I managed to survive my week alone. I kept myself busy during the evenings with soccer and basketball and other physical activities and during the day having fun at my new client site and beyond.
On Wednesday night me and Brad and Blair hit up Brewster's North, which was nice for a change. Blair's brother and friends even showed up at the end. I hadn't seen Wade for a long time so it was good to visit outside the confines of a formal engagement.
My Friday turned out to be a pretty eventful one. The story starts on Thursday when I drove to work because I had to head back to our head office at lunch for a meeting. When I came back, our parkade downtown was full so I had to park on the street. The next day (Friday), I had to go to Canadian Tire to take advantage of a smokin' deal on a cordless tool set. I went downstairs to get the car but it was nowhere to be found! After 5 seconds of thinking how someone had managed to steal my car from my building's underground parkade, I realized that I had forgotten to drive my car home the day before! It turns out that after a busy afternoon I had just walked right home, totally forgetting that my car was parked on the street a few blocks south of the casino. While I was walking to my car to pick it up I ran into a Commissionaire who assured me that after only a day my car wouldn't be towed, which was a relief, because now I only had to worry about my car being stolen. Luckily for me, no thief decided to take advantage of the mountain of tickets on my long-abandoned car and it was exactly where I left it and in the same condition! My sheer stupidity cost me over $150 in tickets (well, actually $35 since I am a good citizen and pay my fines on time) and a few moments of panic. Am I ever glad I had something to do on Friday afternoon, or else it could have been a lot worse - I would have left it there a lot longer. My timing could not have been better, as well, since a Commissionaire was walking down the street towards my car as I pulled away!
Friday night I drove to the airport to pick up Sofi and she arrived safe and sound. The two of us watched (and I cried over) that night's episode of Big Brother 6 before driving to Habano's to catch the last part of Tracy Sangster's going-away pub crawl. We didn't stay long because we'd both had a long week, but we had a good time while we were there even though we were sad to see Tracy leave.
On Saturday I went to my Spanish 100 class, since at the time I was still waiting to hear whether work would pay for it. I thought it in my best interests to keep up my attendance, especially since they take attendance in this class. Unfortunately, I have since learned that they will not be paying for it, so no more class for me. I'll have to find a tutor :)
That night Sofi and I watched the movie Vanity Fair, which I would classify as perhaps one of the most boring and drawn-out films I've seen in some time. It got rave reviews from lots of critics but I spent most of my time yelling at the screen asking the movie to pick up the pace. Cutting 30 minutes of running time from the movie would be a step in the right direction. I can't see myself reading the book anytime soon ...
Sunday was a good day. I listened to the Riders pull out the win on the radio. I spent a lot of time in front of the television watching the Emmy Awards and various season premieres. It was a nice lazy day.
Yesterday after work I went to a CIPS BBQ, since I'm now a member of the Executive. It was a good time and we were lucky to be blessed with good weather.
Today was a nice day too, and we took advantage of it tonight at soccer. Tonight Sofi and I watched the last episode of Big Brother 6, and the ending was entertaining if not anti-climactic. You see, even though Sofi and I had watched pretty much every episode, in the end I really didn't care who won, and neither did America. It was funny to see how everyone (including the producers and me) hated the group of people who made it to the end, especially considering said group didn't even know they were hated, but otherwise without someone to cheer for it really took the thunder out of the whole "finale" experience. To sum up: GO TO HELL, NERD HERD!
"Big Brother" Tip: if you ever find yourself on the show, don't throw away hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep a friendship you've had for 9 weeks, like that stupid fucking smelly bitch Ivette did this season.
The rest of this week will be a busy one. Tomorrow night Sofi and I are hitting the town in honour of her birthday (which is tomorrow so call her and wish her a good one!). Thursday night I have a union meeting. Friday night we're heading out with my parents and sister for another birthday gathering.
Shameless plug: my friend Kyle passed on a e-mail about friends of his that opened up a new store in town: The Purple Tree Co. They are "a fun and exciting new retail store offering hot, trendy products that the stars use and love, specializing in weddings and other special events." If that sounds interesting to you, go check them out!