Day 1
I went out with Amanda and her friend Francine last night for a few beers. Then we smoked some joints and ordered take out. Made a complete ass of myself in the take out place. fun times.
I was supposed to leave Placentia at 10:30 this morning. After coming home and eating my take out, i smoked another joint and had a few drinks. I woke up at 10:15 this morning. My bag wasn't packed. I showered while mom did all that, got to the airport for like 12:15, we made good time. My big suitcase was too heavy, but luckily a girl I used to work with now works for WestJet and she let me put it on anyway, and didnt charge me anything :) Im just wondering how I'm gonna get it home now.. Anyway, I go upstairs and get online (you have to go past security to get to the wireless access) and start chatting till my flight boards. Had a great chat with Mark/texts, then they announce something I didn't catch about my flight.. All I could gather was that the plane was not going to be making one of the stops it was supposed to (it was going from NL to Calgary, making 3 or 4 stops along the way). Turns out it wasn't my stop, so it was ok (for me). However, because we wouldnt be stopping in Halifax now, our flight was delayed for an hour so that we'd still arrive at the same time.
This was the first annoyance.
I got on the plane and had a few drinks, which on a plane is like having a lot more. So I was feelin great as I half-staggered off the plane. I find out there is no longer a smoking section at Pearson (I think there was the last time I was there). Annoyance number two. So I go looking for a place to smoke, when someone comes on the speakers asking me to go to some random gate.. I go there, where I'm informed that my connecting flight to Montreal has been cancelled. *very annoyed here*
So I get another flight, its like an hour later than mine was supposed to be, not a big deal. But by now I'm just not in a very good mood.
Raymond picked me up at the airport in Montreal and we drove to Sherbrooke. First time I've ever really talked to him for any more than two or three minutes.
We got to the hotel and I figured for sure something was gonna be messed up with my reservation or room, but I was pleasantly surprised. My room is nice, the bed is sooo comfortable, the curtains are ugly, but I can get past that. I can smoke in here, which is great cause I'm on the 8th floor and its not as warm here as it is back home. Because we have a corporate rate, the room also includes free wireless internet (it would have cost me like $10/day if not), but it wouldn't work. So I call the front desk (the man down there and I are on a first name basis now) and he tells me that because I have a mac, I need to download Firefox in order to get to connect to the hotels network.. How do I do that when I can't get on to the internet? Anyway, to make a long boring story short, I did it. So I'm online here :)
Room service closes early on Sundays, so that was ruled out. I managed to find some pot here though, so I needed food. Thank God Walter and his female friend were here (she speaks french). She ordered a pizza for me, then they took off shortly thereafter. I realized after I smoked the joint, that I couldn't remember how much the pizza cost and that the guy delivering it wouldn't speak English (no one here does).. But I got that taken care of too. Go me!
I missed Desperate Housewives, and Josh informs me that it was very very good. I tried to download the torrent but I couldn't get it. That's my mission for tomorrow.
Oh and I also found out tonight that the class I thought I was supposed to be sitting in on tomorrow, I'll actually be teaching. Ive never seen the program before. I was gonna go to the gym and pool here at the hotel tomorrow morning, but now I have to go in and get my act together.. Really didn't like finding that out.
I'm not homesick or anything, I just wish I was there.
I was supposed to leave Placentia at 10:30 this morning. After coming home and eating my take out, i smoked another joint and had a few drinks. I woke up at 10:15 this morning. My bag wasn't packed. I showered while mom did all that, got to the airport for like 12:15, we made good time. My big suitcase was too heavy, but luckily a girl I used to work with now works for WestJet and she let me put it on anyway, and didnt charge me anything :) Im just wondering how I'm gonna get it home now.. Anyway, I go upstairs and get online (you have to go past security to get to the wireless access) and start chatting till my flight boards. Had a great chat with Mark/texts, then they announce something I didn't catch about my flight.. All I could gather was that the plane was not going to be making one of the stops it was supposed to (it was going from NL to Calgary, making 3 or 4 stops along the way). Turns out it wasn't my stop, so it was ok (for me). However, because we wouldnt be stopping in Halifax now, our flight was delayed for an hour so that we'd still arrive at the same time.
This was the first annoyance.
I got on the plane and had a few drinks, which on a plane is like having a lot more. So I was feelin great as I half-staggered off the plane. I find out there is no longer a smoking section at Pearson (I think there was the last time I was there). Annoyance number two. So I go looking for a place to smoke, when someone comes on the speakers asking me to go to some random gate.. I go there, where I'm informed that my connecting flight to Montreal has been cancelled. *very annoyed here*
So I get another flight, its like an hour later than mine was supposed to be, not a big deal. But by now I'm just not in a very good mood.
Raymond picked me up at the airport in Montreal and we drove to Sherbrooke. First time I've ever really talked to him for any more than two or three minutes.
We got to the hotel and I figured for sure something was gonna be messed up with my reservation or room, but I was pleasantly surprised. My room is nice, the bed is sooo comfortable, the curtains are ugly, but I can get past that. I can smoke in here, which is great cause I'm on the 8th floor and its not as warm here as it is back home. Because we have a corporate rate, the room also includes free wireless internet (it would have cost me like $10/day if not), but it wouldn't work. So I call the front desk (the man down there and I are on a first name basis now) and he tells me that because I have a mac, I need to download Firefox in order to get to connect to the hotels network.. How do I do that when I can't get on to the internet? Anyway, to make a long boring story short, I did it. So I'm online here :)
Room service closes early on Sundays, so that was ruled out. I managed to find some pot here though, so I needed food. Thank God Walter and his female friend were here (she speaks french). She ordered a pizza for me, then they took off shortly thereafter. I realized after I smoked the joint, that I couldn't remember how much the pizza cost and that the guy delivering it wouldn't speak English (no one here does).. But I got that taken care of too. Go me!
I missed Desperate Housewives, and Josh informs me that it was very very good. I tried to download the torrent but I couldn't get it. That's my mission for tomorrow.
Oh and I also found out tonight that the class I thought I was supposed to be sitting in on tomorrow, I'll actually be teaching. Ive never seen the program before. I was gonna go to the gym and pool here at the hotel tomorrow morning, but now I have to go in and get my act together.. Really didn't like finding that out.
I'm not homesick or anything, I just wish I was there.