Mayday mayday! Maybe...

LADIES!

I received your pants on this past Friday was was dismayed (read: horrified) to realize that there was a hole in them. Like, not just a bit that looks like it's about to go but an actual hole!

Regardless of my horror I was determined to wear them when Valerie and I ventured onto my campus for a bonfire that night and so I did but the hole grew until it was an inch and a half long! Disaster! This could not be ignored.

It seems to be my lot this year to sort out unfortunate messes. First, my internet fiasco, second, my lack of running water on Thanksgiving (Thank you very much for that!) and third, a hole in our beloved pants. I'd already survived the first two and I was sure determined to figure out the third.

Where do we go when we don't really know what we need? Walmart, because they've got everything under the sun. 40 minutes later, having gotten lost twice, and with iron-on patches, a mini ironing board, three different patterns of fabric, some lace and a spool of thread I left Walmart ready to do battle.


First I had to pull out my iron, which I'd had for a few months but never used, and read the instructions because, believe it or not, the thing is rather intense but also super awesome. I managed to iron on the black patches without too much difficulty and so far I'm quite please with them! They don't rub against your thighs awkwardly when you wear them and you can barely see the outside patches unless you're right up in your business, which most people really aren't.

(Sidenote: The girl [you know which girl] has touched your pants! I had told her about them and how I was trying to fix them and I wore them to movie night tonight. Tonight's movie was Easy A, which is kind of brilliant in the Mean Girls and 10 Things I Hate About You kind of way and also happens to be one of this girl's favourite movies, and there's a line in the movie about traveling pants and yeah...)

After the original patching procedure was such a success I desided to barrel right on into the decorating part. That did not go as smoothly and I've actually broken two of the three needles I possessed in my little sewing kit while trying to attach these decorations properly! I've only done the one patch and even that isn't done as much as I wanted to do but there's only so many times you can prick yourself with a needle in one day without saying "**** this!" So here's what I've done:

Yes, it's already kind of fraying and yes, I've already thought of a better way I could have done it to avoid that but it was my first attempt and it's full of love so I hope you appreciate the effort.

So, what has happened since I've gotten the pants?

First and foremost I have to mention that, while I didn't actually have the pants when I met the above mentioned girl on Friday, I did receive them later that day which does technically mean that I met her on my first day with the pants. :D

I also went to my first post-O-week bonfire on campus accompanied by the lovely Valerie. She met a few of my friends including Mr. Klein, Roberto and Timberlake (who, before this bonfire I did not even know was called Timberlake... awkward). We had a pretty good time that included online dating mystery stories, Harry Potter jokes, surprise geese visits and rainbow chocolate chip cookies.

I worked on Saturday but after work Valerie and I hit up the nearby sushi join where we proceeded to eat until we both had food babies so large that Valerie almost went into labour. It was soooooo good! Soooo good! I've really gotten a taste for sushi! I don't really know how it happened because back in first year, when I went to my first sushi restaurant, I definitely had a slime threshold and would not touch anything with too much raw meat in it more than once, if at all. Now the rolls with the fish on top are my favourites and taste so delicious! I don't know how it happened but I do know that I think it's brilliant! Woot!

On Sunday I chatted on FB chat for the first time in a long time.

On Monday someone sat beside me in Stats class and before the class started we discussed our mutual love of the Big Bang Theory and how Olivia Wilde made watching House so much more enjoyable.

This morning I had a midterm which didn't go quite as well as I wanted but still went fairly well. I think my expectations of myself were higher for this test because I really enjoy the subject and because once I was walking around campus and I saw my prof and he nodded and said hi to me before I did to him. Like, he recognizes me big time because I answer lots of questions in class and I feel like he'll somehow expect a really high grade from me because of that and quite frankly I expect it of myself, too.

Now I know I should get up and print out my notes for tomorrow's classes but I don't want to get out of my nice warm bed... *sighs*

Love you muchly ladies,

Dina