Friend Fatality?!?!
On Monday, I got back from a wonderful trip to Jamaica and Toronto with Haines and my friend Sandra. It was a fantastic time away, and so refreshing. Maybe more on that later... for now, a few pics. I came back, and it hit me. I'm officially done Mat leave. I no longer get government assistance/EI. I am back on the sign-in sheet at work. I have just over a month before my first shift again. Wow! I have a few things happening this week, with my in-laws in town, a party to throw, and advent starting. On Monday, I invited a few friends of mine to Vancouver to kick off advent & one of them, who I haven't been able to see for quite a while, was unable to attend. Something emotional triggered in me, and I suddenly worried that I had my first "Friend Fatality." You know, that thing that happens when someone who has never been a parent, becomes a parent? That shift in social relationships that acc...