Bearer of good news

Another fantastically bright but cold day today. Temperatures have been below freezing, but because of the good weather it hasn't snowed more which is a bit of a shame. But can't complain.

Except about our new CD player that I purchased just before Christmas - it's already stopped working. It makes funny (ha ha) clicking sounds, stops for a second, plays a second or two, and clicks again. So I went to Futureshop today with the receipt, assuming they wanted me to send it to JVC at my own expence to to be fixed or something - but to my surprise, and because the player is still under their own 30 day guarantee we should be able to just take it back and get a new one. However this is something that Dragon needs to help me with - I carried that monster of a box here once and that nearly killed me, no way I'm going to do that again alone. So job for tomorrow.

The cupcakes whispered sweet nothings to my ear on my way back home, but I resisted the temptation and chose some fruit salad as my dessert - there's this fantastic fruit shop in Robson Market where you can get fresh fruit salad with your chosen fruit. Almost as good as the cupcakes, and a lot healthier. On my way out I browsed the Aboriginal souvenier shop display, and found a fantastic new canvas shopping bag with a picture of a Haida hummingbird on sale for only $10! So I just had to go and buy it, and got talking to the Aboriginal lady selling them. Once she heard that the hummingbird was my favourite she wanted to show me some t-shirts - and then I had to buy one of them too ("It's $25 but I'll let you have it for $15" - who can resist a bargain like that?). After that I had to ask her not to show me anything more... But before I left she told me that hummingbirds are bearers of good luck (which I knew, of course), so that got me thinking.

Almost two weeks now, I've been meaning to start working on my CV resume (got to learn the new words). Originally I gave myself until end of last year to settle in, and for the past two weeks I've been coming up with excuses or other things I'd rather be doing. The truth is, I don't want to get a job. I'm quite happy the way I am currently - and although the thought of earning the money appeals to me, we're quite well off anyway. However it's also true that going to work would be good for me, at least in the long run - and it's also to be said that Dragon would very much like me to go back to work which he's gently trying to encourage me to do (with comments like "So what did you do today?" after collapsing on the sofa after coming home from work).

Maybe the hummingbird is a sign that now is the good time to start. I was thinking about that while munching on some sushi from Akira, which by the way, is the best - and one of the cheapest - places to get sushi in West End: 6 California Rolls, 2 salmon, 2 tuna sushi, under $6... and soooo good. So I promised myself that after lunch, after finishing the episode of Voyager I was watching, after chatting to Henri who I finally managed to catch on-line, and after finishing this blog entry... I'd start writing.

So. I'm going in.

Later: after four hours on the phone with Chu, I finally got down to it. First version done, awaiting for some comments.