A Barfin' Good Blog

It is now 12:22 am Newfoundland time and I have been in the bathroom for four hours.  Normally I hate being in the bathroom, but when I'm barfing every thirty minutes, I thought it would be safer to stay here than try and keep running back and forth from my room.  How am I typing this in the bathroom?  Well after about two hours people started to notice that I hadn't come out and came to check on me.  I kept saying I didn't need anything but I adventually asked for some bread, pills and my computer.  I am now fully set up in the bathroom.

Now there are many people here who think that I should go to the hospital and get a shot because I have been vomiting for four hours.  Of course for those who know what happens when I get a serious stomach flu know that it's not a big deal.  I have barfed for an entire night before and then been far better the next day.  Though I'm thinking of going to the doctor's and getting a sick note for my lab tomorrow.  The smell of the chemistry building always makes me a little sick, I can only imagine what will happen if I go as I am now.  Then again they would believe that I was deathly ill.... Hmmmm..

Well, I was bored and in the bathroom so I decided to write.  I really have nothing so say.  On the bright side I have been able to keep down a piece of bread for a half hour so I may be able to go to bed!!!  A nice warm comfortable bed sounds really nice.  It is now almost 1am and I really don't want to be here any more.  Strangely the atmosphere does not bother me but the fact that I am vomiting, despite my nearly non-existent gag reflex really bothers me.  I wonder if it's some sort of problem with pride?  hat could be it.

So off to bed to hopefully get some sleep and not come to the bathroom for at least three hours.  Nighty Night!!  Or is it Morning? 

Playing Catch-up

Well, it seems that life has successfully gotten in the way of updating this blog.  It has also caused me to fall behind in my courses.  Between ridiculously loud house parties and the flu my life has not gone as well as I had hoped.

When living in residence there are two things that are guaranteed.  The first is that there will be parties that will keep you up at least half the night, and the second is you will get extremely ill at least once.  It just so happens that both occurred to me in the same week.  I still can't decided which of the two was the worst.  I'll fully admit that the constant vomiting and diarrhea for a week due to the flu was terrible, but the parties just might be a bit worse.  Of course for people who like parties life here is great, but I don't like to party.  In fact I would rather jump off the top of a six story building than party and drink every night.  Unfortunately because I don't party there are many who think that I am fun to pick on.  By pick on I mean that they bang on my door while they are naked trying to get me to come out and party. Now, there are many problems with their idea of bullying.

The funniest thing about the thought process of these would-be bullies is that they think that I am sleeping and can't hear them.  This most recent time the party was literally directly outside my room.  I may like my sleep, but not even I am capable of sleeping while there is a house party booming outside my door.  Of course there is the little thing about me having ears that actually work.  No matter how quiet they think they are, they are a bunch of drunk guys, so not really all the quiet....ever.  Then there's the fact that they don't know my name, which is just rude.  If you are going to insult someone and especially if you are planning to torment some one the least you can so is learn their name.  Another thing is the tactic they are using to get me to come out of my room.  Throwing things at the door, banging on the door, yelling obscene things, and trying to open the door are not exactly the best ways to make me want to come out and join the party.

All of this just goes to show that I don't fit in here.  I have also realized this past week that I REALLY need to live off campus.  Too much more of this and not only will my grades drop to the very bottom but I may just lose my mind.  However, I believe that I can stick it out until April, it's just six months until my freedom.  Until then I'll just have to keep quiet and try  to sleep whenever possible.  If all else fails, I do wake up at 6am and I can buy air horns, hopefully no one will bother me after that.

Life Is Tiring

University classes are one thing, living outside of classes in another thing entirely.  First there is the problem of food, which wouldn't be a problem if I wasn't intolerant to preservatives and soy.  Of course as the dining hall serves hundreds of people every meal they use a lot of frozen or pre-made foods.  All of those foods have things that make me sick, a fact that I am now fully aware of as I have been sick for the last 32 hours.  One wrong meal and I was running to the bathroom and back for the entire night, and yet my room mate still slept through it.  So I am now very glad that I am getting a fridge in a while and so will be able to downgrade my meal plan so I eat less at the dining hall.

Of course there is volunteer work as well.  Currently I am tutoring a 14 year old girl in math, and looking after the dogs at Beagle Paws.  I enjoy both very much, especially since I only have to tutor once a week and look after the dogs once every-other week.  There is little pressure, and it's a great time to relax.  The dogs especially act as a stress relief, they are just so happy and love the attention.  I'm hoping to get some pictures of them tomorrow and post them here, but that depends on how I feel.

I have to go now, so I'll write to you later!!! 

So Many Things to Say and So Little Time

So I'm in Newfoundland, and finally starting to settle in.  It feels almost like home now, especially since I've more or less set up my room.  To be honest, for the first couple of weeks I felt really out of place.  I always felt invisible at home so when people started to notice and talk to me here I felt very uncomfortable.  However, I've met a few people that I really feel comfortable with and I've even gone to watch a movie with them.  Here's an even more amazing thing, I've begun to wear make-up.  Of course, have a room mate, and multiple female friends on my floor, it was bound to happen eventually.

As for dorm life, it's not as bad as everyone says it is.  First of all I'm on the quiet floor so even if there are a few drunks who are making noise, they are sent away.  Also, I like all of the people who live on my floor, well there is that annoying guy, but aside from him I like everyone.  It's come to the point that I just leave my door open (except for when I'm in the middle of studying or sleeping) and my dorm mates just walk in make themselves at home and eat my food.  In return I am welcome to walk into their rooms and eat their food.  It works out very well, and I'm really beginning to enjoy my life here.

I've found a few shops that I like.  I took the wrong bus by accident and ended up going all around the downtown shopping area.  Since it was safer for me to just ride the loop I decided to look out the window and take note of some of the shops.  The two that really interested me were the Newfoundland Weavery and the Bead Addict.  For those of you who don't know, I love to make braclets and necklaces out of beads, and I also enjoy weaving, though I've only done some inkle weaving.  So I do believe that I will head out there some time.  I heard that the weavery even gives classes and sells everything you need to weave, looms, threads, shuttles, everything!

I get to wear this beautiful thing every Tuesday, nothing like 

showing house spirit!!

I have also decided to volunteer for several things.  The first thing I signed up for I'm really excited about!  The organization is called Beagle Paws and it takes in abandoned beagles so they can have new homes.  I have been put on office shifts.  Basically for 3-6 hours a week (depending on my schedule and the need) I will be in the office playing with the dogs, feeding them, cleaning up after them and giving them baths.  I also get to spend an extra hour each week walking a group of dogs.  It's a great way to get some exercise have fun and see more of the city.  I have also joined MUNhopes, which fundraises to help victims of natural disasters.  They also send off a group of students every year to another country and that group helps to install water purifiers, build houses and teach kids English.  I'm also a part of Burke Cares which is a house run charity that fundraises for the food bank and sets up bottle drives to help the community and students living in Burke house.  I'm also going to check out an overseas program.  I can't remember what it's called at the moment, but I can earn credits while teaching English, setting up fresh water supplies, or working on elephant conservation.  So I'm going to be very busy, but it's going to be fun!!

That brings me to church.  The church I am attending is filled with very kind people.  The minute I walked in there I felt welcomed and the pastor teaches about things that I agree with.  Even better than that though is the bus they send to pick me up and bring me back after.  The bus driver is very nice and tries to let me know about the places that we drive past.  There is also another great thing that she is willing to do.  Apparently every Sunday she works at the mall right after she drops me off so she told me that f I ever wanted to be dropped off there instead she would be happy to do so.  I think that I might just plan my shopping trips around that.  Of course I'd have to take the Metrobus back to the university, but that's not so bad, and if worse comes to worse I can walk back, it just takes a while.

Well that's all I have to say for now.  I'm starting to feel at home, my classes are going well, and I have a nice room mate.  Since I have nothing important to say, I'm going to leave it at that.  Thanks for reading and checking up on me, type to you later! 

Dorm Life, Classes, Pudding, a Bleeding Finger and Church

So  have been in my dorm for over a week now and have discovered many things.  First of all there are many people here who like to drink especially on Friday nights.  I wouldn't mind if it wasn't for the fact that it stinks like beer in the halls and many people like to bang on doors to try and get more people to drink.  Of course there are also people who do not think that "I don't drink" and "I'm underage" are good enough reasons to stay away from the bar.  Thankfully the staff on my floor is very strict and extremely nice.  If I am really having problems she will kindly kick them to one of the other floors or have the escorted out of the building.

Of course dorm life is not the only thing I have in university.  I have already had to switch some classes, and so now I have class from 9am-5pm everyday.  Not fun.  Obviously not all of those hours are taken up by lectures, but there are always three hour labs, two hour tutorials, and at least three hours of studying.  I have already had a quiz, and it was in Latin....For those of you who know how I did on French tests, I'm sure that you can imagine the pain that I suffered while doing the quiz.  Actually, the real pain was in the studying, mostly because I fell asleep in class on Friday and forgot that there was a test on Tuesday.  Not the best way to start off university, but I blame jet-lag.

The food here.....that is a very dangerous topic.....In all honesty it isn't too bad, especially considering you don't have to make it yourself!  The best thing about the dining hall is that there are many options.  There is a breakfast area that is open all day, a sub place that is open at lunch, an Italian style lunch and dinner place, a grill that serves the typical greasy cafeteria food, a vegetarian spot, and a desserts table.  I have tired to eat at every place at least once and try almost everything that is served.  So far I have found out that I can never become vegetarian, fish doesn't like me, the burgers are disgusting, the fries are decent, the Italian food smells good (haven't been able to go there yet), and the pudding is okay.  Of course I have no right whatsoever to judge the consistency of the pudding, as a few of you may know, my parents most of all, but it just tasted a bit off.  Then again it was the first time I have eaten caramel pudding in at least three years, so it is possible that I just forgot what it is supposed to taste like.

Last of all, yes I have a bleeding finger, which is odd because I rarely bleed.  It started with a hang nail peeling back too far and then it just kept bleeding!!!!  I finally broke down and put a band-aid on it though that was only because blood kept getting on my work. 

Now that you have way too much information, let's go on to a nicer topic.  I went to church on Sunday.  I decided to check out Westend Baptist Church, and I'm really glad that I did.  The pastor was very straight forward and directly said that if you don't have a foundation in Christ you aren't a true Christian.  There are very few pastors who would dare to sat that, and yet this one did which made me very happy.  Also, I was exhausted from going to Subway at 11pm, and I didn't fall asleep during the sermon, so it was most definitely interesting.  Of course the best thing about nay Chruch is that they usually have a meal or some snacks after the service.  Being that Sunday was the first service after the start of university there was a giant welcome picnic!!!  This was very nice as I only get two meals on Saturday and Sunday.  My room mate has now graciously allowed me to use her fridge to store some milk so I can have breakfast, but last week I didn't have that so I was very glad that there was food.  I also made some friends with other university students, all of which were a good three years older than me,  but at least I have some people to talk to. 

Speaking of people to talk to, I have noticed that after the first initial shock of moving, I have become much more open to talking with people I don't know.  I've even gained enough confidence that I am going to volunteer for Let's Talk Science.  For those who don't know what LTS is, it's an organization that lets university students go to elementary and high schools and lead demonstrations, judge science fair projects, give a tour of a labratory, and other such activities that get kids excited about science.

So that's all that I have to say, and now I must go to Latin!!!! 

My First Day in St. John's and in Residence

So I made it!!!  I got no sleep whatsoever on the plane and so by the time six o'clock hit (and I'm speaking in Newfoundland time) I was about to pass out!!! 

To start at the beginning, I landed in St. John's an hour later than expected as there had been a thunderstorm in Calgary and so my plane had to wait for a gate to be available.  The flight itself was very long and boring, mostly because I couldn't sleep but was surrounded by people who could.  Thankfully it was eventually over and I made my way to baggage claim.  The only reason I even knew what direction to go was because there was no one else in the airport and so I followed the rest of the passengers.  After I got my bags, which were there and in near perfect condition, I made my way toward the pay phones.  After calling my parents (which made me cry) I went to the font door to see if there was any way for me to get a taxi.  After standing for what seemed like an eternity, I saw that there was a taxi waiting right outside!!  As soon as I walked outside the taxi driver asked me if I needed a ride and right after I said yes he took my bags and put them in the trunk for me.

He then drove me to the wrong side of the building I needed to go to because instead of reading the directions on the paper I gave him he insisted on looking at a map.  This ended up being a good thing because the dorm staff took pity on me and allowed me to put my stuff in my room, they even carried it there for me!  After that I got to stand in line for over an hour just so I could stand in another line and be done the actual process in under five minutes.  That was not fun, but I did get to meet some girls and we had a nice chat.  All of that was just so I could get my student ID and my food card. 

After that I attempted to have a nap but I was really tired and so I cried for a good ten minutes until I got bored of that and decided to unpack some stuff so I could have a nap with a blanket.  First of all, there was a lot of unpacking which took about a half hour (because I couldn't just leave the suitcase on the floor half empty I had to finish it) .  Second, the blanket was a bad idea because I am in a room which does not get a breeze.  Every other room that I have gone into gets a breeze, but mine doesn't. 

Oh, and just in case you are wondering, I do not have a room mate.  I'm not sure why, but I am alone in a doubles room.  This is both good and bad at the same time.  It's good because I don't have to worry about compromising with another person, but bad because I was all alone for the first half of the day.  In the first half of the day I tried several times to have a nap but always got too hot or nervous to sleep, so instead I went shopping.  Now the only reason that I felt confident enough to do this was because the girl that escorted me to my room told me that there was a shoppers drug mart just a few minutes away.  I actually found it with no problems!  Also, I discovered that here the cross walks don't just flash a walk sign, they show a walk sign and then a timer which starts from 45 seconds, and you do not have to push a button just swipe your hand in front of a sensor.

So I bought a few things like shampoo, conditioner, facial tissues, water, cereal, eye drops, some m&m's, face scrub, some more pads(they were on sale and that way I don't have to worry for a few months), toothpaste, and band aids.  This all brought me to a grand total of $55.21.  The cool thing is that about half the things were on sale!!!  God is good!!  I also got a medium mocha ice capp from Tim Hortons because I had some small change and it sounded good.

After my little shopping trip I tried once again to sleep.  That didn't work so I unpacked the rest of my stuff.  I tried to spread my stuff out so the room didn't look so empty.  Unfortunately I don't have much stuff so it didn't really work out as well as I had originally hoped.

One creepy lookin' bunny.

The best part of the day yesterday was definitely the first years night house meeting.  It was during this meeting that I met a few girls that I can see myself one day calling friends.  In fact I discovered that there is a girl in my dorm, on my floor that also does not have a room mate and is going for bio-chemistry.  I think I may have found a good study buddy!!!  Later in the meeting we learned the house cheer, and we were told that we had to have house spirit.  Maybe I should get some of my friends to call and tell them that I show my spirit in other ways, because I doubt that they would believe me.  Oh well.  Of course, I think that I am going to like this house because the people are nice and we are the "Burke Bunnies"!!!  Ya, this used to be an all girl dorm, but that was a few years ago now.  We even got a shirt!!

There was a whole lot more, including a raffle where one guy got next semesters residence for free!!!  (My number was not called)  I could go on and on about what happened but I need to get ready for orientation soon!!  Thankfully for today's orientation the whole house is going together so I wont get lost!!!  Bye for now, I'll write more later!!!

My Last Post in BC

Well, this is my last post in British Columbia, unless my flight is cancelled because of the hurricane.  Yes, hurricane Earl is scheduled to hit Newfoundland the day I get there.  Now I'm just hoping that I get a really nice taxi driver who will help me lug my baggage into the university.  Thankfully everyone I have spoken to says that the taxi drivers are great and will help me.  I really hope that it is true.

I'm not really sure what to say.  I wish that I could have seen more people this summer and said good bye, but everyone, including myself, was just so busy that I couldn't figure out a time that suited both of us.  I was doing really well with the thought of leaving tomorrow but then it hit me that this is my last night in my apartment and the last evening that I will be able to spend with my parents.  When I thought of things that way, lets just say that I can barely see the screen right now.  On the bright side, I have many evenings with mew friends to look forward to, and I also have a bag of m&m's sitting beside me giving me comfort in the way that only chocolate can.  I was hoping to finish so many things before I left, but before I knew it there was no time left. 

I have been able to make progress in my lego creation, but I only used half my lego.  I'm hoping to do a bit more tonight, take a picture tomorrow morning, and post it next time.  Or maybe the post after that, it depends how much of my mind university takes over.  I am almost finished a book that I wanted to leave before I left, another hundred pages and I'll be done!  That makes me feel better.

I will admit that I am scared, but the more I think about it the more excited I get!  I think that I will be fine after the first month.  I also feel sorry for my room mate as I will be a complete basket case for at least the first week, but probably the first couple of weeks.  Oh well, by the looks of things I am going to a really great university and all of this will be worth it....I hope..or else this would really suck...

On the topic of universities, I am very glad that I did not go to the local university.  Not there is anything wrong with it, but there are a few things that the university is lacking, most of which has to do with student support, especially first year support.  So, I went to the university today to claim a bursary that I had received.  Now most people who received similar bursaries were actually going to the local university.  However, there is a way to get the bursary even if you are attending another university.  The scary thing is that the head of the Financial Aid and Awards office was unaware of that.  She looked at the paper and then at me then down at the paper again.  Finally she said that I had provided all the necessary documentation and that the money "should be sent to you in the mail sometime".  Wow.  In short, I have no idea if they will actually give me any money.

Well, I believe that I have exhausted all that I have to say, so now I will say good bye.
Good bye crappy apartment.
Good bye parents.
Good bye home town.
Good bye friends.
Good bye all of my wonderful teachers.
Good bye all of the teachers I wish had been more wonderful.(kidding....mostly)
Good bye to the ever changing school.
Good bye bed room.
Good bye wonderful woodland that will probably burn down before I come back.
Good bye junky old computer.
Good bye all those distant relatives I never see.
Good bye all my ancient electronics.
 Hello rest of my life!!!! 

Amazing Monopoly Game, Missing Loans and Slight Worries

My family has a new years tradition of playing Monopoly and I won almost every year from the time I was seven to the time I was thirteen.  Then I hit a losing streak.  Of course as I am a very competitive person (I inherited it from my mum) I refused to let myself lose during the last year that I was at home.  Unfortunately, I lost on new years eve and then I lost again when I challenged both of my parents to a rematch.  Not wanting to lose completely, I challenged my mum to a game and something strange happened.  First of all I landed on a majority of the properties, and my mum landed on them right after I bought them.  So it ended up that I had most of the properties and my mum had most of the money.  Well, she had most of the money that wasn't in the free parking.  Oh, just for your information in my family we put the luxury tax and income money along with the chance and community chest charges in the middle and if you land on free parking you get all of the money in the center.  Anyway, I landed on free parking a couple of times and built on the two properties that I could build on (my mum only had one property she could build on) and so I started to wait it out and I was hoping that my mum would eventually pay me all of her money and the game would be over.  However, we passed go too many times and ran out of money.  We then counted our money, properties, and houses and compared our totals.  Both my parents were happy to know that I won by a good $6,000.

That was really fun, but it still couldn't totally take my mind off the fact that I STILL DON'T HAVE MY STUDENT LOAN!!!!!!!!!  I'm starting to worry a bit that it wont come in time.  I have decided that if my loan doesn't come in time then I will go back to high school for another year, if that is possible.  Of course if I can;t go back to high school then I will try to get a job.  Of course as I live in a tiny little town I would probably end up moving up with my great grandparents, or my dad's uncle and aunt.  So although I don't really want to have to go to pan B or plan C, at least I know that I have those options.

Now I have to play the waiting game and pray that my loan gets here some time this week, preferably tomorrow.  Well, I really have no idea who it is that is reading this (besides my parents), but thanks for reading my complaints!!!!  

Realization and Decisions

I have officially started to pack up all my things.  There were so many things that I had to sort through, not only were there things that I wanted to take with me but couldn't, there were also things that brought back a lot of memories.  For example I looked through a box of cards (some of which dated back to 1997, not sure why my younger self kept them) and saw so many cards that were given to me when I was sick in grade 7.  There were so many people who gave me get well cards, some of which I still have never met and it made me remember how sad I was when I was sick and how much I wished that I could have been in school instead of stuck at home.


I think that I have stopped crying now, but I'm still a little sad that I have to leave my home and move across country.  Then again I'm REALLY excited that I'm going to be in a new place and with brand new people.  I'm also excited that I'll be able to start my life away from my parents.  Anyway, this isn't much of an update but that's all that I can write at the moment.  Write later!!!  Well, probably, it really depends on how fast I can pack, visit friends and get organized to leave!!!

Sunday Friends, Storms and A New Summer Project

For the last three Sundays there have been some unexpected, but beautiful, visitors outside my apartment.  Of course as you can see these visitors were in fact deer.  At first there were only three bucks and they showed up very early in the morning.  Of course as I am an early riser I was able to see the deer and wake up my parents so they could watch the deer too.  The next Sunday the deer showed up again, but this time later in the morning.  Today some deer showed up again!  Originally they appeared late in the morning and I thought that they were just going to eat a bit and then go away.  So you can imagine my delight when I saw them a few minutes ago (about 7:50pm)!  Of course I love to take pictures of animals, so I went a little crazy....   

I also decided that before I move and leave it all behind, I should use my lego to make something.  After thinking for a few minutes and asking my very unoriginal parents, I decided that I would build a castle.  Specifically I'm going to try to build a castle that is in a story that I'm working on (not that I plan on ever finishing it!)  Here is what I'm starting out with.   I really hope that I can finish it before I move cross country....

Murphy's Law and Lots of Smoke

So far in my attempt to get to Memorial University of Newfoundland I have had many problems.  First thing that happened was the housing application problems.  That is, my application got sent three times for no reason.  After that was done we were not sure that my application for the university itself made it there on time.  Of course the student loan forms had a misprint and were sent off two weeks late and then we were not sure if the application for the application was received in the first place.  Now something even worse had happened.

I got a copy of my official transcript today but there were some problems.  The main problem is that roughly half my grade 12 courses were not on it!!  If the courses that were missed had been things like Geography or History I would not be so concerned.  However the courses that are missing are ones like math and chemistry both of which I need to get into university.  Also since the university will receive my transcript within a week they may look at it and then say "Well, it seems as if you didn't finish all the courses required to get into this university, you have to be rejected".  Not that I am overly worried as I can always go back to high school for an extra year, get some more courses, and hope that I get into MUN the next year.

Thankfully, I got some help from some people in my school and hopefully everything will be worked out by next week.  Now there is an even bigger problem.  I'm all for a small campfire every so often, but an almost almost province wide fire is not my idea of fun.  What really annoys me is that I go to sleep and have my window open so that I can cool down at night, but now I can't do that without waking up barely able to breath.  This is terrible because I'm trying to do a physics course and the constant heat and smoke is making me tired so it's becoming harder and harder to get my work done.  At least I am getting through the course faster now that the frist few units are done. 

Now all I can do is work as fast as I can so I can have at least a bit of a summer, and hopefully not die from the smoke or heat.  This is going to fun...

24 Hour Clock, Latin, Registration, Cool Secretaries, and God's Awesomeness!

So, I have been having a fun time with registering for courses.  First of all I had to make a timetable to plan out what I would like to do next year.  So I thought that I had a perfect timetable and everything was going to be perfect.  That would have been true if it wasn't for the fact that the course descriptions had all the times in the twelve hour clock and my worksheet was in a 24 hour clock.  If anyone reading this has ever gone through this process then you know what happened next.  I decided to double check all of the courses I wanted to take, just in case I thought.  It is a very good thing that I am a bit paranoid because I had accidentally put my chemistry lab in the 4-6 pm slot instead of the correct 2-4 pm slot.  This meant that I could not take my elective course, which was history.  Unfortunately, I need five courses in order to get my student loan.  After another bout of panic I finally found a chemistry course that would work.  At the same time I found an elective course that would work.  Any guesses to what that course was?  Anyone?  If you guessed Latin, you are right!  Actually, seeing as I was supposed to take biology but couldn't fit it in, Latin is the next best thing.  At least it will help me in biology later on.

The story doesn't finish there though.  So this morning I got up at four in the morning so I could register for university courses.  For those of you who do not understand why, I live in British Columbia for the moment and in my university is in Newfoundland which is in a different time zone.  This early morning was made even more fun when I could not register for any math courses.  So I had to phone, and the line was busy so I had to hang up and redial, hang up and redial, hang and redial, etc, etc....I finally got a person on the line and I was sent from one department to another, and I was actually helpful!  I got that figured out but then could not register for my chemistry course.  So I had to call yet again, which it terrible for me as I am terrified of the phone, don't ask me why because I don't know.  Turns out that because the BC government is so slow when marking the English provincial exams my transcript hasn't been sent off yet.  Thankfully, I could send off my report card and get a prerequisite waiver so I could get chem courses.  I thought that everything would work out, but then I found out that the two chem classes that I wanted were reserved for engineering students.  I had to figure out another way to get my timetable done.  As usual God made everything better.  In fact the new timetable is even better than the original!  God is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and just to say the secretaries were very nice, and helpful.  As today was the first day of registration they were tried out from everything that was going on, but they were still polite.  Of course I also tried to be as nice as possible so that may have helped a bit.  But overall it was a long, stressful, and good day.
 

Mosquitoes, Duct-tape, Course Confusion, and Doctors

I have officially been eaten alive.  The screen in my room has holes, lots of holes and mosquitoes have an amazing ability of finding these holes.  So my dad fixed the problem with what is probably the most hick solution ever.  What was this solution?  Duct-tape.  Yes, we actually put duct-tape on the screen to cover the holes.  Not the prettiest solution but it works and it's far better than getting twenty bites every night while I'm trying to sleep.  Last night there were about thirty mosquitoes on my screen within about a half hour of the sun starting to set.  By the time the sun was almost fully set there were close to a hundred on my screen trying to get in.  After staring at them for a while I discovered that they were making words with their bodies.  I'm pretty sure that they were spelling GO.  Awww, even the mosquitoes are trying to encourage me,  Or it could be that I was just over tired and brain drained from trying to figure out how to make all my courses work together ina timetable for next year. 

Anywhosels, I have been having so many problems trying to fit biology, chemistry and physics together on the same schedule.  The main problem I'm having is trying to keep at least one day free.  Also it seems that no matter what there is always one lab that runs over another class' lecture or the lectures are all right after each other.  Thankfully I think that after looking at a campus map I have figured out a way to make everything work.  The reason I had to look at a map was so I could see which rooms I would have to run to.  So I have decided that I could run to my physics class right after my chemistry class...I think...Of course even in the worse case scenario I can always take an elective instead of biology and find something interesting that fits into my schedule.  No matter what I do I'm going to be busy for at least ten hours a day five days a week.  Thankfully there are no classes on Saturday or Sunday so I have the weekends free to volunteer, join some groups, do homework, and go to church.  It's still gonna suck though....

So, a couple days ago I went to the doctor's office to get my finger checked out.  It turns out that I was just typing too much one day (when I was doing a quarter of my history course in ten hours) and injured my finger from too must constant use.  The doctor then wanted to get me tested for diabetes again.  So I had to go home and fast all night and in the morning getting bitten by mosquitoes (me screen had not been fixed at that point) just so I could get dizzy and have my blood sucked by a human this time.  Yay.....

Well, I really have nothing else to say and I have to go to town before it gets too hot (another reason I want to go to St, John's, it's only 20 degrees there).  So bye bye!!!!  Hopefully I will be able to start posting once a week from now on, if I remember that is ;)

Confusing Courses, Happy Hikes, Bad Boyfriends, and Apparently Alliteration

To weeks ago on a Wednesday was the last time I had to step foot into my high school.  Seeing as I am going to Newfoundland for university, I will probably not be able to visit for at least two years.  Since I promised myself that I was not going to lie in this blog I will admit that I was nearly in tears.  Thankfully I was able to hold them in until later, and if you were to see me in the street now and ask me if I almost cried I would deny it.  I don't cry in public, unless I'm having a complete breakdown, or I was just shot, then I might cry....

Anyway, although school may be out I still have courses to do.  Instead of paying for courses in September, I decided to do a few over the summer.  THEY ARE KILLING ME!!!  Both courses require math which is by far my worst subject and so I'm suffering through them.  I thankfully have parents that do not mind me suddenly interrupting their day to complain.  That along with help from the internet will probably be the only way that I will be able to finish.  Of course it would also help if I could concentrate on the courses, but they are sooooooo boring.  I'm pretty sure that they purposely write the courses so anyone who reads them will fall asleep.  To bad I have to continue on with them....  Then again I only have to take one so the other one is going to be dropped.

On a more positive note, I got a book to help me with my calculator or as the company likes to call it a hand held math learning tool.  It literally is the size of a hand held computer, about ten times the size of cell phone.  However it does work wonders, if you know how to use it that is.  I did not have anyone around me that could teach me how to use it so I had to buy a book.  Nothing like a a dummies book to help you figure things out.  So now I have a a new best friend to help em understand my old best friend.  Thankfully the book is not as large as I thought it would be.  Also, the book was written by one the math advisers for the show Numbers.  I guess that he knows what he's talking about.

So, my dad and I went on a hike a week ago and we took some nice pictures.  There was a pretty butterfly on a flower and some really cool wild flowers.  Overall it was just a nice break from school work.  I love taking pictures of the forest and the picture of the sunflower on the left was one of my favourite.  There are tons of those in a field under the trees.  The trees were spread far apart so I guess that there was enough sunlight for them to grow.  It was really surprising actually, I have been hiking around town for many years and I have never seen any flowers like these ones before.  Then again, I probably just never went to the right area of the woods before.  Whatever the reason, I'm glad that I saw it this time, the view was breathtaking.

So, there is a guy in this town that I really don't like.  At first he dated on of my friends, not a really close friend, but I still didn't agree with their relationship.  Now he is going out with one of my good friends.  The worst part is she used to think that he was a creep just like I think he is.  I'm starting to wonder if he can brain wash girls into dating him, or maybe there are just too many desperate girls in this town.  I mean I know how one could become desperate, it's not there are many choices in a small village.  Still, considering that all of my friends are older than me it means that we are about to move out of this town and get on with our lives.  I don't think that we should start out the beginning of the rest of our lives with a bad relationship.  Oh and for the record, she knows how I feel which is exactly why she didn't tell me and even avoided the question.  Oh well, all I can do is pray and try not to offend her too much.  

So, now that I've caught up on this blog (I started it a week ago but just now finished) I need to start on the next one.  Bye for now!!!

Adventures, beginings, mountain views, math and lots of pudding!

So, I decided to start this blog to chronicle my journey from high school to university which will include a journey from my home province of beautiful British Columbia all the way to Newfoundland on the other side of the continent.  It will also be a convenient way for my parents to know what I am up to without me actually having to send off an e-mail.  

A lot of people have told me that it will be an adventure to go to a new place and meet new people.  I would believe them if only the adventure would start already.  I received my conditional acceptance into Memorial University some time ago and now I just have tests, homework, and scholarship applications to look forward to.  Yay...  Oh, I can never forget the most terrible course ever invented, principles of mathematics 12, the bane of my existence.

Aside from math my courses in school are wonderful, even if I only have two live teachers this year.  But no matter what I am determined to make it over to Newfoundland.  Which is especially nice since I have lived in the same town for 13 years!  I mean the view of the mountains is beautiful, but I think I'm ready to see something new.  However all I can do is wait, work hard in school, fill out applications and eat some yummy chocolate pudding.