Merry Christmas. :)

I think I really have to remind myself to focus on the good things in life instead of all the unnecessary drama. There's so much stuff that I could care about, but it takes time away from the important stuff.  I just wish I wasn't bothered by stuff that I have no control over. -_-

Anyway... I got a chance to catch up with my dear friends and family which was nice. There's another family gathering soon, and before I know it, it's flying-home time!! Actually...it's in FIVE DAYS! :( I'm really sad thinking about that now!!! Chilling at home is so fun, this is definitely the best time of the year. I'm glad I took the extra week off from work though, it was definitely worth it.

I hope no one minded I was pretty much a zombie because I managed to get sick after I got home. Seems every year around this time I get hit with something though, usually due to the change in weather or something. (Hmm, in this case, it would be the sudden change from the frozen tundra to rainy Toronto....)

Tomorrow, I'm off to see Les Miserables. :D Along with Skyfall and Hobbit earlier in the month, this has been quite the movie month. O_O Maybe for once I won't make Pacific Mall my Christmas Day plans because it's pretty much one of the only nearby places that's open, though I was telling my brother I say that EVERY YEAR, and then I find myself there anyway. Bubbletea, froyo and fighting for parking spots in an Asian mall...how can you go wrong?!

Hmm... in other topics... I really need to get my ass to a gym when I get back to Edmonton. Apparently with all my "free time" after work, I should be going there instead of cozying up infront of the television where it's nice and warm. :P  I have a ready-made list of excuses of why it's hard for me to go...but yeah...I'll save that for now.

On the home stretch!

I'm excited about the trip home!

I can't wait to see my friends at home, eat delicious food, and see the the Nutcracker. :D And it being the holidays I just can't wait to sleep in and be generally lazy...

My friend here who's been giving me awesome mini-tours of random places and pointing out nooks and crannies told me that there's Christmas lights in the legislature grounds, so the weekend I took a nice stroll and saw the lights! No light show (actually, they had a synchronized light show at Kingsway Mall haha), but at least there's a nice tree lit up. Since there were very few people on a late Sunday evening, it was quiet and serene. 

Legislature grounds, in the capital of Alberta.

Right in my backyard :) (well, not really...)

All I have to do before I head back is a crap load of work ("documentation") --- so, I've never worked this type of job in my life before and let me say whatever it is I'm doing now, I have to drink a lot of caffeinated beverages to get me through it hahaha.  I think that's why I went for retail therapy the other day. 5% tax, compared to 13% really makes a difference when you're buying pricier items. I'm sooo tempted to buy more stuff before I go home!

Ballet flats to get me into the nutcracker mood

Well, that's it. I have my Walking Dead game for the PS3 still unopened...maybe I should change that?