Long Overdue, Sprinkled with Crazy & Hectic.

It's been almost a month since my last post, which I somehow can't figure out how I managed to let that happen. School and life have been so crazy the last month. Trying to get back into the swing of things, plus all the added stress of being in my last year of university and trying to make sure I'm going to graduate in the spring have taken up more time than I expected. Any down time I've had from school I've spent with my friends trying to get in on some of the fun that they are having. But my fun is seriously lacking in comparison to theirs, but I guess that's what happens when you're trying to get A's and grad school acceptances. 


In the last month, I turned 22. We had a nice little celebration in which I bought my first little black dress. A very small group of my friends went out for supper (it was also my roommates birthday a few days before mine, so she went with a big crowd to a different restaurant, but I just wanted a small, quiet celebration). We then met up back at our apartment for drinks and I fell in love with apple martinis. We ended up with a nice crowd, but in the midst of the celebration another apartment in the building had a party with over 60 people (the limit for the fire regulation is 20) and someone pulled the fire alarm. So there was some excitement, if you like standing out in the cold in heels and a slinky dress. But on the bright side we had a front row seat to all the yummy firemen that showed up. 


Other than that I've been attending classes and hitting up the library during the week and working on the weekends. Which means that I have had zero breaks since school started, unless you could the day I was sick and curled up on the couch for an entire day of classes. I think it's starting to take it's tole a little so I'm planning on taking a weekend off work in October so I can just relax for a few days. 


Despite my immense amount of school and work, things are going great and I'll hopefully be getting back to regular posting in the next week! 

This time next week I'll be back at school. Well technically I'll be at the main campus of my university for a Board meeting - but school will have started. Not only does that mean that I've got shiny new binders, fresh pens and a box full of lined paper, it also means that it's packing time. Packing time is obviously my favorite time of year, I love it almost as much as I love unpacking (insert sarcasm!). While I am so excited to get back to school and my normal routine of living at the library - no sarcasm here, I am probably one of the few that love school, love spending time in the library and love reading - there is nothing I hate more than packing and unpacking.

Not only will I have to go through my room at pack up what I think it necessary to take back with me, I also have to go through the mountain of boxes that I packed up an stuck in the basement when I moved home last year. This is a three day job if I work efficiently and don't procrastinate, which we both know isn't going to happen.  I am the Queen of Procrastination when it comes to packing, especially when I've finished work for the summer, started watching Friday Nights Lights and have fallen in love with Taylor Kitsch. I mean who wants to pack when you can watch Taylor and the other stunning cast of Friday Night Lights? I can actually blame one of my professors for this newfound love of this show. She watches it religiously and recommended it to myself and another classmate.. now we are both hooked and will fight to the death for Tim Riggins. 

On a completely non-hot and sweaty football note, I spent the day with my Nan on Tuesday and learned how to make the most delicious home-made bread. It was so nice just to spend the afternoon with my Nan and have her tell me stories from when she was my age AND she let me take home most of the bread. It was pretty much a win-win situation all around. So tomorrow I am going to start the all day process of making bread on my own and see if it turns out half as good as my Nan's does. All of my friends are super excited for this because they are under the impression that I will be making homemade bread for them all the time as school this semester. That will only happen if they put an oven in the library!

#20 - Brent's Cove

My friend Jess is from a little town in out port Newfoundland called Brent's Cove - population.. less than 200. It's this beautiful little town with a heart shaped bay where everyone knows everyone and the people are all welcoming and super friendly. We decided to go after a bottle of wine each last weekend and the three of us - Myself, Jess and the boyfriend - quickly made arrangements to score some time of work. Although we only managed to get one day, we did the 3 hour drive out on Saturday and then back again on Sunday. It was well worth the trip.


Her family was so amazing, making us all of these Newfoundland traditional dishes: fish and brewis and bologna stew. There was so much food, beer, homemade wine, laughs, adventures and great memories. We'll definitely be going back again soon. 

Goodbyes, Hellos, & See You Laters

One of the most depressing things about growing up and getting close to graduating from college is that your friends slowly start to move away. While they all move away for different reasons - continuing school, work, family - it doesn't seem to make saying goodbye any easier. This weekend we said goodbye to our friend Cee who has graduated and is heading to Malaysia for a visit with her boyfriend before heading back to Zimbabwe. We all had a lovely dinner at The Bistro and then a tear filled morning with one last brunch before she headed off.


On a happier note, my friend Tiff is in town for the week. Getting to spend time with Tiffany is always an easy way to make my week a little brighter. I saw her for the first time yesterday when she stopped to visit me at work. Tiffany's visits are always insightful because we can realistically talk about our future, what needs to be done, how we can do it and how the hell we managed to grow up without even realizing it. Sometimes it feels like Tiff and I are still in high school, but then it hits me that we're grown up when we start talking about what we want for our future. 


I spent some time with Jillian, I friend of mine who also graduated this year. Luckily she'll be heading to the other side of the island for more school so I'll still get to see her when I get a chance to make it out to St. Johns. But it still won't be the same as having her around all the time and attending classes with her, or having our famous library dates. 


I've come to realize, while I'm so excited to get back to school in a month, that things are going to be so different this year. With many of my friends having graduated and moving on there will only be a few of us left and a sure sign that life is changing and that we're all growing up, whether we want to or not. 

Le Chateau Love

I just can't believe that it's Friday already! Normally I wouldn't be complaining about it being Friday, but I have to work all weekend, and actually just had Wednesday and Thursday off. Not only am I working this weekend, but I'm working two 10 hour shifts. I have a feeling it's going to be a long weekend. 


This week was working for Monday and Tuesday, then I headed to CB after work that evening to spend a couple of days with the boyfriend before he went to visit his family for a week. Which turned into him being sick and us doing nothing but cleaning and organizing for his trip. Although I did get a little bit of shopping done, nothing wrong with that.. except I went with my friends Jess and Jillian. Jillian is the more sensible I guess, because she was like 'Do you really want to spend that much?'; and Jess is always encouraging with the 'Oh! It looks great! You have to get that!'; and since I'm such a shopaholic Jess usually wins this argument. I really need to stop shopping with her! But the shirt I bought I've been eying since February.. and it was on sale.. and well Le Chateau's sale can't really be considered sales, but I caved and had to have it. It was a nice splurge before I have to start budgeting once school starts again.