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| October 11, 2003 Time just doesn't stop! Here I am in the middle of October and this is my first update!!! I'm very sorry... to however few people may read this. =P This month has passed like a moment. It's been full of good things mostly though. School is busy, but the work doesn't seem as unmanageable as last year... maybe because the lab is a very different format. I have more assignments, but they're really not all that bad. Especially stats! What a bird course! Not complaining though... I don't need another difficult course, thank you very much! =) So here I am, home in the O-dot for Thanksgiving. The bus ride home was the longest I've ever had. 8 hours straight on the road (that's without a stop-over in TO). The traffic was really really bad. Apparently, the bus driver told my mom that he never got over 50 km/h until outside of Oshawa. I didn't really notice though because I was (a) studying embryology; or (b) sleeping. We didn't arrive until 9:30 pm, but it's very nice to be home! So much has happened! I guess I'll work my way back. On Thursday, I had a very good co-op interview with Health Canada that I feel really good about. We'll see where God has planned for me to end up though. After that, I met up with Victoria for lunch at William's (mmmm.... quiche!) and then went over to check out her crib... *LOL*... I couldn't resist (I'm such a nerd!). So, we watched an episode of Everwood on her very comfy couch, and then went and spent lots of money at HMV. Well, I bought two DVD's and she bought two CD's, and they actually came to the same total, so... I only buy movies that I know I'll watch over and over again, so money well spent (sorta!). I bought "Pay It Forward" and "Minority Report". I'm still waiting for "Antwone Fisher", "Bourne Identity" and "The Life of David Gale" to go down in price. I'm patient! The weekend before the weekend before that, I went to CCF leadership retreat. It was such an enlightning experience. I have a new and clearer vision of what God is calling me to do within CCF, and I thank the CCF committee so much for organizing it. My heart feels full again =) Kim and I are having a blast in the house. Opal has grown to be quite the perfect cat, and Smudge is still just a grumpy old thing =P Opal has spraigned (I hope that 's how you spell it) her "ankle" though, so she has to stay in Jim&Donna's room (owner's of the house), so that she doesn't jump up onto things and irritate it more. Opal isn't very happy about that, but I suppose it's for her own good. Kim and I finally bought ourselves some tea, which is a really weird thing to be excited about (I am aware!), but I've been so tea deprived, and I love it so much! I love just sitting reading a book and drinking a nice warm cup of tea... nothing is more relaxing! Maybe I'll add more to this later. It's getting long, though so much more has happened! Tonight, I'm off to Mart's birthday party =) I'll get to see the gang. yay! |
| October 17-18, 2003 What can I say... I love hockey!! We had a very clarifying Bible study tonight at CCF about what it means to love God with all you heart, soul and strength. That was followed by a tasty bagel at Williams' with a bunch of fellow CCF'ers (my dearest Victoria included =P ) and then... drumroll please!... my return to the hockey scene. Yes my friends (okay, I'll stop being cheesy now), after about a month of no hockey, I went back, and it was great! We had really good teams, and the best part was that after a whole year of playing, I finally got a goal!! ^_^ I think that my skills are improving! Interviews, assignments, and midterms, oh my! Yes, that is the story of my life right now. I am so thankful to have had as many interviews as I have, but it does get tiring. But I suppose that there are much worse things to complain about, so I cease my complaining. Midterms are always... "fun". But I recognize that this is all to help me prepare for the bigger picture, so I feel better about it. God has really helped me stay focused more this year, AND actually go to my classes, which means I don't have to study as much =) My Analytical chemistry lab is really depressing... but I actually enjoy doing it. I'm just so slow compared to everyone else and my results aren't like I want them to be. I guess I'm sometimes quite under-the-weather about it lately. I'm a little bit confused about my path, but I know that I will find my way... just not right now exactly. Erica and I will start co-leading our "Purpose Driven Life" small group next week. I'm really excited about that. Please pray for everybody in my group, and those to come, and that it will be a positive and growing experience for everyone. I'm dead tired... lots of studying to get out of the way so that I can go to Toronto on Sunday with Paul to have Thanksgiving dinner at Helen's. Isn't that just so thoughtful of her to invite me?? I should really pick up a card for her. I was truly touched! Beddie-bye time! G'night! |