Here is a little October recap (good and bad):
I know this probably deserves it's own post, but I just can't bring myself to write it.There was a MASSIVE fire in New Westminster. It destroyed several businesses, one of which was my dad's. I had an incredibly emotional week. Actually watching the flames devour the surrounding building, seeing my dad cry, being frustrated that there was literally nothing we could do. Him having to actually GIVE AWAY 80% of his merchandise due to not having the space / having terrible insurance / them wanting to CHARGE HIM to remove his items. I don't want to get into it much more than that as I'm still upset that it happened.
Saw Father John Misty (for the third time) with Sabine. The comedian that opened for him was actually the absolute worst but as per usual, he was godly. His new stuff is fantastic and I'm excited for the album to be released.
Went to Sabine and Andrew's going away party at the Blarney stone. Fell down and twisted my ankle really bad (I still can't move my foot completely). Tested my bad-ass-ness by walking off the fall and dancing up a storm. Got really drunk. Decided I had to leave immediately without saying bye to anyone. Ate a really delicious hot dog alone.
Went to Christy and Chris' birthday at St. Augstine. Had a delicious beer flight. Split the most amazing pulled pork nachos with Jocelyn. Realized I couldn't do back to back drinking / late nights and went home. Oh, to be 25.
The one year anniversary of my Nonna's death was on the 13th, which also happened to be Thanksgiving. My mum, brother & I went to the cemetery to pay our respects. This year I was thankful for numerous things. Having a healthy three person family under my Nonna's and Nonno's roof is a major one.
Went to the pumpkin patch with Sabine and Matt. They both humoured me while I set up a photo shoot. Even though the pumpkin patch is sort of a rip off, and I never carved my pumpkin, I always have so much fun going there. This was the first year in a long time it was actually nice weather.
Got my hair chopped up and dyed it dark again. I'm already almost ready for another chop.
Had a date with Liam. We drank summer beer even though it's basically winter (the Moose sucked at changing their tap, obviously!)
Had a lovely date with Matt at Biercraft. The waitress even gave me an extra glass of beer due to forgetting that I love IPAs when she was selecting my flight. We both ordered the beef brisket mac and cheese. It was amazing. Went to Alibi for brunch the next day and realized they are shitty at caesars, but excellent at beer (which I did not have as it was morning.) The corned beef hash was to die for.
Met the Naked and Famous with Christy! They are SO nice! The lead singer was unable to come for the meet and greet because she had the death cold (that I soon caught shortly after...) Christy said she's going to try to get us tickets to the Imagine Dragons concert in January because TNAF opens for them *fingers crossed*
Sampled 25 pumpkin beers at the pumpkin beer tasting party. I made mummies (which were turkey dogs wrapped in pilsbury dough, baked with mustard eyes. They were a hit!) After drinking all that pumpkin I was officially pumpkin'd out. Matt and I went for brunch The Whip the next morning and I the benny was served with hashbrowns that were half potato, half yam. After the pumpkin beer the night before, I wanted to puke.
Had a kitten date with Liam. He had me over and we rolled around with his 5 kittens and beautiful mama cat. Guys that like cats are basically amazing.
Halloween day I wore my Madeline costume (as I just decided to be a cat the weekend before at the pumpkin beer party). It was super cute, and everyone loved it and I kind of wish I wore it instead of the cat because everyone is a cat, always :/
Halloween night I went out with Trevor. He's someone I went to highschool with who added me to Facebook when I got it again. The last I saw him he was REALLY into metal and had long curly hair. Guess what? He cut his hair, and he likes folk and indie music. Even though I'm fairly certain it was a just friends thing, the fact he continually found ways to touch me, and called me "darling" made me swoon. I probably have a crush. But, shh. He left today (Sunday) for 6 weeks to go weld up North for work. He told me when he's back he wants to hang out. I think he's super rad, and I like that we had that same connection we had in high school, but with better music.
Went to HOPS with Jocelyn. We caught up, drank beer and ate yummy food.
Saturday I started a 7 day cleanse. It's three parts (2 pills to promote healthy liver, one scoop of fibre twice a day, and 2 pills in the evening to promote bowel movement). So far I've been peeing A LOT and I've had on/off headaches. I've been basically eating vegan (for the most part). I've pretty much been eating tons of hummus, lentils, quinoa, and vegetables (specifically brussel sprouts, celery and cucumbers.)
Andrew took me to Stave late to go shooting. Oh, I don't know if I mentioned it, but my brother got his gun license and bought a gun. Do you know how scary guns are? SUPER SCARY. It took me a while to pump myself up and pull the trigger. After I did it the first time, it was kind of fun, if that makes sense?
Had another kitten party with Liam. Do you know how therapeutic it is to have kittens crawl all over you? We also watched 75% of Full Metal Jacket before he mentioned he had a work function to go with. He asked for advice on a tie to wear, and then asked me if I wanted to come. I was wearing a flannel shirt and jeans, so I politely declined. Saturday night I listened to The Maccabees album 10 or so times, had candles lit and just relaxed.
Today, Sunday morning, I met up with Matt for coffee / light breakfast as I'm doing the fast. This was the first brunch Sunday I didn't eat something doused in hollandaise. I had an americano and their house made granola with yogurt and mixed berries. Went for a little walk, both were ready for another coffee so we went into Starbucks. I "treated" myself with a non fat americano misto with a splash of eggnog. I had to go to the Apple store to replace my charger that finally kicked the bucket and Matt and I waited for it to open and heckled people. We had also decided at the pumpkin beer party that we were going to have a winter beer party. We're going to have it on the 14th and combine it with his birthday. I'm making a bacon turkey and we're going to have a gravy fountain. I'm excited to plan.
This afternoon I got my craft on, and watched two terrible chick flicks and kind of felt sorry for myself for a while but then quickly got over it.
Other mentionables:
- I got a really terrible cold
- I went on several other dates, some good, some bad, some great that turned bad (pro tip: if you have a girlfriend, don't go out looking for other girls and then lying about the fact you're in a relationship!)
- I started a dating blog but have been awful at updating (surprise surprise)
- Decided to put dating on the back burner and focus on myself
- Bengal Spice tea is amazing
- I'm really good at friend zoning people
- Matt told me last month he knew what he was getting me for Christmas. He spilled the beans and is making me my own personalized Craft Beer Advent Calendar based on my taste. I freaking love that guy.
Next weekend Matt and I are going to Seattle. I'm at 94 distinct beer check-ins on Untappd and I'm excited to go well over 100 this weekend. Cheers to November.
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