Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Why The Hell Do I get Sick in the Summer?

Seriously, it rains for the last two weeks and I'm banned to inside (so I don't get wet) and as soon as the weather takes a turn for the best, I get sick. It's a beautiful 30 degrees Celsius outside and I get really sick. Also I was working with a friend this week and we were super busy. So instead of drinking a ton of neo-citran and passing out like I usually do when I am sick, I had to go do the audit from hell. The audit was supposed to take 2 days and ended up taking 3 weeks. It's not even done but today was my last day of work before I go on study leave for two months.....so guess what? I don't care! My manager can finish the damn audit! But it's fun asking clients question when you head feels like it is in a vice and your ears are ringing so loudly that you can hardly hear their answers!!!!

This weekend was pretty fun! On Saturday I drove out to Banff and laid by Johnson Lake all day and listened to my friend talk about her roommate that she made the mistake of doing. The lake was lovely but my poor friend. She always gets herself into these sort of situations because I don't think she respects herself. I keep telling her to stop pursuing these losers (her roommate is currently dating and maybe sleeping with 2 other girls). Ah well. I didn't get to go in the lake though because it was too cold. The lake is glacier fed. Last year, me and my friends swam across the lake and one of my friends had an asthma attack because her lungs tensed up due to the cold ass water.

On Saturday night I watched this cute foreign film called Advertising Rules. It was German and let me tell you, the Germans do not disappoint....in the strange department. Then me and the boyfriend went for a walk around our neighborhood. We don't do that enough. I mean we paid an extra $50K to get a condo in a trendy neighborhood with good shopping, that's close to the river, and we never even walk around. Well we ran into a couple of the boyfriends friends and went for a drink at my favorite neighborhood pub, Original Joe's. We didn't get too wild but we decided that we are going to all dress up, as a group, as Dog the Bounty Hunter and his gang for next Halloween (I know...we sure are planners). And I get to be Beth. Sweet! I must go to Value Village and get a pair of tapered legged, black jeans, some huge-ass heels and a tight black wife-beater. Oh and can't forget the teased blonde wig. I will stuff a beach ball in the belly and two balloons for ta-tas. I'll be so hot.

On Sunday I went to a wedding. It was my best friend's sister's wedding. It was a cute and short ceremony in a little church. The priest was really cute (looked like Santa Claus) and the bride looked gorgeous. Unfortunately the groom is kind of a dungeons and dragons kind of nerd. His best man had an undercut. Eeek! Me and my friend got pretty drunk off of rye and cokes and ending up leaving after the bride and groom. My sober boyfriend was nagging me to go the whole night because we were seated beside a couple of boring gals (or deaf-mutes as the boyfriend puts it) and the best man's girlfriend. I thought that the best man had done well for himself (because his girlfriend was cute) until his girlfriend opened her mouth. I was like talking to a stick of gum. Seriously. We stayed over at my only friend who still lives in Red Deer (my home town).

On Monday we slept in and then floated down the Red Deer river. The weather is perfect but I could've used a couple of beers on the river. Ah well. And remind me not to share a raft with the boyfriend. He is such a pain in the butt. It never gets old to boys to splash their girlfriends with cold ass water.

Well tomorrow I am off to Fairmont for a vacation of laying by the hot spring pools and getting a tan. I also plan to drink a lot (surprise, surprise). Hopefully I'll have some good stories for you after the weekend. Happy Canada Day!

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Aloha, Mr. Hand

Wowsa it's been a long time since I last posted. Well what's new? Not a whole lot! Things are winding down at work here and I am getting ready to go on study leave for 2 whole months. I can't wait! I can sleep in until 11 and watch as much of my secret nerd vice as I want (Star Trek the Next Generation). Yeah I am aware that I am cool but everyone has to like one lame thing. Actually come to think of it, I love crappy teenage movies too (Think Crossroads starring Britney Spears) and 80s movies and don't even get me started on crappy 80s teenage movies (Fast Times at Ridgemont High baby, Ahhh Yeah!). My boyfriend says that I have a tv crap radar in me. At any time during the day, I can find the worst possible thing on tv and will sit down and watch it. It's better than watching UFC though...so whatever boyfriend.

My best friend's little sister is getting married this weekend. It makes me feel old. God knows if the boyfriend is ever going to pop the question to me. Seriously, he's not one to go against the norms of his friends and they are like a bunch of confirmed bachelors that are in monogamous relationships (don't ask me how that works, but it does). His best friend has been dating his girlfriend for 5 years and they are just moving in together and I have only been dating the boyfriend for 2.5 years. Ah well, no rush. I plan on traveling as much as is possible in the future. And we have to see if the boyfriend can hack my new job that I plan on taking next year, where I travel a lot. We shall see, we shall see.

Well as far as my sports life, not much is new either. We are still either tying or losing at soccer (we've only won one game so far) and we are still sucking ass at rugby. My rugby team is currently planning a mutiny against my coach. I don't really know why. I think he is a decent coach. I mean he shows up and runs our asses off. Everyone is complaining that he doesn't explain anything to the new girls but I am spankin' new and I understand the game now and also that he doesn't play anyone, every game but I am on the field for the majority of the time and I am probably one of the worst players due to my lack of experience. I just sit there going.....duhhhh! And then one of my teammates will yell at me and I will move to where they tell me. I have learnt not to listen to certain players (as they have no idea WTF they are talking about) and to listen closely to others.

Plans for the summer -> since I actually get to do shit this summer, I am planning on going to British Columbia a lot this summer! British Columbia has some sweet lakes and the boyfriend has a cabin on one of them. The cabin is boat only access. I can't wait to bbq my ass off there and be driven by his father into slave labour (he always makes everyone earn their keep when he comes out at the same time as us). The slave labour sucks but the lake is sweet. Going wakeboarding all day and lying on the dock. Trying to get on people's houseboats (the lake that his cabin is on is the "houseboating capital of the world").

I plan also to do the Calgary Stamped up right (the Calgary Stampede is the largest outdoor show in the world). It's a sweet ass rodeo. The whole of Calgary dresses up in jeans (which is pretty crazy considering most people downtown could pass for New Yorkers usually, as they are so dressed up for work) and don the cowboy hats. Then you listen to "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" and various Garth Brooks songs and get drunk out of your tree. The whole city puts on free pancake breakfasts speckled around downtown and you eat your fair share of pancakes and if you are lucky, they have those hotel buffet breakfast eggs that are made from a powder. There is also the Stampede grounds where you pay $10 to get in and then you spend $50 on various fair food (mmmm elephant ears) and, if you are lucky, you catch a free show (I think Nelly Furtado, the Trews, and Sam Roberts are coming this year). I want to go to the actual rodeo this year as I have never been. It looks like fun. I also plan on going to the bar Cowboys a couple of times (apparently there is an urban legend that if you work at that bar for long enough, the owner will buy you fake boobs).

Well I will attempt to blog more frequently in the near future, because I will have a ton more time (will be off work in t-minus 4.5 working days). Love yall!