did i ever mention how much i HATE waking up during the nite.. crying from pain?
today was one of those bad nites.. i went to bed earlier.. hoping to get a good nite's sleep.. and then 4am rolls around.. and i'm awoken because i feel like someone just reached inside my stomach and started to pull it out from my body..

i then decided to do as the doctors say.. and just take my stomach meds.. dosage X2.. and then my ultra strong pain killing medication.. tat didn't help .. and so hence i'm awake at 8am.. finally starting to be able to feel my stomach calm down.. after way too many pills for my own good and eating everything that will help calm a stomach that i had.. including all bread, potatoes, milk, yogurt, and icecream.. and drinking like 10 cups of warm/hot water..

and to end it all.. my week had started off so well.. so happy and excited for christmas.. and just like that.. in the span of a few hours.. all of it disappeared.. i'm no longer excited for christmas.. well i am.. but just 99% less.. my whole attempting to get sleep, so i could attempt to study plan went down the drain.. cuz now if I do fall asleep, I won't be able to wake up till like 3 or 4pm which is just enough time to go to work.. and i'll be so tired and just feeling so shitty after work i wont study.. so that leaves me .. uh..

friday to study for my saturday exam
sat nite/sunday to study for my 2 monday exams.
and monday nite to study for my last final..

then i'm comin home..

despite anybody's thoughts and/or objections.. i am going to be spending the whole entire 22nd at home sleeping and eating good homemade food.. i desperately crave to be taken care off... i misss that.. i miss having my mom making me congee or chinese style macaroni when i'm sick.. i miss it and i'm not ashamed to admit it..

knowing that everybody here in windsor would be separated during xmas.. i decided to do some fun stuff with the group before we all left..

the "trio".. haha we hang out way too much.. and spend way too much $$$... and where does it all go??? desserts.. me n eunice are way too obsessed with desserts haha...

knowing so.. i planned a lil get together.. and before that all had to happen, wynne and i went to market square which is like a farmer's market here windsor.. i'd been b4.. but i always thought this place closed during the winter.. but it didn't.. which was great! damn this place has fresh meat, bread and veggies.. and my favourite!!! Italian sausages.. and the stuff was so cheap.. so much cheaper than a&p.. wynne and i vow never to shop at a&p ever again .. haha.. there was this store inside that sold freshly made pasta and pizza too.. hmm soo good.. i'd go every day if it wasnt a good 15 min drive away.. and this other place.. that sold apples n stuff.. and they sold this really really good apple cider and pies.. yum yum

what a great deal.. enough food for 8 ppl .. for less than $60

anyhow.. so last nite we had a pre-xmas dinner.. had the whole group.. minus a few..

on the menu:
apple walnut salad
honey mushroom caps (was supposed to be stuffed mushroom caps.. but for some reason my fish & crab meat wouldn't defrost.. so i couldn't make it)
garlic bread
pot roast
spaghetti n meatballs
ribs
sushi
scallopped potatoes
veggies

drinks:
OJ
Bacard Island Pineapple
Party pak of Smirnoff (green apple, watermelon, Black Cherry & Raspberry)
Boone's Berry
Zinfandel Strawberry
Hot Apple Cider

hmm definetly way too much food for 8 ppl ... but definetly loads of fun.. eunice didn't quite live up to her name.. u ate too little!!!!! and ryan.. well.. he was the feminine one once again..

afterwards.. some had to leave to study.. ended up being the "trio" + danit.. watched mr.& mrs. smith.. i definetly fell asleep.. cooking makes u way too tired.. that and alcohol on a empty stomach makes the alcohol affect just that much stronger..

after watching movie.. the "pig" started to get hungry again.. so dessert time.. hmm dutch apple pie w/Bacardi Island Pineapple.. not an amazing mix but good none the less..

man i do hafta say.. the 4 of us are rather strange when intoxicated with alcohol.. one is drunk & very very random.. one was intoxicated and very sleepy.. one was just intoxicated and well the other was perfectly normal.. haha

to sum it all up..
it was one hell of a good nite :)

and i definetly can't wait till i go home for xmas and do more dinner parties with my other friends.. so much planned for christmas.. its gonna be so great!