Sorry for the delay in posting. Last week went by fairly well, we are getting really busy though which makes the day go by fast...but makes the day stressful as well (there are no little breaks to just catch your breath). Last weekend Sam and I went to see the movie "Flash of Genius". It was a good movie, but the previews had shown alittle to much and not enough of it was surprising. We also had dinner at Smitty's prior to that. I had gotten a gift card from work using my "performance points". It was for $55 and had paid for our movie tickets as well as some new bra's that I picked up at La Senza. I bought 2 really nice bra's for $18.50!
Friday when I got home Sam and I decided to rent a movie and we picked up "Ironman". It had really good graffics. It was really nice spending some time together. Sam and I decided to have our own turkey dinner instead of going to Saint John (he couldn't get the time off). We invited Luke and Tina over to help us eat the turkey. I went and bought all the stuff for our dinner on Saturday, Sam prepared everything on Saturday night and cooked the entire meal on Sunday! I didn't have to do a thing! I just packed up the left overs and am I'm going to clean up the kitchen today. It was an awesome dinner, we had all the fixins! I even bought a can of Cranberries and a pumkin pie!
My hours have been cut back to 371/2 for the rest of this month which I don't mind. I can catch the early bus home at 8:20pm and still have my evening to myself or Sam and I can do something. I still catch the same bus in the morning, but instead of taking the 10:20pm bus home I'll get home 2hrs earlier........Speaking of the crummy bus system, Saun (my driving instructor) called me the other day and told me we would go driving for two hours oct 28th and oct 31st and on Nov 4th I will go take my driving test!! He had called me earlier this month and told me he could schedule the test for oct 22, but I told him I was going to Montreal. He was pretty quick to rebook it for me. I am really looking forward to Mom and I getting to visit Lisa in Montreal. It will be really nice. Madonna will be awesome to see. I wonder if I'm allowed to bring my camera? hmm....I hope I can.

Work went by pretty quickly this week, it's getting to be the busy time of year again, so there's not much time in between calls. Thursday I came home to a very drunk Sam, it was kinda funny. He rambles alot when he drinks and gets a lovey, telling me how much he loves me and how pretty I am. It's nice. :) Friday I went up and met him when he was done work. We sat around and had a couple of beer. I decided that I didn't want to cook and he didn't want to cook so I treated us to dinner at the Zellers restaurant. We then stopped at the Liquer store and Sam bought some beer and I bought shots and threw him $20 towards the beer. We then came home and got ready to go out and had a couple more beer. We decided to go to the 20/20 club. Sam called and invited his friend Amir and his roommate to join us. We danced, drank and had alot of fun. Sams friends left, but we met a couple there and they invited us back to their place after the bar closed for some drinks. We couldn't get a cab for awhile and decided to walk down town to the tannary to get pizza first. We were all feeling pretty good, and buzzed, and at some point we decided holding hands was the best idea for our walk. :) Eventually we did get a cab and arrived at their place around3am or 3:30am. We were all having a good time and drinking. One of their friends came over and was beign a real bitch towards Sam and I because we were thin. She said something about "why did you invite them, they're not like us?" to Tonya (the one who had invited us over). We all just shrugged it off for awhile, but it persisted so Sam and I decided it was time to go home at around 4ish. We thanked Tonya and Joe for inviting us over and came home. It was a really nice evening out for Sam and I....it's been awhile since we've been out to a club and just partied all night. If we see Tonya and Joe again, we'll just invite them to our place instead to avoid any problems. Sam had to get up and be to work for 9am, I do not envy him. I slept in until about 2:30pm. He should be home soon. I think we'll just rent a movie tonight.

I had my shift changed so that I had wednesday off and worked Thursday and Friday. (7:30am-3:30pm) The training was really easy and we were let out early both days. On Thursday our trainier let us go at 3pm and then on Friday he let us leave alittle after 2pm! we still get paid until 3:30pm though. woohoo! My friend gail drove me to Zellers on Thursday and then again on Friday when we were done so I didn't have to wait around for the stupid bus. I get to go driving today at 4:30pm. He has given me more than 11hrs driving time (the amount included in the course), since I don't get to practice at home (most of the people in my class were just out of high school and they can drive with their parents). I wonder when he is going to take me to take the driving test with the government. I think I'll ask today, just so that I have enough notice to book it off at work. I think he does a bunch of them in one day (and then you get your certificate saying you took the First Rate Drivers Education course, when you pass).
Anyway back to getting off early yesterday.....when gail dropped me off I decided it was pay day and I wanted to buy myself something. I headed over to Urban Planet and bought myself this dress shirt that came with a little vest type thing that goes over the dress shirt and a tie. I think it looks pretty hot. I own lots of dress shirts so I can use the vest thing and tie with those as well if I want.
The "w" button on my keyboard is broken (it gets stuck repeatedly and doesn't work), and I never really noticed how much a person used the letter w when typing (I got it to work once and copied it and now just press ctrl v to get it). Sam actually bought us a new keyboard a couple of weeks ago, but that one doesn't work now either, so I'm back to using mine.
I was looking at the shift bid for next month and they are all pretty decent shifts, I think the latest one is until 11pm, but they are pretty good about adjusting my shifts so I can take the bus both ways. They did start this new thing were your shift starts at different times on some days though, some at 11am and some at 12pm. I'm not all that fond of this idea-because I take the bus and it makes a big difference in what time I have to get up and which bus I will need to take. I will however be getting more than 40hrs a week next mth, so I can just bank the double overtime. I think it will work out.

I met Sam after work last night, around 5:30pm. We were going to go downtown to the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival (b/c Sam had wanted to go) and I had looked the information up online, but after realizing that none of it was free and the tickets were anywhere from 10-28 dollars a piece, we decided to go see a movie instead. Since it was supper time I offered to treat us out to dinner (Sam had treated us to drinks at Jungle Jims and dinner at Ringo's on Saturday) and we decided to go to Smitty's. We both had a blueberry beer of some sort (which was pretty good), I got a roast beef dinner and he bought a colassal burger, poutine and a baked potato. It was really nice. After dinner we went over to Crescent jewelers to return my earrings that I had bought when mom visited (they had broken after I wore them once!). I didn't have a reeceipt, but they were able to search the computer and find my receipt for me (I just told them the date I bought them), so I got a new pair! While I was doing that Sam went over to EB games (or so he told me), when he returned he had went over to the Dynamite store and bought me a burgundy lace tank top! We left there and headed towards the movie theatre. He humored me and treated us to the movie "House Bunny" (mom had recommended it to me). It was really funny! We laughed the whole time. We went to catch a cab and the cab driver asked us if we had a $5, he wouldn't call it in because it is a close drive. Usually that would have cost 7$-8$. We arrived home just after 11pm to a safe and secure apartment (Gizmo had guarded the apartment well!). I read and Sam played on the computer before coming to bed. This whole weekend has been really nice.

I decided not to be as ambitious as I thought I would be when posting last week.... I didn't end up getting the top coat done. I probably won't do it this weekend either. Oh well! Last Saturday when Sam got home from work he invited me to go meet some friends of his from work at the pub on campus, "the cellar". We had a really nice evening. We split 2 pitchers of beer and Sam bought a 3rd for some reason, but right after he bought it everyone decided it was time to head home (it was just before 3am, Sam probably didn't realize how late it was), so we didn't drink very much of the 3rd. We live really close to the Cellar, we walked both ways....I haven't been there for a couple of years and forgot that it was so close. We went to the Coffee Mill for steak and eggs on Sunday when we got up, it was really nice. Monday went by fairly quickly (for a monday), and on Tuesday I had been chosen (as well as 3 other people) to represent the Terasen employees to suggest ways to improve employee satisfaction. Everyone had filled out an employee engagement survey and we all discussed the results and areas that showd a need for improvement. It was really nice to get off the phones for an hour. After that meeting I had my lunch and then a team meeting (that got me off the phones for another 45mins!). Wednesday was busy, so the day went by fast and yesterday was my last day of work....so it really doesn't matter what happens....I have my weekend to look forward to! Today I got up and walked down the hill to drop Gizmo off at the groomers around 9:30am (she looks beautiful!) and went to Kings place and got a egg mcmuffin, hash brown and coffee. It was only 4$. I bought a scratch ticket and wandered around there for awhile before the groomer called and told me Gizmo was done. I sauntered myself back up york st towards the groomers and while passing the vets office I stopped in to pick up some dog food for Gizmo (why miss the opportunity? ;) ...it's usually out of my way to buy it). I walked to the groomers (carrying a big bag of dog food, I may have looked kinda silly...hmmm..) and got to the groomers, paid and called a cab. I got home at 12pm, usually I'm still in my p.j's on my days off. I've been able to do 2 loads of laundry and make the bed! Last night when I got home (just before 11pm) I had this *crazy* craving for pizza, so I ordered some kind of deal at Pizza delight and got 2 12" pizza's and a 12" garlic fingers. We have lots of leftovers. Sam got his first two week pay today, so he is going to treat us out tonight or tomorrow night. He's doing very well at Jungle Jims. All the other employees are always saying how great Sam does compared to their slack and lazy kitchen manager. Sam figures he won't need to say anything about wanting the manager job (b/c everyone else already tells the owner/restaurant manager). It's nice b/c he gets lots of hours and he still gets off at a reasonable hour. He worked 9am until 9pm on Wednesday (b/c someone had called in sick or didn't show up) and the manager bought Sam 3 beer as a thank you. I think I will go get some of that left over pizza....mmm...pizzaaa... :)

My week went by fairly quickly (since it was only 3days of work). Friday I went out driving for 2 hours. I'm getting better. I really liked the car that we drove in. It was a Honda Civic (which I have driven before), but this one had a digital spedometer! I could see it in my peripheral vision the whole time I was driving, which made it alot easier to maintain the speed limit. This Civic was easier to turn as well. I requested that we use that car the next couple of times we go driving. I ended my lesson at Zellers so I could get something to eat. I bought some soups, fajita kit and some new books and just got a cab home. I walked up and met Sam when he was done work and we stopped in at Canadian Tire to buy more paint when he was done work. We got home and I cooked some chicken fajita's for us and he played WOW. We then went next door to the convenience store to rent a movie. Sam wanted to rent American Gangster....at first I wasn't to interested, but I read it had Denzel Washington and Therize Cheron in it and was directed by Ridley Scott so we rented it. It was long...good...but long...I think it was over 2hrs. We both enjoyed watching it. Sam got up and went to work for 9am, I slept in! I didn't get out of bed until 10:45am! I've just been hanging out with Gizmo. I did paint most of the living room. This is the second coat and it was easier than the first one. Tomorrow I will probably do the top coat and it will be done!

Mom arrived early Friday morning, I was in the shower when she arrived actually. We decided to go to lunch at Jungle Jims so we could say high. The restaurant manager served us and gave us Sam's employee discount! It was a very nice meal. We then headed over to Canadian Tire so that I could by some more paint while it was on sale. They didn't have any left, but I got a raincheck for the sale. We ended up there for awhile actually... mom bought me some new shelves for the apartment and convinced me to buy a full size BBQ. (which is awesome**thanks mom**) We decided to go to the Regent mall and mom and I ended up buying duvets for our beds. She bought us the duvets and I bought the covers for them. We came home and dropped everything off, but then drove back up to get Sam when he was done work around 4pm.We thought about going to a movie, but decided not to in the end. It was a nice visit. I have since put my feather bed back onto my mattress, added the new duvet and bought a new pillow, it's like sleeping on a cloud! Work is going by fairly quickly, it's getting really busy again, so the calls are back to back which makes the day go by quick. Sam is going to Dartmouth for the long weekend to see his brother-he's gotten sick and Sam would like to see him. So I get the apartment all to myself! I might call some of the girls on the weekend to hang out or something, maybe for a BBQ.
I was out this morning walking Gizmo and heard someone yelling at me from down the hill, I turned and saw a girl....looked around to make sure she was yelling at me....ran down to meet her and saw that it was Gillian McGinnis!! She gave me a big hug, she was heading to work, but we chatted for a bit. She has been in Fredericton for this month doing research at STU. It was really nice to see her, turns out she is moving to Halifax tomorrow though. She is going to Dalhousie University to get her Masters in Urban planning. That is pretty exciting. To bad she's leaving tomorrow, oh well at least I got to see her before she leaves. Anywhoo I gotta bust over to my Doctors appointment.....