It's been a while

Ah, so it's been a while I suppose. I guess I'll post again now that I've caught up on a week or two of Brennan's blog.

Went on a pubcrawl last Friday. It was a blast. 4 bars, had 1 drink at each and my free shooter at each of the first 3. I think between sweating it out on the dance floor and the sterilizing effects of alcohol I managed to get rid of the little bothersome cold I had. That helped. Met more people, got more numbers... 2/3 boys. :-O But as I've discovered that's about all there is out here, boys, boys and more boys. I mean it's at least a 2:1 ration of guys:girls. Typical of a mining town I know but I still feel bad when I relay to Dan what I did in an evening and most of it centers around guys, though I must say I usually make better friends with guys than I do with girls... There were three guys in particular that I danced with at the bar, one I knew cause he's from Saskatoon so at the first social out here I met him, the other I knew cause he's in the controller's department as well so I've gotten to know him at the zillions of meetings we've had in the past month, and the third is a guy I just met from Nova Scotia. Nice guy, we had a good chat when the bar got too much for us and went for a short walk around the mall to cool off and get out of the noise a bit. Has a girlfriend back home. Yeah... lots of nice people out here but there are also a lot of people that hit on you, flattering yes but also occasionally creepy and awkward.

Saturday was laundry, sweeping and vacuuming then Sunday went to church and met yet another boy! This one started talking to me when I came into church so I sat next to him for the service. Nice guy too. He's from Vernon and is up here working for not an oil company but with all the overtime he puts in it's totally worth it for him. Didn't talk much at church cause the service started. Did some shopping, went to Safeway and then made a trip to IGA. When I reached the checkout at IGA look who's there... the guy I don't remember the name of (I think it was Kevin or Jeff or something... I dunno) from church. He was picking up some ice cream and stuff to go home and make a cake from the mix his girlfriend had sent him for his birthday. Cute idea, sending cake mix cause you can't buy him a cake, I like it. We got to talking again outside in the sweltering heat as I'm sure his ice cream was slowly melting. Gave him my number (mostly cause I don't remember his name!).

In conclusion there are many nice guys out here, you just have to know where to meet them though they seem to pop up everywhere. Despite all the possibilities I have decided I am very happy with my Danny and have no desire to give that up for anyone out here.

Yay, Dan and Liz are coming up for the weekend. That will be nice but now I have to find out what there is to do in this town and I have to figure out when and where a fireworkds display is for Canada day. I'm really excited, it's fun to have people visit and show them where you live even if it is for a short time, it's always too short. :-(

On another note it's HOT out here. This afternoon it was a nice 34 degrees (celsius). They put out warnings at work for anyone working outside to work a lot less hard than usual and drink lots of non-caffeinated fluids. I was inside my air conditioned building quite comfortable and knew the heat only because of the environment Canada gadget on the home page.

Got home today and sat out on the deck for about half and hour on a blanket with a book and my cell phone turned mp3 player. I really need to get a deck chair at some point... Got too hot and came in. Did my "fat burning dance party" workout video since my roommate is out and I didn't have anyone that would make me feel foolish. It's fun, I always end up dripping by the end and it doesn't hurt the next day. I like it. Then I cranked the air conditioner, took a shower and had left over pizza for supper. Got too cold so I turned the a/c off and now here I am. One note, VIP (it's on after CSI on spike Tuesday nights) is a really stupid show but hard to pull away from when you start watching.

Well, I'm off, I guess this is long enough for today. Hope that helps!