DAY 15....

this hotel room has already paid for itself.  here in Victoria, i'm enjoying the luxurious queen sized bed and wooden panels on the walls. 

1. woke up before 6:30 with quite figuratively a splitting headache.  had to take something and watch TV for an hour before it went away.  headaches don't normally bother me, i get them all the time.  but it's never fun to wake up to one.  and this one was a doozy.

2. stayed in bed until about 3:30.  i decided to take this day to do NOTHING.  i shed some of that shitty heartache, slept on and off, watched some more TV.  i felt so emotionally exhausted, i just couldn't get myself to get out and deal with the world.  especially up here in canada.  these nice stupid people were not what i felt like facing today.  i'm too smart and mean.
my view for most of the day.  i'm perfectly okay with this.
3. but eventually i DID get up.  all's i did was throw on some clothes and go for a small walk around the area.  i did some window shopping.  talked to a UNICEF representative.  gave a homeless man 2 cigarettes.  even the homeless people are polite here.  (too bad i wasn't wearing stilettos and had any ninja stars ;)  )  
not much for a view, but it's nice nonetheless.
i've been trying to buy a watch for years.  when i first moved back to bakersfield 7 years ago, my watch died on the way home, like literally while i was driving the moving van.  i never replaced the battery.  and since i massage for a living, i can't wear any watches or rings to work.  so i never replaced it.  my ex bought me one for xmas a couple years ago that 12 year old chelsea would have LOVED.  but 31 year old chelsea hated it.  so i've been meaning to buy a new one.  today i did.  i went into a little watch shop run by an old Korean couple and found a little silver one with the date on it and a stretchy bracelet band.  plus, it was on sale.  the guy added 4 extra links so it wouldn't be too tight and didn't charge me for it.  and at exactly 4:00 he sold it to me.  i'm in time-telling heaven now. 
thinking of naming her Vicky.
picked up two slices of pizza and a C-plus orange soda (bomb).  went back to the room and i've been here all night watching movies. 

don't bother me, i'm sleeping.ironically enough, Eat Pray Love was on today.  so was Casino.  and now Goodfellas.  i'm good for the rest of the night.  feeling better.  i needed to decompress today.  gangster movies are great for doing that.  cuz even if i'm feeling shitty, at least my murdering mobster husband isn't trying to kill me or make me hide diamonds in my hairdo.