blading, beaches and bbqs's

the weekend

soo this weekend was pretty busy, its crazy how fast the time is going here. days fly by and im finding it hard to remember what ive actually done everyday!

friday - i started work in no frills, the supermarket. it was pretty well, i was watching another cashier for an hour or so just to see how its done and then i took over and got on with it! think its the best thign for it. everyone was really nice and the time actually goes really fast too so thats always a bonus! I finished at 4 and unfortunately it had clouded over a bit outside by the time I got finished! :( ohh yea i remember what i did on friday night now - i totally forgot for a while there! we went to a night market!! it was quite far away so we hopped on a skytrain (vancouvers underground/in the sky) and headed towards richmond. we got off the train and started walking in the direction of the market, and walked, and walked, and walked, annddd walked, asked for some directions and walked some more! never actually finding the market! eventually we gave up and decided to get a bus back to the skytrain station and get the bus to the market! we didnt think it was that far from the skytrain station but it was actually pretty far anddd in the complete opposite direction that we were walking! we got there eventually tho and it was goood! there was quite a lot of tat, like if you wanted an iphone/blackberry cover it was the place to go, but the food was amazing!! there was soo many different kinds of food stalls and as richmond is the asian area of vancouver, or even more so than downtown, the variety of asian food etc was brilliant! i had some spring rolls and then finished off with some deep fried banana with icecream - deeeelicious!!

saturday - i was working in the morning again from 11-4, after i met up with grant and kerry to have a bit of a roller blade around stanley park! it was roasting again today so we were pretty sweaty by the time we got the whole way around but it was fun! it was pretty busy so was difficult trying not to bump into little kids of their bikes etc but we got there. after that exercise we decided to make good use of the new bbq! :) we got stocked up on burgers and sausages and all the trimmings and had a deeeelicious bbq out on our patio with tina and jackee too! it was soo nice just hanging out as the sun set and the racoons and skunks came out to play too!

rollerblades on trying to master a star shape!

myself and kerry enjoying the new bbq!

sunday - was a super busy, worked filled day! i was working at no frills in the morning, from 11-5 and then had to rush to veras to start work at 5! i actually felt like superwoman zooming from one place to the other! i was completely shattered by the end of it as i didnt get finished in veras until 11:45!! mopping and sweeping up the floor at 11 i thought i was gonna pass out! but i got there! think it was just worse coz i havnt been working for quite a while now ive got used to the whole chilled out thing! but it was fine, the day went pretty fast and i cant complain as i have a job and it will pay the bills/pay for adventures etc!

monday - i was working again this morning from 11-5 so that was fun! I think ive mastered the art of the whole hey how are you today? im good too thanks! do you need any bags? ok that will be 8.74 please etc etc... and got on really well! again time went wayyy faster than you think and i was outta there before i knew it! it was my freind penni's birthday today and so the plan was to head to the beach for the evening! it was a realllyyy windy day in vancouver but we still trouped on to the beach! for once there was waves in english bay, this is really unusual as vancouver island usually shelters the bay so the sea is usually really calm! but yea it was fun! everyone brought a blanket and some food and we pigged out and had a good old singsong as the sun set!! again it was brilliant getting to know more people and i got blown away again by how wonderfully friendly people are here!! it was a great night though i definately had too many timbits!! (these are little balls of doughnut you get from tim hortins!

watching the sunset on the beach - penni's birthday