Random Friday!

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• I got great news yesterday: I will receive a huge tax refund soon! Way more than I expected! I'm so happy!!! Thank you Government of Canada and Government of Québec! 

• We are going over to our friends house tonight and we will have fondue! It's been a while since we saw our friends (they were in Mexico for 2 weeks), it will be a fun evening, I'm sure! We always have a great time at their place! 

• Winds and rain were insane all night long! We didn't get a lot of sleep!!! 

• Today, I cleaned up the whole house and I did a lot of laundry! It took me like 4 hours! Having a three-level house has its bad sides!

• A friend of mine got engaged! Once again, I'm feeling really jealous (but happy for her!)!!!

• I'm off to get beautified! I have to do my hair and my makeup for tonight!

Do you have special plans for this weekend? Let me know!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Being Betrayed...

A friend of mine called me last night, completely in shock and panicked. She could barely talk, she was crying a lot and unable to say anything. At first, I thought that her fiancé or her parents had a car accident. It was not that. Last night, she found out that her husband-to-be next year had been cheating on her. For months, almost a year. It started on the Internet, on several dating sites... He was clearly not innocent!!! It was not a one time thing, it was not only with one woman, he met several women during that time. I don't know what's the appropriate word in English to describe him, something like a jerk I believe?

The wedding is off. Her heart is broken in thousand pieces, can you imagine... She had been with that guy for two years and now, she feels that her life is over. She thought he was the one, he wanted to marry her. Now, she feels so betrayed by someone she loved. She feels stupid that she had not been able to see who he was for real... He was clearly not the guy she thought he was. She never thought that he was that type of disgusting guy! She thought everything was fine, that everything was working well between the two of them.  Her pain is so intense.

It made me think a lot... How can we really know someone? These days, with online dating sites, it is so easy to cheat like that and think that we will never get cut... And I'm sure a lot of guys did not get cut... Do you think a girl could forgive a guy for doing such a thing?! I don't think so, it is such a big betrayal...  Afterwards, trust is completely broken and hard to rebuild...

Internet Is Evil!!!

I am certainly not the only one in this situation... Internet is keeping me from writing my thesis! I'm always checking my emails, my blog, my bank account, watching some videos on YouTube, etc, etc, etc!!!

I'm sure that students were more able to get their work done when Internet was not in the world!

I have to work on the computer and it's really hard to focus on my thesis! There is so many distractions!

And I have to get to my goal: being done with my thesis next week!

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The boyfriend and I are leaving for the weekend tomorrow after lunch! We will be in Québec city until Monday, B has a doctor's appointment there Monday morning. We will hang out with some friends Friday night, Saturday will be a shopping day (yé!) and we will have dinner with B's cousin and his wife. On Sunday, we are going to see our friend Jo and her baby Antoine (born in February), can't wait! We will stay at a friend's place, it saves us some money! It should be a fun weekend!

So, tomorrow we will hit this road and about 8 hours later, we will be in Québec city!

 [Picture taken by my dad in 2009]

Happy Thursday and have a great weekend everyone!

Life Is So Unpredictable...

I just heard about some bad news... Sara, a friend of mine, had an aneurysm! She had surgery  yesterday and it seems that she will be fine! I'm relieved that the aneurysm was found early and didn't cause too much damages, in fact, no brain damages. An aneurysm at 28 years old, I didn't think it was possible, ouf!!! Sara is a doctorate student and she is a great girl and always been pretty healthy... It makes me think that life is so unpredictable... We never know what can happen and it's scary...

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On a positive note, the weekend is here and I could not be happier!

I went to the gym this morning and I did a 1h00 cardio session! The only bad thing is that after that, I had to wait like 30 minutes for the bus, I missed the one I wanted to take! Too bad the bus schedule on the weekend is not the same (less buses). But the weather was not too cold, so it was ok! I'm going back tomorrow morning for another training session! I love that I'm getting back in shape!

Coffee is almost ready and so am I! I have to work on my thesis all afternoon long!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Weekend Recap

How was your weekend? Mine was really nice!

Friday night, I cleaned up our apartment and went to the gym. I worked out well. I came back home and watched some TLC shows.

On Saturday, I had to get up really early (5h45 am!!!) because I had to take 2 exams for the Student Recruitment in the Quebec Public Service. I had to leave at 7h05 am, quite early,! It was still dark outside! I headed downtown in bus, (it takes about 1 hour to get there by bus!) to the Québec city Convention Centre.

About 1500 students were there to take those exams! A lot of people!

The first exam took 3 hours to write and it was quite a difficult one! Afer that, we had a 1h15 break for lunch! Two friends of mine were also here to take the exams, so we had lunch together, it was nice to see them and to chat with them, I had not seem them in 2 months! The second exam was held in the afternoon, but was more easy and only lasted 1h30. I was done after only 40 minutes! I hope I will have good grades!

 

Convention Center

After the exams, my boyfriend came to get me and we went for a car ride in the city, we love to do that!  After that, we went grocery shopping! I love to buy new food :) I also went to the pharmacy to get my prescription, I had to wait like 30 minutes, there was so much people there! I don't like wasting time like that!

For dinner, we had special plans! One of my best friend , Jo, (from out of town) was in town for the day (shopping, shopping and shopping!) and we headed to a wonderful restaurant with Jo and her boyfriend: Le Café du Monde. (Click on the restaurant link to see, it's a nice place with a nice view on the St-Laurent's river!) This restaurant is like a French Bistro, I love it! Desserts are amazing! I had a meal of chicken with vegetables, it was so good. I had Creme brûlée for dessert!!! These Crème brûlée is to die for!!! It was a fun evening. I caught up with my friend (who's 6 months pregnant with her first baby boy!) and her boyfriend and mine shared funny stories, They always have a lot of stories to tell, it's hilarious! We had a great time all together. I will see her again in 3 weeks, it's her baby shower!

Today, Sunday, we woke up pretty early (considering the change of hour!) and we had breakfast at home! I baked some almonds croissants, a recipe that I have not done in months! With some coffee (a Café Moka for me, a Cappuccino for B.), it was so good! I enjoy those special mornings with my sweet love!

After that, we went to a bookstore because my boyfriend wanted to buy a book about investments in real estate. (He's considering going into that business by building a 4-plex apartment!) We will see what happens with his idea this year...! We also went for a little car ride around the city to see some beautiful houses! (really unaffordable houses, I don't know what those home's owners do for a living, but they all must be neurosurgeons or big business men!!!) We love to dream about about living in such a nice house later. Dreams are allowed, are they ha?!? :) Before heading back home, we stopped downtown to get coffee at Starbucks! The place was packed of students studying! I don't know how students can study there, this place is so loud!

After dinner, we went for a quick walk in the neighborhood. It was freezing outside, about -3 °C. But fresh air does some good :)

I really enjoyed my weekend!

A new week is beginning tomorrow!

Time flies so fast! I sometimes wish I could stop the time just for a day!