Just a couple completely unrelated things....

Well, I am attempting to work on a Bible study that I am supposed to give at May Long. I got sidetracked by all the shmancy stuff you can do in Power Point, though. It is so cool!

But I am still making steady progress on the Bible study, don't worry.

Then, I have a question for all you Sitemeter people: How do I tell who googled me and everything? And where people live? I signed up and all it tells me is how many people visit my blog.

Speaking of which, I appear to have more people than I realized. Unless people are simply compulsively checking my blog. So, umm... hi everyone!! Do I know you all? Or do strangers think I am witty? I didn't think I was as witty to interest people I don't know....

I got it!!!

Well, OK, it isn't a job. But it is infinately more exciting.

So today I was browsing a boutique on White Avenue with my client and I got a phone call from one of the instructors.

I got the field placement I wanted! It is at (an anomynous) high school, basically as a guidance and career counsellor. I am so super excited. It was my absolute number one choice, and I got it.
Too bad I have to wait four months to start....

Edit, Months later: Too bad it sucked.

School's Out For Summer

I have been singing that song since I got home earlier today. It was very enjoyable. A great deal of stress is off of my mind. Now I just have to go about finding a job....

I have two interviews tomorrow- on at The Gap and the other at PJs Pets. I turned down a job at Bryan's today. I just felt like it was a place where I would not be comfortable, and that it wouldn't be good for my self esteem. Tomorrow I also have my first session with my personal trainer at the gym. Today I also worked on May Long stuff. If you are reading this and have not registered for May Long yet, e-mail me and let me know what your plans are for it!!!

So even though I am out of school, I am not completely useless. Just poor.

I cannot resist these things...

Well, OK, that is not quite true. I resisted the yummy famous boy one, but that is simply cuz I don't have crushes on enough yummy famous boys to fill it up.

My name is: Jen
I may seem: cold and reserved
People who know me think: that I am funny and slightly insane (in a good way, of course)
If you knew me you’d probably: also be slightly insane
My days are pretty: mediocore- hectic and dull at the same time. It is punctuatesd by long naps on the bus.
Yesterday: was Tuesday. What did I do? Oh, yes, I went to West Ed after practicum, and then walked.
In the morning I: Get up. Which bites.
I like to sleep: on the bus
If I could be doing anything right now I would be: dressed to kill, flirting with a boy. But since that is unlikely to happen, I'll settle for blogging.
Money: Would be nice to have some...
One thing I don’t have that I wish I did is: artistic talent
One thing I have that I wish I didn’t is: a zit.
All you need is: love. love. love.....
All I need is: for all these responsibilities to be over.
If I had one wish it would be: to... ummm... I know what I'd like to wish for, but that would be bad for me... let's say... contentment. or to have someone come over and invite me over to hang out. My door is open, people!!
If I could see one person right now it would be: I really don't know.
Something I want but I don’t really need is: a boyfriend
I live for: Is there really a right answer to this question?
I am afraid of: mice
It makes me angry when: people pick on others who are more vulnerable than them
I dream about: I don't remember
I daydream about: utopias- not world peace- personal utopias.

Best Fashion Statement Ever

Today on the bus I saw the best old man ever. He was wearing:

• A ladies leapord print hat
• Athletic looking sunglasses
• A Hawaiin print shirt
• Sporty looking track pants
• Cowboy boots
• And the clincher: Around each boot he had tied a string. Dangling from the strings was bunches and bunches of ladies beaded necklaces, so they jangled when he walked!

It was priceless. I wish I'd had a camera. If I was 60 years older, I would have been flirting.

Questions :)

1) Who is the last person you high-fived?ummm... likely Grant or Kelly. I really don't know.

2) If you were drafted into a war, would you survive? No, I would die in boot camp. Anyway, they can't draft me. I have a crooked arm and malformed wrist.

3) Do you sleep with the TV on? no, I don't think I can do that.

4) Have you ever drunk milk straight out of the carton? Only to finish it off.

5) Have you ever won a spelling bee? No, I am not a great speller. Ind do they really still have spelling bees??

6) Have you ever been stung by a bee? I don't think I have. Sweet!

7) How fast can you type? I can go pretty fast finger pecking- but I can't type normally, cuz of the crooked arm.

8) Are you afraid of the dark? Only when I am walking outside at night.

9) What color are your eyes? hazel- rather yellowy at times.

10) Have you ever made out at a drive-in? I've never been to a drive-in.

11) When is the last time you chose a bath over a shower? Last weekend. But before that I hadn't had a bath since November- I am pretty much a shower girl.

12) Do you knock on wood? No.

13) Do you floss daily? Um, no. Sometimes I remember. But I usually forget.

14) Ummm... Anyone seen queston 14? Anywhere??

15) Can you hula hoop? only on my arm.

16) Are you good at keeping secrets? I am good at keeping things confidental.

17) What do you want for Christmas? money, or stuff, I guess.

18) Do you know the Muffin Man? Yup, Shrek 2.

19) Do you talk in your sleep? No. I even have witnesses who would tell me if I did.

20) Who wrote the book of love? Jesus.

21) Have you ever flown a kite? We did it all the time as a kid.

22) Do you wish on your fallen lashes? That is the most bizarre thing ever.

23) Do you consider yourself successful? In some things

24) How many people are on your contact list of your cell? 35- but my cell is my only phone, so it is allowed.

25) Have you ever asked for a pony? No, I was a realistic child. And a little boring. I asked for books.

26) Plans for tomorrow? church, work, and hopefully homework.

27) Can you juggle? No, I lack the coordination.

28) Missing someone now? I miss my Mommy, and I miss my Daddy, and I miss my sister, and I miss my grandpa, and my grandma, and my grandpa, and....

29) When was the last time you told someone I Love You? last time I talked to my mommy.

30) And truly meant it? Last time I talked to my mommy.

31) How often do you drink? I drink several litres of water a day. Nice anwers, QoWP.

32) How are you feeling today? A bit hungry...

33) What do you say too much? ummm.... - that was my answer, by the way.

34) Have you ever been suspended or expelled from school? No, I am the goody two shoes.

35) What are you looking forward to? Thursday, I hope-- whenever I am done all my essays.

36) Have you ever crawled through a window? lol, yes. I broke into my friend Rachel's house. But that was only because her brother had locked us out.

37) Have you ever eaten dog food? eeeww!!! no.

38) Can you handle the truth? better the truth than continuing to live a lie.

39) Do you like green eggs and ham? I really don't care, actually.

40) Any cool scars? a small burn scar on my hand.

My to do list

Well, I was bored during English, so I decided to make a to do list.

It was depressing.

There are THIRTY EIGHT items on it. They all have to be done before Saryn's wedding. Many have to be done by Wednesday.

Although, I can cross one thing off... I just finished my paper that was due Wednesday and e-mailed it away.

Two more papers to write before Wednesday. Both of them already have special extentions.

Eeeeek!!!!

Birthday

I had a lovely birthday. On Friday night, a bunch of us went out and watched Memoirs of a Giesha for Julie's birthday, and when we got out it was my birthday. So then we went out for Chinese for both of our birthdays.

Yesterday, I slept in, had a bath, and lazed around. I hung out with the guys who were making wings for the guys night, then went to girls night where we had fondue. They had even made me fancy brownies with Happy Birthday Jen signs in them.

The a couple of younger girls stayed over at my place last night, so we had a slumber party. It was lots of fun- we played scenerios- a jr. high type game where you make up situations about someone with their crush and then they say what they would do. It was actually very fun. I love talking about boys, even if I didn't know the guys they liked, and they didn't know mine. We were in two different age brackets.

Whooohoooo!!! I am 20!

or

Gasp! I am twenty! My teen years are GONE! Where did time go??

Tonight I am just spitting out my feelings

I am kinda sad tonight. So rathing than letting my emotions roll around in circles, I thought I'd write them out, hopefully make sense of them, and get them out of my system. Some things have been bothering me lately, and it is just circling around and around in my head so I am going to spit them out. Hopefully I'll manage to accomplish that without feeling like a big jerk.

WARNING: DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE FEELINGS AND ISSUES OF BEING A SINGLE WOMAN. IF YOUR NAME IS CALEB RALPH JOHNSON, YOU WILL LIKELY BECOME RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE. But if you are genuinely interested, and won't hold what I say against me, please, read on!

I am lonely. I mean, it sounds horrible to say, as I am surrounded by people, and my roommate is my best friend, and I as great as that is, I am still lonely. I mean, as much as I hate sounding like some simply, clinging girl, I really would love to have a guy right now. And at the same time, I KNOW how hurt a girl can get because of a guy, and how much trouble they can be, and how they NEVER will be able to say the perfect thing, or do the perfect thing, to make me feel better, because they are human, but I just can't get the picture of a fairy tale romance out of my head. But I also know that I can't let my self esteem, and my happiness, depend on some guy because when they fail (and they will, because they are human), that would wreck me. And I can't make myself that vulnerable, AND I can't put that responsiblitity on a guy, because that is not his place. Theoretically, it all makes sense. Theoretically, I know that my source of self-esteem and confidence has to come from God, and not a human realtionship. But it is so hard for my heart and emotions to learn what my brain already knows.

It seems that wherever I go, I am surrounded by happy couples. You know what? There are no single people in my class. Everyone has a boyfriend (the few guys that there are have girlfriends.) I come home, and I am surrounded by happy couples, where everything is going great for them, and it seems as though life IS a fairytale romance for them. They are constantly enjoying the others presence- always holding hands, standing close to one another, cooking each other meals, encouraging the other, snuggling together. Don't get me wrong, I am SO happy for them. They are so cute together. But it makes me sad that I don't have that too.

So how do I deal with that? This is where I get stupid. I miss that physical touch- so lately I have realized that I am tending to deliberately, just barely, brush some single guys that live around here. Like, if a bunch of us are watching a movie, I'll sit close just to feel a guys leg next to mine. Or if a bunch of us are lounging on a couch, I'll put my foot just close enough to brush that guy's knee. And it is not like I even really really like the guy- I am just using his presence to comfort myself, and make me feel better. And that is what makes me stupid.

I worry that I'll trick myself. I've done it before- I've managed to let my imagination run away with me, and create a situation in my head that wasn't really there. No, I am not a scitz. But I don't want to trick myself, or make a fool of myself again. I hate feeling stupid, and I don't want to make others uncomfortable around me.

Another thing that makes me sad is just the fact that nobody likes me. Well, no. People like me because I'm a nice person. I just mean that nobody like likes me. No one thinks I'm particularly pretty. No one does special things for just me. No one seeks out my presense just because I make them smile. No one notices me just because I am me.

And that make me wonder: What is wrong with me? Am I unlikable? Do I give off vibes that tell guys to just go away? Is it cuz I am not pretty? Is it cuz I am not funny, not witty, not charming, not flirty? Is it because I am too childish? Am I wierd? What is wrong with me?

And then I remind myself that the man that God has picked out for me is out there somewhere. And that when I do meet him and start to date him, then I'll be glad that I haven't dated other guys. I remind myself that I should make the most out of the time when I am single, and become the best person I can be.

Then I question my motives. Do I want to be a successful single so that I can attract a man? Am I trying to be content with my current singleness, knowing that later I'll have a man in my life? What if I never get married? Shouldn't my satisfaction with singleness come from God, not hoping that later I'll start my 'real' life as a couple? Shouldn't my focus be on God?

Thanks for reading. I realized that it was rather personal, but then I realized that it seems to voice how many single women must feel, so I'll post it as a tribute to all of us. Please don't think poorly of me after reading this. I am not desperate, I am not crazy, it is just that sometimes I get lonely. This isn't meant as an advertisement. It is just meant as an expression of what I am feeling, and maybe it'll help another single woman out there too. It is nice to know that we aren't alone in how we feel.

Wow, spitting out feelings does help. I highly recommend it.

Jen's Want's

• Jen wants to spook Hilton
• Jen wants kids now
• Jen wants us to note the financial upside of saving money
• Jen wants to direct
• Jen wants the world
• Jen wants time out
• Jen wants to study abroad
• Jen wants to know what her mother did to make Chris break up with her
• Jen wants to handle as few fish as possible
• Jen wants it sent on a Friday
• Jen wants to do eleven things
• Jen wants to put together a package
• Jen wants the freedom
• Jen wants to get on that 50 most beautiful bloggers list

Jen's needs

So, following the crowd, I googled my name + need and got:

• Jen needs rates on 2 scenerios
• Jen needs a break
• Jen needs your help
• Jen needs to get back to reality
• Jen needs to be a My Little Pony
• Jen needs some help
• Jen needs to stop being so self absorbed
• Jen needs to demonstrate more self control
• Jen needs to be a parent and get off message boards
• Jen needs to let go and get a life
• Jen needs a title
• Jen needs some more time
• Jen needs U2 tickets

OK, so I did more than 10. But I ran into several pages of people doing exactly this. Plus a lot of stuff on Jen Aniston. I'm gonna do another one...

• Jennifer needs a cold shower
• Jennifer needs your help
• Jennifer needs passion knit
• Jennifer needs to be charged for her crime
• Jennifer needs to recognize that both of you do a good job
• Jennifer needs your news
• Jennifer needs a smack daddy
• Jennifer needs space
• Jennifer needs to do five things
• Jennifer needs to grow up and get over it
• Jennifer needs to know your e-mail address
• Jennifer needs the earth energy in her life

Wow, apparently Jennifers are crazier than simple Jens. Hmmm... let's try..

• Thadyne needs.... nothing
• Last name needs well, nothing, but there was, "Lets hope the Lastname are pigheaded enough to ignore."

I keep meaning to do this

You know, I have been meaning to make a post for ages. I had all these fantastic stories, and now that I am taking the time to write, I have discovered that I don't have any funny stories. Isn't that ironic?

Oh well, I shall just make do with what I have. Last night, Rebekah, Bryce, Grant, and I played Settlers, and Rebekah won. Which means Grant lost! And Bryce! Those two never ever lose! Yay Rebekah!

I came in second. Which means I didn't lose.

Today I led a session in the group at my work experience place. Unfortuately, it was a bit short, as I was anticipating more conversation than was actually present. But that was all right, cuz then they did their computer time too, so it all worked out.

Ooh! Super good news! I hadn't realixed that my anthro final exam was scheduled for the exact same time as Saryn's wedding. I mean, who schedules exams for a Saturday? Anyways, I would have had to miss the wedding. But yesterday I asked my teacher if we could work something out, and she was totally OK with it!! So I get to go.

That is what I get for attending college rather than university. :)

Is this why I haven't had a boyfriend?

jk...

You Are 50% Boyish and 50% Girlish
You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

I tried to go to school

So yesterday morning I woke up at 6:30 as usual, and got ready to go to school. Since it had snowed A LOT the night before, my friend picked me up way early and we took her boyfriend to work before going to school, so that it would go faster.

We dropped him off in St Albert, and then we turned south to go to school. Normally this drive takes 45 minutes.

An hour later, we had completed a normal distance of 15 minutes of our trip. We were already ridiculously late, and it would take us at least another hour to get there, so...

We gave up, went home, and tried to be productive there.

Winter has arrived in Edmonton! Horray!

All done and plans and a grand adventure

Well, I have good news: All three of those assignments I (just barely) managed to complete on time. I e-mailed the last one in last night, and now I am home free. Nothing is due for two more weeks, and I have Reading Week.

Highlights of Reading Week will include:

• Today: young peoples. Peter and Kelly have prepared something on relationships.
• Tomorrow: Church
• Tuesday: Going to Sherwood Park for a Criminal Record Check, and then giving it to my boss. I can then arrange when to start working. I spent two hours there yesterday for orientation. (Neat fact: The office for my work is just around the corner from this fantastic teashop, called Steepes. Maryanne, you would love it, I'm sure.)
• Next weekend: Going to Saskatoon for my grandparent's 50th anniversary bash. Oooh, I should check to see what YPs will be out there.
• In the middle: This is undecided. I may start working, or I may go home for a couple days. In that case, I want to visit a few friends.

Last night, Grant, Nathan, Dan, Carla, Rebekah, and I were hanging around and decided to go to Steepes. Except that we decided to be adventurous and take the bus, instead of driving. So, with me being the navigator, we went down there and had a fair bit of fun. We took some really funny pictures. Then, it was time to go home, but we had just missed our bus by a minute and a half. It was very sad. The next bus didn't come for an hour, so most of us (not Grant and Dan) decided to hoof it. We were about halfway home when Grant and Dan pulled up in a taxivan, so we all hopped in. And that was our grand adventure.

Valentines Day

Well, I had a rather interesting Valentine's Day. Last night, Rebekah and I were sitting at home watching American Idol when Grant and Peter Hill came over and asked us if we wanted to go out for some dessert for Valentine's Day. It was pretty fun, we went to this cute little restraunt called Cafe Select, and the atmosphere was so incredibly romantic.. they had no overhead lights, just candles, and flowers at all the tables. It was chalk full of couples, straight or otherwise, and I think they were a little wierded out when we asked for 4. Oh well, it would have been wierder to ask for three. Actually, that would have been super funny.

The we went out and drove around Glenora, where all the ritzy houses are overlooking the river and admired them for a while.

So all in all it was rather fun. Who needs a boyfriend on Valentine's Day when you have friends to hang out with?

Actually, I don't believe that myself. But it was worth a try.

Oooh, and I got my invite to Saryn and Dan's wedding yesterday. Yay!

Back to homework.

I am falling behind....

So, I was sitting in my Children and Adolescents class this morning, when it suddenly dawned on me with a gasp of horror that I have three assignments due in the next week and a half, and I haven't started on any of them.

To put is mildly, "Eeek!"

So, you may ask why I am blogging instead of working.

Good question. I don't know myself.

Tagged Again!

Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so:
BrightStar
Seeking Solace / Clare
Pink Cupcake
Queen of West Procrastination
I'm just plodding along

Next select five people to tag:I'll leave in PC's disclaimer: "Oooh, whilst I like being tagged, I know not everyone does. So, it'd be great if any of the following wanted to give this one a go, but please don't worry if you'd rather not."
Rebekah
Lyn
Janice
Debbie
Caleb

What were you doing 10 years ago?
At this time in 1996, I was nine years old. So I was living on the acerage west of Edmonton and working on grade 4? Or is it 5??

What were you doing 1 year ago?
I was working as a youth worker, and still living at home

Five snacks you enjoy:
Chocolate anything
Cinnamon buns
Timmy's Honey Cruller
Apple Strudel
Boiled Rasin cookies

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
Let's simplify it and say church songs and country songs, b/c I can't pick.

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
Pay off my student loan, and then pay for my college
Buy a bed
Support a charity.. I'd have to pick one, though... that's hard.
Take a summer off and go to all the camps
Get a super nice summer home/holiday spot in Victoria.

Five bad habits:
Biting my nails
Procrastination
Hibernating with books
Blanking out
Staying up too late

Five things you like doing:
Travelling
Spending time with loved ones
Playing stratagy/board games
camps
Reading a good book.

Five things you would never wear again:
This huge ugly brown wool sweater
The pretty blue blouse that is too small for me
The jeans that I ripped a huge hole into last night
This dress that looks like the 80s personified
The tights I threw out this weekend for being baggy

Favourite toys:
When I was a kid, I loved dress up clothes....

Procrastination 101... This one's for you, Maryanne

So for my field placement, I have to do a session for the group that I work with. So today I looked over the list of topics that the group suggested, and lo and behold, there was procrastination!

"Well," thought I, "this will be fun!" So I googled procrastination, and came up with lots of stuff. Admittedly, some of it was boring, but there was some fantastic (abiet procrastination encouragers rather than procrastination defeaters) stuff. Some of the award winners (in no particular order) are as follows:

• A cute little article by a philosophy instructor on the wonders of procrastination.

http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~john/procrastination.html

• Procrastination and You, which includes a test to measure your procrastination, quotes on procrastination, suggestions for fun ways to procrastinate, and some other stuff. My test results are as follows:

75 out of a possible 100
You rank between the top 25% and 10% in terms of
procrastination. That is, when it comes to putting things off, you often do so
even though you know you shouldn’t. Likely, you are more free-spirited and
spontaneous than most. Probably, your work doesn’t engage you as much as you
would like or perhaps you are surrounded by easily available and more pleasant
temptations. These temptations may initially seem rewarding, but in the
longer-term, you see many of them as time-wasters. Though you likely often still
get your work done, there is probably a lot of last minute panicking and
unwanted stress. You may want to reduce what procrastination you do commit.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~steel/procrastinus/

• A rather theoratical article about procrastination, that, while admittedly not the wittiest thing you will ever read in your life, has some interesting ideas on the different types of procrastinators out there.

http://www.paulgraham.com/paulgraham/procrastination.html

• And then, of course, how can I write a discorse on procrastination without directing you to The Queen of West Procrastination?

http://westprocrastination.blogspot.com/

Another Quickie

Well, I am a little chilly right now. The office where I do my field placement is always chilly. Let's see.... I ran out of laundry. I have to stop at the bank on the way home and get a roll of quarters. After all, I need clothes for tomorrow. I also have to mail away my bill payments, so I have to stop at the post office. And.... I guess..... that is it. I am not that interesting right now.

Except.... I still dislike Stephen Harper's hair.

Quickie

Well, this is just a quick post before I leave for young peoples.

I have not been doing much this week, just the bare minimum, so I was very proud of myself today. I caught up on my Family Processes Reading- 2 booklets and 1 book. I also did the dishes, showered, and fit a nice long nap into there. Sigh... naps are beautiful.

I am wearing: brown felt-yish pants, belt, and red t-shirt. Actually, that is all Boxing Day shopping items.

Ooops, time to go.

5 Wierd or Unusual Things about Jen (AKA, me)

I got tagged! Yippee! And then I get to tag people!

1. Whenever my cell phone rings, I think it has a perfect dancing tune, so I waltz towards my phone. In addition, I actually do not know how to waltz.

2. I cannot stand listening to, or have others listening to me, doing their thing in the bathroom. I will always hit the blow drier, and, in cases of a #2, have been known to sit in the stall waiting for the other person in the bathroom to leave so I can complete my business.

3. I enjoy whooping/ cheering. A good "WHOOOOHOOOO!!!!!" is an excellent cheering up method.

4. I have been known to sniff people's shoes when others were wondering if thyey smelled or not. (Incidentally, they didn't smell that bad.)

5.I only like pink nail polish. And only on my toes. I have no idea why I dislike other colors.

I tag Rebekah, Shannon, Stephen, Liam, and Caleb.

Boredom

So, you may as, why am I home alone and bored on a Wednesday night? After all, I ought to be at prayer meeting. Well, when I went to go find a ride or escort to prayer meeting, everyone was not going, instead they were going out to where I did not feel comfortable. I would have walked myself, except it is dark out, and now that I have news again, I see the news bullitans about dangerous creeps, so I don't feel safe going out walking alone after dark.

So instead I am bored. There is no movies, books, or TV I want to see. I have phoned some people, but am done that. So, instead, I blog it out, hoping to keep some connection to the world.

Sigh. Hmmm... I think the 70s Show comes on at 9. That could be fun.....

4 things

Four Things Meme
I just saw this over at Queen of West Procrastination's, and I'm procrasinating...

Four Jobs You've Had In Your Life
1. Library aide (twice)
2. Daycare worker
3. Youth respite worker
4. Volunteered as a tutor

Four Movies You Could Watch Over And Over
1. Walk to Remember
2. Pirates of the Carribean
3. Anything Zorro
4. The Incredibles

Four Places You've Lived
1. acreage at Stony Plain
2. farm at Opal
3. basement suite in Mill Woods AKA Edmonton
4. apartment in Edmonton with Rebekah!!!

Four TV Shows You Love To Watch
1. Gilmore Girls
2. That 70s Show
3. Friends
4. Everybody Loves Raymond

Four Places You've Been On Vacation
1. North Battleford SK
2. Outside Spokane, WA USA
3. Jasper AB
4. Victoria BC

Four Blogs You Visit Daily (But I check more! That's hard.)
1. Amandolyn and Ky
2. Janny's Blog
3. Queen of West Procrastination
4. Becka's blog

Four Of Your Favourite Foods
1. The cassarole Rebekah made last week
2. lasagna
3. anything chocolate
4. anything (nearly) my mom makes

Four Places You'd Rather Be
1. bed
2. back at camp
3. on a date with the love of my life.... too bad his identity is still uncertain
4. Victoria is always fun, I suppose

Four Albums You Can't Live Without
1. ????
2. I dunno
3. You tell me
4. ???

Four Vehicles You've Owned or Co-owned (in reverse order)
1. I'll put regularly drive/ove, never actually owned... '96 Dodge Caravan
2. '95 Dodge Ram
3. '94 Chevy pickup
4. '91 Plymoth Voyager

The Coolest New Things... For Me, Anyway...

So my interview went pretty good, they have to check my references (which are excellent), and then I'd be matched up with a client and have training.They ran me through scenerios, so it was easy, since I've done it all before.

So I was waiting for the bus, and my feet were killing me.... I walked about 50 blocks today in heels. So I made up a song (First coolest new thing). It goes to the tune of Old Smokey.

"On top of these shoes
All covered in boils,
I was waiting
For the 125.
But the bus never came,
And I got gangrene.
And now my feet
Are nothing but green."

The second coolest new thing is what I did to my computer. The sceensaver is now a powerpoint presentation of all of the photos on the computer. So last night, I turned the wait time to one minute, and we watched a slideshow. It was great. While Rebekah slaughtered me at croquanol. (How do you spell it anyway? Ky, do you know?)

You all should try it.

Yay!

Guess what?!

I got a job interview!!!

I have an interview as a youth worker Thursday at 11. I'm really excited, and rather nervous as well, since I have never had what I would call a real job interview. Usually, I have always just had the job. So tommorrow I will prepare for it.

It would be really great if everyone could remember to pray for me then, that it would go well, and God's will would be done.

Home Again

Well, I am home again from Christmas and New Year's. It was really good, but I am enjoying being at home again.

This is just a quick note to let all of you who I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to that I am sorry. My ride home informed me at breakfast that I had 20 minutes to pack, and then we left super fast. So, I love you all, and I'll see you later!

Off for Christmas....

Well, tonight after prayer meeting I am going home for Christmas. While I'm there I am hoping to see a couple of my friends from up there. Then, on Sunday, Christmas Day, at church we are having a candlelit service at 7PM. On Boxing Day, I am going to Saskatchewan to visit my Grandma and Grandpa for a few days.

Then comes....

NEW YEARS!!!!!

And I am looking forward to seeing everyone there. Yay!

And then, once I get home, I have another week of holiday.... fun!

Rambling

Well, I have realized that a pattern is emerging on my blog, namely that it seems to consist of lots of lists and surveys, which can get tiring after a while, so I thought I'd actually write something myself.

Ummm... what to write..... Let's see, earlier I posted some blogging ideas... what were they.... Oh. I really have posted too many surveys. They are off the main page. Wow. I haven't gone through a page that fast yet. Hmmm..... none of them were that interesting- either that, or I already did that.

Well, today I.... ran out of the house really fast this morning so I could catch the bus, as opposed to walking in the cold, and accidentally left my bus pass, Bible and keys behind. So I ended up having to pay for my bus ride, and get the keys from my manager.... I nearly left my cell phone behind too; luckily, my roomie gave it to me as I was leaving.

I went Christmas carolling last night for young people's, and it was SUPER COLD!!!!!!!! Brrr...... It was nice, though. It was Christmasy.

Wow. I am being snarky to an old friend of mine on MSN. She deserves it though. Honestly, some people..... Growl. All I ask for is a little respect, and all I get is..... Hurrumph.

Well, sorry for leaving on such a downer..... Toodles.

Fill in the blanks

1. I've always been afraid of... mice.
2. People should not talk on cell phones while... driving.
3. The one thing I look forward to every day is watching... socializing.
4. My first meal of the day usually consists of ... either corn flakes or toast (depends if I have milk).
5. It seems like... doing laundry... is a never-ending job.
6. The last time I painted a room in my house/apartment was ... ummm.?
7. The next time I paint, I'd like to paint my...I dunno, I'm not good at that stuff...(room) ...????... (color).
8. I have little or no patience when it comes to... bullying.
9. I wish I could spend more time... sleeping.
10. The most productive thing I accomplished this past weekend was... young people doing Christmas play.
11. The most enjoyable thing I did this weekend was... watching a late night movie.
12. I've always wanted to learn how to... be artsy or musical.
13. If money wasn't an issue, I'd... get a PT Cruiser.
14. I blog because I... feel more connected, I guess.
15. Name one color. orange
16. Name one song. When I Fall by Rachel Lampa (what is playing now.)
17. Name one movie. Madagascar- I rented it Monday night.
18. Name one vehicle. PT Cruiser
19. Name one food. perogies- I had that for supper.
20. Name one household item. a dustpan (Bronwyn put broom, so...)
21. Name one book. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Braeshares
22. Sometimes I wish I could... drive around the country for fun.
23. If I could take a long weekend to.. camp,... I'd be very happy.
24. The world would be a better place if... more people would treat others with respect.
25. One of my greatest qualities is... my zaniness.
26. The one thing about me that I need to work on is... my inconsistancy.
27. Happiness is ... laughing and hanging out with friends.
28. Name 1 comedy movie you've seen recently. Madagascar- I LOVE the giraffe.
29. Name 2 black and white films you have seen. I just blanked out.... I've seen lots....
30. Name 3 dramas you thought were worth watching. "Pirates of the Carribean", "Zorro 1" and "Zorro 2"
31. Name 4 television shows you watch on a regular (or semi-regular) basis. "That 70s Show", "Gilmore Girls", "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and "Friends"
32. Name 5 things that, in your opinion, are advertised on television too frequently. beer, razors, Dr Phil, pads, and painkillers

19 Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.

2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.

3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask them if they want fries with that.

4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "In".

5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffine addictions, switch to espresso.

6. In the memo field of all your checques, write "for smuggling diamonds".

7. Finish all your sentances with "In accordance with the property."

8. Don't use any punctuation

9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.

10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a straight face.

11. Specify that your drive through order is to go.

12. Sing along at the opera.

13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.

14. Put misquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.

15. Five days in advance, tell your friends that you can't attend their party because you aren't in the mood.

16. Have your coworkers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Bottom.

17. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I won! I won!"

18. When leaving the zoo, start running for the parking lot yelling, "Run for your lives, they're loose!"

19. Tell your children over dinner, "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."

Hilariously true

I read this on a blog, and it is too awesome to not share. My first term of college had these vibes too.

http://writingasjoe.blogspot.com/2005/12/what-we-learned-this-semester.html#comments

QQQ

1) Single or taken: Single.... why is this question first?
2) Your Age: 19
3) Siblings: Laura and Michael
4) Hair color and length: brown... nearly shoulder length... it needs to be cut.
5) Shoe size: 7
6) Full name: Jen __ ____

*~* R e l a t i o n s h i p s *~*
1) Who are your best friends?: I have many friends, but I don't like comparing
2)Did you send this to your crush? no... this is on my blog
3) Did your crush send this to you?: no, saryn did
5) who is your crush?: Like I'd put THAT on my blog.

*-;-*F a s h i o n S t u f f *-;-*
1) Where is your favorite place to shop? I don't care about the place; I care about the people
2) Do you do drugs: Advil liquid gels rock.
3) What kind of shampoo do you use: Garnier Fructis
4) What are you most scared of: failure, mice, ad being pulled over.
5) What things do you hate the most: ummm.... jerks I dislike a lot.
6)What are you listening to right now: hum of the fan
7) What car do u want: PT Cruiser
8) Who is the last person that called you: my dad phoned me last night and told me to go to bed.
9) Where do you want to get married? on Earth. Other than that, I'm not picky.

.::~FAVOURITES~::.
1) Colour: orange, mint green, or blue.
2) Food: too many.... I love food.
3) Boy's names: I dunno... I like Matthew and Mark and Luke. Not John so much.
4) Girls names: Serenity
5) Sport: prisoners base
6) Music: country and Christan, but not anything... rappy. ugh.

*-;-* H a v e Y o u E v e r *-;-*
1) Given anyone a bath: not that I can recall.
2) Smoked: no
3) Ever bungee jumped: no, but I think it would be fun, though I'd likely chicken out.
4) Broken the law: yes, I drive.
5) Made yourself throw-up : no
6) Gone skinny-dipping: no
7) Ever been in love : no
8) Made yourself cry to get out of trouble: I don't mean to.....

-;-* F i n a l Q u e s t i o n s *-;-*
1) Pizza or chocolate: chocolate
2) How many people are you sending this to?blog
3) Who will send it back? blog....
4) Gold or Silver: silver
5) What is the last film you saw at the cinema?:the Zorro movie

Sevens

Seven things to do before I die:
1. Earn ownership of a bachelor of social work degree
2. Fall in love
3. Get married (What can I say? I'm a hopeless idealistic romantic.)
4. Drive across Canada, just to say I did it.
5. Own a PT Cruiser
6. raise a family
7. Write something scholarly, just for fun.

Seven things to do before I die (when I was an idealistic teenager):
1. fall in love
2. get married (I still am an idealistic teenager- only for a few more months, though.)
3. be an editor and live in Minneapolis (What was I thinking?)
4. be artsy
5. Learn to drive- check!
6. be poised- not gonna happen
7. get a hobby

Seven things I cannot do:
1. swim
2. skate
3. ski
4. cartwheel
5. not be afraid of the volleyball
6. anything artsy
7. my hair

Seven things that attract me to my spouse:
(NOTE: If you don't have a spouse, make it seven things that you think will attract you/ that you admire/ notice in the opposite sex, or a potential mate) (This is what I am doing)

1. how much he loves Jesus
2. being a gentleman
3. intelligance (I speeled that wrong, didn't I?)
4. his insane sense of humour
5. not being intimidating
6. being protective
7. casually rolled-up sleeves

Seven things I say most often:
1. hi
2. shmansy
3. confuzzled
4. toodles
5. What should I have for supper?
6. the nudge button on msn
7. bye

Seven books I love:
1. Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series.
2. Authentic Beauty
3. Anything Karen Kingsbury
4. Anything Dee Henderson
5. Harry Potter
6. The Littles books, for little kids.
7. The Bible (This one is #1.)

Seven movies I would watch over and over again:
1. A Walk To Remember
2. Anything Zorro
3. Anything Shrek
4. John Q.
5. Rat Race
6. Anything Spiderman
7. ummm... I want to see Madagascar...

Seven people I want to join in too:
Rebekah, Ky, Lynn, Bronwyn, Chris (update your blog!), Janice, Shannon

Late night update

It turns out that one of my classmates got the instructor to explain the assignment a bit better, and I did it wrong! Gah! Oh well, it only needs revisions, not a redo.

What else have I done on my list? Well, I did laundry and dishes. I put my locker com into my wallet, and I found my student ID card. I even did something not on my list, and cleaned my purse out.

9 things on the list got done today. I think that is pretty good for one day's work.

Update: The evening

Well, after I updated you on my to do list, I went and had a lovely nap. It wasn't on the list, I know, but it was SO worth it. After I got up I had a shower (instead of a bath) and I am doing my laundry. And I have been organizing my papers...

Onto more things!

Later: I have now sent out my resume to 2 out of the 3 places. Perhaps I should have supper now.

Update: 2 hours later

Well, I have my psych paper about half done, and I have hit a roadblock. I have also phoned Bonnie, so I can send out resumes now. I have also started perusing my sister's website. I have made arrangements to go Christmas shopping with my mom and sister tomorrow (probably). I even fit some minor procrastination in!

2:30- I finished my paper! Harrah!

To Do List

OK, it is starting to get overwhelming. I am done my English midterm, true, but nothing else. So here is my to do list: (Before Christmas).

School related:

• Study for sociology final on Monday. (check)
• Study for psychology final on Monday. (check)
• Write psychology paper for final exam beforehand. (check)
• Write analysis of roleplay for Intro to SW Methods.
• Do English tutorials on Internet.
• Do English paper rewrite.
• Do English source finding project.
• Attend class on Wednesday.
• Go to field placement on Tuesday and Thursday.
• Sell 4 of my textbooks back to the school.
• Buy textbooks.
• Organize all my binders for next term.
• Confirm next term's schedule.
• Put combination lock number in wallet. (check)

Find/ Get Back:

• Student ID Card. (check)
• DVD Player. (double check)
• Scarf.
• Damage deposit- (I realized today that I haven't gotten it yet... odd...).
• Notebooks.
• Get a bed.

Other:

• Job hunting- (Phone Bonnie, get contact info for an agency, send out resume to 3 places). (checkish)
• Laundry. (was a check)
• Dishes. (was a check)
• Peruse my sister's website. (check)
• Christmas shopping. (half check)
• Print off Bible story so we can make notes on the paper for the play. (n/a)
• Make dessert for Christmas dinner. (n/a)
• Clean floors.
• Working on May Long planning.
• Plan YPs.
• Have a bath.
• Pamper myself.
• Pay rent for next month.
• Get ink.
• Update some software.
• Go to the post office and get tax and passport papers.

I can't think of anything else, though I am sure there is more....

Countdown 2

Countdown questions

Ten movies you’d watch over and over:
1) Ocean's 11 2) A Walk To Remember 3) Zorro 1 4) Zorro 2 5) Clueless 6) Hello Dolly 7) Dream a Little Dream 8) Bend it Like Beckham 9) Robin Hood the Cartoon 10) Reality Bites

Nine people you enjoy the company of: (not in any order)
1) Laura 2) Rebekah 3)mom 4) dad 5) Saryn 6) Ky 7) Maryanne 8) Bronwyn 9) Lynn

Eight things you’re wearing:
1) jeans 2) blue slippers 3) Rebekah's socks 4) blue blouse 5) bunny hug 6) bra 7) underwear (whew, eh?) 8) glasses

Seven things on your mind:
1) What I should be doing- homework 2) Where the resident wit went to 3) Bronwyn, since I am changing her answers to mine 4) supper- and my lack of food 5) the song on my computer 6) worry 7) how worry is bad

Six objects you touch every day:
1) my mouse on the computer 2) my robe 3) the fridge 4) bathroom taps 5) hairbrush 6) doorknobs

Five things you do everyday:
1) check my e-mail 2) schoolwork 3) use the bathroom 4) sleep 5) talk on the phone

Four bands or musical artists that you couldn’t live without:
1) Paul Brandt 2) Toby Mac 3) Michael W Smith 4) Tommy Walker

Three of your favorite songs of the moment:
1) He Knows My Name by Tommy Walker 2) Gone by Toby Mac 3) Leavin by Paul Brandt

Two people who have influenced your life the most:
1) My mom 2) my dad

One person who has been nice to you today:
1) my field placement supervisor- gave me an excellent evaluation

What if?

Female bloggers:

If you were a he, what would be your name? I dunno, my parents knew I would be a she.

What would you do for a living? I would hopefully be a social worker, but possibly not, as there are so few male social workers.... I may have been a teacher... well, in either case, I'd still be a student.

Would you be married? Not yet. Still too young.

What kind of woman would you like to take for a date? Ummmm..... intelligent, compasionate, funny,....

What would you miss the most of womanhood? I would miss being able to wear a dress. Amung other things, but that was the first thing that popped into my head. But I love men's clothing, so I'd still have fun with that.

Male bloggers:
If you were a she, what would be your name?
Would you like to wear dresses and make-up, or would you stay “natural”?
What would be your hobbies?
What kind of man would you like to date?
What would you hate from being a woman?

Wish list

Well, there seems to be some Christmas enthusiasm out there, so:

1. Long Johns- If I don't get them, I will be disappointed and buy some myself. Waiting for a bus is so COLD!!!!

2. Socks- Simple black sports socks.

3. For those people who are able to (You know who you are), I would love to have "Saskatchewan Pirate", "You Say it Best When You Say Nothing At All", "Travelling Soldier", and I am sure there are others.

4. Clothes

5. CDs

6. Books

7. Cookies

8. Jewellery

9. Use you imagination!

Questions:

December 04
Questions of the day

Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says: several deep scratches that scored the bruised area. "Your auntie's right, Ian;

Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first? my moniter

What is the last thing you watched on TV? I watched Spiderman 2 with Rebekah and Peter

WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is: 2:30PM
Now look at the clock, what is the actual time? 2:27pm

With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? Follow the Signs, Michael W Smith, but it is on my computer.... I dunno

When did you last step outside? 20 min ago what were you doing? coming home

Before you came to this website, what did you look at? i was reading other people's blogs

What are you wearing? black pants, black tank top, and Rebekah's really nice grey sweater

Did you dream last night? I don't think so...

When did you last laugh? Last night, talking about childbirth with Lindsay, Kelsey, Suzie, Rebekah, Jamie, and Jordan

What is on the walls of the room you are in? A sign that says "Get a Ride"-- long story.

Seen anything weird lately? ummm.... I dunno

What is the last film you saw? At home? Spiderman 2 In theatre? the latest Zorro movie

If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first? my education

If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? Everyone would care more about others than about themselves. (good answer, I'm leaving it)

Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? I dunno- I like Serenity and Anna....
what if you have a boy? I dunno....

Would you ever consider living abroad? unlikely

Hotmail Died

You have hotmail to thank for this blog post. Were it not dead, I would likely not be posting. Now, the only question we have is: What should I post about?

Should I post about the lengthy list of end-of-term assignments that I am steadily (and sometimes not so steadily) working on paring down? Should I post about my theories about what I affectionately call "the vibe", "my muse", or "inspiration"? Should I post about my to do list for the day? Should I post my rant that I didn't know I had about residental schools? Should I post, for that matter, small segments of my essays that may, to the outside world, be interesting? Should I post my Christamas wish list? Should I post a list of movies I want to see?

So many decisions, so little time...

What I am wearing: blue jeans, black t-shirt with laces, and off white cardigan.

Instead, I think, I will post about nothing.

It is a meme

2. Were you named after anyone? Straight out of the baby name book- thank goodness! It was that or named Dorthey after my great grandma... I am definately not a Dorthey.
3. Do you wish on stars? no
4. When did you last cry? Watching A Walk To Remember-- Isn't that utterly romantic?
5. Do you like your handwriting? No, it is super messy. I prefer my printing.
6. What is your favorite lunch meat? Lunch! I knew I'd forgotten something... I eat peanut butter and honey sandwiches.
7. What date is your birthday? 1986... I'll be leaving my teens! Yipes!
8. What is your most embarrassing CD? A Country mix that isn't very good- it only has 1 song I like.
9. If you were another person, would you be friends with you? Sure... we'd be crazy together, but I hope I'd like me.
10. Do you have a journal? Currently, they are at my grandma's. Hopefully I get them back soon. (I am SO forgetful)
11. What are your nicknames? Jen, Jenny, Vanity
12. Would you bungee jump? I want to, but I'd likely chicken out.
13. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? no.
14. Do you think that you are strong? Physically- ha! No! What a joke!
15. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Because I am indesisive, I have to choose neopolitan.
16. Shoe Size? 7
17. Red or Pink? Pink. I love pink.
18. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? I'm socially awkward in big crowds.
19. Who do you miss most? my family
20. Do you want everyone you send this to, to send it back? I am putting it on my blog... and to a few others, so you can if you want... if you even read this.
21. What color pants and shoes are you wearing right now? blue jeans and blue slippers.
22. What are you listening to right now? Hallelujah, Your Love Is Amazing
23. Last thing you ate? a chocolate easter egg out of my rapidly diminishing chocolate stash... I am so bad...
24. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Orange
25. What is the weather like right now? sunny, and Oh! it stopped snowing!
26. Last person you talked to on the phone? A classmate this morning about when she'd get here
27. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? their chest.... ew, I sound like a guy there.... a MAN's chest. Not....
28. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Bronwyn, you are great! Love you!
29. Favorite drink? milk
30. Favorite Sport to watch? Football is pretty good- I understand it, and it requires stategy.
31. Hair Color? brown
32. Eye Color? hazel, sometimes kinda yellowy
33. Do you wear contacts? glasses
34. Favorite Food: lasanga
35. Last Movie You Watched in the theater? the new Zorro movie. I LOVED it!!!!
36. Favorite Day Of The Year? I dunno...
37. Scary Movies Or Happy Endings? Happy endings all the way.
38. Summer or winter? summer
39. Hugs OR Kisses? hugs
40. What Is Your Favorite Dessert? apple crisp with icecream (Bronwyn's answer, but it sounds so good...). Oh! Or something really extravegantly chocolatey.
41. Who Is Most Likely To Respond? likely nobody
42. Who Is Least Likely To Respond? likely everybody
43. Who lives in your house? Rebekah and I
44. What books are you reading? Bible... and textbooks
45. What's On Your Mouse Pad? sea scene with dolphins
46. What Did You Watch Last night on TV? Grey cup. EDMONTON WON!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
47. Favorite Smells? I know, this is really wierd, but I LOVE the smell of browning hamburger.
48. Favorite Sounds? laughter
49. Rolling Stones or Beatles? Beatles
50. What's the furthest you've been from home? Pacific Ocean- The next thing out there was China

Countdown

10 firsts:
first boyfriend/girlfriend: dunno
first best friend: Kayla
first screen name: I can't remember-- possibly Thadyne
first kiss : Well, when I was born, they gave me to my mommy...
first piercings: none
First Car: well i still technically have one yet, but the first one I drove was a K-car from the early 80s
first love: Jesus!
first stuffed animal: i dunno a teddie bear?
first pet: We had a cat named Kitty and a dog named Wendy when I was a toddler
first memory: Waking up in my crib and looking around at everybody

9 lasts:
last cigarette: n/a
last alchoholic beverage: n/a
last car ride: today- we went observational driving with the ladies- fun!
last kiss: ~~~
last movie seen: A Walk to Remember
last phone call: Let me check my phone... I phoned Rebekah last night
last cd played: I have my CDs on my computer, right now it is Convoy by Paul Brandt
last bubble bath: long, long time ago
last time you cried: watching A Walk to Remember

8 have you evers: have you ever dated one of your best friends: no
have you ever skinny dipped: no
have you ever been on tv: yes
have you ever kissed somebody and regretted it: nope
have you ever had a nasty dream about someone you knew: that is gross- no
have you ever fallen in love: no
have you ever lost someone you loved: yes
have you ever been depressed: yes

7 places you've been to:
1. Spokane, Washington
2. Peace River, AB
3. Cranbrook, B.C
4. Victoria, B.C
5. North Battleford,Saskatchewan
6. Regina, Saskatchewan
7. Frank, Alberta

6 things you've done today:
1. visited with Julia
2. finished off a project
3. made a schedule
4. rode a bunch of buses
5. went observational driving
6. attempted to do homework.

5 favorite things in NO order:
1. lasanga
2. chocolate
3. hamburger
4. cheesecake
5. ice cream

4 things you want to do before you die:
1. get my BSW
2. fall in love
3. get married
4. have kids

3 things you will do tomorrow:
1. go to school
2. attend classes
3. pluck geese

2 things you want to be (that you're not now):
1. a wife
2. a good cook

1 thing you are now:
1. a student

Snores and Craziness....

No, the post title does NOT mean that I snore.

I do not as of yet have a bed frame, so I sleep with my matress on the floor. Unfortunately, the person in the apartment below me snores like mad. The first couple times it was funny- Rebekah and I got a good case of the giggles. But now it is starting to get more annoying.

So I was really sleepy this morning. I dragged myself out of bed and had breakfast. I got dressed. I made lunch. I ate lunch. Wait a second... I ate lunch?

That's right. I made myself a bagged lunch this morning, and before I realized what I was doing, I had sat down and ate it. I was on the second last bite when it dawned on me what I had just done. Then, there was no more time to make another lunch before the bus, so now I must go to Safeway and buy food.

It is starting to look more like a living room...

Well, when I first moved in here, the biggest piece of furniture in the living room was the desk. We also had a bookshelf and a rocking chair.

However, that all changed this weekend. My parents brought a couch in, we borrowed a TV and DVD played from Grant, and Rebekah got a microwave from her uncle. our place doesn't echo anymore.

Yay!

15 Pages!

OK, so I know that 15 pages does not sound long to Maryanne, who has written her thesis and is thinking on her dissertation, or to Ky who is writing her thesis.

But I have never written anything that long before in my life. Ever.

Coincidentally, the major portion of that 15 pages was written yesterday. I got at the college at 11:30, and didn't leave until I had finished and dropped off my assignment at 7:30. It was a long day. However, the nice thing is that I don't have anything else to work on until after I get back from Pinelow.

Hopefully, there won't be snow there. We now have snow here.

I'm sorry for my truancy...

So, I know it has been a while. I apolagize.

But... I have moved!! I am now in my new HUGE apartment near the church, with a roomie, and in this apartment building are 10 YP living here! 'Tis sweet!

This place is easily ten times the size of my old place, and I am paying less rent for it, too!

Yay!

Yes! I win!

So, in my Intro to Social Work Practise class, we did group presentations, and my group gave our presentation on Culture. I was the one that made up the 4 page summery of the chapter to hand out to everybody.

So, now, I am doing the assignment to go with the class yesterday, and I discover that the questions follow my format exactly! I got all the important parts, in other words, I got the essense of the chapter! Yes!

I like being right.

17... There's a Song... Strawberry Wine, 17...

You Are 17 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

I am mindlessly surfing...

I came across this on a friend's blog. As I know I annoy people with my obsessive surveying, I thought I'd put it here. I've bolded the stuff that applies to me.

I've run away from home.
I have lied to my parents about where I am.- Likely, though I don't remember a particular time.
I've listened to political music. Social studies
I collect comic books.
I shut others out when I'm depressed.
I open up to others easily.
I am keeping a secret from the world.
I watch the news.
I own over 5 rap CDs.
I own an iPod or MP3 player.
I own something from Hot Topic.
I love Disney Movies.
I am a sucker for hair/eyes.
I don't kill bugs.
I curse randomly.
I paid for that cell phone ring.
I am a sports fanatic.
I have one x in my screen name.
I have multiple x's in my screen name.
I've slipped out an AIM word [lol, brb, etc.] in a real conversation.
I love Spam.
I bake well.- doesn't mean I like to, though.
I would wear pajamas to school.
I own something from Abercrombie.
I have a job. or 2... maybe 3 soon?
I love Martha Stewart.
I am in love with love.
I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
I am self-conscious.
I like to laugh.
I smoke a pack a day.
I loved Perks of Being a Wallflower.
I loved Go Ask Alice.
I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
I can't swallow pills.
I eat fast food weekly.
I have many scars.
I've been out of this country.
I can't sleep if there is a spider in the room.
I am really ticklish.
I have seen a therapist.
I love white chocolate.
I bite my nails.
I am comfortable with being me.
I play video games.
I'm single.

I HAVE/AM:
Gotten lost in my city
Seen a shooting star
Had a serious surgery
Gone out in public in my pajamas
Kissed a stranger
Hugged a stranger
Been in a fist fight
Been arrested
Pushed all the buttons on an elevator
Made out in an elevator
Cursed at my parents
Kicked a guy where it hurts.
Been close to love
Been to a casino
Been skydiving
Broken a bone
Skipped school
Flashed Someone- If I have, it was NOT on purpose.
Done the splits
Played spin the bottle
Gotten stitches
Drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour
Bitten someone- as a toddler
Been to Niagara Falls
Gotten the chicken pox
Crashed into a friend's car
Been to Japan
Ridden in a taxi
Shoplifted
Been fired
Had a crush on someone of the same sex
Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
Stolen something from my job
Gone on a blind date
Lied to a friend
Had a crush on a teacher
Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Been to Europe
Been married
Gotten divorced
Had children
Watched someone die
Been to Africa
Driven over 400 (1500) miles in one day- almost, but not quite.
Been to the US
Been to Mexico
Been on a plane
Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Thrown up in a bar
Eaten Sushi
Been snowboarding
Been skiing
Met someone in person from the Internet
Lost a child
Done hard drugs
Taken painkillers- as in, like, Advil.
Had someone cheat on me
Missing someone right now
Eaten a stick of butter

There we go. Not too many things are bolded, but that's quite all right.

Yay for scientific accuracy

So, I am working on my psychology assignment. Or rather, procrastinating from it. I am hving rather a lot of difficulty, as it is a Weetags experiment. (Weetags are little stick figures and there is a characteristic that makes them a weetag, and then you have to figure out which ones are and aren't).

So, anyway, we were supposed to foister this on an innocent child, ask them questions, and write it up as a scientific experiment. And we have to make up our own research question and hypothises.My problem is the person I was going to get to help me after church on Sunday had to leave really suddenly, before we could sit down to do it. And I'm not going to see another child until it will be overdue.

So where does this leave me? You guessed it. I am making up the results of the experiment.

Sad, isn't it?

I was a slacker today...

So this week, I have been having trouble with waking up on time. On both Tuesday (when I forgot to set my alarm), and Thursday (when I turned it off), I woke up with ten minutes left to get out to the bus. So, this morning, I woke up when my alarm went off (6:30), and dutifully did not turn it off until I was sure I was awake. Then, I convinced myself that I would only stay in bed for one more minute. Well, I woke up an hour later (7:30) with five minutes to spare until the bus came.

Well, it was decision time. What should I do? My choices were:
1. Run out the door without breakfast and make the bus in time for my 8AM class.
2. Get up, and at a normal pace, get ready for school, and show up to English 15 minutes late.
3. Go back to bed until I woke up, as long as I made it in time for my psych quiz.

I chose option 3. What can I say? Sleep is beautiful.

So I got up at 9:15, had a nice leisurely breakfast, and headed to school. I arrived in English at 10. Unfortunately, the part I had hoped to miss (Going over the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper") they only started on when I arrived, so that was disappointing.

On the plus side, I was in a lovely mood all day, and feel well refreshed.

For the sake of posting...

Brrr! Today has been a cold day! All the buses I've been on have been freezing cold, and the office was chilly today. Not to mention, the house is chilly. The only time I've been warm is on the LRT.

In other news.... nothing. I honestly have nothing interesting to take note of. However, I will say... What should I have for supper?

Yay for looking like an idiot!

So I was supposed to meet my field placement supervisor here in downtown Edmonton for a conferance this morning.

Last night I discovered I lost the address. So I came down here this morning anyway, and as soon as the office opened, I called to ask for the address.

No one in the office knew it. Or even had an inkling of where it might be. The people Iam supposed to meet don't have cell phones.

So now I am in the downtown library, waiting til close to lunch, when I will go to the office and meet up with my supervisor after the conferance. If I get bored, I may go explore a mall I found tucked away down here.

How humilating.

Later: After I left the library, I went to the indoor mall I discovered and bought a really cute t-shirt on sale for 6 bucks. Shopping really does help.

Heartthrobs and napping...

Your 80s Heartthrob Is

Scott Baio

Who's" Your 80's Heartthrob?

Now to look him up to find out who he is...
Hmmm... never see any of his movies, but he aged well.

So I got home from job placement today, thoughly exhausted, and went straight to bed for a nap. I woke up after midnight, having had more sleep than the night before already, but with a paper to finish. I suppose I'd better get cracking...

I hibernated for two days...

So for a couple of days I went into hiding. I was on a reading binge.

Yup, only a few short hours after A Breath Of Snow and Ashes came out, I owned it. I must have been one of the first done it. It was so, so, so good!

However...
Now come the consequences.

I have done no homework. It is overtaking me! Aaaahhh!!!! Run!!!!! It's the homework bomb!!!!

I rally ought to get to it- but I have done a fair bit today. I went throuh a big list of jobs at placement- programing, ect., I went to see Jamie's basketball game (which she won, yay Jamie!), I cleaned my room, and am starting my laundry.

See? I'm not that bad. Now to attack the homework bomb...

The Meme Theme...

Things I Don't Like That I Probably Should:
Hot chocolate, tea, coffee, most seafood, most raw vegetables, any and all Lord of the Rings, Hanging out in large crowds, likely more


Things I like that I know I shouldn't:
That 70s Show, romance novels, Christian rock, spending hours on MSN, McChicken meals, likely more


P.S.- Has anyone from Saskatoon heard of the possibility of you all and Calgary coming to Edmonton for Halloween? Us Edmontonians are confused.

Guess What?

So, guess what?

If any of you have seen my MSN name lately you may have a clue.

I'm getting a roommate!

That's right. My lonely existance, at home, holed up in my room, all the time, has a light at the end of the tunnel.

Rebekah is moving to Edmonton! We'll be roomies.

Not in the same place I have now, though. We'll get a new place.

It'll be so much fun!

The picture

Wheee!!!

So, I am supposed to be working on my self-disclosure journal for one of my social work courses, but I have little inspiration, so I'll do this instead.

I have been waiting for this book http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385324162/qid=1127511508/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7094930-0691336?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 for forever! And guess what? It comes out on Tuesday!!!

Wooohooo!!

That is right, everyone. Diana Gabaldon's latest, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, comes out on Tuesday. And even though I have no time to read it, and little money to buy it with, I WILL buy it. On Tuesday. And I will read it, too.

Of course, that is precisely why I should get to work. I won't have time to do the assignment next week...

Fun With Buses

Here is an inventory of all the buses, and my reasons for being on them, so far today:
65- to school. Went through a deathly boring sociology class.
Not sure of Number- to Mall, dropped off library books.
65- Went home via school.
64- Went back to the school to get onto bus
8- to go for my interview on the other side of town. Got off in close to my place because I got a call, cancelling the interview. Ran for bus
74- Back to school.
65- Went home.

Is There a Princess of Procrastination?

If so, I am she.

Things I am currently procrastinating from:

• Lunch- I am too lazy to go to the kitchen, and I am already in that slightly fuzzy stage that tells me I have to eat.
• Studying- I got tired of thinking about ethics. What can I say?
• Taking care of those KD leftovers- In fact, now I even have Sidekicks Pasta leftovers, half a jar of peaches, 3/4 a jar of saskatoons, and... I think that's it.
• Going to the bank- I need to activate my new ATM card so I can...
• Buy envelopes- so I can mail a letter.
• Taking out my gabage- Not too much more will fit into it. (Or the kitchen one either. I guess I'll have to take care of it, even though officially it isn't my responsibility.)
• Laundry- I'll likely run out of clothes again before I do it.
• And I'm certian there is more....

Jen's Adventures in Cooking

Tonight I was inspired to cook something a little special for myself, a nice little treat.

So, I took the ham steak out of the freezer and defrosted it. I got out the trusty KD and then realized my 2- burner stove would be a bit crowded with a pot and a frying pan, so I decided to do it microwave style.

I really got into puttering around my kitchen. I even opened a big juice jug to be extra special. I set the table, all the while, following my directions ever-so-carefully.

The end result?

It left much to be desired. My steak hadn't defrosted properly, so it was tough in the middle, plus I had had the heat on too high, and scalded it. A word to the wise: Don't nuke KD. It was hard and tough and chewy, unlike the normal wonderful stovetop method.

So, I ate it. Unfortunately, I still have half the KD as leftovers, which I am too frugal to throw away. Perhaps, tomorrow night, I should make something nice to go with my leftovers.

I also took a break from studying today (well, I did study too, just not a lot). I read a cute little Love Inspired book, and really enjoyed myself. The break from the textbook was nice.

I am wearing: my flannel purple PJ pants with snowmen on them, my pink shirt (still on from church), a dove necklace, a white, blue, and pink cardigen, black socks, and blue slippers.

Tomorrow I am planning to: Go to my sociology class, demand to find out what my placement is, visit David in the hospital by my house, take back a library book, buy milk, possibly see my mom and grandpa, and study.

Yay! Q's!

Your most marked characteristic? Ummm.... Do they mean physical characteristic? Or do they mean personality? Well, I'll assume they mean physical, and so I'd say.... ummmm... that my hair is brown? It's not like I have a huge disformity, like a huge lumpy nose.

The quality you most like in a man? I like gentlemen.

The quality you most like in a woman? I like people who look for the good in people and who can laugh at themselves.

What do you most value in your friends? Goodness, this is like class, being asked hard questions all the time. I value each one's uniqueness.

What is your principle defect? My crooked arm. (I took that one physically too.)

What is your favorite occupation? Social work, of course. (That one was easy.)

What is your dream of happiness? This one is harder... I don't know.

What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes? To lose your entire family in a car accident, or fire, or something.

What would you like to be? Why not what I am?

In what country would you like to live? CANADA!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!

What is your favorite color? orange.

What is your favorite flower? I really don't have one.

What is your favorite bird? Once again, I don't know.

Who are your favorite prose writers? Diana Gabaldon. (That was another easy one.)

Who are your favorite poets? I dislike poetry.

Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Jamie Fraser

Who are your favorite heroines of fiction? Elastigirl

Who are your favorite composers? The only one I personally know- Lane.

Who are your favorite painters? kindergarten kids do an excellent job.

Who are your heroes in real life? Jesus, He's the only one we should idealize.

What is it you most dislike? I dislike lots of things, such as eggplant, people throwing their differences in your face, running, colds, and snobs.

What natural gift would you most like to possess? Either musical talent (violin or piano) or artistic ability

How would you like to die? In my sleep when I am very, very, very old with no pain or illness

What is your present state of mind? I'm thinking about my congested chest, and my cold nose.

To what faults do you feel most indulgent? In myself? Or others? In myself, procrastination. In others, messiness.

What is your motto? Motto.... odd, I've never thought of it before. I'll get back to you on it.

I'm an idiot...

So I just logged onto MSN Messenger, and I was like, Yay! Ky's on!

(Ky is likely wondering why she has no idea what I am talking about.)

Anyway, I started chatting to her and I find out that it (gasp!) isn't Ky.

For months, whenever I have sent Ky an e-mail it has not reached Ky.

It has reached some girl in Ontario.

I have since corrected the problem, of course. (Not enough m's).

However, I am still humiliated.

I've been disillusioned...

So, last night, I decided to get a head start on my reading for class and read one chapter for class. It was 20 pages long, not that bad, right?

Ha! It took me two hours! I can usually finish a BOOK in two hours! I highlighted stuff, resisted distraction (That part was supremely difficult), and discovered that underneath all the big words and complex sentance structure, there was some valuable information on basic themes of being a social worker.

Normally I am not one to complain about big words, or complex sentance structure, so I know it was hard.

This morning I realized I didn't remember any of wht I'd written, so I typed up the highlighted parts, and got 4 pages. This time it made more sense, so it looks like I'll have to do that for nearly everything. Sigh.

People did warn me college would be tougher than high school....

All Different Now

Well, I shall try to list the changes that have occured in the last week:

1. I am unemployed.
2. But it is not a bad thing bcause I am a student.
3. I moved out.
4. I got a cell phone.
5. I got a new purse.
6. My computer is hooked up.
7. I no longer drive, instead I use public transit or walk (good thing too, with gas prices these days).
8. I actually can't think off another one at the moment. But it will come to me. Odd...

ABC...

A - Accent: flat prairie Canadian accent. It is pretty boring, all around.
B - Breast size: Like I'd tell the world that.
C - Chore you hate: I agree with Maryanne. Washing dishes
D - Dad's name: Jim
E - Essential make-up:I don't need it, really
F - Favourite perfume/cologne: I prefer body lotion and spray
G - Gold or Silver: silver
H - Hometown: Redwater/Thorhild
I - Insomnia: Last night, yes. New apartment with a seriously hard bed.
J - Job title: social work student
K - Kids: none, though baby Ian drooled and clawed me today. So cute!
L - Living arrangements: basement suitette.
M - Mom's birthplace: Rosetown
N - Favourite Noldo: Huh?
O - Overnight hospital stay: Not since I was born, although I have gone to the emergancy a lot.
P - Phobia: mice and sports.
Q - Favorite Quote: Too sleepy to figure it out. I'll get back to you.
R - Religious affiliation: Christian.
S - Siblings: One sister
T - Time I get up: Tomorrow: 7:15
U - Unnatural hair colors: Natural all the way.
V - Vegetable you refuse to eat: Eggplant and cabbage. They are SO GROSS.
W - Worst habit: Messiness and laziness. I am trying to cure that.
X - X-rays you've had: dental, chest, wrist, ankle. I think that about covers it. Oh and arm- to get the mystery behind the crooked arm.
Y - Yummy foods you make: I can scramble eggs.
Z - Zodiac sign: Aries.

Googling....

So I picture googled my name, as seems to be the craze, and came up with: (Sorry, can't get the pictures...)
- Jennifer Lopez.
-Jennifer Love Hewitt.
-"What Jennifer Saw"- a poster on DNA vs eyewitness in setting innocent convicts free.
-a bunch of couches.
-A horse.
-Some researcher girl.
-and many other Jennifers.

Let's try Thadyne.
-Nothing. Zilch. Nada.

Let's try my last name.
-A picture of a stone church in a town with the same name as my name.
-A lot of photos of long-lost realitives.
-House plans.
-A department store.
-A library.
-Cabinet Prints (whatever that is...)
-An areal photo of the town with my name.

Wowzas.

So I bought a computer today. At first I thought I wouldn't pay much- the tower, moniter, printer (which is a printer/copier/scanner together), keyboard, mouse, and speakers all came together for really cheap. But then you had to add the programming, the warranty, the techno disk thing, the chord, and other various accessories. I almost died when they told me the price. Then I handed over a wad of cash as thick as my arm and only got $1.25 back. I nearly burst into tears there in the store. Actually, tears are coming to my eyes thinking about it right now...

So now I am on a mission: Get all of that to my new apartment where it is insured. Only then will I be truly at comfortable again...

Ow....

Today was an excellent day. Instead of working, I got to go horseback riding. I haven't been in about 10 years, it took a little while to get used to it. I had a ton of fun, though. I went with 2 of my coworkers- my boss's daughter, and the girl who drew Alex an eyebrow for the fasion show last year after his was shaved off.

The fun, however, came with a price. My butt hurts. Muscles that I didn't even know I had- they hurt too. I didn't think the rump had this many muscles. It was worth it, though.

Random Bits

I got a raise!!!! Granted, I am only keeping this job until school starts, but this is the first raise I have ever gotten in my life. This makes me happy. (Obviously.)

In other news, the swimming pool where I live that I have never been to before has a kiddie pool, and it is so shallow that I sit in it. That's right. I just plunked myself down. It was quite relaxing at work.

I have decided to elliminate the VERY specific place names from my blog, in the light of new information that people I don't know actually think that I am worth reading about. No offence meant, that did sound kinda rude. Sorry.

Another Post...

OK, so Saskatoon is a no-go. Oh well. I'd have been there when lots of people were going to Pinelow.

In other news, I CAN cook!!! Hazzah! I shall not starve after all next month and the years afterward! I shall simply eat Chef Boyardie (no idea on how to spell that, sorry.) What can I say? They make awesome ravioli.

I have also officially decided that the cutest part of a horse is the nose. It is so soft and felty, and the easiest place to touch. The nose it is.

As well, apparently people I don't know like my blog. I didn't know that people I don't know even read blogs.

More later....

Travels

For those of you who may not realize this, it is EXTREMELY tiring to go to Victoria and back in a single weekend, driving through the night, and taking no extrasleep during the day. It is not for the faint of heart, and only for the mildly insane. All my coworkers thought I was crazy.

About going to Saskatoon... my car will not get me there and back. And there are only 4 spots along the way that I know people to help me out- one being home, and the other being my destination. So I am trying to figure out a way to either get my car fixed or some other trick up my sleave. Hopefully I'll get there.

And, I'm planning on coming along if anyone from Edmonton goes to Pinelow for the last weekend. If all goes as I hope, I'll only spend, like, 3 weekends out of the summer at home, 2 which will be spent moving.

Oh, and Camp HeHoHa with work will be way less stress and a lot more fun than I'd planned on. Amanda will be coming along as my helper. Yay!

Namecalling...

Some idiot nearly ran me off the road this morning! Right on Opal Road, this semi pulling 2 trailers passes me WITH a car coming. As if that wasn't bad enough, he started switching lanes back into my lane when only one of his two trailers had passed me! What a moron! So I braked and moved over as much as I could, and he kept moving over! The turdpile! His rig came within 2 feet of my car, and the ninkompoop didn't care at all.

Hrrmph. If I hadn't been turning of the road in a mile, I would have passed him. How on earth did a lamebrain like that get a drivers license?

In happier news, tomorrow I am going to Victoria and next weekend I am going to Saskatoon, so I'll see a bunch of you then. I'd better go hom to pack...

A Recluse

A have come to the conclusion I am turning into a social recluse.

"Why?" you ask.

Well, I haven't called anyone just to chat in so long that it is unbelievable. Since, like, before camp. I've thought about calling, or dropping in, on people, but I just usually go "Meh. I don't feel like it." So I don't.

I feel perfectly fine. I'm not upset or melancholy at all. I'm just a recluse.

It really is entirely odd....

Urg...

I went to the zoo and camping yesterday.

Sounds like fun, yes?

No.

I was working, my kids were grumpy, irritable, spazzed out, defiant, whiny, and, in a word, bratty.

Now work is done, and I should be chillaxin, but instead, here I am, grumpy as ever.

Til next time....

Sunburn...

Oooh.... my body is yelling at me. I went on a camping trip last night with work, and I got sunburned (We spent the day at the lake.) Hopefully it will fade to a nice tan for the weekend. In the meantime, it hurts.

I had fun at camp last week. We went late, because my dad had to change the axel on the car (a side effect from when I hit the ditch.) I also went shopping last week and got lots of stuff. I have to ban myself from spending anymore money for the rest of the summer.

Toodles, everybody.

Oh no, no more time!!

Alas, I have run out of time to talk about other stuff, including orientation, which I promised Debbie I would do. Sorry. I'll try later.

I got tagged again...

Well, Meghan tagged me back, so here it goes:

Things you enjoy, even when no one around you wants to go out and play. What lowers your stress/blood pressure/anxiety level? Make a list, post it to your journal... and then tag 5 friends and ask them to post it to theirs.

1. Reading- Ah, the joy of abandoning my stresses and leaving them for someone else's. Plus, there is no need to think. I just let the story take me.

2. Ranting- It's awesome to tell my problems to someone who doesn't really care too much about them, so then it bothers niether one of us.

3. Driving- I really don't know what it is about it. Maybe it's about having control.

4. Doing paperwork- It gets me thinking about other things and I feel like I'm doing something useful.

5. Cuddling- With a pet, with a kid, with a person, with a stuffed animal- it's all good.

6. Sleep- It's true that everything looks better in the morning.

And now I tag... Maryanne, Ky, Lyn, Debbie, and... and... whoever else reads this blog.

Book Tag

I have been tagged to write about books, then, I get to pass it on.

Last Book I Bought: Authentic Beauty, be Leslie Ludy. I recommend it to any girl out there. It is currently out on loan to Amanda, because it is such an awesome book that it is impossible to NOT share it.

Last Book I Read: Oohh.... What was the title?? I forget. It was an awesome book anyway, and you should all read it, except I can't remember what it is to tell you. I read through them too fast, that I have no idea as to the title.
Oops, that was the 2nd last book I read. The last one was Stardust of Yesterday, a ditzy romance that I read in an hour and a half about this chick who falls for a 700 yr old ghost, then she breaks the curse, and he is a man again.
The last nonfiction book I read was Dr Phil's Family First, for studying purposes. (I'm trying to get into the habit of studying again.)(Who am I trying to kid. It's not again).

Book I Am Currently Reading: The Dark Moon Rises, by Denise Williamson. It is set in the pre Civil War South (1830s) and is very blunt about slavery. I've yet to finish it, so I can't tell how good it is.

Next Book I Plan To Read: I actually have three waiting for me at home. When Stars Begin To Fall (sequel to the one I'm reading), The Five Love Languages, and The Purpose Driven Life.

Five Books That Mean A Lot To Me: (Oh, this is hard.)
1. The Bible. To try to describe it would ruin it, so I'll leave it at that.
2. Authentic Beauty by Leslie Ludy. This book really changed how I view purity and relationships. I really recommend it to any woman out there.
3. The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. (Yes, I know I am cheating.) Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, Fiery Cross..... These are awesome books, impossible to fit into only one catigory, lots of odd little historical facts mixed in, very real characters, and they continue the story pas the happily ever after. Plus, they totally have re-readability value.
4. Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss. An odd choice I know, but it is an old favorite of mine, despite of, or more likely, because of, how impossible it is.
5. The O'Malley Series by Dee Henderson. It's interesting how devoted these characters are to their own created family, and how they all become saved and fall in love. Plus, they all have exciting careers, and each one has an well written mystery. All round good books.

And now I get to tag people! I tag Meghan and Debbie. Have fun! (That took 30 min)

Ooh-la-la...

Don't you all just LOVE getting haircuts? I mean, not only is it a serious change, but my hair is actually styled for once! It is so awesome for the self-confidance!!! Isn't there a song that goes "I feel good!", or something like that? Anyway, I feel good!

I'll leave everyone to their grumpiness, because overly happy people are annoying. Next time I blog, I'll be on a more even tempo.

It's Official

I have just come to fully appreciate that I am a true blue procrastinator.

"How did this come about?" you ask. Good question.

You see, I have only 2 things to do for a scholarship application due at the end of June, or is it July? Anyway, all I have to do is visit the county office and type up a letter. I REALLY don't want to do it yet. After all, I have a while yet, and I sent all my other ones off close to the deadline. And yet I could get it done early.

I realized all this after typing out the addresses of my letter.

I am also procrastinating on my paperwork- it got water damaged.

One thing I did not procrastinate on, though, (though I never worked on it- it sort of fell into my lap) was finding an apartment. I have a cheap apartment 4 blocks from college. Yay.

Update: I finished typing my letter, so I suppose I am not so bad after all.

I am such a copycat....

Since I must needs give credit where credit is due, I stole this idea from the "Life of Turner" blog. The origanal will doubtless be much more entertaining than the copycat. So here is the life of Jen by Numbers:

10 000- in dollars, the amount of money I need for school and living expences next year.
1500- in dollars, the amount of money I actually currently possess. (How does that work?)
4- The number of real (by real I mean more than a two day favor) jobs I've had in my lifetime.
2- The number of the aforementioned jobs that have been in libraries.
2- The number of th aforementioned jobs that have been with kids.
2- The number of times I've been on TV
4- The number of phone numbers I have possessed (including cells).
3- The number of places I've lived (One was acctually an in-between-houses place)
80- My grade 12 average. (I believe).
8- The number of kids I currently work with.
6- The number of kids I will be working with this summer.
66- The lowest mark received in high school (once).
88- The highest mark received in high school (twice).
3- The number of times I've been to Victoria.
4- The number of times I've been to the USA.
1- The number of places I've been to in the USA.
0- Times I've been further east than Saskatchewan.
12- CDs I own.
1- CD I've given away.
19- The number of years I have resided on the planet Earth.
4- Weddings I've been to in my life.
Tons- Funerals I've been to in my life.
1- Concerts I've been to. (For interest's sake, it was Starfield.)(I enjoyed it.)
10- in dollars, the amount of money I made to go to the concert. (I drove.)
15- in months. How much older I am than my sister.
27- Items in my wallet.
1- Number of times I've stayed overnight in the hospital. (When I was born.)
4- Number of times I've gone to the emergancy room.
2- Number of crooked limbs on my body. (For interest's sake, arm and finger.)
5- Number of scars on my hands.
5- Number of glasses I have worn.
6- The grade I was in when I first received glasses.
2- High school graduations attended.
1- Grad dress sewn for others.
0- Grad dresses sewn for myself.
10- Number of cold toes I currently possess.
4- Numbers of the above I know will change by September.
9- Numbers of the above I hope will change by September.

I have no idea what I'll write about...

...so here it goes.

I just got the mail, and Grant MacEwan sent me the date of the social work orientation- June 23, so I'll have to miss work, but that's better than if it were a week later, when I'd have to miss camp.

Today I am working with some new clients, two boys about 8-10 years old, from 3 til 10. I'll be doing the same tomorrow. Then I'll begin working with them in July again. My summer schedule is starting to come together. I will be working with 6 kids, all of them boys. There will be 4 year old twins, a 5 year old, these two boys I'll be working with tonight, and the 9 year old I've been working with all along. I won't be working with the 16 or 17 year olds any more.

I am wearing: jeans and my old pathfinders shirt

I am annoyed because: I arrived at the library too late to get a good computer, now I am stuck on the sucky one, and the jr high boys next to me are yacking about junk, girls, and more junk. This is a library!!

My plans changed yesterday because: instead of going to Edmonton, I had to work.

Oops I did it again!

This post could also be entitled "That Road Is Cursed!"

For the second time in my life I have hit the ditch, and it was on the same road that I did it on the first time.

Just so those people who know local geography can picture this better, I did it right by Lyons' and Todd Smith's places.

Some of you may have heard me mention how terrible the gravel roads in our area are. So here I am, putsing along (OK, I confess. In no way was I putsing. A more appropriate adjective might be zooming along.), and I hit this HUGE crater in the middle of the road. My wheels must have twisted a bit while floundering in the bottom of this crater, for when I shot out of the crater, my car was completely out of control. I remember swinging one way, then the other, and I knew I was going in. I did hit the brakes cuz I was afraid I might kill myself at the speed I was going. I do remember praying a really fast one word prayer, then I was headed for a ditch with trees, swung the other way, and landed in the other ditch with mud and water. The car slammed to a stop, and the driver's side tires went *squelch* into the mud up to its axels.

All of that happened in about 3 or 4 seconds.

So I pocketed the keys, got out the passenger side door, and yelled at my car. (I know, that's really benificial.) I started out for the Smith's when the neighbors from by the crater came out of their yard. (They'd heard the squeal of brakes and me yelling at the car.) We spent several minutes gazing at it all (that section was oiled, so you could see rubber from all 4 of my tires) and I found out that a couple days earlier someone else had done the exact same thing as me, except they stayed on the road for another 100 meters. We all decided I was lucky I hadn't rolled it, and then they helped me contact Lyons's to pull me out.

The lesson? Prayer works. God was protecting me. And my lead foot had got to go.