What is this?? An update?? *Gasp* Shocker!!

Hallo all!!

So it's about time for an update. A lot has happened since my last update, so it's definitely time for me to write about it.

For starters, I moved out. I now live in a two bedroom apartment on St Clair and Yonge with my roommate, Benny. It's an awesome apartment!! It's pretty big (1150 sq ft) and my bedroom is a nice size. It has one and a half bathrooms, living room, dining room, breakfast area in the kitchen, and a nice sized storage closet. I'm not gonna lie, I fell in love with it when I saw it. It was definitely more than I wanted to pay, but it's worth it. We moved in October 2nd. It's right above a Sobey's, so at least we can get whatever we need at any time. But sadly, there's not No Frills or Food Basics near by, so it's kinda expensive. But I do live in a nice area. It's just outside of the downtown core, which means I still have access to all the downtown places and downtown events, but it's relatively quiet and nice where I am. Also, I have an incredible amount of park, cemetary, and greenery around me. I'm super happy with it.

But I love my place. I'll have to take some pictures and post them on here for those that keep asking. Or you can all come visit me and see it in person!!

So, work. I'm unemployed. Again. I'm not sure why I can't just seem to stay soemwhere for a long time, but apparenlty I can't. So at the moment, it's quite the struggle to make all my payments with whatever I had saved and whatever EI is giving me. I'm not gonna lie, it's super hard. It sucks that they waited until I'd moved to let me know instead of telling me the day before. I wouldn't have signed the lease if I'd known. So now I'm sending out resumes as much as I can, to any office job out there. I think this weekend I'll work on a more retail-oriented resume and go hand some out at the mall. They're hiring for Christmas, and I need money, so any job is good about now. Except with food. I don't want to work at Wendy's or Subway. Maybe as a waitress, but I doubt I'll apply at any restaurants.

So on to happier topics. I went on vacation to Tobermory at the beginning of September. Matt and I rented a cottage for the week. We left friday morning, and my mom and Nelson joined us. They left Monday morning, and me and Matt stayed until Saturday morning. It was awesome. We did a lot of hiking, and relaxing, and reading. I've discovered that my kind of hiking is the one that involves climbing up and down the rocks and isn't on flat land. But it was gorgeous. Tobermory is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful places. I was incredibly sad to come home. But it was a good week, and I'm super glad me and Matt went.

Also, I'm friends with Robin again. I'm not gonna lie, I'd forgotten how much fun she could be. And I'm glad, because it was killing me to know she was getting married and I was missing it. So we started talking again, and I thankfully got the chance to watch her and Gavin get married. It was amazing, it was an awesome party, and I'm super glad I was there.

I've recently sent out the invited for the Christmas Dinner. Hopefully it goes well. I spent tons of time trying to get it all together every year, so hopefully it'll still be as good, even though it's the first time it'll be at a different location. I'll be doing it on Boxing Day, hopefully. If not, I might move it, but we'll see what people's plans are. I'm hoping we get enough people for Secret Santa this year, but if we don't, then it's not the end of the world. I'm kinda excited to be hosting it at my place this year. I just have to make sure I have enough stuff and I buy decorations and things like that. it'll be good, I know it.

Anyways, I'm off now to look for something to make for dinner. Yeah, I have to make my own dinner. Craziness!! But Matt's on his way, so it'd be nice if I at least had an idea of what I'm gonna make.

Oh, and because I'm me and I can't stick to just one thing, I've started a new blog. Yeah, another one. http://justagirlintoronto.wordpress.com/ It's about living on your own and being in the adult world and working/looking for work and all that. Feel free to read it, or don't. It's up to you.

~Suz

So it's been forever since I update everyone on my life, so I figured I should get around to that.

So...where to start?? I guess with the trip. So at the beginning of May I went to Florida and the Bahamas with Jarx, Kasia, and Tom. We spent two days in the Bahamas, and then four in Florida, at Pompano Beach and Fort Lauderdale.

It was good, 'cause I got to go to new places, eat amazing food, and try new things. Bahamas was gorgeous, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. has amazingly good food, and I love the ocean when it's clear and blue. But in the end, if I could go back and change it, I wouldn't go. It was a week of hell that cost me way too much money and people.

I can take a lot from people. I can be a bitch, but if I love you, I'll take way more shit than I should just because you mean so much to me and it's the way we are. But there is a line, and I have a limit. And after ten years, a rotating door of friends, life, trips, fun, and anger, it's just too much. Everything you said and everything you did that week was just too much and I'm not willing to shoulder the blame this time, no matter how much you try to lay it on me. So to me, we're done. Not for now, not for a while, not for a fight. Done.

Anyways, moving on. So I no longer work at Lavalife, which is great, 'cause I hated it there. Absolutely hated it. So now I work at Nissan head office in Mississauga. So far, it is super good. The people are awesome, I get my own space, I get an email address, and no one gets pissed off if I get up and go do something. Also, there's a gym that I now go to every morning with Roch, and the cafeteria food is cheap and super tasty. I really like it there so far.

Yeah, that's about all I'm updating for now.

~Suz

Paradise

This is the beach at the Windham Fortuna Resort in the Bahamas. My own little piece of paradise :)