Life is a continuous stream of projects and work and plans right now

I keep staying up really late trying to catch up and get more done, but apparently if you stay up until 5 am working you still end up sleeping the same 7 hours you would have if you went to sleep at midnight like a normal person, and I am no further ahead. Huh.

Currently I am attempting to balance the panic and uncertainty that I have with the work and plans and go go go. I live and thrive on plans and the plans can change a hundred times if they need to between here and there, but I need plans. The unknown knee surgery date (dates?) and the generally terrifying economic situation do not fit into my plans and I have a hard time dealing with that. If you told me that I will have knee surgery in 2020 and no one would ever book another wedding then I could make a plan for that and it would be all fine, really. I can plan for that.

What is harder to plan for however is maybe I’m having knee surgery in 3 weeks from now and maybe we’ll book 50 weddings for next summer and if so on either count then what I’m doing now and for the next few months looks very different compared to what I’d be doing if I knew that those things weren’t happening.

Of course the logical thing is to plan for both outcomes but then you’re only ever doing things half best - half best if it goes one way and half best if it goes another and half half half.

And so, when trying to plan for many eventualities, I run out of time and I stay up until 5 but sleep until noon and get no further ahead!

I like order and I like logic and on the business side I trend things and I can tell you how it was last year and the year before and the year before that and I can make a good prediction about how it will be this year and next year and so on and there are contingencies and such but you have a good idea. Except this year, I don’t, and you don’t, and everything has been absolutely *fine* but the media tells you to *panic* and if we’re all being told to *panic* then we think we shouldn’t spend and then we don’t and then did the problem happen because it was a real problem or because we were all told there was so we made one?

So you spend lots of time on those contingencies and you do what you do best and for me that is build my business and make it even more amazing and even more strong and even more diverse.

And you drink a glass of wine because you deserve it, while writing out more plans, of course.

Both my house and my computer are eating things and regurgitating them later when I no longer need them, causing lost time and general frustration.

Dear house and computer:

Please stop. Give me my things when I am looking for them!

Thank you

Miranda

I still can’t look at the photo of him. Never before has he ever born any resemblance to his brother - until this photo.

Wow.

What better way to spend a Saturday night than with loads of fondue, 10 close friends, and a plan for bad, 80’s inspired family christmas photos?

Oh yes, we did. Blue eyeshadow and all.

More photos in the next couple of days! Sleep now, then early breakfast, Etsy craft show, and a stint hitting up the eastside culture crawl

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Agree I am very broken

Never seen a knee like it!

Uh, he’s the resident of the ultra specialist and gets to see broken knees from far and wide. My broken knee has earned me an appointment with the actual ultra knee specialist (not to be confused with the regular knee specialist who had no idea what to do with my knee back in september), much ahead of the 3 months to 3 years timeframe I was given by his office a couple weeks ago. He’s a busy man, but, it would seem, I warrant being moved to the top of the list so he can see it for himself and try to make a decision about how to approach surgery. The resident just scratched his head, but was noticeably excited about getting to work on a complicated case

I go back next Thursday and will officially be on the surgery wait list at that point, the only reason I’m not on it now is that he’s not sure if it will be day surgery or longer because he wasn’t sure how they were going to go about repairing all 4 - yes, all of them - of the ligaments in my knee.

Oh yes - you heard that right.

Anatomy 101 - your knee is held together with 4 main ligaments. Your MCL is on the inside of the knee and prevents your knee from buckling inwards, your LCL is on the outside of the knee and prevents your knee from buckling outwards, your ACL holds your tibia to your femur and prevents your tibia from coming forwards, and your PCL also holds your tibia to your femur and prevents your tibia from going backwards.

In my trip on the beach, I managed to destroy all 4 ligaments.

This is basically an unheard of situation, hence the head scratching. The surgeon was surprised I could walk, but I can thanks to my ultra fancy custom knee brace. All good fun.

I’ll see the knee surgeon god next Thursday and should have an idea of what the surgery plan is from there. Normal wait to surgery is a few months, but I’m hoping that with the cancellation list I’ll get in sooner rather than later - fingers crossed.

It’s all a little crazy but entertains me and I am happy to have people agree that I am indeed very broken, so all is good.

Reilly is participating in Movember - he is growing a mustache for prostate cancer!

He has posted a recent snazzy photo of the bad facial hair on his site

Please support him in his cause - it only takes a minute, and even the cost of your starbucks today is appreciated!

To donate to his Mo you can either:

1. Click this link www.movember.com/ca/donate/donate-details.php?action=spon… and donate online using your credit card or PayPal account, or

2. Write a cheque payable to the ‘Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada’, referencing my Registration Number 1997531 and mailing it to:

Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada
Attn: Movember
145 Front Street East
Suite 306
Toronto Ontario M5A 1E3

Donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

The money raised by Movember is donated directly to the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada who will use the funds to create awareness and fund research across the country into prevention, detection and treatment, with a goal to ending the threat of prostate cancer.

I’m excited to announce the launch of the Indie I Do website!

Bringing together local independent, edgy, and innovative exhibitors, Indie I Do provides alternatives to express the unique personalities and style of the attendees. Whether they’re going for totally off-beat or traditional with a touch of personality, this will be the place to find it.

Indie is a joint production between the awesome Andrea & Rob over at Lotus Events and Us - Blue Olive!

Vancouver’s Alternative Wedding Show - Indie I Do

I will never cease to be entertained by the resumes and applications people send out.

Following my recent post on this sort of thing (and a real followup is still to follow), we received another laugh out loud funny resume today.

This one is particularly entertaining as this guy just completed his Masters in Electrical Engineering with honours, but it seems photography is his true calling. I suppose he has honesty points going for him, but I only wish he was actually going for funny - because the cover letter and resume pointed to extreme seriousness. Once again, how NOT to land yourself a job -

Lovestruck is a wrap!

Up at 7am, arrived for load in and setup by 9:30, doors at 11, photography talk at 12, close at 8, load out by 9, at the bar next door for beer and needed food by 9:15, home by 11pm

When I say busy, it’s not an understatement

Tomorrow’s plan is sleep a little extra, catch up on neglected emails, deal up most important client tasks, deal up most important indie i do tasks. Wash, rinse, repeat for most of the week. This stuff needs to get done this week because we’ve got a shoot booked in the studio for half of next week, and dude, it’s already the middle of November

Did I mention that someone told me my life sounds glamorous and interesting today? Heh.