Boston and Singapore... wow!

well, its been pretty busy the past few weeks. im so bogged down by work, i cant wait for my 2 crummy reading days to come so i can finally catch up and also go out!

so much has happened in the past couple/few weeks that i dont think i can properly recap. lets start with the most recent. last night being valentines day! :) my sweetie, darrick made me feel so special. chocolate and roses will always make my day! a little sleepy from the wine... i had made reservation at east sides, at con's discretion, as she didnt want me and darrick to spend anohter valentines day at harveys.... lol... but we stayed home instead and had some nice home cooked food with candles :) MUAH! to my darrick <3 <3

last weekend was pretty much just catching up madly due to studying for midterms like a crazy women all last week! i had midterms everyday (monday to thursday).... grrrrr... all assignments and labs were pushed back til monday, so there was 2 labs and 2 assignments due on monday! grrrr.... stayed so late at library / school finishing up the stuff.... :( i see the same thing happening this weekend! ..... i need s break!

at least on friday me and jo went shopping! it was so fun! there was so much stuff on sale! it seems that every time i go shopping theres always stuff on sale! for instance, the first store we went into was suzy shiers (my favourite store, might i add), and we got sweaters for 2 for $10! i had already one of them in black, but i got a tan one ne ways cuz it was so cheap. i never get tired of their t shirts and tank tops so i got them too. and earrings were so cheap! $2!!!!!! so i got 2 pairs.... :D:D:D then ameirican eagle had some stuff on sale too. got darrick a sweatshirt (but its too small) and myself a long sleeve t shirt. then off to jacobs! jacobs would also be my favourite store if it wasnt so damn expensive! but today, being my licuky day, i tgot stuff on sale. a reallly cool sweater that used to be $50, but is now $15! heheheh... and hat and scarves and gloves.... all under $3 !!!! so cheap so cheap!!!! cheap stuff makes me happppy :D:D.... ok... a little crazy there.... i still spent $126.... but the biore nose strips really tipped me over... they cost almost $20 on their own!

letsee on thursday was my darricks bday! he's so old now! 23!!!!! im dating an old dude! lol.... ne way, we went out for wings that night after his basketball game. basket ball game was fun to watch, brutal to keep score.... me and vicky kept score, and she knew basketball stuff but i didnt... so basicaly the refs were explaining everything to us.... we forgot to set the timer, and did a few things probably wrong, but they were pretty paitent with us and tried not to make us feel bad... i think its cuz we're girls, no wait, i know its cuz we're girls... darrick said that if guys did that... they would be made to feel stupid, they cant just laugh and smile their way out of things.... lol

so we went for wings at mortys. man, those are some genetically engineered chicken wings! they were so huge. i think this was the first time that i had gone drinking iwth darrick. i was a bit worried when he chugged a few times, but i was feeling a little tipsy myself... heels, alcohol and icy streeets, i almost slipped a few times... im not sure how much darrick had to drink, mebbe 5 - 6 pints, i had 3.... i wonder if i said ne ting stupid...i dont think i was that out of it.... o yea, and jo and i decorated the place after our stupid transport midterm that went very badly!!!! we got balloons and streamers from farahs... lol... and made a banner :D and i got ice cream cake! yummy chocolate ice cream cake! (i ended up melting it the next day by leaving it in the fridge over night ** sob :(:( )

o yea, i got job offer to boston for a consulting company, SGH. im in the builidng science department. at first when i saw the words "offer" in jobmine, i wasnt sure what to think! i was scared, so i kinda screamed, and darrick came runing thinking someting was wrong with me. then he saw it and congratulated me... i was so scared... still am scared. see, im a really big baby. im anything BUT a risk taker! i usually do things with some sort of goal in my mind, im not the type to realy just leap into something and see how it goes.... ive been told im really protected and really dont know much bout the world around me. and it is true. but at the same time, sometimes i like it that way... but other times, i feel kinda "stuck". see, i've kinda had this feeling of being "stuck" for a while. mebbe it was seeing darrick go away to cali.... mebbe it was realizing that i've never really been anywhere, and that a part of me wants to just go everywhere and see everything. but at the same time, a part of me is afriad to leave...

see school and work have started to become a cycle now. and theres been some stuff at school, that is just stupid... ive been forgetting but there are some sores htat just keep popping up all the time.... someimte i just wanna leave it behind, and see all thats out there. i guess tahts why i wanted to go on exchange in another country. a part of me yearns to step out of my safety box. the boston job was more of a fluke, but also was a bit of step. it was a fluke cuz i basically applied cuz my friend applied and i wanted to show him that he was not even qualified, but if he could apply, then i definitely could too. and then i end up gettiing the interview and eventually the offer. imagine my surprise. now, im kinda excited bout it. con, elaine, and darrick said they would visit me! mebbe even jusitn since he said something bout summer road trip to boston... lol i've never been so far from home. i feel excited and scared at the same time... wish me luck!

singapore application is going.... i just saw my associate chair and got some guidanc eon course approvals. now i just need to choose them and he'd approve what he thought were equivalents. just need to get the signatures after that and set up an interview with the singapore coordinator! but i wont be here to see darrick's symposium and ask him querstions and stuff.... i know i'll miss out on stuff here too... :( i'll miss darrick so much when/if i go to singapore.. but its a really great oppurtunity! darrick wants me to go too... to see more of the world... and learn more..... i want to learn more too... sometimes i feel like li live in such a small world, only cuz i feel so familiar to the same things.... i want to be in wonder... in awe of things... and i wanna travel, like darrick did. and then i wanna travel with darrick, but there doesnt seem to be a chance for it yet.

alrighty... enough blabbing.... back to geotech eng!