To answer the question in your mind, NO i am not going to mexico.. hehe.. My mom is there right now and so I have the house to myself which is kind of nice. I can have different friends over and pretend that I'm an independent responsible individual (it's nice to be able to fool myself for at least a week).
Wednesday I had my second exam. My prof originally said that if we wrote it in under an hour, we would probably fail. In my own pride, I decided I would make it my personal goal to write it as fast as possible.. and I wrote it in half an hour.. pretty sure i didn't fail, but then i thought it would be kind of funny/ironic if I really did fail.. hehe.. okay, i'm sure i wouldn't be okay with it, but whatever! :)
Yesterday was the last day of classes, so in the evening, Jocelyn came over for a hot tub and we ate a lot of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Generally I don't like ice cream, but last night I really wanted it and mint chocolate chip is the one kind I really like. It was a nice little celebration.
My cousin Desiree and I went for a bike ride today after a long break with no biking. It was great to be outside again! Then we made a video for your enjoyment of what a typical phone message is between us (except far more rowdy and creative than what's on the video..hope you enjoy it though!! we think we're pretty funny...) Then we watched The Lady and the Tramp which was fantastic! Hadn't seen it in a while, so it was good to watch again!
Tonight Chrystal and I are going for dinner in Vancouver and then to Mamma Mia! I'm pretty excited-it should be a lot of fun!!
And here's the quote for the day to give some food for thought:
"I sense that there is something very special about the transformed qualities of faith, love, and hope. This is very hard to describe, and my attempts always feel shabby; but I must try. In their truly contemplative and transformed state faith, hope, and love are tied to no particular ends; they have no object. Contemplative faith is not faith that God exists, that life is essentially good, or that this or that is true. All such things are beliefs, not faith. Faith is, instead, a way of being, completely open, empty, as John would say, of all specifics. Contemplative faith is more like a continual fire of goodness, warming and illuminating every breath. Contemplative love is completey beyond comprehension. It is not love of some things to the exclusion of others, for that would be attachment. True love is like some infinite way of being that we become part of: a flowing energy of willingness, an eternal yes resounding with every heartbeat. And contemplative hope, the transformed hope, is also completely open and free. It is not hope for peace or justice or healing; that also would be attachment. It is just hope, naked hope, a bare energy of open expectancy." -Gerald May from "The Dark Night of the Soul"
And my updated countdown:
NO more days of classes!!!
1 more shift at Starbucks!!
2 more exams!
4 more days until a getaway to Seattle!
11 days until Leslie comes (and Earth Day-woohoo)
15 days until Guatemala!! (ahhh.. crazy!)
Hope you all have a great day!! If the video doesn't show up, just click the big black empty space.. flick your mouse to the bottom left of it and the play sign should show up.. don't know why it doesn't show up on mine.. and it'll come hopefully-be sure to have your volume up to hear our lovely voices!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Facebook, Flickr, Food, Finals
I didn't have any pictures and was trying to delay studying a little longer, so I took some nice pics with my point and shoot out my bedroom window. always a lovely view of my beautiful oak tree.
This was me after having studied for a couple hours.. I was hungry and awaiting my dinner delivery.
And then it came!! Hoorah! 
This is a lovely picture of some of my notes. When taking microscopic notes, I forget that they're hard to read later on.. Oh well, perhaps one day I'll learn!!A couple weeks ago after much thought and deliberation, I decided to delete my facebook account. It was really hard to do, because it is nice to keep in touch with people and to share my photos with others... But then I realized that a) I want to have more face to face contact with people rather than online on facebook b) if people want to know about my life they can call me or email rather than stalk me anonymously on facebook c) i wasted far too much time on it and it made me take five times longer to do school assignments d) i had way too many messages to reply to and felt at times socially overwhelmed.
Since deleting it, I feel fairly free! It's amazing how much more time I seem to have and I don't spend hours waiting for people to write on my wall.. (just waiting now for them to comment on my blog.. hehe)
Anyway, since I'm unable to share my pictures on facebook anymore, I started a Flickr site. I have not had a chance to post all my photos yet, but have posted 1000 of them (and that's only from three trips! hahaha)... Anyway, the address is http://www.flickr.com/photos
Today over lunch I was sitting with one of my profs and got some good tips and thoughts for grad school. More and more the idea of applying for my masters/phd does not seem so looming and scary! I have been checking out some of my research options at different universities and it looks like it should be interesting!
I have my second final tomorrow afternoon. I just started studying (and am currently further procrastinating!) but I'm not too worried. If I get 50% (which is definitely do-able), I will get 85% in the class. So it's all good! :)
Here's a quote I ran across while studying: "to know and not to do is not to know"
Makes me think of all the things that I know about but do not actually apply to my life and exhibit in my daily actions.. Do I really know those truths if I am not acting upon them? Interesting food for thought...
Updated Countdown:
18 days until Guatemala
14 days until Leslie visits
6 more days until Desiree and I go to Seattle
3 more finals
2 more days of school
1 more shift at Starbucks! (it's Sunday from 5:45am until 12:15pm so you should all come visit me at Mt. Lehman!!)
Have a great evening friends, I'm going to get back to my diligent studying...
Monday, April 7, 2008
Busy, Bed, Breakfast
This weekend I had really great plans for getting a lot of homework done and getting ahead of schoolwork. Unfortunately the said weekend is over and there is not schoolwork completed. And I'm tired and the last thing I want to do is schoolwork!! Oops!
Friday I worked an eight hour shift starting at 4:15 am. Then I had a Guatemala meeting, then hung out with my friend Heidi at a coffee shop in Murrayville. Saturday I slept in and then headed to church for worship team. In the last four weeks, this was my third time on which was a bit much, just because it makes the weekend pretty busy, but it was still good. In church lately it's weird, because I'll hit a point where suddenly I hit a rational/logical roadblock and then I'm just stumped. During practice, it hit me and then I was kind of stuck. Hard to kind of explain, but somehow I just get really frustrated with myself and with God and then just start crying.. had to leave in the middle of our songs to collect myself behind stage. I keep wondering if I just need to set these things aside and ignore them, or if I really do need to keep looking at them. Yet they keep coming up over and over again and it's annoying. And pretty much I've done a horrible job of explaining it, but that's the general idea.
After church on Sunday, I worked from 2-10. The first two hours I was running around non-stop making drinks for drive-thru. There was not a single moment where there weren't six cars lined up in drivethru each waiting for five drinks that had ten million modifications to them. I was exhausted after the first two hours and a little disheartened that I still had six hours left in my shift! I made it through though!
This morning I got to open again at 4:15am and was pretty exhausted because I was pretty wired after work last night and couldn't get to sleep... but work was good and then I came home and slept a bit and hopefully now I'll be able to get stuff done.
No pictures in this post and really no exciting information. But I felt like posting. So thanks for reading. ;)
Countdown:
19 days until Guatemala (CRAZY!)
15 days until Leslie visits! (FUN!)
3 more days of school! (YIPPEE!)
3 more finals! (UGH!)
1 more day of work (YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!)
Friday I worked an eight hour shift starting at 4:15 am. Then I had a Guatemala meeting, then hung out with my friend Heidi at a coffee shop in Murrayville. Saturday I slept in and then headed to church for worship team. In the last four weeks, this was my third time on which was a bit much, just because it makes the weekend pretty busy, but it was still good. In church lately it's weird, because I'll hit a point where suddenly I hit a rational/logical roadblock and then I'm just stumped. During practice, it hit me and then I was kind of stuck. Hard to kind of explain, but somehow I just get really frustrated with myself and with God and then just start crying.. had to leave in the middle of our songs to collect myself behind stage. I keep wondering if I just need to set these things aside and ignore them, or if I really do need to keep looking at them. Yet they keep coming up over and over again and it's annoying. And pretty much I've done a horrible job of explaining it, but that's the general idea.
After church on Sunday, I worked from 2-10. The first two hours I was running around non-stop making drinks for drive-thru. There was not a single moment where there weren't six cars lined up in drivethru each waiting for five drinks that had ten million modifications to them. I was exhausted after the first two hours and a little disheartened that I still had six hours left in my shift! I made it through though!
This morning I got to open again at 4:15am and was pretty exhausted because I was pretty wired after work last night and couldn't get to sleep... but work was good and then I came home and slept a bit and hopefully now I'll be able to get stuff done.
No pictures in this post and really no exciting information. But I felt like posting. So thanks for reading. ;)
Countdown:
19 days until Guatemala (CRAZY!)
15 days until Leslie visits! (FUN!)
3 more days of school! (YIPPEE!)
3 more finals! (UGH!)
1 more day of work (YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!)
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Maps, Mandeep, Manacotti
Tonight was Kristen's last shift at Old Spaghetti Factory, so Chris (her boyfriend) and I went on a "date" for dinner so that Kristen could serve us on her last shift. We did some homework and had fun bugging kristen and starring her down while she worked. I had the manacotti which was all right (not a bit pasta fan anyway), so i brought it home and perhaps my mom will enjoy it tomorrow!!
Last night Mandeep and I went to the Rascal Flatts concert in Vancouver. We went to the Mongolie Grill for dinner first and it was lots of fun! It was Mandeep's first concert ever, so it was great to experience it with her. I taught her how to scream long and loud! hehe.. Today my voice is a bit raspy. My friends Chris and Kristen and their two friends Matt and Grace were there as well.. so we spotted them and waved. Afterwards we all went to the Cactus Club on Robson which was also fun! :)
I had to take a picture of Matt, Kristen and Chris from where we were sitting!
This is Kristen and I on our weekly coffee date. Chris decided to intrude, but that was all right. Every week we share the chips and salsa and the spinach dip! it's a great tradition!!And another week is pretty much over which is pure craziness!!
Here's the updated countdown:
22 more days until Guatemala!!
18 more days until Leslie visits!
4 more shifts at Starbucks!!
3 more days of school!
Oh ya.. maps. hehe.. The other day, my friend Destinye and I planned our road trip for the summer!! 19 states and provinces in 17 days!! yahoo!! it's going to be crazy fun!! The thing I'm looking most forward to is seeing Lion King broadway in New York!! Fun!!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Pride, Prejudice, Plays
Last night I went to Trinity's production of Pride and Prejudice and it was fantastic!! So well done!! The characters were very well portrayed and they way the did the set was pure genius!! Made me want to watch the movie (both versions again) and re-read the book! :)
Updated Countdown:5 more days of school
4 more days of work
24 more days until Guatemala!! Crazy!
This week is a bit nuts as far as late nights go, but I'm excited for it!! Tonight I'm off to the Rascal Flatts Concert, Thursday night is the Canucks Game and the Friday morning I get to work at 4am!! haha.. That'll be a great combo-oh well, at least I can drink copious amounts of caffeine while i work!!
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