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So I've sucked at the whole update thing lately. Honestly, that's b/c there hasn't been much. I've worked A LOT!! Honestly, since the day we went to Banff (September 23rd), I've had one day off. Sure, there are days that I've only worked a few hours, but still, not many days off.
But that doesn't mean it's been completely uneventful. Honestly...this is ME you're talking about ;)
First off though, this coming weekend - I actually have a weekend! I had tonight (Thursday) through Sunday off from Tony Roma's, and worked today & tomorrow at Sobaten, but then have Saturday & Sunday off completely. Originally, I was going to take tomorrow off as well, and we were going to head to Vancouver, but that didn't go through (although if we weren't doing anything, I was going to fly to Vancouver by myself!) However, now, we're headed to JASPER! Which should be a great time - leaving Saturday morning, and either doing the trip in a day (although it is a 4 hour drive :S) or coming back Sunday. My vote is Sunday - that way, we have more time to see stuff! But we'll discuss it tomorrow - we're also heading out for post-work drinkies tomorrow evening, so that'll be good. It's been awhile since I've seen people. Also, if we're back on time, and I'm not too tired, I may end up going to see Sloan in town on Sunday. Yup - it'll be a great weekend :)
Also, apparently the drive there is spectacular. In fact, I was in the bookstore today, looking through some of the literary travel books (b/c I always end up in the travel section of bookstores!) and there was this book "The 10 Best of Everything" or something like that. But it had the 10 best cathedrals, museums, London pubs, and so many more categories - including, the 10 best drives. And the one to Jasper was #2 on the list! So I'm pretty excited about that!
Speaking of which, I own this book "Unforgettable Things to Do before you Die" and I was reading about dogsledding in Sweden today. That'd be AWESOME! I hope that one day, I'll have a job that pays well, but also gives me about a month of vacation every year. It'll definitely be my plan to take a great trip every year if that happens.
On other news, I'm looking forward to my next school term. I finally decided on classes, and enrolled in them - I've got my 4th year project course, stats, process control, water pollution control, and Japanese 101. Hehehe. Geoff's taking Japanese with me, so yay for that! I'm the most worried about process control, but hopefully it'll be ok. I also have a pretty sweet schedule - I only have a 2-hour Japanese tutorial on Fridays, from 9:30-11:30am, and no classes on Monday, so I have from 11:30am Friday till 12:30pm Tuesday off! And no night class!
One thing that I regret not getting involved in at school is Engineers without Borders - an organization that basically helps people in developing countries gain access to technology that will improve their lives. That's the type of thing I'd like to do! So I'm definitely hoping to get involved in it next term. I've talked to my friend Vicki about it, as she's VP-Internal. She & the president of the UW Chapter, Mike, had a meeting yesterday about it, and I talked to her today, and it looks like I'll be working on Special Events next term, if I choose to. It sounds cool, so I'm excited! But I really wish I would have gotten involved earlier - I would have loved to go on an exchange to help in a 3rd world country somewhere!
As well, next term, we seem to have 10 people for our hockey team, so that'll be a go. I'm also going to do Ballroom Dance club, and maybe swing (we'll see if I have time!) and plan to play squash 2-3 times/week again, and I'm in charge of my class' layout pages in the yearbook. It'll be busy, but fun!
Anyway, the jobs are going ok. I was frustrated with both for awhile - one of the managers at Tony Roma's made me tempted to walk out a few times, and I was also frustrated with the understaffed-ness at the Japanese place. But, that manager at Tony's got transferred to another store, which is awesome! And the Japanese place just seems to have been a bit smoother lately.
Also a bit annoyed & not liking my landlord much. But whatever. I don't see him that often. However, he appears to have walked into my room at some point this past week, which annoys me.
I've gone out a number of times - both with friends from UW, and people from work. There was one week, a little while ago, where I was in a bar 6 out of 8 nights between Monday & Monday. Oy vey! However, there are a few amusing stories from this:
I had a split shift one Monday at Tony's, and it was dead at night. There were two hostesses on, and since I had the split, I got cut first - at like 7:30pm! I have never gotten off work that early, so I didn't know what to do with myself. LOL. One of the servers, Heidi, was also cut early, and she wanted to look at my bus map to figure out how to get home, so I told her that I was going to have a beer in the bar, and I'd meet her there. So we ended up having a few pints (since we get them at staff pricing - about $3 for a pint!) I had 3, but Brian only charged me for two (Brian's awesome!) My tolerance has gone down, and I was feeling the buzz - it felt good, after working so much. Heidi was also craving cigarettes, since she only smokes when she drinks now, so we went to buy a pack afterwards (this is around 10pm now, when Tony Roma's closes!) and had a few each (ok, she had more than me...I don't actually smoke, just after a few drinks when others are smoking! :P) Went to catch the C-Train, as we considered going downtown for a drink (she still didn't know how to get home, but was thinking of cabbing it anyway) Ran into Brian at the train station, who was also going North, and lived sort of near Heidi, so he was going to make sure she got home. He was on his way to the BP Lounge, which was near them, so Heidi & I decided to go with him for a few more drinks.
This is where life got interesting. The way the C-Train works (unless you have a pass) is you either buy a ticket there, or you validate a ticket (if you buy a book of them elsewhere for cheaper) then sometimes, the Train Police come through to check tickets - it's a $300 fine if you're caught without one. But it sucks at times b/c it seems like they rarely check. But I'm too Chicken to be caught without one, although I have a pass anyway. Heidi had never taken the train, and I told her about the system, and said it was up to her whether she buys a ticket or chances it - I've never been checked at that time of night. She didn't get one, but then when we got on the train, Brian was very worried about her not having a ticket, and he told me that the next station, he'll hold the door open if I run out to get her a ticket.
I could have done it at the station that we were at - in fact, I should have. We were held up by the police who had to escort a few passengers off for some reason. In fact, I should have done it there.
We were in the last car of the train (of 3 or 4 cars) and so at the next station, I got out, but there was no ticket machine. In fact, the only ticket machine was at the other end of the platform, at the front of the train. Brian apparently yelled "no!" to me, but I didn't hear him, and I RAN! I ran towards the front of the train to get a ticket. The driver made an announcement to move from the doorway to brian, then when i was at the machine (which didn't work anyway!) He came out and basically yelled at me that he should have both of us arrested for holding up the train, since it was already 10 minutes late b/c of the cops! Thing is, I didn't even get a ticket for Heidi! The driver could have totally thrown me off, since I also didn't have a ticket, but he didn't. Hahaha.
The following night was just a bad night at work, due to the one manager, so I had 3 pints at the restaurant, then went to Limericks, where I had another, and was pretty gone (but somehow made it home by myself that night) That was the night I picked up the nickname Deuce from my coworker Rob - mainly b/c there were two Jills out. But anyway, I found out things later on I did that night at the bar - apparently Paul dared me to lick Rob's ear, and I did. However, when I talked to Rob on Friday, he had me thinking that I just did it out of the blue, but told me it was a dare on Saturday. I didn't think I was drunk enough to forget doing that, and I was actually quite frightened by myself doing that on Friday (wen I thought I'd done it out of the blue) However, I can totally see myself doing it on a dare. It's just weird that I really have no recollection of that happening. However, when I later found out what Rob had nicknamed me (b/c I vaguely remembered him naming me something) his response was "Deuce...like Deuces are Wild...you are wild - you licked my ear!" I think the entire restaurant knows that story. Hahaha.
One night, I also went with TJ & his roommates to this bar Ranchman's. I didn't actually drink that night, but I did ride a mechanical bull! Good times :)
Saturday night of Thanksgiving weekend, after work, I met Amanda, Sophie, Louis & John at Ceili's. Louis & John are actually working in Lloydminster (3 hours away) this term, but were here for the holiday weekend. It was annoying b/c I'd had a few pints after work for cheap, but ended up waiting an hour outside the bar for them! That sucked. It was also "Oktoberfest" there that night. Well, I come from K-W, which has the 2nd largest Oktoberfest festival in the world, and Ceili's did NOT have Oktoberfest! It was called Oktoberfest b/c the employees wore German clothing, but there was no sausage, no Oktoberfest music (including no Chicken Dance!), nothing! Oh well - it was a decent night. Sophie ended up crashing at my place, where we shared my bed, and had some interesting conversation.
For Thanksgiving, 11 of us had turkey dinner at TJ's place. So tasty! Not quite with family, but good nonetheless since we couldn't be with family.
It's possible that my parents & I will be going to New Hampshire for Christmas, and to visit my sister/brother-in-law/nephew. However, I will be back in Ontario on time for the wedding that I'm invited to on December 30th :)
Well, I think that wraps up what I've been up to - congrats if you made it through! I'll try to update early next week about Jasper! Till then, cheers!!
So I've sucked at the whole update thing lately. Honestly, that's b/c there hasn't been much. I've worked A LOT!! Honestly, since the day we went to Banff (September 23rd), I've had one day off. Sure, there are days that I've only worked a few hours, but still, not many days off.
But that doesn't mean it's been completely uneventful. Honestly...this is ME you're talking about ;)
First off though, this coming weekend - I actually have a weekend! I had tonight (Thursday) through Sunday off from Tony Roma's, and worked today & tomorrow at Sobaten, but then have Saturday & Sunday off completely. Originally, I was going to take tomorrow off as well, and we were going to head to Vancouver, but that didn't go through (although if we weren't doing anything, I was going to fly to Vancouver by myself!) However, now, we're headed to JASPER! Which should be a great time - leaving Saturday morning, and either doing the trip in a day (although it is a 4 hour drive :S) or coming back Sunday. My vote is Sunday - that way, we have more time to see stuff! But we'll discuss it tomorrow - we're also heading out for post-work drinkies tomorrow evening, so that'll be good. It's been awhile since I've seen people. Also, if we're back on time, and I'm not too tired, I may end up going to see Sloan in town on Sunday. Yup - it'll be a great weekend :)
Also, apparently the drive there is spectacular. In fact, I was in the bookstore today, looking through some of the literary travel books (b/c I always end up in the travel section of bookstores!) and there was this book "The 10 Best of Everything" or something like that. But it had the 10 best cathedrals, museums, London pubs, and so many more categories - including, the 10 best drives. And the one to Jasper was #2 on the list! So I'm pretty excited about that!
Speaking of which, I own this book "Unforgettable Things to Do before you Die" and I was reading about dogsledding in Sweden today. That'd be AWESOME! I hope that one day, I'll have a job that pays well, but also gives me about a month of vacation every year. It'll definitely be my plan to take a great trip every year if that happens.
On other news, I'm looking forward to my next school term. I finally decided on classes, and enrolled in them - I've got my 4th year project course, stats, process control, water pollution control, and Japanese 101. Hehehe. Geoff's taking Japanese with me, so yay for that! I'm the most worried about process control, but hopefully it'll be ok. I also have a pretty sweet schedule - I only have a 2-hour Japanese tutorial on Fridays, from 9:30-11:30am, and no classes on Monday, so I have from 11:30am Friday till 12:30pm Tuesday off! And no night class!
One thing that I regret not getting involved in at school is Engineers without Borders - an organization that basically helps people in developing countries gain access to technology that will improve their lives. That's the type of thing I'd like to do! So I'm definitely hoping to get involved in it next term. I've talked to my friend Vicki about it, as she's VP-Internal. She & the president of the UW Chapter, Mike, had a meeting yesterday about it, and I talked to her today, and it looks like I'll be working on Special Events next term, if I choose to. It sounds cool, so I'm excited! But I really wish I would have gotten involved earlier - I would have loved to go on an exchange to help in a 3rd world country somewhere!
As well, next term, we seem to have 10 people for our hockey team, so that'll be a go. I'm also going to do Ballroom Dance club, and maybe swing (we'll see if I have time!) and plan to play squash 2-3 times/week again, and I'm in charge of my class' layout pages in the yearbook. It'll be busy, but fun!
Anyway, the jobs are going ok. I was frustrated with both for awhile - one of the managers at Tony Roma's made me tempted to walk out a few times, and I was also frustrated with the understaffed-ness at the Japanese place. But, that manager at Tony's got transferred to another store, which is awesome! And the Japanese place just seems to have been a bit smoother lately.
Also a bit annoyed & not liking my landlord much. But whatever. I don't see him that often. However, he appears to have walked into my room at some point this past week, which annoys me.
I've gone out a number of times - both with friends from UW, and people from work. There was one week, a little while ago, where I was in a bar 6 out of 8 nights between Monday & Monday. Oy vey! However, there are a few amusing stories from this:
I had a split shift one Monday at Tony's, and it was dead at night. There were two hostesses on, and since I had the split, I got cut first - at like 7:30pm! I have never gotten off work that early, so I didn't know what to do with myself. LOL. One of the servers, Heidi, was also cut early, and she wanted to look at my bus map to figure out how to get home, so I told her that I was going to have a beer in the bar, and I'd meet her there. So we ended up having a few pints (since we get them at staff pricing - about $3 for a pint!) I had 3, but Brian only charged me for two (Brian's awesome!) My tolerance has gone down, and I was feeling the buzz - it felt good, after working so much. Heidi was also craving cigarettes, since she only smokes when she drinks now, so we went to buy a pack afterwards (this is around 10pm now, when Tony Roma's closes!) and had a few each (ok, she had more than me...I don't actually smoke, just after a few drinks when others are smoking! :P) Went to catch the C-Train, as we considered going downtown for a drink (she still didn't know how to get home, but was thinking of cabbing it anyway) Ran into Brian at the train station, who was also going North, and lived sort of near Heidi, so he was going to make sure she got home. He was on his way to the BP Lounge, which was near them, so Heidi & I decided to go with him for a few more drinks.
This is where life got interesting. The way the C-Train works (unless you have a pass) is you either buy a ticket there, or you validate a ticket (if you buy a book of them elsewhere for cheaper) then sometimes, the Train Police come through to check tickets - it's a $300 fine if you're caught without one. But it sucks at times b/c it seems like they rarely check. But I'm too Chicken to be caught without one, although I have a pass anyway. Heidi had never taken the train, and I told her about the system, and said it was up to her whether she buys a ticket or chances it - I've never been checked at that time of night. She didn't get one, but then when we got on the train, Brian was very worried about her not having a ticket, and he told me that the next station, he'll hold the door open if I run out to get her a ticket.
I could have done it at the station that we were at - in fact, I should have. We were held up by the police who had to escort a few passengers off for some reason. In fact, I should have done it there.
We were in the last car of the train (of 3 or 4 cars) and so at the next station, I got out, but there was no ticket machine. In fact, the only ticket machine was at the other end of the platform, at the front of the train. Brian apparently yelled "no!" to me, but I didn't hear him, and I RAN! I ran towards the front of the train to get a ticket. The driver made an announcement to move from the doorway to brian, then when i was at the machine (which didn't work anyway!) He came out and basically yelled at me that he should have both of us arrested for holding up the train, since it was already 10 minutes late b/c of the cops! Thing is, I didn't even get a ticket for Heidi! The driver could have totally thrown me off, since I also didn't have a ticket, but he didn't. Hahaha.
The following night was just a bad night at work, due to the one manager, so I had 3 pints at the restaurant, then went to Limericks, where I had another, and was pretty gone (but somehow made it home by myself that night) That was the night I picked up the nickname Deuce from my coworker Rob - mainly b/c there were two Jills out. But anyway, I found out things later on I did that night at the bar - apparently Paul dared me to lick Rob's ear, and I did. However, when I talked to Rob on Friday, he had me thinking that I just did it out of the blue, but told me it was a dare on Saturday. I didn't think I was drunk enough to forget doing that, and I was actually quite frightened by myself doing that on Friday (wen I thought I'd done it out of the blue) However, I can totally see myself doing it on a dare. It's just weird that I really have no recollection of that happening. However, when I later found out what Rob had nicknamed me (b/c I vaguely remembered him naming me something) his response was "Deuce...like Deuces are Wild...you are wild - you licked my ear!" I think the entire restaurant knows that story. Hahaha.
One night, I also went with TJ & his roommates to this bar Ranchman's. I didn't actually drink that night, but I did ride a mechanical bull! Good times :)
Saturday night of Thanksgiving weekend, after work, I met Amanda, Sophie, Louis & John at Ceili's. Louis & John are actually working in Lloydminster (3 hours away) this term, but were here for the holiday weekend. It was annoying b/c I'd had a few pints after work for cheap, but ended up waiting an hour outside the bar for them! That sucked. It was also "Oktoberfest" there that night. Well, I come from K-W, which has the 2nd largest Oktoberfest festival in the world, and Ceili's did NOT have Oktoberfest! It was called Oktoberfest b/c the employees wore German clothing, but there was no sausage, no Oktoberfest music (including no Chicken Dance!), nothing! Oh well - it was a decent night. Sophie ended up crashing at my place, where we shared my bed, and had some interesting conversation.
For Thanksgiving, 11 of us had turkey dinner at TJ's place. So tasty! Not quite with family, but good nonetheless since we couldn't be with family.
It's possible that my parents & I will be going to New Hampshire for Christmas, and to visit my sister/brother-in-law/nephew. However, I will be back in Ontario on time for the wedding that I'm invited to on December 30th :)
Well, I think that wraps up what I've been up to - congrats if you made it through! I'll try to update early next week about Jasper! Till then, cheers!!
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