Begin at the Begining

So much has happened in the months that I have been away, and for most of it I was too tired, stressed, busy, overworked, or just listless to attempt witty humour. Since much of what happened in the past is required to stay current.

I like blogging because it helps me to sort out my feelings and I miss it now. I had been meaning to start blogging again, but everything that happened in the last few months is needed to understand where I am now. And since I am a huge procrastinator from way back I have been neglecting starting the "previously on" entry. So instead I'm am going to use the every efficient bullet point strategy.

Unpaid and Underappreciated

• I worked 12 hours per day 7 days a week from the end of June to the middle of July.
• My boss was unpleasant....by unpleasant read irritable, condescending, and unappreciative.
• In total I worked 29 full days of overtime (in a little over 2 months). Oh and that overtime was unpaid. Yes unpaid. To be fair I could take time in lieu and I did take 7 days for a wedding. However, my contract was up before I could cash in on the other 22 days.
• I couldn't complain because I needed the reference, also, my current work is linked to the work I did last summer and I will have to work together with my former unpleasant boss.
• Over the course of the summer I missed 3 good friends birthdays, a family reunion, a huge concert/party, 2 long weekends, a volleyball tournament, and a funeral. Yes a funeral, I was allowed to leave "early" to make the visitation...(by early it was 2.5hours after the offical quitting time)
• So after all that I packed a whole summers worth of fun into the last 2 weeks of August:

Two weddings, A birthday, and a Lumberjack.

Wedding 1

• Details: Maui, Hawaii, August 19
• People: Two very good friends that I met working in a bar in Guelph.
• Me: Maid of Honour
• This was basically the exact vacation I needed to recover from the worst summer ever.
• 5 of us stayed in a condo on the ocean. 3 girls, 2 boys.
• The boys made the girls breaky every morning and drinks all day!
• We read trashy (read fantastic) teen vampire romances
• We sat by the pool, swam in the ocean, watch stunning sunsets, saw sea turtles, went snorkeling, learned to surf, and celebrated the wedding of two of my best friends.
• I was awake everyday at 6am sat on the lanai and watched the ocean and luxerated in the warm breezes.
• Life was perfect.

My Birthday

• August 22, Age 27
• Was largely spent on a plane coming from Hawaii to Toronto. (Side note: The Hawaiian airport doesn't have a book store....seriously, its 5 hours to anywhere and no book store...magazines just won't do on a 5 hour flight!)
• I rushed to Guelph, then rushed to get ready for the rehearsal.
• Where I spent my 27th celebrating my friends impending nuptials with my Ex Accountant.
• Some slight awkwardness with Ex, but we mostly just avoided each other
• The bridal party left early to spend some quality with just the ladies
• While it was just the 5 of us R gave us our bridal party gifts which were personalized, amazing and touching
• Then I got birthday gifts which I wasn't expecting, I tend to play down my birthday in general, and especially when I am celebrating one of my best friends weddings.
• All in all turning 27 was pretty damn good.

Wedding 2

• Details: Guelph ON, August 23rd
• People: Two very good friends that I met working in a bar in Guelph (yes that is correct I met both couples working in the same bar, and they got married 4 days apart)
• Me: Bridesmaid
• My Ex: Best Man
• I had to leave paradise early in order to attend this wedding, and it did not disappoint
• Aside from my Ex Account the entire wedding party was amazing. We laughed and goofed around and posed for countless pics all day.
• I attended dateless but never felt alone.
• Open bar allowed me to have my final say with the Ex Accountant and that relationship has been put to rest.
• Open bar also allowed me to flirt shamelessly with a hot Lumberjack that attended teacher's college with my now wed friends.
• Said shameless flirting continued to the after party in the hotel
• Said shamless flirting continued to my hotel room
• For the first time ever, I slept with a man I had just met.
• I then kicked him out of the room, to allow S, the bridesmaid I was sharing the room with back in (she never did come back though).
• It was all very Samantha Jones of me.
• I paid for the whole room bill as I felt guilty about kicking S out...
• At 27 years old I had my first one night stand....or so I thought at the time....

Moving on Up

• Moved to a small city in Eastern Ontario
• Started a Master's Program in Environmental Studies
• Live in an Attic (so I suppose the name of my blog is no longer relevant, but I can't change it now....or I've just started on my way up.)

More stories will come but at least now the basics have been accounted for.

Stay tuned.