Done, done, done! Done my Fall semester! My exam on Friday went quite well, I though. There wasn't anything that I sat there really scratching my head about. There was one short answer question where I don't think I gave enough detail to warrant the 5 marks but we shall see. Teacher said that they will be graded by Wednesday at the very latest so I can't wait until then.

On the math with SIDES, I don't think I got an email with the password I need to get into the course and now they are closed for the holiday. I got a bunch of emails and even some correspondance in the mail but I still don't seem to have what I need. It's a bit disappointing because I was wanting to get some of the work starting over my break. I guess I'm forced to relax and rest...darn, haha.

Lastnight we had our dinner out at a pub with T's family for his Dad's "Staff Christmas Party". It was really busy so we table hopped for a bit until we had something that fit all of us. I had a nice side salad for an appy and then a one piece Halibut fish and chips. Music Bingo was that night but it was Classic Rock so I barely new any of the songs. Some firefighters were there from a nearby municipality so I purchased a fireman calendar with the proceeds to charity. Ooooh, fireman, haha.

Oh, oh, after my exam on Friday, T picked me up and we went to the mall. I got my little sister a pair of sweatpants from Aeropostale for Christmas and then T said that if I wanted to get my new phone for Christmas I could do it that day. It was between the IPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S 2 X and I ended up going with the Samsung. T has the same one and I like it a lot but the interface is taking some getting used to. It has a lot of cool features and the phone is extremely customizable in terms of being able to choose widgets and things and move them around and size them, etc.

I slept in a little today and then got ready to go to do my cleaning. My friend helped me a bit and we talked and caught up which was nice. I'm done that now and I'm home while T is grocery shopping on his own. My only grocery request was some sort of sherbet type thing, haha.

Well, looky there. Does my star look any bigger to you?!

Well, cleaning someone's toilets and picking up after them on weekend's became a heck of a lot more enjoyable today. I recieved $100.00 in a card saying "Thank you" from one of people I clean for. I was so surprised! I grabbed a sticky note from the desk and scrawled a quick "Thank you so much for the generous gift" back to them. It definetly made my day!

My Mom and step-Dad came for dinner tonight which was pulled-pork sandwiches with carmelized onions and coleslaw. We had a nice visit and played some Buzz Quizworld on the PS3. T is headed out to hockey now and I am going to play Civilization on the computer with my new Korea download I got.

I am finding myself really stressed out over the holiday's right now. I had a good vent to T lastnight while in bed and he tried to calm me down but I'm still feeling anxious about the whole thing. Last year, we woke up on Christmas morning and opened our presents to each other. After that, we headed to T's parents house to open those presents. Then it was off to his paternal grandparents to visit with that side of the family for lunch. Then we rushed off to my Dad's house and hung out there for a bit. Then we went to my Mom's house for dinner and visiting. And, lastly, we went to T's Aunt's house to see his maternal side of the family. The next day I was very ill and had my most recent seizure.

So, you can see why I'm all worked up about reliving some of those events. This year should be a bit less crazy.

December 21st - Go to my Dad's for a dinner and probably do presents that day.

December 23rd - Dinner at T's parents house (probably will still go there Christmas morning, though)

December 25th- Same first few houses as last year but instead of going to Dad's I'll go straight to my Aunt and Uncle's which is about 35 minutes out of town and I might just stay there with my Mom the whole time while T goes back into town to his Aunt's. I feel bad missing one of the houses (there will be gifts for me there and people that want to see me) but that is just too much for me. I get overstimulated and stressed.

I'm going to try and be in bed no later than 10 the next few nights and promise myself that I will find a quiet place at least once on Christmas Day where I can be alone for 10 minutes and have a cup of tea or something. So silly that I'm stressed about this. It's supposed to be a fun relaxing time, isn't it?

First Christmas dinner is done! This one was at my Dad's house, which was awesome because I rarely get to have a Christmas dinner there. They cooked a lot of really delicious food for us and made a trifle for dessert. We got an amazing gift from them; a Bosch Tassimo drink maker. One of those "The barcode brews it better!" thingys. They got us a pack of hot chocolate cartridges with it as well. We set it up lastnight and made our first drink which was fast and yummy! I made another this morning and my only complaint is that all of chocolate syrup didn't seem to come out of the cartridge like it did last night. I must not have shaken it well enough or the chocolate might have been cold. Anyway, I might walk up to the Home Outfitters down the road and buy some cartridges for us. I want to get some coffee ones and put them in T's stocking. I also received my Christmas card from my Grandma in Ontario and got $50.00 in the card which was really nice. I'll call my Grandma closer to Christmas and thank her, she'll probably give me a hard time for opening it early if I called her today!

My little brother (he has autism) was really sick lastnight. He's had a bad cough for over 3 weeks now and has finished a round of antibiotics with almost no change in his condition. He's even developed a rash on his thighs...that seems really odd to me. Hopefully he wasn't too contagious because he was coughing everywhere. We were in the kitchen and he gave me a hug which I thought was so nice and the next thing I knew he'd hit me upsite the head right in my left temple. It took me a second to realize what had happened and he was swept off to time-out. I got a headache after that that felt really crappy but it's gone today so no damage done.

My friend Maria and I might hang out today. She wanted to lastnight but I haven't heard from her yet. She was supposed to go to Vancouver today but isn't leaving yet so that would be cool if we could hang out and have it not have anything to do with cleaning, haha.

Tonight I have to work at T's parents and hopefully he can write me a cheque. We'll be back there Friday for another dinner with T's parents, brothers, and paternal grandparents. I like these slightly small dinners because I actually feel like I get to visit with people.

Well, all the build-up and now it's over for another year! Our second dinner that we were going to the last time I wrote and entry turned out to be very small as T's grandparents didn't end up coming. It was just like a regular family dinner in the end. The next day, Saturday, T and I did a bunch of running around to get last minute things. I had to get my Grandpa's gift certificate for pre-made meals and a some gift cards for my Step-Dad and Step-Sisters. Saturday day night was dinner at my Mom's house which was a yummy spiral ham with potatoes and veggies. It was nice to have a simpler meal amidst all of the stuffing, and turkey, etc. that comes along with the season. After dinner we went to one of T's friends parents house for an annual Christmas Eve party. We got to just hang out with our friends for a bit and catch up. They got us a gift cert. for a nice restaurant downtown that T or I haven't been to yet.

Christmas Day itself was not as stressful as I was worried it would be. T and I woke up at around 7:20 and opened presents to each other while we sat on the floor eating our cereal. I got some really awesome camping/survival gear. People always look at me weird when I tell them that but I truly think that they are useful gifts and I got really excited about them. The first was a hand saw which consists of a long chainsaw blade that you attach handles to and then you can pull the handles back and forth around a small tree to chop it down for shelter or firewood. I also got a pack of water purification tablets and an awesome magnesium fire starter. 7000 strikes of 3000 degree sparks, oh yeah, haha.

At about 9:15 we arrived at T's parents for gift opening. We were both thoroughly spoiled with gift cards. I recieved:

$150.00 VISA gift card
$50.00 gift card to a mall in my city
$25.00 gift card to Starbucks
$20.00 gift card to Subway

After that we went home for a bit and started getting dressed nicely for Christmas dinner. We stopped at my Mom's house and we got some chocolate and really cool key/coat hanger things to put on the wall. I also got this mini folding step stool and a couple other gift cards. Another one to Subway for $25.00 and a $50.00 to Shoppers Drug Mart.

We gave my Mom a ride out to dinner with us and we all had a really nice time. Dinner was ready nice and early, we ate around 4:00, and then we visited for a couple of hours before heading back into town. We took my Mom home and then went to T's Aunt's house. We arrived in time for dessert and then to play a game of Bingo and then the gift exchange game. Then real presents from T's grandparents got passed out and this is where we were completely spoiled. I got a $100.00 VISA gift card and a cheque for $1000.00. T got the same. We went to the bank straight away after we left the house.

So, now I have my tuition for next semester paid for plus more and now that I have this job with my friend bringing in extra money I don't think I'll ever struggle to pay my tuition again as long as I save those cheques.

Monday morning we visited T's other grandparents because we didn't go to their house with everyone else the day before. We gave them some scratch and win tickets and just visited and had snacks for about 1.5 hr. After that T proceeded to spend all of his gift cards at Best Buy on a reallllly fancy computer monitor that is HD and 3D and can be connected to play TV and everything. It looks amazing. He's really happy with it so I'm happy he was able to find something he wanted so much.

I've only spent 25 dollars of my Shoppers gift card so far and that's it. I bought a apricot scrub, a Nivea night cream, a Revlon lipbutter in Red Velvet Cake, and some cosmetic pads. The lipbutter is not as sheer as I thought it would be and it's really red. I might mix is with a lighter shade for day use.

T is heading out to get some cat litter and cat food and other household supplies. I'm staying here because I think I might go out later on to see what kind of deals I can get. I cannot think of how to spend all my gift cards. I don't need anything really big as I have a new cell phone, a netbook, and nice computer, etc. I suppose I should go through my closet and get rid of the stuff that is ancient that I hate, haha. I want to find a nice pair of jeans and some better shoes for the winter that are nice looking. I feel like I either have flats or running shoes. i guess boots are the next logical choice but I have a hard time deciding on boots. I want quality ones that are comfortable and not completely synthetic. I feel like every pair I pick up have these awful plastic soles that are very narrow and that make clicking sounds when you walk. I want to find a nice leather pair that don't have tassles or 11 buckles, etc. The hunt is on, haha.

My period is 3 days late. I highly, highly doubt that I'm pregnant. T and I have not had sex more than a couple times this month and I'm sure we used condoms both times (and I'm on the pill which I take religiously). I think this is holiday stress and as soon as I chill out than it will come.

Period is now 6 days late, took a second pregnancy test (because I bought a pack of two) and it was negative as well. I'm chalking it up to my BC and stress from the holidays but if it doesn't come I'll check in with GP just to document it.

I finally (haha, Christmas was only on Sunday) found something to spend some of my gift cards on! I've been wandering around the malls in my city seeing a whole lot of nothing. I kind of feel like I don't like a lot of the styles right now. I was on Hautelook (www.hautelook.com . . .) yesterday and saw a cool coat that I liked. I showed T and he said it was ugly so I didn't think twice about it. Then I went to work at T's parents and was thinking about the coat more and more so I showed his Mom. She loved and told me to buy if I love it because it's gift card money and it's hard to find some things in stores. I decided to do it and the only regret I have is the stupid taxes and an international surcharge they place on the items being shipped to Canada. It ended up costing me about $20 more than it cost but it was marked down 75% from retail anyway...and it's a gift! It doesn't arrive until the end of January but that's okay because I know I'll forget about it and then be super excited for when it arrives. My makeup that I ordered from Hautelook should arrive next week, too.

Lastnight after work I met T and some friends at the pub right by our house for food and drinks. I hadn't seen the girls in a really long time and it was nice to catch up. I don't hang out with girls/friends nearly enough. It's tought because sometimes I don't feel like we have a ton in common. They are all done with their days of school and have jobs and some of them have kids, etc.

Tonight we will see the same group again at a birthday party we're going to and then I think we are celebrating NYE with them as well. It should be another busy couple of days here!

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I am really proud of myself for getting my butt in gear and doing a really good workout. It was short, and I don't know if it was a huge calorie burner or anything, but I sure am stiff in a lot of places today so that's a good sign!

Our party we went to last night was fun. The guys bought the UFC fight and we all watched that while we had pizza.

I'm not sure what our New Year Eve plans are today. We might just cook a nice dinner and stay in and watch a movie. T is cleaning the house right now because he was mentioning how he hasn't been helping with it very much so that's really nice. We watched The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe this morning. I haven't seen the while thing since I saw it in theatres and T has never seen the movie at all. We'll have to watch the other two one day soon.

New Year's ended up just being a relaxing night in. We made dinner and T enjoyed some wine and I had some sparkling juice stuff that was yummy and citrus-y. We were in bed at 12 but we were still awake so we wished eachother Happy New Year and then went to sleep.

I had to do my cleaning on Sunday which I got a pretty late start on which meant I was really tired. AND, I got my period that day so that was a nice relief to know that I'm back on track and that nothing was seriously wrong.

I haven't really been up to too much since then. T had Monday and Tuesday off this week so we've just been hanging out and being lazy. I managed to spend some of my gift cards now. I bought a pair of Gap Curvy jeans as well as too clearance sweaters yesterday at the mall. The jeans look good and button does up and everything, but they are a bit snug for my liking so it's my goal to lose enough weight to make them comfier. I think a size larger would have not fit as nicely and once I'd worn them a few times they would have been sagging and stretching out so that wouldn't have been good. The sweaters, well one of them, was kind of expensive for a sale item. One is a grey v neck sweater that's a looser cut. It has a small v-neck in the back as well. It's merino wool and silk I believe so it is very soft and comfortable. The other sweater, the one I didn't know was so expensive until I looked at the receipt, is a lovely pink cardigan. It's cashmere and merino, I believe, so is also very nice. I guess they are both quality fabrics so hopefully if I take good care of them they will last me.

I have been doing really good with staying pretty healthy since Christmas. I've been eating a lot of veggies by eating salads throughout the day and that's been making me feel really good. Mixed greens, avocado, cucumber, lemon juice, Lighthouse ranch dressing, and parmesan cheese = delicious salad. I've done a few little workouts but want to increase that, for sure.

I got all of my textbooks yesterday for the next semester. Came to about $220.00 for 4 books. One of them must be a new text because there wasn't a used version tp choose from. That was over 100 bucks for a soft cover text. Lame! One of my books for my Anthropology class is called "Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down". As soon as I read the title I said to T, "This is going to be about seizures." I was right. It's about a little girl with severe epilepsy and the power struggle between traditional medicine in her home and her American doctors. I'm interested to read it, I think I might even have a unique insight when discussing the book because of my having seizures but I'm also kind of like, don't remind me!

My friend Maria came over this morning and we ate breakfast and hung out for a while. It was nice to catch up and get toghether outside of working.

I am super proud of T and I because we have been doing a really great job getting more active and eating better. I, personally, have done 2 good work outs in my house, 2 medium length walks, and 1 long (3 mile) walk in 2012. I also haven't had any chips, ice cream, pop, candy, chocolate, etc. I've been eating tons of big salads loaded with veggies and having good healthy breakfasts and making better choices about snacks, etc. Tonight we are going to have Noodle Box as a kind of eating out treat but it's hardly fast food so it's a good choice, I think.

T has been playing a ton of Star Wars so he recommended that I try Skyrim because it's has some similarities to Fallout. He was right, I like it and it's growing on me, for sure. It's a HUGE map and there are ton of quests.

Back to school is on Monday and I'm super excited that my first class is Anthropology. I've also been watching Bones on Netflix so my Medical Anth class is seeming a lot more intersting, haha. I know it's not forensics (way too squeamish for the part of the course that dicusses blood splatter patterns) but it's closer than my Intro to Anth course a couple years ago, haha.

LOVE SKyrim.

Also love Med Anth. Love love love. Sooo interesting the way different cultures view health and illness. Feel free to nerd out to me anytime!

^ Haha, thanks!

So, today is my first day! I am incredibly worked up and nervous like I am any first day of anything. I've already taken Pepto Bismol today because I'm nauseated. I've opted to walk to my bus stop (10 min) and have a 15 minute ride than to take a different bus which is right outside my house but is a 30 minute bus ride. I think the walk will clear my head and work off some nervous energy and since I'm feeling icky a shorter bus ride with less stopping and starting will be good.

My class is 10:30-12:20 but who knows how long it will be since it's the first class. I feel better just typing this out.

Anyone reading who wants to send a simple "Chill out and breathe" message my way gets virtual hugs!

I had some of the worst anxiety ever when I was in my Anth class. And, to make matters worse, the class went over lunchtime and the classroom is a lab so there is absolutely no snacking. It made me really nervous and anxious to know I was hungry and couldn't eat. I just detest the feeling of being stuck in a classroom. The feeling usually goes away once I'm used to the group and the prof. I did leave the room at one point in the 2 hour class to go eat a banana and fill up my water because I thought that would help me chill out. It did help a bit and I'm quite proud that I stayed in the claaa (except for the banana break). I wanted to flee super bad but I did not allow myself to think about that as an option. My friend Meagan from my Anth class in Fall 2010 was there and we sat next to each other so that was cool. It feels a lot different to be taking an Anth class when I know my major is business. So much different when I thought I was working on an Associate of Arts and then doing who knows what. The class itself yesterday was good. The teacher is cool and really nice. She went over the fact that if you miss one class to get the notes from someone else but if you miss a chunk of time due to a legitimate reason than she's happy to assist in catching you up. The work for the course seems really varied. There's the typical midterm and final but a big chunk of our mark is from us putting on a Hunger Banquet to raise awareness about global inquality. We will each have a role to play in the planning process that will depend on our strengths and interests so I'm quite excited. Hopefully my business/marketing/etc. classes will make me an asset. We also have a paper worth only 5% on tuberculosis due in February. It's just to give us a chance to compare two separate articles on the disease and to brush up on our writing and citations, the prof said. I started reading the text which is a beautifully short little paperwork and found it to be fairly easy reading.

Today I have my Negotiations and Contracts class which I think is going to be really interesting and applicable to the real world. I've glanced over the course outline and, again, there are some interesting projects and things to look forward to. I'm back at the "business" campus today and even in a classroom I've already been in so I'm feeling less nervous than yesterday...but still a little shaky.

The Hunger awareness thing sounds cool. Throw it on your resume!


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^ Thank you for that! I'll read it over but the actually paper has to be written on two articles my prof has selected for us. Darn!

The Hunger Banquet in my anth class that we are putting on will be the death of me. I wish this was something I was doing with fellow business students and not a bunch of more academic students. Nobody seems to understand how to make decisions or negotiate or articulate why something would be a good/bad idea. There is no sense of teamwork and that means it's going to be really hard to pull this off and make it good. I've been put on the fundraising committee for the event and the 3 other girls in the group are pretty cool. One of them didn't quite even seem to get what I was saying to her...that's great. Hopefully we can all pull together and work as a great team. Come on Business Communications and Leadership Skills class, help me with this!

I'm no longer going to San Francisco as a part of my California road trip. T and I decided that 7 nights with my parents was just too much to have planned out. We would have lost the spontaneity that can come with a road trip that way. My parents were really understanding and are happy we spoke up.

Spending the night chilling out, doing some reading, etc.

We've had a crazy week of weather here in Victoria. We even got some snow! We do usually get snow at least once per year here, but it's still a bit of a novelty because it's usually not that much snow we have. Wednesday ended up being a snow day for me so I didn't have to go to my Anth seminar at the further away campus which was pretty nice. They kept the college open until about 10:30 or so which was a joke because every single other school in Victoria had been shut down and bus routes were starting to get cancelled. Look outside, college, the roads are a joke right now, no one wants to take their life in their hands by trying to get to school! Today there is a freezing rain warning and a wind warning in effect, what crazy weather!

I got super frustrated this morning because I needed to print something off for my class today but the computer wouldn't boot up properly. I resigned to the fact that I was going to have to go into school early to print it there (and go my print credits too!) but then I gave it one more try and it started up fine! Thank you, universe!

So, that's almost 2 weeks done of this semester which is excellent! I do like this 1 class per day thing. My classes are all fairly interesting but I have a feeling that the course work will pile up if I don't stay very organized! That should be a good challenge! I'm already struggling to get all my reading done for all my classes!

Time to go finish getting ready and pack my lunch/snacks etc. Happy Friday!

Just paid bills. Ew. I paid for my semester of school and my VISA bill so that feels good to have all that money spending out of the way! I'm so grateful that my tuition prices are incredibly reasonable.

T is at a friends house playing mechanic on his friend's Jeep. He should be gone most of the day so I've just been getting some stuff done around the house. I've tidied up and dusted the living room really well so far and after this I'm going to switch the laundry over and work on the kitchen a bit. I have to read Chap 4 of my Anthropology text by Monday so I might start that today to get some of it done. I also have a lot of pages to read for my Negotiations and Contracts class and I have to prep for our next classes negotiation.

I'm thinking about ordering a Jillian Michael's DVD to join in with all those motivated ladies on the Health and Nutrition board. I need to have something really tangible to complete each day and I think a DVD is the easiest way to do that. I have a gift card to chapters.indigo.ca so I can order a copy off of there for free!

T made us Surf and Turf for dinner lastnight! Steak and Alaskan King Crab legs with potatoes! Yum! I have 3/4 of a steak left in the fridge for me so I might go have that with a big plate of salad before I continue my cleaning. My cereal and orange for breakfast is seeming like a long time ago!

Almost all the snow we had is melted from the rain lastnight. I'm okay with that because dirty snow is the ugliest thing to look at ever, haha.

Have a good weekend!

Argggghh, major vent about T ahead:

So, as I said above, T went out this morning to help his buddy with his Jeep. Whatever, that's cool. The way he made it sound, he would be gone most of the day, but not until the end of the day, if that makes sense. Around 2 ish, he'd been gone for several hours already, I texted him to ask if I could expect him for dinner. He said most likely and then went back to work. Around 5:00 he texted to say things weren't going smoothly and he'd be a couple more hours. He didn't respond to any of my texts after that. Now it's been about 4 hours since he sent me that message, the day is pretty much over, and I'm incredibly annoyed that this was my Saturday. We have two cars still right now, our Mazda and the Jeep. I cannot drive the Jeep and we can both drive the Mazda, yet, he took the Mazda even when I asked if he could please take the Jeep so I could go out if I wanted/needed to. He said nope and that if I wanted the car I could drive him to and from his friends house. I said no because I was still in my pj's at that point. I'm just really frustrated because he doesn't understand what it's like to be the one at home waiting without any options to go do anything. This is the WHOLE reason we bought the new car. So I could drive as well! Tomorrow I work and have school work to do and then that's my weekend. I feel like he stood in the way of my Saturday. I called a minute ago and he answered and said they were just putting the tires back on now so I expect he won't be home for at least another 1 hr. He sounded completely unapologetic on the phone even though he said sorry. I could tell he was just saying it as a meaningless word to placate me instead of with any actually feeling.

Needless to say, I want the damn Jeep sold, like, yesterday. We've had the new car for 6 months and we pay every month to insure the Jeep (nearly $80!). I can't believe he's paying that amount but refusing to drive it.

Vent over. My day sucked. Blah.

T ended up getting home not longer after I posted. We had a good talk and then he showered and changed. We ran out to get a couple things from the grocery store and then played Mastermind and watched the season premiere of 30 Rock. I went to bed after that but he stayed up to play video games until really late. We both got up around 9:00 and had breakfast. We left to go to my cleaning jobs but realized my friend took the front door key to exchange it but had forgotten to give me the new one before she went out of town. I went and did my other job first and then it was a bit of an ordeal to get the key from her boyfriend. It all worked out just fine, but the second cleaning job was hard. The floors were really dirty from all the snow and salt this week. It looked lovely when I left. though.

Not really looking forward to Anthropology tomorrow. I refuse to drop the class because I think it seems fairly simple in terms of work during the course and because I need this elective to be done. Don't want to drag out my degree any longer than it needs to be.

I found a YouTube channel alled BeFit that has the Jillian Michael's DVD on it for free. When I originally saw it I thought it must be a pirated version but it's legitimate. I will probably just play it on my TV or through my laptop instead of paying and waiting for the DVD to arrive.

I've done Day's 1 + 2 of the 30 Day Shred. I've been posting my experience on the Jillian Michael's Collective Diary Thread. I just finished Day 2 and my arms are just dead. I'm having a tough time typing because of it!

Today I have my Negotiations and Contracts class and this time I actually know what's going on. You are supposed to read about the negotation for the day which means you have a partner and a role and you are negotiating with that person in order to meet your goals. I have a bit more prep to do so that I feel ready. My bus gets me to school 1/2 hour before my class so I'll probably input some goals on the website like we are supposed to. T is picking me up after school for family dinner/work where I'm sure there will be lots to do. I missed both days of work last week because of the crappy weather and the fact that they live in an area which always gets more snow and more ice.

Going to make myself something with some protein for post workout!

I just majorly panicked when I got an email from my Bus Communications class. I thought it said that I was presenting something tomorrow which meant that I didn't hand in my outline to be approved and that I was TOTALLY not ready. Then I re-read it like 3 times before realizing that is says I'm going to be reviewing somebody's presentation. Thank, goodness. What a crappy way to start the day!

I am skipping my first class of the semester, oooh. It's my Leadership class where we do a lot of talking in small groups and all the notes are posted online so I'm just not really feeling it. T had hockey lastnight so we were up really late. I'm aware this is lazy of me, I just don't feel like doing anything at all today.

I did, however, read a 20 page article for my anthropology class a week ahead of time. I need to write a 3 page summary of it for next Wednesday and help lead the class in discussing it for our seminar.

That outline I was concerned about yesterday is now alll finished which is excellent. I decided to do my 5 min How To presentation on "How to Prepare a 72 Hour Emergency Kit". I know quite a lot about preparedness since it's been a recent obession of mine so I feel qualified to do the presentation. Just have to prepare my script in more detail and create a simple PowerPoint for next Friday.

T picked me up from class today and now were at home. I worked in my outline and he got the kitchen looking beautiful! Now I'm just pre-heating the oven for a simple dinner of frozen pizza (the healthiest ones I could find were some this crust Dr. Oetker brand) and some bean salad that I made this morning before school.

Tonight I have to run out to get my BC prescription filled. I missed my pill lastnight because I worked late until after the drug store closed. I might look at the Essie Luxeffects top coats while I'm there becuase they just came out in Canada last week or so. I've heard a lot of great things about them so I'm curious. Also, if they have a new line out then they may old colours on sale! Oh, the drug store, how you tempt me!

School goals for this weekend are to get a very good start, so, at least a rough copy of my anth paper done that is due Wednesday and to read lots of my Negotiations and Contracts e-text. So behind in reading that thing!

So that's all that's happening around here tonight. T just created a character on Skyrim which I think he's happy about. Since I finished Bones (the seasons on Netflix anyways) I've been looking for a new show to watch on there. I tried Dexter but I think it's a bit gory for me. I think Numbers will be the right kind of show. Pretty similar with the FBI and nerds working together to solve crime.

Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

My weekend was much better than the last one. Friday I ended up running out to the drugstore which I thought would be a quick trip. Appparently not, my BC prescription took over an hour to fill. I was very patient but it was a bit of a waste of a Friday evening, haha. While I was there I did pick up one of the new Essie Luxeffects nail-polishes. It's called "Shine of the Times" and I tried it out when I got home over two coats of black polish. I should have taken a picture because it looked really cool.

I am not in my anth class where I should be right now. I could not get out the front door for the life of me today. Every time I got something done, I realized there were 3 other things to do. Even getting dressed was a pain, haha. Anyway, I knew I wouldn't make it to the bus on time so I texted a friend and she's taking notes for me and I emailed the teacher to let her know I'd be absent. I always think that goes a long way, I usually always get responses back saying "thanks for letting me know!". I did, however, spend the last hour working on the Anth essay. I'm about 1/3-1/2 done. The summary I've written so far is quite good so there won't be much editing there. The rest of the essay is more or less my personal opinion and what I found interesting in the article so that it much less formal than the summary.

Saturday I woke up and got ready and then went out to lunch with Maria. She bought me my lunch which was really nice of her! We went into the mall after and were just looking around and when we got back to the car we realized she didn't have her keys! We had to retrace our steps in the mall and I found them on a table in Jacob, haha. Thank goodness! Next weekend we are going out to but her a purse so she can keep everything in one place! I came home and T and I hung out for a while and then went to the grocery store. He had hockey practice at 10:30 so he left around 10 and I put away the groceries and tidied up the kitchen a bit. I went to bed about 20 minutes before T came home but I fell asleep before he came to bed.

Sunday morning I had to do my cleaning jobs which were fine. I was a bit annoyed as the new girl who cleans the common areas in the same building keeps using up all the cleaning supplies. There weren't any clean, dry clothes for me to use so Maria had to swing by and bring be some of them. I should go an do my cleaning first thing next Saturday so that doesn't happen again!

So, that brings us today. I have to prepare for my in class negotiation tomorrow for class. The teacher wants us to use the website to prepare and it is a pain in the butt to use. I don't even know what half of the things means, and I'm not the only one! I also need to do some chores around the house. Most importantly is to clean the main bathroom and to strip the sheets of the bed and wash them. Maybe I'll vacuum, too. I always feel like if I miss a class then I need to be ultra productive at home so that I don't feel like I wasted the day.

^ So much for preparing for class today. I was showering this morning and had to jump out because I thought I was going to throw up. I ended up dry heaving several times over the sink but didn't throw up, thank goodness. We've been staying up too late and that just isn't conducive to me have a good semester at school and being able to work out more. Needless to say, I didn't really like the idea of repeating the shower episode on the bus or in class so I stayed home...again. Feeling guilty, even when I'm legitametly feeling gross.

Good parts of today are that I did my 30 day Shred before my shower (I don't think that's what caused my feeling sick because it actually went really well and didn't feel so hard). I also got a call from my math teacher yesterday at the distant education school. I hadn't called to check on why I wasn't registered properly so it's awesome that he called me. I am all set up now and actually did a bunch of work on it today. The first unit is very simple so I will definetly finish it before the schedule time. After that, we'll see how it goes! My goal is to finish it by June 8th which I believe is really doable. That will allow me to register for one class in the Summer semester if I want that requires the Math 11 pre-req I will have just earned. Most likely it will be Finance 110 because that is a first year requirement I haven't earned yet that I know is offered in the Summer semester. Come Fall, I'll probably take Accounting 110 and Elementary Stats plus 2-3 other courses. Accounting, Stats, Finance + one more 2nd year elective will officially have me done all of the 1+2nd year courses for my program. That means I can apply for entrance to years 3-4 of the BBA! At that point, I'll have 19 more classes to do in order to graduate...plus my 420 hour co-op for work experience. Aaah, I'm almost half way done. Feels so good! I should probably take Finance and a 2nd year elective so that I can do Acct and Stats and then other courses I need for 3rd year and really be on my way. Does that make sense to anyone? Haha

Tonight is family dinner and work so hopefully I keep feeling okay and that can be good and productive as well!

Work ended up being good last night. T's Mom was out of town so the family dinner portion of the night was cancelled. It was nice to not have all the brothers and the grandparents there while I was working with T's Dad. We ended up having Subway for dinner courtesy of his Dad.

I just finished my essay that I have to hand in today for Anth. I have to lead the discussion on the article I read but there is another girl who is doing the same article so we'll be sharing the responsibility. Class is only 50 minutes today, I'm glad!

I have the car today, but I almost didn't get it. I woke up to T exclaiming that he slept past his alarm. Either I had to get up and drive him right away, or I wouldn't get the car...so I dragged myself out of bed and got dressed, splashed my face with cold water, threw a piece of toast in the toaster for me and made a quick coffee for T and we were off. I'm a bit glad I got up so early because now my essay is done and I can chill for a couple hours before I have to leave.

I want to come home and work on some more math today and fold the mountain of clean laundry in our room!