Life has been life-ing, let me tell you.

With Kirby’s passing in May, I had to give myself space and time to grieve. Which, of course, is when things started getting crazy at work (and it still hasn’t stopped).

I admit now that I fell off. Everything else kind of took a backseat. On my days off, I found myself bedrotting more than anything. Not the most productive of things to do, but I couldn’t seem to get myself out of the funk. Took me a minute, but I finally was like, “Hey, maybe I’m depressed?”

Turns out, acknowledging The Thing helped me deal with The Thing. The last few weeks, I’ve been feeling much better. I’ve been doing a lot of talking, lots of writing, pulling cards, and making plans. Samhain was peaceful, and I’m looking forward to Yule with a renewed vigour. I am bound and determined to get my course finished, finally get my transcription certificate and look for a side hustle.

In October, I got to do something amazing, courtesy of my sister. She surprised me with tickets to see Lorna Shore. My Charlie and I got to go, and the entire experience was amazing. I filmed their set because my oldest couldn’t come, and she’s in love with Will Ramos. Here is the video:

Shadow of Intent and The Black Dahlia Murder also performed, and were incredible. It rained in Vancouver the entire time that we were there, but we did manage to fit in a trip to the Aquarium, and I got to spend time with the jellyfish. I didn’t get to see the otters too much because of the rain, but I did get some nice photos and videos, which I may share at some point.

It was nice to get out of town, despite the weather and Google Maps sending us on a weird route down there through Whistler. I hadn’t gone through Whistler since early high school. It was weird to see Whistler without the blanket of snow I’m familiar with.

Speaking of snow… I hope the snow shows up soon. I’d hate to have a brown Yule like last year. This is Canada, for Ba’al’s sake. No snow for Yule makes no sense, and I get depressed if I think about it too hard. Some of my friends on Facebook have been posting pictures of their first snowfalls, and it’s making me jealous.

Anyhow. I’m all over the place today. And it’s my bedtime. Feels good to be back in the swing of things a bit.