One Eleven with the crew!

Tonight Alyssa came back into town and she texted me saying her and Lise were going to go to One eleven for dinner. I thought at first that Alyssa was texting the wrong person because it was only like a week ago that she had left. But she really did text me to go have dinner with her and lise. Nancy came eventually too as well as Jesse. 

Jesse and I have never gone there before so it was interesting first off to see their prices, and this restaurant is not cheap. It is however, worth the money. Jesse got this Yorkshire philly, I just got their burger and sweet potato fries. Lise got salt n' pepper wings and some clam chowder. Alyssa got their chicken special and Nancy got the same as Jesse. It was all very good, very flavourful and most importantly very filling. They also gave very good portions, they gave you a lot of food but not so much that you cannot finish it. 

Lastly, for dessert Jesse and I shared a toffee pudding and the other girls shared this 7 layer chocolate cake, that was ok just not sweet enough. 

But it was fun to have seen Alyssa and laugh about things at work, let her know whats going on, etc. I just really enjoyed my time tonight and I am grateful to be in Red Deer to go out with friends and enjoy myself like I do. 

Mom came to visit!

Over the past week, last week my mom came into town to come visit me. It kind of was an inconvenient time though since I caught the works viral cold. It was horrible, you coughed non-stop, had a fever that could hardly be controlled and just felt miserable. The monday I even called in sick even though I really hate to do that, and I was planning on cleaning up my house before my mom came but that monday I could hardly move from my bed. But that night she came at about 10 o'clock at night on the greyhound so we made her some food.

The next day she helped me clean my house a bit since I was so miserably sick. We then ordered pizza from Dino's here in red deer since they do not have on in lethbridge. We had the chef's special, which pretty much had everything on it and we had the donair pizza (so good, it had real lettuce and tzaziki on it). That day we just pretty much chilled at home. 

The next day I attempted to go to work but ended up going home early. I was coughing too hard and even with medicine I could not contain my fever. 

The following day though I felt much better and mom and I went to Cora's for breakfast, since no one would go to Cora's with her since apparently it is too expensive..which it is not...but it is hard to get a place unless you go super early in the morning. When we went I got a fruit bowl to share some hot water and lemon and lastly a chocolate brioche french toast. Mom got this massive nutella banana filled crepe. It was literally the size of my arm. After that we went shopping at Walmart, I bought some long johns so the walk from my car to the hospital will be more enjoyable during the winter, a winter jacket, a warm sweater (so that I won't take Jesse's as much anymore) and some hobo gloves. After that we went to get our hair done at first choice haircutters our girl's name was Caitlin and let me tell you...she was good..but she was slow. Normally I have a window for how long I allow people to touch me, including Jesse and she worked on my hair for about 45 minutes, normally I only like when people work on my hair for about 20 minutes then I am good. But she took forever, she did a great job and its as short as I wanted it to be but it took forever. 

Then over the next few days after that we just sat at home and watched Gilmore girls since that is one of the shows that my mom loved and I loved as a child to watch. 

Then the last day we went to the Red Deer Museum and we checked it out and what its all about. It is a really nice museum just kind of confusing to know where it is. 

It was just great having my mom come to visit me, she is such a special lady in my life and I enjoyed spoiling her while she was here and although our visit wasn't all butterflies because of my illness. I enjoyed every moment of it and I realize I take my mother for granted more than I realize. I truly am grateful to have the lady for my mother, to have been raised by such an excellent example of a hard working, respectful and inspiring woman. I am the luckiest daughter to have such a great mother. 

That was our visit!

Mom comes to town: Day 1

So my mom came down for Remembrance day because I was feeling homesick. Anyways on our first day it wasn't very eventful because I am very sick at the moment. I caught this viral bug that I guess is going around Red Deer so pretty much the first thing that we did was go to the doctor. The next thing was she helped us clean our house a little bit since that was the plan to do all weekend, but due to getting sick with this nasty bug I just pretty much laid in bed and slept for 2 days straight. 

And following that night we ordered pizza from Dino's we got the Chef's special and the donair pizza. Oddly enough though the donair pizza actually tasted like one. But it is so great to have my mom, I am grateful that I do not live too far from her so she can come and visit me every-so-often. I am so grateful for that. 

My yoga class!

So it has been awhile since I even did since Yoga Class but I can still tell you about it anyways. 

So this yoga class was a free class that I went to with Lise and Danielle. They just opened the day before and was having a demo class. The class that we went to was yin yoga by candlelight, the studio was dimly lit and had little candles all around the room.

It was the only class that I was able to focus fully on what I was doing instead of wondering what someone else beside me was doing. It was very relaxing and made my body feel wonderful for a good 5 days after that! 

My weekend…last weekend

So last weekend I completely forgot to write a post about! Funny thing too is that this weekend is when I did the most stuff too!

To start off with I had sushi with my coworkers daughter Danielle, it was nice because she loves sushi. We went to sushimaru and it was equally as good as it was the first time. I had a crunch roll, a beef terri roll and a california roll since I love them so much. We had a good talk though her baby was gone in Ontario with her boyfriend for a friends wedding so she had some time to focus on being on a grant jury. It is interesting hearing about her job though since she studied anthropology in school, so it is interesting to get to know about different culture etc. 

Then later on that day we went to the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it was seriously so good. I watched the turtles as a child and it reminded me so much of watching that show, and stealing vhs tapes from my guy friend back then (Lockie). It was good too because it explained how they became mutated and such. It had very good comedy too. 

Thennnn the following day…we had our bonfire at Nancy's house. Lise was not able to go since she was sick, which was ironic because she was the one that invited herself over to Nancy's in the first place. It was just Ghis, AJ, Nancy and I. We had sooo much chocolate, we made banana boats (mine was burnt), hot dogs (mine was burnt as was Ghis's) had some McCann's moisture chocolate heaven in a pan…not the real name but you get the point…and some chips. AJ specifically chose the chocolate too since she knows chocolate. She brought Reese peanut butter cup (one of my favs) and some cadbury chocolate bars. I brought the bananas and the marshmallows even though Nancy had some already. Also let me tell you Nancy's property is beautiful. She lives on a few acres of land, she had an old fashioned pillar farm house and has the kitchen of my dreams. It is big, and has a big island in the middle of it, white cupboards and a grey/black granite that looked beautiful with hard wood floors…insert drool moment….To say the least it would be the kitchen of my dreams, her place was gorgeous and it honestly didn't surprise me with how glamorous she can be at times. 

But that was my weekend…last weekend…it came a week late but at least I still remembered it! It was so much fun, and I love everyone that I have here. I am so glad that I moved to Red Deer, I have met honestly the best people and they feel like my little family. I just feel love from everyone here and I hope I reciprocate those feelings! 

Sushi time! - SushiMaru Edition!

Tonight I went for sushi with Jesse, Lise, Alyssa (AJ) and Nancy. Basically all the people that I really enjoy at work. But anyways we went for sushi, and it was sooo good! 

Jesse got hot wings, fries with gravy and some Calimari (which was really good ). 

Nancy got some Calimari as well with some fries.

 Lise got the philadelphia roll, the beef teri roll and the crazy sexy lady roll (it had this blueberry sauce on it and it looked like when heinz made their purple ketchup, but it was different more of a sweet roll). 

Alyssa got the scary eye roll (reallllly good as well), the love me tender roll (reallllly good), some smoked salmon and some spring rolls. 

Lastly, I got the avocado roll, the crunch roll (sooo good, doesn't look appetizing but it was soooo good), the volcano roll (good as well) and a normal california roll. I thought it was all zoo good. Our waitress did not really know english that well so she got someone that did know english better and he was great, he was really funny, gave us great service, explained some of the different kinds of sushi to us. 

So we had a great night of laughing, talking about work, eating sushi and literally sharing everything. Everything was so good and I would suggest this sushi restaurant literally best sushi place I have been too wayy better than lethbridge and their presentation was beautiful. Everything tasted good, the prices were unbeatable too. 

link is down below 

http://www.yelp.ca/biz/sushimaru-red-deer

Hanging out and the lobster summer party!

Today I hung out with Danielle (Lise's daughter). I have to say that it was really nice to be out of the house and hang out with other people. We just mainly talked all day, we were supposed to crochet but that didn't happen. It at least gave me the motivation to continue working on a blanket that I was redoing forever. But it was nice to just hang out with Danielle, her son Alex, who is so cute. He is such a flirt but he is so shy, when I walked in he just ran away, and was he clingy when he was over. Danielle says he is never so clingy, but all he wanted to do was be cuddly with Danielle. But it was so much fun to hang out with them all.

Then later that night we had a lobster bake. It was sooooo good. Dr. Jenkins provided all the lobster and the booze. The last time that Jesse and I even had lobster was in lethbridge at the keg when he chased me with the shell because I think that they are creepy looking. They look like things that should be off alien vs. predator. But it was cool, I got to learn how to take a lobster apart and get a work out even trying to get at the meat. There was also a potluck and all the food that they brought was really good. All the nurses came, some surgical processors, some Dr's and our managers came. It was cute because Dr. Ryan brought his two little daughters and they are just sweet as sweet could be. They look exactly like him. But it was fun, I got to try some different kinds of wine. I liked this cupcake one and a few red wines I like, also I tried some different beers too like Alexander Keith's india pale ale. We went with Lise, her husband and Alyssa (she just got back into her full time position, she took a leave of absence). 

And after the lobster bake, we just talked at Lise's house for about an hour afterward about funny stuff that happened at work. It was fun to have a good laugh and relax, Jesse laughed too it was good to see him laugh after he hadn't laughed that hard in a long time. 

But I am so grateful for my department and I love them so much I had such a great time and I am proud to be part of the endo team!