i really ought to be finishing my readings, but i'm not. i just want to give a quick update. doing homework is so much harder on weekends because my weekends and not at all structured and i don't have to disipline to try and make them so. i've almost accomplished everything i've wanted to this weekend, but not quite. i have not put the time into ventilators that i've wanted to because i found out the test is on friday and not tuesday. i have not put the time into cardiovascular management (which was to reread anatomy and phsysiology from last semester in an attempt to clear the cobwebs) because i am lazy. i have put time into neonatals and pediatrics because, for the moment, it is new and exciting! yet to finish reading pharmacolgy because allan has not narrowed down my focus yet. next, i'm about to, just as soon as i finish this, oh lord i promise you! i'm going to read my anaesthesiology test book. yawn. but it's the last thing i have to do and it's only 17 pages so that should be a motivator. accent on the "should."
this weekend was a mind bender. on friday i went out with cathaleen and rhian, and surprise! NINA! yup, that's right, nina came out with me! it was so much fun! rhian left for nova scotia on saturday morning so it was sort of a last hoorah. we started out going to "the funky buddah" which is the old "sherlock holmes" and looks just like "sherlock holmes" except for they added some laterns and brought in a dj. whoohoo! i had a corona, a china white and a broken down golf cart there. then we left and hit up "devlin's," which is a martini bar. on the way there i ran into shane, who i worked with last summer. got a hug out of him and talked for a bit. it was funny because when i called his name he pretended not to hear or see him, then when i called it again he made a beeline right towards me and hugged me huge. at "devlin's" i had a martini that was passionfruit, peach and cranberry flavoured. i felt so sophisticated drinking out of that glass, and best part, mine came with a gummy candy attached to the edge! yea! maybe that makes me less sophisticated? whatever, i was damn happy. some guy was sort of hitting on us a group and telling rhian how much he loves nova scotia. he was naming all these bars he likes and rhian was like, "those are ho bars. only skanks and man-whores go there." oh i love her brute honesty! then he asked her what she was taking in school and she told me, "neuroscience. " he looks at me and says, "is that to do with nerves and stuff?" i say, "no, brain." he said, "huh?" i was like, "no, BRAIN!" and pointed to my head. i didn't mean to be rude, but "neuro" definately means brain! i think he thought i was being rude because conversation certaintly dwindled from that point on and he slunk away, back to his table. after "devlin's" we headed across to "l'attitude." first i thought it was "latitude" and in lines on a globe, but nope, way hipper than that, it was french for attitude. cathaleen knew the bartender there and she made us up these wicked peach bellini's. best drink of the night by far. the place was pretty dead but we sat in a window booth and people watched for awhile. i felt like i was watching a fish tank until cathaleen pointed out that we were more likely to be the ones in the tank. oh. cathaleen and i went to the bathroom and talked about seinfeld and man hands and not having a square to spare. you know the one where eileen is out of paper and the girl in the next stall can't spare a square? then when we got out of there, rhian was like, "was it you 2 that we were always talking about not having a square to spare?" it was so odd because rhian had not heard out conversation. same wavelengths much? we headed to pita pit to eat. i couldn't finish my pita and had to stuff it in my purse. i was all worried about getting pita juice everywhere, but i didn't. lucky me. i still haven't finished that pita. it's rotting in the fridge upstairs. i imagine that by now it'd be so soggy i wouldn't want it. i won't even finish my pancakes if they get soggy by the time i'm on the last bite. i just can't stand the texture. last stop of the night was stolli's. on the way there we got stopped by some guy with a broken heart wanting to know if he was horrid. he told up that story of how his gf broke up with him because he was going out that night with his friend and her gf. surely there's more to the story. so we just assured him that he's not horrid and she'd be calling the next morning to back for him back and that he could then tell her to stuff it. he wasn't horrid. not my type, but surely he's somebody's. once at stolli's we stood awkwardly by the bar trying to get service. when we finally did we got 6 shots of tequila and rhian, cathaleen and i downed them. i don't think rhian liked the taste too much but it got her dancing. we grooved to some r&b for a bit and then made our way. good times. headed home. called alex once i got there and he came over and spent the night.
the next morning, i brought a pretty big issue with our relationship, one that'd it'd be thinking about for the last 2 weeks and avoiding. but i definately needed to bring it up because he kept asking me what was wrong and i kept telling him nothing. i just didn't know what i needed to say. i didn't want to make waves. i thought maybe i was wrong and that if i just ignored it, things would somehow magically change! wow, that sounds dumb. i'm an idiot. i should have brought it up sooner. so i did and we resolved it later that day and i'm feeling a million times better and so is he because i'm no longer acting all distant and weird. i'm so transparent. i didn't even know i'd been acting distant and weird! he stayed over saturday night too. we rented a movie and just chilled out. i really think we needed that. shhhh. don't tell mom and dad! they would FREAK!
also on saturday, nina and i (look nina's in the story again!) went shopping with grandma. she let nina try on all the stuff she wanted that suits her style while she told me i need to dress "more sophisticated" and tried to make me over. she even told me she's been watching lots of "what-not-to-wear" so now i think she thinks she's an expert. i love you gramma, but i'm just not ready for boxy ugly floral things or hideous horizontal stripes. i will dress like an old lady when i am one, and no sooner. i did get 3 nice things that i actually like. they are more plain than i am accustomed to. i like to stand out, look funky and unique, with a vintage flair, but everyone needs a few stayholds in their wardrobe. i got a black zip up pullover that looks hot zipped all the way up and zipped part way down, a red v-neck ribbed long sleeve sweater that i plan to dress up with hot accessories and ribbons perhaps even a belt midwaist, and a mauve-ish boat neck longsleeve shirt that's just plain cute and i can dress up by exposing various tank top straps or bra straps underneath.
sunday, just chilled. slept in late and cuddled with my man. kept going back to sleep because i love sleep and the longer i can prolong my snuggle time, the better off i am. alex left at about 1 and i did some work on ventilators (see, i did do stuff!). then i went there for dinner at about 6 and hung out till 1am. nice evening. great sleep.
today, rob and gary came over at noon so we could start to work on our project. then i did some neonates and delle came over for tea. she's leaving tomorrow for olds so i don't really know when i'll see her next and this makes me quite sad. i did not spend the proper time with her this summer. i feel like i ripped her and myself off cause she's a really great friend and i'm going to miss her tremedously. oh well, she and i are good at the long distant relationship stuff because we did it for years. dinner, then more homework and now this. oops.
now, i have work to do and i'd better hurry because i wanted alex to come over tonight!
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