::alio!::

minor case of the hiccups

It's finally sunny. FINALLY.

Other than that, things are getting a might complicated.

According to school rules, there is a limited number of hours I can work off campus while receiving money from the university. Until someone tells me what that is and how I go about finding a job, I can't look any further for a job, and finances are dwindling.

Also, this kilts for the groomsmen thing is getting more and more complicated by the second. Not only was it hell on wheels to get all the measurements in on time, but now the kilt lady wants full payment in advance to confirm the booking. I know I won't be able to get that out of the groomsmen so early, but I sure as hell don't have it. She also wants driver's license numbers and security deposit information on all the guys. Yeah. Like that's going to be easy. Not to mention that the cost keeps going up and up. Everything has to be rented: the sporran, the sgian dubh, the shirt, the coat, the kilt, the belt, the shoes . . . you have to buy the hose, and who's ever going to wear that again? It started out as being a reasonable price, like $120, and now it looks like it's creeping up over $200, which is a lot for something you don't even get to keep.

So the new plan, once we run it by the groomsmen, is to get tuxedos at Moore's. There, the groom's package is free with four groomsmen packages, the price is much lower (between $70 and $120), and there's much less stuff to rent and subsequently lose. I can just imagine the groomsmen playing with their sgian dubhs and leaving them stuck in the grass at the Pavillion. The best part is that we can drag four of the groomsmen in at Christmas and have them professionally measured, and then they give us a special number, and Tim, who's in BC, can just go into a Moore's in BC and give them the number and they'll take his measurements and send them along.

Chris will just have to play the pipes in a tux . . . I wanted kilts but it's just getting way too complicated and it's driving me nuts. I don't think that weddings have to be this difficult.

In other news, my camera is apparently not worth fixing, and they've discontinued the model. So I can still use it, it's just that every second photo turns out as purple static. I'll just use it until it dies and hopefully I can find another camera that does all the stuff I like and ask for it for Christmas . . .

(Pictures of our apartment will be up on Flickr in a second, by the way.)

We went to Dildo yesterday, as well. It was a little disappointing. Sure, there was a fibreglass replica of a 30-foot giant squid that washed up on Dildo shores in 1933. There was also an intriguing museum cobbled together by the Dildonians of all sorts of weird things that Dildonians do. And, of course, there was the obligatory photo with a statue of the original Captain Dildo.

BUT THERE WERE NO TASTELESS SOUVENIRS! I got postcards, but they're just cheap, double-sided photocopies on cardstock, and not phallic at all. We were very disappointed. But John bought a Dildo shirt, anyway.

In good news, the list of stuff that is close to our house keeps getting longer. Everything is within 1km, and most of it is even closer:

Grocery Store
CIBC
Shoppers Drug Mart
Dentist
Hair Salon (x2)
Chiropractor
Baseball League and Diamond
Flea Market (every Sunday)
Fish Market & Fish Store
Farmer's Market (all year round)
Tim Horton's, A&W, Pizza Place (x2), Mexican Place, Sketchy Bar, 24h Subway
Camera & Photo Store
Travel Agency
Gas Station that Sells Beer Until ELEVEN every night
Law Firms (x3 - let's hope one of them hires me)
SCHOOL
Nice Park for Dog Walking (x3)
Veterinarian

And then within 2km we have the Avalon Mall, with a huge theatre in it, and a host of other stores.

IT'S AMAZING!

We'll probably hit Signal Hill today, just because it's sunny for the first time.

Posted by Ally at August 14, 2008 06:55 AM