Weekend Review:
Off the top of my head, I'd have to say - I am NEVER doing O/T again*
*Caveats for Compulsory O/T and SHannon Runs Out of Money Scenario
Off the top of my head I also had some hair removed.
And that about wraps up the weekend. No, not really, but I must say it was pretty tame in comparison to all weekends of 2005 that have preceded it.
Friday night = Watching 99p movies and forcing myself to go to bed at decent time. 99p movies were mix of really bad and mediocre. I do NOT recommend the film, The Ladykillers (At least teh remake..don't know about teh original, probably good).
Saturday Morning = Waking up at bloody 7.00 am, catchign the bus to work. Working from 8 - 12, tehn catching bus back into town. Sigh. So very not worth it. Maybe if I was a workaholic or money mad, but I am neither and I didn't come to Scotland to overwork myself at a job that does nothing to inspire me or challenge me.
Saturday Afternoon - Waste majority of afternoon at teh Shopping centre. Pop into hair salon to ask if I can get a cut and the girl says it'll be 30 -45 minds.I ask if I should stay or can I walk around teh mall and come back. She says I can walk around and NO she doesn't need my name (in my mind I figured this was because I was soo memorable!). So I come back on teh half hour to be informed that I am at the bottom of the queue again. I nearly freaked. Now, if I'd been calm and relaxed I wouldn't have bothered, but I was not - I was tired and had massive headache. Anyways, I let the manager know I was nae impressed, but in the end I waited it out and she ended up cutting my hair and it is the first time I've been really pleased with results immmediaetly after hacking. So yeah, I was tired. Hopped on bus to catch up with Keri & Jen, who were watchign teh rugby game at Frankenstein's. The game was over by teh time I made it there and I missed getting a free pint b/c in rare turn f events Scotland actually won the game!
Saturday night - Ooooh, first chance to wear my new skirt! Jen, Keri & I had a few bevies in the flat then caught up with the guys (ie our Calgarian friends) at a hole-in-the-wall bar called Star Bar. Seriously, it was in an alleyway - mind you an alleyway in posh NewTown, but still. IT was as tiny inside as it looked from the outside, but somehow the band managed to set up all their gear. (no dancing room tho!). And lo & behold, who should the band be but the former members of the now defunct Mockingbirds!! As you will probably not recall, we stalked the Mockingbirds back in June/July when they played at Finnegan's Wake. I think they remembered us, especially when Jen & I jumped up to do obligatory jumping scene to Brown-Eyed Girl.
Sunday - Slept. WEnt for a lovely jog - beautiful spring-like weather. Went to see 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'. Went alone. I am sad case. Following Aquatic film I went home and prepared dinner of Haddock with mushroom & cheese sauce. Coincidence? I think not. I then watche dyet another movie, Mystic River. Both films v. good, both films slighlty disturbing but in v. different ways.
As a sidenote - Owen Wilson rules and The LIfe Aquatic was the film he was doing when I saw him in Rome.!!!
Other news/notes:
Keri & Jen are both leaving next weekend for trips to Eastern Europe & Canada respectively. I will be home alone!
To celebrate alone time (not that I dno't heart my friends, but every once in awhile you just want to be alone right??) I am taking next Monday off. I had tried to get March 18 off (knowing I will probably be worse for wear given preceding night celebrations), but was unable.
I am going to Spain/South France in April/May. I've figured out a way I can take 7 days off but only 4 of them in holidays - it will mean lots of flextime to be built up, but I don't mind!!! I wil then have an 11-day stretch w/o work. I will still have 17 holidays left too!! Really I am following Jen's lead, she is going on mega trip and I am tagging along for the parts I missed out seeing last year and/or really loved and want to return to!
So excited -Sweden & Spain!!
Well, I suppose that's all she wrote for now. And be 'she' I mean 'me'. I am tired, I need candy.
'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, February 28, 2005
Weekend Review:
Off the top of my head, I'd have to say - I am NEVER doing O/T again*
*Caveats for Compulsory O/T and SHannon Runs Out of Money Scenario
Off the top of my head I also had some hair removed.
And that about wraps up the weekend. No, not really, but I must say it was pretty tame in comparison to all weekends of 2005 that have preceded it.
Friday night = Watching 99p movies and forcing myself to go to bed at decent time. 99p movies were mix of really bad and mediocre. I do NOT recommend the film, The Ladykillers (At least teh remake..don't know about teh original, probably good).
Saturday Morning = Waking up at bloody 7.00 am, catchign the bus to work. Working from 8 - 12, tehn catching bus back into town. Sigh. So very not worth it. Maybe if I was a workaholic or money mad, but I am neither and I didn't come to Scotland to overwork myself at a job that does nothing to inspire me or challenge me.
Saturday Afternoon - Waste majority of afternoon at teh Shopping centre. Pop into hair salon to ask if I can get a cut and the girl says it'll be 30 -45 minds.I ask if I should stay or can I walk around teh mall and come back. She says I can walk around and NO she doesn't need my name (in my mind I figured this was because I was soo memorable!). So I come back on teh half hour to be informed that I am at the bottom of the queue again. I nearly freaked. Now, if I'd been calm and relaxed I wouldn't have bothered, but I was not - I was tired and had massive headache. Anyways, I let the manager know I was nae impressed, but in the end I waited it out and she ended up cutting my hair and it is the first time I've been really pleased with results immmediaetly after hacking. So yeah, I was tired. Hopped on bus to catch up with Keri & Jen, who were watchign teh rugby game at Frankenstein's. The game was over by teh time I made it there and I missed getting a free pint b/c in rare turn f events Scotland actually won the game!
Saturday night - Ooooh, first chance to wear my new skirt! Jen, Keri & I had a few bevies in the flat then caught up with the guys (ie our Calgarian friends) at a hole-in-the-wall bar called Star Bar. Seriously, it was in an alleyway - mind you an alleyway in posh NewTown, but still. IT was as tiny inside as it looked from the outside, but somehow the band managed to set up all their gear. (no dancing room tho!). And lo & behold, who should the band be but the former members of the now defunct Mockingbirds!! As you will probably not recall, we stalked the Mockingbirds back in June/July when they played at Finnegan's Wake. I think they remembered us, especially when Jen & I jumped up to do obligatory jumping scene to Brown-Eyed Girl.
Sunday - Slept. WEnt for a lovely jog - beautiful spring-like weather. Went to see 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'. Went alone. I am sad case. Following Aquatic film I went home and prepared dinner of Haddock with mushroom & cheese sauce. Coincidence? I think not. I then watche dyet another movie, Mystic River. Both films v. good, both films slighlty disturbing but in v. different ways.
As a sidenote - Owen Wilson rules and The LIfe Aquatic was the film he was doing when I saw him in Rome.!!!
Other news/notes:
Keri & Jen are both leaving next weekend for trips to Eastern Europe & Canada respectively. I will be home alone!
To celebrate alone time (not that I dno't heart my friends, but every once in awhile you just want to be alone right??) I am taking next Monday off. I had tried to get March 18 off (knowing I will probably be worse for wear given preceding night celebrations), but was unable.
I am going to Spain/South France in April/May. I've figured out a way I can take 7 days off but only 4 of them in holidays - it will mean lots of flextime to be built up, but I don't mind!!! I wil then have an 11-day stretch w/o work. I will still have 17 holidays left too!! Really I am following Jen's lead, she is going on mega trip and I am tagging along for the parts I missed out seeing last year and/or really loved and want to return to!
So excited -Sweden & Spain!!
Well, I suppose that's all she wrote for now. And be 'she' I mean 'me'. I am tired, I need candy.
Off the top of my head, I'd have to say - I am NEVER doing O/T again*
*Caveats for Compulsory O/T and SHannon Runs Out of Money Scenario
Off the top of my head I also had some hair removed.
And that about wraps up the weekend. No, not really, but I must say it was pretty tame in comparison to all weekends of 2005 that have preceded it.
Friday night = Watching 99p movies and forcing myself to go to bed at decent time. 99p movies were mix of really bad and mediocre. I do NOT recommend the film, The Ladykillers (At least teh remake..don't know about teh original, probably good).
Saturday Morning = Waking up at bloody 7.00 am, catchign the bus to work. Working from 8 - 12, tehn catching bus back into town. Sigh. So very not worth it. Maybe if I was a workaholic or money mad, but I am neither and I didn't come to Scotland to overwork myself at a job that does nothing to inspire me or challenge me.
Saturday Afternoon - Waste majority of afternoon at teh Shopping centre. Pop into hair salon to ask if I can get a cut and the girl says it'll be 30 -45 minds.I ask if I should stay or can I walk around teh mall and come back. She says I can walk around and NO she doesn't need my name (in my mind I figured this was because I was soo memorable!). So I come back on teh half hour to be informed that I am at the bottom of the queue again. I nearly freaked. Now, if I'd been calm and relaxed I wouldn't have bothered, but I was not - I was tired and had massive headache. Anyways, I let the manager know I was nae impressed, but in the end I waited it out and she ended up cutting my hair and it is the first time I've been really pleased with results immmediaetly after hacking. So yeah, I was tired. Hopped on bus to catch up with Keri & Jen, who were watchign teh rugby game at Frankenstein's. The game was over by teh time I made it there and I missed getting a free pint b/c in rare turn f events Scotland actually won the game!
Saturday night - Ooooh, first chance to wear my new skirt! Jen, Keri & I had a few bevies in the flat then caught up with the guys (ie our Calgarian friends) at a hole-in-the-wall bar called Star Bar. Seriously, it was in an alleyway - mind you an alleyway in posh NewTown, but still. IT was as tiny inside as it looked from the outside, but somehow the band managed to set up all their gear. (no dancing room tho!). And lo & behold, who should the band be but the former members of the now defunct Mockingbirds!! As you will probably not recall, we stalked the Mockingbirds back in June/July when they played at Finnegan's Wake. I think they remembered us, especially when Jen & I jumped up to do obligatory jumping scene to Brown-Eyed Girl.
Sunday - Slept. WEnt for a lovely jog - beautiful spring-like weather. Went to see 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'. Went alone. I am sad case. Following Aquatic film I went home and prepared dinner of Haddock with mushroom & cheese sauce. Coincidence? I think not. I then watche dyet another movie, Mystic River. Both films v. good, both films slighlty disturbing but in v. different ways.
As a sidenote - Owen Wilson rules and The LIfe Aquatic was the film he was doing when I saw him in Rome.!!!
Other news/notes:
Keri & Jen are both leaving next weekend for trips to Eastern Europe & Canada respectively. I will be home alone!
To celebrate alone time (not that I dno't heart my friends, but every once in awhile you just want to be alone right??) I am taking next Monday off. I had tried to get March 18 off (knowing I will probably be worse for wear given preceding night celebrations), but was unable.
I am going to Spain/South France in April/May. I've figured out a way I can take 7 days off but only 4 of them in holidays - it will mean lots of flextime to be built up, but I don't mind!!! I wil then have an 11-day stretch w/o work. I will still have 17 holidays left too!! Really I am following Jen's lead, she is going on mega trip and I am tagging along for the parts I missed out seeing last year and/or really loved and want to return to!
So excited -Sweden & Spain!!
Well, I suppose that's all she wrote for now. And be 'she' I mean 'me'. I am tired, I need candy.
Friday, February 25, 2005
OK - So I don't know what possessed me yesterday to write such a preachy, long-winded post. I am sorry, will attempt to recover from humiliation of this event by producing witty/up-lifting/enjoyable post. Tomorrow. Or Maybe Sunday. For today you will have to suffer through another uninspired post about, well, nothing. I cna't help it - my mind does not function well at lunch time (or most of the time). I suspect it has something to do with wexpectation at work that we operate like machines.
Anyways - so its Friday, but not the end of the work week for me. I will endeavour to get my lazy self out of bed tomorrow at 7.00 so I can come to work for 4 hours. Acutally I don't mind - its double pay and i am going to take a three day weekend next week so I can handle it. I think.
I am reading a book now called 'Around The World in 80 Dates' - one woman's true life afccount of her mission to find Mr Right by going on 80 dates whilst travelling the globe. So far so good - a combo travelogue/humourous true-life account.
GUESS WHAT??We are soo lucky we got our 2-year visas for teh UK when we did because recent changes now allow Canadians to work for ONLY 1 year in the UJK, although they are still allowed to reside in the UK for up to two years. Imagine that - I would have to go home in May if that were the case....whoa..don't even want to think about that prospect. I've narrowed down my next destination to anywhere but Canada. TOp choices are Sweden, Oz or NZ. Oh - of course, if I do happen to find Mr Right in the next..er..14 months, well who knows?? Not that I am counting on that - 24 year-trend is unlikley to be broken any time soon given my luck.
K - I have to go because i ate lunch at the restaurant again. I only ate food from home though! Mental note ot write rant about food and the such.
Please, in meantime, watch SUPERSIZE ME. It is great - unless you are McDonald's addict, then maybe not so great.
Anyways - so its Friday, but not the end of the work week for me. I will endeavour to get my lazy self out of bed tomorrow at 7.00 so I can come to work for 4 hours. Acutally I don't mind - its double pay and i am going to take a three day weekend next week so I can handle it. I think.
I am reading a book now called 'Around The World in 80 Dates' - one woman's true life afccount of her mission to find Mr Right by going on 80 dates whilst travelling the globe. So far so good - a combo travelogue/humourous true-life account.
GUESS WHAT??We are soo lucky we got our 2-year visas for teh UK when we did because recent changes now allow Canadians to work for ONLY 1 year in the UJK, although they are still allowed to reside in the UK for up to two years. Imagine that - I would have to go home in May if that were the case....whoa..don't even want to think about that prospect. I've narrowed down my next destination to anywhere but Canada. TOp choices are Sweden, Oz or NZ. Oh - of course, if I do happen to find Mr Right in the next..er..14 months, well who knows?? Not that I am counting on that - 24 year-trend is unlikley to be broken any time soon given my luck.
K - I have to go because i ate lunch at the restaurant again. I only ate food from home though! Mental note ot write rant about food and the such.
Please, in meantime, watch SUPERSIZE ME. It is great - unless you are McDonald's addict, then maybe not so great.
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