I love accurate horoscopes! Here are mine for today, first from the Globe & Mail and then the Vancouver Sun (thanks to my co-worker for reading it, laughing, and then showing me...and sorry to the rest of the Pisceans in the office, cause I totally cut it out of the paper): ...
Good to know.
I had the best/worst Skype date yesterday with one of the lovely ladies I met in Roatan, she is by far one of my favorite people ever... she's a scuba instructor at Enomis Divers (check them out if you're planning to dive in West End!) - and the video chat was so bittersweet! It was awesome to 'see' her but I was sitting alone in my apartment watching it rain/snow outside and she was across the street from the beach in a bikini and a constant stream of people were coming by to say hi ...
I’m on the pursuit of happiness.
Kid Cudi has captured my sentiments best....I think this might be the theme song of the cubicle throwdown.people told me slow my road, i'm screamin out fuck that imma do just what i want, lookin ahead no turnin back if i fall if i die, know i lived it to the fullest if i fall if i die, know i lived and missed some bulletsi'm on the pursuit of happiness and i know everything that shines ain't always gonna be golden i'll be fine once i get it i'll be good ...
I heart Roatan.
Dear Delta Airlines,I'm really sorry I defaced your in-flight magazine. But I was flying home from Roatan and flipped open to this page and I just couldn't help myself. Love, EM ...
Halfway?
Here's my updated budget...almost halfway there! If anyone is trying to do the same thing, feel free to leave a comment below and I can send you my Excel spreadsheet. It makes this whole budgeting thing a lot easier!I have been in touch with the course director of the dive shop I want to do my courses at and I sent him my budget. Hopefully the feedback will be that I have over-budgeted rather than under-budgeted. Fingers crossed! ...
Today is a very good day.
I DID IT! I paid off the last bit on my credit card today. This is the first time ever that all my credit cards are at $0. It is an amazing feeling!! I wish I could have put all that money towards my trip but at least I can go with no debt now. I'm going to cancel two out of the three cards I have and put the other one in the freezer. Never again!! I plan to post an updated trip budget either tonight or tomorrow as quite a few things have changed on it already.In other exciting news, my ...
Work it.
I went for a swim last night with my friend who I went to Roatan with (who is likely the only person reading this blog at this point in time...hi!!) because I want to be in good shape for the swimming skills assessment part of the divemaster course. I did fine in the one for my open water but this is 4 times longer so I want to know I have it in the bag before I get down there.I was on metre 400 of my swim last night when I was getting into the zen of it, just relaxing and not ...
Motivation.
I think it's good that I started this blog because I feel like I have to write in it every day, which makes me motivated to have something to report (....to who? No idea. I don't think anyone reads this. So to myself I guess?) The report for today is still no work. I applied for a job at a tanning studio. Then I put hot forks in my eyes. Gotta do what you gotta do I guess, but I sure hope something better than that comes along. A co-worker gave me a lead for some positions at a hotel so I'll ...
Another one bites the dust.
Today is a very exciting day in the world of "EM has no money and has to finance a huge trip"... I got my income tax return! Although not as exciting as I had hoped. I thought since I only worked half of last year but had a lot of tax taken off that I would be getting a big return this year. Turns out they hardly take any tax off your EI (unemployment insurance payments in Canada) so that counterbalanced the giant tax deductions in the other 5 months. Dammit!! So I thought I would have a lot of ...
What’s it like being a gringa tourista on Roatan?
From the Roatan New Times:TOP TEN LIES MEN ON ROATAN TELL GRINGA TOURISTAS:10. “This ATM won’t take my card. Can we use yours?”9. “Yes, I’ll definitely be here next week.”8. “You can stay at my place for free.”7. “Of course I don’t have any diseases.”6. “I can get you your residency in three months.”5. “You should see the land I own.”4. “No, I don’t have a girlfriend.”3. “I promise to sleep on the couch.”2. “I’ll be back in a week or two, tops.”1. “I love ...