blarg

i hate... well, alot right now.
but im being dramatic.

there is alot of stress at work right now, due to one 'coworker' thinking they are way better than the rest of us, and actually going behind our backs to sabatoge us.
its documented.
and their manager is out of office til friday. has been for two weeks.
amazing.

so, hopefully when i am back from my week away, they will be gone.
that would be super.

so, as per my earlier post, harper-lee is in town.
we went out tonight.
i dont know if it was a combo of my stress, and lack of money, and ...a full moon?
i just dont know, but i wasnt into it.
i am in a hermit mood, and i had to be out.
i dont like to be forced to do stuff, but sometimes... *sometimes* i am too nice to say it.
i did say it later in the eve, but i was already out so what did that do?

basically, i was out when i didnt want to be in public, and spending some few dollars that i dont have to spend on being out when i dont need to be.
and they were getting other rounds, so then i feel obliged to pay as well.
and i dont have it.
so that not only makes me feel cheap, but it just makes me feel bad too.
like, i cant keep up. not like i need to, but its this weird thing i have.
so i didnt have a good night.
i just want to go home and be alone.
i dont want to be here and feel like i have to go out.
but i will. whatever.
ill just eat dollar slice pizza. i dont know.
arg.

two more days.
AND THEN.

i fly to albuqueque, NM for a day of hang outs with my friend jamie!
and then we road trip it through arizona to las vegas!!!
then its five days in vegas with my besties.
i am so excited for that!!

i am also extra excited cause this year i decided to afford a room alone.
(hence my stress about spending money where i dont need to here)
my own sanctuary. ill need it.

man, these next two days cant go by fast enough!
so much to do at work. boo.
and my camera battery died so you get nothing else.

until later!

harper lee in the house!

but no pics of her. yet.

i am staying with her in her hotel this week.
she is in vancouver for a conference, and is staying in this nice hotel a few blocks from my work.
she somehow managed to get a room on the top floor!

its soo nice and big and we have a huge patio!

we went and got pedicures, and then some wine, ordered room service and sat in the hot tub downstairs.

now its time to relax with wine and watch some tv!

the big comfy king size bed

the view out onto the patio

two sinks! who needs two??

people who need to chill wine, thats who

jet tub!

room service!

such a good burger!!
(fries werent so hot)

harper-lee's fish! so yum!

ok, here is harper-lee and i
from maui

penguin down

i love east vancouver

dave was here

well, dave just gave me another one of his visits, and i actually got to hang out with him alot this time!

i met up with dave and nicole thursday night for some drinks and food.
deandra and melissa met us there as well.
after that dave and i came back to my house where we proceeded to drink gin and watch highlander. (dont even get me started on that one..)

friday was a mega long day at work, and i definately dont need to talk about that.

saturday i got up and met dave downtown.
and here is our day!

we were taken in by the call for all you can eat
possibly one of the worse sushi meals ive had
nice looking place though..

the steam clock
everyone has a picture with it apparently..

dave wanted this big moose..
i couldnt have this i guess
(but i did buy smarties!)
from this cute little spot
a little scottish woman chatted with us for a while
telling us tales of her family taking the boat to canada
gas town
free shipping!
how can you say no?
i mean really...
guardian of the sun yat-sen garden

said garden!
(i come here with my mom every year too)
some turtles hangin out, checkin out the people
(actually, looking for food is more like it)dave!

a lotus type flower

an alien type plant!

we are horses

this is fountain in a park that i have never been in before

very odd
very 80s...

china town cherry blossoms!

yeah....

this really needs no explanation..

lizards on a stick!

yeah you heard me, lizards on a stick.
i have never seen this before, and ive wandered china town a few times
dare ya to eat one..

this was dinner!

dave ate hardboiled eggs, covered with sausage meat,
and then deep fried
it was actually pretty tasty.

more drinks were had, and hang outs. then bed.
all in all, a pretty good (and pricey!) weekend.

i also bought a new hoodie!
$75 on sale for $30!
woot!

mornings

i like to walk to work
or at the very least, to the train station..

ill take a shot here and there if i remember to
(read: not too lazy to)

for now, here are two from last week.
its finally staying nice out all day!

which is it?
negative or not?

more cherry blossoms!

spring in vancouver

the cherry blossoms are out!
yes! here too amalie!
not just japan...

some shots from some walks home

back in van

spring in vancouver

we have slowly been getting better spring weather!
definately alot of rain still, but sun too!

two saturdays ago i walked to meet deandra for breakfast
i was inspired by these pretty little flowers
it felt so good and sunny out!
cant wait for summer












deandra and i had our regular breakfast at helens





















she had just gotten back from LA
all i can share with you from her trip is her larger than normal chapstick

look at this thing!












the rest of our day was spent watching californication on my couch
i have since finished season one, and have downloaded season two.


some random car along our walk back to my place

cypress!

went snowboarding tonight.
finally.
i bought a wednesday night pass to cypress mountain and only picked it up tonight.
there wasnt any snow before christmas, and then ive only been home for 3 wednesdays since. well 4, but there was no way i was going last week.

so tonight was the magic night.
jesse from work said he had room to take me up this time, so the two of us went.
soooo rad.

i super hope that there will be enough snow and a ride for me next week.
i totally could have ridden longer.

but, without further ado, my pics from the chair and such.

domestic weekend

after my super fun christmas party friday, of which i still owe you pictures, i just stayed in all weekend and baked and stuff. less of the stuff and more of the baking actually.

it rained all day saturday, so i tried out a recipe for sugar cookies that my sister-in-law sent me, as well as some royal icing sugar icing. that was a first and a messy adventure. but it worked out alright!









today i made a second batch of cookies, (put the right amount of milk in this time) and made my icing red and green!












it started out super gross and rainy today, but then it cleared up.









i went for a walk to pick up some things.
i love that i can find palm trees in this city.












i got food writers!
yes, i get to colour my cookies. so much fun!!
i get to do todays batch tomorrow when it hardens!!!









after all that, i had my first full glass of egg nog. none of the egg nog chai business, just the full on real deal. (i was looking up recipes today Dave, and that is what you could have used your egg yolks for...)