Another week has passed by -oh my! Time's been going by so quickly these days, and without too much worth telling I'm afraid. Monday through Wednesday were very heavy work-work-work days because our three classes' assignments are due on Wednesday and Thursday.
On Tuesday was my friend Brandon's (aka Bambi's) birthday, so on Monday evening I went to the mall to get him a cupcake to bring to him the next day. I walked in through The Bay entrance because that's the nearest one the bus leaves us by, and the first thing I see are these cute little black heels with a strap around the ankle and just my size! And the next thing I see is a huge sign above them saying, "30% off the lowest ticketed price"! And guess what the price sticker on them was: $15. After having tried them on for about a minute, I went over to the cashier and told her I'd take them. The bill including tax came to just over $11! I could barely believe it! That made my night.
Wednesday ("Hump Day") was particularly difficult this week. Macro is due on Thursdays, and a lot of computer programming work was required for this past week's assignment. On top of that, I decided to go to the 7:00am Pilates class at the UWO gym this week. I should get extra bonus points for that, too, because I set my alarm clock for 5:30am on Tuesday night, but then I woke up at around 5am on Wednesday a little dazed and still partially asleep... out of habit I looked over to my alarm clock to discover it wasn't lit up. I was so confused. My alarm clock is pretty old (I'm pretty sure I got it for my birthday party when I was in grade 4... almost 15 years ago) so I thought maybe it had finally died. I reached over to my cellphone on the nightstand that was supposed to be charging and noticed it wasn't charging (but it was still on so that's how I learned it was 5am). I set the alarm on my cell phone and slept for an extra half hour, then I got up, lit a candle and got dressed by candlelight. It was very lovely and classique. Then, I went to the kitchen and started bracing myself for having to eat cold bread and water for breakfast (instead of my usual toast and tea). Just as I opened the loaf's bag, though, the clock on the stove flickered on and the refrigerator's motor started sounding again (it's very loud)! Perfect timing! So I got to have my warm breakfast after all. Delightful!
The rest of the day went by without too much of a scuffle, except that we were having trouble with out Macroeconomics code, so we were at it until almost 9pm. And I'd been on campus for 14 hours by the time I finally got to head home. So that was my enormous-hump Hump Day...
On a different note, the social issue has been calmer this week. At the beginning of the week there were fluctuations between unpleasant and uncomfortable and reasonably calm, but towards the end of the week I think things had settled down a bit and I feel better about it now.
That brings us to this weekend. On Friday we celebrated Bambi's birthday at his place. Nothing too crazy happened. We played some games and drank some beer. I miss Granville Island beer. Beer is better in BC, but oh well. Then on Saturday I went to Pilates class with the same teacher in the same studio but this time only at 10am. Then I spent the remainder of most of the day working on homework with Hiro. Only he and I and one other person - Youngmin - were in the office that day. Then Hiro and I had plans to go see the UWO Opera at 8pm, so at around 5:15pm I headed home to make some dinner. I was back at 7:30pm. Unfortunately I had had to run out the door to catch the right bus and in the hurry I'd left my phone at home. When I got back to the office, Hiro was gone. I figured he had left for the theatre because I didn't see any of his belongings around, so I started heading towards where I thought the theatre was, but I got lost and ended up on what I now know is the complete wrong side of campus. I was walking and walking for about 20 min. until finally I decided I didn't know where I was going and so I gave up and walked home. I had to walk home because there was no bus going to my home from where I'd ended up and even if there had been I didn't know what time it would be arriving, and busses don't run very frequently on Saturday evenings in London. I got home at 8:30pm. Fortunately it wasn't terribly cold and I was well prepared so I got home without any cold-damage. I missed the opera, though, but I was feeling tired so I felt it wasn't the best day for me to go anyhow.
I slept a lot last night - about 10 hours, which was luxurious and delicious. I ended up going to the opera today, Sunday. I haven't even told you yet - they were performing Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro. It was absolutely excellent! It definitely surpassed my expectations. Hiro went with me this afternoon and said that the performers were even better than those last night, so another bonus for going today instead of yesterday. The music is absolutely fantastic, and the storyline is both comical and deep and touching. I laughed a lot and cried a little. I think anyone and everyone should see this opera because the music is a masterpiece worth experiencing. I sat there entirely entertained and moved and having heart palpitations for 2.75 hours. Furthermore, the direction for the singers was very good. Their acting was very credible and enticing, and their subtleties were so humorous and suggestive. And I felt as though all the way through you could feel the sense of humour and the soul and genius of Mozart pouring through all those bodies and all those notes and all that spirit. It was definitely the highlight of the week and possibly the highlight of my year thus far.
Mmmm... Mozart...
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