daze off

so, i was going to enjoy my first relaxing day at home, without a commute and maybe even make banana bread. but i got a phone call this morning saying my mom's gone to the hospital. obviously my plans have changed, and i'm going to hope.

in other news, i had my first:i'm your manager, this is how things should be, talk with an employee yesterday. it was kinda hard, but lisa told me i have to nip it in the butt right away. i agree, but wish it wasn't me having to do it. but i guess i was asserting my authority. yahoo.

also, last night, i had pizza from pizza hut (i ussually order from panago). holy. it was good pizza. i think it may be more expensive -i wanted to treat myself. but DAY-AMN was it worth it.

i don't know if my lung infection is totally cleared up. when i'm in bed sometimes i'm like, what's that sound, and it's me. wheezing from my chest.

ian and i watched mystic river last night. no, this is wrong on many levels. i watched mystic river, ian slept and made me fill him in ever 20 mins and it was this morning that we watched it, cause we got to the video store at 11.55 pm. i felt bad about getting there so late, but the girl was nice about it...i think she was supposed to be dressed as an 80's chick. or as garth from wayne's world. but the guy who was totally starsky and hutch wasn't impressed. anyway, mystic river:good.

okay. i'm off.

open sesame

so, the christmas mall store is ready to be opened. and open it will be, tomorrow! luckily i have my health. whoo hoo. it looks really great, and christmasy. and yes, i know it's not even november, but whatever. i do actually have strong feelings about celebrating and when you can start, and all that stuff, but i have no control over when the store gets opened.

the last few days we've been setting up the store. tomorrow we do training and the big open. i am not very familiar with the cash register, so it's gonna be a tricky one. :o)

totally unrelated note:
i don't think that my friends usually have hallowe'en parties. but they've started to. or maybe something else has changed. everyone wants to know what's going on for hallowe'en and people are having parties, and dressing up, etc. craziness i tell you.

anyway, i have to be in the scurve at 9am. i'm gonna go to bed. visit me at the store!!!

must be getting better

today i ate some of the yummy purdy's chocolates left by sarah and chris. i MUST be feeling better. i wouldn't have eaten those at any time during the past three weeks. things are looking up.

karaoke, chris, sarah, yvonne, me...

today i went to a REAL doctor. i had to go to hope for it, but man, it was worth it. he actually listened to my lungs, and was like: oh, it's right there... as in, the infection is right there. SO i'm taking stronger antibiotics, and i only have to take them once a day. which is good, because i'm not so good with pills. he also gave me a script for a cough syrup with codeine, but as we all know, i already got some of that from behind the counter.

i am going to make the prediction that within a week i will be cured. and therefore i am currently on the road to wellville. whoo frickin hoo. i will be working like a DAWG starting...ummm i guess thursday or friday, so the frequency that i am seen will probably not drastically increase until i am cured, and have a proper schedule. but i am taking bookings now...

okay, so after the doctor i went to the vee dub dealership, and found out that something's wrong with the turbo in my tdi. i think it's sympathy pain. so i'm not mad. but it is frustrating because i totally need my car right now for work. i think it'll be fine. i just need to be careful until i can get an appointment to have it fixed that works with my schedule.

i worked a few hours today at the guildford store (it was on my way) and will work for a few hours tomorrow morning. i don't want to push myself while i'm still getting well.

after work, i met up with chris, sarah and yvonne (it was like old times cause we drove in the car, which like the one we roadtripped in, is black). we had japanese and then... yes, it's true. 100% we went to a private karaoke room. and that was fun! i even sang a couple songs. and by a couple i do mean two. i could have totally got into it, but as you may know, i haven't been feeling well lately. it was fun, and holy crap! sarah and chris f'ing rock. they were really good, it's crazy. i would karaoke with them almost anytime.

then sarah discovered her scarf and hat were missing, so we went back to the restaurant and she couldn't find it, but i did find her hat on the parking meter. which is good news, but not as good as the second grey scarf being gone. i compared it to the cat on the simpsons.

anyway, we then came back to my house and priced jewelry and then i dropped yvonne off...it was a big night.

and now it's bed time. i'm soooo tired and need to keep trying to get through days without napping. this means more sleeping at night.

special shout out to james who (from calgary) asked if there was anything he could do to help me in my time of disease. i still think they should move out here so karen can be my doctor... and actually the doctor of lots of people who are looking for one in vancity. barring that, a visit would do nicely. be careful, there's lots of snow on the coquihalla already.

eat, me

so, these days i'm controlled by food and my health.

i never feel well, and i can't really seem to shake the cold part of my disease. after i eat anything i feel like the kinder thing to do would be barfing it up and just getting on with my day.

so, i called my sister to make me a dotor's appointment. and i got one for monday. unbelievable. so quick! word on the street is there's a tricky virus going around, so the receptionist got me in quick. another nice thing about small towns.

anyway, wish me luck. i'll see some of you kids later. i need to lay down.

wurrd

so, word on the street is that i have a lot of blogging to do because i have been sick and now i have to make up for what has been lacking.

today, despite being sick, i worked a million hours. and towards the end of my shift (but not my work day) i almost died. i am too sick to be working. that's not right. i bet there are tonnes of people who should have had today off but had to work. and that. stinks.

thanks to everyone that came over for pricing jewelry. there's more where that came from. seriously. see you here tomorrow. i'll try to be more organised.

i think i want to take a photography course. just puttin it out there. i miss my love of pictures. no, i miss my love of anything other than sleep. and not being sick. i feel like i don't do anything exciting anymore...but i guess that's where The Trip comes in. whatev. it's bed time.

goodnews

yay! although i am not 100% me, i am not the super-sick-stoned girl who lived here last week.

i AM still groggy from too much codeine mixed with neo citran. but hopefully i'll have a busy enough day today that i will just fall asleep magically tonight. and by magically, i mean without the aid of magic drugs.

today, in preparation for guests (sarah and chris) on thursday, i have to do laundry, work on cleaning my house, and pick up my car in chilliwack. i don't know how far i'll get but i'd rather not be pushing myself on thursday before i pick them up. luckily doing dishes from this past week involves washing a couple cups, some glasses and 10 spoons.

shower time.

update from the kitsilano centre for disease

so, i am on the mend. no, i'm not healthy again, but there has been an improvment since yesterday. and at this point, anything is good.

i'm actually a little shaky. i think from too much cough syrup and not enough food. the last couple of days (in my quest for non-coughing sleep) i may have been drinking the stuff like it's going out of style.

thank you to lola who brushed and straightened my hair on saturday, as well as brought me kleenex and cough syrup. and the d who brought me to surrey and home again, and took me shopping for juice and cough syrup with codeine.

my neighbour, helen, gave me a ride to a different walk-in clinic (i need someone to recommend a dr. in vancity) and the dr. barely touched me. oh wait, is it touching you if the listen to your breathing over your shirt? anyway, he gave me anti-biotics, and i'm taking them.

that's the update, i'm going back to bed.

sick as a dog

that's not true. i don't think dog's get this sick. let me know if you want to come over and make me soup or brush my hair.

getting off nyquil

this will not be my last comment like this.

last night was my first night in a week of going to sleep without nyquil. i managed to sleep. normally, yes i get addicted. maybe it was because i was so tired, but things turned out alright. i'm off nyquil for now. it's proven easier to get off than neo citron. wurd.

canadians in seattle

first of all: i had a wicked-awesome time in seattle with ian. we had too-hot indian food, slept (sorta) in a too loud motel called the kings inn (no apostrophes), drank lower % alcohol, and partied with an 80-90% canadian crowd at the hip/sam roberts concert. it was sooooo much fun. there were mostly boys there, so that was fun. we almost saw this one guy get into a fight a minimum of 3 times... probably more, we sweat so bad! but gordy had sweat dripping off his elbow and his shirt was soaked even more than mine (and i had beer all over mine). i bought a $10 double album (sam roberts) cause i felt it was a sweet deal since i adore vinyl. ian's wallet got lost (this morning, no less) and we had denny's. it was a pretty full trip!

at the indian restaurant there were only two other people there, and the guy had a TML jersey on, so i bet ian $1 that they were going to the hip concert. and then he (totally out of character) asked! we decided it was the american ian. he later wondered (after i won the bet) why he bet me, when he also thought they were going to see the hip. ha ha!

in the line-up there was a couple in front of us and they were like, are you american? cause everyone was wearing jerseys or canadian shirts or hats etc. the guy was from buffalo so he said that he knew the hip from them playing out east. they were really friendly. in fact, everyone was, even the guy who was an ass and got kicked out cause everyone was mad at him for trying to start fights was kinda nice. one guy near me had a glass of ice (did i mention how hot it was?) and i wanted some soooo bad, he was so nice about it, but i only took one piece, and then i was going to share it with ian (i bit it in half) but the guy totally offered some to ian! i almost fell to my death at least twice. there were a couple of crowd serges when people were surfing, i guess canadians generally behave well to each other when in other countries. a few bruises (mostly from punch/poke buggies i'd guess, cause ian's finger hurt today... dr.ursula says he sprained it trying to poke me) and a sore shoulder are the extent of the damage i took.

i totally want to see more canadian bands at showbox. despite it being so f'ing hot, it was wicked to sing o canada! in the states and to see bands that can play at bigger venues in canada at such a small place (ian and i discussed it and agree that it is smaller than the commodore). i had sooo much fun. and it was great to have a mini-vacation with ian, i'll say because i think he's rad and fun to hang out with, anghold and yvonne can say whatever they want.

today we stopped at the stewart house and had homemade pumpkin pie, and i got to angela, alicia and chosey (as in, the chosen one). it was fun cause i adore angela (rachel's mom) and i got to see hoolie at ang's house tonight when yvonne and i went over to eat mac and cheese and play poker. hmmm... i got to see mr. morris today too. weird. it was like parent-ursula meetings today!

when i got home i plucked my eyebrows (eek!) and now i'm doing a mask. i totally did not drink enough water yesterday, so my skin looked like crap. there wasn't any water in the drink machine at the hotel, and nothing was open when we walked back, so ian brought up some ice and i sucked ice cubes (which is not nearly as effective as drinking a glass of water, in case you were wondering).

ooooh, that gets my goat!

so, why in the world am i still awake? i should be asleep, dreaming of sam and gord! instead, i spent the the last +2 hrs searching for my passport. meanwhile, i should have looked a lot closer when i was going through the box that i normally keep it in, but couldn't figure out why i wouldn't have put it back there. i seriously looked everywhere in my house... in books (because i accidently brought my passport to mudge, and i brought a book too). i looked behind/under my shoe rack. i looked behind the fridge... and swept both. holy dust. when i get back i will scrub all of my floors. in the end, it WAS in the box, sandwiched between two other important papers... you know, so it will be easy to find when i look for it! all this, after yvonne, james and i talked about how you should keep your birth certificate in a separate place from your passport. i said i keep them together and it's worked out for me so far. well, i guess technically it has... but i was started to worry! geesh. you know, i easily found my expired canadian and german passports. anyway, now i can sleep. well, after some nyquil.

earlier tonight i took the 22 and the 3 to james's house and gave my opinion on yvonne's clothes to be worn tomorrow night at the volunteer dinner for the VIFF. we also played puerto rico; i liked it. i was second, but i still liked it. the company was good. becky and friend...i'm so tired i can't remember her name... were very nice and there were good times, crazy cookies, tasty popcorn and caramels to be had.

i think my sickness had a relapse today. while having a meeting with a client (design stuff, not hope stuff) i had a coughing fit. it was a combo of not enough moisture in my throat and too much talking... i guess the one leads to the other, but whatever. anyway, it was soooo crazy, it probably looked like i was choking. so went to the bathroom, and i was so desperate... brace yourselves... i drank out of the sink. seriously. i almost starting barfing, but i really didn't need another problem in the middle of a meeting. at least she was a naturopath. and she knew that i was sick earlier this week. so, i HAD to get more riccola and i needed to get US money from my bank. so i walked in the pouring rain (it wasn't raining when i left, and i don't own an umbrella) up to the big TD downtown. it was closed (i had already gone to london drugs and ripped open a package of cough drops while looking for more cough drops). so i took the bus up to the west 12th/granville TD and i missed them by like 3 mins. what totally pissed me off was that walking back to 4th to catch the bus home, i saw that the BOM was open til 4 today. seriously, that's the most annoying bank, and they're open longer today! it wasn't a huge deal to get the money, because i still have a T.C. from when i went to Utah in the summer. and i found over $80US while looking for my passport. but it was überannoying because i am sick!!! damn the bank!

i'm not even packed... but i know what i want to wear so it should be fine. our next challenge: finding a hotel near the concert that's a decent price.

no boys til bedtime

after work today, ian came over to install my light (part three). instead, cause he still had the wrong screws, i made smoothies and i taught him how to play crib. now i have another victim. that's a cool thing about getting old. there are all of these fun things to do, like play crib and euchre and hmmmm... well those other fun things that old people do. i'm just getting ready.

tonight was jeff's no boys allowed party which (somehow without me knowing) had turned into a not-crafting, and boy friendly thing. despite the boys being there (props to JC, you know, like the big guy upstairs) and angholdmetighter not being there, it was fun. there was awesome toast talk which included the butter under peanut butter debate, and talk of toast t-shirts.

okay, that does not do the conversation justice. seriously, we talked about toast soooooo much; it might have been the high i was on from my toast-for-lunch binge, but it's quite nice to know that others share my love of toast. now that i think about it, i think i'm going to have a toast party. i will have lots of different breads, but mostly THE BREAD and maybe i will get the dutch toasties and probably also some bagels. or something like that... oh, cinnamon toast cereal? nah! i believe i was called a purist earlier. and i will make sure there is lots of butter and peanut butter, homemade jam, maybe some sour cream, and cottage cheese... etc. maybe it will be potluck...bring some bread and bring a topping. hmmmm... i'm liking the sounds of this. and everyone could get a toast t-shirt! now, this is doing the toast talk justice!

later, i came home, and yvonne came with. i had a shower, and priced jewelry and yvonne knitted. we watched without a trace, and james came over with cheesies and we drank tea, and had sex talk after he talked to ang on msn. that was fun. and then we talked about a movie that i adore: way down town. i really love the obsessiveness of that movie. i guess i can relate. how so? think: toast.

three more sleeps til the hip and sam in seattle. soooo stoked. i saw the hip with dan ackroyd in k-town (have i mentioned this on my blog before?) but i was supposed to see them in the summer of my third year. but there was ummm... miscommunication. anyway, i didn't see them, despite having a ticket, and i believe that became a lead-in (one of many) to what ian calls the "dark years" (this is when ian and i didn't really talk until i moved back from ontario after my 5th year). interesting. maybe this can be a celebration of the light years. whoo hoo. actually maybe that sounds cheesey, and i just want to rock out with sam and gord. SAWEEEEEEEET!!!!!

crash bang boom

i was over at james's place today. i know. he bribed me. also, since yvonne's i have been making a huge effort to go to people's places. anyway... i got a present! i got hats off! which is a wicked game. so fun. we were going to play carcassonne, but i almost crashed out on his couch, despite ali g being so funny!!! high five!

today i worked at the store on w 10th. i've been sick all week. it super sucks to be in the midst of disease and trying to sell people stuff while you're sneezing all over them. so tomorrow i'm only going to work for 4-6 hrs. so hopefully i'll be up for girls gone wild tomorrow night at jeff's. if not, i'll stay home and work.

the good news is that i got to hang out with james, talk to yvonne and ian tonight. whoo hoo!

hard to say

so i don't know if i do feel worse today. but i think i do. which equals nyquil and bed.

today i feel like krap

krap is the cheaper, american version of crap.

i got to leave work early. and i get to have a guilt-free nap. but i wouldn't mind not having a pink nose. i didn't get much done at work today. but i did see this old man backing up his truck, trying to park, and hit a girl's SUV. she was totally freaking out, which is what got my attention. i'm on her side though, he just kept backing up. i actually thought (and i guess so did the girl) that he was going to hit it like 5 other times.

hotties

so, either there are sooo many more hotties right now... maybe it's that back-to-school time, OR my hormones are wanting to be whore-moans. seriously. i don't even care what the reason is... the end truly justifies the means.

today ian and i went for brunch. i got to see his new place, which has a wicked balcony and a decent layout; it's surrounded by trees, so it's actually in a nice area, not a lot of cement. yay ian! and yay angela for being his realtor. i don't 100% agree with one of the paint colours he picked, but it's only 1 gallon, so it can be painted over. after we got back from the fort winery (met up with ally and caleb. and then took the scenic route to the mall, where caleb gave me a witch doctor shot in the back seat of my vw in the parking lot) we decided which paint should go where in ian's house. it was fun. i like to decide that kind of stuff. it's just for myself that sometimes i have trouble, because i want it to be perfect and right, the first time.

good times to be had.

p.s. sometimes ian impresses me. today was one of those times.

when i got home i decided to work on the trip. i wanted to find out what the name is of the southern-most city in argentina. and it is rio grande. i think i can remember that. and i wanted to check out some roads to get there on map quest and stuff. i think i'm going to order some maps from vw this week. you know, to check out the situation. and to see if it's possible to drive all the way to rio grande. detours will be fine. exciting even. as long as it doesn't end up taking us 3 months just to get there.

on a more immediate and closer-to-home note, i also needed to find out where showbox is in seattle for next sunday. while searching their site, i discovered some blonde redhead pics... i mention this because, in case you don't read yvonne's blog, i didn't know that blonde redhead was a band while i was reading her blog, and there were all of these comments about how people are interested in blonde redhead as long as it wouldn't cost too much. i thought everyone wanted to "go" blonde/redhead. i DID clue in after a few comments. but it was kinda funny. on the site i also confirmed suspicions that sam roberts (who was sooooo much fun to see last year) are opening for the hip. how wicked is that? so wicked. first of all they are both great bands (i don't care that the music snobs are rolling your eyes) and sam roberts is sofa king hot. which brings us back to the hot-hotties topic... see, i was going somewhere with that.

on tv: that show with jason bateman. it's pretty funny. especially for sunday night. and LOTR 1.

oh, i have a cold. my throat hurts, i'm coughing and i have headaches. but i'm committed to going to yoga on tuesday. if not tuesday, i'm gonna be pissed at myself cause i can't go thursday. i guess i could ride the bike for a while...at least i wouldn't be coughing through the meditation part. that would annoy everyone. including me.

drive in drive out

thursday was crainess for driving. my mom and i left here at 6.30 am to go to the cancer clinic in the scurve. and then we came back here. had naps (well, tried to the phone rang 16 times while i was trying to sleep) and then we left for chilliwack... via the mall. i needed a pink shirt for yesterday, so we stopped at old navy and i got a cute pink shirt that has an outline drawing of a crocodile and says "what a croc". ha ha! i love it. i had a pink sweater once, but this is my first time since i was a kid with a pink t-shirt. then we went to chilliwack, there was a big accident, so it took for ever.

i rushed back to the couv, to my always exciting strata meeting that i 15 mins late for. at least i got to read the letters. and one in particular. this woman who was a teacher, who now admits that she doesn't know what to do with her time, wrote a letter about all of the bylaws being broken on balconies right now. this means that she had to walk around the building, figure out which apartment is which and look at everything on their decks. clearly the point of this story is that my flower lights were once again mentioned. i thought it was hilarious, because the woman herself has broken bylaws by drying clothing on her balcony. oy! she needs a hobby that's not called snooping.

anyway, i left the meeting early and drove to new west to drop off some treats for ian and his family who were still moving his stuff. and cleaning. oh wait, they were also still packing!

yesterday was the first day of the bake sale for the canadian breast cancer society. thanks to my pre-collecting the day was a big success at west 10th! thanks!

and then i priced jewelry at home. and lots of it. and watched shaun of the dead, thanks chris! it was really good! and met up with rachel's mom and sister for CAC, caramel apple cider, at starbucks. it was good to see her, it's been so long!

today i'm going to take it easy. drop off some priced jewelry. maybe watch a movie tonight. i'd maybe be interested in going to granville island...hint hint