Drowned Rat

HELLO HELLO HELLO!
Well, the last three nights I stayed at Alyssa's house because Phil was away and she didn't want to be lonely! It sure was fun! :). Let's rewind back to Thursday ... ;). Thursday was an INTERESTING day. I went to the doctor because I need some forms filled out for school. There I was waiting for him to fill out my form when ALL OF A SUDDEN I had a NEEDLE IN MY arM. It actually hurt a lot too. I don't LIKE needles but usually I can mentally prepare myself...I get really nervous and shake before a needle but I survive. I had no time to prepare myself this time lol...so I think I imagined it hurt more than it ACTUALLY did. After he took the needle out then he filled out a bit more of the form and then said he was going to send me downstairs to get blood taken. I walked down the stairs and then looked down at my arm and on top of the white bump that comes from that certain needle I also had BLOOD running down my arm! ha ha. Yup, a little embarrassing...and I had NO kleenex with me of course so I walked into the place to get my blood taken with blood running down my arm! ha ha! The lady looked at my arm and said "Oh, are you getting all your shots done for school?" I guess it must be an indicator when someone comes in with blood running down their arm? LOL. For some reason I was even MORE nervous than EVER to get blood taken. I almost asked the nurse to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE not take my blood. Really...I don't know what was wrong with me..I'm not usually such a big baby! Ha ha. Anyways she put the needle in to take my blood and I looked the other way. She was talking to me and then said "here hold this." Still without looking her direction because I DIDN'T want to see the needle I said "umm...pardon?" She said "hold this!!!!" I said "whaaaaaat?" She said "The NEEDLE is out!!!!...you can look now! Hold this!" lol...OOPS! She wanted me to hold the cotton ball on my arm but I thought the needle was STILL in me so I wouldn't look! ha ha...embarrassing...I have to go back to the doctor in a few wks and get more needles. School is SO over rated!!! I rushed to work after and I am USUALLY always 5-10 minutes early for work...but this time I had about ONE minute to get inside. No big deal...I had to park pretty far up the street because there were no parking spots...but still no big deal. Until I started grabbing my stuff from the car and it started to rain...actually let me correct myself...it started to POUR like CRAZY! I had my BIG bag of piano books to take in PLUS AN ice cap...! Luckily I found an umbrealla in my back seat...I grabbed everything only to realize I didn't lock my doors. I had to put EVERYTHING down again and lock my doors. It was starting to get windy out so as I walked toward work my umbrella was blowing backwards so I was using ALL MY MIGHT to keep it from flying away and I was carrying SO much stuff that I couldn't even RUN! Needless to say, when I got inside the umbrella kept the BACK half of me dry, but my front was SOAKED! I looked like I wore my clothes through a CAR WASH! I actually had water DRIPPING off my ARMS onto the floor.(plus all the dried up blood on my arm from the needle...HA HA HA) I was a sight to look at for SURE...when I walked in the door and people laughed at me (good naturedly that is...I laughed at myself too)...I was ABSOLUTELY drenched! I got upstairs and my student saw me and said "WHOA. YOU GOT WET!" Lol..I turned EVERY fan in the room on and pointed them at me so I could actually DRY! It was COOOLD! LOL!!! And the icing on top of the cake was when I OPENED my bag of piano books only to find out that all the books in my bag were WET! SOOOOO sad! Definitely an amusing day :)! On Friday Jonny, Alyssa, & I all had the day off work! We wanted to do something SUPER fun but after brainstorming we realize Durham Region is a pretty boring place! Lol. We ended up going to the Pacific Mall & Ikea! :) . I am just LOVING this summer so far! Summer is almost half over already! Crazy! I hope the second half of summer is EVEN better :) !

Bunnies & Deals! :)

Last night I sub taught piano at Durham! Sometimes it's nice to sub teach as opposed to going in and teaching my own students because it changes things up ...not the same routine as always. One of the students (5 yrs old) talked more than I have EVER heard a little girl talk before. Absolutely ADORABLE. She told me I had rapunzel eyes...which was cute...then she looked at me and said "Ha ha ...you have bunny teeth...cuz they are TOO long!" Bunny teeth huh? lol. Well, good thing I like bunnies. The rest of the lesson consisted of random things like "wow sometimes you even TALK like a bunny!!" (bunnies talk? that's news to me!!! lol) "You REALLY looked like a bunny when you just did that!" We also had a conversation that went a little like this...
Her: "Wow. Your nails ARE SOOO COOL! I LOVE the polka dots!!! How did you do them?"
Me: "I have a nailpolish pen."
Her: "Umm...do you have more than one pen?"
Me: "Yup. I have lots of different ones!"
Her: "Could I PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE BORROW ONE?"
Me: "They are at home and I'm not going to see you again. I am only teaching you today!"
Her: "awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww"
lol...so random but a VERY cute kid :)!
Today was a good day too! I spent part of my morning calling koodo because I had some questions about my new phone. I could NOT figure out how to talk to an actual PERSON lol...After saying "TALK TO A REPRESENTATIVE" and whining "pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease just let me speak to a HUMAN" I guess the machine decided that I needed to talk to a PERSON! lol :)  My mom and I went out shopping after and I found some GOOD DEALS! A brand new book for a dollar. A dress for ten dollars! OOhhhhhhh I just LOVE deals! :) When I find a good DEAL IT literally MAKES my DAY! That's a true shopper I guess :). Speaking of...I should stop shopping any day now...;)...or not...:).

Fairs, Family, & Fun

Well I had a PERFECT WEEKEND... probably because I didn't have to work at Subway...ha ha ha! ;) On Friday Jonny, my dad, my cousin Jim, and I went to imperial buffet. I absolutely LOVE buffets and usually leave feeling like I just ate an ELEPHANT!!!! We were planning on going to my aunt and uncles house for dessert after for a family get together. My dad said "stay away from the dessert...you need to save room for later." Ha ha...telling me that is TORTURE! They had little cups of mousse...the best mousse you could EVER EVER IMAGINE! I couldn't resist...!!! But it's ok I still ate dessert later :). Saturday morning I went with Jonny's family to a memorial lunch for one of Jonny's uncles who passed away a few months ago. It was good. I met his uncle once but didn't really remember him but from all the speeches you can tell that he made a BIG impact on people's lives! I went to Jonny's house after and he needed to go out to get a present for Father's day. So we took Abi out with us and after we finished shopping Jonny pulled into the parking lot that had a FAIR! I got excited cuz I LOVVVEEEE rides and when we went to the Brooklin Spring Fair a couple wks ago we didn't get a chance to go on rides :(.! Only Jonny would lose our tickets TWICE!...AND tickets aren't exactly CHEAP either! lol He found them in his pocket the first time but the second time we couldn't find the 3 tickets ANYWHERE! I saw three tickets blowing around and said "I FOUND THEM!!!!!" Then one of the workers at the fair said to us "Oh, you finally got the tickets that have been blowing around for the last 15 minutes...!" So...apparently they weren't even OUR tickets ...cuz we hadn't been missing our tickets that long. Oh Jonny, Jonny, Jonny...;) We went on 3 rides but Jonny sat out for one ride...the worst...or BEST... ride of all...I can't decide! Ha ha! I went on the ride with Abi and it looked like a pretty tame ride from when we watched it before ....and THEN we got on it. It was kinda a spinning up and down sort of ride...I think it is the FASTEST ride I have ever been on in my life! My cheeks were SUCKED back from the force LOL AND I'm pretty sure I DROOLED lol...! Abi & I could NOT stop laughing and I actually could not HOLD my head UP! lol...it was flinging all over the place and I wanted the ride to end sooooo bad but at the same time it was incredibly fun! I love that Jonny does little things like taking me to the fair and other things to make me happy! He is SOO good to me! Yesterday (Sunday) was a great day at church, of course! :D Today was an absolutely GREAT night of teaching! That student who used to answer every question I asked her by saying "OBVIOUSLY" in a not so nice tone has literally become a new kid! She answers me properly and is so good now! She literally RAN into her lesson and her mom told me she was SO EXCITED to come! She is FAR more fun to teach when she is good! She got to choose a prize from my prize box today so she chose a stuffed lion! She was absolutely IN LOVE with the lion. We were doing a practice exam and we got to her clapback. I always tell my students to listen to what I play the first time...and then the second time tap quietly on their leg so when they clap it, it will be easier to clap since they already tapped it. She grabbed her lion off the piano and said "IS it ok if the LION taps on my leg?" ...ha ha ha! I told her for TODAY the lion could tap on her leg! lol! She is my last student to do an exam (Although I have only taught her the last month so she is not TECHNICALLY my student) which means tomorrow I don't have to STRESS about student's exams anymore! Yay! My students have done great so far! One student got a 91% which I did not even know was POSSIBLE on piano exams...but I guess it is...I was just never good enough to get in the 90s on an exam! ha ha ha! Well I will end off by saying...my head is in the clouds tonight! I feel like I am one of the most blessed people in the world in so many ways! God has blessed me beyond I ever could have imagined!

Oops :).

Well I have not written in almost a WEEK! I could say that I have been extremely busy...or something SIGNIFICANT HAPPENED in my life...but unfortunately that's not true...I kinda forgot I had a blog! OOPS :)! My cousin from Austalia came to visit for the week so I have been sleeping upstairs in the spare room for the last few nights :). I have decided I like it...it's far less lonely than downstairs :D. I didn't do anything very exciting this week...oh WAIT... I did pass my 'G' test yesterday :). I am SO HAPPY I got that over with :). I was a little nervous at first and at one point meant to turn my signal on but reached for my wipers instead. How embarrassing. :) Oh well, that's what nerves do to you and I don't think the examiner even noticed. :). There are TWO things in life that I absolutely DREAD...they are back in parking...and parallel parking :). The examiner asked me to parallel park...so I took a deep breath...and MANEUVERED THE MOST PERFECT PARALLEL PARK YOU CAN IMAGINE! I wanted to cheer AND YELL...but that probably would not have been appropriate. :). I did my hair all nice that morning...only to find out...I DON'T even get a NEW PICTURE on my license??? SO DEPRESSING...especially because the picture I have on my license now is NOTHING to be proud of...lol...oh well...that's life :). My mom took me out to celebrate my "pass" at the mall...where I looked for those 2 pairs of sandals that I wrote about in my last post...do you think they had my size at THIS MALL? Nope...I will forever remember the COMFIEST pair of flip flops that I have EVER tried on that weren't in my size :(. On Tuesday my dad, Jonny, my cousin (Jim), and I went to a baseball game. The Blue Jays ACTUALLY won :) and we had lots of fun! :). I craved a slurpee like NO ONE has EVER craved a slurpee before...Jonny & I waited til the 5th inning to go and get one cuz I said I would want one even MORE by then...did you know they have DOUBLED the price of slurpees????? I couldn't justify paying $7.50 for a slurpee...even though Jonny was MORE THAN WILLING to buy it. I just could ...not...do...it :(. I did get other snacks though...but no slurpee for me :(. Today I saw two foxes in the backyard...I was half caught between being amazed by them and wanting to run inside...I kinda crouched there watching the foxes while being ready to run. The mama fox licked the baby fox clean. I decided they were kinda cute. I had texted Jenn earlier saying "AH THE FOXES ARE HERE. SO SCARY!" She didn't reply for a bit and then I went to Lyss' house and didn't have my phone. Jenn had been texting me but I didn't know and was not reply so she started to worry and think I had gotten bitten by a fox or was stuck hiding from them in a tree. lol. She ended up calling Lyss' since I was not home to answer my cell phone or the house phone and she was really worried. It's nice to have someone to worry about you once in a while :). Well that about sums up my wk :).

Every day should be a weekend :)!

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE my weekends! :) so much! Yesterday I went out shopping in the morning because I REALLY felt like shopping. I found the COMFIEST pair of sandals you can imagine...and do you think they had my size? NO! OF COURSE THEY DIDN'T! That would just be TOOO awesome! :(. Then I found a PRETTY PRETTY pair of sandals...and do you think they had my SIZE? Really...do I need to answer that? I came home and sat outside in the backyard and was reading when I heard this voice say "hello!"...And I replied "HELLO!"....AND HAD NO IDEA WHO I WAS TALKING TO!!!! HA HA HA!!! I turned around and realized it was a construction guy...He said he rang the doorbell and when no one answered he thought to check the backyard...lol! Long story short they had to do some work at the end of the driveway and said...do you need to go out within the next hour because we will be working on it for an hour. There was still about 2 and a half hours til Jonny was done work so I figured it was all good....THREE AND A HALF HOURS LATER I WAS getting a LITTLE restless because Jonny had been off work for AWHILE and was wating for me to come...Finally I went out and asked the construction worker if I was allowed leaving yet (my car was trapped on the driveway)....but he said no. About a half hour later a construction guy rang the doorbell and said if you NEED to get out...you can go now. So as I pull up to the massive pile of dirt the guy tells me "Don't use the gas or you will sink right in." ummm AHHH! :) I asked Jonny if we could go to the mall that night to see if they had the sandals (YUP...still have those on my mind). ..and do you think THEY HAD MY size? NO! Growl! Lol. Oh well :)...maybe my mom will want to go to the OTHER mall that might have my size...hmmm...I will see what I can do this wk ;). lol! Today I worked a few hours at subway and it was absolutely POURING!!!! I have never ever seen it pour SO MUCH IN my life! I somehow LIKE working when it's pouring so hard, I'm not sure why. We had A LOT of big orders today (as in 20 subs ALL AT ONCE)...anyways I was serving a guy while the other girl I was working with was making the 20 subs. The guy I was serving said "Is there a party? Am I invited?" The people waiting for the 20 subs were behind him so I said "I don't know, ask the people behind you." He turned around and looked at the two people sitting there and said "nevermind...they look boring!" LOL. I had to drive home in the pouring rain and literally could not see two feet in front of me...a LITTLE SCARY :). When I got to Jonny's house tonight Abi & I realLY REALLY felt like going out somewhere...so Jonny, Abi, and I walked to Tim Hortons (where Jonny bought us LOTS of snacks) & then Shoppers :). YAY for the WEEKEND :). I love weekends :)

I feel so accomplished :)!

Well I haven't blogged in a few days so let me catch you up on everything.. :). Tuesday I had to stay home because my mom had some pictures coming from Australia so someone had to be home to sign for them. I literally spent half my day upstairs listening for the doorbell...which actually isn't nearly as bad as it sounds! Ha :) I had lots of reading time...and finally the pictures came:)...two gorgeous pictures my nana used to have in her house :). I went to Jonny's house Tuesday night and we decided to wash my car. Jonny pretty much took over ALL MY "car washing" jobs because I was too slow! Ha ha ha! Instead I stood by the car and complained how hot it was. Jonny told me to go get a garbage bag since I had junk in my car but I refused because I said I never keep junk in my car ;). I had forgotten about the garbage I had stashed in the side pockets...ha ha oops. So then Jonny decided that EVERYTHING I have in my car is junk...and by everything I mean MONEY,PENS, AN UMBRELLA...ETC...ha ha ha ! So I was saying "NO NO NO! Don't PUT IT IN THE GARBAGE BAG!" and just to be difficult Jonny threw EVERYTHING in ! ha ha ha! So then I pulled all my NON-GARBAGE out of the garbage bag and sneakily put everything back in the car! ha ha! I laughed soooooo hard! (and got a sun burn...--I told you it was hot outside...--ha ha!) I tell you though, Jonny made my car shine like NEVER before. Unfortunately I went home and parked on the driveway and all the pollen from the tree fell on my car. BOO! ...oh and then a bird pooped on it. Thanks birdie...thanks for NOTHING! Wednesday was an uneventful day...I was in the toddlers class on Wednesday night and I LOVE LOVE LOVE those toddlers so much! Toddlers are the cutest little PEOPLE in the entire world. One of the toddlers came in the class...sat down beside me and held my hand! Aw!!! Then he gave me the cutest little smile you could imagine! ....LOVE those kids! Ok and then today...today I OFFICIALLY BECAME AN accomplished PERSON! Ha ha. I have my G driving test coming up soon so my dad booked me a driving lesson with a friend he has in Cobourg. I have been driving for a few years but have managed to get out of highway driving. (I have done highways with an 80 speed limit but the ONLY time I have driven on a highway of 100 km was for literally 3 MINUTES....ha ha...cuz I got on and my exit was RIGHT after that.) Needless to say it was my first time driving on the 401 and I was NERVOUS! Ha ha! My dad was with me and said "ok get your speed up to 100"...yup I have had two speeding tickets but I had to be TOLD to drive faster! Ha ha! Well I survived and it wasn't so bad after all :). When we finally got into Cobourg I thought... oh what a relief. The driving instructor got in the car and said..."We are going to go on the 401!" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! He made me go on it 3 times which is my LEAST FAVOURITE part of highway driving....getting ONTO the highway! I survived though, and I feel accomplished. (I am taking my driving test in Lindsay and they only have "FAKE" highways there! lol...yay :D) I would have driven on the highway sooner if I would have known if I would have SUCH an accomplished FEELING ! :) lol

Monday- a good start to the week! :)

Well today was a good Monday! (I actually forgot that I used to hate Mondays lol...because when I'm not in school they don't seem so bad somehow! :D) Today Joy & I went to the zoo with my mom's class! We were sad that there were no baby goats at the zoo this year though! :(. We didn't stay with the kids but we went up in the bus with them (wow...was I REALLY that noisy when I was a kid? lol) & ate with them. That hour of being with them probably gave us enough amusement to last all week. We were discussing..."Why are kids so WEIRD?" ha ha...weird in a good way of course! But they say the absolute funniest things and sometimes do the most random things that make you wonder..." what on EARTH are they thinking?" Kids are so funny! :). We had fun at the zoo...we howled back at the wolf...listened to the monkeys snort and bark (yup...I'm not kidding...the monkey actually BARKED... it was weird) and fed the GREEDY GOATS! lol...yup animals are weird too. So I think I am starting a new tradition...Last year I went to the zoo and got pooped on by a seagull. Yup, guess what happened at the zoo today? THANK-YOU SEAGULL FOR POOPING ON MY HEAD. Luckily it was not ALOT... Mrs. Brown kindly cleaned it out of my hair for me :). lol. After having fun during the day I absolutely DREAD going to work. When I am just sitting at home being bored, work doesn't seem so bad. Anyways I had a pretty normal night at work...until I got to my new student. (yup, remember the one I wrote about last week ....I wasn't sure whether or not she was ACTUALLY rude?) That half hour lesson is the weirdest half hour of my life. I'm not sure how to even explain it. At one point we were working on scales so instead of just leaving her song book open for when we USED it again in a second...she THREW it on my lap and said "I DON'T need this." I kindly asked her to PLACE it on the piano next time instead of THROWING it at her teacher :S. At the end of the lesson when I asked her if her mom comes to the door to get her she answered me by saying "How would I know...I'm not in CHARGE of my mother!" Wooooooooooow :S. The mom then told me how she planned on booking another half hour lesson with me ON TOP of the one we are already doing, but I am FULLY booked up except at 5:00 (and this student has a lesson at 6:00) ...so it doesn't make sense for her to wait around for half an hour while I teach another student and then have the other half of her lesson. So I explained to her mom that it would make sense to take another half hour lesson with a different teacher at 5:30 or 6:30 so they wouldn't have to wait around for me for an hour and a half while I teach another student in between. The mom said "oh no, no, no, we want to do it ALL with you!" ....Gasp :S.

Recital...Fair...Caramel Apple = Bliss ! :)

Well yesterday I had a recital for all my students! It was very nerve-wracking to watch my students...lol...but I DIDN'T need to be nervous because they all did AMAZING!!!  :D. When I used to have to play in recitals, almost every time I would get only halfway through and then forget the rest of my song. I would practice my recital song and know it perfectly but once I was in front of people the pressure would get to me. When I looked at all my students nervous faces yesterday I knew EXACTLY how they felt. They all did soooo great though! I felt such relief after recital was done and then it was....time to CELEBRATE at the fair! Jon, Joy, Jonny & I went to the Brooklin Spring Fair! :). We went to watch the demolition derby which was VERY COOL! Somehow I enjoy seeing cars getting smashed up! :). I paid a dollar to go feed some cute little goats....well at least I THOUGHT they were cute...until I walked in and started feeding one goat...then another goat came up and PUSHED HIM very ANGRILY...and bit me! Yup, a goat bit me! Too bad I don't have a BIG HUGE gash or cut to show for it! lol! I decided I didn't like those goats so I walked over to some other goats who saw me holding food....I had THREE goats jump up on me...they were all standing with their paws on me and trying to get the food...I thought they were gonna attack me ...so I just threw all the food at them. Yup, I paid a dollar to get attacked by GOATS :)! ha ha! Jonny bought me a caramel apple at the fair and it was the BEST CARAMEL apple I have EVER EATEN! It took me forever to eat it because of ALL the caramel on it! yuuuuuuuuum! I think that's one of my favourite things about fairs... the food :). Jonny also bought me poutine for dinner. He said to me "Cheryl, you won't be able to finish it, look how big it is." I said "Oh I will finish it for SURE ...I'm really hungry!" ....20 minutes later "ummm, Jonny? Are you still hungry? I'm uhhh....well....uh....kinda full...." lol he knows me better than I know myself sometimes! :) All in all...it was a great weekend :).

4 and half hours of wii....A new record! :)

Yesterday I was sitting at home cleaning out my CLOSET...BLAH!.... when Joy texted asking if I would go out shopping with her for a bit! Obviously I chose shopping over cleaning my closet!!! lol! I brought my two left sandals hoping that the store would have a right sandal in the back :(. At least I had prepared myself for disappointment....they didn't have any. I had bought the sandals a couple of months ago & didn't have the receipt and was also told they were final sale when I bought them so i figured I would just be taking my 3 dollar sandals home & throwing them in the garbage :(. But I got lucky, the cashier told me I could go and pick out something for the same price! :). It was nice of her because she could have just made me take my two left shoes home;)! Joy & I then went to McDonalds where she managed to somehow keep biting her lip instead of her food...lol! Poor Joy! I have sure been making use of the $1 iced coffees from McD's! YUM! :) After all this fun I REALLY didn't feel like going to work, but it was a good night as usual! :). Ha ha I have one student who makes excuses for EVERY possible THING you can think of! Sometimes it's funny...other times, not so much! Last night we were getting her ready for her piano exam which is in a couple weeks so we were doing clapbacks! I said "I will play this for you and you clap it back" (We have practiced these many times before and never had a problem) Well yesterday I played, and she clapped back...SOOOOO quietly that I could hardly even hear it. Ha ha. So I told her "You have to clap so that I CAN hear you!" And she said "I can't clap!" I said "What do you mean you can't clap? We have done this before. Did you forget how to do these?" She said "No, I know WHAT to clap, I just CAN'T clap! It hurts my hands to clap, so this is how I always clap." FOR REAL? ....lol. So we had a little clapping lesson and another little lesson on "we aren't going to lose points on your exam for an excuse like that!" Lol...I have heard more excuses from this girl in the last year than I have used in my ENTIRE LIFE! ha ha ha! Excuses like.... "My shirt is too tight for me to sing." "I can't sin because I have to burp." "I can't play on this piano....it's different." ...etc...
Last night was my last time teaching one of my students since soccer season is starting for him. The only way he gets two treats is when he practices, otherwise he only gets one. Last night since it was his last lesson I told him he could take two treats. He said "But I didn't practice!" I said "I know but today I will give you two because it's our last lesson." So he took two and said "ummmm....do I have to pay you for these?" ha ha ...my students make me laugh! Last night after work Alyssa came over. We played wii for FOUR AND A HALF HOURS!!!! I have never EVER played wii for that long at once. My thumb actually HURTS today from holding the controller. That ...is...sad....BUT IT SURE WAS FUN :)!!!!!

Summer is FINALLY here :)!

Well the sun finally decided to show its beautiful face and stay with us for awhile! yay! Alyssa & I went to the lake on Monday & then Holly & I went on Tuesday! I have decided next time I am at the lake I WILL wear sunscreen. My sunburn REALLY hurts. On Tuesday Holly & I were sitting on a log watching a poor dying fish. He was trying to swim but was struggling. Seagulls starting circling around him so we kept scaring the seagulls away. Apparently we weren't scary enough for the one seagull....He swooped down and ate the POOR FISH!!! We both screamed "NOOOOOOOO!" Aw... :( Maybe being eaten was better than suffering? I dunno...I'm not a fish :). Today Joanna & I went bike riding. (Yes I wore sunscreen today! lol..I even triple loaded it on before leaving the house! :D) I haven't been bike riding since last summer and I sure have missed it. It was fun but by the time I got home I was sweating....sure is warm out...plus I broke out a sweat dragging my bike up the HUGEST hill you can imagine!!! lol . Last year when I was bike riding I had to climb that hill with my bike. I was with Alyssa & Jonny and I remember the hill felt SO BIG! Jonny dragged his bike to the top and then Alyssa & I whined a lot so that he came and got our bikes too! Ha ha we are such babies I know, cuz everytime when Jonny is NOT there, I manage to get up the hill on my own! ha ha. I feel like I got more accomplished today than I did in my WHOLE last month of summer holidays! Ha ha ha! I booked tickets to go see Jenn, Tim, and Michael! (5 wks from today I will be in Halifax!!! YAY) I got started on my durham college process :)...printed off my invoice and other things...soon I will get to see my SCHEDULE! eeeek! I am praying SO hard THAT my schedule works out so that I can still have a job :S! I made up programs for my students piano recital on Saturday & also made up goodie bags for them! I feel very accomplished today! On a sad note, I bought a pair of sandals a few months ago that have been sitting in my closet til the sun showed its beautiful face. I pulled them out of the closet today, all excited to wear them to church, only to realize I bought TWO LEFT SHOES! Soooooooo, sooooooo sad :(. I really liked the sandals. At least they were only $3. Of course they only have HUGE sizes left, so I can't even go buy two right shoes. (That was my mom's idea...she said "then we can each have a pair!") Today, I wouldn't mind having two left feet. Speaking of two left feet, I have become increasingly CLUMSY lately. Yesterday while leaving Jonny's house, I bruised my knee by smacking it on a bed, then walked outside and tripped while walking to my car! Wooooow! Today while bikeriding I got myself a NICE big bump and bruise on my ankle although not ENTIRELY MY fault. When I rode by on my bike a dog stepped out in front of me so I had to jump off and managed to hit my ankle on the pedal. Maybe I should try on those sandals????....who knows, maybe I do have two left feet!