ursula's secret-finished

heh heh. well, not a real secret. like i'd publish that. well, one day i might. we'll see.

anyway, i'm just waiing for danielle to get here so we can bust across the border to victoria's secret. i always get in trouble for being late for her, so it kind of makes me happy she's late today. on the shopping list? cute undies. whoot!

yesterday ian and i went to pick up my bike from my old apartment. it was a success. i had found the right key.

we also went to ikea. we went for me. he even left his wallet in the car. initially we didn't even buy the cabinet for the bathroom, because he picked up these two huge pieces of wood (which were a really great price) and i was like,

oh danielle's here. more later

LATER
i was like, we can't buy the cabinet as well, because my bike's on the back of he car. so ian had to call his friend and get him to come to ikea in his company truck to pick up ian's wood. the best part is that there was a guy at ikea that was totally checking out what we were buying. while ian was getting the carts, the guy came soooo close to me, and was staring at the table top and the wood thing. and while we were waiting for ian's friend, he totally came up and chatted to us, and was like, oh, that's your car? (in the store he'd asked how we were getting it home.) and while we were waiting for roger, ian went in to buy the bathroom cupboard. so in the end it worked out.

oh, and someone had their car stolen that day while at ikea. i think some employees witnessed it.

my boyfriend's back

bert is back!!!

todd bertuzzi is once again allowed to play hockey. yahoo! this means that the first line is now complete... and so is my heart. i am seriously super stoked!!! YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYA!

i know that this means i will have to get up at the most messed up hours in ireland to listen to games and stuff, but i think i can do it. obviously i'll have to take time off for the play-offs if i'm working there. :o)

go canucks!!!

home for a rest

i am now home. well, i have been for the past two sleeps, but whatev.

it's very busy sround here with renovations and such. i want them to be done, and have been told that the floor in the living room should be done by next saturday or sunday. very exciting.

i can't believe how huge this place is compared to my apartment in kits. wowsers.

rachel and i are joining a gym tomorrow, and are going to go for a workout. and in the afternoon, ian and i are going to go pick up my bike from my old place, and probably hit ikea for some stuff, like a wall unit for my living room. and maybe some shelves for my bedroom.

the paint looks awesome! and the floor in my bedroom looks great too! but i really can't wait to not have my house being worked on. i want to finish unpacking and not worry about which side of the livng room the tv will go on, so i can decide where shelves have to go, which is also dependant upon if i get a fireplace, and where/how that will go!

this evening i was trying to figure out when i need to buy my tickets for ontario/europe. i was counting the weeks, and at most, i'm seven weeks away from leaving. ho-ly. i'll email people to find out availability with consideration to plans i've already made... so get ready... and check your schedules! for people that live here and want to get some ursula time in before i go... now's the time!!!

i think i'm still having trouble with my iron levels because in tahoe i started suddenly crashing. i would be instantly exhausted. no warning. so, i'm going to get tested again, and rachel's going to find a protein powder that has iron in it. today i was almost a complete write-off. i helped with changing the plugs and cleaning up as the electrical work was done, but i seriously needed to lay down throughout the day. otherwise, i've been fine, i slept regularly while on vacation and got up at a good time. got lots of sun. that sort of stuff. yay!

pictures on the house will come once it's finished.

*i'm not sure if this posting makes sense but i'm sort of out of it right now... so please be kind. :o)

leaving lake tahoe

we're leaving tahoe a day early. today we'll get to my aunt's house in elko. i hope i don't ahve so much of a hang-over tomorrow that i have trouble driving.

maybe we'll see strippers tonight.

should be back friday.

go big or go home

that quickly became our motto at the blackjack table today.

ian went to northstar for biking today, and i went to the casino for blackjack. i walked away from the table over $400 richer. saweet. as tradition dictates, dinner is on me tonight. the woman beside me at the table that i talked shop (bags and shoes) with suggested this restaurant in the hotel, so i got the pitboss to make me reservations. yay! dinner's at 8.

oh yeah! last night, after dinner, ian went back to the hotel to check his email and see what was going on with the bank, and i waited for him at the casino. he was supposed to be right back, but wasn't. as soon as i started waiting for him, a woman came up to me and asked me to go to breakfast with her. i'd like to say she was totally sober and totally hot, but she wasn't. when i was still waiting for ian like 30 mins. later, she re-approached me. i left shortly after that.

today, as i was getting my grande passion lemonade at starbucks, a cute girl approached me and asked me if my (cheap, london drugs) sunglasses were sunglasses. and i was like, uh, no. they were like $20 canadian. so then she went on and on about where she works, and asked for my email address, and talked about how nice people in oregon, washington and BC are.

seriously, i totally do NOT get approached by normal people. it's always unstable people. at least i didn't have to lie to either one. and the second girl did seem nice. just super super friendly. oh wait, that's a lie. the woman at the blackjack table seemed normal... if eccentric, and extremely rich. we'll see her at dinner tonight. she made reservations for 7.45.

burn!

ian and i both got burned yesterday. he got burned where he didn't put sunscreen on, despite my suggestion. i got burned lots of places. my face (because i didn't want to get acne from the sunscreen) and one side of my back (where ian "put on" the sunscreen) are the most severe. this means i need to take a break from the beach today. which totally sucks. if nothing else, i looooooooove the beach. swimming and tanning rule!

i don't know what we're doing today. but it could involve a hike (barf) and some more swimming (YAY!). we'll see how it goes. ian, of course is still sleeping... he will get bugged awake when i'm ready to go. there has already been talk of buffets. i hate buffets, so i get to watch ian and wade stuff themselves and then feel sick afterwards. *shakes head* boys.

ta-hoefer

we arrived in tahoe last night. i don't understand how it takes and me sooooo long to drive anywhere. it truly is a mystery. it could have something to do with not being able to find a subway to get a sandwich, we looked for like an hour and a half (if you include all of the detours and following of sightings to closed restaurants). anyway, good times were had, even if subway wasn't. we ended up eating at mcdonald's and i hated it. it was one of the grossest things i've eaten in a long time. i feel like i am ready for fear factor now.

it's hot here, and i'm just killing some time while ian gets ready. today we're going to go to the beach, maybe get some fruit/snacks at the grocery store and he's going to check out biking stuff.

we got to healdsburg on saturday night, wade met up with us at his house, and then his friend, nate, came over too. we drank. i got shitfaced. as of yesterday i've been drunk every day of my vacation. and friday wasn't even a full day.

so far, so good.

rockin' the rock rock

i am seriously running behind, but wanted to give a quick update.

i moved to white rock yesterday. and i'm dissatisfied with the movers i hired. i'm leaving for tahoe in a couple hours, and am very satisfied with the prospect of the following: delicious food, fab wine and champagne, gambling, tonnes of sun, and spending time with my husband and sexless boyfriend, wade and ian respectively.

oh, and i don't have internet at my house yet. i have no idea what's going on with that.

two more sleeps!

today more packing, and some cleaning was done. i need to go to bed soon so that i can get the rest done tomorrow. worse case scenerio, i do more cleaning than i had intended to do on thursday after the movers leave. but that's not really a big deal. i'm so lucky, i have great friends. today rachel helped. we didn't get as much done as the amazing packing monkey armed sarah, who could have done what we did in 1/10th the time, but i feel alright.

i kinda only have weird shaped boxes left right now, so i'm going to have to hit up the liquor store or something tomorrow.

oh, also today, i finalised the colours i want my new place to be painted. and i think rachel got some ideas for her room.

this is a quality packing story. there's not much food at my house right now, and nothing to make it in, because everything is packed. fully expected. but i do have some cheese in the fridge and some crackers in one of the open boxes. so, while talking to danielle this morning. one of our three phone calls today. i decided to have some of that cheese and cracker action and ump back into bed. easier said than done. i looked around my house and there was literally nothing that could substitute as an acceptable plate. except for the inside of one of the cardboard cereal boxes that were getting recycled. wurrd. i may even use it again tomorrow. yeah, things are changing around here. uh huh.

oh, and the girl next door stopped by (she moved in just after me, and is moving out just after me). she said she was sad about leaving. i was like, i'm not. i'm ready for a vacation! whoot! :o)

elvis has left the building

at sophie's tonight, sarah spotted the wall where there are a bunch of old records. there are a couple of elvis ones. she immediately made me compare her to elvis. she said she does this on a regular basis. tonight, while we were at the airport, and were looking at the instapics from the photobooth there, she decided she doesn't have elvis brows. i think she may have been a little disappointed.

also today, more packing... i hope the movers realise that it's a small apartment with great storage, and therefore LOTS of stuff. ideally it will fit in the truck they bring. oh, and sarah and i tried again to go to moderne burger, but this time it was closed because it's monday, so we went for sushi. and then packed, i went to the gym, and she packed some more. then we walked down to the beach, dipped our feet in the water... did some tanning, with our clothes on because neither of us thought to bring our swimsuits. towels, yes. tanning appropriate clothing, no.

after all that excitement, we went to sophie's for veggie burgers and palm readings by anna. details from my palm reading include my aura being gold or yellow, that i should plan/organise my days at noon so that i can sleep at night, let my troubles be taken away by the waves of the ocean, that i shouldn't be friends with older women because they are or could be jealous, and she even gave me some homework. the shouting at the ocean, so i can let my past go, burn salt over the stove, and pour water on the front stoop when an older woman visits me. i got to make a wish, and she told me to come back as a friend and get my palm read again for free, and that we should meet for coffee or something. she also told me that what i'm doing is good. oh, except that i made her cry. she said it's because i need to let the past go, and live for right now. OH YEAH! i almost forgot! she also said that i should give a piece of bread, an onion (red or yellow) and a bit of money to a homeless person. and i almost got to do it when sarah and i went to dairy queen for dessert. this guy asked us if we had some money, like usual i said no, and offered to buy him something to eat instead. unfortunately there weren't any onions on his burger. seriously dissappointed... i didn't even realise this was an opportunity until after, when i talked to sarah about it. now i have to figure out a way to get an onion to a homeless person. maybe i'll just buy my homeless guy some groceries, and sneak in an onion and a loaf of bread. i'll give it to him with some milk and he'll be happy...strawberry milk.

all very exciting.

then we went to the airport and while waiting for the boarding call, we took the previously mentioned photos, and then spent a bunch of time analysing every little thing about them, over some starbucks.

i wasn't as sad for sarah to leave this time. it's totally different circumstances, and i know we'll get to hang out in september. but i did try to tell her to move to vancouver, so we can hang out when i come back. i think i get an A for effort.

tomorrow is hopefully the last of the packing and doing some random stuff. i need a vacation!

pack it up, pack it in

on friday morning, i picked up sarah from the airport.

since then, we've been hanging out with yvonne, eating, shopping, going to the gym, going to the beach, and packing up my place for the first big move. i cna't even get my head around going to tahoe on friday, cause i'm trying to pull off the miracle of being packed for the movers come thursday morning.

we've been having fun and living mostly work-free. we even did a road-trip to the burn to drop off the post office papers from the mix up on thursday.

all-in-all i'd say a successful visit so far. sarah gets dropped off at the airport late tonight for the red-eye back to toronto... boo urns! i want to say she should move to vancouver, but that would be kind of mean to say since i'm leaving at the end of summer.

tricky.

going irish

after all this talk of Daniel O'Donnell on gerry's blog i decided that this is more than likely a truly irish experience, and if i have any intention of getting jokes while i'm there, i must, like most things, experience it first hand.

well, he's no gerry o'keane from the wellington. but please, check out his website, and see why he has earned a special spot in my not-at-all irish heart. i think it's the roses. and the wedding song. i kind of got all tingly listening to it.

recommended listening includes, but is not exclusive of:

forty shades of green (it is my favourite colour, afterall)
the wedding song (so romantic, how could one resist, really?)
oh, danny boy (how many times have you thought those very words?)
eileen (it kind of reminds me of the sam roberts tune, don't walk away eileen)

oh, i'm in on being irish. wurrd.

at least there'll be hockey

next fall, when hockey starts, if i'm still in europe, i'm going to have to plan my days and waking/sleeping times carefully. if a game starts at 7pm here, that means it's either a 3 or 4am game in europe... depending on the country. but i have been thinking about this a lot and i think it's manageable. despite my insomnia, i'm sure i can catch some games. (i'll listen online, cause canadian hockey's not important enough to broadcast there, usually.) sure, there are more important things than hockey. examples are: boys, bags, shoes, cute knickers and martinis. in my utopia, they are all part and parcel. yes, somehow all these things come together, and i can explain it, if deemed necessary. on days that i miss a game, cause i'm sure i will, i'll just continue to get the updates emailed to me. phewsh. trevor and i won't be truly separated.

i wonder who will get sydney in the draft... anyone want to guess?

today i noticed i got a tan while driving to hope yesterday. i had the windows open, and the sunroof too. so in my "what a croc" shirt, with capped sleeves, i managed to increase the complexity of what had been a very simple farmer tan to something so far out there, and layered even, that it has no name. yet. give me time. what a croc tan, is the best i've got so far.

oh! and i said no today. YAY! i'm proud of my progress! well, i kind of said no. i was called to come into the store to set up the server... really the IPs just need adjusting and such. i feel like i have enough on my plate right now ... packing, working, sarah visiting, my family, the estate, and the elation of hockey returning. it's just too much for me to go around fixing people's servers. i need time to blog! and email! *gosh* so me kinda saying no, was: i'm not sure if i'll have time. i'd be surprised if i did, but if i can do it, i will. i'm so weak.

oh! today at the gym i did one set of 12 push-ups on the bosu ball (they're harder than regular push-ups, so don't make fun of my weak number). then i did another set of 10, which is my regular number. i can't believe i got up to 12. i used to do millions of push-ups, in karate we even did knuckle push-ups, now i'm just happy to get to 12! oy.

anyway, back to work.

cool as ice

yesterday, as well as doing a million things, ian kindly installed my air conditioner back to where it will be of some use to me. on cue, this evening is actually fairly cool. but i'm sure it will be hot enough to use at some point within the next week.

i also picked out some flooring yesterday. looks a bit distressed, kinda with a bit of grey tones. so it should look nice with the green in the living room and the grey in my bedroom.

we went to bin 942 and had some good eats. i quite like that place. the asparagus was yummy!! in fact, i liked all of the food we ate there. i still wish they'd change their risotto to include the one they had before without mushrooms.

i saw my brother when i was in hope today. i had to drop off some mail to him. seriously, when he walked out to the car, i was like: is that mike? he looked horrible. he was standing beside me, and i was still trying to figure out if it was him. the last time i saw him was like 4 weeks ago. i honestly couldn't believe it. so i tried to figure out if it was his meds making him twitchy or if it was meth or something. i asked him when was the last time he saw his doctor, but he said yesterday, and that he was just hungry and not feeling well. so i took him grocery shopping. i really had to stop myself from crying when i saw him. i think i am going to call his doctor tomorrow and see if they can call him and ask him to come in for an appointment or something. or i will just drop by the next time i'm in hope... which i wasn't planning on doing until after i get back from tahoe, but now i wouldn't be able to have any fun if i didn't know he was okay before i left. it makes me so sad to see him like this. but i'm not sure what else i can do.

packing has been non-existent. i really need to get on that. only two sleeps until sarah comes! yahoo!!

i bought some chilliwack peaches and cream corn today. three cobs and i ate them all at dinner. they were so tasty i didn't even put butter on the last two.

bribes

i think that if you pay extra for say, faster service, that it's really that you're bribing to get it.

example:
today i went to get my passport renewed. i asked at the commisioner if there was a way to get it done faster. the difference was $30. and it will be ready next week tuesday. perfect. i leave for tahoe on friday. mostly i thought they would keep my birth certificate while i was getting my passport and then i wouldn't be able to get in to the states. but they give it back, so really i didn't need the fast service. BUT i guess if you pay for the express service, you also get to do some line skipping. there was only one person in front of me that i had to wait like 5 minutes for. that alone, was worth the $30. seriously worth it, since the line-up was over an hour for the non-bribing section.

yay bribes!

growsa + yummy!

growsa

okay, so you know how i said that i got burned on the back of my head with the flat iron? well, it's healing quite well. the scabs are working themselves out. i know, a totally sick thing to say...but i did it. my head still hurts a bit...it's pretty tender, but at least i know what it's like to be burned on the head by something so hot...that could come in handy. and at least my hair covers all grossness.

yummy

i heard back from yves, regarding the veggie corn dogs. they said they'd look into it. i hope they're not just feeding me some line. we're tlaking corndogs, man!

off to look at flooring in the scurve.

summer's here!

yesterday, as mentioned, i bought the latest harry potter book. today i finished it. good times.

i *was* going to start packing today, but got distracted with computer/design and book things. luckily i did some dishes. it looks like a bomb exploaded in here. i have boxes everywhere. i can't even walk on one side of my bed very well because of all the boxes. argh. BUT i move in like (mhmygosh) 10 days. whoa.

wow. i feel like that's really snuck up on me. oh well. in 11 days i'll be in tahoe and i'll be getting floors and painting done at my new place, so whatever... i shouldn't even worry about that. i need to focus on getting a tan in tahoe. and on gambling. and nobody wants to get those tanned frown lines... nope!

tomorrow i go to look at some of those flooring options with the dude (rachel's dad prefers this title) and then ian's going to put up my airconditioner in my bedroom tomorrow. i feel like it's hardly worth it for the time i'll still be here, but whatever, he's the one who has to take it down, and being cool at night does make me happy. :o) so i'm pleased with the offer, and will be even more pleased when i blissfully sleep.

it also pleases me to have airconditioning and a sunroof. it got hot here all of a sudden. seriously. saturday was still not summer, despite the weather being perfect for the wedding, but sunday, as mentioned, blinded me. today was f'ing hot, and some guy who was checking out this girl walking up the hill almost smashed into me because he was staring so hard. i wanted to scream at him. the perfect sign that summer has arrived in kitsilano: girls in even skimpier outifts than usual, and pervy old men checking them out.

rachel's back tomorrow... or later today rather! yahoo! welcome back ratch-hell! and on friday sarah gets here! yay!!! i want to get packing done quickly so that we can spend heaps of time chillaxing and hanging out.

i can't believe you're married

saturday was danielle and jordy's wedding. yay! yes, it was a great thing to witness; yes, i'm very happy for them; yes, everything turned out well. danielle asked me if i was the teeniest bit sad that it's all over. i'm not, and told her so. not only does it mean those duties are complete... but more importantly (for me) this means that in less that 2 weeks i move to white rock, in fact, in two weeks, i'll be in tahoe.

the wedding *did* go very smoothly, and it ended up being perfect weather for it. my toast went well, and got good laughs... especially when i made my surrey joke. i got drunk, and a ride home from non-drinking ian (thanks). today was a recovery day. we stayed in bed til late (no jeffy, ian's not my boyfriend) despite me being buggy extreme. i made pancakes and eggs and we hung out for a bit.

i was going to go to the beach with some folks, but 1. it was way too busy, and 2. it was way too bright. i wasn't severly hungover, but enough that i was tired and just wanted to drink water and maybe watch some law and order.

i think i should start packing tomorrow. or at sorting some stuff out to start packing. ugh. it will hard to figure out until i'm finished the latest harry potter... i'm a bit behind, because i only picked it up this evening, but i wouldn't mind finishing it before people start to let out secrets, like who's going to die... fake or not. :op

final countdown

(please note, i reserve the right to use this title again, just before i leave for europe.)

one burn and two hours later, danielle and i have our hairs did. the lady was flat ironing my hair, and she burned the back of my head. i barely held back the tears. it still hurts, and is really tender, but at least it was at the back of my head, and not up front, like on my forehead.

my hair is way different than the tester hair we did last month. because i have a bruise on my shoulder from my overnight bag, we decided to try it half-up/half-down. it looks very nice like this, and will ideally cover some of the whiteness of my shoulders too.

danielle also has a different hair do than her first tester. this is a little softer, and more casual. and more her, so it looks beautiful.

the weather started out crap today, but is nice and cool, and a little bit sunny right now. as long as it doesn't rain, danielle will be happy. that means i will be happy too.

i wrote out my speech last night, and tested it out on the ladies at the salon while danielle went to get us sandwiches. i didn't get all of the laughs i wanted, but hopefully the families will think it's funnier. eek!! i will report back later.

so, in 10 minutes we leave for the hotel in chilliwack, where we will meet the photographer and get dressed, and makeup on. and then it's off to do photos and for danielle to get hitched.

on the boys at the wedding situation: turns out there will be two single boys there. one ian, one danielle's cousin (his guest is a girl, but she's *not* a date).

do you want a beer, or a doobie or something?

i stopped by my sister's house this evening. took danielle in for backup once we saw the five cars parked in the driveway.

sometimes my BIL (brother-in-law) is super nice to me, sometimes not. tonight he was nice, and offered us some beer and some pot. and was trying to make jokes about danielle getting married tomorrow, but was really too stoned/drunk to finish them, so i had to do it for him.

i got to see my kitty, seymour, tonight. he is still super cute, and it kinda makes me sad to see him. part of me really wants to bring him with me to white rock, and i guess i could, cause rachel would probably be there to feed him and stuff. it's just that he's such an outdoor cat. being in a condo would kill him. and that makes me sad. i feel bad for him. i would give him way more attention, but he would probably lose it and tear up my apartment. i am going to start looking for a good home for him; it's the only resonable thing i can think of. it still makes me sad though, he's such a fiesty kitty! like his mommy!! oh...maybe the stewarts will take him... hmmm... i need to work on this.

sorry, i already have a boyfriend

thursday was an adventure. i was supposed to go to surrey via skytrain and get to surrey central at 2. when i got down to the track there seemed to be a lot of people waiting for the train, especially for a thurday afternoon. a train came (but from the wrong direction) and after about 3 minutes of waiting for the train to start moving, an announcement came on and said that someone was on the track between broadway and stadium. the train was going no where. the offered "limited service" between granville and waterfront did not help me, so i got off the train to call danielle.

we decided i would take a taxi to joyce and then she would pick me up. (i'd already called translink, and there was no skytrain service east of broadway at that point.) as i walking out this guy was coming in and looked at me kind of like, why is everyone going the other direction? so i said, that the trains aren't running. he turned around and started walking with me, and was chatting me up and offered to carry my bag for me (it was tempting, but i didn't want him to steal it... oh yeah, i didn't want to encourage him either). so then he was telling me stuff, and i was like, oh god... *why* do i feel like i should be nice to strangers. anyway, he offered to carry my bag again, and i was like, oh! i'm used to carrying it myself, thank you. so he thought he'd try a different approach, and asked me if it would possible to meet me for a coffee. i told him that i was sorry, and that i already had a boyfriend. he replied, that he wouldn't need to know. my answer? i'm not that kind of girl. luckily he seemed to respect that, and i used my phone so he went away.

very flattering, and i guess a sign that i should wear that skirt again! then again, i had also done my hair and put makeup on... in all fairness, if i was going to get hit on this week, that should have been the day... or tomorrow, when i'm all decked out as a maid of honour. i have it on good authority that they get hit on all the time... then again, there will only be 1 (maybe 3, if these two guys coming together aren't gay) single guy there... and since that's ian, i don't think my chances of getting lucky are that high.

it's funny, because danielle and i were talking about it when she picked me up, and she said she always feels like it's so flattering and confidence boosting for stuff like that to happen. whereas my reaction is always, oh my god, this guy must be a freak, DON'T let him know where you live!!!

really, whenever a guy approaches me on the street, which is not to say that it happens all the time... or even often, but whenever it does, i always wonder what's wrong with him. (think two years ago when that guy followed me to work, and ended up bringing me flowers there-CREEPY!!!)

wedding belles

despite not having an iron, the skirt i'm wearing to the rehearsal dinner tonight for part 3 of danielle's wedding celebrations is in pretty good shape. i have to wear it on the sky train anyway, so it's going to get a bit wrinkled. i'll still look hot. i'm going to skip the gym today to spend more time on my hair. i will put it in twisty kind of things... it takes a while to do that, but i'm better at that than flat ironing it myself, so unless i pay to get it made flat, i've got to think curls.

so far i'm totally packed except for make-up and toothbrush... my bag is almost full, so i may have to ditch plan one (bring every kind of make-up you own and decide that day how to do it) for plan two (make a decision here, and then you don't have to bring a plastic bag full of junk that will probably get a hole in it, and then you'll be picking up eyeliner that'll probably roll through the seats on the skytrain). i know it's only three days, but i'm bringing three pairs of shoes. i want to bring four, but there's no space, and i'm determined to use the brown on brown "louis vuitton" bag that i love, but since i haven't gone anywhere overnight, haven't had a chance to use.

i think i should do some dishes, shower, do my hair, and then get going. i've been putting off shaving my legs for too long... that alone is going to be a huge undertaking. i wanted to wax, but then i got stuck with so much computer crap. it wouldn't be a problem if i hadn't bought a skirt especially for today... cause my dress for the wedding is long enough that it wouldn't matter. it'll probably be cooler on my legs to shave. i think i just need to suck it up.

game on

very very exciting news!

hockey is on. yahoo! now i can reconnect with my boyfriends, trevor linden and todd bertuzzi.

how sweet it is.

free stuff

if you read the post below, you will know that my goal today (since i'd stopped crying) was to get some compensation from mac. i did. the $200 software i bought yesterday is now mine for free, and they're also paying for the rental of this G5... i can have it up to two weeks. oh, and they're also paying for the new hard drive.

so, now that my new bestfriend filip, who is soooo awesome, has recovered my hard drive, i am going to work my ass off today to get all this stuff done, so i can just have fun at the wedding and not worry about anything.

things are looking up. and i have my eye on a sweet powerbook already.

:o) i'm still curious if filip has looked through my files... it always feels so personal to have someone have complete access to my computer. eek.

not so OK computer

ummm... today my hard drive crashed/died/pooped out. one second i was there, the next not. now i am without computer and at kinko's. this means no carca, no chatting, no email. oh wait, it also means no work, and a super super stressful day of trying to retrieve my work that i need to go to print. oh, that little thing.

i am very upset with apple. i loooove them usually... but like all relationships there will be a time when i just need them to do what they're supposed to and not get persnickity about it. this is one of those times. it was probably the worst time for it to happen. hmmm...yup, for sure one of the worst.

the plan:
applecare is covering the cost of a new hard drive, but i have to pay for the data recovery. oh, and some stupid help guy (who i was passed onto because he was some sort of an f'ing "expert") told me that i had to buy OS 10.4 in order to get my computer to work. so i did, in a desperate attempt to save my data. when it didn't work and i called back (the 5th person i'd talked to that day) the guy was like, i don't know why he said that...it's clearly a hardware problem...thanks for the tip: $200 and 4 hours later. currently, the guy at the computer place has managed to recover some of the files, and i'm taking in my iPod tomorrow, to save files, and i'm going to try to rent a computer until the new HD comes in. i'm also going to call applecare and get some free shit. for real, i was sooo upset by the time i talked to the last guy, that i started crying. it was that, or freak out. and when i dropped off the computer and the guy was like, i might be able to save it, but i only have access to the software, if you need to go somewhere with access to the hardware to save your stuff, that'll run you about $850. OHMYGOD. yeah, i started crying *again*. i don't know why i'm so emotional these days, well, yes i do. but still, it's like i can't hold my shit together, i totally tried, but i cried for a good 5 minutes there. needless to say, i'm bringing the dude some cupcakes or something tomorrow. it's not like i can work until i get a replacement computer.

there is of course more to the story, but i'm so mad at applecare that i am going to call as soon as i get back from the gym and work some magic. they owe me $200 and ideally a free rental, or the arrangement of getting me a computer to rent for the time being.

*anger*

emergency mask

phewsh! thank goodness for clinique. i may have been developing a zit near my nose, but i have the emergency mask from clinique, and that should take care of it. imagine having a zit for danielle's wedding? argh!

anyway, i think the situation will be under control by saturday, due to my pre-emptive strike against the enemy.

whoot.

today i got two contracts finished. one ad and one brochure. yahoo. in fact, i just finished the brochure. and i dropped off a cd for the changes made to this coupon book. i should feel like stuff is getting done, but really, if you keep taking on more work, then you don't. which is what's happening now. at least i'm making money. :o)

now i get to go to bed with sweet dreams of getting lists done! and hopefully get rid of this sore throat. no one wants to make out with a bridesmaid who has a sore throat, afterall.

futurama

i once read a book where if you wanted a shower in the future you would just step in (with your clothes on) to this cubicle thingy and the robots/whatever would clean you (i don't think it was with water) and change you and do your make-up for you. luckily i haven't worn make-up since d's party, so i'm not worried about that. i really have been shower lazy lately. i just don't want to go through the effort. i *do* but that's only because i would probably stink myself out of town if i didn't.

in this case though, lola's coming over for some sophie's action, so i guess i should shower... and maybe even get dressed.

oh, canada

today i was changing my hydro and phone over to my white rock address. and the guy at hydro was sooo cute (i know this wouldn't have happened in the states).

he asked me if there was anyone else that should be on the account so that they can also make changes and such. since i'll be away, traveling the world come september, and rachel will be staying at my house, i thought it might be nice for her to be able to change the account as needed, without needing me to call or anything. so, i said, yes, and gave her name (i had also just used her mom as a reference). then he asked, if she was my roommate or my partner, and i said, just my roommate. so cute!!!

i also had to tell him that i'm currently unemployed, then i was like: oh, wait i'm self-employeed! *laugh* but i still didn't have to put a security deposit down, cause i have god credit! YAHOO!

oh, and i have my new phone number and address, so i'll send that out asap. if i miss you on the list, just let me know. sometimes i'm not good at that.

crazy white woman

so my friend, R (because i don't want her to get in trouble, if you know who she is, this will be even crazier), is in korea teaching english. she's coming home soon, which is very exciting!!! but a couple days ago i got a message on MSN to the effect of: i'm losing it. are you home for a bit? i need to call you. obviously something totally tragic or absolutely hilarious had happened.

turns out their apartment is super hot, and to get a cross breeze, they leave the outside door and the patio door open. R was home alone, and went to the bathroom. the door needs to be slammed to close properly, so she just sorta left it partly open. while going to the washroom, she heard a noise from the hall and sort of running (feet dragging but fast moving). she (in a tank top and boxer shorts) thought that someone had been in her apartment, and knowing that there might be some money that her roommate left out, she freaked and ran after the guy. as she was leaving her apartment, she saw just a bit of the guy turning the corner. running still, she heard the chime of the elevator and got there as the doors were closing. she put her arm in between the doors to stop them and pried them open. she saw him putting a wad of money into his pocket. then she grabbed the guy by the collar and (keeping her leg in between the doors so they didn't close) shoved him against the wall and yelled at him to give her the money. she says she thinks she punched him in the chest. anyway, she lost it on this guy... she doesn't speak korean, and he didn't speak english. so basically they communicated that chickens were involved and that he was going to bring her back to this apartment where he delivered one. turns out he's a chicken delivery guy. but he still could have been in the apartment. so R asks her roommate to check to make sure all of his money is there when he gets home... cause either she was just protecting his stuff, or she was a psycho. ummm... all of his money was there.

besides laughing my ass off because of the situation, i feel a bit sorry for the guy who was at least twice the size of her. and it's not like he could go home, or back to work and be like: oh, this crazy white lady attacked me today... he'd get laughed at so bad. one of her friends in korea suggested that she order a chicken to be delivered, and i thought (going back to first year) ordering a half chicken would be more funny.

i think this story makes it clear that she's ready to come home, so it's a little sad, but soooo funny too.

sweaty pig-dog

i just got back from the gym... it's late, i know, but it's a 24hr gym and yes i'm very happy about that. people always wonder if it really matters, and i was worried i might not ever really use it at a weird time...but i go after 10pm lots. for me, it works. when i move to white rock, i'm goign to have to find another one, or else i'm going to have to work out in the morning like everyone else.

i was iSad at the gym. my iPod's battery died. at least now the new songs i downloaded can be uploaded to my iPod as it charges. i win in the end. yahoo!

i'm übersweaty right now, but so lazy i don't feel like showering. of course i will, because sweat has bacteria, and i'm not interested in that shit getting spread around my house, but i will delay it for a few minutes as i blog.

i think msp should cover a massage a week or at least a massage every two weeks. i also wish that corn dogs came in a veggie version. which reminds me... i'll email pogo right now. *intermission* i can't find them. but i did email yves, and i've found a company in the states that makes veggie corn dogs. i will look for them when i go to tahoe. i hope it doesn't end up like when james and i were looking for veggie bacon coming back from ontario. that was a total bust. well, eventually a huge success. but for a while, a total bust.

okay, shower time.

brunch

i haven't seen the stewarts for the longest time...since i went to university probably. i think it may be about a month. *but* today is chosey's birthday, so i'm invited to the family brunch.

although i have a million things to do, i am going to pick up a carmen and diego and head there for some fun joking around, delicious food (i get to take lots home), and to defend rachel while she's not there, because that's what the favourite daughter does. :o)

i'm also going to go over paint colours and flooring that i'm getting bruce to do while i'm in tahoe, so that he can start looking for what i want. and give me advice on what would work best. also, rachel's uncle that does kitchens and cabinets and stuff will be there, so that means tips on countertops! yahoo!!

on that note, i need to get going... i went to bed with wet hair, so parts of it dried horizontally... it's gonna take some work.

coming soon...

crazy white woman. r's story.

(i'll write it when i break from work).

road trippin'

today i saw probably the funniest thing happening in a car since ian and i went to vegas and saw a guy headbanging, with both hands up in the air (did i mention he was the only one in the car, and therefore responsible for the driving?).

brooke and i were driving and there were two guys beside us for like three seconds, and they were sort of doing karaoke in the car. with fischer price microphones. they were giving it. hardcore. brooke and i were stunned for at least 5 seconds and then we looked at each other and said,"what the hell?!". it was sooo funny. these weren't two 16 year olds either. they were both men. with bright red and yellow microphones.

before that danielle and i saw mr. and mrs. smith. i thought it was funny, entertaining, HOLY! angelina and brad were totally hot together. not a movie for everyone, but exactly what i wanted to see this afternoon.

kiss me!

yesterday i went over to danielle's to help with the wedding favours. they were hershey kisses in little organza bags with a "thank you" tag attached. luckily there were extra kisses. thank you hersheys for putting a few extra kisses into those bags. as soon as they got cracked open, i was like: ahhh! i want to eat these!!! i love you kisses!

i also got to pick up some boxes for my move, and do some laundry there! thanks danielle!

marioparty was played, and danielle won with princess daisy.

now we're going to catch a matinee of mr. and mrs. smith in the coq. so i can come home and do some work...how boring... on a saturday. BUT as i was saying yesterday, now that i'm unemployeed, everyday is a weekend for me. i can go out whenever i want.

winter

i think winter's arrived in b.c.. officially.

also, i can hardly believe that in 3 weeks, i'll be in a new house and getting ready for tahoe. actually, ian will be at work, and i'll probably be sleeping. but soon i would be getting up and preparing for my first trip of the summer!

i hope it's hot in tahoe. i need to work on my tan.

for now, off to the german consulate, and then to danielle's for some favour making, and laundry doing! ideally there'll be some nintendo-ing too. and by nintendo-ing i mean kicking peach's ass all over marioland! yahoo! here we go! maybe we'll do the winter theme, what with the almost snow over here! barf.

i'm ready!

lately (ummm... the past two days) i've been wanting to read my horoscope again and that's exciting, because before i was worried astrology hated me.

Today's Forecast

You love long distance communiques. Emails, calls or visits from interesting others are number one on your top ten list, and if they're delivered with an exotic accent, so much the better. Prepare to be delighted.

The Bottom Line

Get out your passport, and make sure it's current, 'cause you're tripping! Where to?

In Detail

Your sign is in charge of far off places, people and cultures, and when you're not on the road, your only consolation is to be in touch with someone or something that reminds you of a distant place you love. So when it comes to long-distance communications, whether they come about by email, phone or surprise visits, you can bet they're very much on your top ten list of most favorite things. That said, think you might be ready for a little bit of all three?

clean-up

i hate how gross my house gets when i'm working on something. i do laundry almost every day, but because my machine is tiny, and it takes 24 hours to dry pants, and about 2 days to dry towels, my laundry basket is overfull. so, tomorrow when i go to danielle's to help with wedding favours, i will do laundry. and lots of it. tonight, i will finish up dishes, organise some work and papers and ideally sweep the floor.

i guess it's a bit of my routine when i finish up something. clean and then move on to the next thing. this could be the real reason it's exciting to finish a project; it means i get to do dishes.

also exciting, no naps since sunday. i quit cold turkey. and it seems to be helping. i've also been getting up at around 8-8.30 and the pattern (like cheryl said) is working out well. part of it can also be attributed to the bout of insomnia running its course, as it will do, mostly after a week, this one lasted a bit longer. but sleep and iron are good things together, and i'm starting to feel a bit better. my ass is still sore though. just in case anyone was curious.

com-plete

whoo hoo. finished another project today. this foldy bit of advertising thing. it wasn't bad to do, but they did want it very quickly, and with the girls gone wild night, carcassonne ass-kickings and sleeping that's been going on, it was a bit of a push. but now i'm done, and can go back to fixing the tree.

oh, and i finished setting the targets and stuff for the store. so now i just have to revamp the product knowledge book and the policy and procedure. and my job will be done there. other work that needs to be done before i leave: a website or two, and finishing the tree logo. the tree will get finished tomorrow... possibly between the gym and carcassonne.

in other news, my ass has hurt all day... but that's a good thing, and it rained hardcore today... good for work, bad for thinking about tanning this white white skin. i'm a little disappointed about the weather here these days, but wouldn't mind if it were coolish for the wedding. at least i wouldn't be sweating like a swine hund in all that satin! rain would be bad that day too, so i don't want that either... my hair would go all curly and the dress would be gross... oh, i guess we'd get pictures taken inside then... but still, the rain would kill my hair.

in one week and two days danielle will be married. in two weeks and one day, sarah comes. in three weeks, i'll be at my new condo, freaking out about leaving for tahoe the next day. and in a couple months i'll hopefully have bought my ticket for europe.

i made banana muffins today. and watched dancing with the stars. i even called yvonne to tell her it was the final episode. we had both watched the same episode at different times while surfing our limited selection of television (neither of us have cable).

and tonight jon stewart was especially funny. i was laughing out loud... the interview with dwight yoakam (however his name is spelled, like i care) was shit... so it doesn't come close to the bullying episode in overall laughs out loud.

oh, and today jeffy won two games of carcassonne, and i won one. the one i won had the builder and pig and river... thanks to stephane and sheri for teaching me how to play with those crazy things... so that i might crush the carcassonne master! mwah haha haha!!!

okay, i'm tired. bed.

should be working

ummm... i should be doing work. but i'm kinda not feeling like it, can you tell? three blogs in an hour, and a couple of pictures and a new link to boot. uh, yeah, not super feeling like doing work.

earlier today i did some work, mostly numbers stuff. boooooring!

i wish i had chocolate at my house! or hot lips. that would be sweet right now.

also exciting today was me beating jeffy (best of three) at carcassonne. and me remembering how to spell carcassonne.

oh, and yesterday i ate bacon. i've decided that for every day for the next two weeks, starting yesterday, i would have to eat some meat or lots of items in my top 5 list for non-heme iron content (no matter how poorly they mix together). today i ate kidney beans. and broc. and cashews. and had two (going on three) iron pills. i wonder if pig meat seems less gross to me. oh crap! pork is the other WHITE meat. i'm supposed to eat red meat. guess i'd better buy more beans. crapsichord. so much for getting iron through meat. guess it'll have to be m&ms afterall!

yesterday i also got my jewelry that susie from indigo star made for me for danielle's wedding. it matches superbly and will be fun to wear after as well... so i guess i should go shopping at some point for some clothes to match. :o) woe is me!

okay gerry, you're in

like sin.

gerry, you've been added to the links list. don't abuse it, or punishment will be swift and severe, and not in the good way.

gerry: welcome.

everyone else: meet gerry.

as promised! (with bonus)

i only show the cutest, and most flattering photos of myself. :oD and oddly, i always have flat hair. one day i will show a picture of me with curly hair, looking like i really do.

one day.

also, i *had* to include this photo of D hamming it up for the camera. oh karaoke, how you bring out the elvis in all of us.

dressed for success

i had my second fitting for the bridesmaid dress today. she did a great job with the alterations.

danielle and i made a day of it, and also went shoe shopping. YAY! we found a pair of green sandals to match my new skirt that hasn't been worn yet, because i don't have an iron.

oh! and we found two new pairs of pants for me. also exciting. and we went for lunch to the olive garden (i don't think anyone recognised me from yesterday).

so far, no naps today.

hit the floor

yay! on saturday i got my hair done and it looked hot. i will post a pic later. i fought off napping, watched some of the live8live concerts and did d's pre-wedding girls gone wild party.

it was tame, but as danielle says, at least i got my stripper.
we went to dinner, had drinks, and then went to the improv show at the new revue on granville island... it was funny. very funny. and i must agree with danielle, i wish they had taken our suggestions for strippers being a problem at work, and wolves being something that will tear a family apart. an irish guy named gerry won.

then we went to karaoke, and good times were had by all. we even did some impromptu dancing (not on the glass table... when we joked about it, the guy was like, uh, it wouldn't take much to break it).

p.s. the live8live concerts were wicked. and totally up my alley. so whatever, i know there are all kinds of things wrong and classist about them, but i don't care.

sunday was looking at flooring with ian. and a quick trip to costco.

i found some wicked reclaimed looking flooring that i'm going to have to show rachel's dad so he can find something like it but cheaper for my house.

after lunch at the olive garden, i totally crashed. ian went for a bike ride and i napped. i seriously was like, let's go to your house, i need a nap. now. the best part is that while i was peacefully sleeping, ian crashed out on his bike. i could not use my nursing/mothering skills until today. so disappointing. i made him send me pictures, i may post them later.

live8live

i swear that's warrick from csi on stage with dmc. am i wrong?

more later.

ketchup again

a quick ketchup cause i've been using my time to sleep (or try to) instead of blogging.

wednesday also involved me getting $4 from toren. i'd given him a code from a star wars scratch and win thingy and it turns out we won $7. but i didn't have 50¢ to give back. i obviously won in that situation!

thursday

i went to hope and did some boring stuff like check on the houses there. and some exciting stuff, like see my doctor and get measured. it's official. i'm 175cm. i could be a bit taller, because i had to put my feet against the wall, but my bum sticks out so much i was kind of angled. but the official count is 175. until i see another doctor and get measured again. i also got my toe nails painted again-pink with cute daisies. yahoo!!

oh, and ian and i met up in langley for some drinks and UK cosmo reading. we were at chapters, and my drink was ready, we were waiting for his. he decided to go to the washroom and i was going to take his drink to the table. his drink was balanced on my plate and things were going really well. until go to the table, where his drink tipped and burned my boob and then my drink fell too. not that much liquid was lost, but it wasn't very fun. the cosmo reading was, of course very very fun. oh UK cosmo, so trashy and dirty and stupid. but soooooo good!

that night i went to bed at 10.30 and after falling asleep, slept and slept and slept.

friday (i hate safeway)

got up at 8.30. talked to G for an hour, and then went back to bed for a few more hours. i seriously could not have stayed awake any longer. BUT cheryl gave me good info that i will start work on next week. (including a suggestion of buying new sheets... she knows how to get me to listen!).

got up, went to the store to get ingredients for cupcakes from safeway. they only had self-raising cake flour and no non-fat buttermilk. so i had to cheat on the cupcakes. the icing was easy to make. just some cream cheese, butter and sugar. so they had all of those ingredients.

went to drexoll and played LOSER! and carcassonne. i kicked ass at carca. i would like to give some credit to jeffy and kenji who have helped me train for events like this... where i can beat nerds at their own games. mwah hah hah! LOSER! was a game that would have been more funny drunk. but we weren't, stephane lost at LOSER! and then we moved on. to carca. we played with some expansions... the princess and dragon and the pig and the fairy and the river. i don't know which are separate expansions, but i learned new stuff.

then i went to anghold's for the tailend of the canada day barbeque. i brought more cupcakes, visited for a bit and then was tired. it was nice to see some of the people i don't visit with often. what with leaving soon and all.

saturday (hair did)
woke up tired, but had to go and get my hair did. i had serious rooting issues and with the stagette tonight, there will be pictures taken. i didn't want to get embarrassed. i DIDN'T go to the gym, like i had planned, and now can't go until maybe tomorrow, because i will have to shower, and my hair won't be flat anymore. i will have to have curly hair... so, i'm going to take one for the team, and not go. i may be able to work in a nap instead.

wednesday

wednesday evening i learned to play settlers of catan with an expansion. i forget what the expansion was called, but there was a ship that came to attack if we didn't have enough soldiers that were fed.

i'm excited to play new versions of catan.

we also played a game called apples to apples. which is good times. it's pretty funny, there is a card that will say something like elegant, and then you have cards in your have that will have people or objects on them that you want to match up the best, or for the best joke, so the person will pick your card. funny game.

who has the hottest couch/chair?

i do!

yahoo!!!

i love them, and kinda want to make out with them.

yay!

takin' a break

today i don't think i'll go to the gym.

i'm going to wait for my furniture, do some work, and hopefully have a nap. i'm also going to relax about getting to the german consulate until next week.

layin' down the law

i don't know why i can't sleep lately. well, i could probably figure it out. i am going to try one of two methods. i may end up trying both.

i will either:

1. be more strict with my body. stick to a schedule, and follow it. things that would need controlling: eating times, waking times, sleeping times, gym times, and work times.

2. let my body tell me what it wants. eat when i'm hungry, sleep when tired (would i ever get out of bed) and go to the gym and work when i have time.

any suggestions? maybe i'll just make a list of things to talk to my doctor about... i'm sure she's dying to see what i come up with this time. so far, it's anemia, my height, and now sleeping problems. three should be enough for one visit.

good call

PHEWSH! what a day!

trust your gut.

i just took the garbage downstairs, and of course, i'm in my grossest pants, my hair still drying, and basically bumming, and the hottest guy in my building is in the elevator. him: what's the plan? me: for tonight? (looks down at outfit) uh... not much, i'm pretty tired. i had to force myself to bring the garbage down. him: oh, i just leave it for the morning when i'm heading out. (in head, me: well, maybe if i got up in the morning, or better yet: got my ass out of my house by noon, i would. want to make out?) me: have fun tonight. him: yeah, take care.

why trust your gut? cause the last thing i did, was put the pants on. i only see people in my building when i don't want to. and only in underwear would be that time... moving out in 30 days or not.

paint a picture

OHMYGOSH!

so, today i got passport photos done.

if i'm going to the gym, i really try to not shower before, because i have to shower after, and my skin gets too dry. so, i did wash my face and brush my teeth, and even tied my hair back so the pictures wouldn't look like i'd literally rolled out of bed... because i almost had.

oh boy. so, the guy at the place (where it says 10 min passport photos) is like, yeah, but they're not ten mins. i'm like, okay, i need them anyway, let's roll. he then tells me i'm really shiny. but i didn't understand what he said... so he repeated it, and i tell him i'm going to the gym, so i didn't want to shower first. he tells me it's okay, because he has baby powder. the passport people don't like too shiny. so he dusts my T-zone and i'm like, thanks for looking out for me. i know these pics are gonna look rough, no need for me to be shiny on top of it. anyway, pics were taken, and as i'm walking down the street (i had to go back later to pick up the final product) i started thinking, that's a lot of powder he put on me. wouldn't it suck if i'm walking down the street with white streaks on my face? yeah, it sucked. i looked in the mirror and saw two big white powder marks across my forehead. as soon as i got the pictures, i was like, let's see how much shows in the photos. it's not that bad, but i do have a visible white streak. worse than the white streak? is how tired i look, and how one eye is bigger than the other! the best part is that i've had waaaay worse passport photos, and i'm actually a bit impressed these turned out this well.

thank you jeebus

there's iron in m&ms. believe it baby. this is probably a mixed blessing. yes, at least i'm getting iron, no i shouldn't be encouraged to do so through m&ms. i am tempted though.

today started off a bit rough for me. i woke up this morning wanting to tell my mom about this stupid dream i had. instead i will tell all of you. i'll try to keep it short. please note, yesterday i watched a TONNE of television. i'm a little surprised i managed to get off the floor at all. so, in brackets will be the show/movie that was referenced in my dream.

i dreamed that danielle, jordy and i were shopping in new york at this sort of market where they sell knock-off bags (csi NY). we were having fun, and then i had to go to the bathroom. i guess i hadn't been feeling well and somehow decided to take a pregnancy test in a public bathroom-like i *ever* would-but it is a dream (MEN WITH BROOMS). anyway, i told danielle i have to go home. so somehow we're back at her house, but the house is exactly her mother-in-law's in real life. and i'm a bit worried, but not totally about being pregnant (csi MIAMI). so danielle is asking me about who's baby it is (law & order SVU) and i'm like, i don't know... i've had my period since the last time i had sex. so since i didn't get to see any of the ladies on tv have babies, that's where my dream ended. oh, and i remember being happy about starting to get a baby belly. cause i love them. and i love pregnant ladies.

anyone who says that tv doesn't influence children should hop over to my brain. weird things happen here... i still freak myself out with that stalker one where the guy lives the girl's ceiling and phones her using her own phone line. maybe i'm just easily influenced.

oh, and yesterday i deleted over 1000 emails. sent and received. for real. and that was only in one account.

the height of the matter

ummm... i may have been lying to myself for the past few years. as in the past 10. i think when i go to the doctor's on thursday, i will get her measure me. i measured myself today. i'm going to say, not the most accurate method. sit down for this one, i think i may be shorter than 5"10.

when james and karen were over, somehow (via ian) it came up that i think i'm 5"10. maybe i used to be. on my passport it says 175cm. and that's my german passport. the germans are accurate. then ian started throwing out crazy ideas of me being as short as 5"7. i was in shock. people have never hit me with those kind of numbers before. i was willing to concede to 5"9-5"9 1/2. he was having none of it. as of this afternoon, he may be closer to the mark than me.

maybe once i start with yoga again (this week, for sure) my muscles will elongate and i'll be tall again. wish me luck, it's been a hard day!

fated

i really need to find my headphone for my iPod. at the gym tonight there was a heavy breather. i don't just mean, "wooo! i'm hardcore working out, so my breath is heavy". i mean, this guy had such random expulsions of air, it was totally distracting me from the flare article on traveling to ireland that i stumbled on.

which brings me to my title.

i don't want to put any kind of pressure on myself regarding this trip. because that is basically what i'm running away from. my goals there include but are not exclusive to: having a job where i really am finished when my shift is over, traveling around a bit, learning some irish, being able to mimic an irish accent at least somewhat decently (i claim no skills in this area currently), meeting people with cute irish accents, and having heaps of fun. so far, i have no idea how long i'm going for. depending on circumstances, i could be there for forever. i could also be there for a month. it's hard to say. but it is super fun to read into little things and accept them as fate saying i'm on the right track. i could be lying to myself, but i don't mind.

according to the article, designer bags are becoming super hot in ireland, so i'm really excited about that. it means i don't *have* to bring 10 bags with me. 4 or so will probably do. not including luggage bags. those are a totally separate issue. but i mean, c'mon! how often does someone come across a travel article about a place they're going to and it talks about one of their favourite things? actually, i'm kinda interested in those odds... if anyone knows off hand.

along with getting my passports worked out this week, i'm going to start thinking about key clothing to bring with me, so that when i see something on my list i can scoop it up, and not rush when i'm leaving. luckily, i won't have to really worry about the season. if i'm only gone for fall through spring i won't have to worry about summery clothes, except for going to spain and greece, and maybe the red sea. hmmm... this could be trickier than i thought.

anyway, back to work, and then to sleep!

couching tiger

when i bought my new chair and couch, i was told there is a three week wait on delivery. yesterday i got a call that i can have them as early at wednesday. needless to say, i will be anxiously awaiting the phone call on wednesday to let me know the 4 hour time frame that they will be here.

oh! to sit on a comfy chair/sofa again. i'm very excited.

cruisin' for karma

last week, if you'll recall, i went off on a big rant about tom cruise and katie, "isn't she wonderful" holmes. on thursday, when i got home, there were only like 10 mins left of oprah, and of course! it was the very oprah show that got me going in the first place. and then! the next day, i brought my friend some movies (she's not allowed to leave the house right now) and some breakkie. what was she watching? YES!! the same oprah.

woe is me.

iJames and dr.K have left the building

yesterday james and karen stayed for a visit on their way to victoria for the tall ships.

it was so great to see them. now that karen has her own practice, i don't think that it will be very easy to convince them to move to bc. not that i'll be here in a bit, but still.

there was lots of talking, went for indian (since they hadn't had indian since i last saw them), went for a little walk, came back played tonnes of euchre and had eton surprise. which was a hit (thanks to michelle for the recipe). i have a feeling ian will be more than happy to cut strawberries for that again.

this morning we got up super early so james and karen could go to the ferry and ian could get to work and still go to breakkie. we went to the naam, and service was a bit slow, but since there were only a few other people there at 7am, it wasn't bad. everyone left at a good time.

there was talk of meeting up in kelowna so we could go camping before i leave for europe. that would be awesome. i really do have a great time hanging out with them, and it always makes me sad to see them leave. luckily going back to bed for 5 hours helps.

gifted again?!

wow! how's that for a week? i got something else in the mail today, but i must have been at the gym when hot stu dropped it off.

kenji sent me 3 tapes of law and order, SVU, CI, CSI, CSI miami, and probably some CSI NY. :o)

how stoked and excited am i? very. also exciting is that iJames (aka Huge) and dr. Karen are coming to visit tonight!

this is turning out to be a great week, insomnia or not.

with a name like ursula...you'll be swinging.

that's what erna told me today when i told her i was moving to europe for a while.

oh erna.

today ian and i went shopping for a couch and a chair for me. inspiration furniture is having a sale, so i cashed in on it. i bought a chocolate brown micro-fibre two-seater and a chocolate brown, armless chair.

they look very nice. very modern. YAY!

gifted!

today i got fun things in the mail from office jan who is currently in japan.

i got some cute tissues (one package has a pig that says one, the next a pig that says one, a cow that says two, and the last one a pig that says one, a cow that says two and a sheep that says three! so cute!!!) and some mystery product that may or may not be jel filled. maybe it's lip gloss. maybe i have no idea. neither of which were the bracelet that the customs tag said, but that was a good decoy. it's all very exciting.

thanks janet! thanet!

yahooooo!!! presents!!!

call de police, police

i know that i am not the best dressed person out there. especially not in kits.

BUT i do know to not wear a skirt that's so short that when i walk in it, you can see my red underwear. also, i know to not wear clear straps on my bra to the gym.

1. buy a longer skirt.

2. buy a bra that sits properly under your lululemon shirt, or just don't dress like you're gonna hit a club after you work out.

kids these days.

focus! focus!

it's true, a crap sleep makes it hard for me to focus.

last night i made a wicked list of things to get done today, i've only done two. well, actually i guess i've done three. hey, things are starting to look up.

yesterday, toren brought me two more travel books: ireland and scotland. now i have books for everywhere i want to go in europe, spain and greece were already passed on earlier. during the non-sleeping hours last night, i totally read through the ireland one, and i'm determined to remember some irish words. slán leat is really the only thing i remember so far. oh, except that i recognise, "how are you?" because to me it looks fairly french. it's very exciting. and as i was telling G today, i'm more than happy to add another barely used language to my roster. dutch being the first.

i had a weird-o dream this morning. i dreamed my sister and i couldn't get on the same flight together to germany. so i made her pretend she needed to use a wheelchair (i think this might have got us to first class, like when i took my mom to cirque and we got front row for the price of the cheapest tickets). anyway, at some point she got up to walk, and then we were about to get busted by a stewardess, and we had to tell her my sister only needs the wheelchair for long-distances.

maybe i'm doing something bad and feel guilty about it. the thing is, i can usually recognise guilt from a mile away!!!

okay, now i'm going to be late if i don't go. and that's the ultimate motivation.

insomnia strikes again

maybe it's karma because of my rage against tom and katie. in any case, i can't sleep!!! boo-urns. it's especially frustrating because i was sooo tired while getting my ass kicked at nintendo tonight.

and for some reason all i can smell are these bagels i grabbed from ian's house that we ended up having an argument about whether or not i could smell them through the bag. they smell like sugar/fake syrup. that, and the ever-present iron.

lack of sleep will do that to you kids.

okay, i need to focus.

i will make a list.

oh, and p.s., it's times like these that make me think my friends don't blog enough.

as advertised

i was thinking of blogging about how much i hate tom cruise and katie holmes, and how much their very existence makes me ill, but then jeffy kinda covered it in his blog. i love oprah. i cannot watch her talk about/to tom cruise. it makes me nauseous. not that it takes that much recently, but honestly, what's more than barfing? a migrane? violent. yes. it makes me violent. and embarassed for them.

oh! i am sooo in love! i'm going to jump around, on furniture, because that will show you how much in love i am. so much so, that i will act like i'm even younger than katie, "isn't she wonderful" holmes.

seriously, i can usually separate myself from this media insanity, and at least genuinely not care. neither of them are very good at their profession, and i find them both incredibly annoying... when i see them anywhere, let alone on every magazine at the grocery store, i want to rip off my own leg and beat myself until i pass out so i don't have to look at them anymore. why can't i distance myself this time? because, worse than j-lo and ben affleck, these two are everywhere, boring the hell out of me with their inane adoration. at least there's arguable talent in the j-lo/ben affleck combo. they're not even going to invite katie holmes back to the sequel of batman begins. and this is probably the height of her career. brutal.

i cna't even decide if them breaking up would end this torture? i mean, everyone will have to then blame angelina and try to figure out why something so horrible could happen. (see jen and brad).

in any case, i don't exactly want them dead, i just don't want to ever hear of them again. inevitably this overexposure will lead to the backlash that will prolong the painful experience that is katie holmes and tom cruise.

cuttin' muffins

there are two stories here:

1. i just got back from the gym and the grocery store. i can't believe how many people are at the gym (please note i got there around 10.30). and then afterwards, how many people were full-out grocery shopping. it's crazy. it's like when you travel somewhere. how do so many people have the need to say fly to germany on a wednesday. or why is my flight to japan that started in mexico city so full. i had no idea there were so many mexicans going to japan every day. it always leads to my next statement: don't these people work? it's what i'm always thinking as i drive along 1st ave. at some weird pre-rush hour time where these people should be at work, not in my way.

2. in the section of the gym that i like to do cardio (it's away from the noisy weights and boys grunting, and often has yoga-style music playing) there were only two of us on the machines. the other people were doing mat stuff. anyway, i got on the eliptical machine right next to the other girl. the other two don't have a place for your water. so i'm huffing away, and then i smelled it. stinkville. and i totally tried to breathe through my mouth, but whenever i do that, i remember that that actually means you're tasting what you smell. so i literally was trying not to barf!

i really think farting's okay. in fact, i do it. :oD it's hard to believe, i know. but please don't fart at the gym. i have a sensitive nose.

now i have to change my msn name from muffin. it brings up bad memories.

i wonder if i took you home

would you still be in love, baby?

clearly a totally stolen title but whatev, the point is there.

on the way home, and completely unrelated to the events of the evening, i was thinking about how crap it is that a guy is expected to want to sleep with a girl as quickly as possible. if he's super shy or not very experienced (awkward) then these become valid excuses, and cute even. but if a girl has any kind of want to get it on before three dates then she's easy... and becomes a non-viable choice for a long-term relationship that's based on anything more than sex.

of course there are exceptions. it's still annoying.

head trauma

last night after the gym, i almost KO'd myself. how can this have happened, you may ask. well, apparently getting into my car is NOT my forte. i have caused massive bruising on my arms, i've hurt my toe, and last night, i hit my head. i'm happy to report there has been no visual signs of this clumbsiness.

and since i'm already a little loopy, no one's noticed the internal damage! yahoo!!!

in other exciting news, i've got lots of sex in a pan... so anyone that's interested is hereby invited over (once i get dressed) to indulge in that and some cherry cha cha. oh, and danielle's mom gave me masses of cheese sticks... some of which are also up for grabs.

because i know everyone's wondering about my experience with iron pills i'll elaborate. they taste really really gross. you know when you were a kid and had that metal play set in the back yard? well, they taste like that. and PLEASE don't tell me you never licked it once, because i don't believe any of you! the difference is that the taste lasts a long time.

the end of strawberry season

(thank goodness!)

if strawberries and sugar and whipping cream had iron, i would have cured myself in one sitting. unfortunately, they do not.

had a great time meeting michelle, and being stuffed sick with the aforementioned goodies. say hello to a new tradition of annual strawberry socials. this was such a great idea... tea and chatting... that i plan to do this at least once a year. sorry to steal your idea michelle. it will be done with thoughts of you.

if i can roll myself out of bed (i no longer have a couch) father's day will be spent with the stewarts. we're going out for sushi/rolls.

heaven

today's surprise bridal shower turned out very well. i would even say it was a success. i made way too much food though. it always makes me sad to bring food that i've made home. part of the problem, as in the real world, was distribution. i brought over nanaimo bars, cherry cha cha, spinach dip (this tasted good, why wasn't it eaten? non-vegetarians is what i think.) chocolate dipped strawberries (these WERE all eaten) chips, crackers, and buns (i *told* marlene i would grab buns, but she bought some too... hers were boring safeway ones, my deluxe, she put hers out). anyway, i gave some buns to a homeless guy and some to becca to take home.

danielle was surprised (she thought the massage party was a hoax, and that it might be tonight). and i think everyone had fun! yay! i am soooooo glad that is over. four more wedding events and it's over (stagette, rehearsal, real, and brunch).

massages were awesome and exactly what i needed to finish off the week. thanks becca. it's nice to have someone come over and do it. that's service. she has a portable bed, so it's not like we're forsaking quality for convenience. oh no. things were good. i seriously need to look into more frequent massages. like weekly. that's my dream... one of them.

breathe.

tomorrow is a strawberry social and then it's a whole new week.

goodnews/badnews

goodnews

had my follow-up appointment with the skin doctor...cause i got all those tests done march. i don't have lupus (i didn't actually know we were testing for that...oops). anyway, i also don't have rheumatoid (sp?) arthritis. whatever. oh, and my kidneys are functioning great. anyway, my eczema looks really good, you can't even tell i have it on my hands anymore. so he (the doctor) is happy about that. as am i!!!


badnews

i have anemia! i now have two options. eat meat or take iron pills. or maybe do both. the information has been passed on to my real doctor and i'll talk to her about it. in the meantime, dr. jeffy gave me some advice including finding out what kind it is. and telling me that spinach won't help me. i guess this explains the increased dizziness and tiredness. i still wouldn't do that stupid cleanse again.

i feel like this diagnosis just confirms my feelings of being detached from my body lately. on one hand, i've felt like i don't have any clue why my body's being so weird...detached by the symptoms. on the other, the symptoms have contributed to the detachment. first the mind, then the body. step one and two.

funny thing though. at the beginning of the appointment when he was looking through the test results, he was like, yeah, your iron levels are really low... and i said: that's why i have eczema? *laugh* it didn't make sense to me either... i mean, how are they connected? he said no, they do the test because it has something to do with an organ...kidneys, i think. so yeah, not connected.


tomorrow dalia picks up my couch. in some ways it will be sad to say goodbye to it. including not having anywhere comfortable to sit. and making karen and james use their camping equipment when they sleep over next friday. in other ways, i'm happy. yay! i get to get a new couch!!!

today during a crazy amount of carcasonne i won a couple games. my skills are improving, i am becoming a more worthy opponent. i plan to eventually crush everyone in my path. it may take a lot of sitting in front of my computer, but with the couch gone, where else will i sit? heh heh! first manhattan, and then ontario!!! muwah ha ha ha!!!

so sore!

i totally called it. my shoulders are so frickin' sore this morning. i think what put me over the edge was the extra flexing last night (see dorkville below). how i will be able to do anything today is beyond me. with the exception of having a massage of course. i could easily handle that!

dorkville

oh my gosh, i am such a dork. so i was just sitting here touching my arm because it's sore. and then i started to examine it. and by examine, i mean flex and touch the muscle and stuff like that. the conclusion: still chubby, but more muscle, i think. yup (just felt both sides and flexed again and stuff). i think i am getting stronger! soon i won't be the weakest woman in the world. i will be weak, but not the weakest! yahoo!!!

who wants to arm wrestle?! bring it on!

marriage proposal

this evening, someone asked if i would marry them. they did just have some of the amazing chocolate dipped strawberries that i made today. and then we discussed the best mac and cheese. i think they might have been under the influence.

it was kinda funny though, because i was telling ian that as i was making lunch this afternoon, i was like: huh, i really wouldn't mind being a stay-at-home person. i could just work part time, and have fun cooking and stuff. that would be good times, i think. i need to test this out... to see if i really would like it.

went to foundation again for the benito or whatever it's called called. yum! and ian took apart my couch so dalia can pick it up on saturday. it's gonna be a bit weird to only have two chairs for furniture until i get around to buying a new couch. i may not buy one until i get back...in the meantime, i'll look into some throw pillows and not invite many people over, i guess.

speaking of which, in one week and 13 hours (ish) james and karen will be here! yahoo! with them comes catan and euchre action. i schooled ian a bit tonight, so that if he's my partner we don't get completely slaughtered. also tonight, i went over to bre's sister's house (with the strawberries) and we went down to the beach and watched stef do some poi, or whatever it is. she lit them up and it was wicked. it was soooo funny when some kids (posing as older than they were) came over and asked if they could watch too. did i mention they had taken their shirts off just before they walked over. we made fun of them, and i was like: you are closer to 16 than to 19 buddy, cause he really looked 14. anyway, he tried to pull off, oh i'm almost 19 and failed miserably. turns out they were from surrey, and no one wanted their pot enough to pretend we liked them. i guess there are limits for everyone!


(oh, in fairness i should mention that i played carcasonne with jeffy again today. i didn't win, but i came close one game. i'll probably stick with only mentioning my wins mostly, unless it's significant in some other way. let it be known, jeffy almost always wins, cause he's a great player, and by great, i mean a JERK player always mooching in on my cities.)

i am soooo weak!

oh god. this morning, after a crap sleep last night i quickly got ready for the gym. luckily i forgot the name of the street the kits community centre is on, because it gave me time to eat my soy bar. my arms are already killing me, and it's just the same day. i think tomorrow i'm going to be crying!

i may have to explore the option of liposuction more in depth. too bad all these doctors i know are GPs. :oD

on that note: time to get the chocolate dipped strawberries going!!

winning streak

today i won two things. a game of carcasonne with kenji and jeffy and a gift basket at the clinique party. did i mention i'm back? :o)

kenji and jeffy are really good at games... and honestly, i haven't won at carcasonne online yet. one time i came close. but then this stranger that we let join our game beat us. that's when we made the rule: no strangers. i say it's because i hate them. jeffy says it's because they're not that fun to play with. jeffy's hardcore at catan and carcasonne. but i like it, despite rarely winning. i feel like i really have to try hard, which means i will be able to crush others, and on occasion, the master. it improves my game, and makes winning sweeter.

at the clinique counter there was a huge basket that was the grand prize, and some small flower pots for the other prizes. i won one with perfume, eyeliner (the one i almost bought with yvonne at holts), some age cream thing...that now that i think about it, i probably already have a sample of, and a double sided brush (the most exciting part, because those are soooo expensive, and i didn't have that one). but you also got a gift bag that had mascara, a puffy thing, a bag, ummm... some perfume, lipgloss, and maybe some other stuff. and then with a purchase you get to pick some sample stuff to take too. very exciting.

there were three stations to travel to over the evening, the eye and lips section, a bronzer/blush section and a skin care consulation section. totally fun! honestly.

oh, and they DID have strawberry stuff there. some tart thing, and of course chocolate dipped strawberries! the strawberries were perfectly ripe, so they were über delicious. and when we got there, they had some sandwiches out, and i remembered what ang told me about how when they pass the sandwiches out at her board meetings, she takes a bunch of the veggie ones as soon as they get to her, because otherwise she will only be left with meat ones. so i ate two egg ones really quickly. and the rest were gone when i went back... only meat ones were left. good call ang.

sweating to the oldies

ohmygosh!

i don't know what it was but today i was sweating hardcore at the gym. it was funny though, because as i was totally sweating i came across an article about excessive sweaters in the men's magazine that i picked up to read. apparently you can have botox injected into your pits. i don't think i really have a problem with sweat, but it was funny that i was soooo sweaty today, and i came across the article.

also in the magazine were tips on spanking properly. which i found very interesting. and then i guessed that it wasn't an american magazine. and it wasn't. oh canada. improving on sex anyway we can. yahoo!!!

strawberry socials

i've never been to one in my life. well, not that i know of. BUT!!! as of sunday, i'll have been to 2! can you believe it? well, do.

tomorrow is the clinique strawberry social. okay, i totally know this sounds a bit bonkers. especialy because danielle and i had to buy tickets. (you get the money back from the ticket if you buy anything). the best part is that they are going to be giving away tonnes of stuff. you get a gift bag if you go, and a discount on anything you buy, and there are going to be lots of prizes. it's all very exciting. i hope they have strawberries there.

which brings me to my next strawberry social... on sunday. also very fun, because i *know* there will be strawberry items there. yay! and i'm excited to meet the hostess who has hinted at the potential of martha stewart recipes. i'm stoked about someone who also uses martha as a selling point for food. to me, it equals fine ingredients, a lot of hard work, and delicious results. yay martha!! yay followers of the martha gospel!!

with all these strawberry centred events going on, i'm going to buy some strawberries in the valley and make chocolate covered strawberries. it'll be my first time, but i have made chocolate icecream bowls before, so really, how hard can this be?

welcome back

it was a regular kind of day today. which means, it was kinda nice.

i was telling yvonne that i'm starting to feel like myself again. i've kind of been continuing on the "cleaning house" theme lately.

i've told a couple people off within the last week. including my boss. once i told her, "i think you're crazy. you need to get your priorities straight. what are you doing? what are your goals here?" our relationship has come back to us being friends. of course, part of that is that i'm only doing contract work for the store and i'm way less stressed out about it. another part is that i'd really just had enough, and needed to clean my slate. she was really receptive, which only encouraged me to keep going. anyway, it's been nice to work with her again.

she's not the only one, i've pretty much been on a roll. and it feels good. it's not even really the telling off part, cause i didn't really consider it that. but i did put some stuff out there. i guess it's a bit of an emotional cleanse, since i've finally recovered from the physical one.

to this i say, welcome back, ursula. i've been feeling a lot better about stuff, i'm getting excited about things again, and working on clearer perspective. as predicted, the closer i get to finishing up things on my list, the less stressed i feel. thanks for bearing with me... i'm getting there.

hot lips cured me

to celebrate my not getting sick from food anymore, and my miraculous recovery (almost) from whatever was wrong with the side of my face, today i had hot lips.

oh how i missed you.

in other news, i *finally* finished the project that brings rachel to tears. i doubt there are things she hates more, but between them, cross-stitch and quilting that is, it's hard to say which she hates the most. anyway, i finished the cross-stitch that i was still working on at knitting in the buff, and for whatever number of years i'd been working on it before then. possibly two. i will take a picture and post it. it's going to be her birthday present. i will hang it at my house, somewhere prominent... so she can see it everyday she's there. it will be a magical things. :o)

also today, i got some work done, and ad that was unexpectedly due (i got the details on friday, and was simply told to look into it. this morning i saw that the deadline was on friday). and have plenty more where that came from. i didn't nap today, and now i have to stay up late to at least make up for playing games for a good portion of the day... and doing a bit of cross-stitch of course.

i don't know if i blogged it, but i did tell danielle that i thought the bridesmaid's dress makes my boobs look smaller. when i put it on, and she pinned it, i was like: huh, i can barely remember a time when my boobs *were* this small. weird, but fun. i like boobs as much as the next girl, but it's always fun to mess around with change!

okay, pj's, jann arden, some fruit, and designing. whoo hoo!

waste-o

okay, i *did* watch speed 2 tonight. it's just over. it was bad. but really, not as bad as i thought it would be. i think i have a bit of a soft spot in my heart for stupid action movies. well, sometimes at least.

i do feel like that's a lot of time of my life that i won't get back, but i did need to let my hair dry after showering, and i needed something to kill the time while i enjoyed some mac & cheese.

so, maybe not so bad afterall.

i'm tossing around the idea of doing work instead of going to bed, but i think bed is winning.

babies! babies! babies!

thanks to cheryl for the tip on checking out kenji's blog ASAP. a cute little baby boy was born today. congratulations.

apparently there's some type of insurance you can get to have cute babies. Kai, of course, was born with a full head of hair... and i bet that's one kid that'll be able to get his dad to help him dye it green. oh the bonding! and now Rei has a little brother. yay!!!

things like this make me consider getting one of those baby things. once i grow up, of course!

take a picture, it'll last longer

i've never had my hair in hot rollers, i do like this "pods on my head" look. makes me think of bun boy.


well, this is the cutest picture of the day for me, so i had to post it.


okay, my boobs and sides look funny, but that's where it's getting taken in. this is pretty much how i'll look on the 16th. hopefully the bangs are less curly... i really should have asked her to flat iron it. they started curling up 70's style as soon as i left the salon.

hairy situation

today was getting hairs did for danielle's wedding, and dress fitting for the same event. i swear to god, if i gain a pound and it choses to go to my chest instead of my ass (why, it would change its mind now, who knows) i will not be able to fit back into it. i wouldn't let her take any in around the butt. i need to sit down in this thing. and it's already going to be f'ing hot. anyway, hair and dress are good.

my face was still hurting when i woke up this morning, but by the afternoon, things were getting better. i'll try to make a doctor's appointment for next week some time. oh, and good news, i ate lunch today, and was only a little sick, and after dinner, barely sick at all. so i'm getting back on the food train... which hopefully will not lead to any of the above mentioned chest expansion.

after hair and dress i went to a&b sound. picked up some cds: jann arden, coldplay, weezer and dmb. leonard cohen has finally been ousted by a newer and younger model.

after dinner was: RETURN OF THE SITH!!! yahoo!!! finally! i can't believe i've seen it now. totally the best of the new three. perhaps my favourite ever. i don't care what original 3 purists say, i loved this one. way better than i expected, and ewan is f'ing hottt. the light sabre fights were wicked. i am a happy $10.95 payee.

i got the lady to take a couple pics of me in my dress. i'll see how they turned out and decide if i will upload. stay tuned.

hanged over

today was a messed up hang over. i haven't had one in years, but (i'm guessing) a combintion of not drinking in about a month and not having had any chocolate in a long time didn't work out so well for me. oh, and to top it off, at the end of the night, gio bought me a pita (this means bread and dairy). i felt like crap this morning, and since i didn't wake up until 10, i couldn't go back to bed for a morning nap. so instead i napped this afternoon.

i really really wanted pancakes for breakkie, but that didn't happen, and i couldn't make them at home because i have no eggs. oops. so i had left over pad thai!

then i made ian come over so we could have dinner. went to foundation and had a wicked veggie burger... ian had some mango and rice pasta dish... i can't remember exactly, but it was tasty of course. i was a little worried about bringing him there (cause it's all veggie, and i had a not-so-great experience when i tried to introduce another meat eater to it). anyway, ian loved it. yay! and he had sweet potato pie, so i finally got to taste a dessert there. so i was on a good food high, but now i'm crashing.

i didn't do too much else today except avoid committing to working next week, because i'm supposed to be finished!!! and think about how i could be getting work done, but how much i'd rather just sit around, maybe even napping.

tomorrow i work, and try to avoid working next week.

toothpaste

i was trying to explain to someone how anal i am about the littlest thing s. and he sent me this link..

toothpaste song

oh, i broke the rule

but not that drunk. just a little.

ummm... those f;ing prada shoes are so uncomfortable.

and oh, i can't wait fro breakkie. pancakes!!! oh, and apparantly drinking makes me be less sick to wheat, cause i had a pits. no, a pita.

the lord works in mysterious ways

after my morning nap i headed out to the coq to pick up anghold for some knicker-type shopping... how much underwear can a girl have? well, it was specific to the gown i'm wearing in july, so clearly, i didn't have enough.

anyway, i stopped on granville island for a jesus puppet for K, but they were out. they only had abraham (which i would like to mention, i recognised!) so she's going to look at home or order in jesus. that's the news on that, K.

then ang and i went to diane's, and picked up bras. yahoo! and went for dinner at thai away home. then we went to her friend's house to hang out for a bit.

after dropping ang off at school, i headed for church. clearly i misunderstood when the minister said the wednesday class is over in june. i thought he meant at the end, but i guess that's just when he's leaving. that means i got to come home, talk to rachel online and blog. and maybe sweep the floor and shower.


yay!

morning nap

it's almost time to indulge in my recently aquired habit of having a morning nap.

but i only got up an hour and a half ago? i know, but someone's got to be tired. i may only go back for a 1/2 hour. that would require a lot of discipline at this point. but i do have lots of house work to do before i go and pick ang up for some underthings shopping. and dinner.

it's going to be a busy afternoon. i should get some rest... you know, to build up my strength.

keep the faith 2

my friend kenji is one of the wisest people i know (this has nothing to do with any tapes he may be sending me). tonight we talked about a few things, including how i feel like a phoney at church because i don't think i have the right faith. i want to believe, but the concrete evidence part of me is so strong. i am of two minds when it comes to the idea/faith of a lord. kenji, as usual, came to the rescue, "i like thinking of god as sophia, incarnate wisdom". which kinda works for me. and with that in mind, it looks like church this wednesday... with one less thing to feel guilty about and one more person to pray for. thanks kenj.