{A Week Later & I'm Still Laughing...}

It's been exactly 1 week since one of the most random and hilarious things happened to me. 1 week and even just thinking about it still makes me giggle..

Right now I have school Monday to Friday but on Mondays and Wednesdays I have evening classes that don't start until 5. Last Wednesday I ventured downtown to M's house to have my hair coloured and on my way I stopped at Starbucks to pick up a couple tea mistos for us. The Starbucks I stopped at is about 50 steps from M's door so I grabbed the 2 drinks and headed for her buzzer. I buzzed and she let me in. Unfortunately I hadn't charged my cellphone the night before so on my trip down it had died and having only been to M's house a couple times, I couldn't remember which floor she lived on. I tried my luck for floor 19 but nope, wasn't her, so back down I went. I went back outside, buzzed her again and then dropped one of my drinks on the stairs outside her condo. I swore a little in my head, picked up my garbage, wiped off my sweater and went back into the lobby. I figured if I just waited there long enough she would wonder where I was and come down to get me. While waiting a older man came around the corner and asked my if "that" was mine (pointing at the spilled tea outside the door)? I said it was and explained that I had dropped it. He proceeded to ask me in a rude and grumpy way, why I had dropped it, which instantly made me angry because it was the stupidest question I'd ever heard, so I replied with "well I enjoy spending $5 on a drink from Starbucks just so I can go around and dump it out on peoples stairs, why do you think I dropped it, it was clearly an accident!". He didn't seem to get the sarcasm and asked again, why I had dropped it and HOW it had happened. Again, annoyed, I told him that it had slipped out of my hand when I was using the buzzer. He threw his hands in the air and yelled "OH MY GOODNESS" and walked away. Both annoyed and yet, slightly amused, I laughed to myself and prayed that M was on her way to find me. Next thing I know, the man is back... and he's brought ANOTHER man!! He marches over to me, asks again if that mess was mine, talks to his friend in another language, points angrily at me, then storms over to me again. Just as he's about to say something the elevator dings and the door opens, there is M. Saved by the bell. The man demands to know if "i'm her friend", she says yes, he storms away and off we go. Wtf. I cannot believe that happened to me. I know it sucks that I spilt the tea and he was obviously in charge of cleaning up around the place but seriously, did he really think I did it on purpose? I was looking forward to that drink!!! Anyways, I figured I'd share that because I personally think it's hilarious. Enjoy!

{The Bank of C}

So as I've stated before, I'm currently unemployed. In one breath I love it (!), I have time to work on my schooling (if I wanted to.. ha), I get to see C when he's not at work, and my house is always clean (most of the time). Another benefit is that I'm generally always available. If a friend wants to hang out, or there is a spontaneous outing.. well, I'm there! Sounds great right? Well it's really not as good as it seems. I mean, sure I'm available for every opportunity that comes my way but that doesn't mean I can afford to take part.

We're a young married couple doing it on our own, which I love, but there isn't 5 minutes that goes by where I don't wish I was done school and working my butt off. Having said that, C is absolutely amazing. He works full time and supports both of us and I cannot be more appreciative of him for that. He is constantly telling me to go shopping if I feel the need, or to go for lunch with my girlfriends if I want. He even comes home with things like my Wii because "I wanted it" (and I do love it!).. again, sounds great right? Yah, maybe if I had no conscience. I always feel guilty. I've talked before about how now that we're married "what's mine is yours" and now that he's been supporting us for the past 3 months, I'm learning to be a little more OK with that but sometimes it still gets me down. I definitely don't think that C thinks any less of me because I don't work, and I know that there may be circumstances in the future that require me to support us financially for a while so I try not to let it get to me. The bank of C allows us to live happily. We always have food in our fridge and gas in the car.. and much to my dismay, cancer sticks still hang out of C's mouth (although I'm certain those come before food anyways!). We can even afford to go out on the weekend and have dinner or watch a movie but unfortunately shopping is not high on the list of priorities. I'm okay with that 90% of the time but lately it's driving me crazy hahah Yah, this whole post was leading up to my unbelievable desire to hit the mall. So, because I cannot shop I'm going to make a list of 10 things I would buy if $5000 suddenly landed in my wallet:

1. New Lulu's - Mine are currently getting a hole in the upper thigh and the thought of not having them in my wardrobe makes me very sad.
2. A Camera - Like a really good one.. one that will make my amateur photography skills look amazing.
3. A BBQ - Summer is slowly beginning to show it's beeeeautiful face and I want nothing more than to have steaks on the BBQ.. and chicken.. and burgers.. and corn on the cob.. pretty much anything that can be cooked tastes better on the Q!
4. My Wisdom Teeth - I guess this is backwards.. I wouldn't pay to get them, I would pay to get RID of them! Those fuckers are starting to kill me... now if only the Dentist (whom I hate in the beginning) didn't cost more than my home's contents.
5. A Cat Condo - Poor bebe Charlie's scratch post is broken. It has been for awhile and it look so sad in our corner. The poor kid (ha!) loves that thing and I would love to buy her a new one; a big huge one. Those things are like $200, wtf!
6. An amp and subs - This one's for C. He loves his car and he loves it even more when it shakes the road when he drives by. His old Amp is broken and his subs really aren't that good so I would love for him to have new ones..plus, secretly I love a lil bass in my life (and even more, I love his smile)
7. Bathing Suits - yes, plural. Victoria's Secret here I come!
8. Photoshop for my Mac - to go with my new camera, of course!
9. Summer Clothes - not because I don't have any, just because I'd like some new ones.
10. and last but not least.. tickets to take my hubby to the Canada Gold Medal Game (I'm pretty confident!) Go Red and White!

My list was rather selfish, I'm aware. All wants, really no needs and basically all about me. The saddest part about it is that if I actually ended up with $5000 in my wallet there is no way I would buy even half of those things. I'm too logical and realistic for that so into our savings it would go.. a girl can dream though, right?

{Olympic City Spirit}

As everyone knows, Vancouver is hosting the 2010 Olympics and doing a pretty good job of it, I'd say. I know our snow conditions aren't the greatest but who could predict we'd end up with the warmest winter we've had in years? It's soooo beautiful out there so I guess if nothing else we can show the world why we are known as "The Sunshine Coast".

I had the opportunity to head downtown this weekend with C. We walked around and took in the THOUSANDS of people that are.. well, everywhere! We had some drinks, met up with some friends and all in all we had a pretty good time. I have to admit, it took me awhile to get in the spirit of things though. At first I wasn't allowing myself to see the good and was slightly annoyed at how much traffic and people these events were going to bring. I was grumpy about how much longer my commutes were taking and how busy everywhere I went was. After watching the Opening Ceremonies and seeing the Canadian spirit that is here in Vancouver, I couldn't help but jump on board. I am so proud to be Canadian, especially during this once in a lifetime chance to have the Olympics hosted in my very own city. I will continue to cheer loud for Canada through these games -- even if it does take me a little longer to get to school !

--- GO CANADA GO ---

{Talent I Wish I Had}

I got married last July and as a present to my husband I got boudoir photos taken. The amazing photographer, Jen Williams, that did my shots is entered into a contest to win free advertising and I figured I'd try and help her out. If it's not too much to ask, head to http://www.weddingchicks.com/vote/24088/24088/ and vote for her! While you're there you can check out her site. She does fabulous boudoir, wedding, and engagement photography. Jen is currently based out of Albert but will be moving to the most beautiful Sunshine Coast at the end of this year. C'mon guys, lets help her out!

{Stupid Boys}

By S and D

Husbands/Boyfriends are stupid.

Animal crackers are fantastic.

May as well sleep...

Life rebates, $25, 90 days full refund. baha.

Fuck Wal-Mart.

Ugh.

and then... there was Duty.

{So Fresh & So Clean}

C's came home from work not feeling well today. He went for a nap at 6 and I woke him up at 7:30 when dinner was ready. He didn't want to get up so I ate dinner, cleaned up, watch TV, creeped facebook, played Mario, chatted on MSN, googled dream houses.. and dreamed about them.. I then woke him up again because I figured he wouldn't want to sleep ALL evening or he'd have a hard time sleeping through the night. He still didn't want to get up so I watched some more TV, creeped more facebook, chatted a lil more on MSN, shopped on ebay (unsuccessfully, I might add), looked at cars on Craigslist and then decided at 10:30 that I should get on my Wii Fit. I've been dreading it because I knew it was going to yell at me. I was right. "D, it sure is late, shouldn't you be getting ready for bed?" "D, did you know it's been 7 days since your last visit?" "You've gained 2.9lbs, why do you think this has happened?" UGH. So, I did what any woman does when someone tells them they're fat.. I ran my butt off. I "jogged" with my little cat friend while I watched some TV, then I did 30 minutes of Free Step while I watched The Real Housewives of Orange County. I burned 124 calories in 30 minutes and stepped 3498 steps. The Wii told me I was a "Calorie Incinerator". With sweat dripping down my forehead I decided that was exactly what I needed to hear and off to the shower I went. Now I'm so fresh and so clean cozied in bed. I'm going to sleep like a baby!

{Miserable Monday}

So I guess I get a big fat "F" in the blogging department. I wish I could say it's because I've been too busy to write, unfortunately, I just don't have a lot to write about. Let's go back to last week.. Sunday of last week was yet another friends birthday. M decided it was about time we did something new so we went Go-Karting. It was so much fun!!! I had not been go-karting for years and so I was a little bit nervous about it. As soon as we started around the track, all nerves were gone and I had a blast. There was like 8 of us that went and we all wore the "optional" full piece race suits to put us more in the spirit. After go-karting we had a fabulous BBQ at M's place followed by icecream cake, wine and awesome company! Happy 22nd Bday, M!!

The rest of the week was filled with homework. I honestly felt like that's all I did. I was absolutely thrilled when Friday rolled around and my biggest baby sister, B, came for a visit!! It was so nice to see her as I don't get to nearly as much as I would like to. We had some drinks, cooked dinner for C and then played some videogames. C bought me the new Super Mario Brother's for the Wii and I'm SO IN LOVE with it. I know it wasn't the typical rowdy, drunken night with me she's used to but I hope she had as good a night as I did and I cannot wait to see her again soon.

Saturday the In-Laws arrived. They left for Mexico for 2 weeks on Sunday and stayed Saturday night with us. We went to the pub across the road from us, had a great dinner and enjoyed their company. We got up bright and early Sunday morning to drive them to the airport. I grumbled the entire way because I would muuuch rather be going to Mexico with them instead of dropping them off! I do hope they have a fantastic time though.

Today's Monday and the beginning of yet another long week. I have homework, as per usual, that I should be doing right now but I just don't want to. Instead I've spent the last few hours catching up on TV shows I've missed on the internet and chatting with my friends on facebook. I really hope this week is better than last and I have something more exciting to write about. Until then I suppose my posts won't be as often as I had originally planned...