Spontaneity achieved!

So...on Tues, I was suddenly possessed with a strong desire to go boarding at least once this season. So I emailed a bunch of known boarders/skiers, but imagine my surprise when all my old slope buddies were unable to ditch work (when did we ever let that be our excuse?!) and join me!! Unfortunately, I couldn't pass up the golden opportunity I have as a student to go on a weekday when there are no crowds/traffic, so I had to ditch my workaholic friends (sorry all!). After much vacillation, I finally decided to go up on Thur with Bob, Chris (his roomie) & my bro. That's as impromptu as it gets for me folks! As it was, we only decided on Wed after Bob & Chris were able to secure the day off! Then, we had to work out all the logistics of car, rentals (for Bob & Chris), food, etc.!

It was sooooo worth it though!!

Beautiful weather, good snow (packed powder), no lines, and great company. It was wonderful and I'm so glad we went. The day trip wasn't even that bad either. Of course, I'm in no rush to do it again anytime soon. But I was surprisingly awake & energetic throughout the day (but crashed for about 1.5-2 hours on the car ride back). We kinda went crazy with the no lines thing and didn't really stop for lunch (had trail mix on the lifts). So we got in a good 10-13 runs! And I'm not too sore either (tho a little burnt). All in all, a very satisfying boarding experience. Enough for this season I guess. :)

Never here

I love my place, but I'm never here...at least I'm never here when my roomie's here. Monday was the first time we've ever had dinner together. Our schedules don't seem to have much overlap. She's up early & sleeps early....and I'm up....late....and get up....late. :)

But I've been unusually busy these last few weeks, so hopefully things are calming down. I've submitted some stuff for my culminating project, so I'm eagerly awaiting feedback from my adviser. But I'm also scared to find out how badly off the mark my attempt was. In the meantime, I should be continuing on with it, but I've been unmotivated this week. I should be catching up on my other class (which I've neglected for a week), but...there's nothing actually due. hehe In fact, today was a super nice and relaxing day where I did practically no work all day. I went to play with my niece, went grocery shopping with my sis, worked out (and listened to part of a lecture), came back & made dinner which I enjoyed while watching CSI on DVD with my roomie, washed dishes, looked through some ads (Safeway, Lucky, etc.), talked on the phone with Bob, updated some expenses on my spreadsheet and now, typed up a blog. It was a wonderfully low-key day. It was so refreshing and, I think, just what I needed. *whew*

Oh and the latest thing I've discovered about being grown up is what a hassle eating is and having to figure out what to eat for lunch and dinner each day. Ugh! It's been a pain (but still, a welcome one). I'm also going to have to keep better track of my groceries because I had to throw out some stuff that went bad AND when I go shopping, I forget what I've got and end up getting stuff I don't really need! So yeah...no more grocery shopping for me for a while...but stocking the pantry does take a bit of effort at first. The other thing about food is that I don't really have a good gauge on how much I actually eat, so I end up getting a lot more than I need and on top of that...I don't really snack much (or maybe I just don't have snacks I really like yet?)...so I don't think I'll be able to buy much snacks cuz they'll go bad or I'll get sick of it before I finish them. Or else Kittoe (Bob's place) will be seeing a lot more of my half-eaten stuff. :)

Setting up my place is lots of Fun!

I'm having lots of fun setting up my new place. It's so great and feels so grown up too. Anyhow, I was inspired last night and I've pretty much unpacked all my boxes except for 2 left. Now, I actually have space to walk around my room and get to the closet. I can even open & close the closet doors without obstruction. YAY! There's something very satisfying about emptying boxes and moving things around so it looks/works better. And at the end of the work, you can sit back and see the difference your work has made.

It's weird. I wasn't really that tidy a person when I was living at home, but I've been pretty darn tidy here. I want to wash the dishes after cooking/eating to the sink is clean, and I'm more aware of untidiness in my place as well. Maybe it's cuz everything's so neat & tidy already and I want to keep it that way? I don't know, but I've never been so inclined towards tidiness before so this is weird. And there's a bunch of things I want to reorganize & clean out (shoes, clothes, kitchen cabinets). So I'm trying to figure out the best way to organize things...which is kinda fun.

But yeah. I think, for now, it's enough that the boxes are almost gone. I think it's time to get back to school work (definitely not as fun)... =P

Moved!

So I moved to my new place on Saturday (Feb. 2). Some friends from my community group (+ Dan) came to help me out for which I'm very grateful! :) Here's some of the boxes that got brought over (the picture below is missing about 13+ more as well as the bed, dresser, bookshelf & desk that were also moved...hehehe). But it went surprisingly quickly. The guys took care of the furniture & boxes and the girls helped me move all the clothes in my closet as is (to save me from additional unpacking).

And here's my bed in my new room! It's a little funny looking cuz I set the timer on 2 sec so I had to jump. (You can't see much of the room, huh? ah well, guess you'll just have to come over some time!) But yeah, unpacking's a slow process and it's quite a struggle to juggle that on top of catching up with school and having to go to work too. *sigh* Vacation is really & totally over for me (not that I was vacationing while I was cleaning & packing, but it was nice to use that excuse to postpone school work). :( Here's what my boxes look like in my new room right now. Look nice, don't you think? Like I should just keep it that way...hee hee You probably can't tell, but that's actually better than what it was when I moved in cuz I've actually done some unpacking...
And after ~7 hours of installation trouble-shooting, and technical support frustrations, Janet (my roomie) and I are FINALLY able to connect to the Internet wirelessly from our laptops!! YAY!!! (Now, I really have no more excuses for not doing homework anymore....) And I'm making my first meal at home tomorrow (steak & potatoes)!! So exciting! And my car's really loving the garage.... :)