I made it! This morning I have my very last exam of Nipissing Teacher's College. It's for Bellsy's class on Literacy Instruction. I'm borrowing Carolyn's heartwrenching book "The Giving Tree" to use as my "Good Book for Good Teaching" component. And when I walk out of there at 12 noon, I will have completed all the components of my B.Ed degree! PHEW! At some points there I thought I'd never make it through alive!
I'm meeting with my PJ Music prof afterwards to discuss life, love and shattered dreams, and then rushing back to Renfrew in hopes of catching my nieces singing at the Music Festival.
Well, just wanted to keep any readers I have left in the loop. Take care whoever you are...
Juice
So I just got off the phone with bebe, and we were going over some of the less proud moments of my life. For example the whole wrestler saga and the DB chapters, not even to mention the talent loaded musicians whom I still can't seem to stop falling for. Bodie brought up the point the other night when i was telling her about my newest object of infatuation, that he fits into the talent fascination model too. Different area of talent, but still the same "thing" I have for them all! mmm...insanely talented hockey players...GAH! Crazy me.
Teacher's college is flying by. I can't believe I'm going to graduate in a couple months and be a real qualifed educator. I don't feel like I'm ready for that responsibility!
Ok. I'm outta here. I've got to try and calm myself for bed now..I just had an hour of non-stop raucous laughter on the phone with bebe, and now I'm expected to be able to SLEEP?!?! I think not.
I'm at Francine's right now, just put Carter down for a morning nap. I have to wait for a bit to make sure he's asleep before I can leave, and actually go home to get some sleep for myself. Brandi, Laura and I went out for dinner and a movie last night..and saw the cheesiest movie I've seen in a while. 10,000BC. Good for a laugh at least. Then I came home, and talked to bode for a while, she got me all worked up and giddy..then I couldn't fall asleep for a while, so I re-read a bit of this Philippa Gregory book I'm trying to plough through, but which isn't making a whole lot of sense, or holding my attention very well. I might give it another shot tonight..and if I can't get any further, I 'll can it. I really really hate doing that to a book, but I feel like I've given it a fair chance, and I can't be expected to like everything she's written now, can I?!
Gosh, it's been so long since I've blogged on here, I even forget all the html codes.
Mom, Dad and Ty come home from Calabogie this morning, so should be hectic around the house. I've got massive amounts of laundry to catch up on, since I slacked off all week. I miss Montreal. As soon as the snow melts I am SO there. I just hate dredging in there in the middle of a dirty dirty winter.
Ok I'm going now, the boy's asleep! Hurray!
Juice
Floating has got to be one of my very favourite states of being. Just laying in the water, gravity, worry, and stress-free. I could do it for hours and hours. Lately though, sometimes I feel like I'm floating in this day-to-day life too. Like it's no longer reserved for just water. I'm floating through this last semester of my undergrad degree. I'm floating through these last couple of months in the apt with my roomates. I'm floating through (and maybe above?) all the grief that has gone down since Christmas (and there's been way too much). The days are just drifting by so quickly, and I don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything, or even remembering simple little things that have happened. It's an odd sense that I'm not even really "with-it" most of the time. I don't think I am. Lately, I've been picking fights and being obnoxious to totally undeserving people, just so I can feel "something"..just for a second. There's this haze around me, and I'm numb to it all.
J
Oh jeez. I can't believe I'm resorting to this... but here goes nothing.
I love my apartment. I'm not really sure why...it's not all that great. It's small (60% hallway, as Brad once said) but uber close to school. Not terribly overpriced (for the ghetto), conveniently placed between two super cute Chinese-run deps, and the Provigo and Metro grocery stores. And we have a crazy, but lovable janitor guy Colin, who lives across the street and who comes at our beck and call when we lock ourselves out or have some other kind of urgent apartment-y crisis.
The PROBLEM is this. My two darling roomates are leaving at the end of this school year. And I'm not quite ready to leave yet. So...you can hopefully see where this is going...
I have to find two (or at least one person who's willing to pay a bit more) new roomates for this summer and next year.
The rent will likely be something like $1150/month plus about 180$/month in utilities (internet/phone/hydro).
Split three ways, that's just over 440$/month in total. We have a washer/dryer IN the apartment, and a brand new full-size fridge, and extra freezer was installed this year. There's already a TV/VCR/DVD player and lots of other random appliances and dishes. (i.e. toaster, microwave, coffee-maker) No pets allowed (I have allergies)
But I'm pretty sure I don't want to live with any hard-partying undergrads...so that limits it to either very mature young ones, or solely fellow graduate students.
I don't think the other two bedrooms will be available before June 1st, 2007. My two roomies haven't decided when they want to move out yet... But I'll be living and working in Montreal for the summer most likely, and I HATE living alone.. so it'd be certainly nice to have some company.
If anyone wants to come look at the place, see some pictures, pass this info on to a friend who's looking for a place to live next year, or ask me some more questions, or anything.. you know where to find me.
Jessica
Oh dear, the stress is COMING. Run away! run AWAY!! Less than 2 weeks till my McGill grad school audition, less than a week till two big project proposals are due for my two history classes. 9 days till my first mid-term exam. And it all sucks even MORE because I got guilted into staying in Mtl for this year's February Reading week to cover everyone ELSE's shifts at the Music Library so THEY could go home and be with families on or trips to warm places or whatever. And I'm going to be all ALONE in the apartment because Nora's going with Andre to Florida, and Claire-bebe's going back to NJ. ugh. Well, maybe I'll get some work done that way... Who am I kidding. pssh.
Anyways, my most exciting moment of the past month was definitely getting up one morning to see an email from Amazon.ca in my inbox telling me that I could now PRE-ORDER Harry Potter Book 7! Eeee!! I called bode RIGHT away and woke her up with the good news!
Lordy, I guess I better get back to real library work. Night shifts are so sloooowww.
Juice
| How to make a Juice |
| Ingredients: 3 parts intelligence 1 part humour 1 part energy |
| Method: Combine in a tall glass half filled with crushed ice. Top it off with a sprinkle of curiosity and enjoy! |
