Amazing Valentines week!

Last week has got to be, hands down, the best week of this year so far.  It all started off at the Kingshead pub on Sunday night hanging out with Judith, while fending off the advances of two drunk "jets players" and listening to great live music.  That was an interesting night!  Monday was great seeing as it was my day off.  Cleaned a bit, did some errands, drove my dad to his occupational therapy and enjoyed some starbucks while the sun was beating down on me making me smile as I zipped around town.
Tuesday was a day I had been dreading.  I had thought, well maybe this year I will actually have a date for valentines day!  Well, as it turns out, I had 3 dates!  But not what you'd expect.  The day started out lovely at work, had some lovely clients.  I went home, made myself some pasta and poured myself some delicious wine and hunkered down to settle in for an evening of feeling sorry for myself and watching sappy romantic movies.  well, a little while after I was done my meal I heard giggling and running around upstairs.  I went to go see what was going on and my two roommates, Alanna and Becky were running around trying on each others different dresses and getting themselves glammed up for a night on the town.  I spent time helping them decide what to wear, then Alanna asked "hey! Would you like to join us?!"  I thought for a minute, and I decided what the heck, why not!  GOOD DECISION!!!  I got all dressed up in a black dress, heels and my fur jacket.  We all headed out, grabbed Chelsea as she pulled up and we headed down to Joeys on Kenaston.  We ordered appetizers, desserts and drinks.  Halfway through the night we heard live music going on and went over to the lounge to listen.  My roommates and I decided it would be fun to steal the mic from them, so it turned into a night of open mic singing, dancing and giggles.  We didn't leave til about 12:30am.

Wednesday was another great amazing day!  I had one of my favourite clients in, we chatted and had some good laughs, I got some great advice from her (which I promptly forgot this weekend. Oi vey!) then that night I had my first Salsa dancing class.  Judith and I arrived, I was nervous since Its something new and that's scary!  The class started, it was so much fun!  We learned the basic step, a right turn and an across body move.  At the end of the lesson they started an open dance evening where people can come and practice.  This older gentleman was very sweet, he saw I had potential and decided to help me practice a bit.  Then he proceeded to teach me how to do the Cha Cha!  I didn't expect to learn two dances in one evening.  I hope to learn more!  He tried to teach me the Rhumba but we stuck to salsa and cha cha.  I ended up dancing with several partners which was so much fun!  It's great dancing with guys who are a strong lead and know how to dance!

Thursday was dinner with the parents which is always a good time, eating good food and enjoying the company of my somewhat annoying brother and the charming company of my sister-in-law.

Friday was youth, the second installment of the "dating or waiting" series.  It was awkwardly funny and a good time after playing Apples to Apples.  Has anyone ever heard that the cards you win at the end, the descriptive cards, express some hidden part of your personality?  Well, if that is true, then my personality holds these character traits "filthy, shallow and dead"  hmmmm... you've gotta wonder...

Saturday was the mixer for Soul sanctuary.  It was a great time!  Hung out with a new friend, then proceeded to show off my athletic skills while curling.  There were no injuries thank goodness, but I'm pretty sure I didn't impress many people with my skills... Lets just say that when God was handing out athletic ability, I must have been in the bathroom because I have ZERO ability for sports.  But I do like to try!

So that is my week, it was a great one by far.  One of the best that I've had in such a long time and I thank God for blessing me with amazing people in my life.  If you've read through this huge entry, congrats!  You are a true friend!  Take care and God bless everyone!