Pair of Pooches
Haha. Yea, you better believe it! This post is going to be about my new-found animal friends! Their names are Draco and Parker.
Draco is one of the cutest big dogs I have ever seen…it’s hard to resist when he’s begging you for food. His eyes look at you with such a sad expression…and you almost feel like you HAVE to give him something. As long as it’s not chicken or salmon. He’s totally allergic to those…and it could be a real mess when he gets ahold of some. I don’t even want to imagine it. Draco is a very cautious dog. Apparently, he had been abused when he was a pup, and that is to blame for that personality. He may be cautious, but he’s hardly shy. He loves to be around the people he trusts.
Parker, on the other hand, is the exact opposite of Draco. She’s a golden retriever that just doesn’t know how to sit still. She’s always bouncing around looking for attention. And she just got a grooming ^^ She looks adorable.
Together with Draco, they are two of the most adorable dogs on the planet!
New home, New problems
Time and time again, I get stressed out simply because of outside sources. It has happened in life before, and I would have been a fool to not expect it to happen again. But this time, when it came, I was simply just expecting more.
If anyone’s been reading my blogs through, then they know that I used to work for Anchor Pointe, under Holiday Retirement and that I was transferring to a similar place here in Ottawa called CrystalView Lodge. I’ve been working there for only about two weeks, and my expectations have fallen so low that the only way for it to go is back up.
In these two weeks, management has neglected to tell me when I am working. Firstly, I thought that I would be working at dishwashing for a good long while, and so I didn’t go to check the schedule for serving. Since, nobody told me that I was starting that yet. But, apparently they HAD scheduled me(I had worked 4 dishwashing shifts in a row previous to that). That was strike number one.
Now, today was a different story, but could be told in a much similar manner. Today, originally, I wasn’t supposed to work. That’s what my schedule said. However, management thought that it would be a good idea to change the schedule and not tell me about it. So, they expected me to work this morning…and I didn’t know about it. I keep my phone off at night, and I decided to sleep in because “I wasn’t working”. So, they couldn’t reach me for that shift. They are lucky I came in to pick my schedule this afternoon, so this could get sorted out…ish.
The day before, because I didn’t know I was working, I agreed to take someone else’s shift that was working. That turned out to be a complete disaster! So, technically, I was working two people’s shifts! Any nobody else would come in when we called them up… That was strike two.
Funny thing is. When I came to pick up the schedule about 1:30 and realized that “oh shit” moment, I specifically said that, if they needed me for the 4:30 shift to get everything ready, they could simply just call me. Well. It turned to 4:30, and there was no call, so I assumed that everything was alright. At 4:45, I get a call from CrystalView, and they say “Whoops, we forgot to call you for the 4:30 shift. Can you come in now?” Guess what. Strike 3.
Holy crap! If there’s one thing in life that I absolutely hate, it is when someone doesn’t tell me things. I lost faith in people who withhold the truth from me. I can handle the truth no matter what it is…it’s when they neglect to tell me that I begin to lost my trust in them. Same goes for my workplace.
They are VERY lucky I’m a gracious person. Because, tomorrow I literally have an 8 hour shift to work. I almost felt like not doing it. And you know what? If they do give me any sort of crap like they gave me today, then I don’t want to work there any more. I know Holiday’s standards, and I know my own standards. Unfortunately, they don’t meet either.
Changing Alias…Jasper to Jairus
Among the many things that have changed, one is my packlife. EmeraldMysts is gone. Finito. However you say “gone” in any other language. It turs out that, while I had some trouble finding internet access, the pack sort of fell apart. Trusts had been broken, and it was time to disban, and start anew once more.
This entire thing feels a lot like de ja vu…except, unlike most of my deja vu’s, I know exactly the reason behind it. This is the exact same thing that happened when EmeraldMysts was formed. And if that is any indication, this pack is going to be wonderful! All the packs formed have gradually gotten better and better over the years.
When I first got the e-mail about the disbanning of EmeraldMysts during Photography class, I was sort of depressed. For the rest of the lesson, I couldn’t pay attention. The next day, however, I managed to pop onto the new CelestialShadows channel, and was happy to be suprised with some BIG news. As in…pregnant wolfess big. Haha.
Apparently, I am the father of 8 children! And the mother is named Tamaska, played by one of my fave woofles from EmeraldMysts. She was known as DestinyRose(Rose for short), and we got along sooo well together. Originally, she was a part of another pack, and either left or the pack was disbanned before joining us in EM. We instantly hit it off, chatting in PM’s together and roleplaying together a lot.
Jokes like “What have I done?!” and “Something TOTALLY went wrong” have been coming off of my fingers a lot recently. It’s just because…I’ve never been a father before. And, with so many children! Wow. I’m totally excited. Being the father of the Alpha’s a priviledge. Plus, I’m a true part of the Council now, being appointed Gamma with Sorrow(formerly known as CrystalGarnet, I believe.)
Officially, the CelestialShadows pack opened up today, and I could be a part of that ^^ Things are still a little shaky in regards to my personal plotline…Tamaska and I have to go through that together, since we’re mates. I’ll likely be back tomorrow after work. Man. I can’t seem to get enough of roleplaying now! It’s probably not the best for my school work…but hey, I’ve got most of what I need done for next week already. I’m happy =D
Shifting Times
The times have changed since my last post on May 4th. A year older, and many events have happened to bring me to an entirely new life. Right now, I am in digital photography class at Algonquin College, getting a speech about how to rotate an image in Photoshop. Of course, I know how to do that already.
We are already in our third week of classes, and I am loving it! Where else would be better to go to draw day after day? Simply to develop my skills through new techniques. My teachers are all great; very knowledgeable. Really, there’s not much else to say.
Right now, I don’t feel like posting more. I’ll be back some other time soon.
