of our minds, still, as we head into this final week of April; month end.
For sales professionals, 'month-end' is either a shitshow or a shit show. Compared to last April, our numbers are both down. The price of oil in Alberta is well below where any of us thought it could sit. We have to become more creative than ever if we want to earn clients now. We still have targets to hit. If we leverage the platforms and skills we have - what do they say?
All our cards on the table? No beating around the bush?
The eggs are in more than one basket around here!
Another thing I've been working on these past ten days is my condo. Its been vacant since November and I have found new tenants, set to move in on the first of the month.
Whenever I think of my townhouse I get pretty sentimental. Six years ago I bought my first place, leaving my Mom's nest. It's a three-story property with two master bedrooms and a basement that doubles as the furnace-room-and-garage. I love that house until December 4th when I got a phone call saying there had been a flood. A flood, in the middle of fucking winter. This is what happens when you rent your house to pieces of shit who can't figure out how to put up a universal smoke detector.
Three months and more than $28,000 later I have new vinyl plank flooring and a big, fat insurance claim. Thank you very much you fucking brats.
I think the real problem I have is no matter what, I'm always going to be the landlady to someone younger than me. This bothers me more than I can say.
I remember telling my husband after I bought my townhouse, it was like I had no friends. They didn't want to come over and visit me because it meant coming to "My House", and that was just "Weird."
I don't even remember feeling super proud to be a homeowner, since the people I thought cared about me now gave me this look like they couldn't understand someone who'd ask for that much responsibility. Since then I've really learned being a homeowner isn't all it's cracked up to be. Still I'll never regret the decision to buy a house at 21.
Tonight there was a concert hosted by Rick Mercer called Stronger Together and it aired it on all the major networks; CTV, Global, CBC, Citytv. Stronger Together Canada brought Canadian stars on screen for messages of support, songs for frontline works and lots and lots of Thank You's to our first responders, grocery store staff, pharmacists, delivery drivers, and too many others putting their lives at risk so that the rest of the world can still carry on. #StrongerTogether was trending on Twitter when I checked my phone half way through. I had to send a text message to one of my clients as well.
About a month ago he called me with an idea, asking for my thoughts.
He says, "I made a new website." Check it out.
Thinking about what he could do for his community, while the pandemic carries out its run here in Alberta, he started Stronger2gether.ca
100% of sales of the premium clothing line 'STRONGER TOGETHER 2020' goes directly to charities, including food banks of Southern Alberta.
I knew it was an excellent idea when he told me about it and sitting there watching great Canadian singer-songwriters like Tom Cochrane and Buffy Sainte-Marie, he texts me back to say, "Another order!"
"And another."
It's getting close to midnight and I must be on my way to bed.
Thank you for the opportunity to protect and scribe.
Until tomorrow.
PS. Super Saturation from Cabin Brewing of Calgary, Alberta
This is 'I'm not even done yet and I'm going to need more yummy', New England Pale Ale @CabinBrewing #Abcraftbeer pic.twitter.com/k7gAjFix0t— polly sparks (@__aiw) April 26, 2020
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