WOW! Life has been so crazy and busy and wonderful and horrible at the same time. I'm absolutely in love with my life, in case I haven't ever announced that enough times. I go through phases where I feel really sad and thinl, Why me? But they never last. I love everything I have and I want to emphasize how incredibly grateful I am that I have everything I do. Not everyone gets to be as blessed as me, and I want to do my best to appreciate how incredible my life really is.
So, where do I begin?? Not last Wednesday, but the Wednesday before, Tom and I broke things off officially. Well I broke things off with Tom officially. Before this, even though he was across the world from me, I wanted to give our relationship a chance. Something I blame movies and chick flick "fairy tale" endings for. I thought maybe this would be my fairy tale ending. YA RIGHT. So this wasn't working at all. Mostly because there was a general lack of communication between us. I gave up trying to talk to him because he wouldn't tell me anything about what he was doing. I like play by plays of people's days, and I like to tell my play by play. It's fun! But he didn't tell me anything and then only ever asked me how school was, even though school is maybe only 40% of what I do in life. So obviously we weren't on the same page, I was sick of feeling let down and tired of just sitting, waiting, wishing, so I took a step towards happiness and fixed it. We are now friends but now I don't feel like I'm waiting forever for him to come to me, or to talk to me, or whatever. We just talk when we do, and I'm okay with that.
Now, I met a boy named Jake, and we have been hanging out quite a bit, and he just makes me laugh and makes me feel beautiful, and blah blah blah. Classic girl meets boy type of stuff. I am happy right now and that's all the matters to me at the moment. I don't want to focus too much on being with a boy, but I think I've got it balanced just right. New boyfriend! Hurray. Things are going well. We have been dating for... 2 days. HAHAHAHA. Let's see how fast things go downhill, ya?
Other than boys, I have been crazy busy! I worked 3 days last week, went to school full time, played dodgeball, made a new friend and went for coffee with him, volunteered at the yoga studio, went running, did yoga, played ultimate frisbee, went to the gym, learned more mandarin, sang with some members of the choir at the night the light walk for 'blood cancer', and hung out with some other friends. (Also got absolutely too drunk to function, but we'll just ignore that part...) So, all in all, life is hectic, but I'm getting everything done, I feel better than I ever have before, and I am loving every single moment of it. Silly enough, last night when I was doing homework, I actually enjoyed doing it. I know, right? Crazy.
Anywho, I gotta get to work.
Have a good week!!!
Monday, September 30, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Hello, I'm back. Did you know that? Hello? Hello? No? Okay...
My weekend was amazing. It was a lot of fun and yet still quite productive. I wish all my weekends felt like this one, but I think a lot of it depends on how optimistic my outlook is on the whole thing. So I had a pretty odd, sad, lonely mood day on Friday. Mostly I just felt weird. Like not in a bad mood for any particular reason, not very happy, but not like super depressed or anything. Just a weird numb feeling. I saw Blue Jasmine the day before though, so it might have been the scene with the ocean and my sudden feeling of how badly I miss Cairns and the ocean and diving! But I got over it.
On Friday night, I thought, I could use a few drinks, and Elizabeth had invited me to a pirates and wenches party with her Meetup group so I told her I would tag along. The people that we met up with were considerably older than I thought they would be, like instead of 30s to 40s, more like 40s to 60s? Hahaha. But oh man, was it a good night. Elizabeth had a bit of a bad day, and when I say a bit, I mean a lot bit of a bad day, so she needed a few drinks too I think. SOO.. we had a drink, or two, or four. LOL. Her group of friends is a lot of fun, a few of them were full blown pirated up, and we talked, danced, drank, and watched a couple of young 'uns make a fool of themselves on the dance floor. It was super hilarious. And when I say young 'uns, they were actually older than me, but at that point, I felt more mature than them. We flirted with some older men, some creepy men hit on us, a gross guy kept farting around us and pretending it wasn't him... IT WAS GREAT. Not the farting part, but the whole night. So we stayed out until almost 1 which is what I think we both needed. And let me say, sleep was a good sleep that night.
On Saturday, I went to the yoga studio early to do some self practice in front of the mirror. Then I volunteered for the usual 4ish hours, took a stroll down Whyte to some stores, bought a few things, and headed home. After a night out, I was exhausted, so I took a nap, watched a few movies, and met up with a new friend named Jake to go to La Shish and smoke some shisha. We had a few drinks, talked, smoked yummy grape and mint flavoured water, and then headed to Whyte Ave for a night out on the town. His cousin from Millet came into town too and we met up with her and her friend and they were WEIRD. Not like I hated them because they were weird but just that they were different from people that I expect to be adults. I guess I'm used to the clean cut girls and the hipster girls and the girls who only wear Lulu Lemon, but they were like the green and black striped knee socks, chucks, black skirt, baggy hoody types of girls. Not who I would normally talk to, but they seemed okay enough... Didn't really talk to them too much, because we went to Funky Buddha, got wayy to many drinks in too little of time, and danced like crazy until last call. It was a lot of fun! Of course, the hangover the next day was not...
I woke up when Di Yee called me on Sunday to say, HELLO WE ARE AT SUPERSTORE! So naturally, I was already late for life, hungover, and hungry AND I WAS GRUMPY. Hmmm. Surprise surprise. But we at lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant, went shopping mainly for mooncakes, and generally just acted like Asians! Then they dropped me off at home, and I took a quick break to recover, and headed off to my mandarin lesson with Zack. He is such a nice guy! He was saying how he is a lonely guy because at work, he works solo, his wife and him divorced, and he is not good at making friends. So my plan is to be as helpful as possible in getting him involved with Elizabeth's meetup group. I think he could fit in there depending on what kind of activities they decide to have in the future. I really want to see him happier because he seems a bit depressed :( I hate knowing that someone is a bit unhappy with life. I feel like my mandarin is improving a bit. Their way of associating the alphabet to their symbols is called pinyin and it makes a heck more sense after processing it and watching youtube videos about it for a week. It is going to be amazing if I can half communicate when I go to China one day. Then, I had a Skype date with Rachelle and drank Fruli and had my girl vent session for about an hour and a half, and then I cleaned my room, jumped on my bed, and went to sleep at a non-decent hour.
Today when I woke up, I felt all the booze and the not sleeping kick in, but I had a great day. Went to class, worked out, biked, finished an assignment, napped, and went to choir. All in all, I think life is heading upwards.
On Friday night, I thought, I could use a few drinks, and Elizabeth had invited me to a pirates and wenches party with her Meetup group so I told her I would tag along. The people that we met up with were considerably older than I thought they would be, like instead of 30s to 40s, more like 40s to 60s? Hahaha. But oh man, was it a good night. Elizabeth had a bit of a bad day, and when I say a bit, I mean a lot bit of a bad day, so she needed a few drinks too I think. SOO.. we had a drink, or two, or four. LOL. Her group of friends is a lot of fun, a few of them were full blown pirated up, and we talked, danced, drank, and watched a couple of young 'uns make a fool of themselves on the dance floor. It was super hilarious. And when I say young 'uns, they were actually older than me, but at that point, I felt more mature than them. We flirted with some older men, some creepy men hit on us, a gross guy kept farting around us and pretending it wasn't him... IT WAS GREAT. Not the farting part, but the whole night. So we stayed out until almost 1 which is what I think we both needed. And let me say, sleep was a good sleep that night.
On Saturday, I went to the yoga studio early to do some self practice in front of the mirror. Then I volunteered for the usual 4ish hours, took a stroll down Whyte to some stores, bought a few things, and headed home. After a night out, I was exhausted, so I took a nap, watched a few movies, and met up with a new friend named Jake to go to La Shish and smoke some shisha. We had a few drinks, talked, smoked yummy grape and mint flavoured water, and then headed to Whyte Ave for a night out on the town. His cousin from Millet came into town too and we met up with her and her friend and they were WEIRD. Not like I hated them because they were weird but just that they were different from people that I expect to be adults. I guess I'm used to the clean cut girls and the hipster girls and the girls who only wear Lulu Lemon, but they were like the green and black striped knee socks, chucks, black skirt, baggy hoody types of girls. Not who I would normally talk to, but they seemed okay enough... Didn't really talk to them too much, because we went to Funky Buddha, got wayy to many drinks in too little of time, and danced like crazy until last call. It was a lot of fun! Of course, the hangover the next day was not...
I woke up when Di Yee called me on Sunday to say, HELLO WE ARE AT SUPERSTORE! So naturally, I was already late for life, hungover, and hungry AND I WAS GRUMPY. Hmmm. Surprise surprise. But we at lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant, went shopping mainly for mooncakes, and generally just acted like Asians! Then they dropped me off at home, and I took a quick break to recover, and headed off to my mandarin lesson with Zack. He is such a nice guy! He was saying how he is a lonely guy because at work, he works solo, his wife and him divorced, and he is not good at making friends. So my plan is to be as helpful as possible in getting him involved with Elizabeth's meetup group. I think he could fit in there depending on what kind of activities they decide to have in the future. I really want to see him happier because he seems a bit depressed :( I hate knowing that someone is a bit unhappy with life. I feel like my mandarin is improving a bit. Their way of associating the alphabet to their symbols is called pinyin and it makes a heck more sense after processing it and watching youtube videos about it for a week. It is going to be amazing if I can half communicate when I go to China one day. Then, I had a Skype date with Rachelle and drank Fruli and had my girl vent session for about an hour and a half, and then I cleaned my room, jumped on my bed, and went to sleep at a non-decent hour.
Today when I woke up, I felt all the booze and the not sleeping kick in, but I had a great day. Went to class, worked out, biked, finished an assignment, napped, and went to choir. All in all, I think life is heading upwards.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Busy Bee!
Suddenly, I am super busy during this semester with crazy amounts of things!
Monday - School, work, choir
Tuesday - School, lab/work, Dodgeball
Wednesday - School, lab, relax
Thursday - School til 9
Friday - School, lab/work
Saturday - yoga studio volunteering
Sunday - Mandarin lesson and ultimate frisbee
Lots of things to do these days!
But some bad news... An old friend from choir has cancer :( Poor lady. She is working on recovering right now so I won't be seeing much of her for a while. I hope she gets better!
Monday - School, work, choir
Tuesday - School, lab/work, Dodgeball
Wednesday - School, lab, relax
Thursday - School til 9
Friday - School, lab/work
Saturday - yoga studio volunteering
Sunday - Mandarin lesson and ultimate frisbee
Lots of things to do these days!
But some bad news... An old friend from choir has cancer :( Poor lady. She is working on recovering right now so I won't be seeing much of her for a while. I hope she gets better!
Monday, September 9, 2013
Where did the weekend go?
So my weekend went by like a blur! Oh my goodness. While I was having beers with Elizabeth yesterday, she commented on how she had to work 'tomorrow', and I was like, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO WORK ON SUNDAY?! She said, it is Sunday right now dumbo. Hahaha. What the heck, eh?
Saturday started with an early morning wake-up to bike to the yoga studio. I used the studio to do some self practice for an hour and then it was a crazy busy day there! Lots of people want to do yoga on Saturday mornings apparently! Then I went home before heading over to Danielle's house. Danielle is married now and lives with Aaron in a townhouse in Sherwood Park. It is a cute area but definitely not as homey as Amanda's new home. We baked chocolate quinoa cake with banana icing! It was yummy. And then made quinoa with vegetables for dinner. So delicious.
On Sunday, I went for an 8k run and got totally lost! I had no idea where I was but then I came across the pedestrian bridge that crosses the river and figure out where I was. I ran much further than I had intended to. Then, I biked to yoga, had an intense yoga class, biked to the university and had a mandarin lesson. Mandarin is so complex! The sounds are similar to cantonese for some, but other sounds I can't even make! It is very strange. I feel lost in it all. Then, I went home, took a shower, and headed to dinner and drinks with Elizabeth after a long phone call with Layla. We went to Beer Revolution! Their pizza was so delicious and so were the beers.
Elizabeth seems to be in a much better place than when I first met her last year and when I last saw her. She is social and happy and biking and doing a lot of things that I couldn't have seen her even trying last year. She invited me to a pirates and wenches party on Friday. I am excited to go!
Anyways, today I woke up feeling awful! I had a horrible night of sleep. I woke up at 4 a.m. with my body sore and hot and tired and hungry, so I couldn't fall back asleep for nearly an hour! So when I woke up to go to class, I felt like crap, and it got a little better throughout the day but not that much.
Then today was my first day back at choir! I thought I would be really excited to sing again, but it made me grumpy! I don't know why. I hope that it is just because I had a rough day today. Here is hoping it gets better.
Tomorrow, I am going running, then class, then sleep, then a Syncrude presentation, then yoga, and sleep!
Good night!
Saturday started with an early morning wake-up to bike to the yoga studio. I used the studio to do some self practice for an hour and then it was a crazy busy day there! Lots of people want to do yoga on Saturday mornings apparently! Then I went home before heading over to Danielle's house. Danielle is married now and lives with Aaron in a townhouse in Sherwood Park. It is a cute area but definitely not as homey as Amanda's new home. We baked chocolate quinoa cake with banana icing! It was yummy. And then made quinoa with vegetables for dinner. So delicious.
On Sunday, I went for an 8k run and got totally lost! I had no idea where I was but then I came across the pedestrian bridge that crosses the river and figure out where I was. I ran much further than I had intended to. Then, I biked to yoga, had an intense yoga class, biked to the university and had a mandarin lesson. Mandarin is so complex! The sounds are similar to cantonese for some, but other sounds I can't even make! It is very strange. I feel lost in it all. Then, I went home, took a shower, and headed to dinner and drinks with Elizabeth after a long phone call with Layla. We went to Beer Revolution! Their pizza was so delicious and so were the beers.
Elizabeth seems to be in a much better place than when I first met her last year and when I last saw her. She is social and happy and biking and doing a lot of things that I couldn't have seen her even trying last year. She invited me to a pirates and wenches party on Friday. I am excited to go!
Anyways, today I woke up feeling awful! I had a horrible night of sleep. I woke up at 4 a.m. with my body sore and hot and tired and hungry, so I couldn't fall back asleep for nearly an hour! So when I woke up to go to class, I felt like crap, and it got a little better throughout the day but not that much.
Then today was my first day back at choir! I thought I would be really excited to sing again, but it made me grumpy! I don't know why. I hope that it is just because I had a rough day today. Here is hoping it gets better.
Tomorrow, I am going running, then class, then sleep, then a Syncrude presentation, then yoga, and sleep!
Good night!
Friday, September 6, 2013
It's the weekend!
So my Friday was much better than the last two days, and I got to meet a girl yesterday in my history class that seems nice, and then today Haley was back in classes so she came to sit by me in soils and I am starting to feel a whole lot better about my whole situation being back here.
I went to yin yoga today and felt so relaxed throughout the whole thing and almost fell asleep. I love yoga. It makes me feel happy!
This weekend, I am working my shift at Lotus Soul on Saturday, then going to a later yoga class perhaps, then on Sunday, I am going to yoga, then meeting up with a Chinese dude to get some mandarin lessons! I hope I can learn mandarin this year. It would be exciting so that I can eavesdrop on all the Asians on campus!
I went to yin yoga today and felt so relaxed throughout the whole thing and almost fell asleep. I love yoga. It makes me feel happy!
This weekend, I am working my shift at Lotus Soul on Saturday, then going to a later yoga class perhaps, then on Sunday, I am going to yoga, then meeting up with a Chinese dude to get some mandarin lessons! I hope I can learn mandarin this year. It would be exciting so that I can eavesdrop on all the Asians on campus!
Thursday, September 5, 2013
School!
So today was the second day of school. It was much better than the first! So far I love my geotechnical professor and my water management one! The two I really hoped would be good. The rest don't matter that much. I originally was taking a mechanical class and a construction management class, but I went to them, and hated the idea of them! So I changed into a municipal systems and a thermodynamics class instead! They should be much better. Thermo already seems better than the mechanical one. Hopefully my enviro guy is good too, he got an excellent rating on ratemyprof!
Yesterday I worked at the yoga center at night after a horrible day at school. It was very soothing! This morning I went for a run before class, then went to classes, and now I'm wasting a few hours before I go to my history night class. I hope the prof for this class is good as well!
The school year is starting out okay. Even though I'm lonely, I know that it is going to a great year!!
Yesterday I worked at the yoga center at night after a horrible day at school. It was very soothing! This morning I went for a run before class, then went to classes, and now I'm wasting a few hours before I go to my history night class. I hope the prof for this class is good as well!
The school year is starting out okay. Even though I'm lonely, I know that it is going to a great year!!
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