The Season of Procrastination

The countdown is on. Only 12 short days until my final exam. My brain hurts from all the studying I've done over the years for this. Finally - one left, and I feel spent. I hope I can manage enough energy and desire to study sufficiently for this exam. I'm doing quite well going into it. My mid-term which I was so nervous about, (and which I would have probably marked at 65%, I got a 91% - how that's even possible, I don't know, but I'm not complaining. Anyways, I think I'm going into the exam with 25% already - so I'd be pretty hard up not to get at least a 70% in the class. We'll see. This next 12 days can't come quickly enough, that's for sure.

Life has been busy lately. Work, entertaining, hanging out with my amazing hubby, keeping my house reasonably clean, (I've even started to think that paying someone to do it wouldn't be too bad...) and getting ready for our trip. Its been a gong show. I'm feeling extremely tired...probably due to my caffeine overdose on Monday. Normally I drink 1 cup of coffee a day, and sometimes a diet pop. That's it. On Monday (my Mother-in-law was over) I started off the day with 2 cups of tea, then in the afternoon, I enjoyed a large Tim Hortons Double Double (which won me another in Rooooll up the Rim to Win). Then I drank a pop for dinner, and then another coffee at Cathy Hooge's place. I was exhausted, but I was vibrating from all the energy inside me. Anyways, I didn't sleep a wink until about 6am that day. That sucked.

I've also been having tough luck with booking this online - and so the saga continues.

A couple weeks ago, I booked a hotel for us in Berlin for 3 nights. A whopping 274 Euro's (which was cheaper than the one I'd originally booked for us). Immediately after booking, I noticed their site had in small print, far below the reservation, that they charge you a deposit of 1 nights stay, which is non-refundable. I also noticed that they made 2 bookings for me. I immediately (literally within 1 minute of sending the reservation) I sent an email advising them there'd been an error, and would they please cancel my reservation. They advised me they have "laws" and could not cancel the reservation without charging me the non-refundable deposit. Also they would not cancel the 2nd reservation without the non-refundable portion. (which is $140 Canadian). I finally wrote an email to the original booking centre (BOOKING.COM which I would highly recommend), and they had this hotel cancel the one booking, but they were unable to help with the deposit. Fine.

Anyways, its 2 weeks since they charged my credit card, and they still haven't returned the 2nd deposit. Its making me really mad. I think despite the charge, I think we're going to stay somewhere else...I hate supporting businesses that have horrible business practices, and I feel like that's what this company has. What kind of company, charges you 20% of your entire stay, if you decide to make a cancellation with them well over a month in advance of the booking? That's bizarre.

Anyways - that's one of the weird things I'm having to deal with - well actually I deal with these things, until they get messy, and then my amazing husband steps in, like superman, and fixes the whole mess I've made. I like him (not superman, my husband).

I got to talk to my Dad for a long time today. I like him. I wish him and I lived a lot closer to one another, or else I wish one of us had a plane. One of those comfy ones that they have on Criminal Minds with the comfy leather seats, and stuff - anyways, I wish we had a plane, and could take a plane ride to each other's house for lunch if we wanted. That'd kinda be a waste of money, and the green people would probably have a hemorrhage, but it'd be really fun. Its been about 9 months since I've seen my Dad, even longer since I've seen my Mom. I guess such is life. I decided to move West.

I should be studying - I told Troy I would have to spend the night studying, however I've done very little studying...bad shara. Its so hard...I have so many other things I'd rather be doing, including pulling out my toe nails, and cleaning toilets.

Plus I'm sleepy.

I better go find Troy to see if we can watch Big Brother, I've missed it the last 2 nights. Or maybe I should really study!

S