Sunday, August 30, 2009

Back to work already...Damn

So I took the final week off of my vacation and made it a staycation. I had a lot of things that I wanted to do and get done but not enough time to do it so I thought by taking a week off, I should be able to catch up.

Well, let me tell you something. A week is not enough because there just seem to be more and more things to do! I am writing this at 11pm on Sunday night, my vacation is over and I'm going back to work tomorrow. Really. This is ridiculous. I had accomplished a lot of things over this past week and yet I still have lots to do. What the heck?

Let's do a recap of the past week, shall we?

Friday - After work, went to Richmond to get paint supplies from my dad; went to a designer sunglasses sale, didn't find one I like; went and bought paint from Home Depot

Saturday - Jason and I started painting my bedroom, after moving everything out into the living room; I didn't like the colour of the trim so we went back to Home Depot to get a different colour and bought the paint for the bathroom; painted the bathroom, after moving everything out into the kitchen; was going to a Couchsurfing BBQ, but skipped that in favour of making the final two recipes for the Whip-It-Up challenge

Sunday - Christiane, Jason and I went to the Spend-on-Trend show; Christiane and I then headed to Spanish Banks for some beach volleyball and BBQ; went to play the last league games at Urban Beach; wrote the final two blogs for the Whip-it-Up challenge

Monday - organized and cleaned the bedroom; set up interviews for work; decided on colours for the kitchen and living room; went into work to get ready for the interviews; met with Roeina for dessert at Moxie's to catch up on the past few months

Tuesday - went to Concord Pacific presentation centre to find out about Smart in Gastown for Roeina; went to work to sort out some stuff; went indoor rock climbing with Christiane; picked up kitchen paint; came home and painted the trims; taped for painting for tomorrow; cleaned and organized the bathroom

Wednesday - went into work for a couple of interviews; met up with Sally for lunch to catch up on the past few months; went for a Thai yoga massage with Barb at the new Flow Yoga Studio on Burrard and used the infrared sauna; went home and painted the kitchen with Jason

Thursday - went into work for more interviews; had my haircut and highlights; went to a networking event at the Edge restaurant with Roeina and Jenn; went to Favourites at Lonsdale Quay with Christiane for the fall preview; went for dinner at Goldfish with Theresa, Christiane, Megan and Tracy; went to the Opus Pool Party with Christiane and Megan; went and met up with Theresa and Tracy at the Cellar; met a couple of interesting guys whom we hung out and chatted until 4am

Friday - woke up late due to the late night; puttered around the house; won tickets to Steve Porter at Celebrities; caught up with all the PVRed shows; debated between going shopping and cleaning; went to Steve Porter at Celebrities; great Dj, not so great crowd - not what I expected Celebrities to like at all

Saturday -went to a clothing sale; went to a yard sale; went for dim sum in Richmond with my family to celebrate my dad's birthday; went to meet a girl from Craigslist to try on sunglasses - don't like it; went shopping with my brothers; ended up at Winner's where I scored a Samsonite Black Label Vintage collection laptop case/carry on for $130 - it retails at over $250; went to my dentist appointment to get my checkup and clean; went for a facial; went to my parents' for dinner and Dairy Queen Ice Cream cake; went home and vegged

Sunday - went consignment shopping over town, scored 11 items for $154; went home and worked on blog; went to see Julie & Julia with Laura; ate a lot of popcorn; went home and realized my week of staycation is over

Damn...where the heck did the time go? My living room is still a mess as I only put back the items I want to keep for the bedroom and bathroom so now everything is in my living room. I can't change the carpet yet as it turns out they are stapled and glued so this will be a bigger project than anticipated. I already have a long list of things to do for work tomorrow and an longer list for home!

*Sigh* I'm going to bed now to get a good night's sleep so that I can tackle the week. Thank goodness I'm going to Hawaii next week!

2 comments:

  1. Hey, it sounds like you had a crazy busy weekend, just like me! How was Spend on Trend? I went two years ago and scored a gift bag, but didn't like the actual merch enough to go back. Was there anything good?

    Anyway, I realized that my Aria Luxe blog has been fairly quiet lately and thought you might want to know about my regular blog: http://ehleen.livejournal.com

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  2. Wow! Even on your vacay, all you did was go-go-go. I would have been exhausted after a week like yours! But it looks like you got a lot accomplished and got in some quality time with the people in your life. What else can you really ask for?

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