Happy Sunday. It's Sunday July 15, 2018

A beautiful day in Edmonton, Alberta. The sun is shining, not a cloud to be seen. You simply could not ask for a better day.

As is usual for me, I'm doing laundry, which is something I took to doing on Sundays when I was doing my mothers laundry for her. It worked out well with her schedule and, as for me, it really doesn't matter. There isn't much else that I need to do on Sunday so it's a habit I haven't bothered changing.

It's been an interesting month so far. I've been teaching my daughter about online marketing. Her husband, my son-in-law is a web developer so he's been helping her get the website to where she likes it. I'm responsible for bringing the dollars in the door.

I've made some changes this summer that I didn't think I would. I've decided that groups, for all their so called fun, aren't so fun. The get too clique and then start gossiping. I don't have an agenda. I'm not trying to meet a man for my next victim, I don't want to "hang out" with anyone and I am in the technologies. I live in Alberta where Oil has been the mainstay and I am adamantly opposed to any further use or development of fossil fuels or anything that endangers our planet.

This planet is my home. It will be the home of my grandchildren and their children after them. Without clean air to breath, clean water to drink and soil that is not polluted, there is no way life, in any form, can continue on this planet. We're already seeing the early stages of what global warming will do, and yet, many still want to believe it's some sort of hoax even though the evidence of mans behavior and it's damage are evident everywhere.

I love this planet. It's been my home for more than 68 years now. It's provided me with many things to learn, much beauty to appreciate and many, many things I no longer take for granted. Is it wrong to want my progenitors to have an opportunity to enjoy the same things?

In April, I went to give a friend a Birthday card and gift. I had no idea it was a Karaoke bar night but that's ok, I'd been to other karaoke events without singing. However, this time, my friend put in my name and a song with the DJ. I was shocked to hear my name and a song title called out, but reluctant to embarrass the DJ or my friend, I chose instead to embarrass myself. As it turned out, I discovered I could actually sing decently. So it became a thing for me to do since it didn't require a lot of movement, which this Labrynthitis makes rather difficult.

Much to my chagrin, the group that I was attending with was very nice to start with, but within a few weeks the backstabbing, gossip and all the other BS women just can't seem to stay away from took over. That made attending very unpleasant so I took a hiatus. If it isn't fun, stop doing it, has been my moto for more than 25 years now. I refuse to attend things where people are rude, judgemental, gossipy and generally make life miserable for others. It only takes one bad seed and you've got a whole garden full of deformed fruit.  So, I stopped going for almost 2 months.  Then something changed in me.

I have been single for 30 years. I enjoy my solitude and I enjoy doing what I want when I want with no one dictating anything to me. I decided, that I would still go to Karaoke, I simply would not sit with or in any way associate with the group. It seems they talk about you if you can't sing very well and the hate you with a passion if you can. Mostly, because, most karaoke singers either can't sing to save their souls or are mediocre at best. There are the few who really can sing well...and somehow they are not well received either. In a group, one person decides somehow they are the prima dona...which it seems all the other members who can't sing either agree with. God forbid a new person attends that can actually deliver a song well...now you're ostracized. If looks could kill, you'd be dead 20 times over. Not what I'd call a pleasant experience. So, I've decided t leave them to their miserable lives and I will carry on with mine on a more positive and happy path.

That goes for everything. At 68 I do NOT want to hear about anyones depression, their problems, their aches and pains or anything else. I can't change their lives, and obviously, they don't want to or surely they would have by now. So disassociation is better. I don't want to hear about their "man" problems as if they aren't part of that problem. I will always be supportive and helpful to anyone who is seriously making every effort to achieve their goals. But no, I do not and will not be party to negativity any longer.

The next thing that changed is that I've decided to buy a place of my own again. I looked at condo's but the prices are insane and the condo fees even worse. Then I looked at mobile homes. Now that is an option I can live with. Twice the space and quality of living for less than 1/2 the price and the lot fees are equal to or less than condo fees. Plus I have my own yard, can have a garden, can have a pet and I can sing after 11 p.m. while I'm doing my house chores without anyone bitching about it. The monthly cost, since I could pay cash, would be about the same without any issues of it increasing because I've earned a bit of an income.

So that's what's on my mind and my agenda as of today. Hopefully I will move by September 1, 2018. That's my goal.