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An Exhausted Weekend

September 8th, 2008

Now that I have 3 jobs, 1 full-time, 1 part-time, and my own business, “weekend” becomes “weekendless”. Weekend’s work is even more demanding than weekday’s, maybe it’s because my body is already tired after a week’s work.

Besides using my brain, weekend’s to-do list is usually more physically demanding. Regular errands like grocery shopping, since the grocery store in this neighborhood is the most expensive one among all other supermarket chains in the city (I’m not talking about a few cents difference, the price difference can be measured by dollars, which is ridiculous), so in order to complete my grocery shopping for the week, I have to run to different stores that are far away. And for laundry, I have to carry the heavy laundry bag to another building where the laundry room locates. Well, I guess these could be other reasons for me to move again, besides the people I live with now.

Speaking of moving, this weekend, on top of the regular errands, it’s the tiring apartment hunting. However, I was actually surprised to discover that apartment hunting sometimes could be a good way to explore the city, especially neighborhoods that you’re not familiar with. For example, one of the apartments I visited yesterday is located in a street in the middle of downtown Montreal, although surrounded by tall commercial buildings, the street is very long, quiet and beautiful with big trees on both sides and old Victorian houses. I would have never expected to see something like this in this part of downtown, and I wish I had taken some pictures, but it was raining hard and I didn’t have an umbrella.

So, I’m totally exhausted now, at 12: 11 a.m., Monday morning, but I still haven’t gotten everything done, and in less than 8 hours, I’ll have to go to work again…

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忙碌的一天

September 2nd, 2008

早上7点整,闹钟响。20分钟后,非常艰难地把自己从床上拽了下来,进厨房准备午餐(三明治)。早饭,梳洗,换衣服,八点半出门,九点到公司。
下午一点和银行经理有个appointment, 在午饭时间前带上三明治提早20分钟溜出公司(今天老板不在),小跑赶到地铁站,坐6站到指定银行。午饭在地铁上搞定。Appointment 1点25分结束,1点55分赶回公司,有5分钟喝水喘气。
5点半下班,50分钟后赶到代卖我的首饰的店铺,取回顾客在网上订购的手链。在回家路上实在饿得慌,在一家波兰人店里买了一袋ginger bread (很喜欢吃波兰人的东西). 6点40到家,包装饰品。7点钟到邮局,把包裹寄给顾客。7点10分到家,终于可以坐下吃口热饭。(幸亏星期天做了一大锅蘑菇炒牛肉!)

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