Finally, A True Night Out

After work yesterday Alice called me up and we decided to go out for dinner when she finishes her work. I did some light window shopping before picking her up... lol, then we went to visit Robin. The three of us hung out in his kitchen while I was analyzing his parents' flower placement... but that is what happens when flowers are all you can think about. ha ha. So yea, we had some of Robin's birthday cake... and I was enlightened about ice cream cakes. Then Tacky and I went out for dinner and ran into a girl from high school that I didn't really get along with. Thankfully she wasn't our waitress, who knows what would have happened... but then again, that was ages ago... on the other hand, I wouldn't doubt that our server talked to her after we left about us. meh... oh the drama. Anyways, then we went out for bubble tea... I loved mine so much, and would probably say it was one of the best ones I have ever had. By that time it was way past my normal summer bedtime, so I dropped Tacky off and headed home. Driving home was the creepiest thing, because it was just after 11 o'clock yet my town was pretty much a ghost town. There was nobody to see for miles! Typical.

425 - Hot Summer

Nothing exciting is happening... the highlights of this week are: monday - grandparents came to visit me at work and brought me chocolate to get me through the day. tuesday - I saw a bunny rabbit at work. wednesday - had to drive around a bunch of geese to get to work... they were blocking my path. thursday - heather bought me a hot chocolate on her way to work super early this morning which really made my day.

It's a Charmed Life

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBIN!!

Enjoy this special 20/20 birthday!

Today I went shopping at my favorite mall... and had mommy buy me a couple of nice shirts. She rarely spoils me so, but this has put me in such a good mood I'm not thinking into it too much. I've been bitter with work so much lately, or simple just too tired to care about anything, so I guess today was really necessary to lift my spirits. Hopefully days like today will get me through the rest of the working part of the summer. Okay, now it's starting to seem like I'm a clothing obsessed little girl who is easily pleased.... meh, that could be true after all.

What Happened To Those Thunderstorms?

The double picture is from yesterday, I didn't know which one to use, or what to write. In fact I didn't do much yesterday... except a lot of cooking. My family has a new rule (lol, another, I know~), that I have to cook one night per week (this is full of restrictions and sub-rules). I chose Monday (to get it over with - I don't procrastinate)... so I made this casserole from a recipe Craig gave me (the one we made at maggie's xmas party)... only I had double the amount of meat... so I ended up having to double most of the other ingredients. In the end, it turned out really well... I would actually make it again to eat. My family enjoyed it too. However, now they have this idea that I can actually cook and expect good meals in the future. This cannot be good... since I actually can't really cook. meh. That sounds like such a pathetic Monday off, but that's pretty much what happened. Anyways, I'm super tired from work right now, I was expecting a nice rainy cool day, but it turned out hot and sticky... not cool!

Dress For Summer And It Will Come

Summer has been a little lousy, just waiting to see my friends. Hopefully this week it will turn around. I haven't been anywhere or done anything yet, but really, who's fault is that? On my days off I just relax... which is pretty sweet! I so badly want to go get my haircut... but I'm unsure of what I want them to do. Side bangs? Just a trim? Cut shorter? Dunno. I hate being undecided. Enough hair talk... I do that way too often. Ummm, right now I'm just hoping that the next 8 weeks go by really fast and that I make lots of money so I can spend the rest of the summer being studious while still having fun (which is much more my forte than this hard manual labor). Anyways, adios.

Working

Haven't posted in a long time. If you lived here you would know why. Anyways, I had my first day back at work aujourd'hui. It was more painful than I expected... even with my scary supervisor off for the day! Grrr... I had to deal with newbs. Patience being seriously tested.... especially when one barely speaks English. When I talk to him, he gets all scared and has no idea what I am saying. This might be because lots of people think that I talk fast. I don't really think that I do, but I certainly do to someone who's first language is not English. Also, I tend to want to make things look perfect, but when my manager tells me to move things over and over again, I start to get a little frustrated. When I put something on a shelf, I make it look nice, but then I am told (sometimes less than an hour later) that it has to be moved. OMG! So then I go and move it... but by the third time, I really lack the will power to make it look as nice as it did the first time.
I am so tired. I hope your summers are going well.

POST 420

Packing up my room was much more fun than I thought it would be - Even though it took two hours to get everything off my walls. No joke. My poor walls are very blank... it is really boring in here now. In fact, I think the insane amount of decorations was actually inspiring (not in the making me get more work done way because I still am motivated, but in the cheery, exciting way). So, what have I done this week. You will be shocked at really how little I did: monday I watched a lot of The Office (season two), tuesday I packed a little and took down all the posters, then went on an adventure with Beckie to the middle of nowhere (it was a little sketchy walking on the side of the highway, but it made for good conversation)... in fact we got honked at! Wednesday I finished Sex and the City (season three) and then went out with some friends for a really nice dinner, followed by some very late night shopping... bless shoppers for being open so late. ha ha. Anyways, today I made a really pretty card for my friend's birthday that is coming up (also a good way to waste time)... then tonight the plan is to go out dancing. I feel bad for my poor roommates who still have exams...
Oddly two of my marks are ready posted online. Two A's. Excellent. One was in spanish... in which we all know I desearved an A+, and the other was in linguistics (quite a shocker... but I'm thinking that the whole class must have failed because he bumped our marks up by 10 percent [that has never happened to me] so that I got 101.5 percent!!)... however, this does justify why I was tutoring my friends in that class. lol... anyways, I would be shocked if I got any more As, I'm expecting three Bs to appear soon.

La Fin Est Toujours Triste.

Officially done this year at university. Impressive. Now I have a little break before I get picked up my the parents. I feel bad for my other roommates that are still going through torture with exams. In fact, I wish everyone who hasn't finished yet good luck.

So, tomorrow morning I have a meeting about my program, then I don't know what I shall do. I guess we shall see where I end up. Wednesday I have a dinner thing to go to with friends, then I think I am going out dancing with other friends on Thursday. I guess I'll be home soon enough. Sadly I really don't want to leave here, but recent developments have made me also really want to go home. I think packing is going to be a little painful... but also fun cuz I like to organize my things! lol. Anyways, life is beautiful right now... I have no school work to do... I could do anything I want. This is the week of freedom. (Let's just see how I waste it).

The Night Before My Last Exam

Experiment: I have made study notes for my exam earlier this week but haven't really study off them yet. This whole time I have been having people over to my house to "tutor" them. (Technically I am not a tutor so much as a study-buddy, but with this group of people it's really just me teaching them what to do). Since I have been helping all the people without actually studying from my notes... do you think I will pass my exam tomorrow? Clearly I know what I am doing if I am able to help my classmates, but on the other hand, is that enough? Of course I am going to be spending a lot of time tonight studying on my own, but because I have another study party in a few minutes that probably will last late into the night, the chances that I will get to study as much as I normally would are slim. The experiment is going to be whether doing the problems over and over with my friends and teaching them (and in some cases learning with them) is going to be enough. We shall see.

Groundhog Sighting

It is really nice outside! Today Maggie saw a groundhog. I am jealous. However, this does mean that it is spring. yay! On the other hand, it means that I want to go out and spend time outside. This is not a good idea, as I still have one exam looming in the back of my mind. Anyways, today Maggie and I are going out for French Fries at this place that she claims has the best ones. Then later I am coming back to clean my room for another study group. You can't imagine what my room has been like the past two days. My friends from class are constantly over studying with me... which I love on the one hand because it keeps me studying in a fun way, but on the other hand, I don't study the best with all these people because we go at different paces. Ciela and I study very well together because we both totally get the material and can help each other equally with the problems... but the other girls are so lost and I feel like it's just me tutoring them, instead of us studying together. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with that, especially when they bring me treats as some sort of study food/payment, but still, some people I do not have enough patience for. Anyways, I am afraid of if I continue I might saw something mean. So, hope you all enjoy the nice weather!!

Studyholic

One exam left. That's pretty lucky compared to most of my friends... sadly it's not until Sunday. Normally I would be out shopping in my time off between exams, but this time I am super studious... basically I have been studying all the time. Craig and I wake up every morning and study until lunch. The only reason why I am not studying now is because I'm on study lunch break and have to clean my room for study party this afternoon.

On to the other thing on my mind... I have to say I was a little shocked about the VT shooting. It scared me a little at first, being on campus and all... but I do feel safe here. If I have ever made someone feel terrible about themselves, I am sorry. I think I want to become a more friendly person, to make people feel less alone. But I don't really have that kind of personality... I'm not exactly super outgoing... and while I have known certain people I really could have been kinder to, sometimes I am not that strong. Anyways, my heart goes out to the families involved. I can't believe what has happened.

Post 415 + More Snow

This morning the patter of rain on my window awoke me. Alas, I realized later that it was actually snow. This must be the latest in the year that it has snowed in a few years. I don't think this acceptable! lol, I'm still shocked that there is snow outside waiting for me. boo.

Tengo un examen en Espanol hoy. No quiero estudiar. He estudiado mucho ayer, pero no mucho anteayer. <-- LOOK! Practice! Now I can ignore Spanish a little longer. lol. I swear, it's so painful memorizing irregular verbs. But perhaps more fun then memorizing dates and facts for the french history/culture exam that I have tomorrow... which btw, I haven't actually started to study for yet and will not until after Spanish exam... (thus, tonight after dinner) tsk tsk. Well, I'm not totally screwed as I did spent Saturday re-writing all my notes from that class. At least I have a general idea of what happened now. meh.

Mmmm... maybe I should get on that studying... sounds like a terribly boring plan. ggrrr.... I'm so brain dead already. Boo those who are already done.

Early To Bed This Saturday Night

Fells like it has been forever since I updated. Don't know why I am updating now, I am soo tired and my fingers kill for sooo much note making for exams. arrg. Despite super boring studying today in various locations around campus with Craig, it could possibly have been more painful. Perhaps tomorrow I will create a super fun study game and have fun learning.... I have many doubt of this though. *yawn* night night.

Second Last Day Of Classes!

ACK! I'm so sick of this snow. It was weird when I went home, but as it is still snowing, it is starting to just suck. When I got back up here yesterday it snowed a little bit on my way back to rez, and then today it was snowing on my way to class. Although it is really pretty because it's not too cold, I still wish the weather would just go back to normal. Has the world forgotten that it is spring?!? Grrr.
I just got back from a nice lunch with Ciela. We always have such deep conversations about our respective homes. lol. This was after my one and only class today. (*smile*), no more linguistiques!! Woot! Before class I hung out with Juliane, (same girl who asked me for help on the last assignment.); she is not at all like she may be perceived. So I am planning a massive study party for that class. Should be fun. Adios!

Snow Is Sooo Uncool!

Right now I am sitting on my bed in my parents' house. Yesterday and today were a little crazy. First of all, yesterday I had a morning class at 10:00am, then rushed to the mall to by a birthday present for Alice... followed by rushing off for lunch and class at 1:00, where I had to hand in my last project. That felt very good. Thankfully my teacher let us out really early because it was my last class with him, so then I went back to rez and packed everything up before heading off to my last class. From there I train-ed it home... which was actually fun because I was with my friend from Spanish class, and I helped her with her french homework.. lol, I looked so pro. Our train was delayed almost an hour, so I didn't make it home until midnight. grrr... Then today I could have sworn Alice told me she was at P-Mall... which I headed off to after lunch, and after circling the parking lot with no luck of a parking space, I called her to ask, and then realized she was actually at FMP. oops. I felt stupid for mixing the two up. ha ha. Worse still I had forgotten her bday present at my house. Anyways, I finally met up with her for some shopping, bubble teaing and more shopping. ha ha... I was getting rather shocked that we hadn't seen anyone we knew yet, but sure enough we end up running into a dude from our high school and talk with him for a while. Eventually we headed home.... and I forgot to buy some chocolate for her brother's school fundraiser which I said I would do. Some days we would all lose our heads if they were not attached.
Driving into town was so peaceful tonight. Everything had a light layer of snow... there were few cars to be seen, and it looked like a postcard for a perfect christmas. ... then I realize, it's almost Easter... and that is weird. I don't like this snow thing.... it's creepy! I vote real summer starts NOW!

Post #411

No, there is no second meaning to this blog title, I just don't happen to be feeling very creative right now. Actually, I'm feeling exhausted and just want to sit here and do nothing.... which gets kinda boring after a while, so I don't recommend it. Today I had a presentation en espanol et un examen de mi-session en immersion. Je répète encore que ce n'est pas un cours d'immersion, mais un cours sur le programme d'immersion. lol. So with that last thing done, I have officially finished one of my classes... then I just need to hand in a project tomorrow to be finished a second class. Thus as of tomorrow afternoon I'll only have three classes to worry about... probably none of which will get much attention this weekend. ha ha. Nyways, just wanted to say that I got the summer bursary deal, so I'm headed off to Québec pour l'été avec mes amis. Je suis excitée!!

2 birthdays!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICE!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CIELA!

~I hope you guys have the best of days!

Bonne fête mes chères amies!!!
Je vous souhaite la plus belle des journées!

I Think About My Hair Too Much

Haven't really had much fun lately... unless you think homework is a blast. lol. Right now instead of blogging I should be looking over the notes from my study group (we have a midterm next week, so we divided the chapters up for everyone to take notes on - I gave myself the most work to do because I like my notes the best, that is why I am adding to the notes they sent me now because they are not good enough - lol) Anyways, apart from that midterm, I only have one presentation, one essay and three exams until the end of my second year. woot!

I need a hair cut. Imagine what could get done if I stopped thinking about my hair soo much. Okay, I don't think about it that much, just when I am looking at the picture I add to the blog. But seriously, I have no idea what to do with it.

Homework Prince, Please Rescue Me!

Despite clearly stating that I needed to lock myself in my room this weekend, last night was great! Heather, Craig and I went for bubble tea... I'm still wondering why I got both jelly and tapioca pears in mine when I only asked for the latter. OH well! It was interesting having them both in there. Meh, afterwards we left and bought popcorn + pop for a movie night. Ending up watching Home Alone II... which equals the first Home Alone for sure. Movie makers should learn from it because it's one of the few sequals that don't suck. Anyways, I love that movie, but sadly we didn't get to watch the end because my dvd screwed up. grrr.... now we will never know if sweet Kevin finds his family in time for christmas! ha ha, but we made it far enough to know that the bad guys we caught. Which restored my morals of course. After the movie (around 2am,) Craig went to bed, but Heather and I stayed up and talked... and talked... and talked some more, until I realized it was nearing 7am! Yup... just sat in my room and talked for hours. I have actually never seen the sun rise without falling asleep first. I was midly impressed with myself... although I thought that my first all nighter would have been due to school work. OH well, this was way more fun!!! I just thought you would like to know I had my first all nighter.... lol.

Had many complements about my hair today.

Happy day shopping today. In fact that's a new black shirt I bought today. All in all it's been a super good day. Woke up with lovely blonde curls in my hair, dressed nicely, did makeup and everything for my morning class. Then my early afternoon class was cancelled, so I went shopping with Craig before coming back to hang out with Leslie. Such a great lifestyle I have... lol. Well, I shouldn't have done that anyways, because the rest of the weekend will be me suffering like crazy from my overload of projects and midterms to prepare for. I don't know where to start. grrr. Stressfulness ahead. At least I lived carefree today. :)

How is this Possible?

Btw - there are five people sleeping in my living room right now (trust me, I didn't know that five could fit, but somehow it must be possible). Every time I go out there I recount and find another person. This is weird. My roommate has some explaining to do.

You Got Me For A Second

Linguistics assignments are hard - especially for my friends... I on the other hand am considered one of the smarter ones because I understand what the teacher is doing in class (probably because I am better at math than they are). Anyways, so yesterday we had a group assignment helping luncheon, where I was clearly the smartest one there. lol - not to sound narcissistic, just that if there was a vote, I would have won (plus I was the only one who had a solution, the other girls had no idea what they were doing). Anyways, one of the girls who came this time was really having problems, but she was smart normally... (Tacky - think a Christyn type person cuz this girl is pretty and popular too). So yea, I helped my stupid friend, another girl, and this popular girl (who had talked to me a couple of times while we were alone waiting for class, and whom I have known for quite some time, but who tends to ignore me once her friends come). At the end of the helping session thing, were I basically showed them all how I had done the problem and hoped they thought I was right, I got up to leave for my next class and then the pop. girl looked at me with the biggest eyes and thanked me in the most sinseer way I have seen in a very long time (from anybody). I felt so good for a few seconds cuz I knew she really appreciated the time I spent trying to help her understand... but then I thought for a second, and realized she was probably going to shear those answers with her stupid friends - which made me quite angry because I hate it when people get free answers without having to work for them.

The Great Project Cram

Weekend was pretty okay. Friday night Craig and I went to Heather's to watch remember the titans, as Heather and I were pretty shocked that he had never seen it. Saturday morning I spent working on my very pretty poster. It's good now, but it could be so much better .... I just don't know how. Maybe if I haven't screwed it up before I hand it in then I will take a picture of it. Sunday, Danielle came over to work on that project, when she left Maggie and I had a long fight, and I definitely said some things I should not have. I just need to learn to keep my mouth closed - lol, Tacky, I still haven't learned that one...

Okay, wanna know something uber creepy that I discovered yesterday? Tacky's bday and Ciela's bday are the same day (it's coming up soon too!) and if you rearrange the letters in their names you get the other's name. Ciela = Alice. lol. Okay, that's not the weirdest part - yes they have the same letters, the same birthday and are the same age, but it's gets weirder. Ciela's best friend is Leslie, Tacky is mine. Do you want to know Leslie's birthday? Same day as mine. .... wow. Yea....

First Day of Spring! Yipee!

Today was a rather interesting day. While eating breakfast this morning an older male student came up to me and sat across from me in the lounge / sofa area and started randomly talking to me about what he had supposedly done this morning. It was a rather detailed story about his efforts to see the sun rise this morning. While I believed it at the time, I walked away thinking it was probably all b.s. -lol.
Classes were dull as usual... later Craig and I went to the gym, but left during a fire alarm. Afterwards I started making letters for an amazing poster I have to make for a presentation next week. I can't believe how much time I am putting it in... and it's looks like nothing right now! Grrr. Honestly I spent 3-4 hours today, and all the results can be held in my hand. That's just a little depressing. Although I must say that I think what I have done looks really cool. Hope my groupmate thinks so too.

Free Coffee! It's my lucky day!

Today is turning out to be such a good day! :) Haven't had to many of those in a while... Yesterday was pretty good too though. Anyways, today I only had one class, in which almost all my friends are in, plus I won a free coffee from Tim Hortons! That's like the first time I won anything. Afterwards I hung out with Ciela for lunch and much discussion. On my way back home I ran into two more people I knew... it's starting to get creepy that everywhere I go on campus I see people I know. Anyways, now I need to finish my essay thing... so I'm off to go do work.

Btw - c'est la fête de ma cousine aujord'hui! Ceci est la première fois que j'ai eu la chance de lui dire bonne fête dans mes 19 ans. Ca c'est triste! Tous le monde devrait savoir que j'admire mes cousins d'une distance (même si je ne dirai jamais cela en anglais) depuis quelques ans mais j'ai réussi a en contacter une récement donc je suis plus que contente.

Stick on tattoos are the coolest!

Happy St. Patrick's DAY!

You can't really tell in this picture b/c it is small, but I have some fake tattoos on my wrist and cheat of clovers to celebrate. Sadly I am not wearing green, but that's mostly because this is a new top, but also because of all the painful years in my childhood of being forced to wear green on this day. I was always embarrassed for some reason to wear green, so today I'm keeping it real with blue!

Last night was lots of fun... Craig and I had a midnight adventure on campus as a conclusion to what started as a super fun dance party, although neither one of us danced... so it later progressed into us just sitting around. lameness. Sadly of late we haven't been dancing at these super fun dance parties... and we really need to find something to do instead, because they are getting unspecial. We seem to have one almost every week!

Anyways, people are getting excited as school is almost over, but I can't seem to see an end in sight. From where I stand I still have two midterms, one small assignement, two presentations (one major, one minor), two essays, and one major project. Only upon completition of those will I get to study for exams.

The big 400!!

This is my blog's 400th birthday. Impressive.
So my brother and his friend came up Monday afternoon for march break. After a two hour delay with their transportation due to the derailment of a train in front of them, they finally made it to my house only to be shocked and scared at the mess I live in. Not that it's really my fault, I just have one really messy roommate who doesn't clean. They were equally amazed that we have no cups, plates or anything to eat with in our kitchen, as they are all in messy roommate's room. wow. Anyways, as I had class after I picked them up from the train station, I left them alone to wonder the city. Then later Monday night was spent playing pool and watching saving private ryan. Tuesday Ry and Nicholas went to Carlton and hung out with Nick's family and even went to a class. ha ha. Later Maggie came over and the four of us wondered downtown again... without my success in finding something super fun to do. Wednesday Nick went to quantum physics at Carlton then the boys went to the war museum. Sounds like I got a lot of work done in their absence... nope - Maggie and I started to watch a movie when I was finished class. Later on we all went out for dinner in the market and more beavertails. yummy! Followed by more pool and air hockey that night.
So now they are about to leave and I am super tired. Sadly I'm going to have a painful weekend ahead of me as Saturday is st. Patrick's day, but I have an essay and midterm on Monday (essay finished but needs revision) while midterm hasn't started to be studied for, and a essay/synthesis due Wednesday that I haven't even started! boooo.

Post 399 ~ Before a very long weekend...

Wow... next post will be a big one... a milestone in fact. I think I remember starting this blog seriously wondering how long I would be able to keep it up. Wow, that was quite a long time ago. grade 11? or twelve? I don't even remember... but it's been quite some time. ha ha.

Anyways, today is the beginning of a busy weekend. Tonight I promised a friend I would go see a play she wrote and directed... so I'm going to that with some other friends, then Craig and I are having a super fun dance party when I get home. ha ha. We have been adding to our terrible music collection lately... I must say that we have some pretty crappy songs on the list now. lol. Somehow I need to find the time to get other homework done, even though I have most of the weekend. Sunday however is going to be dedicated to the cleaning of this uber messy apartment so my brother and his friend don't have to sleep in filth. Yea, they will be coming up next week for a couple of days. Which reminds me of how much I miss march break. ggrrr....

BTW - I forget to add...

P.S. It's my half birthday today!!
Not that i'm excited about being on the down slop towards twenty, but it's still something to celebrate.

The brown is definitely fading... boo.

Even though it was pretty much to be expected, I did super well on Spanish midterm... although not as well as I could have done if I hadn't made some stupid mistakes. ggrrrr.... Anyways, don't want to boast.

My brother called me last night and is going to come up and visit me during his school break. Exciting! He's bringing a friend which I am actually feeling good about because then he will not be alone while I'm in class. So next week is going to be amazing! However it means I need to get lots of things done this weekend. Thus it's going to be a boring weekend... perhaps only a super fun dance party to cheer me up after whole days of homework? ha ha.

Post 396!

Yesterday was a pretty uneventful day, besides the billions of facebook emails I kept receiving... ha ha. But all in all it was a great weekend, and I am not looking forward to another week of school. I still can't believe how few there are left before the end of the year - which of course I am not looking forward to. I want to stay as far away from home as possible right now... and as far away from something else if you know what I mean.

Anyways, movie night tonight with Ciela! Exciting!

Ack! I think I can already see the blonde showing through my beautiful brown hair! (or is that just in this pic that it looks weird?) Well, as long as my hair neve goes back to it's natural color, everything will be just fine.

Something Different?!

First of all, I'm sorry for not blogging lately, I had some things to deal with that are still bothering me... like my poor broken baby. Yea, that has been on my mind 24/7. It may have been the reason I haven't done anything lately and never felt like saying much. Oh well, something fun finally happened since coming back here - and I don't mean some of the kick-ass midterm grades I got! (two 85s and a 95!... and a 68... but we can ignore that one.) So yea, yesterday no homework got done, that was okay as I got to hang out with friends. First I went to Maggie's house were Beckie dyed my hair... did you notice a difference??!?! ha ha! I love it! Thanks a ton Beckie! Anyways, then Maggie, Craig and I went to the Cabin... which was good... but there really wasn't anyone there - strange... so we ended up leaving pretty early to have a super fun dance party in my room. ha ha. Great night!

-BTW, Maggie doesn't think that coloring my hair brown made me any smarter... shame.

It's lent again... no more ice cream

Reading week is not going perfectly as planned... Tuesday was actually laundry day... Wednesday was fun, and now i'm being snowed in on Thursday. arrg. So yea, yesterday Jenny and I went to a sandy lion sticker outlet store. Amazing! Something told me to buy stickers... and I did.... spent 11 dollars on stickers! Insane! ha ha. Then we went clothing shopping... Jenny got some things but I held back. The deals were not good enough! ha ha. In total, Jenny and I went to three malls yesterday... plus the sticker place! ha ha... that is mad skill! We both stared at the animals in all three pet stores for sooo long. We fell in love with a cat that we both wanted... and there was an adorable guinea pig and some dwarf hamsters I could have taken home with me if my parents allowed other pets. Grr! They are sooo cute! Anyways, for dinner we met up with Sharon and Henry at Pickle Barrel. yummy! Followed of course by more shopping. Afterwards we were trying to think of somewhere to go, but realized we were stuck in the middle of nowhere! GRR! I hate this town sometimes and which we could have just gone downtown. oh well. Hopefully tomorrrow will be fun with Tacky!

Kung hei fat choy!

Pig! mmmm... I should look into the pig / rabbit relationship.

So I like totally thought that I was doomed to spend another boring night in rez before going back home... but then my friend Leslie from class called me and asked me to go skating with her and Meaghan. I said that I would love to come, but wasn't going to be skating... which was fine. ha ha... so that was my third time without skates. lol. Umm, so then the three of us went out for dinner... which was really yummy! After which we went back to Meaghan's to hang out with her roommate and some other friends to watch a movie. ha ha, I really didn't get what was going on... maybe we were talking too much. What a good night though... except nearly freezing to dealth.... which sucked a lot.

Is there something to the right?

Okay, this picture is way better! I didn't really notice a huge line right down the middle of the picture where I glued the two together this time. ha ha. Anyways, just wanted to say that I'm pretty excited about my plans for next week. Sounds like a lot of good times.

Arg, starring at this picture makes me really want a haircut. Which reminds me... brown hair after the break! Yup, after the break I'm dying my hair brown! It's my plan at least... i'm sick of my two colored hair right now as the top of my head looks almost brown, and the lower half is still rather blonde. grrr.. that's the life of a half blonde for you, the lesson is that no matter how hard you try to be a real blonde, the world will never let it become true.

Stuck Where it is Cold!!

First of all, we know I'm no art genius... so please, do not enlarge this photo. You will only see the terrible quality gluing together of two pictures done by paint - the only program on my computer that does anything close to something useful. So, you might wonder what possessed me to make it. Well, I am exceedingly bored! I'm still at school, and will be for the next few days, as I assumed that I would be overloaded by homework and would appreciate time alone on campus to get it all done so that when I go home I will be free. ha! I actually ended up with almost nothing... and as my midterms are mostly all over with for a while, I really have nothing to do. Well, technically I am still here to get together with my group members to work on our presentation that is due after the break. Yep... group meeting tomorrow! Sounds like a blast! ha ha.

As I refuse to relive any of the midterms I did this week, I'll just talk about the fun stuff I got to do that I never blogged about. Monday... study group with Leslie for Linguistics. Tuesday, study group with Leslie again, but for another course. In fact it lasted so long that we turned it into a Gilmore Girls study party. ha ha. Wednesday I was feeling too stressed and studied very little on my own. Thursday finished all midterms for the week. Today I went out to lunch with Leslie - mardi gras buffet baby! ha ha... let's just say I found most things except dessert a little too spicy for my taste... Tomorrow: group meeting with Danielle and Meaghan! Goodie!

I study a lot on valentines day

Happy Birthday Beckie!
+ happy vday to everyone

Awww... my teacher gave us chocolate during our midterm. lol, how kind. This means I only have one more midterm this month. Exciting!

Broke a Treasure

Stress growing. Very upset today because I somehow broke my ring. If you don't know which ring I am taking about, shame on you, it's the only ring I ever wear. Three midterms this week... plus a project to conclude the week. I'm not ready of any of them. I just wanted to share the sadness of my ring. It's really bothering me b/c I keep expecting it to be there every time I rub my fingers together. Plus my parents might be angry when I tell them b/c this is the like 6th / 7th time I broke it. That's what they get for giving it to me sooo long ago... wow, now that I think about it, I have probably had it for at least 10 years... no wonder my finger feels such a loss.

Frustration + Stress = bad combo!

I don't know if it is caused by all the midterm stress that i'm under, but lately I have not been the most friendly. I'm angered by all the fights I'm having with my dad these days. Every single time I talk to him lately I can't help but argue how unfair he is being with my bro and I. My parents are usually very fair, but it's not fair that my brother is getting all these things so easily that I had to seriously fight for. When I wanted voicemail for me phone, my parents refused... even though I use me cell all the time.... I finally got it this year only because it's my life line... but even still, it was a struggle that lasted many years. Recently I found out they just gave it to my brother, who doesn't even use his cell!! arrg. Plus when my parents go on a vacation this summer, my brother is going to me left alone in the house all by himself. That NEVER happened to me! My parents said that they are only allowing him because they 'know' that he will not have a party. As if! It was way more likely that I was not going to have a party at his age b/c all my friends lived soo far away! Are you kidding me dad, you are leaving him alone for a weekend with money and a car?!?! Don't you see that's not cool, cuz his friends live so close... it's a recipe for a party! How can they trust a 17 year old like that and yet never trust me!! I was way more innocent at his age anyways! ARRG! FRUSTRATION!! That news came last week and yet I am still so pissed about it. I don't understand why they are soo good to him. Dad told me it was because I get to do whatever I want while I am away at school. True enough, but I never got to have a party at home without my parents being there with my friends from back home. Maybe you can see the fairness of this, after all being first born has a lot of downsides as well as positives, but my mind is so blocked with frustration that I'm not thinking clearly.

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Stuck in the mid of midterm time. I know you understand how not fun that can be. Today was my first midterm, and it was ever so easy. I was happily shocked that I finished it sooo fast cuz I knew most of the answers. *smiles*, if only all the midterms could be like that. It helped of course that I got a little study card to use - that was in fact the first time that happend to me. Normally my midterms are devilish. Arg, i'm done for the week, but next week is insane... three midterms and a project! oh my! I don't know if luck will cut it, I really need to study.

Make A List!

This morning I woke up early (this is happening too often it seems), and went to the gym with Heather, Lindsay and Christelle. The last two were new to Heather’s and my new little routine. It was fun though. Then I went back home and Craig and I decided to go the library to get some work done. Ha ha, we weren’t there very long before he started starring at the people skating outside on the canal (we can see them from the library windows), and he suggested to go get some beavertails. Feeling weak willed as one gets while doing boring homework, I agreed. Of course, on the way over, we just HAD to stop in to the mall to see Maggie and do a little shopping. So finally we make it to the canal and decide the first beavertail store’s line up is too long… so we go to the next, which turns out to be much farther than predicted. We finally make it, but it turns out to be closed, so then we head back to the first one, because by that time we were hungry for some sort of lunch, and we end up waiting in the massive line up. arrg. No problem though, as we eventually get our yummy beavertails, which we went back to the mall to eat. lol. It was there that we decided that we never stick to our plans, and thus we need to create a list from which we must not deviate. While at the mall we go back to visit Maggie to show her out cool list… but then head back to the library (a different one this time – as we had written on our list) and get back the that homework. Eventually we get kicked out and have to go back to the original library. For dinner I had another first (#1 being on the canal), Craig and I went out for shawarma… which was okay, but not as good as I had heard. Now we are back in the original library again to get more work done. Perhaps tomorrow will be a more productive day. No worries, won’t be here much longer, soon it will be time for super fun dance party!

GD Celebrations

Hey! Happy belated groundhog day to all those who didn't celebrate the awesomeness of yesterday! Groundhog day was such a good day, almost as sweet as my birthday. ha ha. well, what other day do I get cards and presents (thanx again Maggie!!), and good news about spring??!? Sure some people thought I was weird when I wished them a "grand groundhog day", but it still brought many smiles to people's faces. :) Thanx to everyone who made yesterday a special day!

Something funny that happened yesterday was there was an international fair at the school that my friend dragged me to in order to try some food from around the world. We had some Taiwanese bubble tea (now I know that I like bubble tea warm and cold!), but when we got to the chinese table, they asked me to try some green tea. My friend had some, but I said no thank you. They looked at me like I was chicken or something. As my friend stayed at the booth looking around for a while, the lady asked me why I would not like to try some. To her shock, I told her that I already had tried it. It shocked her even more when I told her that I liked green tea ice cream much more than the actual tea. ha ha... you should have seen her face!!! She like freaked on me cuz she probably assumed that I was an uncultured little white girl. She proceeded to give me directions on how to get some up here and wanted to know where I had gotten it from. lol.

Then last night, Maggie came over for a girls movie night and we watched 'curious george' (very cute!), and 'never been kissed'. Good times!! Thanx again for awesome groundhog day maggie, but next year Heather said we could watch the gd movie!!

Sweet Spring!

What a great way to wake up this morning. I had to be up early anyways for class, so I turned the TV on and waited for the groundhog day report. I love Wiarton Willie for predicting an early spring! sure this winter has been short, but it was harsh at many points. Oh, Wikipedia has stated that the top groundhogs are in agreement: Punxsutawney Phil, Staten Island Chuck, Wiarton Willie and Shubenacadie Sam are all for an early spring!

This has really cheered me up!! It's good news for spring :)

Tonight maybe some groundhog day celebrations with Maggie and Heather? dunno. Maybe they will even let me watch the movie. ha ha... okay, I will not push my luck... I know that movie is annoying... but it's just cool too.

Countdown to Groundhog Day Continues!

Not much has changed since my last post. Except today was fun because I got to have a quick dinner with Lindsay, whom I haven't really spent much time with before but seems very cool. Oh yea, and we are significantly closer to groundhog day (Feb 2). I pity those who don't recognize GDay as a major holiday! I don't believe that we should have school then and we should learn to worship the almighty groundhog. okay, that's a little much, but I do think that more people should recognize the coolness of this day!!

It's almost Groundhog day!!!

Sunday ended pretty well - ha ha, another degrassi and salad party! After Maggie left, I tried to finish off season 3 of junior high... but couldn't stay up that late, so ended up waking up early Monday morning cuz I just had to know how it all ended.

So I'm sad that it is almost the end of January because that means it's time to get serious in February. I have a ton of projects and midterms right before the break. Then some right after I get back, so I had to make the decision to cut my break short to get back up here to finalize my projects. How cruel!

Can't wait for super stressing in February!! NOT! However, groundhog day is this week!! Maybe I'll get some good news about the end of this stupid season!!

Three Library Trips!

Posting from the library… cuz that is where Craig has dragged me to get our homework done. lol. This has been a pretty good weekend, not overly productive, but I have gotten quite a few things out of my way for the moment. Friday I hung out with an old amiga, and we went for hot chocolate. Afterwards Craig and I helped our other roommate clean up the apartment. I vacuumed! Impressed? Ha ha. The three of us hung out for a while, I hadn’t really spent the time to get to know her yet, so that was good – perhaps a little late but better late then never as they say. Then two of them ganged up on me and made me try a coup. C’est pas pour moi!

Saturday morning woke up early and went to the gym with Heather and Craig. Then went home and got into the homework mood. Later Craig and I went to Heather’s place to visit her and Lindsay. The four of us went to the local grocery store and bought a brownie cheesecake. Split that five ways (Heather’s brother) and had a nice late night desert. None of us were successful in finishing the massive slices, although Lindsay came pretty close. Ha ha, Craig’s was so huge that it was like three times larger than mine. So we followed that with a little DDR. I pretty much suck at that, but they didn’t let me leave without playing a game. Which I passed! ha ha. I less proud of that then it would seem.

This morning Craig woke me up during the weirdest dream I have had in a while (something about being the lead in a Swedish play and having tons of people loving my performance even though I was making it up as I went). Anyways, so ya, we went to the library this morning to get lots of homework done. We actually were so early that we had to wait for it to open. lol. After lunch I took another stab at the other half of my extra cake – so now I’m down to like 1/4 of the original amount. Anyways, Craig and I noticed we were not getting much done and so here we are again at the library.

Dawning

Okay, the layout is a little different, but it had to be changed eventually. Plus it was probably a good thing that I got rid of the people who suck list. It was a little childish of me perhaps. Anyways, that is all I have to say tonight.

Juice and I will be together again...

First order of business, I think I am going through juice withdrawal. ha ha, don't laugh, I'm serious, it has been over 35 hours since my last glass of juice. I have been mainly living off of chocolate milk... and right now I have a bottle of water. Oh, it's painful... but I don't have any juice.... and it's soooo cold here that I'm not going to the store! I have pop here, but I'm thinking of drinking healthy things in these hard times of withdrawal. lol.

Secondly, once again I'm cornered into something I can only hope will be amusing. Thinking/believing that it will not be only makes me squirmy inside. Why do I always let myself be cornered like this? Why do I try to please so many people? I hate caring too much! arrg.

ha ha, maybe my lack of juice is making my crazy? perhaps it is causing me not to think clearly. arg, common shannyn, you have nobody to blame this time but yourself.

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To clarify the picture situation, this is a picture I took the following night of my last post (but was too lazy to write a post for it). You can barely see the purple tank top again, but the stap is visible this time. Now that you see it in this photo, go back to the last one and see if you can see it (it's under my hair in the front but is visible further back!). Anyways, all that to say that I really was wearing it in the last picture too. ha ha.

So this morning was quite an experience. After getting a pretty decent mark in my linguisitcs class on an assignment I stayed back after class to ask the prof a question. When I went to leave, the next class was coming in to door. I wanted to exit and the way the situation was, when I opened the door to leave, the girl (who was coming into the class at the same time) stood there in my face. She should have let me pass. I thought it was soo rude of her not to stand out of my way to let me go through the door first so that I could leave the classroom and the line of people behind her could enter afterwards. Arg, I was frustrated but since she was still trying to get into the classroom, I stood back a bit to let her through. Then I realized that she was blind, and thus was struggling to get into the class (with the help of a friend). lol - I walked right into a blind girl and was mad she didn't move. ha ha.

POST 377

Wow, I realized after I had edited this picture that it kinda looks like I am not wearing anything... ha ha. I can assure you, I have a purple pajamas tank top on, you just can't tell (partly because it is a pale shade and partly because my hair is in the way). I really wanted a picture today of my hair because it looks controlled. lol.

So the biggest news is the insane amount of snow. yea, I have no idea how much, but I would guess that there is easily over a foot outside my door right now. It just kinda came all of a sudden and shocked me.

More surprising though, is that today I bought a bottle of water, and drank it within 3 hours!! For those who are not shocked, you must not realize how much juice I consume, or how rare it is even for me to drink water outside restaurants. Last school year I would probably say that I had 2 whole bottles of water during the whole year. Yup, just two! And this was the first bottle of water I have drank all year. Everyone tells me that I should be drinking water - that's not the reason I did it today - but as I feel a cold coming on and needed a drink to make it through my class I was kinda cornered into my purchase. ha ha.

Sexy Banana Hammick is 20!

Yesterday was Heather's 20th birthday!! I'm sorry about not blogging yesterday, it was kind of a busy day - otherwise I so would have wished her a happy birthday!! lol. (HAPPY BELATED!!) ha ha. So anyways, we started off the party with bowling!! I sucked again... which is the most hilarious as I once took lessons. Perhaps things you learn in 5 pin bowling cannot be transfered over to 10 pin. ha ha! Umm, so yea then we went to the mall for dinner.. where I got to meet ber's and maggie's new bfs. I'm still sticking by that cmm reference maggie!

(sorry to maggie and everyone else at our table who heard me speaking french. I once heard of a francophone lady who had perfect french, but would not speak a single word of it when she knew that an anglophone was around. My grandmother told me this story because she had once heard this lady speaking french when she didn't know my grandmother was there, but as soon as she discovered it, she wouldn't speak another word of it so as not to be rude. I always admired that woman because I know that it is kinda mean to have a conversation another person cannot understand. So let me just apologize now for speaking french to sean and leaving everyone else out of the conversation.)

Afterwards we met up at Heather's place for monopoly and a little dance party to random music Craig downloaded. ha ha. As the game ended technically 30 mins after Heather's date of birth, her brother didn't have to feel guilty about not letting her win... as he came out a very rich man. Monopoly is awesome! Of course, so was playing Friends Scene It friday night with Maggie at her place. Out of the three of us, I so should have done better. Clearly Beckie and I need to team up and squish everyone else!

Proud Sis

Okay, I'm a post-aholic today, but after my last post, my baby bro called me to tell me that he past his driving test. So now he can drive me whenever I need a ride. lol. It is also his birthday today and I kinda forgot to wish him a happy birthday on my last post (even though I hope he doesn't read this).

HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY RY!!
I hope you have an awesome day and that you treat my car well. lol. Congratulations on your achievements today! LOVE YOU!

That makes how many more weeks to go??

So today concludes my first full week of classes. I can assure you they were nothing thrilling, but I am lucky enough to know (/made friends with) at one person in each of my classes. Funnily enough in all my classes save one I know somebody from my program. Plus the majority of my classes are not to far from my building. Although I still have the odd few that are too far away that I really can't imagine having to get there when the weather worsens.

When going on a hunt for one of my classes recently I ended up stuck in a stairwell with both doors into the building locked... I was freaking out a little bit but I eventually found an emergency exit which I proceeded to run out of incase an alarm sounded. lol.

I have gotten all my marks back except one... and I have to say I am not quite satisfied but they were what I expected all along. It just hurts to see the reality. There will be no deans list for me this year seeing as how my marks this semester will probably be equivalent (having no courses in english to bring them up).

Last night Craig and I had a salad and Degrassi party. I had gotten the first season of the old episodes (which I had never seen before), plus we had bought a ton of salad the other day (which we seem unable to finish). lol. So the result was obvious - we needed that degrassi+salad party. lol. I have to wonder why I missed out on Degrassi as I child. It's just sooo funny. The combination of bad acting, out of style clothes, and huge antennas on technology is just too much to handle!

The Last of the Crazy People

Okay, I'm not feeling particularly pretty right now, but I felt like adding a picture as I have not included one in a while. Please allow me to recap the recent events since I came back to school. Thursday school started, with my very first class being spanish... arrg, the easiness was actually painful to sit through. But don't worry, I was put in my place with my other classes, particularly my french culture class. ouch! Oh well, we shall see how this semester goes. I might end up being ever so grateful for having sweet spanish. Although, this does mean I will probably post in Spanish in the future, just for the fun of it. Friday was also classes, but that afternoon Craig and I went out shopping, followed by the buying of a whole pizza. Thus I ate pizza for three straight meals... lol... yummy! - but also mildly sickening. That night we played two rounds (I think) of trivial pursuit. Of course Craig always kicks my ass at that game. But the last few games I have been getting pretty close and even tying him. ha ha. Then saturday Maggie dragged me (okay, it was pretty voluntary on my part) to some random part of town to buy a school book for herself. The bus ride was interesting - including me almost falling on a guy... stupid buses go too fast! ha ha. Then while shopping I like almost get run over by a car! Scary! - This will teach me to never walk across a busy street again! We also went shopping in the mall, in an attempt to find a cute shirt for me.... this seems very hard but not impossible! Anyways, that night was by far the best of the semester... pictures should be up soon. It was girls night out dancing with Maggie and Heather at the cabin. Apart from the ears hurting afterwards, it was such a good time!! Then today Maggie and I went shopping for Heather's present, but of course we had to have another bus adventure. lol, Maggie took me on the wrong bus... not technically the wrong one cuz it took us where we wanted to go, but it took a really long way! meh... we eventually got there and had our beavertails. yummy!

Anyways, let's hope this good start means a good semester. I sure hope so.

Another Year... Think of the Possibilities

Happy New Year! ha ha... okay, it's a little late, but as I haven't blogged in some time, I think it is acceptable. Anyways, I love how I started off the new year and I couldn't have imagined a better end to 2006. Of course it would have been better if I were surrounded by all my friends, but I can't ask for everything. So, to summarize, Jenny W., Sharon, Henry and I spend new years eve skating downtown, then we went out for dinner, after which we met up with Jamie and we all decided to go clubbing. It was everyone but Henry and my first time which made it pretty cool. However, I was shocked at the prices on new years. soooo much more expensive than up here! We ended up going to the cheapest one and spend the evening dancing there. At midnight I was surrounded by friends having balloons and confetti dropped on me. Perfect! Sure there were some weird moments, but we spent the rest of the night talking about them. I can honestly tell you that at the beginning of 2006 I never would have been able to see myself here at the end of the year. I dunno if it is were I should be, but it is fun and that is what matters. In a year from now I have no idea where I will be, but I hope I'm happy.

Today I came back to rez and spent my first night back watching "charlotte's web" with Maggie and Beckie. Spiders are creepy, but Charlotte was a pretty cool spider... tolerable on the eyes even! ha ha. Thank you sooo much for the xmas present Maggie, I love it more than I can express and I can't wait to organize my earings! lol... I'm just nerdy that way.

Who knows what will happen this year... it's hard to be patient and wait just to see.

Under A Christmas Tree?

Abercrombie & Fitch, Armani, Burberry, Chanel, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, FCUK, Gucci, Lacoste, Prada, Vera Wang, and Versace. Or maybe Anna Sui, Estée Lauder, Lancôme, Tiffany & Co.!

Oh Please!

Somehow I doubt it.



Ha ha. Merry Christmas everyone!

Not Feeling the Christmas Spirit - must be the lack of snow...

Christmas at home:
Yesterday we went to my parent's friends' house. They have an 8/9 year old daughter (spoiled only child!) First my brother and I played a Lizzie McGuire game which she SO cheated at! Then we went downstairs and she played with my hair and did my nails. Ha ha, doesn't sound too painful, but let me say that she painted both sides of the nail.... and spilled nail polish all over my fingers. Afterwards I could barely move my fingers. The dinner was amazing though.... so worth the trip! Honestly this girl is so cute... but sooo evil! ha ha, I can't explain it... she's just really smart for her age. You can't trick her! ggrrr.. she's like as smart as me!

Today is Christmas eve. My dad and I pretty much can't stop fighting. My brother is insensitive and lazy. My mother is trying to do too much and be the perfect hostess. Things were fine but now my grandparents and my uncle are over. He is pretty much suffering on the inside and just sitting here taking everything my grandparents throw. My grandmother refuses to stop talking... and my grandfather is teasing us all. Oh, this sounds like a normal day to me though. Although it is clear that my uncle is putting an extra christmas effort to restrain himself and behave.

Tomorrow I get to see the other half of the family. It's the bigger half... and there are lots of people I like talking to... but there are of course a few I really don't. Sometimes I wonder if going there and getting the presents is really worth what I have to go through.

First Adventure Back Home

Yesterday I woke up super early, had a shower, packed my overnight things, drove my brother to school, then went to Alice's house where I learned all about chemistry! I still remember that positive/negative real gas! ha ha... Anyways, then Alice and I bussed + subwayed downtown where I met up with Janet, wished Alice good luck on her exam, and then went to see Janet's place. By then it wasn't even near noon. Janet and I decided to go shopping... and we basically went everywhere downtown... as in we didn't stop shopping until after 4. Then we waited for Shannon and Doris to show up. Then the four of us plus Jenny and Celia went out for dinner. Not only was it very yummy, but we all learned something new about each other. We couldn't decide what to do afterwards, but Shannon and Doris had to go home. So Janet, Jenny, Celia and I went to Jenny and Celia's apartment ad hung out there. Oh card games... Bellinies and mike's combined didn't help Janet and I do well. ha ha.... then Janet and I went back to her place... watched the smurfs!! (yah... that was sooo the best!) We stayed up late talking and catching up... such a slumber party! lol.

This morning I woke up and was treated to breakfast by Janet... Thanx! But I was freaking out about being late to pick up my car from Tacky's as Janet's mother was stuck in traffic -because if I were then nobody would be there to let me get it. In the end we raced to Tacky's house, hoping to catch her mom who could let me in... but alas we must have just missed her... so I ended up actually busing back alone (ottawa people might not think that is shocking, but I hate the crazy system down here... and I will never understand it! ha ha)

Anyways, after walking home from my stop I started to do my laundry, and bake cookies. (lol - craig... I didn't burn them... plus my sink was clean enough to work with! wow.... I almost forgot what that was like...) ha ha. I love baking! I hope there are going to be more awesome adventures downtown... Tacky, we misssed you there!

Post I Wrote on the Train

Sitting here on the train, thinking about last night’s fun. Also listening to some music (Maggie, after hearing Incubus’ Anna Molly, I don’t really think that your friend Ian sounds like them, but I think the band itself in general does a little bit). So last night after my last exam Maggie came over and we hung out at my place until we got hungry, then we went out for dinner at the Royal Oak. Good food! Afterwards we headed down to see Maggie’s old co-worker in his band. I have to say they were like a million times better than what I expected (and very nice too!!) I got to meet their groupie (ha ha!) and got a free CD in the end! It was such a perfect night and I had the best time! Got back a little late… couldn’t sleep for a while because I kept thinking of things to pack that I had forgotten. Meh… I really hope I didn’t forget anything!

So far I have watched Mary Poppins and played a lot of mindsweeper and freecel. Good times…. but my battery is running low now so I don’t know what I am going to do for the rest of the trip! Seeing as how it’s only been a little over half way I think I’ll die of boredom before I make it!

So I am thrilled about this trip home. School is sucking… and next semester I am going to die… none of my courses are in English! What was I thinking? Maybe I am crazy… that sounds likely. Anyways, I am on the other hand looking forward to next semester… some classes are promising. Plus if things work out with people coming to visit me, it should be full of good times. I just need to get over my hatred for the weather here. Ha ha…. Next semester is going to be ultra cold, I can just feel it. It’s been too nice out these past few days that I can only guess how bad it is going to get in the next two months.

Anyways, I when I get the chance to post this I will be home and will have the chance to see everyone I miss!

Ten lords a-leaping!

Ten days until Christmas... ha ha, not like you could tell by going outside... but the malls are alive with the shopping spirit! Exams are almost done and I am getting restless. This semester needs to end asap! (mostly so that I can go home and shop without regret of not studying... ha ha!) Plus I will finally find the time to get a haircut! Excellent! You can't really see in this picture... but as I haven't cut it since like June - I think it's really past it's due date.

Anyways, I got a mark back already. I thought it would have been a guaranteed A... alas it was only a B+. Grr. Oh well, I guess I can live with that. This semester was pretty much a disaster in terms of marks anyways...

Pretty Shameful

Is this sick or what:
Number of times I went to the mall each day this week...
Monday - once
Tuesday - three times
Wednesday -twice
Thursday - once (so far)
Friday - unknown!

...sad! I should really be studying instead of shopping....
too bad.

SH-SH-SHOPPING!

Yesterday I had my second last exam. I finished it pretty early then went shopping with Craig! (both grocery and regular shopping!) When we got back we went on music downloading sprees! When to bed a little early with a headache, and woke up this morning bright and early! Got an early start to my day by actually going to the gym by myself! (Felt pretty proud I actually went, even though I wasn't there very long...) Anyways, then I went to visit Maggie at the mall... then got bored and found out that Heather was free... so went over to her house and we went shopping for her brother! He he, then we went for beavertails... Heather made friends with some cute little birds, but I found out that she was discriminating against the bigger birds... tsk tsk.

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While writing that, Maggie called me and asked me to help her do some more shopping, as she had just finished work... so I agreed, and went back to the mall - having nothing else to do anyways... ha ha. Anyways, the funny part is after I got home after the third time shopping today my daddy called me and told me he was having trouble finding something for my mom and he wants me to go back to the mall and look for him here. ha ha... I told him I don't think I could go to the same mall four times in one day, but this gives me a reason to go back very soon... ha ha!

New Angle.

So... this is me really not wanting to study. I am faced with the hardest exam of my life (so far), and that seems to make me want to study less. Of all courses, this is the one I need to study for the most. Grrr... I can't seem to gather up the will power to study. Maybe I'm just all studied out. Honestly I have the drive to study for my next exam more than for this one. Ha ha, maybe that's because this one is too hard!

Meh. I just want to go home without actually going home. I wish it was possible to go home without seeing family. Except of course my awesome brother... whom I miss! Aww... I am already dreaming of everything I am going to do when I get home... and of course it involves spending very little time actually in my house! There are certain people I HAVE to see! (namely Tacky, Heather, and Sharon). There are also tons of others I miss and better get the chance to see also!

So addicted to The Fray right now! Been playing "how to save a life" and "over my head" like a million times all week! ha ha. Sadly I can't relate to either of them... but I want to say to those that can that you are not losing me!

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I'm happy that most of my exams are done... just two left! Woot! Then freedom! Well, as I don't have one for the rest of this week, I spent this afternoon shopping with Maggie Moo! lol. Yes, it's like totally freezing up here, but I still went downtown. I'm feeling too poor right now so I didn't buy anything for myself... although I totally fell in love with too many things! ha ha... that's my life! Oh well. I should really try to stay away from the mall... it's a huge temptation. It's just really hard because I love the mall too much! Anyways, I just wanted to say I spent the day shopping... instead of studying for my next exam (which will be the hardest yet).

The Cookie Story

I'm sure you can guess what happened by the picture, but let me tell the story anyways. After my first exam (which went well), Craig and I decided to make cookies. We had bought some pillsbury dough a while back but never used it. So we start making the cookies, and everything is going well. The directions say to bake them for 11-16 minutes, so we put them in the oven and go into our rooms to wait until they are ready. I was sitting here using facebook and thinking how good the were smelling until ten minutes after we put them in all of a sudden the fire alarm goes off and Craig and I both jump up and run into the kitchen. ha ha, we totally knew that we were probably the ones who had set it off. lol. So we see all the smoke and Craig opens the oven and takes out the cookies (which are pitch-black), then drops them in the sink and pours water on them... then we open the windows and doors to let the smoke out... all the while in a sort of half panic, half laughing... ha ha. As I am opening the window I see my friend from class who just got back from the exam and start talking to her from my kitchen window... while the smoke alarm is still going off. ha ha! Anyways, she suggests the oven fan (brilliant!), so we put that on and soon enough the alarm goes off. Sadly, half the cookies were soggy from when Craig poured water on them, but there were a few that were not, so I decided I had to try one. To my amazement, only the tops were burned, the underside was perfect! Oddly enough I liked the cookies and had two! lol... maybe we will try again another day... or maybe it's just better (/safer) if we never touch that oven again!

Four Finals To Go!

This morning I had my last class of the semester. That felt great! Now it's exam time and I know everyone is stressed, but we don't need a repeat of last week! Please keep yourselves happy and healthy... (for those who don't know, two of my friends found themselves in the hopsital last week). Anyways, let's all try to make it through the rest of the month... well, actually it's not even a month! I'll be home in a matter of weeks! The only things that are stopping me are these four finals I have left... although as of tomorrow I'll be down to three!!! *smiles* Which reminds me... I should get back to studying.... meh.

Another good hair day?!

Snowy

Today is the first day of December. I woke up this morning to a beautiful snowy wonderland. Of course two seconds later I started to hate it... cuz I had to go all the way across campus to get to class. ggrrrr... ha ha. By the time my class had ended, it had started to hail. The snow was wet, so I was pretty happy with the whole idea of hail bouncing off me. lol. Anyways, when my next class ended it had started to rain. Rain is the worst. I can take the cold over the rain! I am always reminded of the wicked witch of the west who melts when she gets water poured on her. That's me! I melt! ha ha.

Anyways, after classes Craig and I went to Maggie's house to hang out with her, Becky and Dave. Yummy pizza hut, and Becky and I teamed up in the music seen it game. We came in third place... cuz you so know that I have no music knowledge! Getting to her house was hell in the rain... and we ended up walking home... i am very wet. of well... nice warm shower tomorrow and then tons of homework!