So, it is Friday. Fridays are good because the whole weekend lies ahead with promises of drunken debauchery and good times. This is officially my last day working in my office. We gave it up and so starting Monday I will be working from home. I am 50/50 on this right now. Here is the problem...you know what I said about Friday's above? When I work from home I think every day is Friday. Do you see where this is going? Last time I worked from home I became somewhat of an alcoholic...I guess not in the technical sense. I wasn't waking up in the morning and cracking a beer or anything. But, after being at home all day alone I often went out on a random Monday or Tuesday night because I needed human contact. I am definitely taking things more seriously this time. My first plan of attack is to actually set up an office in my apartment. I can't do the laptop on my lap in front of the TV. I know this does nothing for productivity. I am going to make a fun home office that I look forward to sitting at for 8 hours (OK, probably more like 5, but I am efficient bitches!) I am also going to keep my routine that I have now. I will get up early and workout, come home and shower, put on makeup and get dressed and have breakfast. I think this will put me in a working state of mind. I will also do hot yoga (more on this later) a few nights a week. After a hot yoga session the last thing you want to do is go out. So, there is my plan in writing...now that it is in the public domain I must adhere to it. I am accountable to you bitches!
So I have become one of those annoying people who does yoga. Previous to this week I had done yoga once and I did not like it. Laying on a mat trying to get "centered" for 5 minutes does not constitute working out to me. I was super fidgety the whole time and just didn't get it. I also wasn't super impressed with the other participants, including the gay couple who were beside me...they were stretching before the class (seems redundant, no?) and the one guy looks at his boyfriend who is in a split and exclaims "Oh, Tom your ball is hanging out". Good f'n lord! Any "sport" that involves men wearing shorts short enough that their balls can flop out at any given moment is probably not for me. That was until this week. A friend of mine, LA, has been doing the hot yoga for a few weeks and is raving about it and convinced me to try it. I got up the nerve to do it Tuesday evening. Well, after the class, I was hooked and up at 5:30 Wednesday morning to do it again. I have gone 3 times in 3 days and planning on going today and tomorrow as well. I am not sure why I like being in a 40 degree room working out, sweating like a pig, looking like a tomato with love handles, but there is something about it that is super cathartic. I think I know what the big deal is now and I think I may have even gotten centered last night! The real reason I think I am liking it is because of said love handles. I am going to see how many sessions it takes for them to fall off my body.
So the new workout plan is cardio and weights in the mornings and hot yoga in the evenings. It seems to be a good balance and I am going to stick with it for a while and see what happens. I dare to say I even feel gasp...healthy! I think I must be in a time of rebirth right now. I feel renewed and energized. My workout schedule is finely tuned and I am loving it. I am finally getting ahead financially after The Summer of Nic. I paid off almost all my outstanding debt yesterday. I cut my hair last night and went back to Super Blonde Nic (always makes me hapy) and I swear I feel like the haircut dropped negative energy off my body! My eating is so/so right now, but I have also been on the go every single night, so considering that it is actually pretty damn good. I am not doing any of the french fries or shit like that. I have also really had a realization that negative energy is such a waste of time and takes up a spot in your life that could be used for good things. I have cut a few people out of my life that were super negative and I realized that good things happen when they are not around. I can look at these people subjectively now and it all just makes sense. The reason bad things keep happening to these people is that they allow it to happen and negativity attracts negativity. I should know...I have been there and I am making a conscious decision to not allow it anymore. It isn't like I can flip a switch and I know I have to not allow myself to slip into old habits, but at least I have seen the light and now understand some of my past behaviours. This post is becoming a little too new age and hippy for my liking, so on to some dirt.
New Guy is making me dinner tonight. This will be our 3rd date (first 3rd date in a VERY long time!) Neither of us is in a hurry for anything serious, so we are just taking our time and seeing what happens. I think tonight will be good because it is just us, so we will really have a chance to get to know each other better. He gets no name and no more mention for a while though...unless it fails dismally tonight and I have an awesome story to tell about it! I think I must like him somewhat because I have had 3 invites to really fun things tonight and have not felt bad turning them all down in favour of his company. Sad that that is my gauge, but for those that know me missing out is a fear of mine!
Saturday it is Girl T's birthday and we are going to do the 4 girls night in at DA's. I thin it will be wine, Indian food and UFC (if I have my way, anyway) The ladies might not be good with the fight, but too bad! Sunday is Super Bowl and you know how excited that makes me. I just wish one of my teams had gone farther, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. I am Steelers all the way! Myself and 7 other girls are going to G for the big event. I think girl's Sunday Funday Super Bowl is going to be so fun. They are having a big party at the bar with wet tshirt contests (amateur and pro) and all sorts of ridiculousness in between. It should be a good time.
Funny items of yesterday...Me asking Lea how long ago she dated a certain ex of hers. You see when she dated said ex I met his friend at the same time who was, how should I say this, rather persistent. I wasn't interested, but he tried...hard. Anyway, we met 5 years ago and we have since stayed friends and I see him out and about fairly often. I ran into him at the gym Tuesday morning and we chatted a bit...he also works from home, so I said we have to plan lunches or coffee once every couple of weeks to get out of the house. He agreed wholeheartedly. I guess he took this to mean something though because he proceeded to call me twice and text me twice Wednesday night - here we go again! My MSN conversation with Lea went something like this:
Me: How long ago did you date ex?
Lea: About 5 years ago, why?
Me: I just wondering how long ex's friend has had a crush for. I guess 5 years is now just innocent stalking...if there was going to be any beheading I am sure it would have happened by year 3.
Also, after 90 minutes of hot yoga and then a hair appointment last night I was driving home and a guy crossing the street in front of my car stopped looked at me and smiled and winked and gave me the universal sign for roll down your window. He was cute and normal looking (and definitely not gay, which is a rarity in my neighborhood), so I did. He looked at me and said "you're so cute" and then just kept walking. I don't know if this has ever happened to you, but seriously next time you see someone that you think is cute/hot whatever...tell them! It really made my night! I am so going onto Craigslist Missed Connections today to see if he posted anything! haha.
Happy Super Bowl weekend bitches. May you eat more bacon than is allowable by the Canadian Food Guide!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
I'm Baaaack
That was a bit of a hiatus! I guess I haven't been in a blogging mood...for quite some time. I have thought about coming back quite a few times and then just sort of lost interest before actually logging in. I think the priorities in my life have changed somewhat as well. Instead of trying to fight of social events (during the week, of course) I know embrace them and try to have something of a plan most nights, so it doesn't leave much downtime to write. Anyway, here is a quick recap of the last 9 months:
-New job (actually probably the 2nd new job since the last post)
-Took most of the summer off, which completely rocked. Probably one of the best summers I have ever had
-Have dated many, many men; as per usual most were first dates and then I did the fade out in true Nic fashion
-Have lost and maintained my weight
-Rededicated myself to the gym and now have a strict 5 day/week schedule
-Have completely ended things with T (I only mention this because when looking back on this blog I realize how ridiculous we were). We haven't been together romantically in a long time, but see each other very sporadically for a catch up. Translation: he calls to see me when things aren't going well with his new girlfriend.
-Due to the Summer of Nic not much travel has taken place, but I am planning quite a bit this year.
That pretty miuch sums it up. My life has become boring! Though if I could litereally sit here and tell you about each and every date I have had since last April you would be reading for about FOREVER! There have been a lot of dates and they have come from many different places: guys I have met out and about (again being that it was the Summer of Nic, I was out and about a lot), online guys (this picked up only in the last few months), guys who are friends of friends on Facebook (this was the most surprising area of new dates - I had never thought of this avenue for dating, but guys did!) I had 4 different guys ask me out after seeing me in friend's pics on Facebook. All great guys, but they were all old too.
Off the top of my head here is a list of guys who I dated last year:
-Guy who lied about his age (made himself younger by 5 years) and his height (dude was a f'n munchkin) and who also happened to know T. Loser! Though he did take me to a game, which was the main reason I went. Karma is a bitch my friends; worst game of the season!
-Guy who fell in love on our first date and asked me to not see other people so we could see where it would go. We went out again the next night and he could not have been less enthusiastic about it. Never spoke to him again.
-Guy who was acually alright, but then asked if I was interested in his friend whowas interested after seeing me on Facebook...I said maybe and then he he freaked...ummmm OK psycho...NEXT!
-Guy who sold sporting goods and every time he said balls I laughed until at the end of the date I had tears rolling down my face and he was ready to kill me.
-Guy who was really weird and not as good looking as I remembered. No connection whatsoever (you think he would have gotten the hint I was not interested after trying to leave after 15 minutes). Stupid me, I allowed him to talk me into a drink...dude would not shut up; I had my jacket on and done up and my purse in my lap and he just wouldn't stop. I finally put my hands up in a time out fashion and told him my eyes were heavy and it was time to go. Guy texts me 2 days later with this message "Had a horrible time. Never want to see you again...Kidding ;) Can't wait to see you again". WTF???? I forwarded his own message back to him but without the ending part.
-Guy who thought he was a bad boy, but was really so not. He walked me home and gave me a hug and grabbed my ass a little on me saying good bye. He texted me about 2 weeks later to see if I was really offended by the ass grab. If he only knew - I don't even think I would have batted an eye if he had grabbed my boob!
-Guy who took me hiking and we got caught in a huge storm and I was not wearing anything waterproof. I had booty shorts under capri sweatpants. I had to get naked on the trail and give him my shorts to put in his waterproof jacket for me so I had something to put on once we got back (though at that point we were both questioning if we would make it back). I told him not to be too concerned because I had a lighter...his response "what are you going to light?" Good point. Upon making it back in the blowing rain I promptly dropped the dry shorts in a puddle while trying to put them on (naked in the parking lot) and had to drive home wrapped in a scuzzy dog blanket completely naked. He bought me beer though, so it made it somehwat better.
-Guy who I met at amazing outdoor concert. I may have been slightly under the influence and somehow managed to pick up my complete opposite in the beer garden. He also didn't work, so I thought it would be fun to have someone to hang out with upon our return. We went hiking and he tried to hold my hand while I was crossing a stream...Game Over! He was dropping me off after the hike and I said I was going to go home and nap to which he asked if he could join...I said no and I never heard from him again.
-Guy who said he couldn't see me again because he saw me out at local hangout with a group of friends and he didn't like one of those said friends. The friend in question is an idiot, but he is a friend of a friend and anyone that crazy is immediately deleted from the cell phone.
-Guy from a country far away who told me he likes cougars on our date (so NOT a cougar) and then talked about how much the Canucks suck. It's not that I didn't agree, but if you don't know the first thing about the sport...shut the F up!
-Guy who saw me on Facebook and asked me out. After a few drinks he asked if I wanted to go by XYZ bar down the street because his friend was celebrating his birthday there. INteresting....a guy I had gone out with twice (next story) had invited me to XYZ bar for birthday celebrations that very evening. I confirmed it was the same person and explained to Facebook dude I couldn't go by there because this guy was still interested in me and I didn't think it would be very nice to show up at his bday with another guy. I asked Facebook Dude how they knew each other...they play volleyball together at Wreck. I threw up in my mouth a little thinking about the 2 of them spiking volleyballs on each other in the nude!
-Birthday Guy from previous story. Set up by someone I thought I could trust. He actually came out and met us on a girl's night - he had a bunch of guys at his place and I thought his whole crew was coming with...no - he left the guys at his place and came by himslef....weird! We ditched him at some point in the night and he came out and met us on a patio the next day after I had already been there for a number of hours. He took me for dinner and I thought I had a good time, but couldn't completely remember, so I decided to give it one more shot when he asked me over for dinner the next night. Where to start???? 38, roommate, frat house looking place, a cat, didn't make any sort of conversation with me (not one question!), his roommate and buddy come over and buddy sat on the other side of me on the couch, I was super weirded out and told him I had to go. He walked me to the door and then asked if I wanted to come upstairs for a bit. I seriously felt like I was 12. I did the fake yawn and ran for it.
-Guy I went out with and went to a sports bar with (side point: we talked sports the entire date...not one personal question of any kind) and had a friend as my server. He told me about the Super Bowl party they were throwing and said one of his waitresses who is a blonde with big boobs would be singing...he then said...she kind of looks like you. Just what first date guy wants to hear! There was also some stripper talk passed between us that I think straightlaced guy didn't find amusing.
There are so many more...there have also been the following cities, nations, states and provinces represented: Israel, Alaska, Calgary, Newfoundland, Toronto (and myriads of small towns in and around it), Regina, Winnipeg, Los Angeles, New York, Australia, Ireland, England, Wales, New Zealand, Denver, a small town above the Artic Circle that has a lot of consonants.
Of course of them all the one I think is my soul mate is a) married b) has kids c) lives in another province and d) is hot, rich, funny and awesome. Always the way! There is a new contender on the scene, but he will reamin nameless for a while. No jinxing it!
Hope you feel all caught up now...I just realized how much of a slut this post makes me sound like! Awesome.
-New job (actually probably the 2nd new job since the last post)
-Took most of the summer off, which completely rocked. Probably one of the best summers I have ever had
-Have dated many, many men; as per usual most were first dates and then I did the fade out in true Nic fashion
-Have lost and maintained my weight
-Rededicated myself to the gym and now have a strict 5 day/week schedule
-Have completely ended things with T (I only mention this because when looking back on this blog I realize how ridiculous we were). We haven't been together romantically in a long time, but see each other very sporadically for a catch up. Translation: he calls to see me when things aren't going well with his new girlfriend.
-Due to the Summer of Nic not much travel has taken place, but I am planning quite a bit this year.
That pretty miuch sums it up. My life has become boring! Though if I could litereally sit here and tell you about each and every date I have had since last April you would be reading for about FOREVER! There have been a lot of dates and they have come from many different places: guys I have met out and about (again being that it was the Summer of Nic, I was out and about a lot), online guys (this picked up only in the last few months), guys who are friends of friends on Facebook (this was the most surprising area of new dates - I had never thought of this avenue for dating, but guys did!) I had 4 different guys ask me out after seeing me in friend's pics on Facebook. All great guys, but they were all old too.
Off the top of my head here is a list of guys who I dated last year:
-Guy who lied about his age (made himself younger by 5 years) and his height (dude was a f'n munchkin) and who also happened to know T. Loser! Though he did take me to a game, which was the main reason I went. Karma is a bitch my friends; worst game of the season!
-Guy who fell in love on our first date and asked me to not see other people so we could see where it would go. We went out again the next night and he could not have been less enthusiastic about it. Never spoke to him again.
-Guy who was acually alright, but then asked if I was interested in his friend whowas interested after seeing me on Facebook...I said maybe and then he he freaked...ummmm OK psycho...NEXT!
-Guy who sold sporting goods and every time he said balls I laughed until at the end of the date I had tears rolling down my face and he was ready to kill me.
-Guy who was really weird and not as good looking as I remembered. No connection whatsoever (you think he would have gotten the hint I was not interested after trying to leave after 15 minutes). Stupid me, I allowed him to talk me into a drink...dude would not shut up; I had my jacket on and done up and my purse in my lap and he just wouldn't stop. I finally put my hands up in a time out fashion and told him my eyes were heavy and it was time to go. Guy texts me 2 days later with this message "Had a horrible time. Never want to see you again...Kidding ;) Can't wait to see you again". WTF???? I forwarded his own message back to him but without the ending part.
-Guy who thought he was a bad boy, but was really so not. He walked me home and gave me a hug and grabbed my ass a little on me saying good bye. He texted me about 2 weeks later to see if I was really offended by the ass grab. If he only knew - I don't even think I would have batted an eye if he had grabbed my boob!
-Guy who took me hiking and we got caught in a huge storm and I was not wearing anything waterproof. I had booty shorts under capri sweatpants. I had to get naked on the trail and give him my shorts to put in his waterproof jacket for me so I had something to put on once we got back (though at that point we were both questioning if we would make it back). I told him not to be too concerned because I had a lighter...his response "what are you going to light?" Good point. Upon making it back in the blowing rain I promptly dropped the dry shorts in a puddle while trying to put them on (naked in the parking lot) and had to drive home wrapped in a scuzzy dog blanket completely naked. He bought me beer though, so it made it somehwat better.
-Guy who I met at amazing outdoor concert. I may have been slightly under the influence and somehow managed to pick up my complete opposite in the beer garden. He also didn't work, so I thought it would be fun to have someone to hang out with upon our return. We went hiking and he tried to hold my hand while I was crossing a stream...Game Over! He was dropping me off after the hike and I said I was going to go home and nap to which he asked if he could join...I said no and I never heard from him again.
-Guy who said he couldn't see me again because he saw me out at local hangout with a group of friends and he didn't like one of those said friends. The friend in question is an idiot, but he is a friend of a friend and anyone that crazy is immediately deleted from the cell phone.
-Guy from a country far away who told me he likes cougars on our date (so NOT a cougar) and then talked about how much the Canucks suck. It's not that I didn't agree, but if you don't know the first thing about the sport...shut the F up!
-Guy who saw me on Facebook and asked me out. After a few drinks he asked if I wanted to go by XYZ bar down the street because his friend was celebrating his birthday there. INteresting....a guy I had gone out with twice (next story) had invited me to XYZ bar for birthday celebrations that very evening. I confirmed it was the same person and explained to Facebook dude I couldn't go by there because this guy was still interested in me and I didn't think it would be very nice to show up at his bday with another guy. I asked Facebook Dude how they knew each other...they play volleyball together at Wreck. I threw up in my mouth a little thinking about the 2 of them spiking volleyballs on each other in the nude!
-Birthday Guy from previous story. Set up by someone I thought I could trust. He actually came out and met us on a girl's night - he had a bunch of guys at his place and I thought his whole crew was coming with...no - he left the guys at his place and came by himslef....weird! We ditched him at some point in the night and he came out and met us on a patio the next day after I had already been there for a number of hours. He took me for dinner and I thought I had a good time, but couldn't completely remember, so I decided to give it one more shot when he asked me over for dinner the next night. Where to start???? 38, roommate, frat house looking place, a cat, didn't make any sort of conversation with me (not one question!), his roommate and buddy come over and buddy sat on the other side of me on the couch, I was super weirded out and told him I had to go. He walked me to the door and then asked if I wanted to come upstairs for a bit. I seriously felt like I was 12. I did the fake yawn and ran for it.
-Guy I went out with and went to a sports bar with (side point: we talked sports the entire date...not one personal question of any kind) and had a friend as my server. He told me about the Super Bowl party they were throwing and said one of his waitresses who is a blonde with big boobs would be singing...he then said...she kind of looks like you. Just what first date guy wants to hear! There was also some stripper talk passed between us that I think straightlaced guy didn't find amusing.
There are so many more...there have also been the following cities, nations, states and provinces represented: Israel, Alaska, Calgary, Newfoundland, Toronto (and myriads of small towns in and around it), Regina, Winnipeg, Los Angeles, New York, Australia, Ireland, England, Wales, New Zealand, Denver, a small town above the Artic Circle that has a lot of consonants.
Of course of them all the one I think is my soul mate is a) married b) has kids c) lives in another province and d) is hot, rich, funny and awesome. Always the way! There is a new contender on the scene, but he will reamin nameless for a while. No jinxing it!
Hope you feel all caught up now...I just realized how much of a slut this post makes me sound like! Awesome.
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