take me out to the ball game, and bring me some ketchup chips

Tuesday Kyle and I watched the Canadians beat Everett! I also got my hot dog and beer fix (two quintessential baseball game items). I can't stress enough how much fun I think going to a baseball game is! The tickets are extremely affordable! It's a quick paced sport (for the most part). There is ALWAYS some sort of a chant going, and I'm a huge fan of heckling. The guys sitting behind us started a "Clearly Contacts" chant when the ump made a bad call. Have I mentioned hot dogs yet? Probably. Kyle got the foot long, I should have because it looked damn good and all the more bun to fill with mustard, relish and saurkraut.

Fact: that is a little boys shirt, and it fits! +1 for being short

This is the only picture I have with Kyle! And he's actually smiling!
 Jesus Christ, stop the presses!

Yesterday Mallory was having an off day. She ended up breaking up with her boyfriend, and was feeling pretty crappy about life. I asked her if she wanted a hug and a pumpkin spice cream frappucino. Who in their right mind is going to say no to that? We met in New Westminster and walked the quay (whoever is doing the landscaping there now is absolutely incredible! They have a whole area dedicated to succulents that I just about died when I saw.) We decided it would be essential to have ketchup chips, so I bought us some and we sat back down at the quay, people watched and just talked. Only seeing her once a month (and at work) is not enough. Sure we talk everyday, but we need more us time. Meeting in New West works because it's only one skytrain upgrade for both of us, and pretty much halfway between Langley / Vancouver. We're going to plan on seeing each other more often during weekdays, and she said she wants to drag Kyle out with us, so watch out Reid. Is going to the Old Spaghetti Factory and only getting bread and spumoni ice cream alllowed? If not, it should be.

I got home around 8:45 and decided to carouse Netflix. I put on this movie called Lola Versus and it was exactly what I needed to see, and I even text Mallory to watch it. It's about a girl who is newly single after being with someone for nearly a decade. The entire movie is her trying to function and asking different people in her life for advice. At the end, she realizes that she can only help her self, epiphany this, realizations that, etc. I'm not going to spoil anymore of the movie. Basically it's a chick flick, it's funny, it's witty in some parts, and corny in others.

Though watching a movie about a breakup while I'm newly single was kind of fitting, I'm not really going through what Lola went through. I didn't have a binge eating junk food period (though I did the first time, and Sabine brought be Ben & Jerrys in Barenaked Ladies flavour!) I didn't stay in sweats and cry for weeks. I didn't go on a cleanse, or try to avoid life's distractions. I'm actually surprised how okay I am. I'm doing things that make me happy, I'm seeing friends and more importantly, I feel like myself again. I'm back to being spontaneous, and doing things for me. I'm going to the gym and exercising on a more regular basis (not as regular as I'd like, but I'm not going to be hard on myself.) I'm eating relatively healthy (except this week has kind of been a write off with Cabin food this past weekend + yesterday's Mallory cheer up session).I thoroughly enjoy my own company. Whether it be having a bubble bath with Songza while listening to some random indie rainy day playlist, getting lost in a book or just watching a movie, I'm enjoying it all. I know that this was the final time. There is no going back to him. I was second guessing everything for our entire relationship, giving second, third, fourth, fifth, too many chances. I was putting someone else first always. I felt weak, controlled and dependent and I am none of those things. I've always been extremely independent (cue Beyoncé) Anyways, enough of the rambling of mistakes past, I feel solid. I feel like a rock. No, I feel like a mountain.