Everything Twilight.

Edward Cullen's birthday is June 20, he will be 110.  Bella and Edward are getting married on August 13, 2011. Breaking Dawn comes out in 156 days.   These are the kinds of things running thru my head.

I know to many of you, it seems as tho my Twilight obsession never faded, or was put on the back burner, but it was. I mean, its always there, but it lays dormant most of the time.  But now, right now? Its overwhelming again. It consumes my every thought. I read or hear something, and usually I have some sort of Twilight reference running through my head.  I have to stop myself from saying it out loud.

The release of the Breaking Dawn Part 1 movie trailer, is what opened the flood gates.  Now they're open, they can't be closed. There were cracks in the seams anyways. I had been seeing stills from the movie and seeing this version of Edward.  But the movie trailer? Oh man.

It was leaked the day of the 2011 MTV Movie awards, as it was set to premiere during the show.  I had been amped up all that day waiting for the trailer and when it was leaked? Holy lifton.  Friends had posted it on my FB wall, but I was at work and couldn't watch it. I tried, but every time I clicked to watch it, it had been removed due to copyright infringement.  It had been tweeted to me, emailed, texted, and no matter what I kept missing it. I had resolved to watch it during the MTV movie awards, but was so heartbroken that so many had seen it and were talking about it.    On my way home from work, I was at a red light and refreshed my Facebook feed, and there it was, just posted that second. The light turned green. I could barely breathe! I clicked to load it and began searching for a place to pull over as it was starting. I sat on the side of the road with my blackberry gripped tightly in my hand watching a lady in high heels walk.  Before I knew it, I was gasping and then crying. A happy and excited cry that it was finally here. I was overcome with emotion, and I don't know why, and I cried.   Then I watched it again. It was hard to see on my little blackberry screen. I then drove faster to home. I texted Andrew and asked him to log into my laptop and open facebook.  I ran into the house, and God love him, he had the trailer loaded and in full screen. He knew what I needed!! I watched it again and again and again and again. At this time, I have no idea how many times I have watched it.

That was it, I was over the edge into Twifandom, again, for the millionth time.  If you haven't seen the trailer yet, here it is....

I found this facebook group many months ago called "So what, I am an older woman obsessed with Edward Cullen! Get over it."  I met the lady who created it, Debbie.  We became facebook friends as she liked all the pics of Edward/Robert I posted.  I have other friends who love Twilight, but no one who loves Edward like I do. I know others exist, I just didn't know them. Debbie was the first.  We became really great friends. She lets me help admin that group.  Recently, we have taken that group and turned it into a page that can be "liked".  We are meeting admins from other Twilight groups and last night, I hosted Twilight Trivia in another Twilight group called TwiMoms.  It was so fun to mingle and play with other fans.

Everyone makes fun of me for being a Twihard, but these groups make me feel better about my obsession.  Twilight is now my hobby. I read the books over and over. I watch the movies, over and over again. I talk about Twilight. I would love to have a Twilight room. I desperately want to go to Forks, where it all began. Someday, I will.

ps. I watched the movie trailer 3 times after putting it into this blog. I *may* have a problem.

Mostly Montreal

I am happy. Sorry, make that, I AM HAPPY!!!  Why? I don't know why specifically, I am just thankful I am.

Its my day off. I got to sleep in. I am having some hard boiled eggs and toast with a coffee.  Sounds good right?
I have a job, my hip is better, school is almost out, spring is here although it is June, my husband cleaned the kitchen last night so I don't have to do it today.  Life is good!

I just came back from Montreal.  I had such a wonderful time thanks to my friend Michele.  She let me stay at her apartment, showed me downtown Montreal.  I found it a lot of fun to take the bus and train, as I drive everywhere here in Calgary.

My first day there we went to an Asian restaurant Zyng, where we made yummy bowls.  It was a cute small place, but the food and service were fantastique!  After we ate, we met up with some of Michele's close friends who were also graduating from McGill the next day.  We had amazing drinks from Le Distilliere, they come in half and full size mason jars. I chose the Basilic Romantique mainly because it referenced the movie Twilight in its description!  It was yummy and had basil in it. Amazing!

The next day was Michele's convocation, it was a hot day but a beautiful convocation.  We had plans for after the ceremony to go get poutine  for lunch and then meet up with her parents for a celebratory dinner at a Portuguese restaurant. But after the grad we were all starving! I tried to get to the restaurant for a lunch menu, but with construction detouring us, we couldn't get there and quickly gave up.  We wound up instead at an amazing little Italian place called Gallo Nero.  What was cool about that is, I was with 3 Italians who could read the menu!  Dinner also included a cappuccino or an espresso. I chose the cappuccino and it was so good!

After lunch Michele and I just needed to sit for a bit. It had been a early big day for her.  We had plans to go out to downtown for some food and drinks...but we were so tired! After discovering my twi hard friend hadn't seen Eclipse yet, decisions were made.  We would order in St. Hubert's and I would get my poutine and we would rent Eclipse.  It was so windy and had a fun walk to the movie rental place.  It was a great night, with just some simple and honest friend time.  We were so tired yet we stayed up till 1am just talking.  That is how you can tell you have a great friend! You are yawning and you know you are tired, but you can't get enough of the person you are with!

The next day we slept in and had a great breakfast. Michele's mom had gotten us fresh bagels the day before and today we were determined to have some bacon with it.  After some breakfast, more talk time, we finally got ready and headed out.  I had a mission to complete. Go to Schwartz Deli and enjoy a smoked meat sandwich.  We took the transit, stood out in the rain for a little bit, but then the moment came.  Once inside, things moved quickly and smelled delicious.  I ordered a very simple sandwich with a Coke.  I was so full, I forced the last of it down my throat. It was too good to leave any behind.   After we finished, I went and bought a large brisket to bring home to my husband who was so jealous of my entire trip.  We were pushing it for time once we had the brisket, so we hopped in a cab and headed back to Michele's place to get my luggage and head to the airport for my flight home.  As her mom so generously drove me to the airport, I was so sad to be leaving.  Michele and her parents were so wonderful to me, and my trip that much more enjoyable.

As I sat waiting for my flight, I knew I would be back.