they live a rougher life than we...

it's 18°C outside right now, and I'm inside and bored out of my mind. I could go shopping but I really don't think it would be wise to do anymore unnecessary spending before finding a job. I think I'll probably just go for a walk or something.

Thursday, May 7th:
Rach and I met downtown, and finally finished going through Eaton Centre...it only took us 3 days! We also traveled further on Queen St. W, hit up Rachael's second Urban Outfitters. Rachael had her first taste of Pizza Pizza--I wonder how much her lactose intolerance acted up? We returned to Meg's apartment, and I took a 2-hour nap...It's crazy how tired one can get from walking and shopping, and not even working. We were all pretty beat, so I headed home.

Friday, May 8th:
I decided to take a walk down Bloor West, finally found a second Puma Store (the one on Queen West apparently doesn't exist?), and bought me a pair of comfy shoes. Which are comfy when you're wearing them. To be able to pay for them though, I need to apply for jobs and in applying for jobs, I can't really wear comfy shoes, ironic, isn't it? Found my 3rd H&M Store, that one was pretty European-Styled--by that, expensive, not comfortable-looking, and not practical. I headed home to eat lunch and pack for the weekend.

Rach came over and we booted it downtown to meet Meg, with only one misdirection on a unnecessary street car (I'm good at directions when I have a map!), and then we racewalked to the bus depot to travel to Guelph. I think it was decently priced, at $25 for a round trip. It took about an hour and a half to get there, and by the time we got there, we were starved! We attended Meg's friend's birthday dinner at Atmosphere, this restaurant that had pretty good martinis, tasty food, but tiny portions. Luckily I had had a late lunch so I was stuffed. Then we ran off to get ready for the bar.

After we were glammed up, we walked to e-Bar, which was just up the block from where we were staying. The music was ok, I suppose, based on my skewed standards, haha. There are a lot of jokes from that night, including but not limited to:

• The ridiculous "DJ Slim" who was this skinny, long-haired boy who looked about 15 years old. He was wearing Maiden shirt that I felt he shouldn't have been wearing, based on the fact that he knew every single word to the top-40 shiz he was playing.
• The crazy football jersey/sweatpant-wearing bro who kept hanging around on the outskirts of the dance floor, trying to rock out to the song, but obviously not courageous enough to come up to any girl
• I pulled an Angus-on my knees-air guitar move, which I've done many times before, only this time I accidentally kicked off my kitten heel into the great abyss. It took a good 5 minutes for me to find it, and that involved me walking around the dance floor and pointing out my naked foot to people and asking if they'd seen my shoe. thank goodness we found it! Unfortunately, this luck did not extend to my favourite (and ONLY pair with me here) jeans, as I discovered a huuuge crotch rip the following day, undoubtedly from my wicked dance moves. Meg and I are holding a pant-ripping ceremony later this month.

Saturday, May 9th:
I did NOT feel good the next day, I suppose a combination of my bellini/caesar/beer-fest the night before, a restless night, and early-ish morning. I felt better after eating, though, at a hole in the wall restaurant called Appollo. Then we were off to the Greyhound station, to head back to Toronto.

We had a lazy day at Meg's apt, deciding to have a baby movie fest, including Knocked Up (well, the first half, before the dvd screwed up), and Juno. Then we got dressed (not up though), and walked to Graz-ie, Meg's fave restaurant. It had really good Italian food! Rach and I got a bit tipsy from the wine, and we headed back to Meg's apartment with her friend to walk Baby Momma, which was still funny on the 2nd viewing.

We went to bed faaaar too late for the morning we had ahead of us.

Sunday, May 10th:
Rachael's leaving day. She planned it for a Sunday to make sure that Meg could accompany us to the airport, unbenounced to the fact that subways don't start until 9am on Sundays. So we had to catch a cab to the airport. Late nights+early mornings+me=siiiick. We sent rachee off, and then Meg and I very sleepily took the subway to our respective homes. I went to sleep as soon as I got home, and slept until about 1pm.

After waking up, I decided to head to the Dufferin Mall, which was an excellent decision on my part! The best H&M so far, and decent sales there, as well as at Suzy Shier. Also, I found my first Dollarama. Exciting!

Monday, May 11th:
I had my interview, which I think went ok. We'll see! I applied for a few more jobs, bought a headset so that I can chat with steve and my peeps online, and then headed home.

Tuesday, May 12th:
Happy birthday dad! I walked to the library to print some application forms, and they told me I have to bring a piece of mail or something if I want a library card, so...someone send me mail please! ASAP! Then i walked down Bloor West and Yonge Street, all the way to College again, applying at a few more places. I found a dollarama closer to where I live! and a 7-eleven!!! Since it was 17°C yesterday, I partook in a 40oz-er.

After a quick stop at No Frills, and 2 stops at the dollar store by my house (this is what i get for not making shopping lists), I was on my way to making perogies! It took me at least an hour and a half to make the dough and the filling, and 3 hours total for the whole process. I don't think I got the expected yield of 6 dozen, but I didn't have any trouble pinching, as far as I know. I boiled/fried up 7 for a very late dindin yesterday, and 1 of the 7 opened, which is pretty good! The filling was a bit chunky, as I didn't have a potato masher and used a fork instead. They also aren't cheesy enough, but I do have a weakness for old cheddar.

I chatted with my parents for awhile, and found out that they are listing my Baba's house for sale, which is crazy. I didn't expect it to happen so soon. But it's good, it will be nice to have her even closer to us, and I think it will be good for her to see us more often. If I do end up moving out of my parent's house when I return to Winnipeg, there will be an extra bedroom for someone to sleep in, so that would be good for them. I have to see what my financial situation is like, though.

Today:
Nothing. Hahahaha. Keeping up with my daily ritual of chocolate granola and orange juice/lemonade while watching the price is right, and then finding things to keep me busy for the remainder of the day. So far, I've eaten glosette raisins, updated this blog, facebooked until there was nothing left to facebook, and cleaned my room slightly. I should get out and experience the warmth before it starts raining.

cheers!