Sleeping in makes me more tired. Anyone notice this? On normal work days I get up at 6:10 but on Monday's I don't have to work, I sleep til 7 and take T to work at 7:20. That extra 50 minutes of sleep makes me so tired I can barely crawl out of bed. Don't ask me what that's all about. Thrown off routine perhaps. Either way, I feel like I could sleep for 10 hours right now.

I have some exercise plans today and homework plans. Sounds like an awfully exciting Monday doesn't it? I finally got the 30 day shred so I can see what everyone loves (and a few don't love) about it. I'd like to do it for 30 days but I'm realistic and know that probably won't happen. I'll give it my best go though. I might go for a run with the BFF today. I really hope it's raining like it's supposed to because it was 35 degrees all weekend (95 F) and I'm ready for some cooler weather, especially if I'm going to run.

I definitely have a bunch of reading to do for my course due at the end of August. I actually did some this weekend (I know, I'm impressed too) but I have much much more to do. Since I really don't have time to get another extension, I actually have to suck it up and do it this time. *sigh* Did I mention I'm ready for this stuff to be done already!?

Alright, must go drag my butt out of bed. Seriously - could sleep all morning!

Happy Monday :)

xoxo

b

P.S. T just brought me oatmeal and strawberries in bed. Seriously? I love this man.

This week has been sporadic posting week it seems. I have the day off today so I got to sleep in and let me tell you, it was lovely. T and I were planning on going for a bike ride this morning but we're thinking of staying home and vegging out a bit instead. We're off to the race track again tonight for more racing (I can't even count the number of hours I've been there in the past little while!) A whole bunch of friends are coming so it should be a good time.

T's friends are leaving tomorrow morning, so I'm looking forward to a weekend of B and T quiet time. We're going to do laundry and go grocery shopping and catch up on missed quality time together. Should be a good weekend.

Happy 4th of July this weekend to my neighbours to the south!

xox

b

I had a wonderful Canada Day. We went to the Aquarium and saw the sea otters (if you haven't youtube'd these guys yet, you should. They are incredibly adorable!) and the baby beluga (anyone else start singing when I say that? Raffi anyone?) who is less than a month old, and all the other very cool sea creatures (among other things - they have an amazon exhibit!).

We spend a couple hours at the aquarium and then walked Stanley park, went to go eat and then came home to prep for our bbq. We made some fantastic burgers and mustard fries and it was all really really good. We then devoured a cake. Happy birthday Canada. :)

Today I'm back to work for one more day (and then Friday off!!) so hopefully it's a nice and easy day. We still have guests in from out of town - tonight we're going out for dinner. I like having people visit, but at the same time it's totally exhausting. I just want some time alone with T!

Rightyo - must get to work. Happy Thursday ya'll. Can you believe it's already July!??

xoxo

b

Bullet points because my post isn't making cohesive sense (when does it ever?) :)

• Today at work we're having a day early Canada day bbq (tomorrow is Canada's 142nd birthday) so we get to lounge in the sunshine at lunch and have a potluck bbq. It's going to be lovely.
• T and I went for a bike ride again yesterday. He managed to get down (and up!) the very large hill by my house. I'm beyond proud of him.
• We've had bbq twice already this week and will be up to at least 4 after Canada day. Gotta love summer.
• Apparently my idea of bagpipes at our wedding was vetoed for not 'fitting the theme.' I'm kinda sad. I like pipers. :)
• Can I go back to bed now?

I'm still exhausted from the weekend. Hopefully tomorrow will be a nice sleep in for Canada Day. How nice is it to have a day off in the middle of the week!?

Happy Tuesday :)

xox

b

I can't believe it's Monday already. It was so so so busy I hardly had a chance to breathe! I wrote my exam on Friday after work and it went fairly well. I'm not sure why they decided a written exam was better than an online one because I had to write FIVE essays and my hand was going to fall off near the end. I wrote less just because my hand wasn't cooperating.

We headed out to the racetrack to watch some street legal cars after my exam which was a hoot as usual. It was even more packed than normal because all the cars for a huge weekend even were there getting set up. T drooled over pretty much all of them and we decided to go back to see them in action.

On Saturday, my car needed a service, and it turned out I ended up having a brake problem covered by my warranty which was fine but it meant we had to wait for three hours rather than one and a half. T and I wandered around the mall, had coffee and browsed cars we can't afford. It was good because he was with me. If I had to wait alone, I'd be pulling out my hair by then. As soon as we got home, T's friends from out of town pulled up to our house and we ate lunch and then went to the highland games (pipe bands, caber toss, highland dancing etc) which I go to every year (I'm like 1/8 scottish). I don't think T had as much fun as I did, but he put up with it well. We went out for dinner, then icecream, grocery shopping then home..and oh my god I was tired.

Apparently, not tired enough cause we got up at 8 the next morning to go out for breakfast and then spend most of the day at the track watching the pro cars race (and pro mod cars!). Some of these cars are so fast I can't even imagine what it would feel like to be in it. 245 miles per hour (For some reason at the track they always use mph rather than kmph even though we're in Canada - for my Canadian friends that's 378 km/hr!!!)

Sitting in the sun all day makes me even more exhausted. We came home, BBQ'd and crashed. When my alarm went off this morning I was cursing it.

Anyways - crazy busy! Most I've done in a weekend in a long time. As T says, it's exhausting entertaining people!

Happy Monday :)

xoxo

b

It seems a trend - every Friday I lament about how busy I'm going to be this weekend. And this one is no exception!

Bullet list shall we?

• Work today
• Final for a course I've been taking tonight (3 hours, 5 essays - shoot me now!)
• Car is getting serviced tomorrow morning (must keep the car happy)
• T's friends are coming from Calgary in the afternoon
• Entertaining begins - We're going a bunch of touristy things with them and cooking them dinner and all sorts of things.

Well, it actually looks less overwhelming in a bullet list. Once my exam is over tonight, I think I'll feel much better.

Have a great weekend!!

xox

b

As stolen from the lovely Robin...she's much more creative than I (and has much better taste in music!)

Age 15 - Rocking out to I'm Real by Jennifer Lopez (before the JLo days) and Jay-Z in the elevator of my moms new apartment, a week after she left my dad. Shouting all the words with my two best friends who kept me sane.

Age 16 - Singing Ignition remix in my boyfriends Mazda pickup. He was learning to drive standard and I kept pushing repeat.

Age 17 - Drove in the backseat of a friend's camero (named Storm for the lovely grey colour) through Stanley Park at night belting Shake ya tailfeather by Nelly (God was I ever a gangster!) wishing the summer would never end and I could freeze these moments in my memory forever.

Age 18 - Cried as my boyfriend of two years broke up with me for bigger and better things (girls?) in his future while Over and Over (Tim McGraw and Nelly) played softly in the background.

Age 19 - Danced around in my dorm room with my new cowboy hat blaring Don't worry bout a thing (SheDaisy) torn between missing home and loving my new independence.

Age 19 - Played Boondocks on repeat as we drove to Seattle for the Kenny Chesney concert, sat in 4 hours of border traffic and got pulled over by a state trooper. I drove got a suntan on the hood of the car, went to my first American concert and loved my friends.

Age 20 - The snow had finally started to melt in my snowy northern town where I was going to University. I rolled my windows down and car danced with my two roommates to Sexy Back wearing aviators with a car full of text books.

Age 21 - Waited in the hotel room with my parents as they got ready to attend my university convocation while singing Sweet Escape (Gwen Stefani) acapella with my sister. Later that day, I sang the same song in the car on the way to meet T for the first time.

Age 22 - The White Stripes played on my computer so many times they fill up 90% of my top 25 most played songs on my iTunes. T and I (his music collection much more eclectic than mine) both agreed on our mutual love for The White Stripes and it was played more than often. As we pulled away from T's house leaving for our journey to our house together, My Doorbell by The White Stripes played (and I sang along. At 5:30am.)

Age 23- These days, I'm seen car dancing much to T's chagrin to Mr. Hurricane by The Beast. While my music taste has become much less mainstream than it ever has been (my 15 year old sister tells me it isn't cool to listen to top 40's anymore - only indie music, dontchaknow) I still rock out to Britney (though less, now that I've attended her terrible concert) but lately have been rockin it old school with favorites I used to love. The memories are insane. The songs flood me with images and scents and feelings I had long forgotten. Isn't it amazing?

Any old favorites? Any new favorites?

xoxo

b

T and I both slept through our alarm this morning leaving me with about 2 seconds to write a blog post. That's ok though because I'm still feeling pretty disgusting from yesterday. I'm not entirely sure what I ate, but it wasn't pretty. Neither was when T and I decided to go for a run and I almost puked due to whatever it was I ate that was so unhappy in my belly.

You're supposed to wake up and feel better, but I pretty much feel the same. My belly is protesting. Work is going to be interesting...

Hope you have a good one! (And your belly is on your side!)

xox

b