time is flying by!

again, i cant believe its another week since i last blogged!! i do apologise for the lack of updates etc but now im a working lady the time just seems to have disappeared! settled into both jobs well now. the supermarket is giving me a lot of hours so thats good and its a nice mixture of night and day shifts which is also good so i have a mixture of free time to get up to my adventures! veras is going well too although i turned up to work at 11 on saturday morning- when i had read from the rota that i was supposed to start. but they had changed it to one and forgot to tell me! wasnt so fun but ah well! it meant i had two hours to go and meet some friends and bask in the saturday morning sunshine by the harbour!

so what else have i been up to since last week? well im not sure if i mentioned before but i bought some blades so ive been doing lots of blading which is really fun! grant and i decided to go for a blade the other evening - lets say it was slightly eventful! usually we walk to the start and then blade around stanley park and then walk back. i couldnt be bothered carrying my shoes and so stepped up to the challenge of just going the whole way on my blades. this involves going along public footpaths/walkways etc and on a pretty busy street at that! so we set off, and me being me forgot to stop/didnt really get stopped in time at a junction. thankfully it wasnt a very busy one and there was a lamp post at the other side for me to grab onto/do a bit of a dramatic swing around - think "singing in the rain" style swing - only right outside a restaurant!!! im sure i made a few hearts skip a beat but i was fineee! ive learnt from that mistake - do not go along a busy street in roller blades when you cant stop very well!! woops.

ive been going to the beach on mornings, or time off before work. yesterday (sunday) tina, jackee and i headed along to third beach. its a bit further along the coast from the usual beach i go to, but its realllyyy nice! its got a really chilled out vibe and totally away from the sound of any traffic etc! you cant drive to it and so everyone cycles or walks to it! its really nice so think il have to make a trip again there soon! lots of bbqs have also been happening at our house - always a fun one although the other night the sausages must have been a little fatty and the flames were a bit scary, especially when there is a balcony above our patio! i dont think the people upstairs would appreciate their balcony being set on fire! but we have some rather yummy firemen in the station just up our road so im sure that would be a perfect excuse to meet some of them! :)

i havent really been up to any other adventures as such this past week. its been a pretty quiet one when i come to think of it. just working and enjoying the sun when i can! i have managed to get wednesday and thursday off this week so thats great! especially when the fireworks start this wednesday night. this is a biggggg thing in vancouver where 4 different countries compete against eachother in a firework display. it is on for the next two weeks on wed and sat nights - its going to be amazinggg!! so excited for that. then on thursday i think im gonna plan some form of fun filled adventure - have to make the most of my free time here! at the minute im thinking if i work a good bit over the next few weeks il be able to take the last 2 weeks off for some last minute adventuring! theres sooo much i want to do here and so little time. think i need to write a to do list of everything that i want to get done! anyways i think thats all from me for now! again keep the fb mails etc coming, i love hearing what you have been up to/the exciting goings on's etc - i know i might take a while to reply these days but il get there! hope you are all well. much love xxx