todays big discovery

I made an unfortunate discovery today. I have recently decided that I am definitely not meant to be an english major, so after checking out different programs at other Universities, I had decided that I wanted to attend NAIT, for the broadcasting program- focus in radio or television.(My back up plan was GMac's Journalism program). Well, registration deadline is tomorrow, so today I sat at a computer with the intention of applying, if I got in I could decide yes or no, and if I didn't get accepted, no big deal. Well, I didn't apply. I learnt that I have to do a 'career investigation report' a couple pages written on 1)why I want to be in that program, 2)interviews with people in that profession, 3) spend a day with a 'buddy' in the program, and 4) talk with admissions and cousellers at the school to figure out if it is for me or not. I may not be much for math, but even I could figure out that there is no way I can have that done by tomorrow. Then for Journalism, you need unpublished articles that you have written. I don't have those either...
Well then. It looks as though I shall be returning to Kings for another semester of classes- with little to no intention for a degree, just classes to get credits and learn stuff... Productive... it'll be an expensive experience... thats all. My Big Discovery.

so. i ll try keep it short

Long week.
Last Thursday night at like 10 30 I started eyeing up my bed, I had to work at 6 30 and figured it would be good to sleep a bit. Before going to sleep I figured I d check my email and be asleep withing 15 mins or so. Well, while checking my email one of my roommates comes running in asking if I know how to get to the hospital. It seems one of our other roommates had fallen down the stairs. Long story short, we were at the hospital late, despite her wicked bruise it was a pretty entertaining experience.















Friday night consisted of the finals of the Kareoke contest. I didn't win but it was really fun. Saturday was a big day. Emmanuel Home put on an amazing race style fundraiser- 23 teams of 4 people each participated in the Race Against Time. It was tons of fun! I have never run so much in my life, all over Edmonton, up hills down sidewalks, over bridges, from buses and LRTs... To make it even better, my team got 2nd! Out of 23 teams! It was really awesome. Our prize? We EACH get a $500 gift certificate for VIA Rail. Super fun!
Heres my team










That night was another hockey game with Ian, Red Wings at Oilers. Now, Ian is a Wings fan so it made it pretty interesting. When the Oilers(who won by the way) scored, he wouldn't cheer with me, and the two seats beside me were empty, so I slapped fives with a couple older/middle aged men behind me. Next goal, I had barely finished jumping out of my seat when they tapped me on shoulder and I had to slap fives with their group of 6, and the 2 men on the other side of the empty seats. It was pretty entertaining. After the game, you know. Down to the club house. Meet Dick Tjarnqvist and Joffery Lupul.











The rest of the week was less eventful. I was super sore for a while from Saturday's race. Tuesday night we did name that tune again, when we got there, Thom and one of his roommates were already there and their team name was 'Canucks'. As a proud Oilers fan I just couldn't join them, so we girls started our own team and played girls against boys the rest of the night. They got 6th or lower. We girls, the Homewreckers, tied for third. Not bad for starting late. They are changing their game hours and last call though, so we won't be back there.
On Thursday was a great surprise. Ashley showed up. Unfortunately it was sad circumstances, she was in town for her grandma's funeral, but having her here for that one night was awesome! I love you Ashely J!











Halloween is coming up. The SA put on a dance Friday night, it was super fun. There were some pretty sweet costumes. Went shopping with Jack yesterday. We had a great time, I love her. Spent a ton of time and a ton of money. Loved it! Last night was a party and that was a pretty good time. So overall, life is good. Busy but definitely good.
Side note, my sister in law is feeling better. I think I mentioned she wasn't feeling well. They finally got her on medication that is working. Darn American doctors. Took them long enough! But ya, we were really glad to hear that. On that note, I've got to go and pretend to do some homework and figure out what school I am going to next semester... Sounds like a fun afternoon! Ok, well, see ya later!

Oilers...

Now here is that exciting news I promised yesterday. On Tuesday night I went to the Oilers game with my brother in law Ian(thanks again Ian). Before the game we were watching warmups when a friend of mine stopped by to say hi and gave up passes to the clubhouse, so we went down to the clubhouse and got to watch the team as they left their locker room through the big Oilers sliding door and walk across to the ice to start the game. First thing I want to do is show you that video...


So the game was pretty good, Ian bought a vintage Oilers jersey.











I am convinced we'll have him converted from the Wings in no time, and after the game it was back down to the clubhouse(like I do after all the games) to try get another autograph. Well, eventually we got one, a new one for my collection, Brad Winchester #26.













He didn't have time for a picture unfortunately. Usually, after one player leaves, they send everyone away and no one else comes out, but after Winchester walked through the *authorized personal only* doors, they didn't send us away. So, we stand there waiting and you wont believe who comes out next. My favourite Oilers, the amazing and wonderful... Jarret Stoll! Now, I absolutely love Jarret Stoll and haved hoped in the past that he would come out and sign some autographs, but never actually believed it would happen. I was pumped to say the least! Naturally I got his autograph on my jersey(his is one of the 11 on the jersey in the picture), I got his autograph on my Oilers shirt...














And finally, to make my night even better, I got a picture with him!




So, as you can guess, it was seriously one of the best nights of my night. Thanks Ian!

So life just got easier

Ok. So call me a quitter. Call me a wimp. Call me whatever you will but I withdrew from a class today. It is called a 'withdrawl' and not a 'drop' simply because it is past the time where I can get back any money for it. Why did I do it? The simplest answer is that I hate school, but that is a cop-out and I wouldn't just leave it at that. I have realized in the last few months that an English major I am not. I love to read, I love to write, but I sure as heck don't love learning stuff like 'middle ages british literature'. The prof was awesome in that class, so it definitely wasn't anything against her, but the class itself was simply not for me. So, now I am in 3 courses for 15 hours a week. Two of them are night classes that take up 3 nights a week and up to three hours each night, while the other one is a sciencec class and has a three hour lab with it, so it isn't like I don't ever attend classes, it just isn't nearly as often as other people do.
So what am I going to do with my life now that I know English Major is not what I want to be? That is a darn good question. I am nearly postitive I will not be returning to Kings next semester. If all goes well I will still live on campus but I have yet to look into that. I am looking into Mac and NAIT but even that is still really up in the air. Some people think I should just hop on a plane and while that would be alot of fun, it would cost a pretty penny and then I can't be involved in the wedding preparations. So I really don't know. Any ideas? Haha. I just don't want to decide. Anyways, I got to get back to class, so take care, I have an awesome picture to post very soon, I just ran out of time tonight so I'll do it later. Have a great night!

My first attempt at posting a video

So, remember how I was talking about how my friends and I rode the Piler at the potato farm? While, my newest venture is figuring out how www.youtube.com works and then trying to connect that to my blog so that when I do have videos, I can share them with you. So, this will be my first attempt to put a video on my blog. Please bear with me, but if it works, there will be more to come, I promise!
Riding the Piler 1 = Jennie and Amber




Riding the Piler 2 = Britt and Jodi




Hope that works! And if it does I hope you enjoy it at least a portion of how much we enjoyed it!

just a quick note

Ok. I havn't posted in a while and it might be a bit longer till I put up a good one, but I figured I would use this blog to procrastinate a little longer and avoid my homework. It is that season that University students hate, mid terms! Last week, this week to come, and I believe the week after that are jam packed full of mid terms and big assignments due so many things with no time to do it. It is crazy and I am not enjoying it even for a minute!
It keeps me busy, so that when people say I should call them so we can hang out, I add them to my list of like 15 people to. Well, thats not a good list to be on because for the most part it is getting longer faster than it is getting shorter! So, if I have promised to call and havn't yet, please don't take it personally!
Work keeps over scheduling me, so I am not taking any extra shifts for the next few weeks, get into their minds that I am a part time employee, NOT full time(Last week saying I can work my usual Mon and Fri 730am-2pm turn into mon-730-2, wed 8-2, fri-630-230, sat-8-5, being asked to come in that sunday, and twice being asked to come in today).
Outside of classes and work, life is great!Getting out lots, dancing, kareoke, name that tune, coffee... Keeping really busy and meeting even more new people. I love it! Every day is an adventure and although sometimes they arn't the most exciting, it is still better than nothing!
Hope all is well elsewhere. I guess that turned out to be a longer note than I thought. Now I really have to go do some homework(don't worry mom and dad. I am still putting in some effort)
Luv you all out there, hope things are going well. Take care of yourself and remember to look both ways before crossing the street. If the cars are coming, just run faster!