My Beautiful Kingdom
Today was a beautiful day! My week hasn’t been so hot, so I’m happy to end it on a positive note. Although my week started pretty great - Hot Marcus and I went snowboarding up at Sunshine, and it was sooooo fun!!! Just the two of us, and I’m getting way better, and it was awesome. Yup, awesome. I think maybe my favourite part was when we were way up at the top of the mountain, and we got stuck in the area full of moguls, but the light was super flat so we couldn’t see where the moguls were, and then all of a sudden this fog dropped in on us… So the sky and the snow were all the same colour, and we’re trying to ride through these moguls, but just bouncing everywhere like muppets because we couldn’t see anything, and then I got this super trippy feeling like I was floating around in space.. So we sat down and laughed and took a few selfies, and my heart felt glad. I love laughing with him.
As for the rest of my week, I got a GIGANTIC cold sore, which made me really super self conscious, and so I did my best to stay out of public all week, and it also is uncomfortable. *grrrrrrrr* I also get extremely angry whenever I get a cold sore. Thankfully Marcus has been really understanding and patient and sweet. But it still sucks. Then I realized that somehow I incorrectly booked our Vegas trip - I was looking at our departure time while making the schedule, and was all, “That’s weird, it says our return flight is on April 9, but it can’t be the 9th because that’s when the Hozier show is…” Turned out our flight was indeed on the 9th. I spent ages on the phone begging and pleading to make a change to our booking. They bent some rules and let me change it, but the “price change” was exorbitant. I have NO FREAKING CLUE how I booked it wrong in the first place, but you can bet I’ll be quadruple checking every little detail on every future booking. Ugh. Expensive mistake. It’s a good thing I have the money to cover the cost, how tragic it would have been if I didn’t. *thankful*
I also got my period, so that made me feel even grosser. And I didn’t go to yoga for over a week. Also gross. Ummm, and work has been a little stressful, including yesterday where Marcus was annoyed with something but refused to tell me what - which of course I then obsessed about for hours. Not seeing him much makes me feel a little distant, which in turn makes me anxious, and then I start to feel crazy. This whole part of new relationships, where you navigate the space, it’s kinda tough.
I did cook a lot this week. I got a new vegan cookbook that’s chock full of exciting recipes. I had Sami over for supper on Wednesday night, which was lovely. And then we went to Marcus’ championship basketball game!! His team won, and it was really cool to watch him do something he loves so much. Afterwards we went out with them for beers, and I got a little tingle when Marcus introduced me as his girlfriend. J Sam and I left before Marcus. I decided to give him a key to my place, which I placed on the bedside table - at my place - on his side of the bed. When he got home I pointed it out to him, and he was all, “Is that a key? Is that a key to your place?? Really?!?!!” Ha ha! He was so excited! And he was excited about his team winning. And then he proceeded to tell me how much his team deserved to win, with stories about every member. .. Have I mentioned how amazing this man is?!
I suppose this week wasn’t a total bust after all.
Then today, Sam wanted to go to this glassblowing thing. She invited me, but she was taking a date with her so I was undecided on whether it was something I wanted to do with my day off. But when her date bailed I didn’t hesitate to accompany her. And I’m so glad I did! The place was just a regular house in a nice suburban neighbourhood, but these three guys who call themselves Bee Kingdom (beekingdom.ca) have created this artistic collective and bought the house as a studio space. They don’t live in it (any more), so the house is show rooms and offices, while the separate garage is an incredible studio. They did a demo and it was simply amazing. Watching an extremely talented artist at work is so cool. The whole technique blows my mind, it’s so complicated and precise and intense!!!! Yet he made it look so easy, his movements were completely second nature, which obviously comes with thousands of hours of practice. Inspiring!! Plus, it feels so good to be around passionate people. And the backyard between the house and garage was sweet!!! There was a fire pit, and a little stone path, and tons of whimsical glass pieces scattered amongst the greenery and tucked into corners. I want to have cool art pieces in my yard! (I can’t wait for MY yard!!!!!)
Speaking of yards, I went and looked at a duplex with Amie this week. It was great in a lot of ways, pretty cool structure and features, but the kitchen was closed off. The living/dining space was sweet, and it would be soooooooo great if I tore the walls down and redid the kitchen. But I just don’t think I’m in the place for that kind of work or expense. *sigh* It’s too bad, because it had everything else I want, including a kind of rad wet bar downstairs - which I would not have thought I wanted, but Marcus mentioned wanting one in his house one day, and when I got past my initial hesitance about it, it’s kind of a fun feature. We’ll see…. The backyard was strange though, in that it was shared with the other half of the duplex, no dividing fence. I wasn’t sure how I felt about that, but when I told Jade about it later she responded, “It would be perfect for us!!” She and I have talked repeatedly about wanting to live on two sides of a duplex, so we can still be together, but have our own living spaces. And she’s right, a shared backyard would be perfect. Damn it, I wish I had the money to reno that place! And buy the other side! (while I’m at it…)
Back to today.. After the glassblowing demo (I also bought an art piece/vase, way cool..) it was far too nice out for us not to take advantage of it. But I wasn’t dressed for patio dwelling, so we swung by my place where I had Sam pick me and outfit - she’s the fashionista, and I felt WAY better once she got me dressed (black, flowered, short, flowing dress, tall brown boots, jean jacket, fishtail braid..). We headed down to 17th Ave and found ourselves a little piece of bench to hang out on. We had some cider and some great conversation, I said hi to a few friends who passed by, we enjoyed the sun, and being part of the young, hip crowd.
We then wandered down the street into Bali & Beyond, where I drooled over the beautiful wood kitchen tables, and where we crawled into a lounge bed - and I vowed to have one one day, where unspeakable but amazing things would occur. Ha! Then we checked out a market downstairs. And then continued on our way, ending up at Bourdeaux, a new bakery and restaurant that has absolutely STUNNING food. Seriously, every item in the glass cases is a work of art. We got a couple of things to share, and I swear I never knew a ham and cheese croissant could taste like that! What a perfect addition to our perfect afternoon.
I dropped her off, then popped into Wild Rose because I wanted to see Marcus. And kind of wanted to be seen by him, looking good in my spring outfit. But as I pulled up I suddenly had a feeling it wasn’t a good idea, and it wasn’t, really. Not that it was terrible, but he was in work mode and only talked about work things and it just kind of stressed me out and brought me down from my high. Jade messaged that she wanted to go to yoga, so it gave me an excuse to leave pretty quickly.
I had some trepidation about hitting Dan’s class after not yoga-ing for over a week, but it wasn’t a particularly hard class (for Dan), and sometimes I find that my flexibility is much better after a rest period, so that was good. Although my strength and endurance aren’t as good. Oh well, those will return. I felt great during and after class, and of course was shaking my head at my own extended absence from something I enjoy so much. Although sometimes you just have to listen to your body, and my body simply wasn’t having yoga this week. *shrug* It’s time to get serious now though, we’ve got Vegas in 8 sleeps!!!!!
I know our trip is going to be a lot of fun, but I want to focus this week on what I want to get out of it, how I want to feel, how I want to remember it later - because I know it will go by so quickly, and it’s important to me that Marcus and I have some wicked adventures and create some exciting memories.
Kelsi came over tonight, and us sister’s had some time alone together, which was fun. We ate fresh sourdough from Bourdeaux, dipped in oil and vinegar. Played Crib. Laughed at totally ridiculous things. We’re little weirdos sometimes, and it felt great.’’ And my Hot Marcus should be finishing work momentarily, I can’t wait to get to his place, curl up on his couch, and I really want to rub his feet tonight. I love him, I really do. I feel so lucky, and blessed, and happy, and comfortable… When it works it works, and he and I work. <3
As for the rest of my week, I got a GIGANTIC cold sore, which made me really super self conscious, and so I did my best to stay out of public all week, and it also is uncomfortable. *grrrrrrrr* I also get extremely angry whenever I get a cold sore. Thankfully Marcus has been really understanding and patient and sweet. But it still sucks. Then I realized that somehow I incorrectly booked our Vegas trip - I was looking at our departure time while making the schedule, and was all, “That’s weird, it says our return flight is on April 9, but it can’t be the 9th because that’s when the Hozier show is…” Turned out our flight was indeed on the 9th. I spent ages on the phone begging and pleading to make a change to our booking. They bent some rules and let me change it, but the “price change” was exorbitant. I have NO FREAKING CLUE how I booked it wrong in the first place, but you can bet I’ll be quadruple checking every little detail on every future booking. Ugh. Expensive mistake. It’s a good thing I have the money to cover the cost, how tragic it would have been if I didn’t. *thankful*
I also got my period, so that made me feel even grosser. And I didn’t go to yoga for over a week. Also gross. Ummm, and work has been a little stressful, including yesterday where Marcus was annoyed with something but refused to tell me what - which of course I then obsessed about for hours. Not seeing him much makes me feel a little distant, which in turn makes me anxious, and then I start to feel crazy. This whole part of new relationships, where you navigate the space, it’s kinda tough.
I did cook a lot this week. I got a new vegan cookbook that’s chock full of exciting recipes. I had Sami over for supper on Wednesday night, which was lovely. And then we went to Marcus’ championship basketball game!! His team won, and it was really cool to watch him do something he loves so much. Afterwards we went out with them for beers, and I got a little tingle when Marcus introduced me as his girlfriend. J Sam and I left before Marcus. I decided to give him a key to my place, which I placed on the bedside table - at my place - on his side of the bed. When he got home I pointed it out to him, and he was all, “Is that a key? Is that a key to your place?? Really?!?!!” Ha ha! He was so excited! And he was excited about his team winning. And then he proceeded to tell me how much his team deserved to win, with stories about every member. .. Have I mentioned how amazing this man is?!
I suppose this week wasn’t a total bust after all.
Then today, Sam wanted to go to this glassblowing thing. She invited me, but she was taking a date with her so I was undecided on whether it was something I wanted to do with my day off. But when her date bailed I didn’t hesitate to accompany her. And I’m so glad I did! The place was just a regular house in a nice suburban neighbourhood, but these three guys who call themselves Bee Kingdom (beekingdom.ca) have created this artistic collective and bought the house as a studio space. They don’t live in it (any more), so the house is show rooms and offices, while the separate garage is an incredible studio. They did a demo and it was simply amazing. Watching an extremely talented artist at work is so cool. The whole technique blows my mind, it’s so complicated and precise and intense!!!! Yet he made it look so easy, his movements were completely second nature, which obviously comes with thousands of hours of practice. Inspiring!! Plus, it feels so good to be around passionate people. And the backyard between the house and garage was sweet!!! There was a fire pit, and a little stone path, and tons of whimsical glass pieces scattered amongst the greenery and tucked into corners. I want to have cool art pieces in my yard! (I can’t wait for MY yard!!!!!)
Speaking of yards, I went and looked at a duplex with Amie this week. It was great in a lot of ways, pretty cool structure and features, but the kitchen was closed off. The living/dining space was sweet, and it would be soooooooo great if I tore the walls down and redid the kitchen. But I just don’t think I’m in the place for that kind of work or expense. *sigh* It’s too bad, because it had everything else I want, including a kind of rad wet bar downstairs - which I would not have thought I wanted, but Marcus mentioned wanting one in his house one day, and when I got past my initial hesitance about it, it’s kind of a fun feature. We’ll see…. The backyard was strange though, in that it was shared with the other half of the duplex, no dividing fence. I wasn’t sure how I felt about that, but when I told Jade about it later she responded, “It would be perfect for us!!” She and I have talked repeatedly about wanting to live on two sides of a duplex, so we can still be together, but have our own living spaces. And she’s right, a shared backyard would be perfect. Damn it, I wish I had the money to reno that place! And buy the other side! (while I’m at it…)
Back to today.. After the glassblowing demo (I also bought an art piece/vase, way cool..) it was far too nice out for us not to take advantage of it. But I wasn’t dressed for patio dwelling, so we swung by my place where I had Sam pick me and outfit - she’s the fashionista, and I felt WAY better once she got me dressed (black, flowered, short, flowing dress, tall brown boots, jean jacket, fishtail braid..). We headed down to 17th Ave and found ourselves a little piece of bench to hang out on. We had some cider and some great conversation, I said hi to a few friends who passed by, we enjoyed the sun, and being part of the young, hip crowd.
We then wandered down the street into Bali & Beyond, where I drooled over the beautiful wood kitchen tables, and where we crawled into a lounge bed - and I vowed to have one one day, where unspeakable but amazing things would occur. Ha! Then we checked out a market downstairs. And then continued on our way, ending up at Bourdeaux, a new bakery and restaurant that has absolutely STUNNING food. Seriously, every item in the glass cases is a work of art. We got a couple of things to share, and I swear I never knew a ham and cheese croissant could taste like that! What a perfect addition to our perfect afternoon.
I dropped her off, then popped into Wild Rose because I wanted to see Marcus. And kind of wanted to be seen by him, looking good in my spring outfit. But as I pulled up I suddenly had a feeling it wasn’t a good idea, and it wasn’t, really. Not that it was terrible, but he was in work mode and only talked about work things and it just kind of stressed me out and brought me down from my high. Jade messaged that she wanted to go to yoga, so it gave me an excuse to leave pretty quickly.
I had some trepidation about hitting Dan’s class after not yoga-ing for over a week, but it wasn’t a particularly hard class (for Dan), and sometimes I find that my flexibility is much better after a rest period, so that was good. Although my strength and endurance aren’t as good. Oh well, those will return. I felt great during and after class, and of course was shaking my head at my own extended absence from something I enjoy so much. Although sometimes you just have to listen to your body, and my body simply wasn’t having yoga this week. *shrug* It’s time to get serious now though, we’ve got Vegas in 8 sleeps!!!!!
I know our trip is going to be a lot of fun, but I want to focus this week on what I want to get out of it, how I want to feel, how I want to remember it later - because I know it will go by so quickly, and it’s important to me that Marcus and I have some wicked adventures and create some exciting memories.
Kelsi came over tonight, and us sister’s had some time alone together, which was fun. We ate fresh sourdough from Bourdeaux, dipped in oil and vinegar. Played Crib. Laughed at totally ridiculous things. We’re little weirdos sometimes, and it felt great.’’ And my Hot Marcus should be finishing work momentarily, I can’t wait to get to his place, curl up on his couch, and I really want to rub his feet tonight. I love him, I really do. I feel so lucky, and blessed, and happy, and comfortable… When it works it works, and he and I work. <3