More and more of my so-called life...

So I have been slow on the blog again. I guess I have the blog blahs. There really isn’t any other reason as to why I haven’t been blogging lately. I just feel like everyone who reads this (thank you, by the way) already know me well enough to know exactly what is going on in my life. But then there are the randoms, and that is part of the joy of blogging.

Oh, and the INSANE BUSINESS!!!!!

So I have been busy, but things are settling down once more. The Gelateria finally opened at work, to much success, and I am already sick of gelato. Not so much sick of gelato itself, but of people being excited by it. It’s freaking gelato people! Judging by some people’s reactions, you’d think it was from outer space. The Italians have been eating it for centuries! “What’s sorbetto?” Use your freaking brain! Here is a step-by-step guide for you:

What does “sorbetto” sound and look like?

Could it be “sorbet?” or even “sherbert” for the uninitiated? Oh, and “limone” is pronounced just like it looks. lee-moan. Not ley-mawn-ay.

Oh well, you can’t win all the time.

It’s really not that bad, it is just the same thing, day in day out, the same flavours, the same comments, you know the drill. Anyone who has worked in retail or hospitality will understand what I am going through. As for the next time I get asked if we take “dollars,” I am going to respond “Sorry ma’am. We only accept beaver pelts here in Canada.” Our money is called the “Canadian Dollar,” and it isn’t British.

Because up here in Canada we are just a bunch of raging colonials anyways.

But on to greener pastures. In my last post I talked about the Corporate Rowing Challenge. Well, we had our big regatta this past Saturday, and we whooped some serious ass! Namely, we are the city champions for defender quads! We beat out KMPG Management Services with a time of 1:19. Not too shabby. And we got the big-ass trophy! It is about 3 feet tall, biggest I’ve ever seen. The other Butchart team didn’t do too badly either, coming in first in the “B” heat. The beauty of having two teams in the the program is that it increases the companies odds; Butchart has taken a championship for three of the last four years. Once I have some pictures I’ll be sure to post them.

I’ve spent the last two days (first days off in two weeks) up in Nanaimo with Liz. Chris gets back from Quebec soon, and Liz is just about going stir crazy up here on her own. We’ve spent that last two days doing pretty much nothing. We rented two movies “Envy” and “Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself).” They were both very good. “Envy” was so randomly funny, and “Wilbur” was just a very good movie. Today we went to the mall, went to see “Madagascar” and did some shopping. I got new shoes (which I have needed for quite some time now) and we did a bit of window shopping. We also hit HMV so that I could pick up the Coldplay album. My god, it’s amazing. I’m listening to it right now, and really enjoying it. It is much less whiney than their last two albums, although I am also a fan of them too. I also bought the Keane album, and was sorely disappointed. Maybe it will grow on me, I’ll have to give it time.

I started a new book. “Anil’s Ghost” by Michael Ondaatje. A solid read, and some pretty heavy material, but I need a good book to read right now.

 

Anyways, it’s time for me to jet. I need to get to bed so that I can drive to Victoria early tomorrow for work. Have a great week everyone!