I'm pressed for time, but I wanted to post quickly to say that I'm leaving for Montreal today!!!! And a few days after being there, I'm off to Toronto! I'm psyched but I HATE packing! Pictures to come when I get back :)
... that I don't post often enough. And I just don't have that much exciting stuff going on, I guess!
So, while blog-hopping, I found this little survey. I love fill in the blank blog posts!
1. I've come to realize that my chest-size...
is something that fluctuates!!
2. I've come to realize that my job...
is a great place for me to be right now, and a great place to learn.
3. I've come to realize that when I'm driving...
sunglasses are a NECESSITY!!!
4. I've come to realize that I need...
to worry less. especially about things that i can't change.
5. I've come to realize that I have lost...
full summers off. ha.
6. I've come to realize that I hate it when...
i self-doubt!
7. I've come to realize that if I'm drunk...
that i'm pretty much guaranteed a headache the next day.
8. I've come to realize that money...
is not as important as other things.
9. I've come to realize that certain people...
are meant to be in your lives forever.
10. I've come to realize that I'll always...
want to keep learning.
11. I've come to realize that my sibling(s)...
is a big guy with a big heart.
12. I've come to realize that my mom...
always means well. and i love her for it.
13. I've come to realize that my cell phone...
is a necessary evil.
14. I've come to realize that when I woke up this morning...
that it was saturday!!!!
15. I've come to realize last night before I went to sleep...
that i can't stay up as late as i used to. :(
16. I've come to realize that right now I am thinking...
that Matt should come home soon so we can eat and watch a movie!!!
17. I've come to realize that my dad...
is one of the people that i look up to the most.
18. I've come to realize that when I get on Facebook...
i waste time on stuff that i really don't care about!!!
19. I've come to realize that today…
is almost over and was NOT very productive.
20. I've come to realize that tonight...
is going to contain a movie!!
21. I've come to realize that tomorrow...
matt is off!!! and we get to do WHATEVER!!!
22. I've come to realize that I really want to...
find an interesting hobby.
23. I've come to realize that my butt...
...
24. I've come to realize that life...
is a funny thing.
25. I've come to realize that this weekend...
i'm bored enough to do a long survey!
26. I've come to realize that marriage...
is something i've not experienced.
27. I've come to realize that my friends...
are important!!
28. I've come to realize that this year...
is almost over!! how is it october already!!!
29. I've come to realize that my ex is...
truly insignificant
30. I've come to realize that maybe I should...
find a new hobby...
31. I've come to realize that I love...
being a student
32. I've come to realize that I don't understand...
why some things happen
33. I've come to realize my past...
is in the past, and i learned, grew, and filed memories, and am looking to the future.
34. I've come to realize that parties...
usually aren't my scene.
35. I've come to realize that I'm totally terrified...
of needles
I took the day off work today. We (Matt, Lo, and I) went to Edmonton on Friday and Saturday for the annual waterpark trip, and I thought I would be super tired so I should make it a long weekend. I actually am not super tired, which is sweet, but it's nice to have the day off anyway! Maybe I'll post some (very cute) pictures from our trip. I'm still trying, although not very hard, to get stuff just right on the new computer. I haven't loaded my cameras on to it yet, but I definitely should.
I see a lot of blogs where people try to protect their identity. Is that strange? Sometimes I think that I shouldn't post pictures of myself or whatever, but it's probably ok. I mean, I don't mention specifics on here, like names of coworkers, where I work, etc., so I'm sure I'll be fine. I don't know. Just crosses my mind sometime! Although I'm not a very high profile person in the blogging world, so I'm sure it doesn't matter.
It feels just like I'm in school right now. I have a day off, things that I should be doing (like chapters and finishing cleaning up some stuff), but instead I'm totally procrastinating and such. Oh well!!
It would be nice!! Unfortunately, I just lack stuff to say!! I should really start readings for the program mentioned in the previous blog post, as I spoke with a professional in the field who said I need to WOW the panel of interviewers. Yeah, there will be a panel. Scary, no? It's a 20 minute interview to totally sell myself and convince them why I should join their program so I feel totally pressured yet totally excited to show off what I know. Or will know by then. Haha.
Also, totally unrelated, but fun nonetheless, I was sitting in my car at lunch today and thought of when a former employee (FE) was eating lunch, in the lunchroom, and a coworker came down and mentioned the "depression soup" that FE was eating, as it was all broth and a few very thinly sliced vegetables. Coworker ALWAYS makes me laugh. One of the most difficult things about applying to said program is how much I'll miss coworker if I go. He's just great.
Hello there, it's been a while. It's funny how much things have changed, yet also stayed the same in that time.
Life is a funny thing. Wasn't it just months ago that I was counting down the days, hours, minutes to completing my degree? And now I have it and wish more than anything that I was on my way back to school this September? I always said that I would prefer to work full time than go to school because work is so clearly defined. You work this many hours a day, this many hours a week, and then go home and not think about. School is always on your mind, and you always know you should be working on it. However, although work is defined for me now, I feel like I am so much more defined as a student. I know what it means to be a student, I know what I'm supposed to do and what my life is supposed to look like and it all, though difficult at times, makes sense. There is always a final goal with school, and I'm having a difficult time finding those now that I'm not in school.
I do have plans to apply to go back to school though. I'm not going to say where, or for what, because everyone I want to know already knows, and no offense to the public domain of blogging, but I feel like getting it so out there would be a jynx of sorts. I'm so excited though. And I really, really hope that things work out and I get into where I want to go. The problem that makes me worried though, is that things seem to be laying out so perfectly right now for going to school. That makes me worry that things will go wrong soon, but that's no way to look at it, and right now I'm just going to be super hopeful.
It's strange to not have any idea what my life is going to look like a year from now. Well, not any idea I guess, but two extreme differences, with neither being more probable than the other right now. I will either have gotten into the school I want to go to and have moved really far away to do that (please, please, PLEASE), or will have moved out into my own place in Calgary! Or maybe some third option totally unknown to me right now. Haha, because as I learned, particularly on a Tuesday afternoon late in June, life does have a way of blindsiding you and throwing you will challenges that you least expected.
I'm doing well though. The above info isn't meant to be doom and gloom, or that I'm totally depressed not knowing "what" I am right now. I am enjoying the time off from school, and can hopefully pursue stuff that was neglected while I was in school (which is so far neglected outside as well, haha). I'm excited about the changes that might happen in the next year, I'm excited for Matt, Lo, and I to take a trip to Edmonton for some waterpark fun in a couple weeks, and I am ESPECIALLY excited for the trip that Lo and I booked (at extremely great price nonetheless) to Montreal and Toronto. After that I'm excited for my photography class to start, and after that, Christmas! And hopefully in January a tropical vacation for me and Matt!! So things are great right now too. :)
Sorry for the marathon entry; if you made it through you are a champ! I'll keep up to date more from now on. Ooh, and I'm having a computer built right now, so once I get that, I'll REALLY be able to keep up to date.
... when I'm bored is to go back and read blog entries to see what I was doing 1 year ago, 2 years ago, etc. Which I think I've mentioned before, but meh.
Last year at this time I was in summer school and dead tired after every work day, but still having to head to school. It's nice to be done, but I still don't know what to do with myself! Tonight I looked up a couple of places I could volunteer, so I think I might sleep on it, then call those people in the morning to see if they still want people!
Reading May 2008 made me think of something funny that happened to me and Lo on Thursday. We went to paint pottery, and didn't finish our pieces, so had to book time for next week. The woman (Donna) asked if we wanted Thursday again, and Lo said yes, because that's date night. Donna kinda raised her eyebrows and gave a long, drawn out, "oooooook". What didn't help our case is that we spent a good portion of our time discussing gay marriage that night. Ah well. We decided that if Donna believes we're together, that's ok. It doesn't really impact our lives at all and it was kinda hilarious. (not that there's anything wrong with that!!)
Also at this time last year, it seemed I was spending a LOT of time with Matt. Which, unfortunately, is not happening at ALL this year. I see him once in a while, but certainly not as much as I once did. This really bothered me, and still does a bit. I always argue to him that our relationship seems to be regressing, as we spend less time together, which shouldn't be the case three and a half years in. However, it's difficult to argue with him, because he always says that he is doing for us, so we can have a better life together later when he gets the experience that he needs to get a great job that he loves. Which I guess is fair, and understandable, but it sure sucks now. Hmph.
One final thing is that I'm super happy Lo and Jord are back together! We all hung out to watch the Survivor finale on Sunday and it was great fun. Last year at this time, the four of us went to see Indiana Jones, which we all enjoyed (the experience, if not the movie). I'm glad and hopeful that we will have more experiences like that this summer!
As I wrote before, I feel like I'm a lost soul right now. Since getting out of school, I don't really know what I'm doing, where I'm going, who I am, or if the choices I'm making are the right ones. Two Thursdays ago, I called Nannie (my grandma) to go to church with me, and we went, and it helped a little. I feel like I'm becoming more interconnected with a higher power, or at least I'm recognizing it a little more.
Today for example.
I was feeling really upset today, feeling down, invisible, and worrying about the future, and I decided to take Lucy for a walk to get some fresh air to help me feel better. I knew I would spend the whole walk ruminating and stewing over my upset feelings, but I thought it would be better than sitting in the house.
We hadn't walked very far when we ran into an old friend, and her two dogs. Instead of feeling upset the whole walk, we spent time chatting. I really envy her, because she is able to talk about anything and everything (in a good way). Her chatting made me feel so much better and I came home feeling much more peaceful and way less crappy. I just really like externalizing events to some sort of invisible force. It's kinda neat what you see when you start looking.
I blogged last year about working for May 2009, and at that time it seemed like it would NEVER come. I can't believe that it is now May 2009, I am done university, and am working full time with no classes in sight! It is strange, and right now I kind of don't know what to do with all of my spare time. It feels so WEIRD to be done undergrad! And, although when working through all the course work and exams and stuff it seemed like it would never end, I can't believe it is over already. I'm struggling to find myself now, and find an identity, I guess. For 18 years, I was Natalie the student. I'm a little lost right now, but it seems to be getting better every day. Hopefully. I think it will be an ongoing process.
I am off from work this week as well, kinda getting my bearings before being a full time employee. I don't really know what to do this week. So far today I've just gone out to pick up a few things, but it's only 130 and I'm not sure what to do with the rest of my day! Hopefully I can find some fun things for the rest of the week!
... but I just heard this clip for the first time today! I kept seeing the link at school, where I couldn't listen because I had no headphones. So I listened today.
Susan Boyle
I think she's phenomenal!!! I would buy her CD!
:)
Have you seen the blogs for "6 word Saturday"? 3 days later MUST be 9 word Tuesday!! Which brings me to mine:
Too bad my test isn't on Tetris- I'd win!
*sob!!
so stressed.
so tired.
so tired of the library.
so tired of schoolwork.
so not interested in doing the work for finals.
so procrastinating which is making me more stressed.
so want to be done!
so counting down to next monday!!
so looking forward to free time!!!
... can you tell I'm procrastinating?
Oh, and Natalie of November 2008,
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! You definitely did NOT pick the class with less work!!
Still drowning in my take home final paperwork,
Natalie of April 2009
... I just don't want to work on my stuff yet! Blogs seem to be a little neglected lately (leaving me nothing to procrastinate with), so I looked through Lo's archives and found a survey. She said she got it from me, so maybe for fun I'll go look at my 2007 (wow!) answers to see what has changed!
Welcome to the 2009 edition of getting to know your Friends.
On to me...
1. What time did you get up this morning? 8 am (on a Sunday, boo)
2. Diamonds or pearls? diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? It has been far too long! Um, Coraline maybe?? Which was February, that's so sad!
4. What are your favorite shows? The Biggest Loser, Survivor, The Apprentice, Amazing Race, The Office
5. What did you have for breakfast this morning? Toast and molasses. Yum!
6. What is your middle name? Ivy
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Um, variety. Chinese food from Ginger Beef!
8. What foods do you dislike? Mushrooms, shrimp and most seafood
9. Favorite chips? All Dressed
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? iPod... I usually listen to/download songs at a time, not whole albums!
11. What kind of car do you drive? Cavalier
12. What is your favorite sandwich? Club
13. What characteristics do you despise? Lying, lack of humour, uptightness, unpleasantness
14. What are your favorite clothes? Lulu pants probably
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on Vacation? Cruise, Europe, Hawaii
16. Favorite brand of clothing? Don't care.
17. Where would you want to retire? I don't know. Close to future children probably, somewhere that doesn't aggravate my migraines!
19. Where were you born? Calgary
20. What is your favorite sport to watch? None really. Jumping.
21. Who do you think will not send this back? Didn't send it anywhere.
22. Person you expect to send it back first? n/a
23. Pepsi or Coke? Coke, but Pepsi slurpees.
24. Beavers or ducks? I don't know if this question is supposed to be dirty or not, but I guess ducks? Especially the ones at the lake that eat bread when you throw it!
25. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Night for sure!
26. Pedicure or manicure? Pedicure. My favourite!
27. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I'm almost done UNDERGRAD!
28. What did you want to be when you were little? I don't know. I think I've always been undecided.
29. What is your best childhood memory? Family trips and such. It's funny, but as I get older, I find little things keep triggering childhood memories. It's kind of neat! For instance, Lo and I walked past our elementary school the other day and SO many memories came flooding back!
30. Piercing? Ears.
31. Favorite cocktail or beer? Caesars
32. Ever been toilet papering? Nope
33. Been in a car accident? Yes, two rear endings. I hate those. :(
34. Favorite Day of the week? Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (to a lesser extent)
35. Favorite restaurant? Swiss, Ginger Beef
36. Favorite Flower? Tulips
37. Favorite ice cream? Blue bubble gum.
38. Favorite fast food restaurant? McDonalds, Taco del Mar, Timmy's, Subway, Edo
39. How many times did you fail your drivers test? 0
40. From whom did you get your last email? My aunt, I think.
41. In which store would you choose to max out your Credit Card? No store! But if I had an unlimited credit card that I didn't have to pay back, I would max it out at Ricki's, Ikea, and Chapters!
42. Bedtime? usually 11 (weekdays and weekends- I'm so lame and old to keep a constant bedtime!)
43. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? Anyone who does this!
44. Last person you went to dinner with? T and B at work on Friday. To Saigon. YUM.
45. What are you listening to right now? People chatting in the library (annoying), a printer running, keys tap, tap, tapping.
46. What is your favorite color? Purple and pink and black.
47. How many tattoos do you have? 0. I used to want one, but I don't anymore. So I'm glad I didn't do it!
48. How many are you sending this email to? None. It's in the public domain on my blog.
49. Why did you decide to take the time to fill this out? I wasn't ready to start my schoolwork yet.
50. Why should my friends read it? Nothing better to do, bored, etc. Or because they just love me so much that they want to read mundane things about me!
<3
I am SO happy that I didn't drop ARKY. I was definitely considering it, and although I didn't get the best grade, it's still credit and I still get to graduate in June, considering I pass all of my other courses! Left in my UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE, I have:
Take home final (which is what I am working on today)
Pharmacology final exam
Sensation and Perception final exam
(!!!) Eek! 8 days from now I will be done, done, DONE!!
Yesterday I attempted to work on the take home final at home, which was a bad idea. I know that I can't do work at home, but I tried to convince myself otherwise. Ugh. Instead, I did some reading for the final (which was good), had a nap (which was unproductive), and then made homemade pizza with Matt (which was delicious), and watched Blast from the Past (which was great).
So I'm back in the library today where I can actually get work done, and I'm so excited to come closer to crossing something off of my list.
So, so, so excited!
I have a big term paper due on Friday (hence why I'm stuck in the library on this beautiful! sunny! warm! fantastic day), and my prof lent me a book on my subject (jealousy). I'm seriously SO excited for this paper to be done, not just because the work will be done, but so I can stop worrying about the book! He handed it to me and told me to be EXTREMELY careful with it because it is very special to him because the author wrote a personal note and signed it for him. Um, ok. Gulp. This book has been at the back of my mind for MONTHS now. I've been carrying it around in plastic bag in my backpack, checking numerous times after I take it out to make sure I have put it back in, and last night I actually had a nightmare about it. SERIOUSLY! I had a dream that I highlighted the entire book, then realized I probably shouldn't have done that and was trying to figure out a way to un-highlight. I then woke up and flew out of bed in a cold sweat before I realized it was a dream. I'm think I'm losing my mind.
Additionally, it is warm enough here that capris are acceptable (YAY!), but the first time I put a pair on, I even scared myself with how white my legs were. Solution? 
Jergen's Natural Glow. I bought this stuff because it was the cheapest and I didn't want to waste $$ in case I ended up looking orange, but this stuff is a-m-azing!!! I noticed a difference after using it once, and save for the small patch I missed near my ankle, it looks awesome, and definitely NOT orange! Totally recommend.
The weather is warm (as I mentioned before; I just can't get enough) and that leads to my inevitable hair dilemma. I always get the urge to chop it all off when the weather gets warm, but this year I think I'll resist. Last years was kinda awful, and it took forever to be able to put it in a ponytail again. This year I'm considering a cut to make my ends a little healthier and maybe something else, like a new style, but I think I'm going to keep it long! (wasn't that an exciting paragraph?)
Back to the paper so I can get this book out of my hands ASAP!!
More than a month since my last post. And I haven't posted because I don't really feel like anything has been going on! School is busy, as per usual, and I'm stressed because I did crappy on an ARKY test that was worth 42.5% of my grade. I considered dropping the class, but that would push my graduation to November which would suck. I have another test on Thursday worth the 42.5% again, so hopefully I can do really well on it to make up for the crappy grade!
But that paragraph perfectly exemplifies why I haven't been posting. All I ever seem to have to talk about is school. Although, I did spend some time at Lo's new condo! It is pretty exciting that she has her very own place (with a roomate). I'm happy for her and can't wait until I get to move out and have the fun of setting up a new place, having all my own space, etc. With Matt, hopefully. We'll see what the next year has to hold, because I don't think any major changes will be made until at least next March.
We had a taste of spring here, but it snowed like crazy last weekend and again last night, so we're back to the wintery feeling.
Ooh, Lo and I went to a pottery painting place last week and had lots of fun! We didn't get to finish, so we're going back this Thursday to work on our stuff again! I'm making a teapot, and she is making a canister. The canister is a great size, and I think if we keep going back, it might be my next project! I am really happy I'm making my funky teapot though. Maybe I'll post a picture when done!
And that's about it. Matt and I are trying to figure out where/when we want to take a vacation, but we aren't getting very far. Our choices are: road trip to California (incl. Disneyland, Vegas, and San Diego), a cruise, or an all inclusive resort. Sigh. I want to do it all! Any suggestions?
Oh, and this will probably sound kind of snippy, but I'm seeing it EVERYWHERE lately. The male or female parts of an organism is its SEX. When you get an ultrasound, you are finding out the sex of the baby, not the gender. :)
Writing that paragraph actually makes me think of how much I am LOVING my evolutionary psyc class. There are so many fun facts that we learn, and it's stuff that is applicable to everyday life. The class is a TON of work, as promised at the beginning by the prof, but so worth it, also as promised. We'll see if I feel so happy in a couple of weeks though, when I'm writing my take home final and term paper.
... I'm not stressing the ____ out this weekend. I AM, however, at the library again, which DOES s-u-c-k. Ah well. I'm studying for a pharmacology test. And it's not as interesting as it sounds. (10 more weeks, 10 more weeks, 10 more weeks...).
Matt and I watched a movie last night that was just terrible. Death Defying Acts. I don't have much to say about except that it also s-u-c-k-e-d.
Anyway, I should get back to studying. It looks kinda nice outside today, which makes it even more of a downer to be stuck in the library! However, after my test on Tuesday, the rest of my week should be kinda slack, so I'm looking forward to that.
Haha, now that I put the 10 more weeks mantra in writing (see above) I'm nervous that I'm jinxing myself. Everything I hand in, every test I take, I wonder if I'm going to pass it so I don't get stuck in school for another semester! Fingers crossed. It's kinda sad really. I wanted to put off booking grad photos, ordering a degree frame, making a counter to countdown to the last day etc. just because I'm afraid that that will jinx it all! I just want to be done so bad!
... which isn't true. Or at least, they are usually in good fun.
Last night Matt and I went to the hockey game which was a good time. We went to Moxie's first which I have been craving since Nancy and I decided to forgo our usual tradition last week (not successful) and it was so yummy! We went to the game and were, like, an hour early, where we proceeded to chat and such. The girls came out to pick up the hockey pucks after the warm-up and I was watching them in their TINY skirts bending ALL the way over, and Matt and I ended up getting into a fight about feminism. I say "fight" but really, our "fights" are usually good natured and hilarious and end with Matt saying that I'm totally unreasonable and argumentative but he loves me anyway :). ANNNNYway, right after our fight when I was pretending not to speak to Matt and had a fake mad face on, wouldn't you know that that would be the time that they would put us on the Enmax Energy Board (jumbotron)? Never mind that I was stuffing my face with popcorn at the time. Oh yes, you'd better BELIEVE it was attractive. It was actually pretty embarrassing being on there. They left the camera on us so long I felt like diving under my seat. I've told some people that we were on the big screen and EVERYONE has asked if it was the "smooch cam". Can you imagine? I would have died right there.
to stress the __ out?!?!
Oh gosh. I am working on my take-home midterm assignment and I am STRESSED! It's due on Tuesday, 5 questions with NO PAGE LIMIT! It is so difficult to write without a page restriction. Oh man, I should have started this over reading week, like I had planned out in my agenda. I had tons of fun doing other stuff, but I should have been doing work too. Ugh. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes.
Can it please be May 2009 now? I just want to be DONE!!!!
I haven't updated for ages, and for once I feel like many things have happened since I last updated. It's a much better feeling than not having anything interesting going on in life and posting nothing!
I'll start with last Thursday, since that's as far back as I remember.
Lo and I tried the Wok Box for eats and I found it kinda disappointing. It was pretty pricy, and I didn't love the food. The ginger beef had a really odd flavour! I think I'll stick with the GB Peking House; same price and MUCH more delicious food. We certainly had a lovely date though, and ended it by watching the first episode of the new Survivor season! I think it will be a good one. We always have fun watching though.
Friday night I ended up seeing He's Just Not That Into You with Lo and her friends. It was good! Really long, but I didn't realize how long it was until we got up and checked the time and saw how late it was. That's a good sign though; I hate sitting in movies and feeling like I have been sitting there forEVER. It was so strange though; just when it looked like the movie was wrapping up pretty nicely, the people next to us got up and left. It was so WEIRD. Like, really? It made to sense to me.
Saturday Matt and I babysit three of our most favourite little kids. My favourite lines included the 6 yo asking Matt why he has stamps on his arms (the tattoos) and asking me if my boyfriend is married. To which I replied "not that I know of". I have never technically asked the question though. Hmmmm...
Also, the baby LOVED him some Matt this time. Not that he didn't last time, but last time he fell asleep in MY arms (a feeling I l-o-v-e) but this time he wanted Matt to hold him. When I tried to take him, he started to cry and hugged Matt. I left him alone and he put his head on Matt's shoulder, giving me a dirty look. It was so funny/sweet.
Sunday Matt took me on a surprise date to a nice restaurant downtown-ish. It was yummy. There was a guy at the table next to us (and I mean pretty much touching- the place is TINY) that was being such a jerk to his girlfriend. She would say something, like "I get treated differently at work because I'm so young. I wish I was older" and he'd give her a hard time and say how HE was clearly superiour because HE doesn't wish to be anything but what he is. It was a totally condescending manner that he had though. It made me happy that I don't have a boyfriend who talks to me that way. Not that I would put up with that shit, but still...
We came home and watched the Amazing Race and the Office with Lo. We're totally done with the Office on DVD though, and I'm so sad! I can't wait until summer when the season that is on TV now comes to DVD. YAY!
Since then, I have been up to other interesting stuff. I got to see Ashley and Nancy, watched three movies: Righteous Kill (I didn't understand it), Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2 (cute and better than the first), and Coraline (so GOOD but in 3D- not a huge fan). It's been a good break so far, although I am being FAR less productive than I ought to be. Boo-urns.
It's my 100th! I don't know if that is a good number or a bad one for how long I have had this blog, but that's my count!
I really like my new template, mostly because of the picture. I have spring fever now, in that I am TOTALLY DONE with winter. On Thursday, it was nice enough to wear capris, which made me want to dig out all of my nice weather clothes! So boo for not being able to!
I had a great time with Lo and her friends last night. We went to a pub for karaoke, and Lo and I even got up and sang! Like I was saying on the way home, it is so silly how nervous you are about it, but once you get up there it is no big deal at all! We sang Don't Stop Believin'. Good times. :)
Lo has inspired me quite a bit. She is very into green living and healthy choices at the moment, and while I think I am usually good at making good choices food-wise, I could certainly go greener. We went to a health food store on Thursday, and not only did I pick up some cool stuff (green guide, preservative free jam, and organic chocolate), I found the Cranium Page-a-day calender for 99 cents! It was so awesomely amazing! I hope we can visit the health food store more often! Maybe a more regular Thursday activity (which will work even better when I have my own house to buy food for).
Things I'm looking forward to in the near future... a few movies for sure! I'm exciting to see both He's Just Not That Into You as well as Coraline. Hooray!
School is a bit strange lately. I'm there, and I'm doing work, but it feels like I'm not in school, which is weird. I think that I'm not taking it as seriously, which isn't good because I have to keep my GPA up, and try to increase it if possible. One thing I'm really missing is riding the train with Lo! I sure took that year and a half of us riding the train to and from school for granted. I miss having her to talk to in that almost 2 hour commute per day. :( And the always funny/sometimes nerdy talks we would have. We are keeping up our Thursday dates though, and Survivor starts this Thursday! I hope we are able to find a way to keep it up when she moves!
Due to the spring fever, I've been thinking a lot about the summer! I definitely want to ride my [new] bike a lot more. I technically got it last year, but not until October/November, so there wasn't a lot of riding time left. So I'd like to do more of that. Maybe that could be part of my greener living! When I want to go to the stores close to my house, or even visit Lo in her new house, I could ride my bike! Also, I'd like to dig out my rollerblades and get them going again. They haven't had a good run in a while! Also, plenty of lake time, camping (for once, even though it's promised EVERY YEAR that it will happen), and maybe a road trip somewhere! I feel like I was robbed of summer 2008 since I was in school for most of it. It was good in the end, because it means I can graduate this year, but it sure did suck at the time.
Whew. That was a longer entry than I thought. It has been a while though.
Ooh, one more thing: I found out my GRADUATION DATE!!!!! JUNE 10TH, 2009!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)
Yes, that last template was brutal. I loved the bright purple, but it was difficult (for me) to read the white text. Plus, I hate how NARROW the writing spot was. I tried to fix that, as you may have noticed, but that sent all my links to the bottom. Argh! So much for me being proud of myself for being able to play with HTML.
Be back soon. Searching for template.
... can't shake this lack of blog-spiration.
Maybe I'll just post a new favourite picture today and hope my muse returns sometime soon. 
... I post something that isn't so much of a downer? Haha. All that stuff was/is true, but MAN!
Matt and I had a nice date last night. We went out for supper, and then headed to Eau Claire for a movie. We were expecting it to be totally dead, like the last time we were there (a Saturday, and it was SO depressing), but it was so DIFFERENT this time! It was alive, and the neat stores were open, and there were people everywhere! Including the movie ticket line, which was HUGE! Doesn't matter though; we got through the line in time to see our movie, The Reader. Neither of us could decide how we felt about the movie. It was another one of those "well, yeah, I enjoyed it while I was watching it, but I wouldn't see it again" kinda movies. I feel like I have been seeing tons of those lately. I'm excited for tomorrow for when Matt and Lo and I go to see Revolutionary Road. I just finished the book, so I'm excited about that one!
... in the worst way.
I don't really have anything to say.
I could talk about how pained I am to be back at school, especially because I think I know what I want to do and I just want to get on it and not waste my time taking courses that don't interest me IN THE LEAST.
Or about how worried sick I am about not getting accepted into the program I want, after getting my hopes up and getting pumped for it. Worrying mostly here about those darn O-chem and genetics marks from year 2 (gulp).
Or about I'm worried that that worrying is going to lead to a huge weight gain like when I was worried about getting into the U of C (but at least this time I'm prepared for the possiblity).
Or about how I have NO energy and NO motivation to exercise.
Or about how I'm worried that by the time I graduate school, get settled in a career, get married and buy a house I'll be too old to safely or successfully have babies (and I really do want babies someday).
But instead I'll just take a line from the Sunscreen Song (remember it?!?):
"Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday"
... and try to apply it to my life.
Take a trip back to the 90's and check that song out. It may not be to you, but to me it is so inspirational. I once started a blog entry bolding all the lines I love. I ended giving up because nearly all of the lyrics were bolded. Lol.
