Sunny Inspiration

I had no idea how long it had been since I last posted. Since then, I have survived (albeit barely) another exam period...complete with a renewed caffeine addiction that I am now fighting (two weeks and two days "clean"). The weather today was almost as nice as it seemed to be the last two days when I was stuck inside at work, slinging Greek food. The temperatures are supposed to drop again starting tomorrow, which is depressing, but I'm trying to be patient.
This afternoon I went to The Sprout with Jonny, Lacey, and Connor, and then the crowd minus Connor headed up Pleasant Street to grab Hannah's bike for Lacey. As was predicted/feared, the bike is not there. Plan B is now being brainstormed.
Two weeks from today, my fabulous Mama will be in St. John's. I cannot express my excitement, as she is one of my favourite people ever and I look forward to showing her how well I am doing here. Right now, all we have planned is India Gate lunch buffet on the Friday, as per her request. Hopefully the weather cooperates for some adventuring.
While she's here, she's going to help me pick paint colours for my apartment (she is truly the master). Now that I'm going to be staying here for a bit, I want to perk the place up. It is currently painted the most heinous colour of pale pink known to humankind. I'm trying to keep the new colour fairly tame (so I don't have to repaint when I move out), despite my love for intensity (my bedroom in her house is deep blue), so I'm thinking a funky, but not too bright, green. Today I had the idea to paint the window and door frames bright orange. That way, if my landlord has a spaz attack and wants me to repaint them, it's a smaller job than all of the walls. I think I'm also going to repaint my countertop (it's chipped and shitty anyway) because it's forest green...and forest green is just ugly.
I've been pretty geezerly lately (it's hard not to give in to the coffee), but I'm hoping more energy will come with more sunshine. This weekend should be nice...I'm hoping to hit up a show tomorrow night, and on Saturday, Lockett's having a bunch of us over to celebrate having graduated...apparently, I am a graduate by association! I predict (and hope for) a circus-like evening.
Last weekend, I went to see the Sex and the City movie with a few of my girlyfriends. We drank wine beforehand and participated in the stampede into the theatre. (The latter experience would have been disturbing if not for the laughter as everyone realized how silly we are.) The five of us really enjoyed the movie...it's getting shit reviews, but I'm not sure what people go in expecting. It's a fun, often somewhat intelligent look at womanhood. It's full of cliches, but so is life...if I walk out of it feeling okay about being a woman (and a single one, at that!), then I've gotten my money's worth. I also purchased Vogue for the first time in my life because of the super hot photo shoot of Chris Noth and Sarah Jessica Parker. (I now want a Chris Noth/Mr. Big of my very own...I'm just saying, he looks damn good without a shirt for a guy his age.)
I ordered ELEVEN new books from Chapters last week, and all but one of them have arrived. I'm hoping that it's still coming and that it wasn't stolen off of my doorstep. I need to start On The Road first, because our reading group is discussing it in a week and a half...but after that, I have plenty more to enjoy!
Now, I think it's time for a snack of strawberries and chocolate dip.