Friday, August 19th, 2011

It was cold when I went to work this morning.  I started work at 6:30am and the temperature was a chilling 6 degrees.  I guess the storm last night really cooled things off.  It got up over 21 degrees in the afternoon, though.

I left work at about 3:15pm and headed to the post office to mail the deposit for the moving company that agreed to transport my stuff from Vancouver/Chilliwack to Calgary for $1050.  It's a steal.  While there, I ran into somebody I knew from Causeforce.  It was a strange coincidence.  He doesn't live here anymore, but was just here for a week tying up some loose ends.  He still works for the company but works out of the LA office.  We caught up on a few things, then I came home to have a quick nap.

Nope.  It was so loud that I laid on my bed for an hour trying to sleep.  I was yawning all afternoon, so I knew I was very tired, but nobody could sleep through this kind of noise.

I got up and made some dinner before I was meeting Bryn later for a beer.  Another opportunity to get away from the noise.  I'm sensing a pattern in my blog over the past week.  

Bryn and I went to the Joyce on 4th in Mission.  We stayed until probably 2am or later.  Once we get talking, we can go on for hours - maybe it was mostly me.  Regardless, I miss having Bryn and Melissa time!  He and I have always had such an easy time as friends, and we can really cover the spectrum in terms of conversation topics.

Here's a picture of beer... because why not?  Beer is tasty.

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

I sent an email to my landlord this morning explaining the noise situation in my apartment.  I want him to know how bad it is.  He replied that he would talk to them.  I almost have to laugh... he's not going to change the situation when the issue is that they just don't know how to parent.  It's a lost cause.

I didn't go home after work today.  Lurline texted me to see if I wanted to meet for some wings after work.  ANYTHING would've been better than going home to the noise, so I was in.

I met her at Local 004 (I think that's the name).  It wasn't wing night.  Rats!  I ate some calamari and had a beer, and we sat and chatted ... well, I did most of the chatting.  It might've sounded a little more like venting.  Lurline thinks I should try to get out of my lease, if I can.  I fully agree.  My friend, J, showed up after a while, since he lives very close by.  We all grabbed a quick coffee from Timmy's and while we were inside, a storm blew over us.  We went outside to get a better look.  The clouds were swirling and suddenly there was snow/hail pelting us.  It looked like a tornado was going to form.  I took a few photos, but I don't think it does it justice.  Right after this, there was a double rainbow!  I almost cried it was so beautiful.... (that was a reference to the "double rainbow" youtube video for those of you who haven't seen it).

Afterwards, J showed me his two new guitars, and we just hung out and chatted while he played a few songs.  It was a nice evening out of the house and away from the noise.

Friday, August 5th, 2011

The strangest thing happened last night.  I had the freaky eye infection thing, and it was causing my head to ache, so I took another one of the Tylenol flu pills.  It took forever to kick in, but I eventually fell asleep.  Then, at 2am, I awoke to extreme pain in my head.  This time it felt like somebody was stabbing my brain with a knife.  It was excruciating.  I thought I'd have to drive to emergency.  I contemplated waking up my sister to tell her that she'd have to drive me to the hospital, but I took another pill and tried to live with the pain until the pill kicked in.  I was sure it wasn't going to kill any pain because this was super intense.... but, after about 30 minutes, I felt a wave of relief wash over me.  I was worried that I'd wake in the morning to the same pain, but when my alarm went off at 6:30am, I had no pain in my head and my eye was completely healed.  So in about a four hour span, I went from experiencing the worst pain I've ever felt, to feeling 100% healthy.  What??
So, Lurline's theory is that I was abducted by aliens and they put a probe in my head, but initially it was in the wrong spot, so they re-abducted me to fix it.
I believe the hand of God reached into my room and healed me.
Others believe that it might have been a sinus infection and the Tylenol flu pill released the pressure and that's why I was suddenly better.
Whatever the real cause, I was happy that it was over!

After work, Lurline, Tristan and I went to Bankview to take a look at another apartment for me.  It was a 2 bedroom in an older building.  I liked it because it was big and had hardwood floors and insuite laundry.  My cat will like it too, I think.  Most importantly, it's not too far from work.  So I called the property management guy and told him I'd like to fill out an application.  Hopefully I'll get it!!  That would be a big relief.

Anyway, I made plans to meet Bryn at KP (Kensington Pub) tonight.  Lurline came with me.  When we got there, Sean and some of his musician friends were there.  So we joined their table and heard some great stories.  It was a lot of fun!  All night, I kept looking at this dog who was keeping watch over our table, so I had to take a photo:

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

What a night of excitement ... drove out to Vancouver to meet up with Lisa before heading to the local Five Point pub to watch game 5 of the Canucks/Sharks series.  Brad, Iona and Cecilia all showed up, and the pub was on fire with energy as the Canucks tied it up with mere seconds left in the 3rd period.  Finally, into double overtime, Bieksa buries the puck from the blue line to take the win!  The pub erupted into cheers and suddenly everybody in the bar were our new best friends.  On to the Stanley Cup finals! Here's Lisa and I midway through the game ... in this photo, we were still waiting for the Canucks to tie it up: