the weekend
for something that was going to be a low-key, nothing planned sort of event, cale's birthday ended up being the party of the century. ha. i always say that i won the boyfriend lottery, but this weekend i'm pretty sure that the World's Best Girlfriend award is going to yours truly.
i secretly coerced his mom and brother into coming down for the weekend without letting cale know. he thought that we were in for a night of board games and drinking with my mom and sister, when low and behold Jerred came into the backyard followed by his girlfriend and their mama. ha. he figured that was surprise enough BUT then OTHER PEOPLE started to show up until we had a full blown shin dig on our hands. :D
it was a ton of fun. cale was ridiculously drunk. i have bruises on my shoulders from holding him up, but it was completely worth it. he was definitely appreciative and i'm super grateful to everyone who made it. :) i'm sure you've noticed that the pictures are on facebook and the video is COMING SOON!
there was no throwing up, the next day he just had a little gut rot, so instead of going to the Space Centre as planned we hung out in the back yard, soaked up the sun, and enjoyed each others' company. His mom and brother were staying until Monday so we just hung out, played a few board games and cale got to open his gifts. (dane cook tickets from me, plus a new rear-view mirror and air freshener for his car, a steering wheel cover from my mom, lots of alcohol from our pals and chocolate from dan, a camera tripod and some other goodies from his family and of course, a home-made chocolate chocolate cake. that's right...TWO chocolates. :D)
at 10pm we decided to check out FAST AND FURIOUS because what's better on your birthday than ass montages and cars? Ha! I'm not kidding. there must have been 10 montages featuring rap music and nothing but asses, usually finishing with a girl on girl threesome. (where do these happen? seriously? i've never seen three girls try to make out with one another unless the following ingredients were involved: a lot of alcohol, a lot of illegal drugs, and really unattractive women.) the plot is that vin diesel is GETTING REVENGE on the people who killed his girlfriend, but he gets so many girls in this movie that one has to wonder if he even remembers her name.
i drifted off a little during the movie. (too much ass to handle that late at night. lol.) but i was awake for the important parts. i hadn't been feeling too well all weekend and completely forgot that i needed to be up at 5:30am for work, so decided to call in sick. i still had to wake up early because there's no answering machine at work, but it was worth it for the 3 extra hours of sleep i got. i'm still not 100% but it's the last official day of classes for me today so i'm sucking it up.
cale pre-emptively called in sick while he was drunk saturday night so we said goodbye to his family after having breakfast at De Dutch and then sat around in the sun for a bit working on our tans. cale fell asleep and i caught up on my comics (i'm ready for more Cam!!) until we left to go see Janet and Ross in their new apartment! (which i looooooove. so many closets!!!!)
we played a sweet board game which cale and i won since we're the Dream Team. ha. then janet made us a delicious dinner and we gossiped for a million hours until it was time to go home. they're a fantastic couple so we've got it marked down on the white board to be friends with them forever. thumbs up. ha. their wedding in june is going to be a blast. i'm really looking forward to it.
we also decided that we're going to try to attend my cousin's 25th birthday on june 13th. we're going to saskatchewan in the summer anyway so that cale can meet my family and hopefully not be completely overwhelmed (there's a lot of them) so we're going to time it so that we're there for her party. :) i haven't celebrated her birthday WITH her since she was here one summer when we were 12 or 13 and i got her a dolphin ring. ha. that should definitely be fun.
i'm ALSO excited because we're trying to get a surfing trip to Tofino together. I've never been surfing OR to Tofino so i'm super jazzed. i've been trying to go every year for the last 5 years but none of my friends ever seem too into it. LUCKILY all of cale's pals are pretty much up for anything as long as the sun, the beach, and sports are involved. ha. so hopefully this is the year it's finally going to happen for me!
and in July we'll be heading back to Nelson (i was there last year) to see my cousin Travis and catch up with some of my other extended family. nelson is BEAUTIFUL and i had such a great time last time i went. hiking and the hot springs. mmmm. cale's definitely going to love the glacier pool at the hot springs. i think he drooled a little when i told him about it.
i have one paper due on Thursday (not started so far but not too hard. it's on the impressionists.) and one on Monday. (also not started, and a little trickier. my prof is a tough marker but i usually pass on the essay front. i figure i'll pull off at least a C+ in her class, although i was aiming for something in the B's. if i pull up my socks for this essay i can probably do it but i can already feel myself sliding into summer mode. i'm more focused on studying for finals than i am for writing these papers so hopefully they're passable. that's all i'm asking for.) Then 4 exams in a row and my summer FINALLY begins!
i can't believe i'm actually looking forward to working as much as possible! pay off some credit card debt, go on some trips, save up for text books, and before i know it i'll be back in school. i was planning on taking some classes this summer, since i need 13 more to graduate, but i couldn't get the funding because of work cutting back hours so i'll have to take them next summer, or try to do correspondents through another school. i'm looking into my options. that's for sure. although i still haven't made an appointment with the school counselor. :( i'm always so intimidated by them. it's totally ridiculous. i'm a grown-up. i shouldn't need someone to hold my hand for things like these. but i still wish someone would. ugh.
AND...if things go according to plan, I'll be graduating with my Bachelor of Arts in Art History by the end of June 2010!!! YAY! Then I can start the Library Sciences program in September and FINALLY be doing something RELEVANT to my desired career! HOORAH! Ha. I just have to pull up my grades a little next year (should be easy. i left all the easy classes until the end. except for my 400 level seminar, but i only need one of those. YES!) and then i'll officially no longer be in school. what a dream. ha.
i have to keep working towards my goal because i told cale that if he stuck it out with me through my poverty ridden years that i would help him purchase the Tesla Model S coming out in 2011. in white...of course. ;)
<3
-stacey
"Get dirty all night, that’s part of my thing
Keep building castles that’s made out of sand
She’s amazing, the fire blazing
Hotter than Cajun
Girl won’t you move a lil closer?
Time to get paid, it’s maximum wage
That body belong on a poster
I’m in a daze, that bottom is wavin’ at me
Like da** it, I know you
You wanna show like a gun out of holster
Tell me whatever and I’ll be your roper"
i secretly coerced his mom and brother into coming down for the weekend without letting cale know. he thought that we were in for a night of board games and drinking with my mom and sister, when low and behold Jerred came into the backyard followed by his girlfriend and their mama. ha. he figured that was surprise enough BUT then OTHER PEOPLE started to show up until we had a full blown shin dig on our hands. :D
it was a ton of fun. cale was ridiculously drunk. i have bruises on my shoulders from holding him up, but it was completely worth it. he was definitely appreciative and i'm super grateful to everyone who made it. :) i'm sure you've noticed that the pictures are on facebook and the video is COMING SOON!
there was no throwing up, the next day he just had a little gut rot, so instead of going to the Space Centre as planned we hung out in the back yard, soaked up the sun, and enjoyed each others' company. His mom and brother were staying until Monday so we just hung out, played a few board games and cale got to open his gifts. (dane cook tickets from me, plus a new rear-view mirror and air freshener for his car, a steering wheel cover from my mom, lots of alcohol from our pals and chocolate from dan, a camera tripod and some other goodies from his family and of course, a home-made chocolate chocolate cake. that's right...TWO chocolates. :D)
at 10pm we decided to check out FAST AND FURIOUS because what's better on your birthday than ass montages and cars? Ha! I'm not kidding. there must have been 10 montages featuring rap music and nothing but asses, usually finishing with a girl on girl threesome. (where do these happen? seriously? i've never seen three girls try to make out with one another unless the following ingredients were involved: a lot of alcohol, a lot of illegal drugs, and really unattractive women.) the plot is that vin diesel is GETTING REVENGE on the people who killed his girlfriend, but he gets so many girls in this movie that one has to wonder if he even remembers her name.
i drifted off a little during the movie. (too much ass to handle that late at night. lol.) but i was awake for the important parts. i hadn't been feeling too well all weekend and completely forgot that i needed to be up at 5:30am for work, so decided to call in sick. i still had to wake up early because there's no answering machine at work, but it was worth it for the 3 extra hours of sleep i got. i'm still not 100% but it's the last official day of classes for me today so i'm sucking it up.
cale pre-emptively called in sick while he was drunk saturday night so we said goodbye to his family after having breakfast at De Dutch and then sat around in the sun for a bit working on our tans. cale fell asleep and i caught up on my comics (i'm ready for more Cam!!) until we left to go see Janet and Ross in their new apartment! (which i looooooove. so many closets!!!!)
we played a sweet board game which cale and i won since we're the Dream Team. ha. then janet made us a delicious dinner and we gossiped for a million hours until it was time to go home. they're a fantastic couple so we've got it marked down on the white board to be friends with them forever. thumbs up. ha. their wedding in june is going to be a blast. i'm really looking forward to it.
we also decided that we're going to try to attend my cousin's 25th birthday on june 13th. we're going to saskatchewan in the summer anyway so that cale can meet my family and hopefully not be completely overwhelmed (there's a lot of them) so we're going to time it so that we're there for her party. :) i haven't celebrated her birthday WITH her since she was here one summer when we were 12 or 13 and i got her a dolphin ring. ha. that should definitely be fun.
i'm ALSO excited because we're trying to get a surfing trip to Tofino together. I've never been surfing OR to Tofino so i'm super jazzed. i've been trying to go every year for the last 5 years but none of my friends ever seem too into it. LUCKILY all of cale's pals are pretty much up for anything as long as the sun, the beach, and sports are involved. ha. so hopefully this is the year it's finally going to happen for me!
and in July we'll be heading back to Nelson (i was there last year) to see my cousin Travis and catch up with some of my other extended family. nelson is BEAUTIFUL and i had such a great time last time i went. hiking and the hot springs. mmmm. cale's definitely going to love the glacier pool at the hot springs. i think he drooled a little when i told him about it.
i have one paper due on Thursday (not started so far but not too hard. it's on the impressionists.) and one on Monday. (also not started, and a little trickier. my prof is a tough marker but i usually pass on the essay front. i figure i'll pull off at least a C+ in her class, although i was aiming for something in the B's. if i pull up my socks for this essay i can probably do it but i can already feel myself sliding into summer mode. i'm more focused on studying for finals than i am for writing these papers so hopefully they're passable. that's all i'm asking for.) Then 4 exams in a row and my summer FINALLY begins!
i can't believe i'm actually looking forward to working as much as possible! pay off some credit card debt, go on some trips, save up for text books, and before i know it i'll be back in school. i was planning on taking some classes this summer, since i need 13 more to graduate, but i couldn't get the funding because of work cutting back hours so i'll have to take them next summer, or try to do correspondents through another school. i'm looking into my options. that's for sure. although i still haven't made an appointment with the school counselor. :( i'm always so intimidated by them. it's totally ridiculous. i'm a grown-up. i shouldn't need someone to hold my hand for things like these. but i still wish someone would. ugh.
AND...if things go according to plan, I'll be graduating with my Bachelor of Arts in Art History by the end of June 2010!!! YAY! Then I can start the Library Sciences program in September and FINALLY be doing something RELEVANT to my desired career! HOORAH! Ha. I just have to pull up my grades a little next year (should be easy. i left all the easy classes until the end. except for my 400 level seminar, but i only need one of those. YES!) and then i'll officially no longer be in school. what a dream. ha.
i have to keep working towards my goal because i told cale that if he stuck it out with me through my poverty ridden years that i would help him purchase the Tesla Model S coming out in 2011. in white...of course. ;)
<3
-stacey
"Get dirty all night, that’s part of my thing
Keep building castles that’s made out of sand
She’s amazing, the fire blazing
Hotter than Cajun
Girl won’t you move a lil closer?
Time to get paid, it’s maximum wage
That body belong on a poster
I’m in a daze, that bottom is wavin’ at me
Like da** it, I know you
You wanna show like a gun out of holster
Tell me whatever and I’ll be your roper"