twenty four oceans

This is just one of those 'thank you' posts.

i used to do so much praying to God for.. things.. situations. asking for specific results or outcomes. it's been a while now since that's been on my mind. i guess i just find myself completely humbled by my situation. i have so much to work with. i have health, and i have safety. i have money. kar and i were made very aware of the fact, over the past while, that we have so much. we've been out a bunch lately, and every time, with GREAT friends, for dinner, and desert, and drinks, and never once do we feel as though we should be worried about our future stability as we're eating, and talking, and having a great evening.

it's so incredible. i love this life, this toronto chapter for kar and i. shelby and mike were down, nik and kristina came another night, mom and dad founk, mom and dad bartel... we have such a great group of friends/family.

and work.. i love my job.

my week has been like this:

monday - work full day, meet shelby and mike at union, walk to little italy, eat thai food cooked by an iraqi while listening to french canadian music and drinking german beer.

tuesday - hit the studio at 4:45am, mix 'found and finding' until 9:00, shut down, move over to Post Sound 8, work the day shift for CTV, shut down, move over to Post Sound 6, work the night shift mixing a show for Discovery HD called 'Cooler Facts', home at about 12:00am, in bed by 12:30am.

Wednesday - 4:45am again for another mix session, followed by the day shift doing VOs in 8, followed by the night shift doing a VO record for another Discovery HD show called 'The River Knott'.. home at about 1:30am, in bed by 1:45am.

Thursday - normal start time for the day's VO reads, came home at 5:30, made a pizza with Kar, watched friends, in bed by.. TBD.

Friday - VO reads, Sushi for lunch, and home for the weekend.

i'm not tired. i'm not fading.

i leave work so energized. i leave challenged, and excited, and so pumped about going home, flipping on Disc, and finding out how my work is stacking up against the other guys'. thanks.


Notes: 3 songs complete! that's.. almost 25%? sortof?! they sound.. badass! :) and by that i mean.. i'm real excited about the material.


ALSO... such a sweet experience today.

Dave at work brought a huge group of little kiddies through for a tour. so i got Lee all cued up, and gave a quick description/demo of what i do, why, and how, and then i had Lee read in a Regina News spot for them so they could hear it done live. it was so cute how PUMPED the were! sometimes i forget how kids get pumped about EVERYTHING. they just see something they think is cool, and where an adult will be reserved and collected, and might say.. 'oh that's interesting'.. these kids are all just like, 'COOOLLL!!!! I KNOW THAT GUYS VOICE!!!!' and it makes me realize that.. ya, it IS cool!

did i mention we might be going for sushi tomorrow!?

mm mm mmmmmm.

love and positivity.