Miryam’s Blog

Hello!

I’m very cheerful right now, because I had dance this afternoon! I’ve realized that my life basically revolves around dance. All week I look forward to Sunday and Monday, because those are the days I get to dance. If I’m having a particularly bad day, I remind myself of dance. I love it!

This weekend I did a LOT of homework. I spent Sunday morning and most of Saturday working. It was intense. I was planning on doing some more this afternoon, and I did, but not as much as I had originally intended. I just reach my saturation point and I can’t work anymore. So I’m trying to do some of the other things I need to get done, but that don’t have to do with my classes. Like updating you all on my doings!

So, let’s see… Last weekend was fun. On Friday night I hung out with Andrew for while, and then he went off with Jen, Joyce, Sara, Joelle, and Kyla (who was visiting Jen and Joyce) to a party and I ended up chatting with Steve. We talked for almost an hour, sitting in the hall in a building neither of us lives in. Eventually, we decided it was time for bed, and he walked me home before saying goodnight (he’s so sweet!).

On Saturday I went to Pagliacci’s for cheesecake with Andrew, and then we ended up wandering around Beacon Hill Park for the rest of the afternoon. We found a wonderful tree across from the petting zoo, and a monument to Robbie Burns (hooray!). We finally made it back to campus and I don’t remember what we did that evening. The next day we had dance (blissful smile), and that evening we went to see Pan’s Labyrinth with Devin and Esme. It was a great movie, and I loved that it was in Spanish and had fantasy elements, but I spent a third of the movie with my head buried in Andrew’s shoulder. It’s a brutal movie. In the ads, it looks like a fantasy movie, but really, the fantasy is secondary to the civil war story. And no, I’m not talking about the American Civil War, I’m talking about the Spanish one.

So, it’s definitely Wednesday now. I don’t remember what interrupted me, but in any case, it’s three days later now. I’m really confused about the order of events in the last few weeks, so I’m just going to skip ahead to this past weekend because I don’t think anything of note happened that I haven’t already discussed.

On Friday it was absolutely gorgeous out, so I simply couldn’t convince myself to do any homework. Instead I went for a walk. The sun was shining, and I went to visit one of my favourite trees and was extremely content. Shortly after I got back from my walk Chris called, so I went for another walk with him. He went home around five thirty and I went to dinner, where I ran into Sara and Joelle. Sara was desperate to get off campus, so we went to Block Buster to return the videos they had rented. Then we went to Starbucks because Sara wanted something to drink. While we were there, we remembered that Devin’s birthday was on Sunday. So we decided to go get him a cake from Dairy Queen (I apologise to those of you who are cringing at all these big corporations). Then we tried to find him some gifts, but almost everything was closed by then, so we just ended up walking from the edge of Oak Bay to the Parliament Buildings. We did get him some beer from the Nelson Brewing Company (it was his nineteenth birthday, and Joelle is already nineteen, so it’s okay) Then we went home and watched Monsters Inc. It was soooo cute! All three of us were completely enamored of Boo (the little girl). It made me laugh to hear Sara say “I want one!” I couldn’t help agreeing with her.

Saturday I spent most of the day doing homework. I went out for a while in the afternoon with Sara and Joelle to finish shopping for Devin (with no luck whatsoever). After we got back, I did more homework. On Sunday I did some homework in the morning, then I went to dance. Much to my surprise, Andrew was back in time for the classes, and was even early   (he went home for the weekend). Dance was, of course, fun. After dance I started writing this entry.

After I was interrupted in my blog writing, I went to dinner with Sara and Joelle, and then we went back to their room to make cards for Devin. Then we went down to pick up his cake, which took about an hour. We were all ready for him by eight o’clock, but he wasn’t back yet from dinner with his mom. So Jen and Joyce ended up doing Joelle’s hair and makeup. By the time Devin got home, they were in full swing, so then we had to wait until they were finished. Finally, we all paraded downstairs with the cake and presents and cards. Much to our surprise, there were three other guys in the room with Devin and Andrew. We were a little thrown off, but we recovered quickly. Devin seemed rather pleased with the whole affair. After cake, the others started drinking, and Andrew and I went to wash the dishes. Joelle interrupted us because they were lighting sparklers outside. So out we ran and everyone danced about with the sparklers. Literally: Devin taught them all a line dance. I was the photographer. Then we went back inside (thank goodness; I was barefoot!). I left shortly after that, because it was late and they were all drinking anyways.

I made it through Monday. I had a hard time concentrating after dinner because I couldn’t wait for dance to begin. At last it was nine and Andrew and I went to the SUB. We had a lot of fun. Our favourite part of the evening was when the title song from Footloose came on. It’s not really a swing song, so we improvised and sang along, and had a blast. Afterwards I had too much energy to go to bed and we were both hungry so we went back to Andrew’s room and ate popcorn (it was the only thing either of us had to eat). Then we went for a walk. At last, we headed to bed.

Tuesday was mostly uneventful, except for walking in the evening with Gwen and then Andrew. Today I was going to go and donate blood, but I developed a sore throat, so I decided it wouldn’t be a good idea. Instead, I bought orange juice and chocolate and pampered myself. Now I’m relaxing and catching up on the little things I haven’t had time to do because of homework and friends.

I love you all!

Mim

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