Saturday, July 14, 2012

This week in Sarahland - Pining, Pain, Peeps, Promos, Pasta and Piping

Well, it's been a busy week in Sarahland.  I shall endeavor to be concise and yet thorough in my accounting of what has transpired.

Monday, Monday, Monday, what a lovely day and more importantly what a lovely night.  Monday is my favourite night, my only real TV night when I settled in and swoon for an hour or two as I watch my lovely Jef on the Bachelorette.  Call it trash, trivia, scripted or fake, I love it! I can't imagine what my Monday's will be like when it is over.

While I watched the show this week, I also tried baking red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing for the first time.  Baking is not my strong point and without going into all the details, let's just say Scott's office got another two dozen rejected cakes and I managed to sort out 15 or so decent ones to take into the office for Jeanie's birthday.

The joys of Monday was soon forgotten as I lay in some mosquito-infested grass doing push-ups wondering what horrible thing I'd done to deserve this.  You see, a few weeks back, feeling inspired I signed up for something called the 'Tail Waggin' Workout'.  I thought Tigger would enjoy some exercise amongst his peers.  I didn't realize he'd be the one smiling and wagging his tail as he watched me struggle through a boot camp course that was supposed to be suited to ALL fitness levels.  In hindsight I think the problem was that I don't actually have a fitness level.  I'm not even on the chart...Tigger on the other hand, did seem to enjoy the night out.

Wednesday I had trouble walking, reaching, sitting, lifting and bending.  I did manage to attend a going away lunch party though, and being that it was July 11 (7/11) we had to take the long route back to the office and swing by to pick up our free Slurpees.  That night I met with my mentee and tried not to think about how I'd get out of the chair afterwards.

Roll on Thursday, still in pain, so bloody exhausted that I declined dinner out at The Keg.  Yes, I was THAT tired.

Friday up at 3:30am to witness a lightening storm, and to see Scott and Holly off on their camping/fishing excursion.  Friday is that day that downtown Vancouver realized that summer is has finally arrived.  There was a grand opening of McDonald's that we had to stop by then Starbucks was having free giveaways of their new refresher drinks (I managed to have both the lime and the hibiscus berry AND win a free coupon for a tall hot drink on my next visit).  Next we met a stuffed pickle (this is really not as unusual as it sounds), and then ran into a Nestea promo crew where I won a bike rental in the park, and of course an ice cold Nestea to enjoy.  On my way home I went to a drive thru radio station promo and won a Burger King gift card.  It was a winning day, AND I met Ronald, a lifelong hero of mine.  I concluded the evening with a trip to the movies, (saw TED), and a nice walk with Tigs.

Saturday, spent the morning running errands in preparation for the week ahead and my camping /fishing excursion.   My afternoon was spent at a class called "Italian Summer", a cooking course lead by a singing Italian chef named Peppe.

Sunday, more errands, some housework and I will be spending the afternoon attending "Cupcake Magic!" because after all my baking mishaps, magic may be exactly what I need.

Oops almost forgot to add, did two new posts at West Coast Dogs and booked two nights in Vegas for November.  Phew!

What to expect for the week ahead you ask?  I'm anticipating less city, more country, less magic and more mosquitoes...