An Absolutely Fabulous (Extended) Weekend!

After that last posting, I should announce that the McMaster special considerations committee has decided to give me some money for notetaking! whew, so I should be ok!

Bugger, I've been so bad at keeping these posts, because the longer back I must recall, the more I seem to forget what happened! Thursday night was fun! Steph, Brianna, and I, and the belly dancing society for that matter, took Amy and Amy to the belly dancing bar! I do love that place, even though it was only a short night out!

Amy's friend John was here for the weekend so on FridaY we went to a very interesting bar, called Birdcage which put on a drag queen show every hour. Although we only did stay long enough to see one show I must say it was a very unique and unparalleled spectacle, and I am surprised to say that it seemed to be otherwise a very normal bar/club. But, nonetheless, I probably won't go back there any time soon.

I started off Saturday with a glorious sleep in, FINALLY, which was so nice, and then headed to Morrison's for some groceries, with Steph and Anna, and we cooked dinner together that night (Anna did most of the work)!! mmmm, t'was very good, so thank you! Saturday night, Steph and I went out with a bunch of international students at Montague to Burboun, one of my favourite bars.

Now, Sunday should have also been a much needed sleep in day, but sometime between the time of 12-1230 in the afternoon (which felt like morning to me), I was woken up by Anna, who told me that Steph was here, and of course, I told her to bugger off so I could go back to bed. A minute later I am being woken up by Steph, Anna, Anninha, Renata and Ola, all of which who were demanding that I make them pancakes like I had said I would. I am not a morning person, so only after did they open the blinds so that the blinding daylight could light my room up like a 10000000000 Watt light bulb and ripped off the covers and stole my pillows, only then did I get up. It was quite a messy feat, but I did make my chocolate banana pancakes!! mmmmmmmmmmmmm. A few of us also went out into the park right behind the residence afterwards and enjoyed the remaining hour of daylight with the tossing of the frisbee and the soccer ball. Yes, we have sunset at 3:30 here... :(

Now Sunday night was very interesting. The company that Anninha and Renata work for, GILDS, had a Christmas party in at The Walkabout in Manchester so they bused them and their 'guests' to the party for the sole purpose of having a jolly good time. I had to convince Renata to let me be her guest (because she never told them she was bringing someone) and prayed that they'd let me on the bus, which very thankfully, they did! So thank you Renata! Although the only sightseeing we did of Manchester was our walk from the bar to Subway, I liked it very much as it reminded me of Toronto, and it was sooo very windy and rainy, which made a leisurely stroll around the city impossible, but I do plan to go back there at some point. THe party was fun, they left us there for about 5 hours or so (hence our meandering) and kept people happy with a card for 5 free drinks, one per hour I guess lol, but not too many so that I was able to roll out of bed and walk to my 9 AM class in the sunny rain (I know, what is that?) this morning. Mom, it's not as bad as it sounds, I promise! Even the weekends at McMaster start on Thursdays, sometimes Wednesdays even hehe.

Because that wasn't enough, on Monday night, I was really intent on going out with the flat, so after belly dancing Anna, Sophie and Jo managed to convince Amy and I to come out, (we couldn't get to the other Amy) :( . Matty was nice enough to squish the 5 of us in his car with Sophie's leg sticking out from the back and give us a lift! I thought it was just going to be a nice casual, relaxing night out, but after having our traditional first drink at the Walkabout, we headed to a club called Rehab for 80's night! Although I spent much of the 80's learning how to walk and talk etc, we all absolutely enjoyed the classic tunes of Summer of 69, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, and of course, It's Raining Men (I know my aunt loves that song)! And of course, it was Gustavo's birthday so I saw quite a bit of people from Montague there as well! It is a very good thing I have Tuesdays off... 4 nights is quite the run! sooo very fun!

I have become recently attached to this old BBC series, Absolutely Fabulous, so be warned if I start quoting and becoming obsessive about it!! (Thanks Matty!)

~ rach. xoxo