My Job is Not Me.

It's been a really tough week at work. I feel pushed to my limits. I'm frustrated and unmotivated. I'm burried so deep I can't give my best. What I give isn't enough.

I was so thankful to home to this guy - Alex.

Alex is 12. 

His previous family got him from a shelter, had him for 8 years and then decided he wasn't worth taking with them when they moved and they dropped him off at my local shelter. 

There was something about his picture I saw online that made me know he needed to come live here. 

After meeting him for five minutes and spending a couple nights thinking about something I had already decided,  I adopted him. 

He is perfect.

Calm. Gentle. Loving. Cuddly. 

He chose me as his person. 

I am amazed everyday by how resilient dogs are. He was left at a shelter at the age of 12. He easily could've died before getting adopted. Thankfully he was blessed by an amazing kennel ower who took him into her own home while he awaited adoption. 

He doesn't care about his past. He lives in the moment. He get's so excited when I walk in the door everyday. Just so he can curl up beside me and hang his head in my lap while snoring.

Somebody loved this guy once. I'm going to make sure he knows love and kindness for the life he has left. 

When I have a bad day he helps me put it into perspective. 

I'm not my job. 

I can do more. 

Helping Alex is more. 

It's been three weeks and I'm still amazed by him everyday. 

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Wednesday Night, Feeling Alright!

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* Moncton Girl

Sunday Thoughts

I Don't Miss You So So Bad.

This is my first "vlog" Please excuse the unflattering angle and lighting.. I'll work on that... maybe.. likely not. 


I also love that I said "Thanks for tuning in"


I'm going to say that every time


 Enjoy!


*Moncton Girl

Pizza Pizza!

Hey Y'all

This girl was doing some exotic traveling to North Bay, Ontario- which is why the disappearing act to this blog.

North Bay was oddly similar to New Brunswick--- I felt so at home.

I was traveling solo so I got used to eating by myself- or so I thought. It was late on Sunday when I arrived so I made the rational choice to go to the pub/resto beside the luxurious Airport Express Travelodge.  Greeted by a friendly waitress and craving pizza I ordered the "Classic Canadian"

A quick 12 minutes later and the waitress brought out a royal looking pedestal with a huge 8 slice pizza resting there- just daring me to eat it.

I was mortified! It was huge! Im my defence there were no size options and the price was $15.

I ate one slice and got the rest packed up. To be later eaten in my dark hotel room.



Update** I went back to the same place a week later and had the same waitress. She asked if I was going to get the pizza again.

No.

Bucket List

As a person Moncton Girl wants for very little..

- For Katniss to fall in love with Gale
- To be able to eat pizza everyday
- To buy new clothes and never do laundry

MG however gets nothing from the list of wants, and instead gets a big heaping of inconvenient and gets stuck in an elevator at a client site.

That's right. Every girl's dream. To be stuck in an old elevator with two co-workers and a stranger.

Here is how it went down:

The 4 of us hop in elevator after random lunch and head back to the office we are working out of on the 4th floor. Around the 3 1/2 floor we hear a big, scary noise and the elevator stops moving.

After randomly looking at each other and the stranger putting on a sassy attitude proclaiming "Ugh, THIS is the LAST thing I need today" - (because clearly, it's exactly what we need) we decide to open up the weird phone hutch and call maintenance.

No answer.

Stranger comes in handy and calls reception on her phone who tracks down maintenance. They poke around and then yell down to us that they have to call in the elevator company to fix the problem.

10 minutes of silence go by.

Coworker #1 exclaims: Soooo has anyone ever seen the movie "Devil"? It takes place in an elevator .. not sure how it ended.

Awkward Silence Continues.

Coworker #1 then decides to try and see if he can force the doors open... with a plastic spoon.

Stranger: oh, thank goodness now we can dig ourselves out of here.

Awkward Silence.

Continued Silence.

Still Silent

Finally the doors open - we all walk out and say nothing.

It was THE most un-climatic elevator rescue EVER.

Moncton Girl will still be crossing it off her bucket list. If anyone asks let's pretend a very attractive fire fighter rescued her and after a series of unconventional yet cutesy dates will propose.


MG is just relieved she got out before she had to turn Hunger Games on anyones ass.

*Moncton Girl