Current mood:

sleepy

Wow where to begin...long post ahead!
Thanks to everyone who wished my a happy birthday! So it's been quite a long time since I've made a substantial post. In fact looking back at the last real post I made I can't really remember much of what happened after that and before I went to Red Deer on the 4th. But I will fill in with some important general happenings.

An old school friend of Matt's, Joel, came to visit us for a couple days. It was pretty fun and we went out to Granville Island for a daytrip and then had dinner with him, Kat, and Mike. So good times. Me and Joel don't really have any sort of common ground whatsoever so I was impressed with how few awkward moments there were. Not that there weren't any though. ;P

I worked a few shifts at JJ Bean and things seem to be coming along nicely. I like the people I work with and am still feeling the good feelings. Unfortunately though I've been scheduled for almost all evening shifts (2:45-10:45) which is really not good, 1)Because I'm nervous about walking around what can be a bit of a rough neighbourhood and then waiting around at one of the skeeziest skytrain stations and 2)I get tired early because I'm lame. So this will be interesting. Hopefully I won't fall asleep at work and/or be attacked.

My sister got kicked out of Active Skalactic because Nate's brother doesn't like her and then Nate dumped her because he was being a complete asshole idiot. This broke her heart on the first weekend of April. Then Nate tried to get her back but Katie doesn't know if she can trust him. More on this in the rundown/highlights of my trip:


Wednesday 4th: Me and Matt head for the airport early in the morning after having only about 4 hours of sleep. Once in Calgary (which was dreary and snowy) my cousin Caitlin picks us up and we head over to the (you may or may not remember it as "dreaded") Ferguson home where I lived for part of last year. Then we go to the Sev where Anamika works and is supposed to have my Dead Like Me dvds to return. But she doesn't have them (fucking theif) and she offers me a free slurpee and I leave understanding that our friendship is pretty much over as far as I am concerned. Then we meet up with Heather at the lovely Oolong Teahouse and drink a lot of tea and have a really great time. Caitlin then drives me and Matt back to her house where my Dad picks us up to take us to Red Deer.

Thursday 5th: I hang out with my Mom and she takes me clothes shopping at Superstore which I love! The best (and most wonderfully cheapest) clothes come from there. I can't seem to find the great selection of the Red Deer store in Burnaby unfortunately. ;( Then we hang around and watch tv and catch up. Retarded and irritating cat Kitt pisses and takes a dump before supper in the corner of the dining room nearest where I sit. I feel menaced and everyones appetite is ruined. Then me and Matt go out to the Vat with Katie where we listen to a band Katie wished to network with and we meet up with Nate. Everything is extrememly awkward and tense and sad and finally Katie can't take it anymore. As we leave Nate hugs Katie for a bit longer than necessary and then whispers in my ear, "I know I fucked everything up but Katie means this much to me" He pulls back and holds his arms out in an extremely endearing way. Katie is crying and I tear up and whisper back, "You could try letting her in the band" to which he replies "It's not up to me" to which I respond "The important part is." We all leave and in the van Katie mentions that Andy (Nate's brother) was there and was the reason she had to ultimately leave. I envision us turning the van around and me running into the bar to punch Andy in the fucking face. If only I had known!

Friday 6th: Katie is back in the band. Just saying. Anyways, I go to a family lunch at Matt's parents house which was really yummy and then go home (feels weird calling it that now) where my Dad teaches me how to make an impromptu salad dressing, broccoli and blue cheese pasta (a personal favourite) and traditional cinnamon stick spaghetti sauce. When I first arrived me and my Dad had discussed us using the week for cooking lessons which was really great of him. ;)

Saturday 7th: Me and Matt see TMNT. My Mom teaches me to make quiche <3 and we have a really yummy supper of that and gingerbread cake while we watch Mean Girls on tv. Which is when I realize that Matt is starting to get sick. And only partially because of the movie. We go to his sister Heather's going away party (she moved to Montreal) which was pretty fun. Me and her friend Jesse watch the overwhelmingly loud UFC that was showing at the bar and goof it up. Matt looks increasingly like death so we leave early.

Sunday 8th: Lots of candy is eaten. We go back to Calgary to have Easter dinner with my cousins and grandparents (my evil bitch of an Aunt is off in Hawaii with my Uncle and David...assholes, well not David but you know). Because my Grandpa refuses to pay for home-care right now (long fucking story of him being the most stubborn and difficult man on earth) my Mom is expected to go and bathe my Grandma which makes Mom all crazy and upset about how terrible their living conditions are but thankfully Caitlin and Katie go and help get the elders ready instead. Everyone is finally assembled in clothing and with food. We have a decent Easter (btw I hate Easter because it means nothing to me). Me and Matt both feel sick.

Monday 9th: Matt is really really sick with a fever and cold and he lies around pretty much all day. I do some taxes stuff with my Dad. My family and Matt's family all go out for Japanese. We have a really good time and I get drunk on sake. Then Matt comes back with me to my family's house and we all watch Anchorman, which is one of my favourite movies.

Tuesday 10th: My 23rd birthday! And as a present Kitt defiantly takes a piss on the vent right beside where she had sullied the floor earlier in the week. I spend the morning doing more taxes stuff with my Dad. I notice that Katie and Nate have been talking on the phone increasingly and after receiving a nice birthday note from him on myspace, break down and invite him to my birthday "party". Because I missed the guy! Still not sure if they're dating again but whatever. In the afternoon Katie takes me out as she has to hand in a paper and we go for coffee. Then we go to Brushstrokes for an hour to visit with Bev which makes me very happy. I worked with her for 2 1/2 years at Hot Pot and we are good friends but bad at keeping in touch, my main friendship fault. My Dad teaches me how to make pizza (homemade crust- I know how to put on toppings ;P) and we have pizza and caesar salad and some delicious lemon cake that my Mom made earlier. I get tons of presents (which makes packing a really fucking pain in the ass later but for which I am very thankful and happy)! Then we all go out to see 300 which was everything I had hoped it would be. ;) I stay up really late packing and then watch my cat Meggy sleep. She had followed me around all week purring and it was so great to be around her again. My poor old cat, how I miss you. Sigh...

Wednesday 11th: Katie wakes me up to say goodbye and gives me a nice cuddle. I have only had about 4 hours of sleep but I get up to get ready to go to Calgary and see my grandparents again before I'm to meet Matt at the airport with his family (they were seeing off Heather). Me and my parents arrive at my grandparents home with lunch, cake, and presents (for my Granny's birthday) to see them in their pajamas. My Granny hadn't had her medication (1 1/2 hours late) and Grandpa made me vacuum disgusting green foam off of his couch. The rest of the visit wasn't much better. My Grandpa ignored my Mom when she mentioned that it had been my birthday the day before and generally acted like a crazy miser. I was happy to get to wish my Granny a happy birthday but was extremely relieved when we finally left. Then we went to the airport and had teary goodbyes and me and Matt came home to beautiful green plants and lush flowers. Ta da!


And now after having spent an hour typing all of that I should get ready for work and put away the stuff from my trip! I feel kind of sick and really tired so today should be quite the time. Ugh. Oh but I joined facebook and I think I love it. So if you have one and are interested, add me! I'm the Lindsay Nault getting cuddles in my picture. ;P