A hair cut and a new job

I remember a song that little bro Rob and I found on some oldies record or maybe on napster who knows....I don't remember who it was by but you probably recognize it : "Get a haircut and get a real job..." I guess I've followed the directions!

Monday was an extremely busy day at the clinic - it was also my last day of work in Pilot Mound. We had an emergency surgery that turned into two emergency surgeries which in didn't have a good ending and managed to keep us very busy all day! So, on Tuesday I took the afternoon off to make up for working saturday morning. I called around and got an appointment for a hair cut and then went down to Winkler to do some clothes shopping for my new job. I spent all afternoon shopping around and in the end I should have just gone to 2 places - the consignment store and Reitmans - they were the only two places that had anything useful to me! I got 2 shirts, a cardigan, a pair of shorts, a skort, two pairs of dress pants and a piece of tupperware at the consignment store for $45 (I love second hand prices!!) Then I went to Reitmans where I got 4 tops and a pair of dress pants for $95 (I love sales and Buy one get one free!!) Now, suitably outfitted for the new job I went for my new look. I had planned to donate my hair and go for a fairly short look. I didn't really know what I wanted, but with the help of the stylist I picked out a fairly versatile and fun cut. About 40 minutes and 12 + inches of hair later I had a completely new look - and I love it!

Before (the most recent pic I have is this bad one from Christmas)

After - note to self don't take pictures in the late evening when you're exhausted....

The rest of the week went by quickly - I spent most of the last week filing in different capacities....what fun! I had thursday off, and had planned to meet up with a lady who had some used clothes for sale (these were uniform clothes that I need to wear at work now - and she had quit and was my size - YAY!) So after trying on everything she had, I took home about $750 worth of clothes for $245 - the Lord is really looking out for my needs - I now have a full wardrobe and the other night I even found the right shoes online for a cheap price! On thursday afternoon after purging most of my wardrobe and sorting/organizing/exchanging winter clothes for summer ones, and doing some laundry, I went to babysit my little nephew for a few hours. He is so cute - and such a joy to be around these days as he's getting more and more interactive- he is now 8 1/2 months old and getting to be a very large kid!! We went for a walk and then I spent the rest of the afternoon entertaining him as he was somewhat fussy. Once I took his pants off however he was happy as can be(Trevor said this may be a bad sign of things to come - but I'm pretty sure he was just too warm!) - too bad that was only about 30 minutes before his mom came home - I shall try that sooner next time!

Friday was my first day of work and although they did get me right in there and had me learning lots of stuff I still felt somewhat strange not being able to busy myself too easily as I am used to always knowing what needs to be done and how to do it. All in all it was a good day and I felt pretty comfortable - I think I will fit in fairly well even though I am sorta in a different generation then everyone I will be working with. I'm looking forward to this week and learning new things!

On saturday I took a first aid/CPR course which was paid for by work - good stuff to know, and hopefully I'll never seriously have to use it. Today we went out for Mother's Day brunch at Holiday Mountain - the local ski/golf resort. The beauty of this golf course almost makes me want to learn to golf - anyone want to teach me?

I got Trev to take a better picture for me today and then we attempted a self portrait....not the greatest.