Here I am back at work - a miraculous weekend recovery which I credit to copious ingestion of Orange Juice not from concentrate and many, many hours of sleep (induced by Nyquil).
Right, so am sure I left you hanging with anticipation as to what the weekend held for this SickShannon. Without further adieu I bring you teh weekend review (not the unintentional rhyming of the that sentence!)
Friday Evening: Shannon wisely chooses to stay in and recuperate from her cold while Keri heads out on Work Do and Jen has haggis with lacrosse team. She is kept compnay by double bill of Simpsons and a not-so-good movie she rented (Two Brothers - cute, but very slow moving and kind of sad for a supposed family movie)
Saturday Afternoon - Following on 10-hour sleep Shannon heads to town to pay massive Council Tax Bill for flar (massive = over $1500). Ouch. She finds herself in Freebie heaven and ends up with, amongst other things, a free day gym pass, a bottle of ketchup, jar of mayonaise, laundry detergent and a frisbee.
Saturday Evening: Shannon is feeling much better so heads out with Canadian crew to do Grass Market pub crawl - very enjoyable, but a late night is not had - in fact we leaev so early that the very nice bouncer at Drop Kick Murhpy's comments . . .I guess we are regs now!
Sunday Afternoon - Gorgeous sunny day and 10 Celsius, so Jen & I head out for a mammoth walk/hill climb which lasts 3 hours. After we walk & climb, we decide to hop on a random us and see where it takes us. It takes us to a shopping centre. Surprise, Surprise. After resisting temptation to buy CDs galore, we head off to do Sunday Evening thing
Sunday Evening - Dinner at Anne's. Yum!!! Mushroom soup, pad thai and scones w/clotted cream. Mmmmmmmmm!!!
So, not the most eventful weekend, but thoroughly enjoyable for a recovering sickie. I
plan to dedicate this week to seeing all the movies I have missed over the last month including: The Aviator, Ray, GARDEN STATE, Million Dollar Baby, Team America (maybe?) & Closer. Funny - Ocean's 12 is not even out here yet!
'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.' Robert Frost
Monday, January 31, 2005
Friday, January 28, 2005
Today I am sick, thus I am not at work. I slept 12 hours - my nose is not longer congested, but my head is throbbing. OJ here I come.
Last night I spent a whole hour with Suzi!! Suzi of PEI - Suzi who lived here, like, 3 years ago, found herself a Scottish bloke and has come over to see him. It's the only long-distance relationship that I know of which has lasted so long... Anywho, it was fab to see Ms Suzi, save for the fact that I was really feeling quite sick
Sickness may be result of not giving myself any downtime since returning to Edinburgh. Down time would result in me thinking - me thinking would result in one of two scenarios: Lots of crying OR making really big decisions about where I want to be in the next year. So, for now, am nixing the thinking - highly dangerous stuff it can be.
Last night I went to comedy with some random bloke who I'd met a week and a half ago. Very random. Anyways, turned out to be good company (although slightly taller than I am used to) and the improv show was hilarious - espeically the skit entitled 'Le Quebec'.
Um, oh and Tuesday I was out with a not-so-random bloke whose name is the same as my father's. How weird is that glad I didn't acccidentally refer to him as 'Daddy' during the evening.
Last night I just chilled and watched Fahrenheit 9/11, which was on TV. Second time around I came to conclusion that, while it is essential viewing, as documentaries go, it wasn't the best that Mr Moore has put out.
K - back to doing nothing for me - that is what one does when one is sick right?
Watch for weekend review on Monday - it may go something like - I was sick - I coughed and sneezed a lot. Just a guess.
Last night I spent a whole hour with Suzi!! Suzi of PEI - Suzi who lived here, like, 3 years ago, found herself a Scottish bloke and has come over to see him. It's the only long-distance relationship that I know of which has lasted so long... Anywho, it was fab to see Ms Suzi, save for the fact that I was really feeling quite sick
Sickness may be result of not giving myself any downtime since returning to Edinburgh. Down time would result in me thinking - me thinking would result in one of two scenarios: Lots of crying OR making really big decisions about where I want to be in the next year. So, for now, am nixing the thinking - highly dangerous stuff it can be.
Last night I went to comedy with some random bloke who I'd met a week and a half ago. Very random. Anyways, turned out to be good company (although slightly taller than I am used to) and the improv show was hilarious - espeically the skit entitled 'Le Quebec'.
Um, oh and Tuesday I was out with a not-so-random bloke whose name is the same as my father's. How weird is that glad I didn't acccidentally refer to him as 'Daddy' during the evening.
Last night I just chilled and watched Fahrenheit 9/11, which was on TV. Second time around I came to conclusion that, while it is essential viewing, as documentaries go, it wasn't the best that Mr Moore has put out.
K - back to doing nothing for me - that is what one does when one is sick right?
Watch for weekend review on Monday - it may go something like - I was sick - I coughed and sneezed a lot. Just a guess.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Random Notes from the Desk of a Little Cog in the Big Machine called Capitalism:
1. Miss Bo Peep has now stated that she will likely be delaying her trip north until April 30th (or so).
2. Miss Shannon will actually have the flat completely to herself for one WHOLE week!!!!! Yah! March 6 - 13 here I come. (not that I don't love my flatmates - I do - but oh how I yearn for alone time.
3. Jen, Anne & Shannon have made up a schedule of things to do and places to go in the next few weeks. Plans include, but are not limited to:
Rock Climbing
Road Trip (I REFUSE to drive the entire trip this time around)
Chinese New Year Celebrations
Murder Mystery Party
Twister (oh, I think I just made that one up)
Ceilidh
4. If I can make it until February 15th that will be 4 Valentine's Days in a row that I have been ALONE.
5. Everyone in the office appears to be off sick
6. Shannon is at that point (yet again) where she is feeling utterly and completely confused about where she should go next/what she should do. Argh - life is so much easier in the confines of university life or a secure job in Canada. All I have is an extreemly vague vision of where I want to go (literally & figuratively) and no idea whatsoever how I am to get there.
7. My efficiency at work last week was 76%, this week it was 122%.
8> I hvae to go, my half hour lunch is over..again.
1. Miss Bo Peep has now stated that she will likely be delaying her trip north until April 30th (or so).
2. Miss Shannon will actually have the flat completely to herself for one WHOLE week!!!!! Yah! March 6 - 13 here I come. (not that I don't love my flatmates - I do - but oh how I yearn for alone time.
3. Jen, Anne & Shannon have made up a schedule of things to do and places to go in the next few weeks. Plans include, but are not limited to:
Rock Climbing
Road Trip (I REFUSE to drive the entire trip this time around)
Chinese New Year Celebrations
Murder Mystery Party
Twister (oh, I think I just made that one up)
Ceilidh
4. If I can make it until February 15th that will be 4 Valentine's Days in a row that I have been ALONE.
5. Everyone in the office appears to be off sick
6. Shannon is at that point (yet again) where she is feeling utterly and completely confused about where she should go next/what she should do. Argh - life is so much easier in the confines of university life or a secure job in Canada. All I have is an extreemly vague vision of where I want to go (literally & figuratively) and no idea whatsoever how I am to get there.
7. My efficiency at work last week was 76%, this week it was 122%.
8> I hvae to go, my half hour lunch is over..again.
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