Blogs from Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 28

An out of order post that I forgot to post for JULY 1: 140 years ago to this day (July 1), Canada was established as a self-governing country. What this meant for us, is a day off, so we hastily packed, bought a road map and hit the highway to take the first of hopefully many road trips in our new car. We decided that we wanted to climb some rock, of course, but the forecast for Squamish was decidedly wet, and we wanted to broaden our horizons a little. We decided we would hit the highway and head up towards Lillooet, leading us a/past many scattered climbing crags, b/further inland and away from the rain. We left from my work on Saturday evening and drove up past whistler. This was our first fleeting encounter ... read more

Current mood: exhausted where to start? i guess an update of where i am would be helpful to those who dont know...im spendinga week n a half exploring Alberta! wooh! on the 4th of july we bussed it to Vancouver n stayed at the HI which was much nicer than samesun over the road. ( i plan to stay there when i fly out of canada in september) we watched the movie 'The Waitress' which was really sweet, except i got lost in the cinema and couldnt find the theatre my bad, i swear im getting dumber as each day goes by n my sense of direction is appalling! we flew to Calgary on the 9th which was awesome coz it was only a 2hr flight. it had some amazing views of the rockies but i ... read more

Current mood: lethargic Last night Nadine n Jen N began the night, and I helped Nadine finish it. in fact nadine still hasnt been to bed yet, crazy girl! Nadine came back from her escapades with Jen to tell me that i HAD to go out n live coz there was no point in my even being in Whistler...true... so i got dressed n Nadine made us all pink lemonades to take to Dave's (tuckshop lady). As the night progressed filled with ridiculously loud rap (the unit was shaking!) we consumed more n more alcohol until Dave had the idea that we needed to live so we should go n camp beside the lake... home to cougars n bears.. literally!!! after saying no like a bazillion times over i finally agreed! wooh for me! we ... read more

Current mood: content after a miserable morning yesterday i sat eating pita bread with honey, coz thats the content of my pantry lol... Jen came round to use the net so i pulled myself together to get on with my life. i packed up most of my belongings and made many trips up 3 flights of stairs to my new apartment. (photos available... lucky!!!) at 12 Kim came down and we walked to work to see Stewarding. we each got an 8hr shift this week so that means my rent will be covered while im in Calgary yay... wat a relief aye. Kim n I started work at 1pm and cleaned 6 rooms before having dinner n starting turndown. i got to service the suites n penthouses... omg i dont think ive even been in ... read more

Current mood: despondent ok so i started another day crying... i was woken by my phone ringing today, n i freaked out coz i thought i was late for work, but it was mike. all i can say was that it was so good to hear his voice. its funny how u forget the little things about people that just make you appreciate them even more. turns out it was only 7am so i tried to go back to sleep till 10 but i couldnt. i was really homesick yesterday n am still today. Ian told me yesterday that he was leaving to go home. im so cut! he's the nicest houseman n always has a chat to u n now both he n Nick are gone. So that got me to thinking how soon enough ... read more