My last final ended at 9:30pm Friday night (my prof forgot to schedule it until I guess the last minute so we got stuck with a terrible time slot) so May 1st was my first real day of summer. Did my first Salty shift of the season, which went really well. Worked with some great people at a very cool event in Port Moody. The focus of the event was mainly on the salmon hatchery, so during one of my breaks I went with one of the leadership students to release baby salmon into the river. It was SO COOL!
I'll try to avoid eating sushi next year.
After getting home quickly changed and headed to Vancouver to meet up with friends for poutine at Belgian Fries. I got poutine with chicken and sweet peas - super delish! The portions were ginormous though - we all had more than half our bowls left over. After finishing the Canucks game there we headed over to Metrotown giving away some leftover cupcakes from Chris' belated birthday cake to strangers. Ended up taking sticky pics and just sitting around chatting before heading home. I can't remember the last time I took sticker pictures - reminds me of my good ol' grade 8 days.
Sunday I met up with Angela, Brandon, and Michelle for ABC Country's Sunday Breakfast Brunch. I really didn't want to do the all you can eat brunch because I had an interview later for Business Week, but when the waitress came to take my order there was just TOO MUCH PRESSURE and I ended up just pointing at the brunch menu. Whoops. The food was SO good though.
Monday was the start of my Seattle trip! It was a really great way to celebrate the end of the school year. The drive down was nuts though: we encounted the craziest weather - redonk winds, heavy rain, sunshine, hail, you name it. Did tons of shopping (we fell in love with Nordstrom Rack - we hit up 3 different ones), eating, and exploring, and of course, saw Wong Fu Productions at the University of Washington. We even got invited to eat with them after the show but ended up not going. Got back Wednesday evening, safe and sound, though significantly poorer. Oh, fyi something I am very proud of: got about 620km out of a tank of gas, I kid you not! My car holds 40L and normally driving well I can get maybe 400 at absolute max.
Thursday got lunch with Andy and shopped at Metro. I had to buy a new Canucks car flag because Emily opened my window when we were driving to Seattle... lol oh well. Friday I grabbed coffee with Ennis and wandered around downtown catching up before I headed home to get ready for the Canucks game. We made a Can't Beat Canucks sign and even painted our faces but it was such a brutal game... By the third period I was so out of it, I ended up just texting friends and wishing the game would hurry up and be over. LONGEST PERIOD OF MY LIFE!
The view.
After the game went to a friend's birthday party. Wasn't really in the mood to socialize though after the game haha.
Saturday I had to get up early and head to UBC for our first Business Week social/meeting (I got hired as VP External, woohoo!). Super excited now, our team seems really great. Afterwards I had to rush home, change, and head to work (for the first time in a few weeks actually - I booked off finals and my Seattle trip). Sunday was Mother's Day so my sister prodded me awake at what felt like the crack of dawn (read: 8 am) to make her breakfast in bed. We made bacon and cheese quiche, which turned out really well considering I've never made it before. It took quite a while though since I had to fry all the bacon first and the actual baking time took an hour. My sister had to insist our mom stay in bed.
Probably the best quiche lorraine I've ever had
After breakfast we went househunting in North Van and West Van but nothing really stood out, so oh goodness I suppose we'll have to keep looking. I feel terrible for the real estate agent, my parents have been using him for a good 2 months now. Although I guess he'll get a pretty sweet commission once we do buy one, so it works out.
Whew, I'm finally caught up now on my life! Today was sorta a fail day. I was going to get a haircut with Michelle but all the places we went to were closed! Fail. Ended up grabbing food and picnicing at Minoru Park where we ran into Terran and Paul. Watched the ultimate game before heading back to my place to tan in my backyard. Only managed to stay out for maybe 30 mins before it got too cold though (Fail #2). Went inside to eat dinner and then wound up watching funny videos on youtube. Around 9:30 we decided to get Tenku and booked it there but they were closed by the time we got there :( Wound up at McDonalds lol (Fail #3). All in all a good day though. I can't believe this is going to be my life for the next four months!! Nuttin to worry about but what I'm going to eat and wear the next day. LOVIN' IT!
