quickie

Friday evening at half past 6 and I can't say I'm much in the mood to stay at the office any longer than
necessary. Last night was fun. Found some tottie! LOL Dan is bad bad bad. I haven't a clue what time I got in at... all I know is that I was on the night bus because it was more expensive. There is not a day that goes by when I don't learn something new.

Even though I wrote about it yesterday, I almost completely forgot about writing down Chris and Lucy's contact info... man, I must make sure I don't forget to go there!

Girlie night in tonight. PJ lounging and movie watching... this is the plan... but it's not often that innocent friday nights like this turn into something like a mad night, out clubbing!

I'm going to make another go of the photography... I have received art direction from mr. Mark as to the type and subjects of the shots! LOL

Week 3 at work. all done. yea!

It's Thursday!

I like Thursday... it means Sarah and Dan hit the town! Even at 9h30 this morning I was all excited about the day ending. It's nice and mild here today, and I took advantage by going for a jog this morning... from the jog I was able to gauge that it was warm enough to wear a skirt. Suffering from a severely depleted wardrobe, I was excited to wear something different!

I'm heading to the bank today at lunch to hopefully open a bank account. I believe that I have all the necessary paper work, but I won't hold my breath.

Saw the actor Kenneth Braungauh(sp?) last night on my way out of the office. Wooo... apparently he's been spotted drinking in the little pub across the street lately. Too bad he wasn't with Helena Bonham-Carter... Last I heard, they were an item. I'm certainly not in Ottawa anymore!

-Pearl update-
contrary to Hannah and my beliefs... Pearl is not dying... she is simply full of air... some sort of fish medical problem, that's why she keeps floating to the top. PHew... it was really upsetting thinking that she was dying and we could do nothing but sit by and watch... not like a hamster that you can cuddle and comfort.

I'm meeting up with Lucy and Custodio on Saturday for tea. I haven't seen them in over 2 years. I'm sure there will be loads of wedding pictures to go through...

Finally touched base with Darrell this morning, he's at home recovering from his surgery. Poor thing! I think I'm getting closer to catching up with everyone... It's a lot of work!

Speaking of correspondence, I got a post card from Denise today. She's in this tropical island somewhere 16h from Bangkok. She says she's having a lovely time. By the sounds of it, and the look of the post card, it looks just like the place they were staying in the movie "The Beach". Can't wait to see her when she gets back. She should be back sometime in the next week or so. Maybe I'll head over to Dublin for the weekend soon... I love the fact that everything is so close around here!

It's a rainy day here...

Johnnie wrote to me this morning and had me grinning ear to ear... telling just how much he would torment Pearl if he were here! It was like I could hear him saying those exact words.

I have no idea why all the pics I put in yesterday are so testy. If you want to right click on them and then copy paste the URL to the picture's location ie: www.geocities.com... and view one pic, when you then return to the blog page all the pics should come in... If not try right clicking again and chose "view pic" then the pics will come in... If anyone can educate me as to why it's so wonky, please drop me a line... sj_chick@yahoo.com

Quiet night at home last night. Sat and chatted with the girls, whose spirits were quite low as both of them are suffering from job burn out and feel quite hopeless when they think about finding other jobs. It's kind of a tough situation since they both have degrees in fine art. I spent some time after work last night trying to find some entry level positions for the girls. It's quite bleak really, with very limited technical skills it's damn near impossible to find anything. I think the most practical thing would be for them both to take some courses. However time and money just doesn't allow.

Got paid yesterday. That was a great relief. I'm still waiting to hear from the BNS they owe me a letter... It looks like this is going to turn out to be a wild goose chase! I will be bank less forever!

Best get started on work. Looks like it's going to be a hairy day.

Oh yea, managed, after weeks of procrastination to get to the gym... 55£ joining fee along with 34£ a month woa, c'est cher ca! I'm checking out another one at lunch which is offering to waive the membership fee this weekend... we'll see what that comes out to.... regardless, I must get this sorted soon rather than later. Any more of this sedentary lifestyle and I'll soon fit into all my clothes again... wait, that mightn't be so bad.

Weekend

So I brought the laptop home this weekend in an attempt to get some serious writing done. It’s now 20h15 on Sunday night and I’ve just managed to fire her up. I spent the weekend on the go. Keeping busy is helping keep my mind off of money troubles and other far more pressing world issues….

Friday night after work I went to the pub with Dearbhla and Tim. We had a few drinks and chatted. We all agreed that the atmosphere in the studio was finally lightening up a bit and all agreed that a stereo would help give the environment just a little more soul. In the interim I’ll have to remember to bring my CD’s with me to work. I’m sure it will help improve my focus.

From the pub I ventured home and stopped in at the Wellington (Pub where my roommates work) and Jo’s sister had arrived. Jo finished up work and we went for noodles just down the road. After eating more than I could ever imagine we waddled home and watched some television. Nikki, Jo’s sister went up to bed and Jo and I stayed up watching some god-awful horror movie*bad movie theme to follow* chatted far too much and then called it a night. Woke up really late Saturday morning after indulging in some well-deserved rest.

I then walked into Islington for my appointment at the salon. We won’t even mention prices here but I figured with no money I could at least perk myself up a wee bit by changing my hair. My limited wardrobe is beginning to strain my unruly need to shop. It took nearly 3h but the nice hairdresser named Emily finally finished my haircut. It wasn’t a 3h haircut but it did take that long seeing as while my colour was developing she did another haircut that took and eternity! However, it was well worth the wait. I love my new do!

Saturday night I sat in with Nicky and had some drinks and chatted. Around 10pm we headed down to the pub to visit Jo. A young Turkish kebob shop worker soon joined us. Poor guy couldn’t speak but a few words of broken English. God love him for being so bold as to try. He was very polite and not at all imposing…. However it was rather uncomfortable for the both of us so feigning fatigue we decided to head back to the flat. Un noticed by us, he followed us out of the pub and down the street towards the flat. We were just about to leave the corner store right in front of the flat when Nikki’s phone rang. As she answered I noticed a 20£ note on the floor of the shop right at her foot. I scooped it up, thinking it was hers and followed her out of the shop. Once outside I saw the guy who was sitting with us at the pub. He was going into his flat… I exchanged a few words with him and then noticed that Drew was just over my shoulder speaking to Nikki. I went over to join them and discovered that he had been sent to check on us to see if the Turkish guy was giving us any trouble. Drew then walked us home making sure that the guy did not see where we lived. It was sweet of him to be so concerned but I still choose to believe that he was harmless. Once in the flat I remembered about the 20£ that I grabbed off the floor at the corner store. I took it out of my pocket and handed it to Nikki thinking it was hers. She then informed me that it wasn’t. Turns out that the 20£ was really 40£. I felt bad for the person who had lost it but it was literally money from heaven for me who had none! Nikki and I retired to the sitting room and watched the *bad movie* from the 80’s called Jumping Jack flash, with Whoopie Goldberg (Nuff said). I’m still quite ashamed of having watched it! LOL soon after, I retired to bed.

I woke up early this morning when Nikki was knocking on my door asking me if I wanted tea. Her dad was on his way to pick her up, so I got up to have breakfast with her before she left.

With Nikki gone, Jo and I decided to set off to the centre of town to go and have a fun day with the 40£ that I had found. We jumped on the #38 and headed towards Tottenham Court Road. We walked and walked and shopped and shopped… working with a limited budget, Jo found a red T-shirt with a moose on it at a vintage shop for 8£! We walked and walked and walked and walked and picked up a nice beige dress shirt for me and a black pinstripe one for Jo as well as a pink blouse for Hanna! We had lunch at Kathryn’s favourite sandwich shop in London, Prêt a Manger. Lickity split, and the 40£ was gone! It was nice to get a good day’s worth of exercise. By the time 17h came around we stopped off that the First Out pub for a drink.

Now I’m back at home and after having watched the first bit of news on NYC that I’ve seen in days. It really made me feel awful. Watching the television, I started to notice that Peal was unusually sedentary. As I type right now, I have a seeding fear that she’s on her last leg. It’s not much like goldfish to spend long periods of time without moving near the top of the bowl. I can’t handle any more death right now! Mind you, I have no idea how old she is, so it may very well be her time.

So here I sit, trying to absorb the last fleeting moments of the weekend. I miss a lot of my friends back in Canada but am thoroughly happen with my choice to move here. It’s kind of a hard moment in time to be in a place where everything and everyone is new to you… When you’re fearful of the state of the world, you can’t help but crave to be around your close friends and family, none of which I have here. But on the same note, I am very fortunate to have found such fun, kind and caring roommates and co-workers. I think I’m going to wrap this up for the night, as I seem to be in the works of a novella by the look of the word count of this blog.

Indeed, I am so very fortunate.