So, I have been asked by a couple of people about care packages... Like, would I receive them ok and what do/can I eat, etc. So... Care packages are cool. I miss home, I miss seeing Ryan as much as I used to and any reminders of my friends are great. By this, I mean pictures of people and stuff like that. My walls are still pretty bare but I have a few frames so pictures are great!
Otherwise, here's what I can't eat... It's a shorter list generally speaking...
- Anything with white flour or a white bread base and no white rice (I can have things that are rice based and whole grain or whole wheat otherwise).
- Anything with more than 8g of sugar per serving.
- Anything with caffeine. (I drink the occasional Iced Tea but it's such a small serving it doesn't seem to matter.)
- Anything with carbonation.
- Fresh veggies.
I'm at the point I can eat most things. And to put things into perspective, a package of Uncle Ben's long grain rice entree stuff is approximately 4 meals for me. An order of whole wheat pasta from Boston Pizza is approximately 6 servings. And no, I'm not kidding.
I want to have some kind of get together in Red Deer soon-ish on a weekend so anyone who can come; I'd love to see you!
My address here is:
45 Lister Cres.
Red Deer, AB T4R 2S6
Also, the easiest way to reach me (because of school and life) is via texting or BB messenger. So, for those of you with a BB, my pin is 31F49C5D or my phone number is on my profile. :)
Anyway, I'm going to nap for a bit and then hopefully go see Ryan!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
I Hate Stupid People!
Ok, so, I feel like I might be doing a lot of these updates. But it’s all good because it makes me feel more settled to write about stuff. (I may not always publish these... some might be just for me.)
Choir was awesome on Tuesday. We worked on a couple of pieces... I had spent time learning my parts in the afternoon so I was able to sing “Loch Lomond” pretty much without music and most of “In Remembrance”. :) We looked at a new piece but didn’t do anything more than speak the rhythms. The composer of the piece is Brent Pierce which makes me wonder if it’s the B.P. I know or if there is more than one composer with that name...? The director let the soprano and alto sections go a few minutes early... As we were leaving she assigned us a section we haven’t done yet to learn by today. I was almost out of the door when she was breaking down the three female parts (I was under the impression I’m singing alto, specifically second, so I wasn’t really paying attention) and she listed who was singing the middle part and when she said, “Erin,” I looked around and was wondering who the other Erin is... She looked directly at me and said, “oh! I forgot... I’m moving you!” So... I went from sitting 14th in a section of 14 females to sitting approximately 7th. I’m not complaining! :D
Tuesday night, I went to karaoke at the college pub. O. M. G. So, I ended up sitting by myself (which I was ok with) and these two (maybe) 18 year old girls who were in little plaid skirts, stupid high heels (which neither could walk in) and wearing WAY too much make-up asked if they could sit with me. I said yes but spent most of the time BB messaging Tanya. :) I only did one song... The Queen’s rookie soccer squad was there and almost all of them were singing. I decided not to stay for a second song when a few things happened:
1. The “rotation” started to get longer and longer and longer but there were people who were singing twice or three times. *argh*
2. There was a TON of dead air space while the host debated with the person whose friends had written them down for a song without them knowing and didn’t want to sing alone or didn’t like that song, etc., etc., etc. *rolling eyes*
3. When I went to find out where I was in the rotation, they couldn’t find me... Oh wait! Because they had piled the slips into one large pile and then when they separated them back out, mine were under someone else’s. *ugh!*
AND....
4. When they DID find me and I was told where I was in the rotation, somehow I was further down the rotation than I had been the first time and there were technically LESS singers ahead of me. *WTF???*
I got there around 9:15, they started around 9:30 and when I left at 11:30 they were just starting the second rotation... In case no one got this; I miss Glenn, Todd and Kat! I’m going to try to find somewhere else to go in town... Otherwise, I may be road-tripping to Calgary midweek sometime to sing! Anyway, I was really annoyed so I went home, played Farm Town and Restaurant City for a while and then went to see Ryan.
Wednesday started ok... Piano lab was fun, we worked on “too” in lecture (it’s a music thing, it’s a way of saying half notes...) and played our recorders... We now know BAG and... E! :) All of those years of clarinet finger positions have got to be good for something! :D Dance class was awesome and I’m debating taking either a Jazz or Hip-Hop class (I don’t think I’m quite “street” enough for the second) outside of school. However, if I take them through campus recreation they are $30 for the semester as opposed to more expensive through a dance studio. Now, this is where my day fell apart...
Between my dance and math classes, I ran into the Student Finance office to find out the status of my student loan. It was rejected (I don’t want to go into it right now but the short version is that I’m working on appealing it... it has to do with the after effects of my surgery and finances afterwards...) and when I asked for clarification, I was given a copy of a letter that has been mailed to me in Calgary as of Sept. 10 but I have yet to see it. Anyway, I ran to get to math but by the time I got there I was upset about the loan stuff and out of breath from running. I stopped outside the classroom and tried to breathe and proceeded to hyperventilate so I ended up going outside and sitting on the grass and had a mini-meltdown. I called my mom and she talked me out of moving home and saying “eff it!” to school. I didn’t move to Red Deer for no reason! If I didn’t want to be in school, I wouldn’t have moved and I wouldn’t be going to class every freaking day! The reason I mention this is after I tried to call Alberta Learning and couldn’t reach anyone and then Alberta Student Finance and they were closed for lunch I went back to the Student Finance office and ended up talking to a woman that told me that maybe I should rethink whether or not this is financially feasible and whether or not I REALLY need to be here. She then told me that it is possible to make payment arrangements and gave me the name and office number of the lady I needed to talk to. She then told me to “really consider if you should be here before you go sign your life away!” I was LIVID. I immediately went up to Finance to talk to the lady I was supposed to and she wasn’t there. I was in tears and pissed off to the point I was pretty much speechless. I said I’d sit and wait and I did. She got back early and I explained a bunch of things, we called mom, I “signed my life away” and as such, I’m still enrolled and I’m staying. So, “pfft :P” to that dummy in Student Finance!
On a side note, Happy Birthday to all of my friend who have birthday's this week... I probably won't get a chance to comment on all of your FB pages or MSN's...
This weekend Adrienne and Sean are getting married... I’m really looking forward to seeing her, spending time with Ryan, seeing some of my friends and just relaxing! :)
Choir was awesome on Tuesday. We worked on a couple of pieces... I had spent time learning my parts in the afternoon so I was able to sing “Loch Lomond” pretty much without music and most of “In Remembrance”. :) We looked at a new piece but didn’t do anything more than speak the rhythms. The composer of the piece is Brent Pierce which makes me wonder if it’s the B.P. I know or if there is more than one composer with that name...? The director let the soprano and alto sections go a few minutes early... As we were leaving she assigned us a section we haven’t done yet to learn by today. I was almost out of the door when she was breaking down the three female parts (I was under the impression I’m singing alto, specifically second, so I wasn’t really paying attention) and she listed who was singing the middle part and when she said, “Erin,” I looked around and was wondering who the other Erin is... She looked directly at me and said, “oh! I forgot... I’m moving you!” So... I went from sitting 14th in a section of 14 females to sitting approximately 7th. I’m not complaining! :D
Tuesday night, I went to karaoke at the college pub. O. M. G. So, I ended up sitting by myself (which I was ok with) and these two (maybe) 18 year old girls who were in little plaid skirts, stupid high heels (which neither could walk in) and wearing WAY too much make-up asked if they could sit with me. I said yes but spent most of the time BB messaging Tanya. :) I only did one song... The Queen’s rookie soccer squad was there and almost all of them were singing. I decided not to stay for a second song when a few things happened:
1. The “rotation” started to get longer and longer and longer but there were people who were singing twice or three times. *argh*
2. There was a TON of dead air space while the host debated with the person whose friends had written them down for a song without them knowing and didn’t want to sing alone or didn’t like that song, etc., etc., etc. *rolling eyes*
3. When I went to find out where I was in the rotation, they couldn’t find me... Oh wait! Because they had piled the slips into one large pile and then when they separated them back out, mine were under someone else’s. *ugh!*
AND....
4. When they DID find me and I was told where I was in the rotation, somehow I was further down the rotation than I had been the first time and there were technically LESS singers ahead of me. *WTF???*
I got there around 9:15, they started around 9:30 and when I left at 11:30 they were just starting the second rotation... In case no one got this; I miss Glenn, Todd and Kat! I’m going to try to find somewhere else to go in town... Otherwise, I may be road-tripping to Calgary midweek sometime to sing! Anyway, I was really annoyed so I went home, played Farm Town and Restaurant City for a while and then went to see Ryan.
Wednesday started ok... Piano lab was fun, we worked on “too” in lecture (it’s a music thing, it’s a way of saying half notes...) and played our recorders... We now know BAG and... E! :) All of those years of clarinet finger positions have got to be good for something! :D Dance class was awesome and I’m debating taking either a Jazz or Hip-Hop class (I don’t think I’m quite “street” enough for the second) outside of school. However, if I take them through campus recreation they are $30 for the semester as opposed to more expensive through a dance studio. Now, this is where my day fell apart...
Between my dance and math classes, I ran into the Student Finance office to find out the status of my student loan. It was rejected (I don’t want to go into it right now but the short version is that I’m working on appealing it... it has to do with the after effects of my surgery and finances afterwards...) and when I asked for clarification, I was given a copy of a letter that has been mailed to me in Calgary as of Sept. 10 but I have yet to see it. Anyway, I ran to get to math but by the time I got there I was upset about the loan stuff and out of breath from running. I stopped outside the classroom and tried to breathe and proceeded to hyperventilate so I ended up going outside and sitting on the grass and had a mini-meltdown. I called my mom and she talked me out of moving home and saying “eff it!” to school. I didn’t move to Red Deer for no reason! If I didn’t want to be in school, I wouldn’t have moved and I wouldn’t be going to class every freaking day! The reason I mention this is after I tried to call Alberta Learning and couldn’t reach anyone and then Alberta Student Finance and they were closed for lunch I went back to the Student Finance office and ended up talking to a woman that told me that maybe I should rethink whether or not this is financially feasible and whether or not I REALLY need to be here. She then told me that it is possible to make payment arrangements and gave me the name and office number of the lady I needed to talk to. She then told me to “really consider if you should be here before you go sign your life away!” I was LIVID. I immediately went up to Finance to talk to the lady I was supposed to and she wasn’t there. I was in tears and pissed off to the point I was pretty much speechless. I said I’d sit and wait and I did. She got back early and I explained a bunch of things, we called mom, I “signed my life away” and as such, I’m still enrolled and I’m staying. So, “pfft :P” to that dummy in Student Finance!
On a side note, Happy Birthday to all of my friend who have birthday's this week... I probably won't get a chance to comment on all of your FB pages or MSN's...
This weekend Adrienne and Sean are getting married... I’m really looking forward to seeing her, spending time with Ryan, seeing some of my friends and just relaxing! :)
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Another update... More info this time...
So, over the weekend I baked cookies. Now, for anyone (like my mother) who is going to freak out about the fact that I’m not supposed to eat cookies; you’re right. I had 2 out of the 2 dozen or so that I made. What can I say... I’m a hardcore junk food junkie. For those people who don’t know me well, that was VERY sarcastic and I was rolling my eyes as I typed it. Anyway, I made enough cookies that Ryan and all of my roommates got to have some and I saved a dozen to take into school this morning to share with my music education class. I had a few leftover and (I was proud of myself for this) I shared them with the professor and a couple of the girls in my dance class as well as I took a couple to the Disability Services office. (Side note: I counted myself in the initial class but DID NOT eat any today!)
We started recorders in the music class yesterday so I’m sure I’m going to be driving my roommates, Ryan and my family nuts this semester when I’m practicing. ;) The recorder came with a cleaning rod, joint grease, a book, a play-along CD and a fingering chart! I’m lame but I think it’s GREAT! :)
My dance class is a lot of fun. We’ve done some mixer dances and line dances and started the foxtrot/two-step and the polka. Admittedly, after 20-25 minutes of polka-ing straight, my feet were sore! But, the fact we get to swap partners and meet a bunch of people is great! I know most of the people’s names in that class and it’s only the third day!
My math class isn’t so fun... I don’t like math to begin with and while we are only doing number sets and such, my understanding of what we were going to do and what we have been doing are two different things. I’m not sure how all of the “union” and “intersect” and “NOT” are going to work together but I’m working on differentiating between them... *sigh* I am SOOOO frustrated!!!
Anyway, in my history class we started talking about the First Nations and I’m finding it really interesting. I am still considering taking the First Nations course instead but I like the way he has this lecture structured and the project sounds interesting so I’m not sure I want to switch... I have a couple of days to decide.
Choir... Have I mentioned I LOVE to sing and have missed being in a choir??? I was considering joining a choir at home if I had time but when I got into RDC I figured I might as well take a choir and thus far, I LOVE IT! Granted, we’re doing some pieces I have done before (Loch Lomond and In Remembrance) but I’m looking forward to learning a new part. That’s the other thing... I’m singing alto and technically second alto, even though my range is technically higher but I offered to help fill in where needed. :) I’m looking forward to going back to sing later. The people (while young) seem nice and it’s nice to be in a musical environment.
Later tonight there is karaoke on campus. I’m thinking I might go sing... I just need something to do other than hanging out at home in my room. I have gotten a lot of studying done though, which is good. I’m just... Not feeling very social. I’m not feeling well and because of that, I don’t really want to have to be upbeat, positive and personable. Honestly, I’m slightly homesick, I’m stressed over financial stuff, school stuff and family stuff, I miss seeing Ryan, I miss having somewhere to go hang out and sing (a.k.a. The Q and Bootlegger’s) and I’m overwhelmed with school and living in Red Deer. The total of all of that is adding up to make me tired and just worn out in general. Also, I have yet to make many friends at school. Not intentionally... Just that most people are only in one of my classes and I don’t tend to run into them outside of class. I’m sure things will get better; it has only been a week...
All in all, I am happy with my decision to come here. I am debating getting involved in the MUS (Music Undergrad Society) or EUS (Education Undergrad Society) or both. I have applied for a few jobs and have had an interview but have yet to hear back about anything. I drove to Calgary Friday night this past weekend and helped out at the Q for a few hours. I was in the mood to drive and needed a break. It was good to see people and while I was wiped out on Saturday, it seemed worth it. Ryan came down from Edmonton on Saturday and we spent most of the day sleeping and I felt much better after that. He left yesterday after dropping me off at school and I went to see him when he was in town last night. Turns out that there might be a loophole in the “no passengers” rule that his company is “enforcing”... I’m waiting to hear what he finds out! :)
Anyone in the Red Deer area... I do want to go for coffee or whatever but I need a little longer to settle in and find my bearings. Please be patient with me...
We started recorders in the music class yesterday so I’m sure I’m going to be driving my roommates, Ryan and my family nuts this semester when I’m practicing. ;) The recorder came with a cleaning rod, joint grease, a book, a play-along CD and a fingering chart! I’m lame but I think it’s GREAT! :)
My dance class is a lot of fun. We’ve done some mixer dances and line dances and started the foxtrot/two-step and the polka. Admittedly, after 20-25 minutes of polka-ing straight, my feet were sore! But, the fact we get to swap partners and meet a bunch of people is great! I know most of the people’s names in that class and it’s only the third day!
My math class isn’t so fun... I don’t like math to begin with and while we are only doing number sets and such, my understanding of what we were going to do and what we have been doing are two different things. I’m not sure how all of the “union” and “intersect” and “NOT” are going to work together but I’m working on differentiating between them... *sigh* I am SOOOO frustrated!!!
Anyway, in my history class we started talking about the First Nations and I’m finding it really interesting. I am still considering taking the First Nations course instead but I like the way he has this lecture structured and the project sounds interesting so I’m not sure I want to switch... I have a couple of days to decide.
Choir... Have I mentioned I LOVE to sing and have missed being in a choir??? I was considering joining a choir at home if I had time but when I got into RDC I figured I might as well take a choir and thus far, I LOVE IT! Granted, we’re doing some pieces I have done before (Loch Lomond and In Remembrance) but I’m looking forward to learning a new part. That’s the other thing... I’m singing alto and technically second alto, even though my range is technically higher but I offered to help fill in where needed. :) I’m looking forward to going back to sing later. The people (while young) seem nice and it’s nice to be in a musical environment.
Later tonight there is karaoke on campus. I’m thinking I might go sing... I just need something to do other than hanging out at home in my room. I have gotten a lot of studying done though, which is good. I’m just... Not feeling very social. I’m not feeling well and because of that, I don’t really want to have to be upbeat, positive and personable. Honestly, I’m slightly homesick, I’m stressed over financial stuff, school stuff and family stuff, I miss seeing Ryan, I miss having somewhere to go hang out and sing (a.k.a. The Q and Bootlegger’s) and I’m overwhelmed with school and living in Red Deer. The total of all of that is adding up to make me tired and just worn out in general. Also, I have yet to make many friends at school. Not intentionally... Just that most people are only in one of my classes and I don’t tend to run into them outside of class. I’m sure things will get better; it has only been a week...
All in all, I am happy with my decision to come here. I am debating getting involved in the MUS (Music Undergrad Society) or EUS (Education Undergrad Society) or both. I have applied for a few jobs and have had an interview but have yet to hear back about anything. I drove to Calgary Friday night this past weekend and helped out at the Q for a few hours. I was in the mood to drive and needed a break. It was good to see people and while I was wiped out on Saturday, it seemed worth it. Ryan came down from Edmonton on Saturday and we spent most of the day sleeping and I felt much better after that. He left yesterday after dropping me off at school and I went to see him when he was in town last night. Turns out that there might be a loophole in the “no passengers” rule that his company is “enforcing”... I’m waiting to hear what he finds out! :)
Anyone in the Red Deer area... I do want to go for coffee or whatever but I need a little longer to settle in and find my bearings. Please be patient with me...
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