I'm Sorry

Matt, Lauren, and I hit the cheap theatre for Gone Baby Gone on Sunday night. It was fun, and a pretty alright (but sad and long) movie. 4/10. Afterward we went to Chianti's (sp?) for cheap pasta night, and I had to tell Lauren about something that has been tearing me up. I think I scared her a bit though; she thought it was much more serious than it actually is.

See, I bought her Christmas gift online, and I really think she will love it. Problem is that it isn't here yet and I feel terrible. I ordered it a month ago and it still isn't here. It didn't come, didn't come, didn't come, and I was very hopeful that after I confessed to her it would come the next day on Christmas Eve. No luck. I was extremely hopeful that it would come today, in time for Thursday night, but again no such luck. I am pretty choked. I put a lot of thought into it and I am very sad it isn't here yet. Still hopeful though. Please tomorrow. Please, please, please, please, please, so I can stop worrying about it. Also, I hope I am not psyching it up to be more exciting than it really is. Lauren, don't get excited. :)

I have a few Christmas pictures to post, but not tonight. I am taking care of the neighbor's dogs which means I have to get up a half hour (groan) earlier than usual.

Saw Sweeny Todd tonight. It was pretty good. I'm glad Lauren and I went because I know for sure Matt would have hated it. Musical! It was a little too long and a little dry in parts for me, but still not bad. 6/10. I think the next movie will be Juno for our traditional birthday movie and late night breakfast. I am looking forward to it very much.

Stop.

It's Christmas in Hollywood...

Wow! Has it ever been a long time since I updated last. I thought that after I finished my finals I would be all about the updating, but it seems like every time I sit down to make out an entry, I have nothing to say! I have been enjoying my time off though. It is fantastic and busy!

On Tuesday, the night after my last final, Lauren and I went to a yoga class! It was fun, but quite a bit more difficult than I thought it would be. I needed help from the teaching assistant frequently, but I'm ok with that. I paid to take the class so I should make sure I get the most out of it, right?

Wednesday Matt and I finished our Christmas shopping! I was so glad to be done relatively early and to not have had to hit the mall this weekend. That would have been messy. Instead, we hung out with Matt's family on Saturday and went to the hockey game (courtesy of the army). The game was pretty fun and Matt had a chance to go on the ice to receive a jersey!! He didn't take it (let one of his friends go instead) but it would have been exciting! The soldiers who received the jerseys on the ice, however, had to return them as soon as they got off the ice! That seemed a little unfair. They were going to auction them off and the money does go back to the military, but they should have told them they before hand that they were going to receive a jersey, but not to keep. Ah well.

Thursday (back tracking a little, but I want to mention it) was great! Lauren and I wanted to try somewhere new to eat, and we ended up at Original Joe's in Kensington. I wasn't crazy about what I got, but I think the place definitely has potential. The best part was the dessert though; mocha mud pie. This is my irresistible indulgence. I loooove it. Moxie's used to be a great restaurant to get it from, but they discontinued it! I was so choked! Anyway, OJ's had it and Lauren and I definitely whole heartedly attempted to eat the thing with little success. After we saw a great movie: Lars and the Real Girl. Excellent, excellent, excellent. "They're not real, so they'll last forever." Fantastic. I look forward to watching it again at home when there aren't giggly and possibly intoxicated girls sitting right in front of us. Oooh, and it was at the Plaza in Kensington. Cute old theatre.

Merry Christmas to all!

What a Tease!

As you remember, I have no laptop at the moment. Thus, when I want to go on the internet I use Byron's computer and when I have homework I use my dad's computer. I was surfing on Byron's today after work while I was eating my lunch, and on the MSN homepage I saw an interesting link. "Next Survivor Allstars Revealed...?" I of course excitedly clicked on the link, wondering if Lauren's and my favorites would have made the short list. I waited and waited for the page to load (while I had a look at Facebook) and it came back to me as "not able to open webpage". Unfazed, I clicked refresh and waited for the page to open. No such luck again, so I figured "I have homework to do anyway. It is probably a sign that I should get on my dad's computer, quickly look at the link, and then get to work". Fine. So I grab my Crispy Minis (which I am really into lately) and head to the basement. I get on the MSN homepage again and the link is gone. I thought I was on the right homepage, but still hopeful, I quickly type in the link to the Canadian MSN and then re-check the American one. Still nothing. So, either my discussion with Lauren last night about whether or not there will be a Survivor in the spring season got to me, or someone else is playing with my mind.

Sigh.

December!

It is December! Hooray for finally being the Christmas month! We got our tree up today, which I am very excited about. The only thing left to do is gifts, which I am really behind on. I have a few ideas though…

Last night Jordan and I went to the hockey game. Although the Flames let us down, we had a great time, and I even had a Flames shirt to wear this time! I was excited because I always want to be a supportive fan but I never have anything red I could even get away with. I bought a Flames shirt yesterday, so I was happy.

After the game we played Atmosfear with Lauren. I always forget how fun that game is. Plus, it is great for us because no one feels hurt or upset when it is over. That always happens when we play Monopoly. Probably the reason it got banned at my house! It was fun for sure!

Counting down the days until school is done… 15! Just a little over two weeks!

PS- My laptop is home now! The IT guy warned me that I am going to have total hard drive failure soon though, probably before the new year. L I hope it lasts longer than that.

Happy December everyone! I will end with a CHRISTMAS survey!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?

Hot chocolate. The peppermint hot chocolate (pepHC) is definitely my favorite holiday beverage.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?

Wraps them of course! Well he doesn’t, but his elves do!

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?

White is so boring. I like the multi colored LED lights.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?

No. We never have.

5. When do you put your decorations up?

First weekend in December usually.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?

My mom’s mashed potatoes. They are soooo delicious.

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?

Byron and I sneaking out to look at the tree from a distance and then running back to bed without being caught.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?

I think I just wised up to the fact that Santa and my mom have very similar handwriting.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?

Yes, we exchange with my aunt and uncle.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?

With Keepsake ornaments (mom, dad, etc.)

11. Snow: love it or hate it?

Love looking at it and playing in it, but I hate driving in it.

12. Can you ice skate?

Yes, if I hadn’t lost my skates!

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?

There is a new favorite every year. I remember a Barbie horse trailer and a hamster being very exciting gifts though.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?

I love everything!

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?

My mom’s shortbread that melts in your mouth.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

When we went to my grandparent’s for breakfast on Christmas morning and going to church on Christmas Eve.

17. What tops your tree?

It used to always be a star. Now our tree is too tall to have anything.

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?

Giving. Receiving is fun too though!

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?

I like Feed the World, but I am happy listening to almost any of them.

20. Candy canes:

Not a big fan.

21. Favorite Christmas movie?

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

22. What do you leave for Santa?

We used to leave milk and cookies, but now nothing.

2nd November entry

I received a complaint about this thing not being updated more than once in November, so here goes.

Nothing much is new and exciting with me. I have to get a needle today for the mumps (outbreak at the school and in Southern Alberta in general) and I am a tad apprehensive, to say the least. I am actually less uneasy than I am when I get my blood taken though, which is interesting. It makes sense to me though. I hate the thought of them draining my blood. Yech. Plus, hopefully I won't have to see any blood for this. Eek, in writing this paragraph I just made myself a little more nervous and very queasy. Great! I am excited to be protected though. Mumps can (in rare cases, but cases nonetheless) cause infertility, and I want to have babies when I grow up, which may be another reason why I am not as nervous to get the vaccine.

Finals are coming up soon, and I am looking over my schedule for next semester! Wow! In late September and October I thought that this semester would never end, but now that finals are near, I feel like I can't believe how fast it has gone! Winter usually goes even faster, and then I will be into Spring semester, and before you know it, it's summer again! I am hoping that it holds true that winter is the faster semester as I have a Saturday class. Not really looking forward to it, but I am ready to finish my degree and get on with my life, so I am ready to do what has to be done, and at this point that seems like a Saturday course.

More things in my head to possibly be entered at a later date, but at this point I will end with a silly survey:

A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friends: Lauren! <3
C- Cake or Pie: Cake,bar none. Especially chocolate cake. Especially chocolate cake that is the Swiss Alps cake from Swiss.
D- Day of choice: Thursday- I love best friends day and always look forward to it!
E- Essential Item: lip chap
F- Favorite Color: Variety- i.e., I get sick of one color if it is around too much.
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: Yuck, neither.
H- Hometown: Calgary!
I-Indulgence(s): See C.
J- January or July: That is such a toss up. January has my birthday, tobogganing, snow, and skating. July has road trips, swimming, and flip flops. Again, variety. I wouldn't want to live forever in winter or summer.
K- Kids: I'm good for now, thanks.
Life is Incomplete Without: Laughter.
M- Marriage Date: TBA
N- Number of Siblings: 1 bro-ther.
O- Oranges or Apples: Apples with a sprinkle of cinnamon! "You ask what's in this, and the answer is always cinnamon!"
P- Phobias or Fears: Needles :'(
Q- Quote(s): I think having favorite quotes is kinda cliche, but I guess I like the Dr.Seuss one about those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
R- Reason To Smile: A million different things daily.
S- Season: Variety!
T- Tag Three: Tagging is lame-o.
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I constantly worry about the future, and it is something I'm trying to work on.
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals: If oppressor of animals means I eat them, then that one.
W- Worst Habit: I am perfict. Tee hee.
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: I have never had an ultrasound, but I think I would say that, just because having the X-rays pound through my body gives me the willies.
Y- Your Favorite Food: Mmm. Popcorn probably.
Z- Zodiac: Capricorn.

Beets, Bears, Battlestar Gallactica

QUESTION: Which bear is best?

Well I had a great weekend. I'll start with last night (which was technically Monday, but my school week doesn't start until Tuesday). Lauren came over and she, Matt, and I got cozy on my loveseat (we are no longer sitting on lawn chairs in front of the tv!!) and busted out the last half of The Office, season 3. It was fantastically hilarious. I love that show.

Saturday was also excellent, and included me getting my couch back! I snapped on Saturday night and decided that I couldn't take anymore of the lawn chairs (basement is being renovated; couches got packed up) so Matt and I grabbed the loveseat and put it back together! It was funny when we were carrying it out, because Lucy saw us with the couch in the air and started growling. To save us from the attack, perhaps? In any case, I realized that couches = love, and I do not have strong enough muscles for or a future in furniture delivery (which I think I'm ok with).

Saturday during the day (this is throwing me off, going backwards like this) Matt and I went for lunch and experienced some drama! We were eating our sandwiches in Keith's Deli (by Chinook, absolutely delicious) when a bum of some sort came in begging for money. The store owners told him to get lost or they were going to call the cops, and he freaked! It was exciting and a little scary!

We then went to the mall where my boundless Christmas spirit continued to grow. Matt even picked up a Christmas gift! I stopped at the MAC counter and had the following conversation:

the MAC girl: Did I tell you we are having a gala?
Me: No...
MG: Tickets are 10 dollars, 8 of which is fully redeemable in makeup, with the other 2 going to charity.
Me: Oh, very good. What charity?
MG: Uhhhh... um, its like Feel Good, Look Good I think. Something like that. I don't really know. They like, buy makeup for women with cancer and stuff I think.
Me: I see.

Very nice girl, and very good cause (I think), but perhaps if you are promoting an event at which proceeds go to charity, you should know the name of the charity? I couldn't have been the first to ask! Ah well, no big deal!

Sorry!

So I'm thinking that that snow last night was my fault, due to my last entry on here.

Sorry everyone! :)

Love it!

I cannot believe the gorgeous weather we are having! It is the end of October and it is still beautiful out. At work Lily and I were talking about the weather and she said we are supposed to be snow free for another two weeks, but I have my money on snow on Halloween. It always snows on Halloween here.

I am feeling so so so much better. Now that I am test free for two whole weeks, maybe I can find some time to de-stress. I'm pretty excited. I have a few things to do in the next couple of weeks (like my Ast paper- eek!) but hopefully that goes ok.

I realized yesterday that Matt doesn't come back until Sunday! Gah! That means I have a Friday night and another Saturday night that I have to be lonely. Maybe I can actually find something interesting to do! We'll see what happens.

Other than that, not too much new on this front. Matt texted me saying that he can't wait to take me on a cruise, so I guess he is having a great time and thinks that I would like it. So that is exciting!

What else, what else... my last couple of entries have been tiny marathons so I am trying to make this one at least a little substantial. Maybe I should just leave it where it is at!

Have a fantastic rest of the week!

Color me exciting

So Matt has left for his cruise, and I'm already lonely! Hence why I'm blogging at 9 o'clock on a Saturday night; color me exciting. I wish he was here; I love those lazy Saturday nights when we cuddle up on the couch together and watch a movie or something. Or the Saturday nights when we go out and do something; but I'm just in the kind of mood right now where I would like to be on the couch, under a blanket, and snuggled up next to Matt. Sigh.

I've been having a rough couple of days. I'm at a point right now where I just want to fast forward through the next five years of my life. I know I don't really want to because I would be missing out on all the fun times that will no doubt happen between now and then. I want to be done with school, mostly. I think a lot of it is stemming from my Astronomy test on Thursday. I studied quite a lot for it, and I thought the test was really difficult, so I'm worried about what I got on it. I wish he would post the marks already; how difficult could it really be to mark multiple choice? I expected this breakdown of sorts though, as it usually happens to me mid-fall semester. I don't think the winter semester is as bad for some reason. I just feel stressed all the time about school which leads me to be unproductive, which leads to more stress. See the vicious cycle? I feel like I have a knotted fireball sitting right at the top of my ribcage. It is so unfun that words can't describe it. I haven't been eating very well lately either, which usually makes me feel even worse. That will be a goal for me for this coming week; to eat less junk food and hopefully nip these feelings while they are still relatively controllable.

I haven't posted here about my epiphany yet! We had a guest speaker come into my abnormal psych class on Thursday, and as I was sitting there listening to her tell her story, I came to the realization that I don't want to do this for the rest of my life. I don't want to deal with sick people forever. I had strange feelings when I was listening to her talk, and I realized that it isn't for me. Another thing that helped me come to this decision was something that Matt's friend's gf said last week when we went out for dinner. She is switching her major from being a social worker to a dietician. She works in a home with some disabled people right now, and she said that she is already getting worn out. She made the point that when she has kids she wants to be totally and fully invested in them, and she thinks her work she is doing right now would hinder it. It was something that I was kind of mulling over in my head all week and it was interesting that a few other factors added up to me changing my mind about psych. The guest speaker and the fact that I found out that you pretty much need to do your honors degree to be considered for grad school, which is something that I'm not really interested in at this point. Plus, the more I thought about the kids point, the more I agreed. I feel the exact same way, and am pretty sure that I would burn out early if I had gone into a career in psych. I had a talk with my boss (who used to be a nurse) and she totally agreed with me, as did Lauren and Matt and my parents. It is nice to have support for my decisions. So now, the plan is that I'm going to get my undergrad, and then my goal is business! I hope I can get my MBA. I think that that will be a much better fit for me, and I'm excited! I really love my office job, and I can be happy in that sort of setting for my career. That plan is of course subject to change like most of my decisions about school. This kind of adds to my stress a teensy bit though, as many apply and few are accepted... but more on that when the time comes.

Ei, ei, ahhhh

This is very silly. Lauren and I are updating at the same time! I wanted her to update, and she wanted me to update, so here we are, sitting beside each other in the Elbow Room and updating! This website is showing up in some sort of Asian characters which is a little bit tricky!

This weekend was pretty good! Matt and I went to a cheap movie on Friday which was good. I quite like going to the cheap theatre, if there is something good. Sometimes it is nice to go to the real theatre, but this weekend not. There was nothing there that I wanted to see anyway. We went to the Nannie Diaries. It was actually pretty cute. Matt enjoyed it (shh) as well, which I kind of didn't expect, but was happy about! I think I may have liked the book a teensy bit more though.

Saturday we went out for dinner with Matt's friend and his girlfriend, and his girlfriend's sister and boyfriend. Whew! It was fun. We also got spotted by some friends of Jordan, and Lauren later got the info third hand. Haha. It was funny that she sent me a text message asking how Open Sesame was. It was silly, because after we had dinner, we were just kind of standing around outside of the restaurant like we didn't know what to do next; like hang out more or not and eventually we just went to our respective homes. I told Matt on the way home that everyone seemed kind of unsure about what to do, and he made the point that you can't really go home with each other on the first date! So true! If it had been Lauren and Jordan, we would have definitely gone home with them; we need a date for the four of us soon!

I have my Astronomy test on Thursday! I am so scared. I didn't realize that the first half of this course (all the material on the test) would be physics. Eff. I don't have a physics brain at all! Hopefully it goes ok though, and afterward I can celebrate with Lauren during our usual Thursday routine of dinner, killing time, Chain Reaction, and Survivor. Yes! Lo mentioned last week that we fall into routines so easily, and sure, we do. I kinda love it though. I love knowing that we will always be having dinner and then hanging out on Thursday. It gives me something to look forward to for sure, especially when I have my mid-semester blues, which I think I am coming into a little bit. Ah well! Plus, our restaurant of choice at the moment is delicious (always), relatively fast yet still a sit down place, and not so expensive. Plus, the music is fabulous. "Move your body, shake your body, hot. Ei, ei, ahhhh". Oh man. I hope we hear the song this week!

That is it for me for now! Have a good one!

An Ending

I was so excited to see that Lauren updated again today that I decided to update too! Maybe she will be as excited as I was!

Not much has changed from yesterday to today though, that is the problem! I have one announcement... I have stopped piano lessons! I am a little sad and a little uneasy, but I think it was the right decision at this point. There are many underlying reasons that make this decision a good one. My plan at this point is to work on piano by myself for a while, and maybe go back to a teacher after I am done my undergrad degree. One thing I do know is that I eventually want to get my Gr. 10 in piano, and considering how close I am, it would be foolish not to ever get it! So I am excited for that. Independent study could be really good for me right well as well. I certainly don't know everything, but I know enough to learn new stuff (if that makes any sense) and I won't have to stress about never having practiced for my lesson. I'll miss Shelly, but I think this is going to work.

Top reason why holiday Mondays are excellent...??







THEY MAKE THURSDAY COME THAT MUCH FASTER!!!

Matt leaves for his cruise in a little less than two weeks. In a little less than two weeks and in the week that he is gone I have a lab report due, a major midterm, a verbal report, and an astronomy paper due. How is that fair? Haha. I'm psyched for him though. And, he is going to scope it out to see if it is something that he thinks he and I would have fun doing as a vacation one day! I'm crossing my fingers.

That is about all for now I think. Oh, I went to Staples today to look at one of those huge hole-punchers... did you know that those things cost nearly 60 dollars?! Holy crap. I am so not interested in spending the equivalent of about five movie tickets on office supplies. I'll have to keep using the one at school, which totally works for me. I just thought it might be convenient. Maybe it is a good thing though. Where would I even put one of those huge things?

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

Time for a quick update! I have been told that it is about that time, so here goes I guess. I think I tried to make an update last week but ending up deleting it because it was boring and perhaps whiny. Hopefully this one isn't!

I had a pretty good weekend this week! Matt was sick on Friday, which was pretty hilarious. Not funny because he was sick, but funny because of what a fuss he was making. I always thought that it was an exaggerated complaint that guys complain a lot more than girls when they are sick, but I certainly got to experience the truth of that statement first hand on Friday. Poor guy. Haha, I think that at least part of it was exaggeration on his part because I found it hilarious. Who knows though! I am just thanking my lucky stars that he doesn't get sick that often- this is the first time since we have been together (knock on wood).

Saturday was thanksgiving dinner with my family, and Sunday was with Matt's. We had a nice (and delicious) time at both. We watched a really poor movie after Matt's dinner- 1408. I do NOT encourage you to see it. It did have so much potential and the trailers looked so spooky, but it absolutely fell flat. Ugh.

I had my second midterm today. I'm hoping that it was ok! It seemd like everything that I reviewed was not on the test, which is never a fun thing to experience. Next week is Astronomy, which is the one that I am really nervous about!

Anyway, Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

Classes

Sometimes I think that I would have been better off if I had been a full science major, working on engineering or something like that. I consider it... really!

Then, I take a class that is science-esque, and realize that I WOULDN'T LAST ONE SEMESTER in a science program. Although technically, I'm getting my Bachelor of Science degree. Don't ask I guess. I think I would survive a science semester, but I wouldn't really enjoy it. I picked a major I like, and I'm happy with my decision.

Classes are going well so far, except I am finding Astronomy to be a pain. Too bad we don't have an Astrology course at the U of C that could count as a science option. I don't care why the constellations are set up as they are, I would much rather know what they mean, or something like that. I remember being in physics at this exact same time last year, and hating my life and I think I probably swore I would never take a class like that again.

Sigh.

Its not all bad I guess. I am really enjoying my other classes! Except maybe Stats. Haha, so I am enjoying half my classes?

The weekend was pretty good! What did I do, what did I do? Matt and I had a great date on Friday night... we went to Across the Universe (a musical of Beatles songs). It was funny though, because I told Matt it was a musical, and when we came out he mentioned something about how he didn't think it would be the characters singing the whole time. He thought it would just be an all Beatles soundtrack. Silly Matt!

Another exciting week I suppose. I'm already looking forward to Survivor night, as per usual!

It did get better!!

The university is much better these days! Although I am already tired and looking forward to Christmas break (haha, only 3ish months away) I feel way less lonely here. People are actually more friendly than they were at St. Mary's! St. Mary's was very small though, and did have the tendency to be a little cliquey. I think that here no one knows anyone so everyone is a lot more willing to talk to new people. I am actually pretty happy about that. Also, there is a great benefit to having lectures in the big theatres. If you sit near the back, you get to watch so many people fall asleep! It is hilarious. I had quite a good time in Astronomy the other day watching a couple of people do the head bobbing. The train is alright now, I've decided. Really, if you bring an iPod or something, it is kind of relaxing to just sit there and "decompress" (as Lauren worded it, which describes it so perfectly). Some days it is brutal, but I think overall I will get used to it. I drove up the other day, and it took me forever to walk from where I parked to my classes. The train lets me off a lot closer. It was nice to drive home on the 12 hour day though. I think I will be doing more of that in the future.

I am excited for my day to be over today though. It is September 20th today. Does that mean anything to anyone? No? Survivor starts tonight!!! I love when the fall shows start up again. :)

Back to School

The baby monkey was so CUTE!!

Lauren is feeding the ducks!!
My eyes are half closed so its kinda silly, but I look like I am having so much fun (which I was)!
Me in front of very dangerous zoo creatures...
L <3 the bear! She seems to have tamed him very well!

Ok! So I didn't want to update again until I had my pictures uploaded from the zoo, and tonight was the first night that I was ambitious enough to do that, so here it (they) is (are). I tried not to be so snap happy this time. I think I took and developed wayyy too many pictures when we went to see the dinosaurs, and I regret it a tiny bit! I looove the ones with the three of us in them, but as for the ones that are just the dinosaurs, I could just drive back up there and look at them again. The pictures are a little dull!

Yesterday was my very first day at the University of Calgary. I am still kind of excited to be going there, and so proud of myself that I got in, but it is amazing to me how lonely that place is! Even though I know and talk to more people there than at St. Mary's, I totally feel like just another number at the U of C. That, and the fact that the train ride up there isn't that much of a treat makes me hesitant about the year, but I am firm in thinking that it will get better. I certainly hope so anyway! Maybe if I take something to read on the train...

Alright, so the pictures were supposed to be between the first and second paragraphs, but I am tired of playing with this so I will leave them where they are!

What else can I say? This seems like a piddly entry so far. Ah well, I will leave it at this and update when I have more to say.

Good night all!

Week off

Today was the first day of my week off!! I (we) actually accomplished TONS today. Lauren and I headed out pretty early, considering it was a day off, and got out to buy the new season of Desperate Housewives (sooo excited to start watching it tonight) and school supplies. We found everything we needed and headed up to the U of C. I am a little excited for school, but also kind of intimidated. Lauren showed me where all my classes are (hopefully I can find my way back there next week) and we peeked into one of them. It is in a theatre! I cannot BELIEVE how many seats there are in that "class". I guess I was spoiled by starting out post secondary at a much smaller school! I am excited though. One thing that made me happy by looking into that class (theatre!) is that there were plenty of desk for left handed people. I was scared I would have an awkward year of trying to learn how to use a desk made for a righty. Luckily though, almost all of the aisle seats on one side are for south paws. Whew! We also got a lot of other stuff done at the U of C. We got Upass stickers, agendas, and went into the book store where I got two of my four books. It hurts so much though, to pay 215 (!!!) bucks for two books. They can pretty much charge anything they want though, considering you likely need the books to do well in their class. Oh well!

Matt and I went to the Labor Day Classic again this year. It was great. The game was slightly dull, but in the fourth quarter there were three streakers! Four if you count the guy who ran out with his pants still on, but he got booed for being lame. The Stamps won, and it was a good time. Also this weekend we went out for Jordan's birthday to a bar downtown. I had a FANTASTIC time. Met some new people and had fun with old friends! It was great. We got Jordan hooked on Matt's beer. Haha. Also, we did the traditional birthday movie (Harry Potter). We saw it in Imax though, and I wish I knew that they tell you when to put on the 3D glasses. The four of us were sitting there looking through the glasses and then not, trying to see if there was a difference for the first half of the movie. We must have looked pretty silly, considering that everyone else seemed to be clued in as to how the Imax situation works. :)

Have a great rest of the week!

Come home!

I think my BFF should come home!!

Lauren is gone to Winnipeg this week, and I must say that I am quite lonely and missing her!! Haha, she has only been gone since Thursday, but in my defense, I haven't seen her since Monday, so really, it feels like a lot longer ago than that! I do hope she is having lots of fun though. But seriously, come home. :)

I don't know if I posted about my new computer at work yet! I think I did, but this week I got a desk too!!!! I am so psyched! It is great to have my own little area now that is just for me! It worked out really well too, because my desk is right by Tracy so we can still chat and all that stuff. Also, we can "fight" about her (my) plant that I stole and put on my desk. As I am telling everyone though, clearly it is on my desk so it is obviously my flower.

Lauren was traded for Ashley this week on Thursday. Ash came over and we went to get slurpees, as per usual, and there was even some drama! We got back to my house and realized that we came back -1 cell phone. We quickly looked around my house and then went back to Sev where someone had turned it in (thank goodness). It was funny though, because they had called Ashley's mom from her phone, so later when we were watching BB8 (what a good episode!) her mom called and asked if she got her phone back. This was something she would rather not have had her mom find out about. Good times! I hope we can hang out more in the school year when Ash comes back for breaks and stuff.

Anyway, only one more week of full time work, which is kind of exciting, but also kind of sad. I am looking so forward to our week off in which Lo and I have toooons of fun stuff planned to do! I even have a coupon for the zoo, so I am psyched about that!

Last night Matt and I went to the casino simply because we had nothing better to do! It was so fun though! I put five dollars in (risky, I know) and we played that five dollars for nearly an hour, and when we left, we still had our five dollars (thanks to me winning it all back, haha!). That is totally the way to do it though! It gets a little sad sitting there and watching people playing all their money away and not even looking like they enjoy it. Thats an addiction for you, I guess. The woman next to me had something like 1500 credits on her machine (about 750 bucks on the nickel slots) when we started and 100 credits when we left and she was counting out 20's in her purse to put in the machine. I could never do that!

Four months until Christmas!! Would you believe that I am actually looking forward to it? I was in Hallmark the other day looking at all the new ornaments and planning which ones I am going to buy (although I think they go on sale later in the season). I just love Christmas!

Interesting!

Last night I tried to post this entry to blogspot, and it wouldn't let me! Maybe it is a sign?

Time for a quick update!

The weekend was lots of fun!

Friday Matt and I went to the Stamps game. What a game! The Stamps tied it with a touchdown with forty seconds left in the 4th quarter! The fans were absolutely wild, which are the best kind of fans. The game went into two overtimes, and ended up tied. Wow though! One thing I dislike about McMahon though, is that they have three ATMs on one side of the stadium, and one of them was out of order! It was so frustrating. I was talking to a girl in line behind me and we agreed that it would be bettter for everyone if they had say, ten more ATMs at least! The ATM people would make money, vendors would make more money because more people would have money to buy, and we would be happy because we don't have to wait in line so long! It was a great game though and I was so happy we went!

Saturday Matt and I went downtown for the day and did some shopping. We had the most delicious Chinese food I have ever had in my life (that may be a slight exaggeration). Manchu Wok from now on! Reasonably priced too. In the evening (well, night) we went to see Superbad. It was... alright. A few slow moments, but very funny!

Sunday I did nearly nothing the whole day and then got to hang out with Lauren in the evening! Hooray! It was lots of fun, although I am a little bit sad we are missing this Thursday. I understand though, its her vacation, and we rented a movie last night to make up for it!

I spent some time reviewing my U of C schedule. It was time well spent for sure! I think I have everything set up a little better, and although I have to go to the UPO (Undergrad Programs Office) to talk about some courses that transferred wrong, I seem to be in good shape!

Have a great rest of the week!