Reflecting on 2008
2008 was a pretty good year. Things of note:
- I rang in 2008 with a party at my and Geoff's apartment at the time with all my favourite people.
- I traveled a little, not much as previous years. The places I visited: Las Vegas, Seattle (x3), Toronto, and various camping trips.
- I took school throughout the year, even doing 2 summer classes and finally graduated in December.
- I continued being in the salsa performance group and in the spring, we performed our dance in front of hundreds of people.
- I celebrated 2 years with Geoff in May but in October we parted ways.
- I lived in 3 different apartments, ending with living on my own for the first time.
- I learned a lot about myself, I gained confidence and independence, I lost someone I love, I tried new things, and I had regrets.
I'm ready to put 2008 behind me. I have a lot of hopes for 2009 - I think it's going to be a monumental year. Happy New Years everyone. :)
Labels: life, memories
Romance?
Okay. Having recently read a really cheesy romance novel by Nora Roberts makes me think that if she can write romance so can I. In fact, I think I am destined to become a cheesy romance novelist. That's it! I've found my calling! To flex my quivering loins, I will now post some very original romance fridge poetry, compiled by yours truly.
Labels: fridge poetry
Christmas photo post
Merry Christmas!!
Oooh look at all the presents!!!
This is my wonderful brother who didn't want to get his photo taken on Christmas morning, and who just left for Singapore for 4 months! *tear*
Pops and me
Christmas morning was so beautiful and sunny, my parents and I braved the elements to go for a walk and work up a turkey appetite.
This past weekend, at the mountain snowshoeing and snowboarding. So preeeetty.
Corona + snow + 11 AM = priceless.
Labels: christmas, winter
I am not happy with my life right now. There, I said it. Yes I just moved into my new apartment and yes I'm glad I did. But there's a lot of things missing and I've been feeling pretty crappy and lonely lately. Normally I'm a happy person so this is definitely a low point for me.
I can blame it on a lot of things. Maybe it's being stuck inside my house with my car buried under snow, maybe it's the winter weather in general, maybe it's the time of year that makes me miss being in a relationship, maybe it's the fact that I'm a relationship person, maybe it's that my job is wearing on me and I want out, maybe it's just that I lack a passionate hobby right now. There's lots of maybes, and it's probably all of them.
Maybe I should just shut the fuck up and drink my wine.
Labels: poo
Random thoughts on a Monday morning
- I am the hula CHAMPION. Last night my mom had a 50s dinner for her sister who turned 50 and we had a hula hoop contest and I hulaed for 1 minute to beat everyone else's score (and could have gone longer!!)
- I am a wimp when it comes to taking giant horse pills.
- Now that I have a space heater in my apartment, life is so much sweeter.
- I finished all my Christmas shopping and wrapping!!
- The snow outside looks absolutely magical and I want to go outside for a walk in it.
- My car is buried in the parking lot and I can't drive.
Labels: random
Baby it's cold outside
These hardwood floors may look pretty, but they sure as hell don't keep it warm in here. I am cold. I'm sitting here in my stretch pants, socks, slippers, long-sleeve tshirt and sweatshirt and I can still say that my nose is cold to the touch. My heat is on up to 25 and it's not warm. I had to go jump in the shower an hour ago because I was almost shivering. Seriously. I need a space heater. I think it's the hardwood floors combined with the single-paned windows combined with the fact that this apartment is just one big room, and so it's hard to heat. Or it could be that the windchill is -8C outside. Since I've been here I've rarely felt warm. Or warm enough. Although sleeping in my bedroom is fine because I can turn on the heat and close the door, but hanging out out here sucks!
I bought mayonnaise at the grocery store today and it expires on Friday. For the amount of times I eat mayo (in grilled cheese, which is rare, and in a tuna sandwich, which is even more rare), I don't think I will finish this vat of mayo by then. Looks like I'll be taking it back to the store. I think the whole concept of mayonnaise is pretty disgusting if you think about it - white goo made up of what exactly? Made up of FAT. I got the "Calorie wise" mayo and there is still freaking 4g of fat in 1 tbsp. That's a little gross.
Labels: apartment, food
Let it snow
What is it about snow that makes everything so quiet? Is it because it blankets everything and muffles sound? Or because it makes people here not want to drive and so I hear no traffic noise? I can't decide.
I'm feeling pretty cozy in my apartment right now as the first snow of the year falls quietly outside my window. So much is falling, which is so unusual for here. The temperature is supposed to stay below zero for this whole week, so the snow will likely stick around. Perfect timing to get into the Christmas spirit. :)
Today was my Christmas party for work, and I think we got pretty spoiled - we played the presents game where you can unwrap or steal a present. I ended up with a scarf & mittens set as well as a $75 gift card to Winners. What I was really fighting for was a cute purple luggage set, which included a wheely carry-on bag, but it got stolen from me, damn it! But now maybe I can use my gift card to go buy one...
Last night I had a housewarming party and it was fabulous. I made hot apple cider which I then poured generous amounts of red wine into, and I had cookies and rice krispie squares to eat. Lots of fun and festivities were had! I think it's about time I posted some photos of my new place, don't you?
Labels: apartment, christmas
Just another night out / another dance floor
For the record, the polite way to let a girl know that you're not interested is to say, "hey, you're cool, but it's not going to work." Not saying, "hey, I'll call you" and then never call.
I've been baking all evening - I made white chocolate cranberry cookies and I'm about to make rice krispie squares for my housewarming party tomorrow night. I also have a whole bunch of apple juice and spices ready to make mulled cider with red wine. Mmmm tasty.
Labels: food, poo
Christmas shopping turns into me-shopping
Why is it that when you go Christmas shopping you end up buying more for yourself than for other people? Seriously, that is just silly.
Laurel and I went downtown today for lunch and for a shopping adventure, wherein I managed to buy tiny little presents to stuff in cards for my work people, and also a sweater, a toque, and a wreath for me. Hum.
At least the wreath is festive. Although I have no way to hang it, so it's just looking sad and dejected lying on my kitchen table. And here's the question about how to hang a wreath: do you hang it on the outside of your door, so all the lovely apartment passersby can enjoy it, and it can risk getting stolen? Or do you hang it on the inside of your door so that
you can see it all the time and enjoy it?
Labels: christmas
Babies
I went to a baby shower this afternoon for a girl from work. I always feel weird and awkward around newborn babies, because everyone is always flocking over the baby and making goo-goo faces and wanting to hold it, and I just stand there afraid to hold it, not knowing what to say. I dunno. I just don't know if I'm a baby person. They seem so fragile and cry all the time at the littlest things. I just don't have that natural "mother" instinct that girls have which gives them the want to hold and gush over babies.
Am I ever going to feel right holding babies? I mean, I acknowledge they're cute and man, those tiny little pink dresses and sleepers were about the cutest things in the world... But. These are things I'm struggling with right now. I guess it all just means I'm not ready to have a baby right now. The biological clock hasn't started ticking yet, thank god!
Labels: babies
