Do you has fomo (fear of missing out) or jomo (joy of missing out)?
Sometimes when I see people traveling, I have FOMO. I would love to travel more but this little thing called money, and currently the price of groceries, doesn’t allow me to.
I suppose also, because of how far north we live, just getting to Winnipeg takes an entire day and if that’s the destination, between the cost of hotels, eating out and shopping, just in a weekend I’ve spent what I would on a larger holiday.
It’s not like I go alone, I’m always with, if not all four kids, at least two of them. So it all adds up.
I don’t necessarily think about JOMO, but I do love being at home. It’s comfy and cozy and surrounded by everything I love and also appreciate. Plus I can shop right from my couch. Too easily.
Yesterday I had the chance to tour the new indoor swimming pool that is under construction. Pretty freaking cool! Thirteen feet deep at the deep end, it will have diving boards and touch pads for racing during swim meets. The “kiddie pool” section is its own pool with, what do they call it, zero entry or something like that, where you just walk in like you do at the beach and it gets deeper and deeper.
The large pool is also wheelchair accessible which is amazing. And there is a water slide in the corner, again, separate from the other two pools. The building also will house a sauna which I’m excited about.
It’s going to be a great addition to our community. Our old indoor pool facility was shut down probably ten years ago due to problems with the building itself. So we’ve been without any chance to swim indoors throughout the winter, for so long.
We have (or had) one hotel that had an indoor pool and waterslide but it closed years ago as well. I’ve actually never considered that before, from September to June, we really have no options for swimming up here. It’s only when the ice comes off the lake and the water warms up enough, at the beginning of June usually, that we can get into the water.
This morning I’m attending the Remembrance Day service at the Thompson Regional Community Centre (TRCC) with Bella-Lena. I like to watch a WWII era movie on this day as well, but sadly I’m not sure I’ll get around to it today.
It is a statutory holiday so there’s no work and no school which means Sid’s home, Baby RR is home, I will be busy lol.
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