Why me?

Hello ladies! Well as you can tell by my title my week-end sure wasn't all it was cracked up to be. It started on Friday afternoon when I was trying to rehears our spring play with my class. This woman came to the door and was like are you Carolyn? I said yes and she gives me this ginormous bouquet of flowers. If one of you says ahh I will not be impressed. As most of you know I detest flowers and I was absolutely mortified and my class lost all control. The principal came to the door laughing her head off and said everyone at the office wanted to know who they were from. I told my students they were from one of my skating students. Works for me. Then went to the rink where most of my skaters were skating not too bad for the day before tests. Go to the rink Saturday morning at 8 am and warm up my first 3 girls. First one goes and does all right but understandably not a pass. Next one goes and again does all right when the freaking power goes off. We spent the morning sitting outside the rink playing with the canskate toys and waiting for the power to come back on. Eventually the judges had to leave and go home so basically we got nothing accomplished. Now my kids will be judged by the judge I totally didn't want them to have. I'm telling you couldn't have gone any worse if they had all failed.
Hope you ladies had better weekends and Foxy, Lynds and Pam I had so much fun having you guys around.
Alone again in CTOWN
CT

Am I the only one on here?

Hey ladies, well thanks for the ring last night!! I was wishing I was there for the opening of Peakes and well not in bed!! haha Anyway Carolyn, just wanted to let you know that I'm going home on the weekend of July 8. I have a hair appointment that Saturday and I think we are going to have a wedding shower for my cousin who is gettine married at the end of that month. I figure I'd get my hair done in ctown casue they actually do a good job compared to the crap hair stylist I have been to over here. I'm sure there are good one's here to but I haven't found one yet :(
Anyway, I'm off to work early today making up for the extended weekend just past. This weekend just won't be the same I'm afraid, too much work to do! Have a great one ladies, it was so good to see you Lyndsay I hope you have a safe trip back and K. call me when you get back into the city.

Chow
Pam

This is too funny...

So I just rushed home from the gym to tell you all this. Lyndsay, the old roommate, was there this morning and had some interesting news to tell, something which she thought I would get a kick out of. Guess who just got married? The drummer from Shameless! I guess for some reason she went to their house warming party. Anyway, the funny thing is they aren't telling anyone, in fact I use to work with the girls best friend (who has since moved back to PEI). The girl or should I say wife now works at the Copper Penny (Kendra you'll understand!!) I knew her from when she worked at Fabutan. Anyways Lyndsay went on to say that they aren't even telling their families about any of this, kinda funny so I thought I would share that with you!
Kendra, Congrats on the new job I'm sure you'll do awesome. Where are you going to be in Clayton Park? I'm moving out for June 1st so i'll be busy looking for a place too, we should have an apartment warming party!!
Love y'all
Pam

How did I make it back to Halifax?

Well ladies , we had an awesome weekend and I seriously don't know how I made it back over here, for more then one reason. Well at around 3:30pm I go out to the car and realize something, the sticker on my car says 2005 (I swear I'm not usually this dense, or maybe I am??!!). Anyways I realize my car is over due since last November, so Dad had to go and take it to the Honda, they eneded up putting 2007 on it !! hahaha WOW. Then as I'm driving back to Hali I'm looking around in my car, putting music on etc. and I totally miss the exit for Halifax drive about 30 km to Cape Breton!! Iwas like this doesn't look right!! WOW so my question is How did I make it back here??It was so sad leaving, and with Nadine now going back for and me having to move AGAIN I just want to move home! Anyways I better get ready for work, another busy day in the life of seniors!!
Love y'all
Pam
xoxo

Getting drunker by the minute... 

Pam hard at work on the blog 

Notice the straw in my cosmo...bad idea 

Enjoying drinks at the Gahan house 

If I had known what this drink was going to do I never would have drank it. 

Take two

The night began at CT's place. We were listening to some tunes, writing our post, and having some drinks. Carolyn found out Lyndsay is a horrible bartender. Lynds poured a double but forgot to stir the drink. So, after planning out the night we ran to the ODP. The ODP was a little slow so we went over to Gahan for some martinis. Eddie was our waiter again and after spilling a drink on us, he made our drinks extra strong. Pretty sure it was pure vodka. Then we went back to ODP to finish the night. Today, we're all lacking sleep. Good times, good times.
Love,
Lynds, Pam and CT

Escape plan time... 

What will happen next... 

Nothing like a good headlock to secure the evening 

Good times at the ODP 

Best self portrait ever!! 

Us and annoying dude's hand, luckily he was cut out of the pic  

Nothing like free drinks from a Bluefield Boy 

Group picture at the ODP, names unknown... 

Big Momma's House

It started as a casual dining experience at the Gahan House, waiter Eddie. 1 round of electric ice tea to start things off and a few catch-up stories. Next came the beers and Paul's number "for a good time."

Across the street to the ODP we went. The place was dead Pam and Lynds did not believe it was the place to be on a Friday night. I asked the bouncer/zambonie driver to tell them it was. There was a table full of "15 year olds" taking pictures beside us. I being the discrete person that I am commented on them being so proud to be in the bar underage. Somehow they heard my WHISPER. So I did what any person would do and ID'd them. Turns out they were 22 year old Bluefield boys who wanted to buy us drinks. So basically we had beer, numerous shots and danced a little bit and had some fun. MC you'll be happy to see that I saw Colby and had a nice chat with him. Next up was the game plan of escape, a quick trip to the bathroom and stalls not closed!! We never accomplished coming up with a plan, so off we go.
This is where CT's part of the night ends... off in cab the other ladies go accompagnied by a couple of unknowns. When asked for directions Cornwall was the next stop Aka the BIG MOMMAS HOUSE drama begins!!!! A beer was the offer and gladly accepted off to the dungeon we go. Nothing like open ceilings, dirt, cats wondering, passed out bodies, and a computer!! Interesting conversations, mostly over MSN and of course what would a night like this be without a military boy. After a glance a taxi was soon beckoned and up the creaky, wooden stairs we go. Next up, a young man crying in the fetal position on the living room floor...Lyndsay to the rescue?...NO WAY ...in steps BIG MOMMA!! "MOVE"!!!!!!!!!! A lovely lady "Fuck, this fucking happens every fuckin' friday night" graciously welcomed us in her night dress. Nervously and not so patiently waiting at the door for our drive not so many comments were made but the mood was very obvious. The taxi finally arrives and as we RUN to our safety net we hear in the background "See you tomoorow night"

We'll keep you posted!!!

Wishing you were here,
CT,LH,PR

Wish I was out with you girls...

Hey girls...hope that you all are doing well. I hope that CT, Lynds, and Pam are having a great visit. I can pretty much guarantee that MC and I wish I was there.

Things are great with me, you are all now reading a post from the IWK's newest Birth Unit RN. I found out yesterday that I got the job, and I'm really happy about it!! I start my classroom orientation on May 15th and then on the floor shortly after...eek. But it will be good, I'll be fine.

I'[m still waiting to hear if I've been accepted to the new apartment building that I want to live in. I had to practically give up my first born on the application form...but I love the apartment, so I hope that I'm suitable for the building.

Anyway, hope to hear from you all soon

Kendra

And this time tomorrow...

I'll be on the road home. I am very excited for this much needed break, and although I'm not heading to Dominican or Cuba I'm still very happy to be leaving NS for a couple of days. So I should be home on Friday around supper time and then ready to do whatever! I don't work today so I'm just trying to keep myself busy. I also took Monday off so I'm really going to have a nice visit I just hope it doesnt' rain...although its not like Monteral where its like 23 or something crazy.
Anyways, thats it for me can't wait to go shopping with mom !! hahaha good times I love it! I'll talk to you later and see a couple of you soon!! :)

3 more sleeps...

I can't wait to come home!! I also can't wait to finish this damn paper i'm working on. :( It's due tomorrow at noon so I have to finish it soon! Pam, I'm excited that you're going to be home too. You, me and CT will have to have a wild weekend. Just wanted to say hi and wish everyone a Happy Easter. I heart Lindt chocolate eggs.
love, Lynds

Not much is new since the weekend. Still excited about Madonna...still hate writing papers. I still have one paper to write and have to do some editing on my proposal. A lot of people are going home for Easter. I'm driving Matt and Darcy to the airport (in Matt's car) in an hour. I haven't done much driving in the city so I'm a little scared of the crazy Quebec drivers. Anyone tried the new Ben & Jerry's flavour Vermonty Python...it's yummy. It makes a great lunch. Talk to you soon.
Miss you.
Love, Lynds

Rainbow Valley Always Made Everyone HAPPY

I really hate to see you so sad :( I totally understand what you are going through with the whole home sick thing, I feel it all the time. I really didn't think that I would but I am not fun at all. In fact this week I have thrus. frid., sat. sun., off but have to stay here (long story).

But I WILL go home next weekend. I'll try to get sometime off either leave early friday or somethign I don't know what yet but I 'll think of somehting. I 'm for sure up to going out, you know that...whats Rammer going to be doing, and Howie? You got me all excited about Shameless but then again look at the last time we went to see them (the summer night....need I say more??) Wow ...

On another sad note my friend Amy, the one whose wedding I went to on NYE died on Sunday, I just found out today. I feel so bad for her, her father died when she was 14/15 and now her mom...cancer. Everything is in Cape Breton so I don't suppose I'll be going but I talked to her husband on the phone tonight and he was driving up, he was so sad.

So mom and dad still are not back from their vacation yet but on their way home. So they should be well and rested for next weekend.

Michelle I hope that you have fun down in NC maybe you should check out the university b-ball team ( I always love their colors), that would make any girl happy?! Talk toyou all soon, love you all and miss you guys so much!!!

P.

Homesick :(

Hi Ladies,

Just wanted to write and say hello. I've had a rough couple of days with being homesick. It's hard to get excited about being here when I never go out or do anything. It seems that, with the exception of Pegs, all the people who live here who I thought were 'friends' are anything but. I've been in touch with Jamie Coady, Angus, Derek, and Allison, been told by all of them that we were going to get together, I followed up with all of them, and I haven't seen a single one of them. Very frustrating when you make an effort and others obviously can't be bothered.

I'm stressed about finding a new apartment. I'm worried about Nick because the baby's due soon, and Pegs told me that J dropped out of school. It also seems like everyone at work that's asked me any questions this morning hase been very disappointed in my answers. It's going to be a long old week.

The one thing I can look forward to is my trip to NC this weekend. Hopefully the home of Dawson's Creek can cheer me up. I'm going up to Wilmington with Mom and Dad on Saturday and hopefully I'll get to go on a studio tour where they filmed DC and now One Tree Hill. (scratch that...just got an email back from them that that's the one day they're not offering the tour...f*ck!) The weather's supposed to be betweeen 25 and 27 and sunny, so the rest of the time will be spent on the beach and after prime tanning hours, I'll be shopping. Perhaps some vitamin D and retail therapy will cheer me up :)

Sorry to be such a downer, but I needed to vent. And now I will leave you with the following to enjoy....

I loved that movie. Miss you all lots.

Love,

MC

I heart C-town!

Hi girls,
I just booked a flight home!! Yipeee!!! I'm arriving home Thursday April 20th @ 5:30 pm and then am coming back Friday April 28th @ 6:00pm. So I'll only be able to make it for one Shameless appearance. Hopefully you'll be up for it CT even though it's a school night. But we'll have to go all out the Friday the 21st & Sat the 22nd!!! I'm excited. See you soon CT!! Pam will you be able to come home sometime? Kendra what are your days off?? Hope to see you girls too.
Love, Lynds
Too funny!!!

Penny for ME!

Hey I'm glad to hear Kendra may be moving to my neck of the woods, maybe we could actually see each other, I don't know??!! Anyway, we went to the copper penny last night after our mexican party and many margaritas later wow that place is too funny and trashy. We didn't really expect to go out but those are always the best nights aren't they? We thought it would be funny to go to the penny and well it was!! Anyway I'm just working on my ethics submission right now, Aine (advisor) has a draft of my propsal I'm trying to get this thing going and I just can't seem to get Aine to move it along already. Anyways I"m just gonna keep on trucking away here. I'm so excited for Lyndsay and madonna, I wish I was going SOOOOOOOO BAD!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to hear all abou it. I guess I'll come home when everyone else is just let me know so I can get work off. Thanks and I"ll talk to you all later.

P.

I'm so excited!!!

We did it!!!! We had people trying on the internet (thanks MC!!!), on the phone and in line. Luckily they announced a 2nd show and my friends were right there. (I was home directing the network of helpers.) The weather was horrible last night but it worked to our advantage because there weren't very many people in line at the sketchy ticket place early this morning. Some places had a ridiculous amount of people waiting. I'M SO EXCITED.
Love you girls,
Lynds

Still don't know exact date when I'm coming home. I have to wait until I get my research proposal back to see if there are many editions needed before it's submitted to Ethics. Hoping to leave here by the 21st and be home until the 29th. Shameless is playing Thursday and Friday...anyone in??? Kendra?? Pam??? I know CT's in because we already got excited about it.

Could have been the whiskey.....might have been the gin...

Could have been the three or four six packs, I don't kno...look at the mess I'm in, my head is like a football...I think I'm gonna die...tell me , me oh me oh my ...wasn't that a party...

Weell Ladies, is't been like forever since I posted on here and maybe it's because I'm totally drunk rightn ow that I'm actually doing it...I just came from hearing Shameless play tonight and they were fuckin awesome!

I've been kind of in a rut lately, and so I'm doing something about it...I've applied for a new job, and I may or may not get it...and I plan on moving either May or Jun and I think that I've found a great apartment in Clayton Park, so we'll see...other than that, things are just peachy with me...anmd I will get back to you all later, I have the spins and I think I need to go to bed...as I have worked the last two days and then work tonight and tomorrow night...so I plan onsleeping all day tomorrow....I hope I'm not hungover and sick!! talk to youall later...I miss you all!!

Kendra

Wish me luck!

Well girls, this will be last post before my journey begins in search of Madonna tickets. (I'm sorry if I'm driving everyone crazy by now.) I heard that there are already a few people waiting at some ticket outlets. I'm crazy but not that crazy. Jane, two of her friends and I are going to camp out tomorrow night. We're not sure when we're going to start...it keeps getting earlier and earlier. I'd be there now if I didn't have these stupid papers to work on. Luckily tickets are sold at many places...so we're trying to search out the best (i.e. remote) one. Right now we're leaning towards this sketchy area near the strip clubs. I think we'll be lucky if we even get tickets. Saturday at noon, I'll either be jumping for joy or curled up in the corner crying. I hope hope hope she has more than one show...then we'd have a much better chance. Ok, must return to my work. Miss you lots.
Lynds

Tequlia ... the drink of choice

Hey all, well Michelle, I just want to say how great you look...really!! Your hair is so nice, you go girl!! I've been getting hasseled at work about my hair as one resident said to me and I quote " is this a new hair style, or just the old one gone wrong!!" Nice! :) Needless to say that i'm trying to grow it and I guess some people don't really like it.
Well I wanted to go home for Easter but i don't think that mom and dad are going to be home. When is everyone else going home? Cause if I can take the day off of work or something then that would be awesome. I miss my girls.
WEll as you all know the junos were here and I didn't have tickets. But I was downtown on Friday night and Saturday (during the day) I was totally seeing who I could scope out. Not much luck. I saw the judge from Canadian Idol in a store I was in (the cranky judge), and I saw Brad Gushue, which is so much more exciting. We passed him on Spring Garden. Thats about it though. I heard lots of gossip about the after partities and stuff (i.e. Fergie getting so loaded they had to carry her out of the Palace) but whatev!
So ladies I've been checking out the blog more regularly so I'll try and write more :) Talk to you later have a good one

P.

follow-up

I just looked at that post and realized that I look naked in the first picture there. Eek. I was dressed, I swear. I'm just going to throw in a few more pictures here, just for fun and because I know you all want to see a little more of me :P


Me and Hope on the dancefloor






The crew from work - Joanna, Simon, Hope and Nick

The Ottawa Gala

Me waiting at the bar for the 7 tequila shots we needed (gross)


Me and Simon


Me and Hope


Me, Sarah, Hope (from work) and Claire

I'm not sure why it made all the pics go to the top of the post, but I can't seem to fix it. Oh well.

Lynds, I've become blog obsessed too. CT, your written description of your Friday night antics wasn't nearly as entertaining as it was to hear you describe it on the phone. I did laugh out loud when I read Lyndsay's post about your MSN convo. I can only imagine.

As for me, I had a great time attending the Gala. I went met up with Joanna, who just lives at the bottom of my street and we shared a cab downtown and met up with the rest of the crew. When we got there I got to meet Hope's husband, brother, sister and parents. They were all really nice. Hope's my bestie here at work and she's the one who convinced us all to go to the Gala. She is also the one busting my ass at the gym, so I could actually fit into my dress :) So, we were in the VIP room for about 3 hours with free drinks. Many, many beer and a group tequila shot later, the VIP room was closed down and we headed out into the main hall to mingle with the common folk. This is where the evening gets a little bit fuzzy...I started taking a lot more pictures, but I don't remember much otherwise. It was during this time that I decided to switch from beer to 4 vodka cranberries (I can't even think about it without gagging a little). We danced up a storm and the evening came to an end. We lost Hope and her hubby halfway through the night. Turns out he fell asleep/passed out on a chair at the back of the room.

All in all I had a great time, but I paid for it on Sunday. Plans to go to Dick's Dairy Dip (the O-Town equivalent of the Frosty Treat) with Pegs were ruined as I spent the entire day moving no further than the distance from the couch to the bathroom. I still felt like ass all day at work yesterday, and I'd say I'm still only back to about 85% of normal today. My insides are hurting. As good old TR told me this morning on MSN, we're getting to the age where going out hardcore really kicks our ass the next day.

So, that's about it for me. Hope you all had good weekends too. Miss you lots!!!

Love,
MC

5 days...

I've become an obsessive blog-checker. Post something girls...anything to give me a break from my papers. I have 3 papers ahead of me! I'm going crazy. My only news is that the Madonna ticket countdown is on...now it's confirmed that MTL is the only show in Canada! It will be SO hard to get tickets. I tried to join her fan club to try to get presale tickets but it was going to cost almost $80 Can and there's no guarantee I'd get tickets. The tickets will be expensive enough on their own.
Miss you.
Love, Lynds

MC - Do tell about the Gala

We all want to see pics of you dolled up!

All right ladies. So Friday night I went out for supper with Lynn to the Gahan house. We went around 7 with plans to meet friends of hers at the Dublin after. Ordered our meals and pints of Sir John A's honeywheat ale. Well it tasted pretty good. After our meal came we got second pints. Then it starts to get good/foggy. The couple at the table next to us were funny and Eddie kept sitting down with us and talking to both tables. So then Lynn had the great idea to do shots. Well there's no horney monkeys or Baja at the Gahan. So we did shots of tequila. The couple at the next table found it so entertaining they bought us shots of tequila. Then Eddie brought us some sort of desert and we did one last shot for the road. Came back here where I proceded to call Rammer, Danny, talk to Sean Craig on MSN and apparently Lyndsay. I do remember I was talking to someone else besides Chicken but I didn't know who until now. So we had a few more coolers here and headed for the Dublin. Couldn't tell you who I saw. I tried to send Rammer a text but that backfired. So called and every time I looked I'd see I had a missed call from him so I'd try him and vice versa. Met Lynn's totally creepy friend who was all over me under the table so I decided to hit the road. Finally Rammer got a hold of me and stopped by. That's about it. I'm sure there was more to it than that but that's all I got. And Lynds as for having anything left, Saturday night Lynn and I went ot a party on Queen St. and the Dublin so recovery wasn't so bad.
Love you ladies,
CT

I miss drunk CT!!

Last night, Chloe and I were having a quiet night in. I went on MSN to see if any of you girls were on...and then CT appeared! It sounded like she had a damn good night at Dublin. You know it's a good night when Carolyn can no longer type. I saved the conversation because I was laughing hysterically. CT - hope you're up for it again when I'm home in April. I still don't know the dates for sure but I'll let you know when I do. Kendra and Pam, will you be home anytime soon? Talk to you soon.
Love, Lynds