This morning I got up early and cleaned up the apartment, which consisted of the dishes (not too bad), a good tidy-up of the living room (....pretty bad), and a good scrub down in the bathroom (one must never be afraid of using the loo). I finished up after half an hour, and then proceeded to bunch my unruly bush of hair into a pony-tail and straighten my bangs into submission. At 10:00 Sharon texted me. Fact is, I had been expecting her, and that is the motivation behind my early-morning cleaning mission. Fact is, today was her last day in town. I am more sad about this than she probably knows. I'll miss her. I was just getting to know her. I'll miss having someone across the street to hang out with whenever either of us is bored. I'll miss having someone to goof off with at work. I'll miss her zest and her spicy-ness (it was when she started randomly throwing halibut-juiced bags at me, or dead crab juice - which started many wars - that I was like: yeah, this chick is awesome. I like her).
Anyway, we had coffee and Darren came over, and we hung out until she had to go and I had to go to work. I gave her a crystal to take with her. it's small and can be kept in a pocket. A tiger eye. It's a protection stone. She left ME with this amazing red dress from Urban Outfitters, a battery-powered guitar, some books, and a lounge chair for the beach.
Yeah, Maike's leaving too. In exactly a month. I must not concentrate on being sad!
I mean, there's so many positives. and I'm going to keep in touch with them both. I promised Sharon a tofino care package complete with fish scales.
anyway, 'nuff about that. At work I've pretty much learned everything there is to learn, except for cutting halibut and snapper. I can cut tuna and salmon, and skin a fish, and I know how to brine 'em and smoke 'em. I'm left completely on my own these days. It's nice but lonely, after being used to such busy chaos filled with people in the summer. Oh Tofino!! How you challenge a person. I can't help but love it, though. Perhaps because it's such an ultimate challenge! It's making me...shaping me...I feel it.
I want to make myself into some sort of gift for the world. I want what I do to grow naturally out of who I am. I'm ok that I haven't found it yet. Maybe I'm developing it right now. working at Trilogy was based on intuition - I felt somehow that was the place, and it's the only place I applied at, but I knew I'd get hired. I didn't know why it was the place. Ever since I moved here I've seen adds to work there every summer/fall, and thought about it, but I guess this summer was the right time. Everything always DOES happen with perfect timing. Exquisitely perfect. so anyways, who knows? I've met so many people, opened so many doors with this job.
I think it's important to have a "who knows, anything could happen" attitude. Keeps life spicy. Keeps you expecting something new and exciting!
