GAUGH! i'm behind schedule!

Quick blog time!!!!

Yes, i went to stratford! haha The initial idea came up in April but I went over the August long weekend with a friend of mine and we had a great time! (If i may say so myself) =)

Highlights?

First, the people in Stratford are really nice! Course, it is a tourist town but a plus is that it's extremely safe in comparison to all em big cities. We tipped the cab driver and she seemed surprised! (wow -- in Toronto I think the cabbie would have slapped us if we hadn't tipped, no?) We stayed at 2 guest homes (retired ppl who rent out rooms). The first was Mrs. Graham who I seriously thought must have been an elementary school teacher because she was one of the sweetest old ladies I've ever met. :) And yes, I walked in there, she looked at me and remarked "my, you have a lot of bags". me: "yeah, I was prepared for tornados, hurricanes, and drought." *hangs head* she laughed. (she thought i was insane.)

I got into the house and she told us to go to our rooms. Of course, I liked the plain room -- simple bed covers, chair, dresser, closet. I took my bags into the 'manly' room and left Anthony to fend for himself in the 'girly' room with frilly bed cover and lace EVERYWHERE. *grin*.

Mrs. Graham apparently thought I should be in the girly room though. *sigh* So much for crushing the male ego. Thus, we did a quick switch of bag-and-room locations and I got my girly room.

We later went out for some foodage and *sigh* since our tablecloth was one of those large pieces of paper, we uh....started drawing and talking about fourier...and integration...and the fourier transform of a periodic signal and....and....eventually I resolved that we needed to go to the library because I darned well forgot EVERYTHING from Linear Systems. (btw, this was at a restaurant named Crabby Joe's --- nice place! they advertise having a 'bad temper') =)

Btw, in case you're wondering, on the walk to this restaurant, I had a misfortunate run-in with a little fly. He flew into my eye!!! I uh...blinked in shock and I think the impact was instant death for the little guy :( *sigh*...worse yet, he was stuck in my EYE! no, i don't know how this happens to me. but....there's more....

The next morning, I uh....er...hrmm...see, I thought I would get ready to head out for brunch before we saw our plays so I walk into the washroom, wash my face, handle them dentures, potty...and....er...*looks at toilet*...it's uhmm...it's not going down.

first reaction: i'm screwed. they'll never let me into stratford again.
second thought: I should tell Mrs. Graham --- nono, I should at least try to rectify the situation first. *takes plunger in hand*

uh...plunging didn't work. so i went downstairs...she was talking to 2 guests. oh dear. okay, don't embarrass yourself, cherie. i walked upstairs. into the washroom. closed the door. and stared into the loo hoping for some kind of solution. in the end, i knew i would have to get help so i reluctantly walked out of the washroom, closed the door so that no one else would see the problem, and told Anthony --- who, of course, took his sweet time to _laugh_ at me and ask me _how_ on earth this stuff happens to me. *hangs head in shame* =)

long story short? we couldn't un-clog it.....and uh...had to tell Mrs. Graham. She looked at me as I was ever so timidly trying to tell her of my misdeed and asked what i put in there. Oh dear... I replied, "Nothing...unnatural" (i was wondering if she actually wanted me to list everything that ever went into a toilet). haha in the end? We found out that a plastic butterfly (one of those mirror decorations) had fallen into the toilet...*whew* Maybe the other guests accidentally knocked it in somehow before i got in there? yes? please? :)

This was all within 24 hours of getting into Stratford.

The plays where REALLY good though! Pericles was amazing --- hilarious because they tried to revamp a lot of the Shakespearian jokes to our understanding...and/or just added them in when need be. It really kept most of us laughing the whole time. The Birds was a bit different. A very contemporized rendition of a Greek play so it was quite out of the ordinary. A well-acted production for sure but if people do ask me, I tend to tell them it one of those plays of an acquired taste. I usually like Greek plays by the book but it was still pretty good!

The rest of the weekend was sight-seeing and daily visits to Timmies..*grin* There are only TWO of them in Stratford! Btw, Stratford has a population of 28 000 people. you can walk from one side of town to the next in about an hour. they're restaurants close around 9pm at the latest --- WHHAAAA???? we're not in toronto anymore. =) Nevertheless, I did have a great time and although I think I walked around that town a dozen times and resolved never to live in a small town, I very much regretted to leave and return to work. Narrr.....

Next big event?

Vay's BACK! haha on Thursday, I went out with some good friends from hs and had a very sweet sesame bubble tea :) Twas really good to see my friends again despite the fact that they never ask me out! *humph* =) But we had a good talk on old times and current events in our lives. Even a road trip idea came up for us which would be really cool! Although, not sure what the workplace weather will be at that time =(

And finally.......to today!

WONDERLAND! goodness, i haven't been there in a WHILE...and uh...hahaa don't eat and ride. really. I found out exactly what it means today and wow, I still felt woozy when I got home! Don't get me wrong --- I had a blast with meesh, icky, and poncho but oh man, when I come home and still feel the rocking while I eat...hehe *pictures cherie rocking back and forth while eating rice* *sigh*.... I'm a goof =) A goof who was offered Gravol....*grin*...who's with me!?
Meesh? MEESH!?!?!? HEY!!!! =)

...er.............no?

*sigh*....welp..it's REALLY late and I should be bedded. I know I still have a lot to write but, for some reason...things have been going better :) Work is looking up a bit and at one point I thought I had lost a really good friend of mine but, it turns out, I still had that best friend all along (i think? HEY! get back here!) =)

nite all!