Last night was interesting...
I am not going to go into a run through of my last few days as a play by play is a good way of me winding down sometimes but in retrospect of a couple of days, maybe not so much. So I will touch on the highlights...
Tuesday we got back into town and I spent some time at my mom's school. Afterwards, John went to the CAVE and mom and I drove out to Cochrane to see Laura, Jason, Anders, Jack and Emma. We gave them their Christmas gifts and Anders and Jack their birthday gifts as well and I hung out for a bit and chatted with Laura after my mom left to go pick up John.
Ben called around 10 and I made plans to meet him at my house around 11 so we could go rent a movie (it was too late to go to a theatre) and I left Cochrane around 10:30.
Ben and I met up and unloaded my car and then went to Blockbuster and Wendy's. We went back to my place and watched "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and then sat and talked. He left around 4:30am.
The next day I hung out at the house and spent some time with my grandpa, went to my J.C. appointment and then to see my physiotherapist. Turns out I'm not nuts, I did screw up a tendon in my knee and he worked on it (ultrasound, electric stimulation,etc.) and did acupuncture. I felt better but sore after and went to meet my mom and brother (anyone ever notice you take out one letter and it becomes "bother" I wonder if there is a reason for that...???) at North Hill. John greeted me with "Luke's getting married!" and I was surprised but happy for Luke. (He is a friend of John's who has been around for years and I know his older sister's.) We did some Christmas shopping, organized food and beverages for the Open House the next day and then went in our separate directions. I ended up at Shaun's house with Ben and Shaun and we watched "Must Love Dogs" and they both rolled their eyes and such but it was cute in a sappy kind of way... :) I dropped Ben off at home and then came home and crashed.
Wednesday was our Christmas Open House... I spent the day running around and picking up food, decorating the house and generally, trying not to panic. Our first guests arrived at 4:45 (or so) and we hung out for a while before anyone else came. It was a good night though. The final list of who came was fairly short and mainly my friends but it was fun. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves at least. The people who came were: John, Mom, Papa, Britney, Taryn, Laurel, Kurtis, Jackie, Ben, Matt, Korrina, Katrina, Jan, Shannon and I. Six of us crashed in the living room for the night... It was an interesting evening. I don't know what else to say about it... I had a good time overall and my friends seemed to as well. Some people did or said stuff they may regret later but that is typical of a gathering where there are many people.
We went for a walk to find a park and tried the elementary school by my house first. Turns out, there is a park there, it is further back in the field than we walked and we went to this other park that has skating rink by my place instead. We split into girls and guys and talked and such and then walked back to the house. A few people added layers of clothes and then we went and laid in the field across the street and looked at the stars. Matt and I had found Orion while we were walking but we were looking for the dippers. We found the big dipper just before we went in but we were having issues finding the little dipper... Could be that we were slightly intoxicated at the time... :) When we got back, we put on "Raise Your Voice" and Brit, Matt and Taryn fell asleep almost immediately. I sat in the kitchen and talked to Jan until a little past 3. We talked about a lot of random stuff. It was a good conversation.
In the morning, we cleaned up a bit and then at noon(ish) Ben and Britney left with Brit's dad and then the rest of the people who had stayed helped me clean up the rest of the dishes, the furniture, the food, etc. I vacuumed the living room, hallway and dining room and around 1 Matt drove Taryn home and Jan to a train station.
I then went to get my hair cut and then back home to meet up with my mom to finish off Christmas shopping. My dad was here when I got home tonight so I am going to bed early. I am going to get as much sleep as I can!
Friday, December 23, 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
Last Exam!!!! Lunch and a movie... :D
Last night I watched most of "Roll Bounce" and from what I have seen so far I really like it. It is different from most of the other movies I have watched lately and is a nice change of pace. I watched it until I was feeling pretty sleepy and then went to bed. Not majorly early, but earlier than normal.
This morning my mom called at 6:45 to wake us up to make sure we got up for our exams. Ash called around 8 to say she was leaving for school and she would see me there. John and I left here around 8:45 and he dropped me off. (I don't know exactly what he did after that until he picked me up...) I told him I would call him when I was done and needed him to come get me as he had an exam this morning from 10-12 and I had until 1:30 to write my exam if I needed it.
I wrote my exam in the prof's office and honestly, it was less distracting than writing it in the classroom would have been... He kept walking in and out of the room which was distracting but I tried to ignore him. He didn't get the school laptop for me which was fine, better even, as I prefer my laptop. But I could have pointed out that with the fact that I was using my laptop, and most of my notes for that class are on the laptop... *eyes-rolling* I guess he didn't think of it and I wouldn't cheat but it is weird that it didn't even cross his mind because he's the prof who is SO worried about cheating due to the fact that he is the chair of the department... It's the same as plaigerism as far as I'm concerned, it could get me expelled and that would suck. I knew someone last year who used to bring crib sheets into exams and I was surprised she never got caught. She has since transferred elsewhere but it always seemes stupid because she always failed the exams even when she cheated... No comment on that one... But on this exam, I guessed on a few definitions... I know what they are but they are processes rather than definable terms so I also showed how they are done and the ones I guessed on I was talking to Ash about after and she said she thinks on a couple we were way off from what the other said but we will have to wait until we get the exams back to see. I asked her about something I wasn't clear on and from what she told me, it sounds as though I may have been way off on one of the concepts we went over in the past couple of weeks... We'll see.
In the middle of my exam my phone rang... It was a surprise for many reasons. Firstly, because I thought it was on silent. Secondly, because it was my brother. (Apparently, the whole "I'll call YOU didn't register...) Thirdly, I couldn't find it and that wasn't so good. The good thing was the prof was out of the office at the time...
I only hit one question that I wasn't sure of... The rest of the exam was ok. But it's over and that's the best part!!! I am done for the semester... Now, I wait for marks! *gag*
I got upset with John this afternoon over a list of things but I'm not going to go into that.... I will leave it at I am frustrated and can't do anything to fix it.
I went for lunch with Ash and we made tentative plans that turned into solidified plans later this aft to go see "Just Friends" tonight. We went to Moxie's for lunch (I had a gift certificate that Geoff had given me last Christmas... I go to Moxie's a lot and had used one but not the other, it's weird that way...) and then we had to go get John to his exam. Just as we got home, Holly was leaving to go to work. Ash and I dropped John off for his exam and then I dropped her off at home. We sat in her car and talked for almost an hour... It was a good cnversation. :)
I stopped at Shopper's and picked up a few things I have been meaning to get but keep forgetting and then went and sat outside the college to wait for John to be done. When he was finished, we came home, I ran through the shower and threw in a load of clothes and then went to meet Ash for the movie.
It was a cute movie! It is something that has parts that could feasibly happen in real life and it made it hard to watch at the beginning and then made it more endearing as it went on... There was one part where he is singing "I Swear" in the mirror and it's freaking hilarious! That song came out my grade 7 year and it's their grade 12 grad... Oh boy... :D
Now I'm home, I'm going to go grab something to eat and finish "Roll Bounce" and then finish packing and sleep... I have to get up early tomorrow to get John to his last exam and we need to have the car loaded and ready to go before we leave...
***I don't know how often I will be online in the next couple of weeks... If anyone needs me, please call my cell... Love you all!!! :)***
This morning my mom called at 6:45 to wake us up to make sure we got up for our exams. Ash called around 8 to say she was leaving for school and she would see me there. John and I left here around 8:45 and he dropped me off. (I don't know exactly what he did after that until he picked me up...) I told him I would call him when I was done and needed him to come get me as he had an exam this morning from 10-12 and I had until 1:30 to write my exam if I needed it.
I wrote my exam in the prof's office and honestly, it was less distracting than writing it in the classroom would have been... He kept walking in and out of the room which was distracting but I tried to ignore him. He didn't get the school laptop for me which was fine, better even, as I prefer my laptop. But I could have pointed out that with the fact that I was using my laptop, and most of my notes for that class are on the laptop... *eyes-rolling* I guess he didn't think of it and I wouldn't cheat but it is weird that it didn't even cross his mind because he's the prof who is SO worried about cheating due to the fact that he is the chair of the department... It's the same as plaigerism as far as I'm concerned, it could get me expelled and that would suck. I knew someone last year who used to bring crib sheets into exams and I was surprised she never got caught. She has since transferred elsewhere but it always seemes stupid because she always failed the exams even when she cheated... No comment on that one... But on this exam, I guessed on a few definitions... I know what they are but they are processes rather than definable terms so I also showed how they are done and the ones I guessed on I was talking to Ash about after and she said she thinks on a couple we were way off from what the other said but we will have to wait until we get the exams back to see. I asked her about something I wasn't clear on and from what she told me, it sounds as though I may have been way off on one of the concepts we went over in the past couple of weeks... We'll see.
In the middle of my exam my phone rang... It was a surprise for many reasons. Firstly, because I thought it was on silent. Secondly, because it was my brother. (Apparently, the whole "I'll call YOU didn't register...) Thirdly, I couldn't find it and that wasn't so good. The good thing was the prof was out of the office at the time...
I only hit one question that I wasn't sure of... The rest of the exam was ok. But it's over and that's the best part!!! I am done for the semester... Now, I wait for marks! *gag*
I got upset with John this afternoon over a list of things but I'm not going to go into that.... I will leave it at I am frustrated and can't do anything to fix it.
I went for lunch with Ash and we made tentative plans that turned into solidified plans later this aft to go see "Just Friends" tonight. We went to Moxie's for lunch (I had a gift certificate that Geoff had given me last Christmas... I go to Moxie's a lot and had used one but not the other, it's weird that way...) and then we had to go get John to his exam. Just as we got home, Holly was leaving to go to work. Ash and I dropped John off for his exam and then I dropped her off at home. We sat in her car and talked for almost an hour... It was a good cnversation. :)
I stopped at Shopper's and picked up a few things I have been meaning to get but keep forgetting and then went and sat outside the college to wait for John to be done. When he was finished, we came home, I ran through the shower and threw in a load of clothes and then went to meet Ash for the movie.
It was a cute movie! It is something that has parts that could feasibly happen in real life and it made it hard to watch at the beginning and then made it more endearing as it went on... There was one part where he is singing "I Swear" in the mirror and it's freaking hilarious! That song came out my grade 7 year and it's their grade 12 grad... Oh boy... :D
Now I'm home, I'm going to go grab something to eat and finish "Roll Bounce" and then finish packing and sleep... I have to get up early tomorrow to get John to his last exam and we need to have the car loaded and ready to go before we leave...
***I don't know how often I will be online in the next couple of weeks... If anyone needs me, please call my cell... Love you all!!! :)***
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Mini road trip...
So last night Shaun and I talked until just after 3 and then I finished watching a DVD. I watched "Deuce Bigelow European Gigolo" and then fell asleep around 5am. I slept until 11:30am or so and then got up and packed some stuff into my car and John and I drove to Claresholm and met mom around 1:30. We hung out and visited with her for a bit and then come back to Lethbridge.
We went to the mall and picked John up a phone at Rogers so he now has a Lethbridge cell phone. The guy we dealt with at Rogers was really nice and said he'd give us a deal on accessories so we should go see him again sometime. We said we would. :) We grabbed something to eat at the mall and wandered until they closed. John picked up a ring and I got a couple of sets of earrings and we each got a piece of jewellery that can be worn around the neck. We hit Michael's and bought a Santa wine box for our grandpa and some ornaments for our cousins.
We got home and Holly came over and she and I played LIFE and John studied while I made dinner. Vicki stopped by to drop off a Christmas gift to me and wish me a Merry Christmas and it was great to see her. John and I had pasta (Holly had already eaten) and then she and John started to watch Coyote Ugly and I am going to go watch a DVD in my room.
Ashleigh is supposed to call me later in regards to our test tomorrow and I am going to bed early as the exam is at 9am tomorrow. Prayer please! I am so tired I need sleep... *yawn* I still haven't talked to Ben and I am worried because that is abnormal but... I can't do much of anything. I haven't talked to Matt today either but I'm sure I'll talk to both of them at some point tomorrow online. (I hope.)
Gone to watch that DVD and go to bed early!!!
We went to the mall and picked John up a phone at Rogers so he now has a Lethbridge cell phone. The guy we dealt with at Rogers was really nice and said he'd give us a deal on accessories so we should go see him again sometime. We said we would. :) We grabbed something to eat at the mall and wandered until they closed. John picked up a ring and I got a couple of sets of earrings and we each got a piece of jewellery that can be worn around the neck. We hit Michael's and bought a Santa wine box for our grandpa and some ornaments for our cousins.
We got home and Holly came over and she and I played LIFE and John studied while I made dinner. Vicki stopped by to drop off a Christmas gift to me and wish me a Merry Christmas and it was great to see her. John and I had pasta (Holly had already eaten) and then she and John started to watch Coyote Ugly and I am going to go watch a DVD in my room.
Ashleigh is supposed to call me later in regards to our test tomorrow and I am going to bed early as the exam is at 9am tomorrow. Prayer please! I am so tired I need sleep... *yawn* I still haven't talked to Ben and I am worried because that is abnormal but... I can't do much of anything. I haven't talked to Matt today either but I'm sure I'll talk to both of them at some point tomorrow online. (I hope.)
Gone to watch that DVD and go to bed early!!!
News, tired, a missed exam and the second Christmas party of the season...
So, last night I blogged and then figured I'd read for a bit and head for bed. So I chatted for a bit longer on MSN to Meghan and such and then waited to see if Ben would show up online and when he didn't, I headed for my room... But around 1:40am the phone rang. John and I both answered it and it was my dad wanting to talk to John. He and I both stayed on the phone and he and dad "talked." It was more like dad talked and John listened. John asked dad why he has been acting so out of control and he told him he has been scaring people and dad said that he hasn't been doing anything wrong. The call progressed, he said a ton of untrue things that were degrading to my character and integrity and finally started yelling and swearing at John and hung up on us. We took the phone off the hook at that point...
I needed air. I needed space to breathe. I needed to go out. So I went for a drive. I drove around the Westside for a bit and then stopped at Mac's to get a Froster and talk to Will for a few and then I figured I'd head home. A few turned into over an hour. I left home around 2:30, got to Mac's around 3 and got home just after 4.
I went online when I got home for a few minutes before heading for bed and the bestfriend of one of my oldest guy friends was online. He had recently told me that he and his common-law wife are expecting a baby. So tonight he told me that the friend that we have in common is getting married in July and that he and his "wife" are getting married shortly after that. I said congrats to him and asked him to pass my congrats on to our friend as I haven't seen or heard from him since he moved in with the fiancee. I didn't say the last part, it is a known fact to this person. He spazzed out about something to do with "I better be invited to your wedding when you get married" and then he "wasn't getting in the middle" and then went offline. I am puzzled and perplexed as I don't really know what prompted the first and why the second as I wouldn't put him in the middle. He has tried to be the middle man and I won't let him. I also talked to my friend Shaun as he was up studying for an exam he had to write at 8am today.
I went to bed around 5 or so and then got up around 11. I got into the shower at noon(ish) and John rapped on the bathroom door about 10 minutes later. I was in the process of rinsing my hair for the final time so I yelled for him to wait and then turned off the water. All I could hear was something about an exam so I got out and quickly dried off and opened the door enough that I could hear him. It turns out that the exam he thought was today from 4-6 was this morning from 10-12 and he had missed it. He found out by one of the people in his class coming online and saying "Dude, why weren't you there this morning? It's not like you to miss an exam." Full blown panic attack!!!! Due to the stress and anxiety he and I have both been dealing with all week, I was surprised neither of us was in tears last night over dad's stupidity.... Hell, I almost cried for him over the missed exam... I threw my contacts in and grabbed clothes and we booked it over to the College to try and find his professor. We found her, explained what has been happening and the mix up of the times written down and he can write the exam on Tuesday. *HUGE sigh of relief*
I made it to the mall where I was supposed to have my hair done at 1 by 1:20 (my friend Laura was supposed to do it originally but had to cancel as she got called in to work more hours) and I was glad I had washed my hair already because she just needed to finish blowdrying it and then flat iron it. It is gorgeous straight and I felt much better once it was done. We stopped at Music World on the way out and I bought the Il Divo Christmas CD... It is amazing... They are amazing...Anyway, John and I hiked out to my car (it was parked outside Jysk at the far end of the mall facing the highway) and then went home.
When I got home I began to peel potatoes (I was supposed to bring mashed potatoes to dinner tonight) and realized we don't have a potato masher. I had done about 4 out of the 12 that needed doing so John took over while I ran to Safeway and bought one. By the time I got back (about 20 minutes later), the potatoes were peeled, chopped and ready to be cooked. We turned them on and I went to work on other things.
I talked to Sandra online and then on the phone, Laurel on the phone, wrote my Christmas Cards for the Rover Crew, talked to Matt on MSN and made the mashed potatoes, got dressed and did my make-up, all between 3 and 6. By 6:15 I was on my way to the Rover's Christmas party.
I got to wear my "No Place Like Home" shoes again. :) We had a traditional turkey dinner and I had sparkling apple juice, punch, eggnog and water to drink... I seriously felt like I could float... We opened presents and I drew the number 7 so by the time we got to me, I chose a fairly small gift (on purpose) and got a set of coasters and shot glasses with the suits of the deck of cards on them. They are pretty cool. :) Joyce got the gift I brought and she seemed to really like it. Joyce and Rick gave us all little snowmen and we had dessert and then helped clean up and left to come home. I drove Cory home.
On my way, I stopped at Safeway, Blockbuster and Liquor World. I picked up Cherries, a couple of DVD's and a bottle of Yellow Tail Chardonnay. I figured I would have a glass of wine when I got home (no drinking and driving for me!). When I was in the liquor store, I was talking to Shaun on the phone and the guy behind the counter was giving me kind of strange looks and then kind of laughing at my side of the conversation. I should probably point out that I am all dressed up, talking about kinds of white wines and the fact that Liquor Depot owns Liquor World or something and about some guy who bought 12 bottles of Arbour Mist wine and a bottle of scotch... I'm sure my conversation was weird sounding. But the guy in the store... He was kind of cute... I may have to go back sometime. :D
I got home, the bottle of wine went into the fridge (where it still is and will probably stay for a bit) and then I hung out and talked to Matt online and then Laurel on the phone. I just made chocolate chip/chunk cookies and I reheated some mashed potatoes and I am going to go watch a DVD with a glass of milk and some cherries. Meal #2 of the day at 1:30am. :)
I am going to bed once I am either a) done eating or b) the DVD finishes. We have unplugged the phones in our rooms tonight and our mom is going to call us in the morning on one of our cell phones to figure out what time we are meeting her in Claresholm tomorrow. Off to watch a movie!!!
I needed air. I needed space to breathe. I needed to go out. So I went for a drive. I drove around the Westside for a bit and then stopped at Mac's to get a Froster and talk to Will for a few and then I figured I'd head home. A few turned into over an hour. I left home around 2:30, got to Mac's around 3 and got home just after 4.
I went online when I got home for a few minutes before heading for bed and the bestfriend of one of my oldest guy friends was online. He had recently told me that he and his common-law wife are expecting a baby. So tonight he told me that the friend that we have in common is getting married in July and that he and his "wife" are getting married shortly after that. I said congrats to him and asked him to pass my congrats on to our friend as I haven't seen or heard from him since he moved in with the fiancee. I didn't say the last part, it is a known fact to this person. He spazzed out about something to do with "I better be invited to your wedding when you get married" and then he "wasn't getting in the middle" and then went offline. I am puzzled and perplexed as I don't really know what prompted the first and why the second as I wouldn't put him in the middle. He has tried to be the middle man and I won't let him. I also talked to my friend Shaun as he was up studying for an exam he had to write at 8am today.
I went to bed around 5 or so and then got up around 11. I got into the shower at noon(ish) and John rapped on the bathroom door about 10 minutes later. I was in the process of rinsing my hair for the final time so I yelled for him to wait and then turned off the water. All I could hear was something about an exam so I got out and quickly dried off and opened the door enough that I could hear him. It turns out that the exam he thought was today from 4-6 was this morning from 10-12 and he had missed it. He found out by one of the people in his class coming online and saying "Dude, why weren't you there this morning? It's not like you to miss an exam." Full blown panic attack!!!! Due to the stress and anxiety he and I have both been dealing with all week, I was surprised neither of us was in tears last night over dad's stupidity.... Hell, I almost cried for him over the missed exam... I threw my contacts in and grabbed clothes and we booked it over to the College to try and find his professor. We found her, explained what has been happening and the mix up of the times written down and he can write the exam on Tuesday. *HUGE sigh of relief*
I made it to the mall where I was supposed to have my hair done at 1 by 1:20 (my friend Laura was supposed to do it originally but had to cancel as she got called in to work more hours) and I was glad I had washed my hair already because she just needed to finish blowdrying it and then flat iron it. It is gorgeous straight and I felt much better once it was done. We stopped at Music World on the way out and I bought the Il Divo Christmas CD... It is amazing... They are amazing...Anyway, John and I hiked out to my car (it was parked outside Jysk at the far end of the mall facing the highway) and then went home.
When I got home I began to peel potatoes (I was supposed to bring mashed potatoes to dinner tonight) and realized we don't have a potato masher. I had done about 4 out of the 12 that needed doing so John took over while I ran to Safeway and bought one. By the time I got back (about 20 minutes later), the potatoes were peeled, chopped and ready to be cooked. We turned them on and I went to work on other things.
I talked to Sandra online and then on the phone, Laurel on the phone, wrote my Christmas Cards for the Rover Crew, talked to Matt on MSN and made the mashed potatoes, got dressed and did my make-up, all between 3 and 6. By 6:15 I was on my way to the Rover's Christmas party.
I got to wear my "No Place Like Home" shoes again. :) We had a traditional turkey dinner and I had sparkling apple juice, punch, eggnog and water to drink... I seriously felt like I could float... We opened presents and I drew the number 7 so by the time we got to me, I chose a fairly small gift (on purpose) and got a set of coasters and shot glasses with the suits of the deck of cards on them. They are pretty cool. :) Joyce got the gift I brought and she seemed to really like it. Joyce and Rick gave us all little snowmen and we had dessert and then helped clean up and left to come home. I drove Cory home.
On my way, I stopped at Safeway, Blockbuster and Liquor World. I picked up Cherries, a couple of DVD's and a bottle of Yellow Tail Chardonnay. I figured I would have a glass of wine when I got home (no drinking and driving for me!). When I was in the liquor store, I was talking to Shaun on the phone and the guy behind the counter was giving me kind of strange looks and then kind of laughing at my side of the conversation. I should probably point out that I am all dressed up, talking about kinds of white wines and the fact that Liquor Depot owns Liquor World or something and about some guy who bought 12 bottles of Arbour Mist wine and a bottle of scotch... I'm sure my conversation was weird sounding. But the guy in the store... He was kind of cute... I may have to go back sometime. :D
I got home, the bottle of wine went into the fridge (where it still is and will probably stay for a bit) and then I hung out and talked to Matt online and then Laurel on the phone. I just made chocolate chip/chunk cookies and I reheated some mashed potatoes and I am going to go watch a DVD with a glass of milk and some cherries. Meal #2 of the day at 1:30am. :)
I am going to bed once I am either a) done eating or b) the DVD finishes. We have unplugged the phones in our rooms tonight and our mom is going to call us in the morning on one of our cell phones to figure out what time we are meeting her in Claresholm tomorrow. Off to watch a movie!!!
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