Greetings!! It is 2:30am in the morning and I just finished typing my last page of my paper on the connections between spirituality and psychotherapy. YAY! Well I think I have a lot of editing to do (seeing that it is 2:30 in the morning and the brain doesn't fully work), but the bulk of it is done!!
Here's some numbers from my paper:
6 people interviewed
30 pages
40 sources
9000 words
Anyway, just wanted to write a post of celebration that the end of school is getting nearer now that the bulk of this paper is completed! Huzzah!!
And some Easter pictures and other fun stuff is coming up soon!! :)
Only 120 papers to mark! (okay cut out the only, that's a lot!)
Only 4 more days until I start working full time!
Only 3 more days until my first and last exam!
Only 1 more paper to work on!
5.5-the hours of sleep i might get tonight!! woo hoo!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Posters, Procrastination, People
So I just uploaded pics from my camera and found some of Kristen and I at the Canucks game the other night. The game sucked and so did the mini donuts that we have been talking about buying all year.. but at least the company was good and we had a fun time! And made it on the big screen (as always!)
Kristen and my disgusted faces at the disappointing mini donuts...
Yesterday we had our poster sessions and so here are a few pics from that.. We even took a nice group shot at the end too which was nice to have a photo of everyone together!
Heidi (my roomie) dropped in to look at the posters so we took a snapshot. :)
What would a group picture be without funny faces from everyone?? When someone said to make a funny face, we all paused for quite a bit.. evidently it's difficult to think of funny faces when you get older! :)
Kristen and my disgusted faces at the disappointing mini donuts...
Yesterday we had our poster sessions and so here are a few pics from that.. We even took a nice group shot at the end too which was nice to have a photo of everyone together!
Heidi (my roomie) dropped in to look at the posters so we took a snapshot. :)
What would a group picture be without funny faces from everyone?? When someone said to make a funny face, we all paused for quite a bit.. evidently it's difficult to think of funny faces when you get older! :)
The main thing that has changed on my countdown is only 40 more pages to write for papers! I stayed up until 4 am writing a twenty page paper. It seemed like a brilliant idea until I had to wake up at 8am this morning...
Today I baked cookeis with Des and we had a fantastic time singing and dancing around the kitchen. Then I watched 'Seven Pounds' with Chrystal. We started the movie off giggling, because the first time we tried to see the movie in theatres, we walked into the wrong theatre and ended up seeing bedtimes stories. This time the dvd got stuck in her dvd player and it wouldn't open or play.. haha.. luckily it finally worked!! :)
And that's all for now - i'm off to bed for a hopefully early start tomorrow!! :)
Today I baked cookeis with Des and we had a fantastic time singing and dancing around the kitchen. Then I watched 'Seven Pounds' with Chrystal. We started the movie off giggling, because the first time we tried to see the movie in theatres, we walked into the wrong theatre and ended up seeing bedtimes stories. This time the dvd got stuck in her dvd player and it wouldn't open or play.. haha.. luckily it finally worked!! :)
And that's all for now - i'm off to bed for a hopefully early start tomorrow!! :)
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
DONE, day, doom
I am all DONE my undergrad classes!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! SO excited!!!
This evening we had our thesis poster presentations so that was great to discuss research from the past year.
I only have 60 more pages to type for papers.
120 more papers to mark.
5 more days until my LAST (and first i guess) exam
And 6 more days until I start working full time. AHHHH
More pictures of very random things to come! :) But just wanted a quick update.
AND this is my 200th post!! So happy 200th post!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO
now to cut the excitement, back to paper writing....
This evening we had our thesis poster presentations so that was great to discuss research from the past year.
I only have 60 more pages to type for papers.
120 more papers to mark.
5 more days until my LAST (and first i guess) exam
And 6 more days until I start working full time. AHHHH
More pictures of very random things to come! :) But just wanted a quick update.
AND this is my 200th post!! So happy 200th post!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO
now to cut the excitement, back to paper writing....
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Lock, Laugh, Lady
This story gave me a good chuckle this morning in the Province paper:
A 911 dispatcher had to tell a caller how to unlock her car. The unnamed woman called police Sunday to say she was locked inside her car at a suburban drug store.
"My car will not start. I'm locked inside my car. Nothing electronic works. And it's getting very hot in here. and I'm not feeling well," the woman said.
The dispatcher asked the woman if she was able to manually pull the lock up on the door. THe woman said she would try, and then, she said, "Yes, I got the door open."
-written by Orlando Sentinei
Uh.... wow. Are that dependent on technology that we cannot even pull our door locks up manually? So, next time you are trapped inside your vehicle, just remember, a little lift will do the trick!! :)
A 911 dispatcher had to tell a caller how to unlock her car. The unnamed woman called police Sunday to say she was locked inside her car at a suburban drug store.
"My car will not start. I'm locked inside my car. Nothing electronic works. And it's getting very hot in here. and I'm not feeling well," the woman said.
The dispatcher asked the woman if she was able to manually pull the lock up on the door. THe woman said she would try, and then, she said, "Yes, I got the door open."
-written by Orlando Sentinei
Uh.... wow. Are that dependent on technology that we cannot even pull our door locks up manually? So, next time you are trapped inside your vehicle, just remember, a little lift will do the trick!! :)
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Awareness, Awesome, April
Happy April 1st!! I cannot cannot believe that it is already April! Where did January go? Sigh. I laughed when I woke up to see snow on the ground this morning. In fact where I am it is still snowing quite large flakes and quite thick (pretty wet though). In a way it's like God was playing an April Fool's joke on us - "haha, you thought it was spring, not so!" But I"m happy with it and we still get a few sunny days a week so I'm trying to enjoy the weather for what it is!
Today George (tape recorder) and I went on a couple more adventures. I am becoming more comfortable with George and am quite excited for all the information he has on his little white tapes. I have interviewed five different counselors from different backgrounds and have been SO blessed by them. They have given me incredible insight into the topic I'm writing a paper on, but even more so, they have blessed and encouraged me in my own spiritual journey, probably without even knowing it. They have encouraged me and reminded me of things so easily forgotten. Throughout the Old Testament God was constantly reminding His people of what He had done for them. Sometimes I see it as redundant, but then I realize how often I forget about God's works and His presence, that it makes sense to have reminders. So today I am encouraged.
One thing that was repeated throughout the interviews was cultivating a greater awareness of God throughout one's daily activities. The moments when I am aware of God are incredible and wonderful. I want to be enraptured in the mystery of who God is and to continually bein awe of Him. I want to continue taking steps towards making that a reality in my life.
I love what Gerald May says on the topic of practicing contemplation and awareness of God:
"True contemplative presence is the realization (making real) of living, moving and having our very being in God"
“God does not wait to come into our lives until we have solved our problems. God is always involved. Love is already here”
“Remember the sacrament of the present moment, the utter here and now simplicity in which each precious instant keeps becoming a new precious instant in an ever-fresh cascade of innocent beginnings”
Just a few thoughts. I have to wonder what I am doing to create space for this in my life. One is that I am trying to be outside more. Creation has an incredible way of connecting us with life and our Creator. Also to be praying continually. Throughout my day, to be in conversation with God and reflecting my thoughts back to Him. Being aware of His image in those around me. Seeing the characteristics of God displayed through my day.
What are you doing to be more aware of the presence of God today?
Today George (tape recorder) and I went on a couple more adventures. I am becoming more comfortable with George and am quite excited for all the information he has on his little white tapes. I have interviewed five different counselors from different backgrounds and have been SO blessed by them. They have given me incredible insight into the topic I'm writing a paper on, but even more so, they have blessed and encouraged me in my own spiritual journey, probably without even knowing it. They have encouraged me and reminded me of things so easily forgotten. Throughout the Old Testament God was constantly reminding His people of what He had done for them. Sometimes I see it as redundant, but then I realize how often I forget about God's works and His presence, that it makes sense to have reminders. So today I am encouraged.
One thing that was repeated throughout the interviews was cultivating a greater awareness of God throughout one's daily activities. The moments when I am aware of God are incredible and wonderful. I want to be enraptured in the mystery of who God is and to continually bein awe of Him. I want to continue taking steps towards making that a reality in my life.
I love what Gerald May says on the topic of practicing contemplation and awareness of God:
"True contemplative presence is the realization (making real) of living, moving and having our very being in God"
“God does not wait to come into our lives until we have solved our problems. God is always involved. Love is already here”
“Remember the sacrament of the present moment, the utter here and now simplicity in which each precious instant keeps becoming a new precious instant in an ever-fresh cascade of innocent beginnings”
Just a few thoughts. I have to wonder what I am doing to create space for this in my life. One is that I am trying to be outside more. Creation has an incredible way of connecting us with life and our Creator. Also to be praying continually. Throughout my day, to be in conversation with God and reflecting my thoughts back to Him. Being aware of His image in those around me. Seeing the characteristics of God displayed through my day.
What are you doing to be more aware of the presence of God today?
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