the joys of living out of home

Besides the fact that yes I am living in an amazingly gorgeous corner of the globe where it's work and play on repeat every day, there are still home hitting realities that come with it. For whoever has moved out of home my hat goes off to you for taking that step and dealing with all that comes with this freedom.

I want to start by saying and I have mentioned it before that I appreciate my mother and father dearest to no end for putting up with me and my madness for the last 23 or so years.

1. The matters of food

I have had to think all for myself in this department and boy has it been tough. The grocery shop is quite a painful experience when I have no idea what I should cook or need to make a meal. I now understand why mum starts compiling a list of items and meals from the beginning of the week because let me tell you walking up and down aisles aimlessly is a rookie error. Even smaller items like salt, pepper, ketchup, spices and condiments really need to be thought of early on! I have now resulted in doing a shop once every two weeks and will use a basket instead of a trolley to stop overload of unnecessary items. This basket will unfortunately have only the very basics for meals and snacks and maybe one treat with a major dollar value of 80 plus cha chings :( I have picked up some pointers from home that amazingly I have used such as buying meat in bulk and portioning it up and sticking it into our very very full freezer. Another issue with food is that we have to really think about what we are buying and any bulky items are a no no unless you want to give one of your roomies less space in the fridge that week.

2. The matters of clean clothes

So I have touched on this previously but oh wow do I cringe when its laundry time. My plastic bag I use for my dirty laundry piles up until there are no clean items left. I can safely say that I have shrunk items, run my whites with colours just to save an extra $2 only to ruin them all and even picked up a strangers undies in my pile by mistake (thanks to communal laundry sharing). Oh I even know now that liquid detergent favours powder (isnt that sad?)

3. The matters of cleaning up after yourself

Now this really is a biggy and the major topic of this week's dramas as dramatic as it can get in carefree whistler town. You walk into anyone else's identical apartment and think wow your place is so clean. Then you step into ours and its like a repetitive gasp when you would see just how horrible our place looked. Maybe I am over exaggerating but maybe I am not, I guess the determining factor was when my friends would comment on how messy it was and also the pile of recycling that grew and grew also indicated that it was time to change our ways. In such a small space there isn't room for all of your stuff to be scattered everywhere so steph and I got to work on making our home brand spankingly new. In all of my years of living I can and will ashamedly admit that I had never cleaned/scrubbed/disinfected a toilet. This all changed a few short days ago when it clearly had not been done in the whole 2 and a half months of being settled in. No more details are needed but my entire family and even friends should be proud of that milestone.

 I guess what this last week has taught me is to start looking out for myself more and no more waiting for someone else to do things for me- gone are those days! But but but before I go, living out of home rocks and the good things well and truly outweigh the bad.

anyway little followers, we had a dumping of fresh pow overnight so stay tuned for some epic tales next week.

unrealistic resolutions

and a very happy new year to my loved ones from near and far, I hope you all welcomed 2014 with a bang! Cannot believe how fast last year flew. Before I tell you all about my wild adventures of the night I think it's time to reminisce about some top moments of 2013.

1. Bringing in 2013 in Waikiki Hawaii with some amazing people - an unforgettable snapshot of 6 weeks in total that we spent together
2. First day of being home from my holiday deciding that I was going back to canada no questions asked
3. Working my ass off for 8 months straight (this really is not a top moment but really took up all of my time and got me to where I am now)
4. Finally graduating from university with a jaw dropping credit in accounting
5. Getting the "oh hey you got a job in whistler" email
6. Booking my flights
5. Being present and celebrating one of my besties 21sts
and finally number 6.. jumping on an aeroplane and changing the course of what could of been a pretty boring next part of my life

Ok so those moments may have been more exciting in my head and for some reason are pretty boring in hinds sight. However a boring year made for a more exciting outcome.

soooo what did I do on this hyped up night of the year? finished work an angry person at aprox 930 because a family decided to come in and spend an amazingly long time choosing some skis to rent and then deciding to pay in US$. However once that was all over we got ready to go to our friend's house party in whistler cay. An awesome house with a ridiculous amount of people packed inside made for one very interesting night. We are still unsure of the time we left only to rediscover the next day that we got a lift to another house party in the back of a van with no seats but a mattress only- that was fun! All in all a great night and defs a more memorable nye than many others. Lets just say work next day was indescribably horrible for all.

so I thought also long and hard (for about 5 mins lets be serious) of a realistic resolution that I might be able to stick to. However, I failed in even thinking of something as I never ever have even slightly attempted to stick with one for more than a day of a new year. Hence my title of this week's post.

On a more serious note I have actually got to start thinking of what my near future plans are going to entail. Do I stay for the summer season and get a house with some friends? do I go and travel with my millie or do I do something else entirely? I guess it all depends on my money situation and how long it all lasts.

sadly took 0 real goodies on nye 

All work and no play

So yes the first thought may be well why isn't there a jolly christmas title this week, well let me tell you my dear friends that the title really does speaks for itself.

For an idea of the mayhem that we lovely rental folk have to deal with each day read ahead (if it bores you then skip ahead to fun times). A little background of where and what I do are as follows. I technically am retail/rental cashier which means ding ding ding, I get to stand at a computer for 8 hours or more a day :) Our store is located underneath the hotel so we get all the guests coming in wanting to store their skis and boots and what not along with getting teched up with the brand spanking new gear for the season. Tis the season to want to rip your hair out after endless lines and newbies wanting assistance with putting their boots on. Waivers after waivers get thrown at us all day long and the pile of papers that build up throughout the course of the shift is never ending. Now with all that boring stuff out of the way, it for sure comes with its perks! Getting major discounts anywhere for the mountain is a massive plus and the free seasons pass is in a league of its own. The people that I get to work with each day makes a living nightmare seem super fun! Parties are thrown and drinks are consumed which well and truly outweigh the minor downsides.

Christmas day was soooooo out of this world different to all others for me. Although having celebrated this special day away from home before, this one really was a lightbulb moment for me. Lightbulb moment as in "wow I am actually so far away from home with no prospects of returning in the near future which inevitably means not seeing my fam bam for a long time". Yes I knew as soon as this trip was put down in writing that this would occur but it hasn't hit me until these last few days. So what did I do on xmas day? Well I was so so lucky enough for my one day off to be this one so I hit the slopes with some awesome people and had a big christmas feast later on. I couldn't help but reminisce on last year's festivities in whistler and missing all those cool people I shared that day with. This time round it was whoever you could tie down that didn't happen to be working on the busiest time of year.

I have just realised that it has been well over a week since blogging and in that time I have also been ultra super duper sick. With having a number of days off work and a couple of 75$ a visit doctor bills I was unable to go and do anything crazy! Which mind you has helped me kind of hold back on blowing all my money for 2 weeks anyway. Ohhhhhhh and I cannot forget my aussie friend Marcus who arrived about a week ago and crashed on my couch for a night and who I haven't seen since (drinks tomorrow if you are reading this). So happy to see a familiar face and looking forward to ainsley's arrival in a few short weeks.

Crazy week or so ahead still but will be looking forward to bringing in the new year with my new pals in this crazy bubble of a town. I hope you all had a great christmas and santa brought you more than he did me!

the bubble

bub·ble

ˈbəbəl/

noun

2. 1.

   used to refer to a good or fortunate situation that is isolated from reality or unlikely to last.

I feel its time to share the common understanding amongst locals of whistler. I have been snugged up in my little home for almost 7 weeks now and finally can understand what people mean when they say "you come for a season and never leave". I did not think it was possible to be having this much fun every single day. It is almost impossible to paint a picture for those who havent been away from home for a long period of time yet and for those who have I am sure you understand! It literally is work play ride and sleep and the awesome part is you dont have to think about the real world that awaits you back at home! Dont get me wrong I miss my family friends and a real wage like crazy but I also am having such a blast. Living just a stone throw away from all of your friends is awesome and there is always always someone to ride with. 

This last week has been pretty tame and mellow for me as I felt like a good 5 nights off was needed. In that time though I still have a large pile of washing and a billion errands to do down at the village. 

Some frustrations occurred this week too like my phone company cutting my service and only realising hours and hours later that no one had replied to my texts all day long. Canada is weird sometimes and paying my phone bill seems to be way more complicated than it has to be. They dont have a bpay sort of system here well koodo dont have the service. They also dont take international credit cards unless it has been authorised which takes days and to my lucky self was declined upon request. The only way to pay this lovely bill is to go into the bank. another beauty is my pile of dirty washing that I mentioned earlier ...mum come over and help me out please? :)

ohhh also, it has snowed some minimal cms thank goodness and its my day off so just got back from a not so confident day. anyway short and sweet this week but check out this video which might give you more of an idea of this bubble talk so watch away

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snowbody's got time for no snow

snow snow where are you?

We had a slight dump on Sunday night and then nothing again for the next four days. Of course when it did bucket down I had to be opening at work every day for the next 3 so come my days off the pow has completely been shredded! Nonetheless it's so so pretty up there and to have a day off and not venture up is just poor form (unless of course if you are hanging from the night before)

I managed to get in a shred day last week with Brent who finally decided to come and find me. Before that I was finding my feet on my own which was cool too. Brent was a bit of a machine and made my skiing look just horrendous whilst taking me down some rocky terrain so cheers buddy! However après are always a must and longhorns seems the place to go after being knackered. Went up again today with Jamie, Sean and Matt for first lifts almost, was amazingly crisp! but it really better snow soon.

Brent looking mighty fine

woah bang

Last week was detox week for me and didnt go out until Sunday night for the twinnys birthdays. Beer pong, new friends and plenty of drinks and waiting way too long in the line for moe joes everyone had black out.

I must inform you all about Merlin's. Being an employee of the mountain and joining club shred for $2 a pay check we get some wicked deals. However Thursday shred night really is the icing on the cake. 2 free pints between 5-7 with some desperately skimpy staff makes for a wild Thursday night. As I write this on aprox 2 hours till we slide on down after a sneaky few

There really are some wicked stories that I have experienced on my nights out with friends and at some point I really must share with you all but it is way to early on in the season to be friendless... so they will have to wait.

missing everyone a bunch but I'm loving my little bubble at the moment. If anyone is ever interested in doing something drastically different check out these guys and hit up jake.. seriously life changing.