THE SIMPLE LIFE

1. No responsibilities

When the boyz got back from their cottage fun, I got to spend Sunday with them and we did our usual board game marathon - this time it was St. Petersburg, Carcassonne, Alhambra. 9 hrs of strategies, alliances and competition. I think that I'm the only who would proudly declare that we play nerd games. Love it. It's like Risk except even better because you're not dependent on the roll of a dice. If you've never heard of it, try it...and if you like it please let me know so that I have more friends to play with =) (I will also play online if Kitchener is too far away for you)

We didn't stop until 4am and I honestly think it was only because Dan and Kyle had to work the next day. We ended up driving Dan back to Toronto with the 5 of us piled into Allan's car - got to stop by Mickey D's for food and listen to Russell Peters all the way there. Who still goes for a 2 hr drive just for the heck of it? I'm supposed to be a married woman now. Whatever - it was just fun to act like a kid and be spontaneous for a change. I actually missed that a lot. I haven't done something silly like that probably since Uni. Of course, my body reminded me that I wasn't truly young anymore when it took a few days to recuperate from one late night.

2. Friends

The following day, Brian had been in town from Seattle so he and Mike drove up to hang out for beer and pizza. Yet another encounter that reminded me of university life. Just honest conversation about nothing and yet, made me crave for the kind of intimacy that I had back then. I guess I'm reflecting on friendships a bit more now that we're going to settle down in Kitchener. It's actually kind of interesting because Mike is probably one of very few people that was individually friends with both Alex and I before we even dated. Which is probably why I feel so comfortable when the 3 of us hang out together - not everyone we know would be so open to the both of us. Most of our friends would probably tell us things when we're separate but to be on that same level of intimacy when both of us are present isn't as easy. Did that even make sense? Any way, thanks Mike for being both our friends all these years!

3. Movie

Tuesday night we went to the midnight showing of Transformers 2 with the Waterloo Crew. Totally Great movie!! Thanks to Hendy and Allan for lining up at 10:30pm. Too bad we couldn't all sit together - there were like 200 ppl already ahead of us in line. It was quite crazy, the line wrapped around 2 sides of the building and that was only for one screen! They had 2 other screens playing as well. Totally worth it to see on the big screen though, and I have to say Meagan Fox is hot. Although her screen time plays on this fact quite blatantly. Lots of humorous scenes too. I have to say that I may like this even a tiny bit better than Star Trek, which is saying a lot.

4. Dinner

Tonight I went to an appreciation dinner for my new job working at the school. It was pretty awesome, I get a free meal AND a certificate for doing nothing since I haven't started work yet - HA! It's kind of crazy because I actually have faculty rank and called an adjunct clinical lecturer. To be honest I'm a little nervous and scared, especially since a lot of them have PhD's and a ton of other letters behind their name. I hope I do a good job starting July. I really should start reading up on things. Soon...after we've moved.

Oh yeah, I was suppose to talk more about the house and our experience with the process of buying. Oh well, maybe next time. I can't believe it's 4am - I haven't stayed up this late to blog in over 5 years. Glad to know that caffeine still works on me.