Back in 1996...
Remember when you were a kid and it'd start snowing before you went to bed. I dont know about you guys but I could could of was ' YAY maybe the buses wouldn't be running in the morning'. Naturally the buses usually did run in the morning and we'd have to walk further out to the highway to catch the stupid yellow automoblie just to go to school. But there were those days when we didn't, when the buses were runnning or the whole school closed. Ya got to lay around in Pjs til noon and then put on layers and layers of clothes just to go play in the newly fallen snow. Those were the good days eh...when you could wake up and worry about nothing expect when new twisted way you were gonna slide down the hill. It wasn't that long ago that I was an 11 yr old kid with a pink snowsuit and crazy carpet. I miss it though. This morning I woke up to icy roads and a fresh blanket of snow. Instead of grabbing a sled I called work to see if there was work this morning. Then I realized I couldn't get there and had to call to say I'm be staying home unless I could get in later on this afternoon. 11 yrs ago I'd have no worries now I'm worried that the project we've been working on is gonna take an extra day and I'm missing a day of work I can't afford to miss. Screw partying like it was 1999 I wish I could party like it was 1996 LOL
22 candles...
..yea thats right 22 candles on the cake I didn't get. No worries though I wasn't anywheres where it would have been a good idea to have a cake. Heres a run down of my birthday. January 5th (for those brothers that didn't remember to call *cough cough Jer and Jay cough cough*) started out with at least a dozen friends killing my cell phone between midnight and 1am. Which is really sweet minus the fact that I was trying to sleep LOL. I did my usual work day 8 hours of working on a project i hate Grrr. By the time 5 o clock rolled around I couldn't wait to get outta there. Off to the Moose game we went. Now for those living in Ottawa and miss out on my moosehead rants, this is a rebuilding year us. Basicly what means is we're young and not execpted to go far in the post season. I am absolutely ok with this because we are totally stacked for next year and then we'll make a run for the Presidents Cup! So that being said the first period totally sucked...down 3-0 to our provincal rivals. Second period our captian, Ryan Seymour beats the snot outta Breton and all the sudden we have a game. A couple more fights gets some life into the boys early and at the second intermission it's 4-3 Eagles. Third period...at this point I'm thinking, hey boys showed a lot of character so far and no matter the turn out this is a good game for them. Always gotta keep in mind we're gonna take our licks this years but it's all gonna be worth it. So imagine the craziness when we tied it up, then went a head by a goal. Add an empty netter and it's a 6-4 final for the Mooseheads. Happy birthday to me eh! After the game half a dozen of us headed down to the Mercury for some drinks. A few more people met up with us there and some drinks turned in a lot of drinks HAHA. Then around 1am we walked up to the Palace, met up with even more friends and drank more. People started to bail around 2:30am An hour later when the bar closed it was me, Melanie, Kathy and Janet left of my birthday party. Mel and I grabbed a cab together cuz she only lives up the road from me. That poor cabby, he never wants to work a friday night after us I'm sure HAHA. After some interesting fun trying to get a glass of water my drunken self passed out on my bed. My birthday wasn't filled with presents and a cake but it had friends, family and a Moosehead win. Thats all I need to be happy.
2006 ends on a sad note
Yea, you probably guessed it right I partied hard and drank a bit (ok a lot) to bring in the new year. It was good fun for the most part. Unfortunetly new years eve before we even started to get ready for the downtown scene Nicole and Heidis' Grandmother called to let us know that her husband had passed away earlier that day. I had met Reggie last winter and for a man who was a P.O.W in Hong Kong he was incredibly sweet and fun loving. The stories he told weren't about war but about first falling in love with Heidis Nan when they were in high school. It's such a cute story, one day when you have time on your hands call me and I'll relay it to you. The LeBlancs are like family to me and my heart goes out to them. Love ManaXOXO
