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I guess part of growing up is also dreaming about new house appliances. If only I were willing to shell out $400 for a hoover vacuum cleaner. Or a roomba.
February was kind of an odd month for me -- in which I went crazy. Lots of things happened at work. My boss left. The big boss of another division of my company quit. And one of the administrator girls that I work fairly closely with also left. On top of that my one other administrator girl's father passed away so she had to fly away internationally. I had to put on a seminar for 250 people and chase off presenter's for their powerpoints. Some of which only submitted their USB drives 5 minutes before they started presenting. I also had to finish off some proposals on my own and clean up some of the administrative work. If a bid goes out for several hundreds of thousands of dollars it's more pressing than my own work. It kind of sucks because you're always waiting on managers for pricing and methods and sometimes they don't give them to you until 6pm and they know you're leaving for Vegas at 7am the next day. I also organized a Chinese New Year potluck at work. I should really take down the decorations soon.
It was stressful. But days like today where I can just have coffee and lunch meetings and come home and work in my PJs for an hour really make up for it. I really should just be grateful I have a job at all. You're not supposed to be able to find work with a B.Sc. I put in my registration for the faculty of education at the UC. I'm not sure I"ll go even if they take me. On the one hand, I still have yet to become awesome at my job. And that bothers me. I need to get better at it before I leave. I think part of getting better is taking on more projects that I'm uncomfortable with. I need to be comfortable in leadership roles. Also, I still need money to pay for rent and possibly buy a condo at some point. I want to travel yet one of time or money is always lacking. Bleh.
Vegas was a nice escape from work though. Got really hot at craps with Ed and Jesse and the bf. I think that first night I won more than I had come to Vegas with. I lost a lot of money playing Omaha. And I got super hooked on open-face Chinese poker. I still haven't been to the Rhino yet but I don't know how well I'd deal with aggressive strippers. I'd much rather they just come chat with me for a bit and then they dance for me if I like them. I'm not a boy though so I guess I a social connection isn't much of a selling point for Vegas strippers.
Lots of yummy meals in Vegas. It's almost a shame how much the food in Vegas sort of blends together. Everything is good and so nothing is remarkable. Had really good Mexican, Spanish tapas (Firefly), French Food (Mon Ami Gabi), Italian Food and yummy duck (at the Aria) panang. I think the only meal I wasn't completely happy with was the Cesar's buffet. Mostly for price point. It was $32 for lunch (which was good btw), but the buffet at Cosmo was only $22 and I liked that a lot more. And lunch should never cost $32. The gourmet Bellagio buffet is $36 and that has four types of crab, nine types of potato... and just a lot more value. I got a spiffy new wine rack at the one of the shops at the Cosmo. It's made of metals and swirly and it looks like a wine bouquet -- really pretty.
We stayed at the Paris for two nights and Mandalay Bay for two nights. I really liked Paris a lot. There are a lot of bakeries around. Still really itching to eat at the Paris buffet. I'd really like to stay at the Cosmo again sometime.
The Scrabble wasn't great -- and by that I mean I suck. Some games I just blew. Some games I really couldn't draw. I feel so handicapped sometimes. If I were better, I'd know what I'm suppose to do to overcome that. The field was a lot tougher than Calgary even though the rating wasn't all that different. I guess people in Calgary are really overrated. Looking forward to doing better in the Vancouver tournament. Although I think I'm still a little burnt out. I don't want to study for a while.
February was kind of an odd month for me -- in which I went crazy. Lots of things happened at work. My boss left. The big boss of another division of my company quit. And one of the administrator girls that I work fairly closely with also left. On top of that my one other administrator girl's father passed away so she had to fly away internationally. I had to put on a seminar for 250 people and chase off presenter's for their powerpoints. Some of which only submitted their USB drives 5 minutes before they started presenting. I also had to finish off some proposals on my own and clean up some of the administrative work. If a bid goes out for several hundreds of thousands of dollars it's more pressing than my own work. It kind of sucks because you're always waiting on managers for pricing and methods and sometimes they don't give them to you until 6pm and they know you're leaving for Vegas at 7am the next day. I also organized a Chinese New Year potluck at work. I should really take down the decorations soon.
It was stressful. But days like today where I can just have coffee and lunch meetings and come home and work in my PJs for an hour really make up for it. I really should just be grateful I have a job at all. You're not supposed to be able to find work with a B.Sc. I put in my registration for the faculty of education at the UC. I'm not sure I"ll go even if they take me. On the one hand, I still have yet to become awesome at my job. And that bothers me. I need to get better at it before I leave. I think part of getting better is taking on more projects that I'm uncomfortable with. I need to be comfortable in leadership roles. Also, I still need money to pay for rent and possibly buy a condo at some point. I want to travel yet one of time or money is always lacking. Bleh.
Vegas was a nice escape from work though. Got really hot at craps with Ed and Jesse and the bf. I think that first night I won more than I had come to Vegas with. I lost a lot of money playing Omaha. And I got super hooked on open-face Chinese poker. I still haven't been to the Rhino yet but I don't know how well I'd deal with aggressive strippers. I'd much rather they just come chat with me for a bit and then they dance for me if I like them. I'm not a boy though so I guess I a social connection isn't much of a selling point for Vegas strippers.
Lots of yummy meals in Vegas. It's almost a shame how much the food in Vegas sort of blends together. Everything is good and so nothing is remarkable. Had really good Mexican, Spanish tapas (Firefly), French Food (Mon Ami Gabi), Italian Food and yummy duck (at the Aria) panang. I think the only meal I wasn't completely happy with was the Cesar's buffet. Mostly for price point. It was $32 for lunch (which was good btw), but the buffet at Cosmo was only $22 and I liked that a lot more. And lunch should never cost $32. The gourmet Bellagio buffet is $36 and that has four types of crab, nine types of potato... and just a lot more value. I got a spiffy new wine rack at the one of the shops at the Cosmo. It's made of metals and swirly and it looks like a wine bouquet -- really pretty.
We stayed at the Paris for two nights and Mandalay Bay for two nights. I really liked Paris a lot. There are a lot of bakeries around. Still really itching to eat at the Paris buffet. I'd really like to stay at the Cosmo again sometime.
The Scrabble wasn't great -- and by that I mean I suck. Some games I just blew. Some games I really couldn't draw. I feel so handicapped sometimes. If I were better, I'd know what I'm suppose to do to overcome that. The field was a lot tougher than Calgary even though the rating wasn't all that different. I guess people in Calgary are really overrated. Looking forward to doing better in the Vancouver tournament. Although I think I'm still a little burnt out. I don't want to study for a while.