Summer is...
mostly arriving at a very hurried pace here... spring has sprung and we are hurdling at an incredible pace toward the warmth of summer... yesterday the beach was absolutely heaving... there was not a spare inch of sand available... madness I tell you! I don't quite know what is going on but it feels like the city is bursting at the seams... on Thursday night my local (I can't be bothered to cook - Mexican restaurant) had a waiting time of 40 mins!!!
Positive news on my Grandfather... he finally had the operation he needed and it seems to have done the trick... he is now fully on the mend. It was a tense few months while they hummed and haaaed over what the problem was… but all is well now and we are very pleased!
Miss Andrea and possibly little miss trouble are arriving on Friday for a girlie weekend. It should be so much fun! Only one small hitch… its that 5 days of work that separate me from Friday… dang… it gets you ever time!
23.3.06
I have just had the joy
Of working the entire morning in my goldfish bowl all glass office by myself in total peace! What a joy! I know that I where I work is pretty terrible… but man I never noticed how loud it was. As it stands we have three people sharing an office… As of Monday my assistant starts and we will be 4 people. It is anything but a large space… I don’t understand how a creative company can opt to work in such a restricting and not at all creative inspiring environment… but that is simply one of many many questions about this place…
We are about to be told that we are not allowed to have semana santa off… this is a week of holidays that generally everyone takes… Easer here is almost more important than xmas you see… but rumblings from our client to the likes of the fact that the have opted to work through the holiday… lead to the sinking knowledge that they will soon inform us that we are too, to be working… we will see what fall out that announcement will have on the team who have been working 12-16 h per day for the last two months… the joys never stop.
On a positive note… the sun is shinning and summer is most definitely on its way. I shall wave to it when it arrives… from my goldfish bowl… what to you think the odds are of a cosmically large cat coming along and scooping me out of here? Slim I suppose but amusing to think about.
Of working the entire morning in my goldfish bowl all glass office by myself in total peace! What a joy! I know that I where I work is pretty terrible… but man I never noticed how loud it was. As it stands we have three people sharing an office… As of Monday my assistant starts and we will be 4 people. It is anything but a large space… I don’t understand how a creative company can opt to work in such a restricting and not at all creative inspiring environment… but that is simply one of many many questions about this place…
We are about to be told that we are not allowed to have semana santa off… this is a week of holidays that generally everyone takes… Easer here is almost more important than xmas you see… but rumblings from our client to the likes of the fact that the have opted to work through the holiday… lead to the sinking knowledge that they will soon inform us that we are too, to be working… we will see what fall out that announcement will have on the team who have been working 12-16 h per day for the last two months… the joys never stop.
On a positive note… the sun is shinning and summer is most definitely on its way. I shall wave to it when it arrives… from my goldfish bowl… what to you think the odds are of a cosmically large cat coming along and scooping me out of here? Slim I suppose but amusing to think about.
21.3.06
Much fun has
transpired since my last posting. I had a week reprive from my office duties... My sister came to visit for a week and the lovely Joey arrived to spend the weekend and help celebrate my 30th b'day. What a treat to have them here with me. They both managed to catch a bit of sun but there wasn't much around last week... but this week it's out in full force and I think my days of cycling to to office will be much more shortlived than first thought... I can imagine that in only a month or two more it will be skortchio... the trend of offering showers in the office has not yet caught on here...
pictures of the jollies we had will be up shortly.
Not that I over indulged or anything (seriously I didn't) but I am going to try and go tee total for one month. A detox of sort I guess... to start off my journey into the mysterious thirties... plus save some dosh... and maybe loose a few kilos... and save the world... now look the delium has started already!
transpired since my last posting. I had a week reprive from my office duties... My sister came to visit for a week and the lovely Joey arrived to spend the weekend and help celebrate my 30th b'day. What a treat to have them here with me. They both managed to catch a bit of sun but there wasn't much around last week... but this week it's out in full force and I think my days of cycling to to office will be much more shortlived than first thought... I can imagine that in only a month or two more it will be skortchio... the trend of offering showers in the office has not yet caught on here...
pictures of the jollies we had will be up shortly.
Not that I over indulged or anything (seriously I didn't) but I am going to try and go tee total for one month. A detox of sort I guess... to start off my journey into the mysterious thirties... plus save some dosh... and maybe loose a few kilos... and save the world... now look the delium has started already!
8.3.06
7.3.06
I…
Was speaking with a colleague of mine today about cinema and what was good that was out right now… we then changed to discussing theatre and a Robert Lepage play that he had seen in Madrid a few years back… it had subtitles (I am assuming he was watching a video of the production) but he said he was fascinated by how different the French Canadian accent was compared to the French that is spoken in France. Oddly at lunch time I was in the kitchen and spoke to another colleague who was asking me about nearly the very same thing… why is French Canadian so different? I explained to him the tiny specks of history that I was able to recall (I am very nearly 30 so my memory is starting to go)… it is something along the lines of the King of France sending ‘les filles du roi’ which were basically orphans from the suburbs of Paris to go and marry the colonials over in Upper Canada (or was it lower?)… thus the French spoken is very much of the origin of their dialects as they were the ones who raised the children…
Strange that last night before any of these conversations took place I rode my bike past a gaggle of French Canadian Tourists on my way to the gym… I was so surprised to hear the Quebequois French I almost fell off my bike! It is not often you hear the twang... especially over here in Spain!
Strange how these things ebb in like they do…
Tomorrow is the seestor’s 32nd b’day… and then so very soon afterwards she will be here with me gallivanting around the city having fun! I can’t but hardly wait!
Was speaking with a colleague of mine today about cinema and what was good that was out right now… we then changed to discussing theatre and a Robert Lepage play that he had seen in Madrid a few years back… it had subtitles (I am assuming he was watching a video of the production) but he said he was fascinated by how different the French Canadian accent was compared to the French that is spoken in France. Oddly at lunch time I was in the kitchen and spoke to another colleague who was asking me about nearly the very same thing… why is French Canadian so different? I explained to him the tiny specks of history that I was able to recall (I am very nearly 30 so my memory is starting to go)… it is something along the lines of the King of France sending ‘les filles du roi’ which were basically orphans from the suburbs of Paris to go and marry the colonials over in Upper Canada (or was it lower?)… thus the French spoken is very much of the origin of their dialects as they were the ones who raised the children…
Strange that last night before any of these conversations took place I rode my bike past a gaggle of French Canadian Tourists on my way to the gym… I was so surprised to hear the Quebequois French I almost fell off my bike! It is not often you hear the twang... especially over here in Spain!
Strange how these things ebb in like they do…
Tomorrow is the seestor’s 32nd b’day… and then so very soon afterwards she will be here with me gallivanting around the city having fun! I can’t but hardly wait!
27.2.06
Strange days... es realmente muy extraño
It is a very strange experience working in an office with people who speak both Catalan and Castellan. As you know I speak neither anywhere near fluently… the latter is my primary goal but it’s difficult to keep up with taking Spanish Classes when I am here 12h per day… Immersion is however an unavoidable side effect here which is a very big bonus. Not many people are brave- stupid enough to stumble into a situation like this… the other day I was in a meeting with 12 people and it was all in Spanish… I had to pinch myself as I couldn’t quite believe I was there… felt like a dream (one of those anxiety ones where you are somewhere and everyone is speaking a foreign language except for you) however in my case it was reality… makes me smile really as I keep waiting for them to figure it out… they of course know I can’t speak yet but to be honest I don’t think it’s much of an option to go on for months like this. I must learn quickly! Luckily my daily duties are nearly 100% in English… so that at least helps me accomplish most things….
However the other day in a meeting they were discussing preparing some assets (and of course the meeting was in Spanish) and someone mentioned a “hota peg” (spelled phonetically) I couldn’t hold the giggles in… it was just too much to hear the word jpeg referred to as a “hotapeg”. They have a good sense of humour and weren’t too annoyed by my giggles… the all muttered the word “guiri” (which means someone who is very obviously foreign) and continued. Guiri is a word I have come to embrace as it describes nearly everything about me… since I have been here I have been informed that I have:
A guiri hat (it’s a really cute aviator hat by killah)
A guiri bike (because it’s old and has no gears)
A guiri flat (because I live in El borne with all the other guiris)
Guiri shoes… (Trainers in specific)
Guiri suit (because my suit and heels caused great interest in my client meeting with France the other day)
Don’t get me wrong… it’s the little things like this that make living in a foreign country exciting and interesting… I can’t wait to start speaking more so that I can enjoy making all the embarrassing mistakes… they will make for entertaining blog entries. In the meantime I am off to collect some hotapegs from my designers…
23.2.06
This just in...
msn from my friend karm
karmparker@something.com dice:
Dear internet.
I hate you
-Karm
P.S. f$*k you
priceless
* exact email address changed and expletives edited to protect the guilty... and oh yea... dice in spanish means 'says'
msn from my friend karm
karmparker@something.com dice:
Dear internet.
I hate you
-Karm
P.S. f$*k you
priceless
* exact email address changed and expletives edited to protect the guilty... and oh yea... dice in spanish means 'says'
21.2.06
Total mosquito bite count…
Is up to 3… there is one on my shoulder now that could be mistaken for some sort of snake bite its so large… maybe I have bedbugs!
Work here is quickly becoming a sweat shop with account managers and designers working until 3am… I escaped last night at 8 but its getting pretty evil… how is it that I manage to find places like this to work??? I guess its just the industry. I’m thinking that it’s mighty time that I win the lotto as this work thing is a drag.
I was so exhausted after last week’s marathon of working working working late that I mostly slept the entire weekend… didn’t do a thing. Just slept and watched Carnivale. I am almost at the end of the series now… I’m not quite sure what I will do when I get to the end of the second season as I hear that it was cancelled (or finished)…
I am a genius… I so carefully shipped off the painting I sold… had a special shipping box made to keep it safe and all… it arrived safely… but I sent the wrong painting. I am soooooooooooo smart. The gentleman I sold it to is being very nice about it… sheesh. How did I mistake his direction for piece 210 for 201?
Summer surely should be arriving soon… its not cold here but its not too warm in the morning or the nights (the only time I am ever outside) I can’t wait till I can leave the office and get down to the beach for a swim before the sun goes down… its that thought that keeps me going…
Is up to 3… there is one on my shoulder now that could be mistaken for some sort of snake bite its so large… maybe I have bedbugs!
Work here is quickly becoming a sweat shop with account managers and designers working until 3am… I escaped last night at 8 but its getting pretty evil… how is it that I manage to find places like this to work??? I guess its just the industry. I’m thinking that it’s mighty time that I win the lotto as this work thing is a drag.
I was so exhausted after last week’s marathon of working working working late that I mostly slept the entire weekend… didn’t do a thing. Just slept and watched Carnivale. I am almost at the end of the series now… I’m not quite sure what I will do when I get to the end of the second season as I hear that it was cancelled (or finished)…
I am a genius… I so carefully shipped off the painting I sold… had a special shipping box made to keep it safe and all… it arrived safely… but I sent the wrong painting. I am soooooooooooo smart. The gentleman I sold it to is being very nice about it… sheesh. How did I mistake his direction for piece 210 for 201?
Summer surely should be arriving soon… its not cold here but its not too warm in the morning or the nights (the only time I am ever outside) I can’t wait till I can leave the office and get down to the beach for a swim before the sun goes down… its that thought that keeps me going…
13.2.06
All I can say is
That you know you have culture shock when you buy a drink from the shop across the road from your office… you buy a juice with the intent to attempt to ingest something that is healthy… its called bio frutas Pacífico… you take a big sip… and realise that there is MILK in it! Yup that´s right… juice mixed with milk! EWWWWWW
Then you look down at your left arm and realise that no… it's not a rash from the horrific juice that has made it itchy… it's a mosquito bite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In mid-feb? How?????
Oh yea… and one more thing… wearing skinny jeans on a Monday… not such a good idea either… especially when they've just been washed. I´ll be mostly practising pilates today in an attempt to keep ze gut inside the jeans and not spilling over top.
Note to self…
Good luck with that
That you know you have culture shock when you buy a drink from the shop across the road from your office… you buy a juice with the intent to attempt to ingest something that is healthy… its called bio frutas Pacífico… you take a big sip… and realise that there is MILK in it! Yup that´s right… juice mixed with milk! EWWWWWW
Then you look down at your left arm and realise that no… it's not a rash from the horrific juice that has made it itchy… it's a mosquito bite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In mid-feb? How?????
Oh yea… and one more thing… wearing skinny jeans on a Monday… not such a good idea either… especially when they've just been washed. I´ll be mostly practising pilates today in an attempt to keep ze gut inside the jeans and not spilling over top.
Note to self…
Good luck with that
7.2.06
Dust off your old bikes people
because here in barcelona there is money to be made... It's insane really... back in sept i bought an old bike for 30 euros... it took a lot of searching and a lot of patience but I finally got one... i did have to replace the tyre but after that she runs like a dream.... I just recently bought another old bike in much better contidion and much more suited to cycling to work every day... therefore I put the bike up for sale on a local site for 60 euros... it was sold within 30 mins.
Madness I tell you.
I swear if you have time and a bit of spare cash to invest... collect all the old bikes in your hometown and drive them to central barcelona... you'll make a bundle!
because here in barcelona there is money to be made... It's insane really... back in sept i bought an old bike for 30 euros... it took a lot of searching and a lot of patience but I finally got one... i did have to replace the tyre but after that she runs like a dream.... I just recently bought another old bike in much better contidion and much more suited to cycling to work every day... therefore I put the bike up for sale on a local site for 60 euros... it was sold within 30 mins.
Madness I tell you.
I swear if you have time and a bit of spare cash to invest... collect all the old bikes in your hometown and drive them to central barcelona... you'll make a bundle!
6.2.06
I have been very very naughty
Since I’ve last posted…
I've mostly become gainfully employed… dropped out of my intensive Spanish class (due to the gainful employment) and on top of all of that… I did something so shocking and non frugal I can barely bring myself to admit it… KJ cover your eyes right now! I bought a subscription of Gratzia to be delivered to my flat here in bcn. Lets just say it cost significantly less than it would to have it sent outside of Europe but still… it's quite a luxury… I thought I afforded it since I resolved to end my very short-lived life of leisure and took this job.
The job is uptown… approx 20min cycle uptown if I'm feeling sprite… but with a bike with no gears… it's a challenge! I'm doing some international account management for a big ad agency here… I'm back working on an automotive account… I really don't know quite how I ended up here but I got offered the lead to the job through an ex colleague of mine so I decided to have a quick look to see what the job was about… The next day I had an interview with the company and a job offer to boot. Talk about coming from left field! It's good in one way as my Spanish is coming along now… and I will also have an income (albeit meagre compared to what I’m accustomed to)… the downside is that I'm not painting full-time like I had intended… but I did however manage to finish one more piece last week and am 2/3 of the way through my next one… My goal is to crank out at least 3 more in the next month and try and do an exhibition around the time my sister arrives in March… Just exactly where I would exhibit remains to be confirmed… but hey… you’ve got to start with a dream right?
Culture shock is much more apparent now that I am in an office working side by side with locals… I find it quite a challenge to be at work from 9-7 or 8 as I don’t take the 2h lunch break like the others… I simply live too far away from home to go and have a break… so I sit at my desk and nibble on a sandwich when I have a moment… However things seem to pack up for the weekend here around half three on a Friday so that’s pretty okay for me!
Since I’ve last posted…
I've mostly become gainfully employed… dropped out of my intensive Spanish class (due to the gainful employment) and on top of all of that… I did something so shocking and non frugal I can barely bring myself to admit it… KJ cover your eyes right now! I bought a subscription of Gratzia to be delivered to my flat here in bcn. Lets just say it cost significantly less than it would to have it sent outside of Europe but still… it's quite a luxury… I thought I afforded it since I resolved to end my very short-lived life of leisure and took this job.
The job is uptown… approx 20min cycle uptown if I'm feeling sprite… but with a bike with no gears… it's a challenge! I'm doing some international account management for a big ad agency here… I'm back working on an automotive account… I really don't know quite how I ended up here but I got offered the lead to the job through an ex colleague of mine so I decided to have a quick look to see what the job was about… The next day I had an interview with the company and a job offer to boot. Talk about coming from left field! It's good in one way as my Spanish is coming along now… and I will also have an income (albeit meagre compared to what I’m accustomed to)… the downside is that I'm not painting full-time like I had intended… but I did however manage to finish one more piece last week and am 2/3 of the way through my next one… My goal is to crank out at least 3 more in the next month and try and do an exhibition around the time my sister arrives in March… Just exactly where I would exhibit remains to be confirmed… but hey… you’ve got to start with a dream right?
Culture shock is much more apparent now that I am in an office working side by side with locals… I find it quite a challenge to be at work from 9-7 or 8 as I don’t take the 2h lunch break like the others… I simply live too far away from home to go and have a break… so I sit at my desk and nibble on a sandwich when I have a moment… However things seem to pack up for the weekend here around half three on a Friday so that’s pretty okay for me!
22.1.06
thank you
for all thoughts and prayers and well wishes. My grandfather is on the mend and safely back home from the wilds and snowy bilss that is winnipeg. We are so relived. he is very old but we weren't quite ready to part with him yet and none of us quite wished to have in go so suddently on the airplane... that's for sure. But it was quite the drama... we're just glad it's over and that he's on the mend!
I started back at school here last thursday. it's a different course than to the one I took before I had my side track back to the UK... not as intensive but at least it's something... even though it is only 4 days a week.
Today I arranged my new room and cleaned and tidied to the best of my ability and got things in a semblance of order. I came to the horrific conclusion that I have well over 500 pounds worth of cosmetics... scary. please remind me of this when i next try and purchase a new lipstick... it would be number 20 or something obscene like that! My painting studio is all organised and I've started working again on my goldfish lady as i have been calling her... she is orange with gold and yellow highlights. She's making slow progress... this week I hope to finish her and start with my new painting on my massive new canvas!!!!
I went to an opening of an exhibit here that was an 'anti fashion week' show that was meant to contrast with the bread and butter festival that was taking place here at the same time. It was a nice evening. The highlight/most humourous part of the night is when one of the art buyers said to me after meeting me... 'ah yes... I know your work' ! how hilarious is that!?! I guess i'm very new to all of this... and yes they had seen my work as fredu had emailed them some pictures before xmas... but it was still giggle worthy in my books.
Seestor has booked her trip to come and visit me here in march. It will be a blast! Miss Andrea is booking in for early april apres her ski holiday and miss b and miss joey are hopefully going to come around the same time as well for a full on girly weekend!
I saw a reportage on the news the other day where they were reporting an increase in sales in chupa chup lollies since the new smoking laws came into effect here jan 1st. They interviewed a bunch of people who were attempting to quit and were using the lollies to help... I love the innocent optimism that some of the spanish exhibit. I wish them all the best. It's soo sweet... now if we could only get the bars to go completely non smoking... we'd be getting somewhere... and my clothes wouldn't smell so bad after going out!
for all thoughts and prayers and well wishes. My grandfather is on the mend and safely back home from the wilds and snowy bilss that is winnipeg. We are so relived. he is very old but we weren't quite ready to part with him yet and none of us quite wished to have in go so suddently on the airplane... that's for sure. But it was quite the drama... we're just glad it's over and that he's on the mend!
I started back at school here last thursday. it's a different course than to the one I took before I had my side track back to the UK... not as intensive but at least it's something... even though it is only 4 days a week.
Today I arranged my new room and cleaned and tidied to the best of my ability and got things in a semblance of order. I came to the horrific conclusion that I have well over 500 pounds worth of cosmetics... scary. please remind me of this when i next try and purchase a new lipstick... it would be number 20 or something obscene like that! My painting studio is all organised and I've started working again on my goldfish lady as i have been calling her... she is orange with gold and yellow highlights. She's making slow progress... this week I hope to finish her and start with my new painting on my massive new canvas!!!!
I went to an opening of an exhibit here that was an 'anti fashion week' show that was meant to contrast with the bread and butter festival that was taking place here at the same time. It was a nice evening. The highlight/most humourous part of the night is when one of the art buyers said to me after meeting me... 'ah yes... I know your work' ! how hilarious is that!?! I guess i'm very new to all of this... and yes they had seen my work as fredu had emailed them some pictures before xmas... but it was still giggle worthy in my books.
Seestor has booked her trip to come and visit me here in march. It will be a blast! Miss Andrea is booking in for early april apres her ski holiday and miss b and miss joey are hopefully going to come around the same time as well for a full on girly weekend!
I saw a reportage on the news the other day where they were reporting an increase in sales in chupa chup lollies since the new smoking laws came into effect here jan 1st. They interviewed a bunch of people who were attempting to quit and were using the lollies to help... I love the innocent optimism that some of the spanish exhibit. I wish them all the best. It's soo sweet... now if we could only get the bars to go completely non smoking... we'd be getting somewhere... and my clothes wouldn't smell so bad after going out!
16.1.06
diversion!
on our way back today... there were 7 of us... trekking back from abbotsford to toronto. Simons wedding was a success and we were all quite tired. Our first leg of the flight from abbotsford to calgary was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. So there we sat and waited to catch the 18h15 flight instead. We boarded and all was well. Not long after take off my grandfather who was sitting in front of me had a bit of a seasure. It was terrifying. There were luckily 3 doctors and one nurse on board who helped out immediately. He then stabalised and they decided that there was no need to divert the plane and land. We were so relived but shaken... then another 15 minutes later he had another episode and then his heart stopped beating for a good 30 seconds. Miraculously they did not need to difibulate him! He came round again but this time they decided that they needed to divert and land in Winnipeg. They had to shut down service at the airport for our emergency landing. They got him off the plane pronto and all 6 of the girlies went off with him to the hospital.
for the time being he appears to be stable and theyre in the process of illiminating all the possiblities that caused the episode. It seems that its looking like it was unlikely that it was his heart. Theyre leaning towards a bladder infection or something like that... so with that news we felt confident enough to head back to the airport and begin the trekk back to Toronto. All my aunties and my mum and my grandma are there with him and its just kj and i heading back. So here we sit in Winnipeg airport in the middle of a heavy snowfall... no sleep... lots of drama and one heck of an end to a family trip for my cousins wedding (which was lovely btw).
On a positive note. I think if i manage to stay awake most of today. I run the possibility that I will return to bcn on tuesday afternoon with little or no jet lag... that is of course all depending on if he is indeed okay...
send some prayers please... or even some positive thoughts :)
on our way back today... there were 7 of us... trekking back from abbotsford to toronto. Simons wedding was a success and we were all quite tired. Our first leg of the flight from abbotsford to calgary was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. So there we sat and waited to catch the 18h15 flight instead. We boarded and all was well. Not long after take off my grandfather who was sitting in front of me had a bit of a seasure. It was terrifying. There were luckily 3 doctors and one nurse on board who helped out immediately. He then stabalised and they decided that there was no need to divert the plane and land. We were so relived but shaken... then another 15 minutes later he had another episode and then his heart stopped beating for a good 30 seconds. Miraculously they did not need to difibulate him! He came round again but this time they decided that they needed to divert and land in Winnipeg. They had to shut down service at the airport for our emergency landing. They got him off the plane pronto and all 6 of the girlies went off with him to the hospital.
for the time being he appears to be stable and theyre in the process of illiminating all the possiblities that caused the episode. It seems that its looking like it was unlikely that it was his heart. Theyre leaning towards a bladder infection or something like that... so with that news we felt confident enough to head back to the airport and begin the trekk back to Toronto. All my aunties and my mum and my grandma are there with him and its just kj and i heading back. So here we sit in Winnipeg airport in the middle of a heavy snowfall... no sleep... lots of drama and one heck of an end to a family trip for my cousins wedding (which was lovely btw).
On a positive note. I think if i manage to stay awake most of today. I run the possibility that I will return to bcn on tuesday afternoon with little or no jet lag... that is of course all depending on if he is indeed okay...
send some prayers please... or even some positive thoughts :)
8.1.06
Here i sit
in the great white north on my mums comfy sofa... there is snow outside and im most definately not in kansas anymore... nor Barcelona for that matter. Im sequestered away in the comforts of Brampton and my family. Bliss!
All this of course doesnt come with some discomfort... ive been inscripted into my sisters torturous gymming routine and my body aches everywhere!
I had such a giggle the other day when i was out shopping with my seestor... we went into starbucks to grab some coffees... Thinking that Starbucks employees were trained the same world wide I requested 2 tall wet soya lattes (ie. no foam). The girl very sweetly looked me in the eye and with great confidence and authority informed me that all their lattes were wet. Oh how I had to fight back the giggles... I guess the terminology for wet is not as world wide as I assumed. Iappologied to her for the misunderstanding and told her I simply wanted no foam... next time ill remember to not go down that path again.
off to continuing my visiting duties. im very excited to visit lisa and dave and their kiddies this avro. yea!!!!!!!!!!!
in the great white north on my mums comfy sofa... there is snow outside and im most definately not in kansas anymore... nor Barcelona for that matter. Im sequestered away in the comforts of Brampton and my family. Bliss!
All this of course doesnt come with some discomfort... ive been inscripted into my sisters torturous gymming routine and my body aches everywhere!
I had such a giggle the other day when i was out shopping with my seestor... we went into starbucks to grab some coffees... Thinking that Starbucks employees were trained the same world wide I requested 2 tall wet soya lattes (ie. no foam). The girl very sweetly looked me in the eye and with great confidence and authority informed me that all their lattes were wet. Oh how I had to fight back the giggles... I guess the terminology for wet is not as world wide as I assumed. Iappologied to her for the misunderstanding and told her I simply wanted no foam... next time ill remember to not go down that path again.
off to continuing my visiting duties. im very excited to visit lisa and dave and their kiddies this avro. yea!!!!!!!!!!!
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