saq + la belle province = lethal combination

usually, mornings and i don't get along.

but waking up at 7:30 and walking christine to the bus stop after a night of beautiful movies, poutine, vodka shots, and getting sick in my downstairs bathroom, made this morning fully welcomed to start off the day.

... the smell of dewy grass and last night's rainfall made me tingle.

yesterday was officially the first lauren-christine day we've had in a while. too long a while, if you ask me. we met up after class and spent the afternoon at java u, supposed to be studying, but ending up chatting for hours. catching up, is essential. it was wonderful.

on her way back to our table, christine spotted liam sitting by the window in the corner of the cafe. he was with a girl she didn't recognize. she thankfully made me work up the courage to go say hi, which i completely had no reason to be afraid of. he spotted me walking "to the bathroom" (*snicker*), and i went over to say hello. i recognized natasha from my sociology class, and as a friend of sam's that i've seen up in new school. we were introduced and she offered me a seat. i sat down with them for a little while, and they told me of a conference they had come to concordia for, about the privatization of education... or something along those lines. natasha and i had a funny exchange about our sociology teacher. it made for a few good laughs. she and i got to know each other a little more, which was very nice. i love sam's friends.

i wished them a good weekend and went back to our table. christine meanwhile, was trying to get in touch with kaveh, who seemingly did not have his cell phone on him.... we decided to wait til he finished his volunteering shift to call him again.

we boarded the 165 and stopped off at la belle province to pick up poutine. we looked up the street and no bus was in sight, so we made our way to provi-soir, (yes, the gas station), to buy beer. it was hilarious.

we wound up walking all the way down cote-des-neiges to jean-talon, til we decided to get on the bus and take it to town center to rent our movie. by the time we got off, it was POURING. within 3 minutes, we were soaked to the bone. usually, rain is the most refreshing, wonderful thing. but in cases like these... it was gross. we got into the movie store, and completely dirtied up the floor. we continued apologizing to the guy at the counter, but he was quite gracious and laughed along with us. we took the 165 back home and settled in to watch our film.

christine was right. the notebook is beyond beautiful.

before the movie however, we were both feeling slightly under the influence after (how much vodka?!?). ridiculous, i say. absolutely ridiculous. it was fun, until i started feeling sick. my stomach was doing somersaults. i tried countless times to get whatever was in there, out. and finally, during the most romantic part of the film, i made a bee-line for the bathroom, and there went my poutine. (sorry. too much detail.) i finally started feeling better. it was a relief. luckily i was able to enjoy the rest of the movie.

there was my night. it was awesome. thank you christine... goooood times, always. ;)

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