And We’re Off…

I’ve been back in Montreal for almost a month and things are really starting to get rolling…a bit too much partying and far too little studying, but what else is new? Its my last year in Montreal, so I’m going to do my best to take advantage of every uniquely Montrealaise experience I can…

September so far:

• A dinner-cooking schedule 5 nights a week with the roomies has resulted in delicious international cuisine and good conversation with crazy cool people
• New job @ Starbucks appears to be going well
• My graduate-level seminar is far less intimidating than expected, and therefore I must kick its ass
• A housewarming party that involved as full house, firecrackers in the street, sidewalk chalk, and good times all around
• General drunken revelry Mtl-style

Some things I am getting psyched for in October:

• Going to a talk being given by the Dalai Lama about the need for compassion at the Centre Bell
• Puces Pop aka a giant Montreal version of Market Collective
• A night of strange movies with Megan (aka Teeth and The Wackness. Yessss.)
• Gay movie night
• A visit from my Faja
• A trip to Kingston and Toronto
• A trip to le Village…waaaay overdue
• A walk up Mount Royal to see the gorgeous fall leaves one last time….possibly at sunrise
• Buying Tegan and Sara tickets! Sainthood at Place des Arts January 18th!

Some things I need to get on in order to keep my life on track:

• Keep my spending under control
• Complete a far larger proportion of my assigned readings
• Book a GMAT time
• Study like woah for the GMAT (aka relearn math)
• Come up with some crazy good topics so that I can ace my term papers
• Get on my grad school applications ASAP

Two of my roommates are avid climbers. Last night I discovered their training tools – a hand strengthener and a pull-up bar. Right now I can do approximately half of a pull-up…but by the end of the semester I expect I’ll have mad upper body strength. Fingers crossed!