California Take 2

So a few weeks ago, Emilie and I headed back to California cause we are hooked now, and also cause we hadn't seen each other for awhile so we could hang out.  We stayed at the W Hollywood hotel on Hollywood and Vine!  The hotel was amazing!

 Despite the fact that Continental Airlines delayed our flight and lost our luggage and lied to us around 14 times in a span of 8 hours, causing me to spend our first  day and night in Hollywood in my work scrubs since I came directly from work....we had a great time (not with Continental though).  We spent the beginning of the trip in Hollywood where we did some shopping, drank a lot, hung out every day with Brandon (who's SUPER amazing and can't wait to go back to see him) and his friends and went out clubbing.  We saw Mario Lopez at the Grove Shopping Center (and man does he look old in person!)

The first night in town...Emilie and I decided to get some booze for the week at the Pharmacy.  We almost died!  They had 40s of bacardi rum for $17.00!  We ended up leaving (this is the part where we may sound like alcoholics) with a 5 litre box of wine, a 40oz of rum, two big bottles of gaterade and a box of cereal for less than $30!

The trip was amazing!  We went to Mr. Blacks to go clubbing one night (that was a very sloppy night!). And then the next morning we headed off to Disney Land for the day!!  Disney was crazy! Even though it was freakishly cold in Cali, the day was amazing!  I REALLY wanted to meet Micky, which I didn't get to do, but it was so awesome!  We were going to stay the night at the Disney hotel until they said the only room left was $450 before taxes for a plain room.....so we stayed at a Holiday Inn (or something) in Long Beach.

The last day of our trip was American Thanksgiving (which we didn't know till we got to LA), so Brandon drove us to Suzie and Jimmy's (Emilie's cousins) so we could spend the last day with them and be a part of their Thanksgiving dinner party plans.  While waiting to go to dinner, Emilie and I walked to the beach and talked while we watched wild dolphins playing in the water.  Then dinner was amazing!  I don't think I've ever (and possibly will ever again), be in one place with so many different bottles of wine and champagne being drank!  The food was amazing and so were the people at the party.  And then we slept and Emilie and I made the long-ass day trek back to Ottawa (cause I worked the next morning).

We've already talked about going back in May :P

Nights Out with Cassie

The Wednesday before my mom and grandma came to town last week, Cassie and I decided to go out dancing (as we do often on Wednesdays when we're both off).  We both dressed up and had a "party" of our own in my apartment before heading out to Mercury Lounge to dance the night away.  It was one of the most fun times out dancing together we've ever had (and trust me...there's a lot).  The night ended with my just a BIT under the influence....to the point where when I ran down my apartment hallway, my pants fell right to my ankles and I tripped and busted out laughing.  I was put to bed and the end of the night is a day-in-the-life of an Alzheimer patient.  GREAT night!

Cassie looking hot (maybe texting her awesome husband)

Me :)

Cassie and Me dancing the night away

The girls are out tonight!  

Ending the night.....

Thanksgiving Ridiculousness

Last week I started orientation for my new full-time nursing position at the Hospital here and on top or that had things most evenings and that is why I've been MIA again and not blogging...cause my life has been CRAZY!  BUT....last weekend was Thanksgiving here in Canada and again, that weekend was ridiculous!  I didn't go home to Timmins since Lacey was coming in town to have Thanksgiving with her family here and I haven't seen her in awhile so figured I'd stay to see her and then since I wasn't supposed to work this week, I'd just go home for a week to visit friends and family back home.
Lacey's bus was 3 hours late so she only got in to Ottawa after 3am, so naturally I went out and got really drunk and rather than going to bed when she was here (cause I had orientation again the next day), I stayed up till after 5am talking to her....which led to me being about an hour late for orientation.  I had a Thanksgiving supper at my bro's place with my sis and my bro's gf and his roommates.  The supper was actually REALLY good!  Then I went to Lacey's aunt's place and after our hot-tub I ended up crashing there for the night.  The next day I went to yoga (more for the instructor than the actual class, but the class is good too lol).  Bekka had her first party at her place in Hull so I went to that and it was decked out! Projector screens with lasers and candles everywhere and a plounge (pillow lounge).  It was so sweet!  And the people there were so chill and cool.  I left before they went to the bar cause Cassie was going to my place to predrink before we were to head to Edge to go dancing and celebrate with Laurice since it was her last time going dancing before she moves to Elliott Lake on saturday.  After a very dangerous ride on the back of a scooter by someone who just got the scooter that day and still didn't know how to drive it and me without a helmet and almost dying....I got off and got Cassie to pick me up lol.  We went to my place and downed our booze and headed to the bar.  We danced up a storm and saw the person I had gone on a date with earlier that week chatting it up with my ex - that was interesting lol. I met a guy from a an MTV show and he surprised me a LOT and is actually SUPER sweet and nice!  He's also hilarious and was making Cassie and I die laughing at his jokes.  After kicking Cassie home (sorry again Cass), the weekend just continued at this ridiculous pace!  Another Thanksgiving supper at Lacey's Aunt's, and another afternoon with "Mr. Nice Guy", then back to the real world and had to have my last orientation day monday.  And that my friends was my Thanksgiving.....minus a few details ;)

Lots has happened over the past month....

So once again I've been MIA for a bit - this time a little longer than I have to date. I've been gone for about a month now because I've been doing a lot and super busy. Shortly after my birthday, Emilie came from Toronto to stay with me. We left the last weekend in August to go to my cousin Valerie's wedding in Elliot Lake. Since Emilie doesn't have a driver's license, I had to do the entire drive myself. We left at 6:20am on friday morning in the rental car Toyota Caroloa that we named Lola, and got to the Lodge where the wedding was happening at 4:30pm. We stopped for 2 hours to visit Emilie's grandparents in Sudbury, where they fed us and we hung out for awhile. After getting lost only once as predicted, we ended up finding our way on the VERY sketchy narrow highway with no lines, through the forrest in the middle of nowhere to find Laurentian Lodge. We got the suite cabin that my family was to stay in for the weekend. My mom, Jean-Guy, Baba, Aunt Vicky and the newest addition to the family Joey had just arrives minutes before us. We unpacked while Dave, Jess, Steph and her date Kevin showed up. Then the craziness of the weekend began.....

The booze definitely flowed throughout the weekend, with drinks and a bbq with campfire the Friday night, the wedding night Saturday (with open bar) and then Sunday night with the familiy before leaving Monday. Our family definitely were the crazies at the wedding, but I think we were the fun ones :P Emilie, Baba and I were the last three on the dancefloor at the end of the night before heading back to the cabin where I would "walk the dog", which really entailed me walking from the back deck to the front door and passing out on the bench holding Joey's lease while he chased rocks. Then when Emilie woke me, I went into the house when a bat flew in! In my drunken state I figured I could catch it so there I was walking around the house with a giant fishing net, now shirt on but my dress pants still on, trying to find the bat - which apparently ended up in my mom's room lol. Steph slept on the floor of the bathroom so we didn't have to worry about a bucket for her lol. Great times! The drive back, we stopped again in Sudbury at Emilie's grandparents' and had lunch there. Then I left on my own to finish the rest of the trip while emilie stayed to visit with her family.

Shortly after getting back to Ottawa, Emilie returned and Ottawa u's frosh week started and Emilie, me and Laurice were Safety Ambassadors for the week - basically we took care of drunk first years and made sure nobody died and that everything was safe. I think the fewest ambulances were called ever. The week was exhausting and I got a cold half way through (and am still getting over it now). Now, frosh week is over, I'm back working as usual and Emilie is leaving tomorrow to head back to Toronto after living with me for the past month. It's going to be really weird for her to leave again. It's like she's leaving Ottawa all over again. :(

I am super excited to be able to see and hang out with Cassie again since I've been INSANELY busy and not been able to see her!! And I'm looking forward to some calm relaxing time now that everything is dying down. I'm also pumped for this cold to go away!

This has been my past month, and tonight is the end of the Emilie in Ottawa month and we're going out with a bang - Laurice, Emilie and I are going drinking!!

Crazy Cabbies!

On wednesday Cassie and I went out dancing to have a great night! She had to finish work first so she only got to my place at 11:45 and so while we quickly got ready, we have 4 cosmos. We cabbed to the bar with a really nice cabby. Got the the bar and had a few double rum and cokes and danced up a storm (as usual). SO much fun! Even though the DJ once again played HORRIBLE music. At the end of the night we got some money at the ATM since we had no cash - Cassie had to bargin with the doorman to let both us in for $7 cause that was all she had, and we put drinks on my tab. We flagged a cab down and then this other cab came up and started yelling at us and the other cabbie saying we have to get in his cause he was next in line at the cab stand (that I didn't even know existed and we weren't near the cab stand). We ended up going with our nice original cabbie and on the way home he was talking to his dispatch who said he was going to be suspended so Cassie drunkenly took the wakie takie and talked to dispatch to tell "her side of the story" lol to which the dispatcher replied "I don't care, nothing you say will change anything". RUDE! We got home, I gave the cabbie my number incase they wanted my story the next day (hoping I'd even remember taking a cab the previous night lol). We went upstairs and started drinking more cosmos and chilled listening to music, on the balcony (since my neighbour is gone - hopefully not cause I'm too loud) and then hung out and had random fun times till 7am! I went to change the cd and was like "ummmmm Cassie? The sun's up!" lol. When she sobered up, Cassie drove herself home and I passed out and was dead to the world the next day - didn't want to leave my bed. I went to hang out with Marcel in the evening at his new apartment and he was like "I have beer and rum" and all I asked was...."you have any tea?" hahaha. Great times! Should be just as fun tonight when Cassie takes me out tonight for my birthday last weekend.

Goodbye Sapphire

Wednesday night was my friend Elliott's birthday party and so I met him at his apartment.  The thing is....I knew the street that Elliott lives on, but since I was only at his place once after getting wasted at the bar, I had NO CLUE which apartment was his.  So I walked up and down the block, creeping in bushes looking in windows trying to see him to know which place was his.  It scared the SHIT outta him when he looked out the window and saw me in the bushes - but I found his place!  We left his place and headed to our friend Tim's apartment to drink and have a good time hanging out before heading to the bar for Sapphire Champaign's last retirement show.  After some wine, some champaign, some.....other stuff to put us under "the influence" and then a lot of rum and coke, we headed out to the bar - all ready for a crazy night.

 After many more drinks at the bar and lots of dancing and a great show from the drag queens, I was D.R.U.N.K.  The night got crazier after the I left the bar and I finally got to sleep around 6am.  I woke up in the morning to my apartment looking like the picture of domestic violence (if this offends you, pretend I said it was messy lol).  The couch was seperated all over the living room, the living room table was by the front door, clothes on the balcony and all over the place, dirty nacho plates in bed with me, and just a ridiculous night - BUT I LOVED IT!

Ridiculous Long Weekend

As I sit in my living room drinking my ice water with lime (almost makes me sound classy), I am just thinking about how crazy my weekend just was....

Friday afternoon Brett came in from Kingston to visit. We went to see Inception in IMAX and it was INTENSE!!! It BLEW my mind! That entire movie pretty much IS my brain's thoughts when on shrooms! CRAZY! And after the movie we picked up groceries for supper and got back to my apartment where we were greeted by Caundy who came in from Kingston also. I made supper while they went to pick up liquor for the night. Supper was awesome (from my new vegetarian cookbook). Then we began drinking and two of Caundy's friends came over to party with us before we made out way to Liquor Store to dance up a storm! At the end of the night, the car ride back to drop us off at my apartment was possibly the highlight of the night! We (and I mostly mean me) danced up a storm in the car, stood up through the sunroof like it was a limo and danced my heart out to Waka Waka by Shakira. We did a drive by twice around the block when we noticed a hot security guard that waved at us, before we finally got dropped off at the apartment and headed to bed.

After very little sleep, Brett and Caundy left and headed back to Kingston. I on the other-hand got picked up by Angelique and Ashley and headed to Carleton Place for the night to party with the hicks at the Jamboree (said in a British accent). We drank at Ashley's boyfriend's apartment before heading over to the carnival where we were the crazy, drunken 25ish year olds that everyone wasn't impressed with....it may have had something to do with out throwing our shoes at each other while the rides were going, or the fact that Sean and I were spitting from our ferris wheel seat onto Ange and Ashley's below us (and sometimes hitting the people behind them). GREAT carnival times! Then we headed into the Jamboree and I only remember two song playing....the first when we got there and then the second cause we made a drinking game of every time she said "Jesus" in her song we had to drink (which was like 15 times) and then our convos got way too deep to pay attention to the music.

On our way back from the Jamboree, we went to a bar where the bartender ordered me to chug the drink that he made wrong for Angelique, then Ange and I TORE UP the VERY sticky dance floor! We showed them dirty Dominican style dancing and I'm sure they thought we were dirty whores lol.....SO.MUCH.FUN. On our way home from the bar, we pretended to rape each other and some of us got injured through biting or falling off the picnic table, or mimicking the falling from the table, but the ENTIRE night was ridiculous! I remember waking up at one point and Ange and I were in bed, on top of the nicely made bed, fully clothed and I don't remember how we got there. Apparently Ange and I passed out on the couch together after Ashley and Sean had gone to bed when we kept drinking and then Ashley came to see why the living room light was still on and told us we should head to bed. Then after beening rudely awoken by some high pitch alarm going off and not knowing if I should evacuate or what was happening (it turned out to just be Sean's alarm clock), then Cassie drunk dialled me from Vegas cause she just got home from the bar with Christine and Tara (it was 8am here lol) and thankfully I was just alarmed awake lol. So we chatted for awhile before she had to go. I went back to sleep only to wake up still drunk. Headed back into town (hungover at this point) to meet Laura and Ryan for lunch at Tuckers. Then finished the afternoon with some Rideau Centre shopping before heading back to the apartment while the others headed back to Carleton Place.

The weekend was RIDICULOUS and soooo much fun! I'm sure I'll be catching up on sleep for about a week! Today's Ange's birthday, so happy birthday freak! And I hope everyone else had a crazy long weekend too!

Family Gone

My family picked Lacey up this morning at 6:30am and made their 8 hour trek homeward. Yesterday morning Lacey and I went for breakfast with my mom, her boyfriend, my grandma and my sister. After breakfast, Lace and I walked home and stopped in a few sex stores along the way trying to find good, cheap porn. We made it home, then took a nap and when we woke up we went into cleaning overdrive and cleaned my entire apartment, laundry and all. We cleaned the apartment because I had my family over for a dinner party. The party was awesome! Lacey helped me out sooo much with cleaning and prepping for supper. The fam loved dinner and everything and then lacey and I kept drinking till Ricky was ready to come over. Then we went to Ricky's friend's bday party for a bit. When we left my apartment, Ricky was backing out of my parking lot (he was sober) and we heard his car crunch and my response was "don't worry it's just a tree. Keep going". To which Lacey replied "Uh, no, it's a metal fence!". My bad. After the bday party, we picked Emilie up and went to Mercury to go dancing. Fun night, not so fun waking up at 6 so Lacey could leave. I'm happy I got to see them all since it's been 6 months! Can't wait to see them again at the end of the month. And hopefully Ricky's luck gets a little better! haha.

Pics of me out last saturday

Such a Fun Day and Night!

Yesterday was an awesome day! I hung out with Pam all day and it's always so much fun to be with Pam! We did a couple groceries since she had the car and then we headed out to Gloucester to go to the movies to see Iron Man 2 which was really good! (For the record, Scarlett Johansen is a SMOKE-SHOW - F'N GORGEOUS!) After the movie we headed to Place D'Orleans mall to kill time till 5:30 when Matt was done work. We picked Matt up and headed back to my place and chilled - err, Matt and I chilled and Pam napped. Then we headed over to our old landlord's apartment cause he invited us over for drinks and apps before dinner.

We arrived at Derek's and the house smelt divinely delicious! We started with cosmos and chatted in the kitchen, then made our way to the dining room to start on an amazing salad. Then dinner was served by an excited Derek and it was AMAZING! He should seriously open a restaurant! To finish off the amazing meal we had port wine with a decadent molten dark chocolate cake. We sat around the table for awhile after and caught up and talked for awhile (while the two cute dogs vied for our attention) and then we ended the evening. Truly amazing!

Matt and Pam gave Carli and I a ride to the market to meet our friends who were in line for the bar already. I don't even know what happened but somehow our friends were already inside and then they were escorted out and around to the front (with Carli and I stealthily with them) and we go in right away avoiding the whole line! The bar was really busy and was so much fun! We danced the rest of the night away and I loved it all!

To finish off the night, I walked Carli home and then walked the rest of the way to my own place. The only part that was horrible about the night was that I never saw Emilie yesterday and she's been gone FOREVER! We were supposed to go to her place after the dinner but before the bar, but things went a little too long. When I called to see if she was going to come to the bar she was already in PJs and so wasn't coming. After the bar when I texted her she didn't respond so I never got to see her! BUT....no if, ands or buts, I'm going to see her today cause I miss her and she's been in Toronto for the past week.

All in all though, the day and night was so much fun and I loved it!

Old-school Helsinki Nights

Lacey, me and Emilie before going dancing

Me, Laurice and Emilie before going dancing

Oh My God

LOVE this song! LOVE Michael Franti!

"Dance To This Song" - (Official) KevJumba, Wong Fu Productions, David Choi

Doesn't it make you wanna dance?! haha

Nursing Grad Formal

Our nursing grad formal was at the beginning of April and it was a ridiculous night! Not gunna lie...I really didn't want to go to it; however, it ended up being tons of fun.....I think. haha. Emilie and I dressed to be tacky to make the night more fun and we drank lots before going to the event.......to make the night more fun! lol. We pre-drank at Laurice's while we got ready. Caro gave us a ride to the formal (I didn't even know where the event was until 3 days later...That drunk! lol). The food was really good, the decor was lacking, but I think I WAS the dance floor! After the formal we went back to Laurice's, and I think we drank and chilled. Then we tried to go to the bar Heaven but it was closed so I got us to go to The Honest Lawyer. There I somehow had multiple drinks on the go at once (without spending a dollar). Meanwhile Emilie was off beating the entire bar at air hockey! At some point we left that bar to try and get into another, although I'm told that this was my fault and it was 1:50am so clearly we didn't get in. haha. Then I was at McDonald's and met friends there randomly and apparently made a new one (as I found out via facebook when I RE-met this friend lol). I even apparently almost got in a fight with a drunken Irish guy to "protect" this new friend of mine (God I'm nice!). From there....I ended up home? Woke up naked, on top of my bedding and my formal clothes were all folded neatly on my chair. How considerate drunken me was! lol. All in all.....it was a fun night!