Two nights of partying back to back...and I'm spent.

What a weekend. Friday, I went to MM's place for an 80's party with her and the nej. It was a blast! So much fun.

Then last night, I went to a Halloween party at a friends house here in town. Good times for sure. So glad to get the extra hour last night though. That gave me an extra hour to party!

Bet I'm going to be really tired tomorrow morning, but it was totally worth it. I had an amazing weekend! Well, the only sucky part was the piss-poor job the leafs did last night against the sens. So, I decided the only way to get over that was to drink more!!

Don't everybody jump at once...

So apparently nobody missed me :( Given the lack of posts this week on everyone's part, I will not take it personally ;)

Today, I had my formal performance development appraisal meeting. I am always a little nervous before this kind of thing, but I don't know why. My boss is really pleased with me and the amount of growth I have shown over the last year. When I think of where I was a year ago, it's amazing to think that it was only a year ago, given the increase in responsibility I have been given. Now, I am a project manager for 8 landfills, I am a mentor to junior staff (yes, I am no longer junior - amazing!), and I am training to become the companies sole waste diversion specialist. I get to go to 2 workshops/seminars next month in Toronto to learn more about this field. One is even an overnight one and I get to stay in a ritzy hotel - yay!

So, given my level of responsibility and the fact I have proved myself as a valuable asset to the company, I asked for a substantial raise. The company does the wage increases in January, so I won't find out how much of a raise I am getting until then. But, I told my boss what the range is according to the OSPE's salary survey for my level of responsibility and years from graduation, so we'll see. *keeping my fingers crossed*.

I'm back!

Wasn't that quick? Anybody miss me?

Yes, I have a replacement monitor now. On Thursday, I took my monitor into Future Shop. As I'm sure all of you know, I HATE that place. But, I didn't have any choice since that's where I bought the monitor. So, I took it in, they looked at it, and yes, it was indeed broken. Thank you, genius. So, I went to the customer service desk to see what they could do for me. It turns out, when I bought the computer, I paid for the service package for 3 years for the computer, but the idiot that rang it in, rang the service package in for only the CPU, instead of the whole package, idiot. So, she said I was out of luck there. Luckily, I had looked in the owner's manual for the monitor, and it came with a 3 year manufacturer's warranty. So, I mentioned this to her, and she did some clicking away on the computer, and sure enough, I was right. So, she said that I should call the manufacturer directly and they would help me. Either that, or Future Shop could do that on my behalf, but it could take up to 6 weeks. I said and I quote "I would prefer to deal with the manufacturer rather than Future Shop because I have had the worst service in the world with Future Shop and I will never buy another computer here as long as I live". It felt so good to say that! So, I took my monitor and left.

When I got back to the office, I called up NEC (the manufacturer). They said I had 2 options. I could either get a refurbished one (of the exact same model I had), or I could drop my monitor off at one of their depots and they would try to fix mine, but that could take awile, depending on their back-log. So, I decided on the refirbished one. And, it arrived today, I plugged it in, and it works! It is even better than the one I had because my old one had a burnt out pixel. This one is like new! Yippee!

Okay, on to more important things! I had a good weekend. Met up with MM and the nej in toronto for the "everything to do with sex" show. It was a lot of fun! Went to a seminar on exotic dancing and the instructor made us all get up and try the moves. It was a lot of fun, but I am going to have to practice I think! Practice makes perfect, right? I figured I should have something to fall back on if this engineering thing doesn't work out ;)

Computer troubles...

We had a power outage last night and when it came back on, somehow, my computer monitor got fried :( Even though I have a surge protector! So, I dug out the receipt and it *should* be under warranty. Tomorrow I will have to set foot in the place I hate most in the world..Future Shop. Yikes! I hope they either fix my monitor quickly or give me a new one... I will insist on it!

So, if I don't update my blog, that means I am still monitor-less. I am using my brother's monitor right now, but he wants it back.

I hate computers...

Another Monday, can I have some coffee?

But, since I don't drink the stuff, a Timmies cappucino had to do the trick ;)

Yes, I was a little on the tired side this morning. Which came from a weekend with very little sleep, but it was totally worth it. Even if lj did paw my arm in the middle of the night ;) She CLAIMS she thought I was her cat, but I think it's just an excuse ;) She was looking so hot on saturday that she had a big ego and was trying to get a piece of me, I think ;) I'm just teasing girl, it did catch me a little off-guard though. It's been awhile since I've been caressed in the middle of the night.

Oktoberfest was a blast. WHERE WAS ONKEL HANS THOUGH?!?! He is one of the only two mascots I can tolerate (the other being Carleton), and he was a no-show. Disappointing. I still had a blast though.

Time for some Oktoberfestin'!

Yay! I am looking forward to going to Oktoberfest! Hard to believe it has been a whole year since I was there last, doesn't seem like that long ago. Should be a load of fun!

Last night, I went out for dinner and to a movie with Mary. It was so nice to spend some time with her again. We saw "Elizabethtown". It was pretty good, I think I am in love with Orlando Bloom ;)

Other than that, nothing new to report.

Edit: 12:55pm

Last night, Leafs:9, Atlanta:1. Need I say more? :)

Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them.

Compliments of kbum.

And I have to say that right now, I couldn't agree more! It has been over 2 weeks now until the break up. I am still in the "BD is a jerk-face and I hate men!" stage right now.

Here is the latest development. As I mentioned before, after much thought and careful consideration, I decided to mail BD the birthday present I had ordered for him. So, I sent it last week, and he got it yesterday. He sends me an email that says something like: "thanks for the gift, I was completely caught off guard. It was very nice of you, although I am not sure if I can keep it, given what has happened in the last month. Let me know what you think because I am not sure if I am cool with hanging onto it".

What the hell?!? I wouldn't have sent it to him if I didn't want him to have it. And I wasn't aware that we were on such bad terms that I can't even send him a gift that I bought while we were still a couple. I was hoping we could still be friends, but it seems as though he wants absolutely nothing to do with me. What did I do? So when he broke up with me by email and did the whole "it's not you, it's me" thing, was that just a lie to get rid of me? What happened? He was so smitten with me and turned cold for no apparent reason. GAH! I want some answers. And he's not willing to give me any.

Men, who needs 'em?

...unless you're talking about the Leafs, and then it's me! I need them! I am glad they won last night!

Why can't we win?!?

Three games, zero wins, two overtime losses... 2 points. Not good enough! Let's pull off some wins leafies! How about tonight, perhaps?!?

Turkey weekend

What a relaxing weekend. I ate lots of turkey at my Aunt and Uncle's cottage, and I was SOOO full! I also took my doggie on 2 long walks this weekend, which as nice. I am going to try to do more of that. We both could use the exercise!

On Saturday night, we had some family friends over and played cards while watching the game and the wine was flowing. So, I got a little buzzed which is always a good time.

Back to work tomorrow... boo... I was getting used to this life of relaxation.

Am I crazy? Or just plain stupid...

I signed up for a recreational math course and it started last night...yes, recreational math. What the heck is recreational math, you ask? Well, I wondered the same thing and figured I should take the course to find out ;) So far, we learned about all the different types of number systems and where number originated from. It was neat to learn some of the history behind math. There are 5 more weeks of the course, so I'll have to post about what is recreational about it when I find out!

The university here in town does have a really good program for adults. They have both professional development and personal development courses. There are some really neat ones. Like, in the spring, I took a forensic science for the novice course where we extracted our own dna and got to take our DNA profile home. We also learned a lot about crime scene investigation, everything from blood spatter analysis, to how the MNR uses forensics to solve deer poaching cases.

I also took a financial planning for women couse which was really useful. I think that course will save me thousands because I learned the best ways of investing (when I finally get some money!), mortgages, credit, taxes, insurance, etc, etc, etc.

They also have several courses I haven't expored yet. They have tons of writing courses, cultural courses, courses for the mind and spirit, entepreneurial courses, etc. Hmmm, I'm starting to sound like a commercial! I guess I am just loving taking courses for fun and since I am single again, gotta find some way of occupying some of my time ;)

I am soooo glad it's the weekend, it's been a long week. Tomorrow, the only thing I have planned is going to SDM, because they have a 20X the optimum points on tomorrow when you spend $50. And I think I have enough things that I need to get to bump me up there. So yay!

Sunday, I think I will go to the Norwood fair (if the weather is okay) and then in the late afternoon, it's the big family turkey dinner at my aunt and uncle's cottage. Then Monday is another rest day. Pretty quiet weekend.

I want to hit the gym a couple times as well. Need to get back in that habit. I found that the break-up with BD made me so distraught that I drowned my sorrows in chocolate and greasy food. So, I gained a few pounds. Need to get that off! Sigh, the never-ending battle of trying to lose that pesky 15 pounds that I have been trying to lose for the last year and a half. Man, I wish is was easier to lose weight. I have yet to find a good diet that works. I think the key is to combine diet and exercise, but what do you do if you're lazy and just want to sit on your butt doing nothing all day?

So it begins...

Less than 1 hour 'til puckdrop at the ACC! I am SO excited that the NHL is back in action. Hopefully my leafs can actually win the cup this year! I am hopeful every year...

I sent BD a short happy birthday email this morning (his birthday is today). I also decided that I would send him the birthday present I ordered for him, but not the card (since it was all mushy and stuff and it didn't really apply anymore). I thought about it a lot, and I decided that I do want him to have the gift. I picked it out for him, and I want to send it to him. So, I will mail it off tomorrow. Just because he is behaving like a cowardly jerk, doesn't mean I can't still be nice. I can't turn my feelings off like a tap like he seems to have.

The weekend was good.

I had a good weekend. Nej came to town for an interview and afterwards we hung out and then went to the ACC for a leafs game... and the leafs won! Yay! I spent the night at nej's place and then went out for brunch with mm on Sunday. I had a really great time. It was my first weekend since BD and I broke up, and I didn't even think about him all that much... I was too busy having fun with nej and mm! So, I think the distraction was just what I needed.

So, it's been a week now since the break-up. I have gone from being really hurt and not knowing how I will go on to being really mad at BD. I still can't believe he would break up with me by email. After 2.5 months of spending a lot of time together, he owed me the face-to-face. I am also mad that he could tell me I have nothing to worry about and then THE NEXT DAY break up with me. And he told me it was a well thought out decision, so then that means he had been wanting to do it for awhile, which means he was lying to me all those times he said I had nothing to worry about. Men! Why can't I find an honest, sweet, loyal, caring, funny, attractive, Christian guy? I really thought BD was the guy for me. And he was for the first 2 months. I still don't even know what happened. He changed and I don't know why.

Men, can't live with them, can't live without them.