I do have some fun stuff to talk about too….

Scott and I are meeting Rosemarie in Hawaii in November. Natasha is coming too! We’ve booked a little cottage near Kailua Beach and it’s going to be such a fun trip. I am really looking forward to that. Also it means Rosemarie is on her way home so that’s awesome.

We went out for a nice dinner at Miku last night. We tried their fancy seared pressed sushi and stuff and drank fancy cocktails. It was nice but really expensive for what you get. I’ll post pictures in my next daily dinners post.

Now that I’m done school and unemployed I have lots of time to do stuff like go to the gym and do crafts. I’ve got a whole bunch of little projects in mind to start on soon. I can paint my nails again too!!

Lesley and Vipi came over the other night to celebrate being done the program. We drank and ate cheezies and played two games of Ticket To Ride. :)

Skeleton tryouts are next Saturday. Unfortunately for me they changed the testing protocol to mostly sprints so my performance is probably going to be highly embarrassing, but I think I’m still going to give it a go. Scott reminded me that not anyone can say they’ve even tried out for a provincial team, which was quite convincing.

Hmm what have we been up to in the last 11 days? I’ve been a terrible blogger lately. SO BUSY with school stuff, all in preparation for my big vacation that is rapidly approaching (YAY!).

  • Scott made a cool loaf of bread.
  • We went to a friends house to play Ticket To Ride and eat pizza. Panago butter chicken pizza really doesn’t taste like butter chicken at all.
  • Went out for drinks at the pub after school.
  • Lifted lots of weights at the gym.
  • A FREAKING LOT OF HOMEWORK.
  • Went out for a yummy Peruvian Valentines Day dinner of fish ceviche, deep fried pork, and amazing sweet potato chips.
  • Woke up at a painful hour of the morning to make it to work on time for my hotlab rotation.
  • Had much more success putting in IVs.
  • Went to bed at 8:00 PM.
  • Watched Amour, slow but good.
  • Ate a lot of Nerds.
  • Went to the library and got a bunch of books that I won’t have time to read.
  • Chatted with Rosemarie who is now back in Fiji for her second semester.

That is actually a pretty good representation of what I’ve been up to, if you multiply the homework by 50. I just keep reminding myself “it’ll all be worth it soon”.

I don’t think I have ever mentioned this on my blog, but for all of 2012 I’ve been keeping this ridiculous spreadsheet to record how many times I did certain things. Like… how many times I ate banh mi (8). Or how many labs I did at school (42).

I am not going to lie, I’m glad this year is over and I don’t have to do this any more. While the results are somewhat interesting, it was pretty annoying to have to keep up with it all the time. I have other ideas for 2013 though… so my record keeping isn’t quite over.

ANYWAY, without further delay, here are me results!!

Well I didn’t spend the ENTIRE weekend sliding down ice tracks at 115 km/hr.

We also played board games (Wasabi), had a fire, watched lots of No Reservations, did homework (me only), etc etc. It was a very fun relaxing weekend.

Brian and Morgan just moved into their new place in Creekside and we were their first guests ever. :D I like their apartment. I would totally live there!!! Both of them still need jobs but they have lots of relevant experience so I don’t think they will have any trouble.

Whistler skiing is probably not opening for a couple more weeks. It was still verrrry green and wet when we were there.


I like that the lines on the carpet make Scott look speedy.

I’m back at school this week and next. Being at school is definitely much worse than being at clinical. Although I do appreciate being able to sleep in a bit.

Yes I did post that yesterday! I just love it. :D

On Wednesday Leslie came to visit us on her way to Korea. It was really great to see her, and I can’t wait to hear about her upcoming adventures!! She already has more plans in the next month than I do!!!

We brought Leslie to The Eatery because she is an adventurous sushi eater. :D It’s pretty far from our house but it’s so fun and tasty! I love that restaurant. It always seems worth the journey.

Now that Scott and I have been there a few times we have a better idea of the good and not-so-good rolls and we ended up with a really really good meal. All the food was awesome.

From top to bottom:

  • Viva Las Vegas: crab, eel, avocado, cream cheese, spicy misonnaise (tempura style)
  • Italian Stallion: prosciutto, papaya, eel, cream cheese, hot pesto sauce
  • The Figa Roll: figs, blue cheese sauce, tempura crunch wrapped with prosciutto
  • Green Hornet: tempura prawns, avocado, mango
  • Electric Banana: eel, avocado topped with tempura banana
  • Buddha Roll: tempura yams, red pepper, asparagus and lettuce, with dragon sauce

And the one on the right:

  • The Volcano: tuna, scallops, salmon and avocado (tempura style) on a lava bed of spicy crab meat

I loved the Figa Roll and the Italian Stallion the most, as usual.

I guess the drinks were the weak part of the meal. The waitress brought Scott the wrong beer, the blender was broken so I couldn’t get a sake margarita, and Leslie’s snakebite didn’t have any grenadine in it. :/

The Eatery Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato
Then we came home and played Ticket To Ride. Yay board games.