"Self Centered" Category
A hard save...
Balance and coordination have never been two things that I possess. I’ve fallen down stairs, tripped on sidewalks, missed the occasional step here or there…At first it’s embarrassing – when you trip on a pine cone which brings you down on your hands and knees, you develop a tough skin (and not just from having skinned these areas so many times before). After you fall in public so many times, it’s no longer embarrassing – it’s actually really funny.
My most memorable fall happened when I was in first year of University. I had been avoiding Spanish Class for over a month. You miss one class, that’s ok. But you know what they say…one turns into two and two turns into ten…then you’ve missed so many classes that you are actually scared to go back. Anyway, My friend made me go back to class – it was the review for the final and apparently that was important; I was going to learn an entire semester in one class – yeah right.
The class room was on the third floor – we made it up the first flight of stairs fine, the second flight fine…the third flight is where it got messy…I tripped up three steps…one step is easy to recover from – but three is a hard save. So there I was tripping up the steps in an incedibably crowded stariwell…everyone was staring…there was no graceful way to get out of it, I just had to let it happen and I hoped for the best…
My best included a professor – whom I landed on…which is great, because his crotch is the reason I didn’t break my nose that day…that’s right – I landed face first into this man’s crotch with one hand on his shoulder, the other in his hand….This was not one of my best moments at University – possibly one of the funniest, but not best.
So what do you do to recover…it’s an awkward situation – how you deal with it…for me it went something like this…“I am so sorry”…the man said nothing back – he just stood there…I wanted to fix this situation…I should have walked away, but I didn’t…I decided it was necessary to straighten his tie, dust off his shoulders and gave him a quick pat on the back – I said thanks and told him to have a nice day…He was silent, possibly frozen in shock. I of course had to move on, I had to leave this mess behind – plus I was now late for Spanish.
CAA...
So yesterday my car wouldn’t start….what’s a girl to do…I have jumper cables but don’t know how to use them…the last time they were used, an old man laughed at me in the parking lot of a grocery store and called me a silly girl…soooooo, I called CAA, and got a membership because for $45.00 they were going to give me a jump or for $82.00 I would have 6 free jumps – SOLD.
Today, my boyfriend was going to go No Frills for coffee, water and splenda aka, the essentials…however, after starting the car, he realized he was missing a quater…at this moment I am cursing carts that require money….maybe throwing my fist in the air….anyway, he came in to get a quater and then once quater in hand, he went out to the running car to realize it was locked…..fuuuuccckkkkk.
So, I dial CAA, yet again, less than 24 hours after purchasing said membership to have them open up my little red neon….perfect. I am greeted by the same CAA dude from yesterday…I am wearing pajamas, becuase I just couldn’t get dressed again…he laughed at my snowflakes.
Moral of this story, keep a freaking quater in the car.
yoga wear...
So, today is there is a high-end yoga wear warehouse sale. I like yoga wear and I sure as hell like a sale…pants that retail in the high $80s, for a discount, what a great way to spend a Thursday morning! However, this was a hot mess.
First of all, the sale had a facebook event page…with over 5,000 people confirmed…clearly very popular pants…two, the sale is on for four days only…three, the last entry on the wall for the event was entered at like 6am this morning stating “I’m on my way to the sale now”…one would think that was rather early for a 9am opening…four, my decision to leave at 8:45 was indeed a huge mistake.
I parked 3 blocks away from the building, it was -15c outside = f’ing cold, upon arriving to the warehouse, the line was wrapped around the building…no f’ing way…they’re yoga pants…no matter what anyone tells you, they pill…concert tickets for madonna and the like deserve a line, not pants…even though I cherish my yoga pants, more importantly the time I spend in said pants, I do not wait in line for them.
I hope that those who waited in the line got amazing deals and items they couldn’t live without.
p.s. I’m going back tonight for some pants….I can’t resist a sale, hopefully the line is short!
End of Summer...
Happy Labour Day…I love that North America has dedicated a day for those who work….now that I have a job I can officially celebrate Labour Day! I am celebrating this day by working – boo to jobs in hospitality…but at least I have a job – so I will be celebrating this holiday with a smile on my face.
Remember when Labour Day signified the end of summer when you were a kid…the last day of freedom before going back to school…the night before you packed your backpack with new binders, pens and pencils, you laid out your new outfit and hoped to Christ it was cool, your mom packed you a lunch and then you tried to go to sleep but you tossed and turned because you were a little bit sad that summer was over and nervous to be starting a new school year.
As an adult Labour Day is the weekend when you get to sleep in for three days instead of two…It’s the final party weekend of summer – the last hurrah before fall arrives…the traditional last weekend to stop wearing white shoes…the last of the barbeques where you don’t need a sweater at night. Summer may be over but fall is almost here and that means a new wardrobe must be purchased!
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and is celebrating working hard with a party!
and she's down...
ok, ok…I know, I know…another story involving falling in public…
As we all know diet pepsi makes my world go round….lil bit of an addiction. I usually go through drive through; but yesterday I thought I would mix it up and actually go into Tim Hortons. I made it from the car to curb with no problems…upon stepping onto the curb i missed and went down hard…luckily nothing was broken…just my spirit…thank god diet pepsi heals all.