2 WEEKS TO GO

There are now only 2 weeks until I leave for Egypt. I am so unprepared, I have nothing to wear. Went through my 'summer clothes' and there was only one pair of comfy capris that would be ok to take with me. I have plenty of tank tops, since that's pretty much the only kind of top I wear. However, I don't think a whole bunch of tank tops and a single pair of capris are going to cut it. So I am thinking of going to Scarborough on my own tomorrow night to do some shopping. Since my shopping buddy has been deathly ill for the past 2 weeks. It seems to be one of those lingering types of flu that just don't want to go away. Get better soon M.

And now for something completely different -
I thing i'm going to start my own anonymous group... CA Carbs Anonymous...
Hi my name is Colette and I am a carbalholic....

Weekend Update

Oh boy, I need to go shopping. I pulled out the summer clothes, blah, it's mostly work stuff of course. There was one pair of capris that I will be able to take with me on my trip. I have some scooters (skirts with shorts attached to them), but they are kinda short and I don't want to be like those crazy Americans who don't respect the culture of the place they are visiting (that was a generalization, I'm sure that there are culturally sensitive Americans out there... though I have yet to met one). I'm thinking linen... 'cause it's going to be hot... temperatures are already hitting the mid 30's, I also want to find a nice shawl... I was kinda thinking of going down to Gerrard, to Little India, if anyone is interested in going let me know, I've never been and someone to come with me would be nice. At least I have a good pair of shoes, since I see alot of walking in my near future, maybe some climbing and crawling... heee though I don't really think that I'll allowed to climb or crawl on/in things.... it sure would be fun if I could.

Saturday was clean up the apartment day, I normally do that sort of thing on Sundays but M. was having her Stich 'n' Bitch Sunday afternoon. Oh and I even managed to fit in some P0P - I haven't played since mid Feburary... I will eventually finish and finally give M. her Xmas present. : )

Sunday involved lots of walking and cursing... walking was done with the dog and the cursing was when I went to M.'s house. Now I knew that it was Greek Independance day on Sunday and I knew that there would be a parade... but generally they have it in the morning, not at 2pm. So M. calls me to see if I was coming and if I had passed the IGA (which I had) and all I could do was curse and swear about all the people and the stupid fucking parade and how it was in my way. I don't like big crowds especially when they don't know how to walk. Oh, lets stop in the middle of the sidewalk and take up the whole damn thing so no one can get by. I hate it when one or two people do it, try to imagine the whole Greek commmunity stopping infront of you. Blah. Good thing there was some yummy wine (homemade) and knitting at M.'s.

3 Weeks to Go!!!!!!!

In three weeks I will be here:

24 Days and Counting

The days are counting down and I'm starting to get excited. It's kinda weird, I can go all day without thinking about it and then suddenly I'll 'remember' that I'm going. I guess I won't believe that I'm really going until I get there. So at some point this week I am going to pull out my summer clothes and see what I have. Then I'm going to go shopping.

This weekend turned out to be a complete write off... I was supposed to meet L. and friends for Korean BBQ and then pub for St. Paddy's day, unfortunately, I managed to fall asleep and slept through the festivities. I was chilling with Murphy for a bit, playing and snuggling on the bed, when I thought I could just 'rest my eyes' for a minute.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz was the result of that. I feel bad for not making it out, so a huge 'sorry' to everyone. Believe me when I say that I'm sick of having sleeping problems, 1st I don't get any sleep, now I just fall asleep... I'm thinking of getting a new mattress, of course I'm only thinking of it... I definitely cannot afford a new one... So I'll just have to look into mattress toppers, which can cost a pretty penny and see if that helps. Blah, I hate living with chronic pain and all the crap that goes with it... waaaaaaaaaaaaa Send out the waaaaaabulance.

Groceries

delivered to my door. Why didn't I do this ages ago? I finally tried grocerygateway.com and they were great. It was quick, easy and the delivery guy was really nice. I didn't have to lift a finger. Made my life so much easier, I was able to clean up the apartment, do laundry, walk the dog while waiting for the groceries to come. He phoned to say he would be here in 5 minutes and he was. And the best part, I did my groceries while at work - you know since I don't have anything else better to do. ;pppppppp
In other news - 4 weeks until I head out to Egypt. I'm already having dreams about how I'll be the last couple of days of work before going on vacation. Too bad I have to worry about a final exam before going. I will be writing my final on the 12th and get on a plane on the 13th. Ohhhhhhh I can not wait.

Winter Wonderland

Well I assume that no one will think that it's Toronto that I'm talking about... Went up to the parents this weekend and oh boy was there snow. In a weird way I kinda miss it. But not enough to want to to through the storm that brought all that snow. Anayway, here's some pictures to give everyone an idea of what it's like.














The really snowy ones are from last month's storm.... the birch tree, or what's left of it, is what happened during the storm. One of the branches end up on my parents car. The others are just cute pics of Murphy and some landscape shots of the woods while we were out hiking.

Wow, Did I Fall off the Planet or What

Hey everybody, long time no blog. The reason.... laziness, sickness, exam... did I mention laziness... Anyway, I'm back. Now lets see, what has happened since my last post...
1. My Aunt came to town and we pretty much spent the whole weekend together - lots of fun - on the Friday we went to dinner and comedy at the second city, then on Saturday I dragged her out to a belly dancing class with me(since I wanted to go and you get your first class free). Then we went out for dinner at the Kit Kat and just happend to see Kurt Russel(Goldie Hawn's husband) who was there for a drink and to hang out. The waiter told us that he's a regular there when he is in Toronto. My Aunt that that was really cool. Then it was off to the theatre... to see The Lord of the Rings stage production. Was surpizingly good... long but good... first show I've been to that had 2 intermissions.
Needless to say, it was a very busy weekend.
2. Then I was pretty much sick for most of the following week - took a couple of days off but still felt crappy.
3. Studying.... oh boy....
4. I've lost a total of 6 pounds
5 Exam was last night - the best I can do is 71/75 and the worst.... well... I'll have to wait for the marks... I'm pretty sure I passed.
6. Tomorrow, I'm heading to the parents for the weekend - Murphy will be happy, hikes in the woods yea.