Hello again
Ok, I've decided to briefly detail the birthday and boyfriend entries, and also combine them because.. well because i feel like it.
BIRTHDAY/BOYFRIEND
So my birthday was niiiiice. It was a thursday.. But to avoid the which-parent-gets-me-on-my-birthday dilemma, neither did! That may sound harsh, but I really didnt' want to choose. Put yourself in my position.. you wouldn't want to choose either.. at least not for the first bday since the split. Anyway the day before (june 2) I went down to my mom's for dinner, and two of my aunts came. One brought the promised strawberry heaven dessert (i just named it right now) that I not so subtley hinted at her to make a month before when I first had it. The other one had too much wine, much too quickly, but it was fun.. had homemade lasagna, salad and fresh bread. Came home a while later b/c i had to work in the morning. Thursday (birthday) I went to work, co workers bought me lunch, and surprised me with a gigantic white chocolate cake, which i shared like a good little girl. Then, I came home and quickly showered and changed because Dave was coming to take me out on the town. Enter wonderful boyfriend: He called when he was 5 mins away and told me to wait outside in the driveway. He said "you HAVE to be outside.. no excuses, so be ready!! Make sure you're outside!!!" Sooooo I got all ready and waited in the driveway.. when he pulled up, he motioned to me from his car to move into the middle of the driveway (because i was standing on the rocks at first) so move I did. He steps out of the car, tells me to cover my eyes, and then when I uncovered, he was standing in front of me with a gigantic bouquet of blue flowers, because blue is my favourite colour. He even threw in a couple blue flowers that had little yellow stripes on them "because you like Ikea". After I put them in water, I came back out and got in the car to find a big blue stuffed dolphin sitting in my seat. The cute part is that a few weeks before my bday we were in Toys R Us on a mission to find him transformers, but I had stopped in the "girl section" to play with stuffed animals, and immediately fell in love with the dolphin. But after I put it down I forgot about it, so it was very nice to see my little friend again! Anyway, he told me Happy birthday and pulled out of my driveway.. so we start chatting, and he asked how many beats cds i have.. (i had 5.. they're called Beats 1, Beats 2, etc etc.
Anyway, I told him I had 5.. and he said "no you have 6" and i said "no trust me i have 5" and he said "bella you have 6" and he opened the glove box and handed me "beats 6" (titled for me and everything) of all of these amazing songs that i never would have found on my own. So he was right after all..sneaky.
Anyway I was a very happy girl, but then to make sure, he took me to the outback for dinner and then we took a drive down to st. clair and he took me to this amazing italian ice cream parlour.. Go to it. It's called La Paloma. GO. Anyway after ice cream we were definitely full, so we took a walk along st clair for half an hour or so before coming back here to relax and digest. It was probably the best birthday I've ever had! So then friday was work and then baseball, and then after my game we all went back to the Hare for some bday drinks (where they had signs put up ahead of time (which i didn't even notice until they were pointed out to me (even though i walked right past 2 of them))). I had also invited others to come and have a drink, so all my roomies showed up, plus andrea, jenn and lauren.. and liona even stopped by to say HB on her way downtown! So that was nice. Anyway it was a fun bday.
Alright.. now back everything else. Here's a few important updates
June 4th - At the Hare, found out from Jaimie that a girl she knew got rejected from U of T and Mac, after writing the CAP and going to the interview, respectively. So we officially adopted the slogan "no news is good news" because we knew the acceptances weren't being mailed out until June 15th
June 11 - I graduated with distinction, so that was fun.. the ceremony wasn't as long and boring as I expected it to be, although the actual day (including travel) spanned from 10am to 9pm (I decided not to stay in london for the night.. too much hassle.. plus I wanted to play in my baseball game.. which i made it to with one minute to spare)
June 15th - I freak out and pray a lot
June 16th - My dad calls me while I'm at work, but I don't see the missed call until my lunch break. I notice that he called at 10:30, which is right around when our mail comes. *katey's mind (and stomach) starts to turn* I obsessively call him over and over, alternating between his cell, and the house line (he was on vacation so i knew he wasn't at work) but he wasn't answering. Between calls, and while I'm dialing, I ask my coworker frantically if mail can arrive the next day if mailed from the same city. She says yes it happens all the time. I freak out more and keep dialing. FINALLY he answers his cell, so I walked away from everyone and sat on the curb in the back of the yard for the convo:
Dad: Helloooo?
Katey: DAD! Did you call me?
D: Yes..
K: Well why did you call?
D: I called to see how you were feeling (i'd been sick the past 2 days)
K: Ohhhh.. unh. I'm fine. I feel ok.
D: Good.. well i'm glad you're feeling better then.
K: You're freaking me out. I thought you were calling because there was some mail for me
D: Well that too
K: DAD! From U of T???
D: And...?
K: Mac?!
D: Yep.. (i can hear him smiling)
K: BIG OR LITTLE??
D: They're both big! (smiles louder)
K: OPEN U of T!!
D: No... Kate I can't do that, you have to open your own mail. That's illegal you know..
K: Daaaadddd just open it! Or no, bring it here!
D: No kate you have to wait until you get home.. because you won't want to work for the afternoon
K: Dad come ON! I'm on my lunch break, and you're 5 minutes away on vacation! PLEASE!
D: Ok, alright, calm down.. but do you want to know what happened this morning?
K: What? Ok what happened
D: Well the phone rang, and I answered it, and the woman asked if Kathryn Smith was home. I told her 'no sorry, she's at work right now'. And then she said "Oh, well this is so-and-so from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and I'm just calling to Congratulate...
K: I GOT IN??????
D: ...Kathryn on being accepted to the Masters of Science in Physical Therapy program for this september.
K: I GOT IN!!
D: You got in! Congratulations!
*fastforward through my happy crying, which was triggered by the word "congratulations", and my dad's futile efforts to stop the tears over the phone*
Once I got myself under control enough to talk again, I made him bring me both envelopes because I had to see it for myself. While I was waiting for him, I called my mom and I had to tell her secretary that it was urgent. She told me as soon as I got any news to call her and tell the secretary that... that way she'd know it was about school. Anyway, Andrea the secretary comes back on the line and says "ok i gave her the message, please hold".. a few minutes later, my mom comes on the phone and says that it better be good because she just kicked the minister off the phone for me. HA! Anyway all I could muster was "i got in!" and then we both started crying all over again.. and laughing at the same time. Anyway, my dad showed up, I read my letters, cried a little more, (i think he almost cried too b/c he just kept hugging me and saying "god bless ya sweetheart") and then called my brother before heading back off to work. My bro called me back later to congratulate me again, and he was like "You can't stop smiling, can you?" and i told him I couldn't.. i was driving the mower around smiling like an idiot and people walking by were looking at me really weird, and i just did NOT CARE! Cloud nine. Graham laughed hard at that.
Anyway, after hearing that I got in to U of T, that's all that mattered to me. (Although, out of curiousity.. i had to open Mac.. got in there too)
Throughout the afternoon, I frantically call Jaimie's apartment and cell to see if she got mail.. she wanted U of T just as badly as I did. Anyway, she doesn't answer so i left messages on both saying that I got my magic letter and I hope she had good news for me. Anyway.. after work I hunted Dave down to tell him next but he was tied up until later that night, so I met up with amanda to kill some time. Finally around 4:30 I saw a missed call from her Jaimie's.. check messages.. it's Derek, sounding downright giddy.. "Hiiii katey it's DEREK!! I got your message, and I just wanted to tell you that if you give me a call back, I can help you out with ANNNNNY information you need!! Ok, call me backk!!!" So of course, I immediately call them back and Derek informs me that she's in to U of T, Mac, and Queens, but that she was at work (2 hours late, because she was sitting around waiting for mail!) so she'd call me later. Anyway, that was probably the most exciting and stress relieving day i've had in... 2 years. YEAHHHHHHHH!
and: I'm proud of me and Jaimie because only 80 people got in out of 700+ that applied.. represent ERINGATE! So now, after starting school together years and years ago.. the Former Tuss and Myself will end it together too. !!
June 17th - got my acceptance from Western, nothing from Queens yet
June 18th - Me and Dave - One Year and Ten Months cept this time we forgot about it until an hour after it ended. Oops.
I think that's a good place to end. Because I want to watch the simple life 2 and newlyweds. Oh yeah, p.s. I'm sick so i've been basically watching reality tv all week long. Last nite: big brother 5, amazing race, and some of outback jack.
Tonight: Idol, simple life, and newlyweds, and then sex and the city. and then hopefully I will fall asleep for my strenuous job. That's sarcastic, and will be explained tomorrow, hopefully.
Here's a simple life quote to end the e-night:
Nicole: "how old are you"
Teenaged backwoods pimply hick: "seventeen"
Nicole: "do you love it?"
HAHAHAHA!!!
BIRTHDAY/BOYFRIEND
So my birthday was niiiiice. It was a thursday.. But to avoid the which-parent-gets-me-on-my-birthday dilemma, neither did! That may sound harsh, but I really didnt' want to choose. Put yourself in my position.. you wouldn't want to choose either.. at least not for the first bday since the split. Anyway the day before (june 2) I went down to my mom's for dinner, and two of my aunts came. One brought the promised strawberry heaven dessert (i just named it right now) that I not so subtley hinted at her to make a month before when I first had it. The other one had too much wine, much too quickly, but it was fun.. had homemade lasagna, salad and fresh bread. Came home a while later b/c i had to work in the morning. Thursday (birthday) I went to work, co workers bought me lunch, and surprised me with a gigantic white chocolate cake, which i shared like a good little girl. Then, I came home and quickly showered and changed because Dave was coming to take me out on the town. Enter wonderful boyfriend: He called when he was 5 mins away and told me to wait outside in the driveway. He said "you HAVE to be outside.. no excuses, so be ready!! Make sure you're outside!!!" Sooooo I got all ready and waited in the driveway.. when he pulled up, he motioned to me from his car to move into the middle of the driveway (because i was standing on the rocks at first) so move I did. He steps out of the car, tells me to cover my eyes, and then when I uncovered, he was standing in front of me with a gigantic bouquet of blue flowers, because blue is my favourite colour. He even threw in a couple blue flowers that had little yellow stripes on them "because you like Ikea". After I put them in water, I came back out and got in the car to find a big blue stuffed dolphin sitting in my seat. The cute part is that a few weeks before my bday we were in Toys R Us on a mission to find him transformers, but I had stopped in the "girl section" to play with stuffed animals, and immediately fell in love with the dolphin. But after I put it down I forgot about it, so it was very nice to see my little friend again! Anyway, he told me Happy birthday and pulled out of my driveway.. so we start chatting, and he asked how many beats cds i have.. (i had 5.. they're called Beats 1, Beats 2, etc etc.
Anyway, I told him I had 5.. and he said "no you have 6" and i said "no trust me i have 5" and he said "bella you have 6" and he opened the glove box and handed me "beats 6" (titled for me and everything) of all of these amazing songs that i never would have found on my own. So he was right after all..sneaky.
Anyway I was a very happy girl, but then to make sure, he took me to the outback for dinner and then we took a drive down to st. clair and he took me to this amazing italian ice cream parlour.. Go to it. It's called La Paloma. GO. Anyway after ice cream we were definitely full, so we took a walk along st clair for half an hour or so before coming back here to relax and digest. It was probably the best birthday I've ever had! So then friday was work and then baseball, and then after my game we all went back to the Hare for some bday drinks (where they had signs put up ahead of time (which i didn't even notice until they were pointed out to me (even though i walked right past 2 of them))). I had also invited others to come and have a drink, so all my roomies showed up, plus andrea, jenn and lauren.. and liona even stopped by to say HB on her way downtown! So that was nice. Anyway it was a fun bday.
Alright.. now back everything else. Here's a few important updates
June 4th - At the Hare, found out from Jaimie that a girl she knew got rejected from U of T and Mac, after writing the CAP and going to the interview, respectively. So we officially adopted the slogan "no news is good news" because we knew the acceptances weren't being mailed out until June 15th
June 11 - I graduated with distinction, so that was fun.. the ceremony wasn't as long and boring as I expected it to be, although the actual day (including travel) spanned from 10am to 9pm (I decided not to stay in london for the night.. too much hassle.. plus I wanted to play in my baseball game.. which i made it to with one minute to spare)
June 15th - I freak out and pray a lot
June 16th - My dad calls me while I'm at work, but I don't see the missed call until my lunch break. I notice that he called at 10:30, which is right around when our mail comes. *katey's mind (and stomach) starts to turn* I obsessively call him over and over, alternating between his cell, and the house line (he was on vacation so i knew he wasn't at work) but he wasn't answering. Between calls, and while I'm dialing, I ask my coworker frantically if mail can arrive the next day if mailed from the same city. She says yes it happens all the time. I freak out more and keep dialing. FINALLY he answers his cell, so I walked away from everyone and sat on the curb in the back of the yard for the convo:
Dad: Helloooo?
Katey: DAD! Did you call me?
D: Yes..
K: Well why did you call?
D: I called to see how you were feeling (i'd been sick the past 2 days)
K: Ohhhh.. unh. I'm fine. I feel ok.
D: Good.. well i'm glad you're feeling better then.
K: You're freaking me out. I thought you were calling because there was some mail for me
D: Well that too
K: DAD! From U of T???
D: And...?
K: Mac?!
D: Yep.. (i can hear him smiling)
K: BIG OR LITTLE??
D: They're both big! (smiles louder)
K: OPEN U of T!!
D: No... Kate I can't do that, you have to open your own mail. That's illegal you know..
K: Daaaadddd just open it! Or no, bring it here!
D: No kate you have to wait until you get home.. because you won't want to work for the afternoon
K: Dad come ON! I'm on my lunch break, and you're 5 minutes away on vacation! PLEASE!
D: Ok, alright, calm down.. but do you want to know what happened this morning?
K: What? Ok what happened
D: Well the phone rang, and I answered it, and the woman asked if Kathryn Smith was home. I told her 'no sorry, she's at work right now'. And then she said "Oh, well this is so-and-so from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and I'm just calling to Congratulate...
K: I GOT IN??????
D: ...Kathryn on being accepted to the Masters of Science in Physical Therapy program for this september.
K: I GOT IN!!
D: You got in! Congratulations!
*fastforward through my happy crying, which was triggered by the word "congratulations", and my dad's futile efforts to stop the tears over the phone*
Once I got myself under control enough to talk again, I made him bring me both envelopes because I had to see it for myself. While I was waiting for him, I called my mom and I had to tell her secretary that it was urgent. She told me as soon as I got any news to call her and tell the secretary that... that way she'd know it was about school. Anyway, Andrea the secretary comes back on the line and says "ok i gave her the message, please hold".. a few minutes later, my mom comes on the phone and says that it better be good because she just kicked the minister off the phone for me. HA! Anyway all I could muster was "i got in!" and then we both started crying all over again.. and laughing at the same time. Anyway, my dad showed up, I read my letters, cried a little more, (i think he almost cried too b/c he just kept hugging me and saying "god bless ya sweetheart") and then called my brother before heading back off to work. My bro called me back later to congratulate me again, and he was like "You can't stop smiling, can you?" and i told him I couldn't.. i was driving the mower around smiling like an idiot and people walking by were looking at me really weird, and i just did NOT CARE! Cloud nine. Graham laughed hard at that.
Anyway, after hearing that I got in to U of T, that's all that mattered to me. (Although, out of curiousity.. i had to open Mac.. got in there too)
Throughout the afternoon, I frantically call Jaimie's apartment and cell to see if she got mail.. she wanted U of T just as badly as I did. Anyway, she doesn't answer so i left messages on both saying that I got my magic letter and I hope she had good news for me. Anyway.. after work I hunted Dave down to tell him next but he was tied up until later that night, so I met up with amanda to kill some time. Finally around 4:30 I saw a missed call from her Jaimie's.. check messages.. it's Derek, sounding downright giddy.. "Hiiii katey it's DEREK!! I got your message, and I just wanted to tell you that if you give me a call back, I can help you out with ANNNNNY information you need!! Ok, call me backk!!!" So of course, I immediately call them back and Derek informs me that she's in to U of T, Mac, and Queens, but that she was at work (2 hours late, because she was sitting around waiting for mail!) so she'd call me later. Anyway, that was probably the most exciting and stress relieving day i've had in... 2 years. YEAHHHHHHHH!
and: I'm proud of me and Jaimie because only 80 people got in out of 700+ that applied.. represent ERINGATE! So now, after starting school together years and years ago.. the Former Tuss and Myself will end it together too. !!
June 17th - got my acceptance from Western, nothing from Queens yet
June 18th - Me and Dave - One Year and Ten Months cept this time we forgot about it until an hour after it ended. Oops.
I think that's a good place to end. Because I want to watch the simple life 2 and newlyweds. Oh yeah, p.s. I'm sick so i've been basically watching reality tv all week long. Last nite: big brother 5, amazing race, and some of outback jack.
Tonight: Idol, simple life, and newlyweds, and then sex and the city. and then hopefully I will fall asleep for my strenuous job. That's sarcastic, and will be explained tomorrow, hopefully.
Here's a simple life quote to end the e-night:
Nicole: "how old are you"
Teenaged backwoods pimply hick: "seventeen"
Nicole: "do you love it?"
HAHAHAHA!!!