Accomplishment!

I started running again tonight! YAY! I ran for 20 minutes and then walked for 5. I went 2 miles. Yes, I know... I'm really slow... but it's exercise! It was actually a good run, too! I had to fight it at 10 minutes and then again at 2, but I did it! YAAAAAAAY!!!!!

Now, it's back to work... Yuck!

St.Eve

Just a short while ago I was folding my laundries (which I had a lot of this week! Mainly socks... 11 pairs to be exact... how I went through 11 pairs of socks in one week, I have yet to figure out...), and I noticed something shocking on the tag of one of my pairs of panties. I thought it had "Steve" written on it in Sharpie. My first thought was, "That's so gross! I've been wearing used underwear!" which was swiftly followed by, "Why was some guy named Steven wearing hot pink panties?!" After standing there by the dryer pondering these strange facts for a few moments, the thought occured to me to take a closer look at the tag. It didn't say Steve at all. It said "St. Eve" instead, which is apparently the brand of panties. Whew. Talk about relief. I guess my Mum didn't buy me used underwear, after all!

He Cares

"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light." -Matthew 11:28-30

I was pondering these verses yesterday afternoon in my DG, and I found myself leaving them feeling encouraged, but also curious. I was encouraged by the thought of God wanting me to have peace and rest, but more than that, I was encouraged by the thought that God actually cares! God cares about me - like, for real. After this sunk in, I started realizing that I go through life just looking for someone who will care, someone who will pay attention to me, someone who will love me, someone who actually cares about who I am and how I am feeling. So, if God already is all of that, then why am I still looking!? I don't know... Perhaps it is because humans were built for companionship (it wasn't good for Adam to be alone, so God created Eve specifically for the purpose of being a companion), but still... Hmm... things to think about!!

Ahhh... Depressing!

I am a very few minutes away from finishing reading Chapter 5 in my law textbook. It is 87 pages long, no pictures, no charts, on legal sized paper with small font. I've been working at this for nearly a week. I just made the mistake of seeing how long the next chapter is that I'm supposed to have read for Tuesday. It's 103 pages. I nearly cried. Why did I take this class?!

On a happier note, it is exactly 2 months until my birthday. I want to celebrate in Toronto at WC!

Today's Roller Coaster Ride

Today started off with a trip to court for my law paper, which is on my experience at a trial. I ended up in a sentencing hearing for a sex offender. It was really awkward, and I felt like I was intruding on the victim's personal life. I wanted to leave, but I couldn't until it was over.

Then, I went to Erin's for lunch, which was good, and on to Finance where I got my midterm back. I did do good on it. Really good. Really, really good. Oh yeah.

However, shortly after that, I discovered that the belly dance hip scarf I was going to buy for $20 was not $20 - it was $60. Wrong info in the e-mail. I didn't buy it. I'm very disappointed.

But! In marketing, we had a guest speaker in named Bill Carr who is the funniest person I have ever heard in my life! No joke! He is HILARIOUS! Ahh... I can't even begin to describe how funny he is! Let's just say that the entire class was in stitches for like the whole hour and a half, and I left with a huge cramp in my side from laughing so hard!

So, I guess today ended on a good note, and I would say it was good overall, but it definitely had it's lower points, too. That trial is really... bothering me... :S

Pretty Pics From Last Night

Fun Times!!

Yesterday was awesome!! I take back everything I said before about Jenn Bye (my belly dance teacher for the next few weeks). She is sooo good! When she's actually teaching the class on her own, she's awesome. She comes around and spends time with each of us, and she's so good at explaining things. We learned a really cute dance last night!

Speaking of dancing, Morgan, Jessie, Coralee, and I all went dancing downtown last night! It was soo fun!! :) I want to go every weekend! I love dancing. And Coralee is super cool! I'd never really spent time with her before, but she's awesome! I love her! Ahhh what a fun night! I want to go back and do it all over again! And who knew that the Dome finished the night with a slow dance?? Weird...

Finance: CHECK!

I think I totally nailed my finance midterm. This is an exciting prospect! I spent the first half of the exam on the first question (it was HUGE!), but I finished the rest just in the nick of time. I think I did rather well. It's always nice to come out of an exam knowing that you've done well. It made me happy. My Marketing prof let us out half an hour early tonight, too, and that made me even happier.

Well, I am home alone until Sunday, and my poor little puppy is missing Mum like nuts! She cried after we left Mum at the airport. She seems to be doing better now, but when I come home after being out, she'll always go back into the office to see if Mum was behind me. She is presently laying on my chair behind me (leaving me about half an inch to sit on) and snoring, so I'm assuming she's doing okay. haha For a small dog, she is good at taking up space. I also had about an inch of my bed to sleep on and hardly any blankets last night. We shall have to remedy this tonight!! I think I will relegate her to my feet.

In other news, Rebekah and I auditioned to be models for the DalPINK "Strut for the Cure" fashion show beind held next month in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. If we made it, I'll be posting... if we didn't... I won't! haha But, if you are interested in going, it will be November 17 at Rain Lounge Club on Argyle Street. Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for other adults. Let me know if you want to go because I have tickets to sell!!

Narnia

Today, I found my little piece of Narnia. I spent a simply devine afternoon with Luke at his place. It was glorious. The whole place is just beautiful. It's breath-taking. He is the groundskeeper for a potter out in Purcell's Cove, and she has a huge property that she rents out to people. He lives in the downstairs of one of the houses on the property. His house is right on the water, and there's a little wharf-like boardwalk that goes along the water to the dock. As soon as you step outside, you can smell the ocean and hear it lapping up against the rocks. There's little benches and seating areas by the water, and a beautiful lawn with trees behind it. The houses on the property are all connected by bridges and little stone pathways. It's absolutely incredible. I'm in love with it. We went for a bit of a hike to York Redoubt with Raindo (the potter's dog), and on the way there, we found a house modelled after a lighthouse. I want to live there, I think - or at least see the inside. It was amazing... what a lovely day!

Runts

I bought a box of Runts yesterday that I am now eating. There are lots and lots of banana ones. Banana Runts are my favourites, and they're usually very rare in the box (like only 2 or 3 per box). I've already eaten about 8 or 9 and I'm not even halfway through the box. I am a very happy girl.

Hand and Foot

I spent the night at Marie's house last night. It was rather lovely. We made potatoe skins.. well, Marie made them.. I applied the butter and spice. haha Then, Marie, Mrs. R, and I ate them while watching Anna and the King. I'd never seen the movie before. It was really good. I liked it a lot. It was definitely a tear-jerker! Near the end of the movie, Trent came home, not expecting me to be there, so we all decided to play a game called Hand and Foot. It's a card game. I was the only one who didn't know how to play. Marie and I CREAMED Trent and his mom! hahaha It was great - especially since I had been extensively warned that "Mom and I kick at this game!" and that the rules might be "a little too much for me to remember". heehee We beat them by like 6000 points. It was great.

This morning in the nursery, I got to feed and hold a 4 week old baby named Jazmyn. She's SO cute and warm and cuddly and teeny. I want one.

***Quote of the Day! (Yesterday)***
"What's my girlfriend doing at my house without me?!" -Trent "Obviously not hanging out with you!" -Trent's dad

Belly Dance

Dance class night was not as much fun as the previous ones. Our instructor is going away for a few weeks, so the girl who is going to be subbing for her came to the class to see where we were at. Her name is Jen, and she is the VP of Dal Dance. She is also, as Christina put it, "an extraordinary dancer". Jen has a flat stomach. Jen can do all the moves and look good. Jen is perfect. *sigh* It made me feel second rate... not like it was a fun, recreational class for the purpose of getting abs and picking up a new form of dance. *sigh* I even had a hip scarf that Christina lent me for the class. It didn't help. I wanted to leave long before it was over. We did learn a cool choreography to a violin piece... I liked that part... Mostly because I already knew how to arabesque from ballet...

My time out by the Wickwire reading in the beautiful sunshine was great, though.... even if I did almost get hit in the head with a soccer ball and had interesting comments made to me by the men's hockey team, who were out running a few laps.

Tonight, I am off to Marie's to watch a move and eat some potatoe skins. I think I may stay the night.

Rain

I got caught in the rain today. It was glorious. :) I don't always enjoy being out in the rain, but today I did. As soon as I stepped outside to walk from the Rowe to the LSC for my class, it started to pour. It went from absolutely still to this crazy amazing downpour. It was great. I got totally soaked, and I was freezing all through class, but it was worth it.

I bought another poster today. It's of a little girls legs. She's wearing old beat up ballet slippers that are held together with duct tape and ratty old leg warmers. I love it. It reminded me of me. It makes me miss dance. I really do need to join an adult ballet class... maybe next semester or next year... I need some monies first. I also want to take up violin... and start horseback riding again.. and win the lottery to fund all these endeavours! haha

Oooo I Love My Pantalons!

Today at work, an older lady came marching out of the fitting room in a pair of jeans unbuttoned and unzipped revealing a lovely pair of flowery grannie panties. She then annouced that she could NOT wear hipsters. Trying to get over the pantie flashing, I checked out the rise of the jeans. There was a meager 2 or 3 inches between the waistband of the pants and her chest. In an attempt to come up with some sort of response I asked, "How high do you want them?" She said, "Something that goes above my hips!" I told her that I thought those ones did. She again proclaimed that she could NOT wear hipsters and stomped back into the fitting room complaining about not being able to buy normal rise pants. After she left, I checked the jeans. They were a basic fit... as I suspected, Reitmans' highest rise (aka. "normal pants"). *sigh* People need to discover the low rise... and figure out what is and isn't low rise!

Highlights of Today

1. Ahmed falling out of his chair in the middle of finance. No warning. Just tipped over backwards, and his feet were sticking up from behind the desk.

2. Kim and Lew, Erin and Ahmed, me and Kable, Jeff and Baked Girl. hahaha

3. The poster sale. I bought several.

4. Hearing voices with Jessie... Note to self: Next time you hear voices, don't tell other people! haha

5. My "MVI"! haha, Erin! ;)

6. The list of attractice qualities... buns o' steel and nice earlobes! heeheehee

7. Coming home to a large and fun and funny conversation of many camp friends! You guys are my favourites! But especially Zeddy. :)

Thankful

Well, Thanksgiving weekend is here. After weeks of people asking me what I'm going to be doing for Thanksgiving, I've finally figured it out. My grandmother is here, and we're having turkey dinner at my house tomorrow for supper (after me threatening suicide if Mum cooked a ham instead!). Something we always do at Thanksgiving dinner is go around the table saying one thing that we're thankful for, so this morning before church started, I was pondering what my response would be this year. Normally, I don't think about it beforehand, so I come up with something true but a little corny or stupid (like "I'm just thankful to be alive!" which I am... but perhaps not as much as I'm thankful for other things). I found that I am thankful for many things this year... I'm thankful that my grandparents were wise and loving enough to set money aside for my post-secondary education so I wouldn't have to deal with the stress of student loands, I'm thankful that I can put that money to good use and do well in school, and I'm thankful that I have a little puppy who licks my nose to wake me up in the morning. But perhaps more than all those big (and little) things, I'm thankful that I have the opportunity to love others and hopefully show Christ's love and be an encouragement to other people through how I act. Sometimes I wonder if I've made a difference, and who knows if I really have, but I believe with my whole heart that God will use me to encourage someone else... to show someone extraordinary compassion... to nurture someone who didn't get the full amount of nurturing they need(ed) to mature into a healthy adult.

Ed Dickson from Ukraine spoke in church this morning. I cried. He showed pictures of the different orphanges and areas that his ministry is helping. He showed a video of the McDonald's Christmas outreach where orphans get to go have dinner at McDonald's as their Christmas present. (As an aside, McDonald's is where the "elite" in the Ukraine go out to eat... as in, women wear EVENING GOWNS... this is an experience that these orphans would never have otherwise.) It was heartbreaking... Some Christmas, I am going to go and help and experience this firsthand. I need to. And I might not ever come home.

Starfield

The Starfield concert was sooo good!! Man... I wasn't really attached to their cd before the concert, but I sure am now. They were great live! I wish they could do worship at my church all the time or something, because really, the concert was more of a worship service. I liked how they mixed the fast songs in with the quieter slower ones. It was really cool. They are definitely up there on my favourite bands list now.

In Belly Dance tonight, we began "veil work"... aka. dancing with a sheer scarf. I LOVED it. It was sooo cool!! I love dancing. It's my favourite.

I'm so glad it's a long weekend... I'm kind of dreading working till 9:30pm tomorrow, but I'm just glad the school week is done! Woohoo! Oh yeah! I got a letter from Dal today saying I got another scholarship. :) I'm very happy. I didn't think I was getting one this year, but I did... for $1500. Yay!!

Quote of the Day!
"Tyson, who were you calling?" -Trent "The Ghostbusters..." -Tyson

Trent's Alter-Ego

Your Superhero Profile

Your Superhero Name is The Metal Mime Your Superpower is Complements Your Weakness is Kittens Your Weapon is Your Sonic Slingshot Your Mode of Transportation is Moped

What's your Superhero Name?

My Power Colour... lol

Your Power Color Is Teal

At Your Highest: You feel accomplished and optimistic about the future. At Your Lowest: You feel in a slump and lack creativity. In Love: You tend to be many people's ideal partner. How You're Attractive: You make people feel confident and accepted. Your Eternal Question: "What Impression Am I Giving?"

What's Your Power Color?

The Edge

This weekend was the Campus for Christ Edge Retreat. It was good. It wasn't like a blast or anything... not the funnest weekend I've ever had, but it was really good for me spiritually, and that was the point of it anyway. Not that I didn't have fun! lol I definitely did. It just wasn't like a whole weekend of crazy fun. But, like I said, spiritually, it was really good. It was good to have "God time" set aside for me, and it was good to worship with others in the sessions. Some major decisions happened this weekend:

1. I'm going to winter conference in Toronto. I'm registered, and my airplane tickets are booked. Mum got my return home on points, and we've bought my ticket there through West Jet. Hopefully, the times are okay! haha I'm excited to go. I think I'm going to try to raise some money through support, but my OTHER decision affects that...

2. I'm going to Scotland for spring break! Well, at least, I'm thinking about it... There's a missions trip through C4C happening there during spring break, and I'd really like to go on it. That's going to take a lot of support raising, I imagine! The costs aren't in yet, so we'll have to wait and see, but I'd really like to go. I have no idea why... It was just as soon as I found out there was a Scotland project, I REALLY felt that I was supposed to go on it. So, if you think of it, pray about it for me!

Overall, it was a good weekend... a bit.. er, a LOT chilly... freezing may be a better word, but it was good. I got to get to know some new people too, so that was awesome. I'm excited for C4C this year. I'm glad I'm getting more involved! And now... it's onto studying for my Oceanography midterm! Ugh...

***DISCLAIMER!!! The mention of "Sven the Sin Vagon" in my previous post is a line from "Grease". It does not mean in any way, shape, or form that there was sinning going on in my wagon! haha***