Author: Rubyletters

Dear Readers

So before I had a chance to blink it seems that 2 weeks have passed since my last post…..Thing is, I’ve been extremely busy lately.  Life and work has just been waaaaay past hectic.  I’m well…for those of you that might be worried..but I’m still feeling like a thinly stretched zombie person:)

So, in order to make up for my absence I’ll start off with my normal “Dear Readers” game.  You know how it works…I’ll complete certain sentences in the post and then you complete the same sentences in the comments section.

Drowning in red tape

I’m drowning……..in red tape at the moment.  It’s not ideal but it’s part of the job.  It does become rather frustrating when you’re trying to put the baddies away, but sadly even #CSIRuby has to adhere to certain rules in order to do her job properly.

I’m excited……for a whole bunch of reasons that I’m not quite ready to disclose here.  The reasons for my silence vary….in some cases it’ because I’m not quite ready to share it with the world, in others it is because I’ve been sworn to secrecy…..I’m super excited none the less:)

I hate…..unexpected large business expenses that you can’t possibly avoid and still run your business successfully.

Going for…..a manicure once in a while is really good for the soul.

My favourite song at the moment……..is “I love you” by Avril Lavigne.  STOP JUDGING ME!! I’m not usually a fan of this lady…but her latest album is actually really not bad…this song is awesome:)

Currently reading……The Wheel of Time series

And now it’s your turn:)

Love
Ruby
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Dear other driver

Six years today….can you believe it? 6 YEARS!

At shortly after midnight (super early this morning) it was 6 years ago that you smashed into me that night.  I can’t believe it’s been that long, and at the same time there are days that I can’t believe it happened at all.  Although the scar on my leg serves as a pretty decent reminder when I do forget.  I’m sure you’ll be happy to know it looks a lot better these days:)

The sub-conscious mind is an amazing thing.  Every year around this time I hit a bit of a funk.  I feel kinda down, insecure, a little depro and generally a bit anxious.  I guess it’s understandable.  But every year I realise what time of the year it is a couple of days before the time.  This year I nearly missed it completely.  I haven’t even thought about it once until I was on my way home today and I tried to figure out why I was feeling the way I did.  Sure, it’s been a rough couple of days and I’ve been on a bit of an emotional roller coaster and I’ve been under sever pressure at work.  But I’m generally really good under pressure and even hectic emotional dilemmas rarely makes me feel this…BLAH.  And then as I drove up to a crossing and clenched my jaw just a tad when the car coming from my left hand side appeared not to be slowing down quite as quickly as I wanted him to it hit me.  Not the car….the realisation. Today marks the 6 year “anniversary” of our rather horrid car crash.  And while i might have forgotten I remembered at the same time…weird isn’t it?  I KNEW something was up…i just couldn’t quite put my finger on it.

I’ve written you a letter on this here blog every year since it happened….well, since I’ve had the blog anyway:) It’s good to go back and read those posts and to see how I’ve dealt with things and how I’ve grown.  I’m happy, I’m good, I have a fabulous job and an amazing life, and I can’t imagine it being any different.  Sure, sometimes when I go through stressful times I have nightmares of the crash, sometimes I can’t help but hate the scars (even though they’re a lot less noticeable these days), sometimes I wonder at how things would have been different…but all of these are becoming less and less and less with each passing year.  And this fact makes me happy.

I don’t know where you are or what happened to you after all of this.  Quite frankly I don’t want to.  There was a time (especially in the two months after the crash when I was pretty much almost bedridden) that the thought of you made me so angry.  But no more.  These things happen and I’m still here.  You’ve probably long forgotten the whole accident…and who can really blame you.  You got off without much more than a tiny little scratch, not exactly something that’ll stick in your mind for the rest of your life. But if you do remember it at all, I hope you’ll know that I’m OK, better than OK in fact.  And even though I didn’t believe it at the time, I’ve come to realise that life really does go on, that I have an amazing Protector and that even scars are loved by your loved ones because they are a part of who you are, and that makes them beautiful.  So this year I refuse to treat this as a way of remembering the bad.  This is a celebration of my life…and when I look at who I am and what I’ve got and the people around me, how can I not celebrate and be happy?  I am truly blessed.

Regards,

Ruby

P.S.  My lovelies…pls don’t drink and drive…it’s just not worth it.

Time to find a Zombie winner

Hello my lovelies:)

So last week I challenged anyone who dare to take part in  a little competition to win a Ruby care package, containing some of my favourite things.  The general idea is that I’ll be posting the entries here and you guys can vote for your favourite in the comments.  Voting will close at midnight on Thursday 15 September 2011.

The details of what the image had to be about  –>  I’m feeling like an over excited zombie that’s stretched out too thinly. 
Remember that when you vote to not only choose your favourite, but also choose the one that expresses the caption most accurately.  One of the entrants pointed out to me that I have to remember that a Zombie can only get SO excited as they are really strictly speaking, chronically depressed.  So I decided to pass that little bit of information on to you guys…the judges.

And here are our entries:

Zombie 1:

Zombie 2:

Zombie 3:

Zombie 4:

Zombie 5:

So off you go my lovelies…vote vote vote:) Winner shall be revealed on the 16th:)

Love
Ruby
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A Competition!!!!!!

A winner is you

Right…..so this week has been a crazy mixture of too much excitement, too many meetings, feeling overwhelmed, feeling stressed, being thrown into the deep end and being expected to not only swim but to win the race, 16 to 20 hour workdays, hardly any sleep, more excitement, happiness, feeling overwhelmed, etc, etc, etc….you get the general picture right?

The point is it’s all really for a good cause and it’s all really exciting and it all relates to something I adore and something I get totally excited about….which means that it’s all totally worth it:)

I was chatting to a friend earlier today and a part of the conversation went something like this:
Ruby –> hence….i’m currently an over excited zombie that’s stretched too thinly
Ruby’s friend –>  If I had any artistic talent, that’d be worth a cartoon

And then an idea hit me square in the face.  A COMPETITION! The plan is that it will work something like this.  I’ll be giving you a phrase that you have to express in a drawing of some kind.  This drawing/painting can be either seriously artistic or cartoon like or a comic or whatever you want! Then you scan your picture and e-mail it to me ( rubyletters@gmail.com ).  I’ll do a post with all the entries after the closing date and the readers get to vote for the best drawing.  The winner will be announced on the blog and I’ll make sure to send you a little prize.  I’m not sure exactly what the prize will be just yet…I guess that will depend on who wins and whether it’s a boy or a girl and how old you are etc etc etc.  But I promise it will be something nice:)

Right….so for this COMPETITION:
Phrase to express in drawing –>  I’m feeling like an over excited zombie that’s stretched out too thinly
Closing date to e-mail entries –>  9 September 2011 at midnight
Send entries to –>  rubyletters@gmail.com

I’m really looking forward to seeing what you guys can come up with:)

Love
Ruby
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