Dinner / hot!

Summer suddenly arrived overnight. It's hot!! H O T ! ! !

Well, comparing to most other places, we're still on the cool side, though. But 26 degrees feels like 32. Especially in my car. It's literally a sauna. (There're neighbouring towns going over 30 and breaking records too.)

Y has no Tupperware so I promised to give her a disposable one. And guess how many I dug up from the kitchen? I dunno. I was so shocked, I didn't even border counting.

Dinner with brother's gang at Angle's Cafe. Haven't been there for a while, and we all ordered our "usual" dishes. How boring. Sis-in-law was exhausted from the day's work and went home right after with my older niece. Brother came for a hair cut. The younger niece wanted to "bug me" so she came along. (Yeah, she just wants me to show her Pinky web sites and stuff. I've already sent her links. She can do it on her own. This way she can bypass computer access limit at home. Sneaky!!) I needed to wash my car, so she didn't get to bug me. Yup, haven't washed it for a year. So filthy. I know this is gonna cost me dearly tomorrow. Awww... but tomorrow is my last time seeing Y. She's going back to Japan in a few days. (T_T) Will I be able to last that long?

Need to rush a set of bead charms for her.

CT scan

It's been 6 months and dad is due for a CT scan. This time, 2:15 pm. Quite rare that it's not super early in the morning. However, this presents another problem: parking. The cheap parking lot at UBC fills up very early. So we decided to take Handydart, all 3 of us. Dad is allowed one assistant for free, so it only costs us $5 altogether for a single trip. But then when you look at the $10 for round trip, it no longer looks cheap. Oh well. Should work out to be about the same as parking.

The pickup came early, so we got the scan early. The return trip pickup came late, so we waited in the lobby for 50 minutes. The bus needed to pick up and drop off one lady before taking us home. Dad refused to go to washroom so stubbornly for the last 30 minutes while waiting in the lobby. Of course he was pushing the limit. God knows if he actually wet himself in the bus. He's been stinking like urine since after the scan. That's why we had him wearing a diaper. But he still manage to wet his pants when he went to washroom. As soon as he got home, he got rid of the diaper. Sigh...

There were interesting educational panels on the walls. That mystery of that "radiation" icon is finally solved. It seems to mean "x-ray" specifically.

Too late to go to the bank. Tomorrow then. Dad turn into Gluttony. He's been munching on crackers when waiting for our return ride, yet he ate 3 buns plus a bunch of small stuff after we got home. He kept saying he's hungry, but the amount of food he consumes is too much! Mom ended up giving him early dinner rice at around 5. In return, he was not allow rice at regular dinner time. But... of course, he went hunting for buns again soon after dinner. Sigh... (T_T)

Finally finished unpacking from the house-sitting. Returning the beads to their proper compartments. Took way longer than I thought... Am I slow...?

Chiropractor

Thank God, it's chiropractor day. Badly badly badly needed. The 3 night at my brother's place not only deprived me of 7-hour sleep, the mattress was too soft for me. (Well, the mattress itself is not too soft, it's just softer than my own.)

Delivered C's display case and wooden stuff. Picked up the Pinkys she brought for me in return. Got yogurt from IGA across the street, then went home.

A got the good FMA fan sub, so I went to his place to watch the very last 3 episode. What a beautiful ending for a marvelous series. I was hoping to see the movie announcement, which was probably at the very end. But there was none. Which means it has to be during the commercial break and got cut. Oh well!

House-sitting (4)

Woken up by a phone call at 11:30. This house just wouldn't let me have enough sleep. Sigh... Of course couldn't get up in time to take the call. It rang only 4 times.

Necklaces-making continued. Maybe it's the lack of sleep, maybe it's getting tired of this stuff, production slowed down tremendously. Didn't finish a single one today. Did a bunch of preparations, though.

Brother came back way earlier than I expected. Last time it was like... 10? Today was before 7. Jumping right back to normal life tomorrow means he needs extra time to unpack and clean up. Again, I was surprised they didn't have dinner before crossing the border. They ate bread and cup noodle. I, ate the same stuff I brought from home. Left at 9:30. It was still bright outside.

Costco closed for Independence day, so their shopping plan was trashed. No eggs. Oh well I'm sure they go down there often.

House-sitting (3)

Someone called before noon, again. Of course I wasn't up. Didn't even border to try answering the call. Tried to sleep for a little bit more, but of course didn't work. I don't want to admit it, but the mattress is too soft for me.

Then mom called to relay a message from HK Bank. They're imposing bank fee on bank books. Sigh... Isn't statements more expensive? You gatta mail them too! Anyway, food ran out. Both for me and the guinea pigs. So I went home to get some. Plus, washed my hair. Didn't want to mess up their bathroom setup.

Before that, I went to Richmond to continue with what I didn't finish on July 1st. Didn't know XS Cargo moved into the pet shop location. There's a $28.99 camcorder, but too bad it's all plastic and pretty crappy. Went to the new Dollar Giant to pick up some supply, which was also running out. And I finally found that Taiwanese junk food supermarket sis-in-law told me about. Picked up two buy-1-get-1-free sticky-rice cakes. (Which makes the total four.)

Didn't make any long distance call. I think my friends all had enough. And I need to work on necklaces.

House-sitting (2)

Someone called at 11:30, and then 12:30. Considering my bed time was 6 and couldn't fall asleep right away, I didn't get enough sleep.

Yup, the guinea pigs were hungry. I probably fed them too much yesterday. Will the food last till my brother comes back? When worst comes to worst, I'll need to get some from home.

Stayed in the house all day. Worked on Miki's doll necklaces. Talked to Mikii again, WS, and Mu long distance. Since I forgot my allergy pills, my runny nose was irritating my throat. Went to bed at 6 again. Yikes... (>_<;)

House-sitting (1)

Happy Canada Day! (Well, nothing special for me this year.)

Spending 4 days 3 nights away from home is no difference from traveling. Needed to pack. And it took way too long. I ended up going to my brother's place around 4 pm.

Went to Richmond to check out Liquidation World as requested by sis-in-law. They're having a close-out sale. Too bad the discount is only 30% on the stuff she wants. While trying to find that new Taiwanese junk food supermarket she told me about, I discovered a new Dollar Giant near by. Most stuff are in stock, nice! However, they were closing early on Canada day. I didn't get to look around too much. Must go back another day. Michael's was closing early too. Hmm... too bad, 50% off receipt coupon next week.

Talked to Miki long distance for... 4 hours??? Brother's phone plan allows unlimited call to HK. I view it as my payment for house-sitting. Heehee...

Worked on some doll necklaces too.