Well, I’m Back…

…in Qatar. I was in Montreal from June 30 until August 28, and it was a good stint. I luuuurved it!

It was so good to be back, I missed it so much! Especially my stunted dairy friend. Oh, dude, could you stop knitting for a few minutes and grace my MSN with your presence?!  

I actually wanted to call you before I left but I spent the morning out with my sisters and when I got home I had to do a bunch of last-minute packing. (I’m a regular ol’ last-minute everything do-er). So, my sincere apologies for not saying an official good-bye. But, hey, it was definitely a better parting than last summer, don’t you think? I really loved it over at your house. Oh, and speaking of which, I admit that I haven’t named the monkey-bear yet. But I have been cuddling with him since the night you gave him to me, and it feels sweeeet. Thanks again for making him for me, I wasn’t expecting it. Currently, I am hoping a name would fall out of the sky and into my brain sometime soon. *Coughs and twiddles thumbs*. Hey, come to think of it, I still haven’t named that huge floppy dog that Lana got me for my birthday. I should get crackin’!

The trip back to Qatar was pretty good. We transferred in Amsterdam, which was cool. I like that airport–it’s large, clean, comfortable and really friendly. We stayed for six hours but we barely felt them go by because we were too busy shopping around for souvenirs and chocolate! Mmmm…chocolate.

The trip from Montreal to Amsterdam was surprisingly good. I very rarely enjoy plane rides, especially long ones. (I do love take-off and landing, though, it makes me feel all giddy and adventurous. Don’t ask.) But this time, the time went by pretty fast…which is not something I often have the fortune to feel when I’m on a plane. The best part was when Madi and I amused ourselves by drawing a picture together. We took turns drawing a line or two at a time, and our combined efforts resulted in one pretty disturbing finished product.  I think I’ll take a photo of it and post it on here, sometime. Lana and I did the same thing when we were on our way to Montreal, but Madi couldn’t join in because, unfortunately, the ticket people weren’t able to seat her with us and no one wanted to trade. This time Lana was missing out on the action because summer’s almost over and now she has to embark upon her final year to get her Master’s degree in McGill. Hopefully we shall meet again during the winter break! *Crosses fingers*

Tra La La and a Bottle of Rum!!

I don’t know what I’m going to be doing today. What I do know is that I’m in dire need of shampoo, as my current bottle is almost empty. I also know that I’m in dire need of new books to read. Thankfully, I think that need would be satisfied by Saturday. (No pressure!) Oh, and wireless Internet. I could really use some wireless Internet. That way I wouldn’t have to wait for the desktop to be vacated–instead, I could just use my trusty and non-obsolete laptop. (Inside joke–aimed at only one particular person.) By the way, Lebne, did you manage to fix your speakers or are they still out of wack?

Anyways…

Yesterday I went with my sisters, and my older sister’s friend, to McGill because we volunteered to stuff bags and envelopes with informational pamphlets and books for the new students coming this Fall. And, man, was there was a lot of stuffing to do…and a lot of stuffing that was already done! Apparently, there is an insane amount of new students coming this semester. It was pretty cool though,  we even had a mandatory break! (Really, the lady there said “Okay, now you have to take this mandatory break!”) We had some mandatory pizza and drank either mandatory juice or mandatory water. It was mandatorily delicious! (Okay, you may not find this funny at all, but I did. Don’t like it? Go jump in front of a parked car.)

I was stuffing bags at first–small black sacks with “Discover McGill” stitched onto it. A girl would organize a small pile of books and pamphlets and I would unzip the bag, stuff it with the said items, re-zip it and toss it in the middle of the table. After the break I decided to help my sisters stuff envelopes instead. Each envelope had about four or five papers, a notepad, a plastic ruler and a pen. I even grabbed a notepad and a pen for myself! Hehe…I’m a sucker for those things. I am currently using them to write down songs I wish to download into my iPod–you know, before I forget. Yes, I know, I have great uses for free things. Ha ha ha! Yeah…

Well…that’s my update of the day. I have to go to Indigo or Chapters to buy a certain something-or-other.

Deathly Hallows

I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last night. This is what I have to say about it: