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i left work today.
it was fairly sad.
i’m actually reallllly going to miss the people.
…
and the free stuff.
today i sent an email to my parents and sis: “i just received a free shiny engraved roller pen. I’m looking at it while eating my free pizza lunch.”

some of us went out for dinner after work. one of the girl’s parents own a Indian Restaurant chain, so we went there. and it was SO good. i’m definitely going back there!

and then we all said our goodbyes.
we had a lot of fun, and i enjoyed coming to work… even though i didn’t enjoy what i did for a while there, the people made all the difference.

the company is planning a HUGE employee appreciation event for them in a few weeks. (i’m talking worth $1million and all the Cdn employees coming together at a central location… the company paying for plane tickets and fancy smancy hotels and stuff too!)
today someone mentioned that they’re most likely going to get a ‘goody bag’ after the main event too! …they’re gonna try and nab one for me. hehe.

so i’ve been REALLY bad these last few days.
i apologize for not writing anything.

i’ve decided to get John Mayer’s new album! i know for sure that i’m not a fan of one of the songs, but they were playing the album in Starbucks tonight, and there are some really GREAT songs on it. songs where he sounds like he’s in his element.
~night!

i’m back home!
i feel like i’ve been gone for a long time.

heh, so once again i think i’m gonna have to save the stories for later.
one thing i will mention though, is that i’m going to use my msn space for Guyana-related entries.
…so in other words, from monday till the end of march, i’ll be using that blog instead of this one.
i know, i know, yet ANOTHER switch.
this one shouldn’t be as annoying as the rests though, b/c the url is connected to msn messenger, so you can just click the flashing star!

so here’s a random story i’ve been meaning to write:
about a week ago at work my department manager comes out of his office and is like, ‘okay everyone to ‘R’s office!” (’R’ is the manager of the whole office… like, i’m talking ‘private jet’ kinda managar.)

so we all go over to the meeting room that’s by his office.
and we sit down and more people start flowing in… ppl from upstairs too…
and none of us know what’s going on.
eventually someone in charge is like, ‘there’s a special delivery coming in for ‘R and his team’ so i thought i’d round up as many people as possible.’
so we’re there waiting, and ‘R’ eventually comes by and is like, ‘hmm what’s going on?’
(’R’ is probably like the nicest ‘private jet’type manager ever. …like totally down to earth and all that.)
so the lady in charge goes out of the room to get the surprise.

and in walks this lady in a top hat and suit.
like one of those ’sing-a-grams’.
she’s like ‘i’m looking for ‘R’! i hear he’s handsome! ooo, maybe i’ll take you instead!’ (she points at some guy in the room.)
so she makes her way to R, and compliments him on his goodlooks and all that… feeling his biceps and stuff..

she sings him a song of congratulations (b/c our office won some competition that was on between the three divisions of the company in canada) and plants him a kiss on the cheek. and is then like ‘oh, would u look at that clock?!'’ and when everyone turns to see what she’s pointing at, she kisses him like 4 more times.
the whole thing was like funny in a HORRIBLY embarrasing way.
the manager took it well… like he was having ‘fun’… and everyone in the room was laughing along.
if i could blush, i wouldve been BRIGHT red on behalf of the manager.
oh man… SO embarrasing!

so today at work was lots of fun.

One of the summer students came in for half the day to help out.

And around 9:00 someone mentioned E.R and i realized that i COMPLETELY forgot about the JAMPACKED season premiere night on T.V!

E.R, CSI, AND GREY’S ANATOMY!! 

I missed all three!

(that tells you how preoccupied i am right now!)

so i was talking with someone about E.R for 15minutes.
then someone mentioned CSI and we talked about that for 10minutes.
and then the Grey’s Anatomy discussion lasted for another 15ish minutes.
it was great.
just like old times in highschool… expect i think i’m the only person i know who can do the detail-packed ‘play-by-play’ of tv dramas.

so later in the day my P-i-C came by with like 3 cans of pop in her hand, "There’s free pop in the kitchen!"
so i gave mine to someone else and walked with her to the kitchen to get one for myself.
on the way we passed one of the board rooms and she said, "they’re having lunch in their meeting…"

and i instinctively said, "That means LEFTOVERS!!!"

and sure enough, by the time my lunchtime rolled around the food was out in the hall! FREE FOR ALL!!

lol. 

it was really good too… spicy ’spring’ rolls with shrimp inside, coconut covered fried shrimp… rye bread that i mistakenly dipped in veggie dip.
yum! and it tastes even better b/c it’s free!

…i’m gonna miss that.

my P-i-C came in today and told me she was gonna quit. and i didn’t try to persuade her to stay b/c she seemed to have already made up her mind, and she’s pretty miserable there.
but later on in the day everyone else took a crack at persuading her, and so i joined in "think about all the free food!!"

someone at work sent me this video this morning and it CRACKED ME UP!!!
i love it.
absolutely love it.

okay, so here’s what’s happening:

(first off, i should apologize for posting this on my website… i wanted to call most of the people i know and talk to them about it… but i don’t think i have the time! …i figure this way, i can let them know, and perhaps w/in a week i might be able to chat on the phone a bit… or do the emailing thing…)

 okay, so the reason for the tailspin ’state’ and the CRAZY week, is that last thursday i received an email asking me if i was interested in participating in an internship i applied for in april.

i wrote back, saying ‘yes’. 

then on the tuesday the woman called me at work, we talked for about 20ish minutes.
she then gave my number to a man in the host country, and he called me for an interview on wednesday morning.

around noon on wednesday the woman called me back and said they like me, and then offered me the internship.

the internship is with an development organization that works the same way the World Bank works.
I would be assisting them  in the process for choosing  which  projects to fund… through economic analysis and the like…

a couple things of interest:
1. the internship is in Guyana
2. I have to be in Guyana the first week of October

 so…. that’s why i’ve been a little crazy.
i told ppl at work today that i’m going to leave and do it.
and if for some reason, something happens at it doesn’t work out, they’re okay with me coming back and working with them.

right now, i feel like i’m doing it.
i’ve already said ‘yes’ to the organization… but i haven’t signed anything yet.
my dad and sister have fairly large reservations about the whole thing.
i feel sorry for my sister b/c i kinda blindsided her with this in an email yesterday….

oh yeah, and the duration of the internship is 6months.
they pay me some money, but it’s definitely not a lot….

i’m actually looking on the Canadian travel website right now.

there are a bunch of things i’ve left out of this post… sorry about that… i’m sure i’ll have lots of time in the next couple days (on the bus or plane) to write the big long drawn out story of what happened inbetween the big ‘events’ that i’ve mentioned here.

i mentioned ‘bus’ b/c i have to go to the Cdn agency’s office (way up north) and do a ‘briefing’. it’s an 11hr bus ride which i’d like to do on sunday.

on a different note, i ate food today!!

these last couple days i’ve had NO appetite. yesterday we went out for lunch and i bought a salad and couldn’t finish it.
that’s all i had all day. then this morning i woke up and my stomach was growling for food, but i had no desire to put stuff in my mouth.
after being at work for a couple hours i realized that the reason i was SOO tired probably relates to the fact that i haven’t eaten! so halfway through the day i had some grapes … and now i’m gonna go eat stuff after i figure out which insurance to get!

okay, so i guess i lied about the whole ‘i’ll write about it tomorrow’ thing…

i was all set to write the whole story, but then we had a ‘family meeting’ and now i don’t feel like it.

 plus, i’m like DEAD tired.

it’s probably cuz all i had to eat today was a salad.
it costs me $8 though. what a rip-off

i’m going to sleeeeep.
~cat

so i’m in like a tailspin right now.

i dunno what the word ‘tailspin’ actually means, but it seems to fit my state at the moment.

tomorrow (i hope) i’m either going to have really good news to report or bad news.

 i was in SUCH a stinky mood this morning at work. after a couple hours i was better though.
and b/c of my tailspin state, i was (and still am) on edge.

 i think i define ‘tailspin’ as like the state where you just don’t know what to do with yourself.
like, you have things that u have to think about… but you don’t even know how to start thinking about them.
stuff to plan, but not really anything to plan.
you want to relax and calm down, but you can’t.

this afternoon i sent an email to my mom, "i feel like i have to go to the washroom [#1], but i know i don’t have to, cuz i went like 5 minutes before i first felt like i had to go…."

u know that semi-nervous state where you feel like you have to go to the washroom? … i think that’s part of ‘tailspin state’…
heh, does anyone know what i’m talking about? 

ooo, i was in a tailspin state when i was in Winnipeg and my mom told me that my grandfather died and i had to pack up, notify my teacher and the head of the program, find my way to the airport and then hop on a plane the next day.

tailspin is like the feeling when you have all these different things to do, but you’re not stressed, and not really ‘busy’ necessarily… just kinda ‘out of it’.

but anyways i should be able to report something ‘logical’ tomorrow….
i need to breathe….