Hmm..where to start. = ) It's been an interesting week in which I have made some new friends, made a fool of myself, been bored, and have had a good time.
So let's see, on saturday, anne and i went back to the after hours medical place and they sent her over to the emergency room, where they did an x-ray and such and diagnosed her with pneumonia. She was admitted to the hospital and ended up staying there until Tuesday, when the bastards sent her home by herself after telling me that she wouldn't be going home until Wednesday. During the day I've been helping her out as best I can, she's getting better, but still doesn't have much energy and is pretty weak. We made cookies today though = )
I went to the conference to help out on Tuesday. I got to see a bunch of people's research on the effects of sediment on marine organisms and some on sewage effects. They were interesting, but after 4 of them I started to get pretty bored. Then there was an "icebreaker" with free alcohol and I had 4 glasses of champagne, then a bunhc of us went to play some pool at this random bar. I kept drinking and ended up making a bit of an ass of myself. I'm not really upset about it or anything, it wasn't that big of a deal, but it was the first time i'd really hung out with them and now i'm never gonna live it down. Also made for a bit of an awkward start to my friendly relations with people. Oh well = P I'll get over it and i really had a fun time too.
Everyone left except rahul (i have no idea how to spell his name) (he's from india) and me. Then I told him to go cuz I think he was looking after me, but as soon as he left I felt kinda out of place, so I left, but then I didnt' want to sit at home all alone and drunk, so I went up to Rahul's place and he was outside smoking, as I had figured he would be. I hung out there for an hour or so with him and some other guys. one of whom kept kissing me on the top of the head and wanted me to stay there with him. it was quite strange.
the next morning my stupid alarm didnt go off and slept through work. when i did wake up, i wasn't very hungover, so i'm not sure that my missing work had anything to do with my night out. it was a good night too except for the me embarassing myself part.
wed. i went back to the conference only for the evening free alcohol bit and to socialize. I only drank coke, and we went over to a different conference thing when the alcohol stopped flowing at ours and the guys drank more, then we went to the malthouse, a bar near my place and played a bunch of pool. This time they were all "pissed"/"munted"/"wasted" and I was the sober one. Man, they're an entertaining bunch of people. Chris G and I are known as "the dream team" playing pool. we were on the same team both nights and we're pretty good. of course, both of us were better on our respective lesser drunk nights, but we were pretty good. dave and his friend were teasing me about tuesday night, bruce was getting all philosophical but i couldn't figure out what he was trying to tell me. haha. it was REALLY fun!
then i left and went to bed around 12:30 and went to work in the morning just fine.
I need to fix up my bike a bit, the seat is so low that i cant really ride it normally so i ride everywhere standing up, which gets pretty tiring. the tires are also a bit soft so it takes more effort than it would otherwise. it's nice to have though. i'd been getting up at 4:45 to walk over there and getting there around 5:25 or so, but today I got up at 5 and rode over and got there at 5:15-20. It was awesome! I don't really like work though. I think I'm not going to stay there very long becuase I dont like getting up that early to go clean up after people who are such horrible slobs. I also find myself getting really tired, even when i go to bed early. My boss found a new job, so she's leaving in a month, i figure i'll stay til she's gone and then turn in my 2 week notice unless something changes.
Hmm...i had more to say, but i cant remember any of it. i'm ready for bed and it's only 6:45pm. Wah! = P I cleaned my room today, it looks so much nicer!
it's weird, i haven't really talked to my mom in a long time. very strange. also strange to think that i've been here for nearly 2 months. that's a long time! and even stranger to think that i'll be here at least another 6 or so til I MIGHT go home again. it really is starting to feel like home. I know where the bars are, I can get home from anywhere...
i really like hanging out with a bunch of guys. it's prolly cuz i like being the center of attention, tho i could do without the teasing about tuesday night. grr = P it's fun.
oh yeah, the other day, we were making banana boats and i was checking on them in the oven and my sleeve hit the element. very hot. it spontaneously combusted with a little flame and everything! now i have a hole in my sweatshirt. i'm kinda pissed about that, but it was crazy! and i'm glad my skin didnt touch it, i may have completely been fried!
RANDOM picture for the night: