this weekend became a bit administrative... and though i fit a ton in, it didn't feel very long weekend-y. it also felt very high school-ish - walking to the grocery store in my parent's town. having sleepovers and movies in my parent's basement. lunch dates with high school friends. it was a blast from the past, that's for sure.
i'll be taking a day off in the near future to stretch out a weekend... just to get a long weekend back.
the CNE ex with dave and laurel and jeff - no baby sighting; a typical jamie work outfit, and a typical jamie weekend outfit - oh the splitscreen insanity; gettin' handsy; i'll give you four guesses (cause i'm nice like that) as to what video this is; the many hats of neal; a few drinks before an outing are rarely a bad thing; new friends on a friday; packing essentials for home; ....and by essentials, i mean trying to figure out what giant earrings to bring with (i chose 4 pairs); badass biker boy; we be gettin' pedicured - lunchin' and loungin'; how many family members does it take to figure out a smartphone?; little paisley - exhausted from the excitment of meeting new people; i assure you we're not nekked.
thursday: though it's not my custom to include thursday in my weekend posts, i was informed since i had a visitor, and had plans, it
would be a good thing. after finishing up at work, i raced home, changed, and
then headed to my friend dave's place to meet him and his (9 months pregnant) fiancée
laurel, and jeff (who go train-ed and biked to meet us) at his place. we all
walked over to the ex, where we took sweeping observations of the people around
us – while eating disgusting amounts of food. we walked amongst some of the
best looking carnie’s I’ve ever encountered, and watched a man guess the weight
of a 325lb woman (while sweating buckets). he guessed low – was probably a good
idea. once we finished up a few hours of walking around, we headed home – dave and
laurel stopping at their place, and us continuing on. got to bed fairly early,
with work in the morning.
friday: worked for the day, with a
lunch pit stop with some colleagues, and then headed home on time (madness!).
was lucky enough to have some snacks waiting for me – vegan chicken fingers are
my FAVE (i'm very lucky). then, a much needed nap, before heading out to a friend’s place for
some debauchery. we made a quick stop in at the dufferin mall – my fave hidden
gem – and abused the no frills’ frozen food section for dinner. we hopped on
the subway (reminding us both why we quit so long ago), and arrived promptly at
our friend’s place 2 hours late (apparently). Just in time for korean pop
videos on youtube. we spent the rest of the eve at his place watching music
videos on youtube (contain your jealousy), mixing up wicked combos of sparkling
juice and adult beverages, and then headed out to the pump for some empy bar
domination. had a quick drink there, and more importantly, stuffed ourselves
with middle eastern snacks on the way home – from my FAVE ghazale. all time fave. Jeff’s friend mark dropped us off
(hurrah to DDs!) and it was a quick to sleep kinda night.
saturday: woke up early and hung out for a bit – though
after a few phone calls about events from the eve before, and plans for the
day, we were up and aaround, getting groceries, and prepping breakfast. We ate
breakfast outside, with the airshow overhead (and neal telling us everything
that any normal human being would ever need to know about planes). A nice
breaky over WW2 chatter. We cleaned up, packed, and loaded the bike nito the
car, and neal, jeff and I ventured out – first to the bike zone to be fitted for a bike with some help from the wonderful (and patient) nick..... (though it was a bad bad idea to
think I could ever stop obsessing over a bike, once I rode it) and then for
some cool treats in port credit, and then back to waterdown. after dropping neal off at home,
we dropped our things off, and took a walk to the grocery store to get supplies
for homemade pad thai. we cooked, and ate, and ate, and cooked, and then shut
it down with a movie. role models. which, for those of you who haven’t seen it,
is the perfect blank out, laugh a little, and ignore common sense movie. and…
talks of whispering eyes. was in bed early – easily best night of the weekend,
which makes me kind of lame.
sunday: woke up, and after a bit of shuttling back and forth
to pick up a motorcycle, and some reading in the backyard, I met my co-jamie
for some socialite hanging out – lunch on a patio, and getting our nails did. chatted
a lot about life and the idea that things are never 100% in place – that we can
be fully satisfied people in many parts of life, but that waiting for all
things to fall into place is a long process that none of us were adequately
prepared for (do I hear the sounds of a blog entry on growing up, coming
soon?). once we were done with our pedicures and psychology session, I rushed
home to do the quickest shower change turnaround known to humans. then, met up
with jeff’s parents, and we all drove into waterloo for a birthday dinner with
his brother – who turned the ripe age of 22. I got past my university and 22
year old envy, in time to actually enjoy the meal at wildcraft (I would have
even let a uni date order for me there!), with some free champagne for the
birthday celebrations. We then had a quick visit with paisley… the new foster chihuahua
his brother has taken in. we drove home, and crashed hard after a long day.
monday: woke up pretty early, and spent the morning doing
some more shuttling – picking up clothes, dropping off motorcycles, and
checking out jeff’s parent’s new house (still not yet done). we stopped in for
lunch at montfort, and then went to my parent’s for some adequate sleeping in
the sun – the first time all weekend. then, once my parents arrived home, hung
out with them for a bit before heading out. did a lot of planning, then
cancelling, and ended up simply chatting in the car for an hour. those talks
that work best when they’re impromptu, and prompted by events rather than
forced. headed back to my parents and had some wine with the neighbours, and
then headed to bed early (for me) in anticipation of the early departure from
waterdown the next morning in time for work.
andddd it's not an exaggeration that i watched this video 4 times on friday night before going out. so worth it - i really need more backless shirts and sequin shorts in my life (birthday outfit????):
happy monday all!