We Are All Canucks

Last saturday I was in a rather crappy mood. A friend had cancelled diner plans on me, my evening karaoke plans were dashed when we discovered the place had CLOSED last september, and I was trying to decide what I could do to raise my spirits on the ONLY NIGHT OFF of my week. I had spent the morning shopping for some much belated gifts and it was even Sunny! this should be a GREAT day!

Mike had invited me to the gym, and since i'm on my "I am doing the sun run" kick i decided that was a great idea. There is a hot tub, a treadmill and a good friend. As we are leaving the gym at about 6:15, about to go for a bite, Mike gets a call. From Ross my old boss, and his good friend and regular at the Creek. He couldn't use his hockey tickets due to a work diner and thus, would we like to have them? well holy CRAP, did we ever! We ran out the door, zoomed to get the tickets, got back to my place, got a cab and somehow in 45 minutes had managed to get to the game before it started! Season ticket holder, we were on the center ice line with an outstanding view of the whole arena. I ended up having a great night, full of friends, booze :) and the Canucks even won. In fact, they killed! After I met up with my ladies Ali and Tiff for some poutine and managed to get home happy, tipsy and greatful for my wonderful saturday. :) I have never been to a Canucks game and I must say, it was so much fun, i'd LOVE to go again!

Blondie

I did it! Platinum! oh mama.


i love it. it's a big change but something i've always wanted to do, so i say to my newly single self, why not! :)

I would like to give cudos to the salon i always go to... CARAMEL on Granville. It's awesome, Lucy who did my hair is fantastic and i would trust any of their amazing stylists to do a great job on my hair ... which is thin and can be a nightmare for cuts and color.


http://www.caramelsalon.com/caramelweb2_003.htm

CAST AWAY!

Saturday night me and some close friends had a party in which we each drank a bottle of wine, wrote a letter and sent it off into false creek, message in a bottle style! Again, part of Jenns blog of "firsts", it was an awesome idea and super fun time!


Successful weekend :)

Girl, Interrupted

I had a dream last night that i was running late for a flight. Super late. in fact, it was well past the time my flight was supposed to leave, but i was still stressfully running around and trying desperately to get to the airport.

Now, while this exact event actually happened to me just ahead of christmas (and thanks to the miracle of christmas flying, my flight was delayed an hour and a half, and i got on it!), this time i think my brain was trying to tell me something, or at least remind me of what's been pushed deep...

According to dreamcrowd.com dreaming of being late denotes fear of change and ambivalence towards seizing an opportunity. Also a feeling of being overwhelmed or conflicted with decisions about the future.

BINGO! deep in my little brain i am harboring all sorts of stress that i've certainly been avoiding over the wonderful two weeks off. The return of old and new friends, work coming to a rapid conclusion - also, the reality of finally having some time for my single self again... Change is inevitable and exactly what i'm going to do about it all...well that's left to be determined.

My thought is that relaxation should be something to focus on this year. I know i'm the type of person that craves a little drama, a little anxiety and I do tend to perform well under stress... however, if i can manage to throw in some more ME time, and allow my body and brain to take a little vacation occasionally, i can only foresee good things to come.

ps. Also my neck is killing me, stressful dreams are almost worse then drunken sleep. ;(

here's a pic of me in Mexico over christmas, memories of more relaxing times :)

crazy, cold and delightful

this is me seconds after jumping into english bay with my friend Jenn on January 3. Jenn is attempting to try something new everyday for the next year and has a blog www.365daysoffirsts.blogspot.com check it out in my must reads.

When she asked if anyone wanted to go with her, i definitely hesitated... it's january! it's like 6 degrees out! the water is only 40! but i've always wanted to do a real polar bear swim, and you know what? it was awesome! it was a natural high, sheer adrenalin rush. We then went straight to starbucks where we enjoyed Baileys in our drinks and my friends Tiff and Ali were along for moral support.

I hope this dictates what my year will bring. January is always so uplifting to the December blahs and the climax and craziness of christmas... three cheers to the start of 2010!

The new year is here - 2010

Here we go again, another year down, another year of exciting possibilities and resolutions. Last year i made an epic list of resolutions and reflecting on it now i realized how hard it truly is to maintain changes. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
For christmas i gave myself a very fancy gift. I bought myself a Canon 5D mkII. So far so good! Photoblog might continue to be possible although i've yet to upload any photos i've taken with it... for now here she is



:)