Weekend...

Nothing super exciting. My shins started hurting on Friday but I ran anyways on Saturday - not the smartest idea. I was feeling kind of crippled the rest of the day, but felt okay on sunday? weird I know. I ended up getting stuff to wrap my arches on Monday for my long run, 15 k! worked out okay!

*Yawn*

Yep, I'm tired... because of survivor moving nights (NCAA b-ball) Americas next top model was on at 10:00... too late for me! but I stayed up to watch it and was out of bed this morning at 5:55, which isn't enough sleep for my tired body. I need a solid 7.5 hours every night.

A few peices of good news last night
1) I'm getting even more money back from my taxes since I neglected my "unused tuition credits"
2) My sister's offer on their house went through this is it. http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?vd=&SearchURL=%3fMode%3d5%26id%3d50258&Mode=5&PropertyID=3330091
3) My internet is working again! wahoo! I don't know for how long though.

Also got some bad news though, seems my 15 year old cousin is thinking of moving out of their house in O-town and going to live on her own in Toronto. What????? I'm trying to talk some sense into her, I told her that if she ever feels she needs a place to stay that she can always come to Waterloo for a few days/weeks but that moving out on her own at her age is WAY too young, I can see it all going wrong and her becoming a prostitute to pay for her many drug addictions (she has none right now, I'm just speculating.) Good news though is that their family is coming to our house for easter, so I'm going to try and talk some sense into her, any suggestions anyone?!? please?!

Weather Depressed...

I think this weather recently has me even more SAD affected than when I lived in Van-city. At least in Van by this time it was nice and warm, and the rain was past its worst. This morning on my run is was -10 with the windchill and we are supposed to have snow this afternoon. Mother Nature, why are you doing this to me?????

I just want it to be sunny and no wind with morning lows of 5 and highs of 15.

Oh, and amazing race talk - how annoying are Ray and Deena? I want them gone, Ray is a jackass and Deena is whiny and annoying.

Nada..

zilch, zero. The number of interesting things to happen in the last 24 hours.

I did get out my bike though for the first time since november (?) so that was nice... oh yeah, and I hate the Canadian Revenue Agency website. I spent an hour yesterday trying to NETFILE my taxes, only to find out that I can't because of my CPP (surviving children's benefit), so I wasted an hour of my time. Why don't they just list that in there 10 page list of people who can't file on line, grrrr... Also, does anyone know if I have to put my carrying over tuition onto my tax sheet? I didn't realize I had any until last night...

Dull Weekend...

Friday night EK and her mum came down to my apartment and we watched The Incredibles, Saturday I slept for a long time, did my taxes and watched the bourne supremacy (Matt Damon is a god.) and then on Sunday I read, did laundry watched Vanity Fair and went for my long run. What an exciting life I lead. I want it to be nice out already.

Random Rant - kbum, you'll like this...

So we just went to the 4th year project presentations... one group (M was their supervisor) was doing ground water column experiments of bacteria removal. So they had their experiment set up. they did their columns horizontally to "mimic groundwater flow" so guess what people? the best way to mimic gw flow is with an upflow column. In research you ALWAYS use upflow, it is pretty basic. You get a constant head situation and ensure that the column is fully saturated due to the effects of gravity. Read a paper (any paper) on column experiments. It is going to be upflow.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.... that is what you get when a DW person supervises a GW group.

La La La...

Nothing new... clinic last night was okay... run this morning too... I <3 fortran, but that is it...

Oh, and I told the supervisor that I'm not going to be done 774 until mid summer... don't think he was too happy about that...

Random Thoughts on a Soon to be Spring Thursday

1) Happy St. Patrick's Day

2) Last night I was watching some celebrity gossip show (had no energy to do anything) and they were talking about how short celebrity's are. out of the like 20 they mentioned only Clint Eastwood was taller than 6', and the tallest female they mentioned was Anna Nicole Smith who is 5'8, 5'9 when you consider her poofy hair. I couldn't believe that! mind you, there are a number of tall ones they didn't mention like Will Smith and Nicole Kidman. But small list - Jackie Chan, Sly Stalone, Ben Stiller (yeah, yeah yeah, we knew them) - how bout Elton John? (aparently stands at 5'3.5) which is shorter than Drew Barymore who is 5'4. The average "tall" height for a female in Hollywood - 5'5. yep, crazy eh?

3) My cold may almost be over? I actually woke up on my own at 7 hours of sleep this morning and half an hour before my alarm went off. I'm taking this as a good sign.

4) The high for today is +1 :D It hasn't been above 0 here since the beginning of February :)

5) Survivor last night - meh. I dislike James and want him gone... Ibrehem and bobby john are nice eye candy though :)

That is the end of my disjointed thoughts.

Cold - no better, no worse

Except, I guess it has moved into my head a bit. I woke up with a bit of a headache. I'm going to take today completely off anything physical... I originally wanted to go to the gym for "easy" weights and an easy run, I guess that will have to wait till friday ??

Yesterday afternoon, I went home to do my marking, and as I was afraid, it is taking alot longer than I had hoped for. I've spent probably 5 hours on it already and I'm only half way done. Bob wanted me to mark harder on this one so it means a lot more work for me... hopefully I'll be able to get one more done before I have to give my tutorial at 10:30.

Other than the bane of being sick, nothing else to really report... except according to Burger, MK is likely dating someone right now. meh. Anyone know of any outdoorsy single guys in the w/loo area???

Cough getting worse... I think the cough medacine will be brought out soon...

Long title! yep, my chest is officially congested, luckily my head isn't stuffed up as well. Yesterday's long run went okay (12km) but by the end I was definitely ready to stop, I don't think my body liked me too well. Last night I had the intentions of starting my marking, but I just had NO energy left after the run. I ended up going to bed at 10 and sleeping right through to 7 (well, with the exception of being woken up by Jenny at 5:30 for a cuddle).

So today is at school in the am to volunteer for campus day. I get to show grade 12 students our ghetto pilot treatment plant that is missing lots of parts. I volunteered thinking I was helping out one of the grad students, turns out I'm saving the butt of the prof that I loathe. In the pm, I'm going home and marking, I have 6 30 page reports :( hopefully I can get them finished before tomorrow!

So AL from the GVRD (like the name dude) wants details... if you look at my blogs from last week, we were supposed to go dancing/pubbing on friday. The guy I had a crush on in the fall was going to be there, and I didn't know how I was going to feel... ie. still attracted to him or not. So the verdict is, he is still really cute, but I don't think I still have a crush on him. If he asked me on a date, I would probably say yes, but nothing I would actively persue. MK is another guy from our basket ball team in the fall, also a good friend of my friend burger and her boyfriend. He is pretty quiet, and harder to get to know, I think that he is maybe a little shy? Anyways, he is also a really nice guy and I think that we may have a lot in common. I wouldn't mind getting to know him better, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm ready or willing to make a move.

I haven't done anything since thursday...

and I feel like a huge bum. Well, no excersize anyways. I decided to take friday and saturday off for all-out sickness protection, and took sunday off so I could do my long run with EK today, but when I woke up this morning I was the worst I have been so far. I'm hacking up a real storm and it isn't plesent.

So as burger said, G's shower went well yesterday, it was nice to get together like that. Burger did a great job of organizing and had a yummy potato salad too. Other than that and friday night I didn't do anything this weekend. Just relaxed and had some down time. (I needed it, I've been go-go-go since early in the semester so it was nice to have some me time.

Today on tap is 10:30 pick up memos to start marking, 2:30 presentation, and later long run. Hopefully it goes okay, 12km. Also want to talk to the supervisor when he gets in about the possibility of TA'ing 321 for him this summer... and maybe about taking time off in August/September to visit my sis in Africa. I feel bad talking to him about it already after just getting back from a weeks vacation...

*Yawn*

So yesterday we went to Mussellinis (formerly Paddy's for the loo-ites) instead of dancing or the Jane Bond. It was a pretty good time. This morning it was up to take Jenny to the vet's. Sounds like she has a blocked tear duct that may be the result of her earlier troubles. We are back to giving her the drops I was giving her before, but I now know a way to give them to her without her squirming away.

******** Warning, the following is completely speculation and I'm basically just thinking out loud, don't take this as being absolutely positively how I currently feel *********

After last night (and I guess yesterday at lunch), I've been wondering if maybe I've had it backwards all along. Backwards? you say? yes, literally backwards. What if KM really isn't a good match for me, and MK is? I think that I probably have more in common with MK, even though he is from a big city, I think he is a lot more outdoorsy (a very important trait for me) than KM (who is from a smaller town). Hmmm.... They are both really nice guys. Physically I would say KM is better looking, but really that only matters before you get to know someone.

okay end of speculation. I'll stop freaking out burger now ;)

More days of the halfway between...

I hate the feeling that you have something. I have not been full out sick, but I have a bit of a scratchy throat and a stuffed up nose. I'm planning on taking tomorrow super easy (like hiding in my bed all day except when Jenny goes to the Vet), I just have to make it one more day! I guess it is because my body is worn down from before my vacation week and last week? That is just a guess though.

So looks like the dancing plans are on hold. We may go out to the pub tonight instead. EK had to take a last minute trip back to Ottawa, and burger only dances once a year, so we are going to wait until EK is back.

In other news, last nights clinic was again a sleeper. We did however run about 5.5 km in 30 minutes, which is a blistering pace for me. I'm impressed with myself :) I want to do another 5K race sometime and really race it to see what I am capable of.

Hack Hack... I'm sick...

Well, not too bad, but worse than yesterday I'd say. bad enough for me to stay at home this morning and skip my spinning class. With running last night and tonight, it was a little more than my body needs right now, so I stayed in bed and snoozed for an hour and cuddled my kitty.

So I'm staying at home this morning. With my paper and tutorial finally finished I need to work hardcore on getting caught up on my school work. So I'm working from home this morning, likely starting in a few minutes.

Also, EK and I decided that we wanted to go dancing on friday (yay!) so we sent out a mass e-mail to everyone in town trying to recruit people to come with us. So far we have Burger, Burger's BF, MK, VK, and KM aka #294 aka the boy that I had a crush on in the fall... So I haven't seen him since late november/early december, and am not sure what to think... I guess I'll figure it out on friday???

Just saw a preview for Episode 3 on Canada AM. I'm not a huge Star wars fan, but it looks like it will be good... anyone want to go with me when it comes out?

Halfway between sick and okay...

And it isn't fun. My body is telling me to take it easy but I'm still eating normally, so that is NOT good (actually, I'm probably eating more than normal thanks to my friend flo. Grrrrrr.

Last night I played on my computer and internet. I love having my internet back!!! and then stayed up for the amazing race. I was asleep by 10:30 and slept in till 7 this morning. 8.5 hours... about 1 hour more than I normally need.

Now I am in at school trying to finish up this tutorial. When I get done, I think I'm going to head home. I'll have a quick nap then start to get caught up in all the course work I have been neglecting lately - I figure that if I work hard for the next month, I might (key word might) be caught up. More likely not though. Oh, yeah, I also told MK, the civ grad student, that I would go to the CWRA networking thing with her tonight. I'm not sure that I have the energy or drive to go anymore. I guess I'll have to wait and see how I am feeling after my run with EK this afternoon.

D & GD on their way home...

Busy couple of days.

Yesterday we went to the chinese market and over to burger's house to play with the guinea pigs(they are soooooo cute!!! Especially Saffy!). we were going to have chicken alfredo for dinner, but the sauce had gone bad... last minute emergency replacement, had to make something from scratch. EK had the crazy plates cookbook which has the low-fat recipe for something similar. It didn't take too long to make either. didn't taste quite as good, but was still pretty yummy. After M went to bed, D and I worked on the wedding invitations for this summer. by 11:30 they weren't done, and I was exhausted so I called it quits for the night. they didn't take too much time to finish up this morning.

This morning we went to the St. J's outlet mall. It was okay, I ended up buying new running pants (my ones for -5 to +5 C wore out so I needed a new pair), a sports bra (also need), and a pair of dress pants (regularly $160!!!!! I still paid a lot though at $90), but I need a pair for conferences and professional things like that. (plus they look hot with my new steve maddens :))

So I'm back at school this afternoon, trying to get this tutorial done. I have no ambition to work on it though. oh well!

Busy Weekend...

I was at school again till 6:00 on Friday, I really need to do something about this not having a life business. Finally got my paper sent to my supervisor for final revisions. I needed to go grocery shopping and whatnot so I rented X2 when I was out... I saw the first movie at Kel's last weekend. the second one was good as well, I think it had a bit better and more fluid of a plot line than the first.

Saturday was crazy busy, I woke up cleaned my apartment and did errands until noon, went running with EK, (long run - 11K) and went home to drop off the car. we had dinner at a family friends. Morning was up and to the gym, home to shower and back to the loo. Exciting eh?

Now my friend D and her darling daughter (my darling god daughter) are up here for a few days. I came to school for the morning to get some work done on my tutorial and submit my paper (yay!). There was a fire this morning in CPH so it is closed, but the rest of engineering opened up sometime between 8 and 9. http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/

Was at school until 6 last night...

And was here again by 8 am. I need a life. enough said.

Hum-dee-dum

Nothing new really... went to the gym yesterday to work out with trainer, and she absolutely killed me, my legs felt like jelly afterwards, and now, they hurt a lot :(. Worked on my tutorial last night and finally did my laundry so I actually have clean clothes to wear :O shocking, I know.

Hmmm, nothing else new really I gues... I just wanted to clarify something on the guy my sister wants to set me up with... you are all probably thinking "laura always complains about being single, why doesn't she just say yes?". So normally, I would agree with you, but this is different. I've known this guy for 12 years, and have never once had the slightest attraction to him, I think if it was going to happen, it would have been a long time ago (long before he started going bald). Plus, here are the reasons my sister told me of why she thought we would make a good couple (seriously, she has no clue) " you are both smart and nerdy, and you like me"??? what??? Okay, rant over.

Tired...

So the next few days are going to be hell on earth. I have to get my paper finished and find time to prepare a tutorial on how to use EPANET. I don't know where I am going to find the time to do it all!!!

Last night I got home at 4:25 was out the door to run with EK by 4:40, back at 5:40, showered, and ate, and dressed by 6:40, ran a few errands, picked up burger by 7:15. And then I was able to semi-relax for a bit (except in the back of my mind I was worrying about everything I have to get done), and got to bed around 11:00. I was pretty tired, so I fell asleep almost right away and then my dad calls at 11:30 (what??? I think he forgot that they were 3 hours behind) and woke me up. I had a lot of trouble falling asleep again after that >:(. I woke up at 6:00, but it was too cold, and I was way too tired to get up, so I just called EK and told her that the run was a no go for me, and headed back to bed for an hour.

So that brings me to now, I have to totally re-write sections of my paper and have it to my supervisor by 3:30 (when I'm leaving today) so that he can proof read it tonight (when I'm working on my tutorial). ACK! Okay, have to get cracking!

Millar - my ex-favorite cyclist...

His ban is now two years from when he ceased riding, which means that he will technically be able to ride in the 2006 tour, but may be unlikely. Meh. Don't know what to think. I want him to do well, but I think I still feel a little betrayed. That, and I think that most of the peleton dopes, so really, was he just a scape goat???

I lead such an exciting life...

yesterday I went home and had a nap. I slept till 5, and then made my dinner. I think marked from 6-9 and from 9:45-11:15. I woke up at 7 am and marked some more. Thrilling I know...

There was something semi-exciting that I wanted to post, but I can't remember what it was...

Oh yeah, and something I forgot from last week. On Tuesday I got this weird e-mail from one of my sister's friends from highschool... completely out of the blue. Seems my sister is trying to set me up with him (KB, she confirmed this, no longer just speculation). I'm totally not interested, but I don't know how to tell her (or him for that matter)... and I haven't replied yet either... my home internet is down again and the e-mail is saved in my outlook...