A much anticipated update, I'm sure

So, I am almost through the worst of our busy season. I even spent Saturday not working, and went to the Folk Festival in Van. It was a beautiful day and I had a wonderful time. I have a bit of a crush on the singer from Lau, a celtic band from Scotland. I also really enjoyed Jenn Grant, unusual singing style but very melodic. Bela Fleck was there with Abigail Washburn and I discovered I have been pronouncing his name wrong for the past 10 years...It is "BAYla" not "Bella". Oops! Trying to watch him play from VERY far away from the stage was a bit annoying. There was this ridiculous family that kept getting up & standing & talking about 20 feet in front of me. They finally packed up and left half way through his solo. If I wasn't a pacifist and dreaded imprisonment I would have killed them. Spirit of the West was also there & we danced. I am so old and decrepid though - I got winded, twice, through their famous drinking song (which by the by should be the Canadian national anthem officially). Then there was the fun of people watching. And, for anyone who enjoys people watching a Folk Festival is a treasure trove. Regular people behave differently and occaisionally insanely at them. And, it attracts all the nut balls too. The funniest are the hoola hoopers. There were people with their hoola hoops all day but the big stage had the cream of the crop. There was one younger h-h-er who made h-h-ing sexy - which is HILARIOUS! "Ooh, I'm so sexy - watch me!" (Or so I envision her thoughts). There were a few men in various types of skirts, the occaisional top hat, the bra-less, ZZ top beards, and I'm pretty sure I saw one of the actresses from Dances with Wolves (but in normal clothes, not any of the previously mentioned items). Overall, a great day. I spent Sunday immobile and napping.
Other than that, I am just waiting till the work business is over!

Victory

I beat the Devil on Medium! Yeah! I DO ROCK!!!

Not much

It's been a while, so I figured I should make an effort. I don't really have much time or effort to spare but I do want to keep my readers happy, or at the very least mildly pleased. As for what's been going on in my life, well, I am on the last disk of Angel Season 1. I beat Guitar Hero on Easy & after much practicing finally beat Slash on Medium. Yay for me. Last week I worked 17 3/4 hours of overtime, which is insane. I did finally buy some vegetation on Sunday evening so have eaten Salad, fruit, etc. this week. The week before it was all about the carbs. It makes me think I will get Scurvy, though in all practicality that is very unlikely. I am feeling quite stressed out but am coping for the most part. I had 1 major freak out at work but was compensated but much chocolate so that was nice. Belly Dancing and Ball are now over, though I played only 3 games this season. My next task is to get the Zoo's summer newsletter done. That's going to be difficult but once I get that off my plate I think I'll feel better. Clyde is ok - though experiencing diarrhea this week. We also got in trouble with the neighbour for some nighttime barking so I have been keeping him in all night which may not be helping. If only he was quieter when he barked...That's pretty much it. I need a break, but that won't happen till August so I have to keep it together a few more weeks. Wish me luck.

lost post

I just wrote a really entertaining post & lost it all because of some frickin' glitch. ARGHHH!!!!
Too bad for you!

Saturday

I took today off from the regular routine, slept in AND LOVE IT! Oh, yes, this is how it feels to be relaxed. I had forgotten. What's been going on? Well, I got sick again which sucks beyond belief. That's why I opted to stay home today, to try & get back on track. The cough is still going but not as bad as yesterday. I got out of bed after 10 - 10! I am watching So You Think You Can Dance, despite the fact that I didn't want to start watching until the bloopers were over. It's just been on all week so it seemed unavoidable. As for my own dancing, I think the pole dancing (did I tell you I am taking a pole dancing/exercise class?) is not for me. My bad knee just can't take it. It's been sore all week, and the week before. I am thinking of bailing. Normally I would stick it out but I don't want to jeopardize my Superstar Bellydancing career potential. I guess we'll see. On the home front, my short stint with a working dishwasher has been shot to hell. It won't drain & spits out all of the soap. Frickin' awesome. Oh, yeah, and my cordless phone buttons are shot. It takes 10 seconds of painful pushing on the "8", "6" and some of the other numbers to dial. I want to throw it against the wall. It's time to get a new phone I guess. I am cheap though so maybe not this week. That's about it folks. Till next time!

Finally - a long weekend! Woo hoo!

I am so glad to have 3 days off, in a row. It's wonderful. Also, my dishwasher seems to be working again. Apparently jiggling the spinner thing around can actually fix it, at least temporarily. Who knew. I am hoping to clean my house thoroughly but do have some more social things planned. Zoo on Saturday, game night Sunday. I also MUST go bra shopping. My main bra broke, my back-up bra broke, so it's been the sports bra which smooshes them a bit. I can't live like this! I must have proper support. On a less personal note, it's also super sunny & warm here so I should do some patio clean-up. It still has the white trash look right now - meaning two vacuums, ply wood, particle board, bits of cement block, a broken garbage can doesn't look nice in my neighbourhood. Unfortunately, there's a good chance I may waste my time playing video games. I guess we'll see.
T.V. talk: The Office season finale & Lost this week - holy crap! And, wow - holy crap! You know? The Office had some really funny moments, as usual, and Ryan the jerk got...well, if you haven't seen it I won't spoil it. Lost was just crazy - why the lies? That's all I will say.

Getting busy

Overtime has started so I don't have much spare time. Today was relaxing though, I even slept in till 10:30 which is a miracle. I did go to see Iron Man Friday which was awesome. Great cast - Robert Downey Jr. is awesome. He is AMAZING at cheek. And, the Iron Man suits were really cool. Going to the local theatre on a weekend though is really irritating. Adolescents everywhere acting stupid. I felt like I was at the mall. Luckily our theatre was full of comic geeks so they actually shut up when the movie started. I went to Tim Hortons yesterday and it was the mall plus - young girls with babies, creepy old guys, adolescents, kids dressing like teenagers...I wanted to scream. Good danish, bad atmosphere. I will never go inside again - strictly the drive-thru from now on. If people want to be idiots that's their prerogative but I really can't handle watching it. Back to work tomorrow. Great.
ps: I just learned that I have been spelling "prerogative" incorrectly for my whole life - not that I get to use that word much but I am embarrassed.