Parksville

Parksville is a really lovely place!! I've never been and I'm going again later on this summer to enjoy more of the stuff it has to offer. I'm so excited too! I also want to save cause I want to go shopping there. They have a couple of new age spiritual stores. Which I like, I also like those stores cause the clothes tend to feel really comfortable and cozy. But yeah, the next time I go, it'll be a bit more of a planned trip. With some shopping and I've also heard they do sand castles/sand thing building out there in the summer which is cool!

The drive out there took forever! BUT we did see some pretty nice views. =) 

I got to go on Tuesday! I mostly went for the beach.

The beach is lovely. There is a ton of sand, some areas have pointy rocks that have barnacles living on them. But you can walk on this boardwalk and when you see sand you can go and run out and play on it.

The tide was out when we went so we got to explore shallow tide pools and have fish swim across our feet, we also got to point and poke at sea shells, and sand dollars. I also saw sea jellies and a dried sea star. (I want to see some alive ones next time please!)

Look at the baby sanddollars! So cute!


I had a lot of fun at the beach. We searched, played in the water, laughed, and we also had fun.

After we were done on the beach, and done playing on the playground, and we had food in our tummies we were going to leave. But I wanted to wonder around a bit before we left! And I found there Tuesday market! It was cool.  (This is also the reason why I want to go shopping! They have some really cool stores!)

There was a ton of stuff, we had yummy fudge from one person, we also went into a couple of stores, Shades of Green was one! I bought myself a super happy necklace and I got some ocean totems too.

Update

I feel like I should be able to blog a bit more now cause I have an income which means I can blog about doing things, or jotting down ideas of stuff I would like to do. I kinda was on a break with blogging. I also have been kinda in a world of slumber for awhile.

I'm sorry for anyone who has been coming on here to see how I've been! I've been so quiet!

My bears

Update on the bears: 

My wee ones are doing well. I bought them some goodies on my last pay check. They now have some sofa's for them to sit/lay and play on. They came from pet smart. I thought it would be a good option for them cause summer is coming and I need to make sure my babies don't cook!

^ Rose is hiding. And yes, thats an ice cream sandwich.

Thats one of the Sofa's. Shes also standing on Stitch from Lilo and stitch. (She doesn't realize momma loves Lilo and Stitch. But I do!)

=) They've been doing good. They also are use to me going to work really early. So now at six even when I don't work, and I get up to use the bathroom or what have you, they are already up waiting for there good morning greens!

(Leda Enjoy her Dill) 

Reading.

I'm currently starting my task of summer reading. I have a couple of books I really want to get done for the summer.

I've been reading this. Its really good, but its also a harder read for me. It talks about foot bidding in the 19th century of china. And it follows the story of two girls that are paired up. So the first chunk of the story is focused around foot biding, and the horrible process it is. It also goes into a couple of other things, like the young ladies getting excited for being married off. Etc. But the story also has a lot of saddness. Its like ever corner in the book something horrible is happening. I'm at the point where snow flower and Lily (I think her name is?) have finally came down from the mountain and Lily has also found out about the abuse her dear friend has suffered and how there life has changed.

Its really good, but because its also harder to read. I am taking my time reading it. 

I've also been reading this. I've just started it so I'm only about a chapter in or so. I do like this book, and its different from the one above.  I only have about 3 hours left in it. And its been good so far. I don't think its as great as the book above. But its still really good. 

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I feel like a lot of the time I lack some things, like compassion. Or Whats the term I'm looking for? Empathy.

Yes, that's the term.

Empathy is a term I hear a lot of. Its a term I learnt in a psychology class. Having empathy for other people. I tend to find this really hard to do. I mean, I can look at situations and think to myself 'oh my gosh' or 'wow thats crazy' or 'I don't know how I would react' to something. But that tends to be as far as I'm able to really go. I feel like even now I still can't really get myself caught up in the emotions of issues because then I became lost- I no longer can find myself when I get swept up in emotions. Even if I'm thinking "Oh I need to give this person comfort." it can turn to. "Yeah, I need to comfort this person, but wow, this is hard". So I guess for me its really hard to learn to have empathy.

So I started work a couple of weeks ago, and one of the first things I bought with my pay check as a treat was a e-book reader. I've wanted one for years and I finally bought myself one, now I can buy books to read on here! I find it more useful too cause I tend to buy a couple of books at once when I want to get books. ( max is like 6, per visit. )

I'm going to sell my old books so I can buy some new books for my kobo. Plus it'll free up my space and it'll be nice too.

I really like it so far for reading on. Its also nice cause it has a dictionary which means if I don't know a word I can look it up. :) But yeah. I like it! Its good, and I also like how I can be carrying a ton of books around without having to hurt myself!

Life Update!

So my life has been really good! Its been really good to me, and overall I feel like this last year, even with its bumps, its been a good and healthy year.

I've been with my handsome boyfriend for about a year now, we've also moved in together in a short time. And I honestly enjoy my time with my boyfriend, he is a super great person who knows how to make me happy. I also really love him cause I feel like he really listens to what I have to say and stuff. And he has been with me even when stuff gets really hard, or I start to deal with this horrible studder that makes talking and forming sentences hard.

<3 

My guinea pig babies are doing really well too. I've had them for a couple of months now, they've gotten so big! And they are very talkative. Rose bear and Leda are also perfect little sisters, sure they rumble, sometimes they get upset with each other. But they are adore and really sweet babies. I also know they love one another. They make me happy, I also have been plunking money into there cage it seems. I keep buying them cute/cool things for them. Like now they have pvc pipes to play in. They are also growing a huge stuffed animal collection. I guess my biggest worry for them is the summer is coming. I don't want them to over heat so I need to start planning some ways to keep there cage cool for the summer.

<3

Lastly one of the biggest life updates is I finally got a job! I know! After years of searching, I finally had a place give me a chance. Its a fun job, I like it. I don't mind how fast paced it is either. I feel like I sometimes do get all frazzled about whats going on. And some of the customers really and truly do confuse me. But I'm getting more comfortable, I ended up cutting my hours back because of physical and mental health reasons. I also prefer doing drive thru, compared to front counter. I feel safer doing drive thru just cause I can close a wind before moving on to  the next guest vs, people just walking up and starting to order even though i'm not ready.
Having a job is also nice cause now i'm able to start saving money up for trips and other things. Its also nice cause i'm able to buy some things I'll like and be able to fit. (I've gained weight. so some of my clothes no longer flatter me!)  Like I want to go to Japan, and thats a big trip to save for.  But I also want to do a lot of fun and "summer-ish" things. Like I want to go to tofino, I want to go camping. I would love to go off to parksvillle to see the sand scupltures. And a lot of other things. :)