Congrats what type? Rant: Even thou it has been one of the mildest winters in northern BC, still isn't motorcycle weather. My bike looks so sad sitting in my parents garage.
RANT: Fucking Aecon told us last night after work that the site is going to be shut down today but open Saturday. Last night the weather was nice enough to drive the 300+ kilometers home. I just got a phone call from someone in the office telling me that the site is also shut down tomorrow. So not only am I out two days pay (24 hours of double time) which is worth just under $1800, they don't have to pay me my Living Out Allowence because they shut the site down. I can't say to the hotel I'm staying at "hey, I'm not getting my LOA so can you not charge me for two nights?" They would laugh in my face. Now I'm snowed into this shit hole town until tomorrow when I could have left last night and been able to see my girlfriend. I'm fucking pissed.
Rant: Found out last week that I'm losing my job here in beautiful scenic Central Coast, CA (my company's contract was not renewed by the Army, what with the defense cuts). Rave: I currently have two fantastic options for what to do next. 1. I go to work for Viasat, a company my buddy recently went to work for and where he's been campaigning hard enough for me that they're looking at fast track hiring me, and 2. staying with my current company and moving to Naples, Italy for a couple years. Both are amazing opportunities, and as much as I hate moving away from where I live right now, I'm fuckin happy to be in the position of having these choices
Rant/Rave? Pudding pie for lunch, because America, fuck yeah. Will probably feel like absolute shit in 3....2....1....
NSFCMC You know what's great about hemorrhoids? No? Me either, but hey, every cloud has a silver lining. Or in this case, my asshole has an inflamed lining. Of course, it was in the course of showering with soap and hot water that I discovered this; I also made the observation that apparently soap and hot water act as irritants upon contact with inflamed, exposed internal body structures, in this case a portion of my literally sore asshole.
RANT: As quickly as the dream was realized, the dream has now died. Had our final group session tonight with our favorite couple. While I'm somewhat disappointed, somehow I think my heart will go on. RAVE: 9-rope finish, bitches! Fuck you Peter North!
Rave? I just dreamt that I posted a video here of me banging a girl with a strap on... Hmmm...where did that come from? Rave: we are expecting snow too, about 4". I can handle that.
Rant: My debit card kept getting declined in the past two weeks. I was really embarrassed the first time because I thought it really could have been due to not having enough money in my account, but I checked it when I got home and I was totally fine. It kept happening at the same places, so I thought maybe there was something wrong with their machines. Then today it dawned on me that it could be that someone hacked my account and the card was disabled, so I called the number and apparently there was some weird blip where it kept thinking I had insufficient funds even though I didn't. She fixed it and it should be fine, but while I'm glad someone didn't steal my information I'm still pretty sad that there's a woman out there who works at Staples and thinks that I don't have $5 to my name and gave me the "Sure there is, kid" look when I told her that I thought there was something wrong with my card.
Apparently I have to post what kind. Buell Blast 2006. It's my first bike, so I went for something easy to learn on.
Rave: Holy shit...... I was digging around in some drawers while staying at home with my parents and I came across a drawing I made at 3 years old. Under the title of "What I want to be when I grow up" I had drawn a stick figure "Docter" standing next to his stick figure pedi patient on a stretcher. 28 years later having finished med school and almost done with residency and wow.... Kind've crazy being almost done and coming through for a 3 year old me becoming what I wanted to be.
Rant: So we have to plan our trip to America at Christmas time already. 3 weeks is what is expected, and there is absolutely nothing to fucking do for us. All of our friends have moved, so we can stare at the walls/our parents for weeks. Lets face it, once you have lived in Cali for a few years, there is nothing left to do/look forward to. It is going to be a waste of money to see family I don't give two fucks about, have christmas with my mother's friends I don't care about, and no friends within 1000 miles. For the price of one plane ticket to LAX we can spend two weeks travelling through Greece and Turkey. That us what I want to do.
Rave: Burlesque show last night. There was a trapeze act and a silks aerial act. There was a drag queen and an all-male act. It wasn't as polished as I had expected, but was extremely entertaining nonetheless. Also, attention, Atlantans: the Vortex in L5P has changed their sweet potato fries to sweet potato waffle fries with marshmallow fluff dipping sauce, and they are absolutely fucking delicious. Second rave: I toured part of the CDC on Friday, and the visit reconfirmed that public health is absolutely what I want to do career-wise. I never knew a biohazard suit could make me so happy.
Rant: Officially have a 5 mm kidney stone. This has been accompanied by a LOT of pain, blood, and more pain. I'm told this has a 70-80% chance to pass on its own. Yay, I guess? Alternative is a stent and surgery to break it up, which also sucks. Rave: Hopefully getting into a urologist tomorrow. Rant: Doctor gave me Norco for the pain. I don't think it is going to do a god damned thing, so I am dreading when this morphine wears off.
Demand Dilaudid! Rave: My roommate moved out Saturday. I scoured my apartment yesterday. I feel like I have MY place back, my bacon is safe and the odds of me being incinerated in my sleep due to drunken cooking have dropped dramatically. I'm a happy girl. Plus, nudity is back.
Rant: Streets were a bit of a skating rink today. Hopefully the temperature hovers high enough today that it doesn't look like the Rideau Canal on my way home. Rave: Chili day at work. Two ladies made 12 crock pots of chili for lunch. By 2pm, I anticipate the methane concentration in the air to hit (and exceed) the LEL of 5%. RAVE: Just bought my tickets to see The Book of Mormon. I am so fucking pumped.
Rave: On Day 40 of no drinking as per DUI rules, so I'm using this time to learn to play the ukulele. And it's actually fucking fun as hell, and I've picked it up relatively quickly. Glad I'm actually using this boring sober time to do something productive and useful. Going to out today and use all my non-drinking money to buy myself a ukulele that is not actually a shitty $30 piece of firewood, which should make practicing even more fun! Yay! Rave: Made a bet with a friend of mine to compete to see who is more depraved. This is, quite literally, the definition of win-win.