Back to normal life :)

Well I am finally back into a normal routine :). School & Work! Normally I would be missing summer holidays A LOT by now (which I am a LITTLE bit) but right now I am more excited to be back in school because that means I am OFFICIALLY in my last year of school and then I will be getting married!!!! So so exciting :). I am learning to find my way around school now, I even was able to give someone DIRECTIONS yesterday! Woot! lol. I have found 3 Tim Hortons on campus...so far ;)...that's a GOOD school! :) lol. My absolute FAVOURITE days of school are Thursdays and Fridays. Those are the lab days and it's soooo much fun to actually work hands on instead of sitting in class. Today I got to ride in a wheelchair AND a mechanical lift. lol. The mechanical lift felt a bit like those swings they have at wonderland ;)...There I was dangling about 3 feet off the ground thinking "wow, they call this school? this is FUN!" I am glad I am not working a lot because I have NEVER had as much homework in my life as I do now :). I FELT EXTREMELY blessed when I went into work on Monday and found out that I had 11 students!!!! That is pretty much my income (plus a couple hours of teaching at home) for the year so it worked out great! I was worried about only working my one night at Durham School of Music but it ended up that between my teaching at home as well, I only have 3 students less than I had last year when I was teaching an EXTRA night. It's amazing! After getting excited about having so many students, I went into school the next day only to find out that a class had to be switched, so once a month I have to take a Monday off work. I sat in my seat at school fighting back tears, which may seem silly, but just when I thought everything was working out PERFECTLY something had to mess it up! For the next bit of class I sat there thinking "Well, I can skip the class...but I won't get my certificate which just is a waste....but if I have to take off that much time from work then they won't be happy with me." Oh well :). School is a priority right now ...that's just how it is. So yes, scheduling is a little bit crazy... but I will survive :). I have put planning the wedding on hold for the last few weeks but eventually I will have to find time to fit that in my schedule as well. I REALLY need to find some bridesmaid dresses :) lol. It is AWESOME to have Saturdays off work now that I said good-bye to Subway :). Tomorrow Alyssa and I are planning on hanging out :). Tonight Jonny & I are going to Alicia & Dustin's house! I love hanging out with friends! I absolutely LOVE my weekends :) :).

New Adventures

Well I officially go to a school of MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE.... lol! For the last 16 years I have been a small school girl so Durham College seems HUGE!!!! Tuesday was orientation which was pretty much just getting to know about my program and then getting to know the people IN my program. I left an HOUR early so that I wouldn't be late for orientation because of the strikers not letting people into the school. It was only a 5 minute wait which was no big deal. I even got free food out of it...and you ALL know my opinion on FREE FOOD :), enough said! :). Wednesday was my first day of classes. The strikers this time stopped me for about fifteen minutes which almost MADE ME LATE FOR MY FIRST CLASS. Nobody wants to be late for their first class. I parked my car and took off running. lol. I didn't know where I was going...but luckily I found my class pretty fast and got there RIGHT on time...whoo. We had to stand up and introduce ourselves to the class which scared me to death. I don't like talking in front of big groups of people but it seems I'm not the only one. lol. It seems I have a class of very shy people and surprisingly that makes me feel better. I was one of the first to volunteer to introduce myself because I wanted to get it over with. It got worse when I found it that in a few weeks we have a project due where we have to stand up in front of the class :S. Oh well...:). After class I had an hour break until my next class so I decided to walk around and try find where all my other classes were. I must have looked lost because a lday came up to me looking all concerned and said "uhhh...are you LOST?" ha ha...I guess I was. I tried to find the bookstore and I ended up OUTSIDE...by the university...I dont even GO to the university! ha ha! Then I couldn't figure out how to get back in. So sad :(. At that point my bag was feeling VERY heavy (I think I have the heaviest books in the WORLD) and I could hardly even hold it anymore.Luckily I found my way back inside and a lady told me "FREE PANCAKES OUTSIDE!!!" yuuummm! More free food! I definitely picked a good school to go to. lol After that I FINALLY found my next class. This class goes from 11-2 so clearly I was getting VERY hungry by the middle of class. Finally, the moment we were all waiting for...BREAK TIME!!! Tim Hortons was the ONLY thing on my mind...I had twenty minutes to walk upstairs, wait in line, and come back. So I walked...and walked...and walked...and all I saw was hallways. I took a turn...and saw another hallway, went up some stairs...and was in another hallway. None of which led to Tim Hortons... :(. Defeated I went back to class, my stomach rumbling . At the end of break two girls walked in carrying pizza...I wondered just HOW much trouble I would get in for attacking a fellow student for their food...I know who to follow next time I guess. I survived my first day of classes though! i DID pull a muscle in my neck though..ha ha (I TOLD you MY BAG WAS HEAVY!!!) ...I may have to invest in a locker. Today I left for school 50 minutes early only to be stopped by the strikers for ALMOST HALF AN HOUR. Once again, I was rushing to my class. But today, I found my class with no TROUBLE AT ALL!!!! My class was REALLY interesting :). On my hour break I had to go get a photo id...so guess who found it WITHOUT getting lost? Yup! Me :). Then I went and waited for my next class....which I DIDN'T GET LOST FINDING. Yup I'm so proud! :). In my lab today I learned to wash my hands :). You wouldn't believe ALL THE GERMS on your hands...ewwww. My lab is every Thursday and Friday and I'm NOT ALLOWED TO WEAR MY ENGAGEMENT RING!!! :(. For a girl who NEVER EVER takes her ring off...that's VERY depressing. I'm also NOT ALLOWED WEARING NAIL POLISH. I always manage to choose jobs that DON'T let me wear nail polish. lol. Tomorrow I have been told to bring a pillow and towel to lab. Yup, I get to walk around school carrying a pillow...how embarrassing! ha ha! I also heard that tomorrow the wait to get into school will be EVEN WORSE. Oh strike...please end already! I have almost survived my first week of school. Though I am no longer completely sane-I am feeling overloaded with homework-at least I'm KINDA finding my way around now :)

Parties, Shopping, & Dates

Hello! I AM still alive, yet I mistakingly neglected my blogging. oops! I have been enjoying my last few weeks of summer, mostly trying to get wedding stuff done before school starts. My mom helps me with wedding stuff, then I help her with school stuff (decorating her classroom, putting library books away etc...), we have a nice little system going on :). Unfortunately I am having no luck finding bridesmaid dresses :(. I can't find what I want in the right colour. Sad! Oh well, I still have LOTS of time :). You would think I would be sick of shopping...but I'm not! I even found my wedding shoes...on sale for TWENTY DOLLARS :). Saturday was my last day of work at Subway. I can't decide if it's a sad or happy thing...I think it's mostly happy lol...but I will miss the people I worked with. Saturday night Jonny took me out on a date. He also bought me flowers and 3 chocolate bars (one is absolutely MASSIVE) for our two years of dating :) :). Yay. We had an awesome date and then came home and watched a movie. It's funny because when we put a chick flick on, Jonny usually talks through it and I shush him. When we put an action movie on then I talk through it and Jonny shushes me! lol. And then occasionally we put a movie on and just end up talking the whole time and not even paying attention!lol. That's kinda what happened on Saturday. We both ended up talking..and then laughing...and I have NEVER seen Jonny laugh so hard in my whole life...he even had tears in his eyes from laughing SO HARD! LOL. It made me happy to realize that I get to spend the rest of my life with the guy who I can laugh with. I love him! Tuesday night I got to paint little girls nails at a birthday party. I drove a couple of them home to the Tudhopes house and if you EVER want to have a laugh, just listen to little girls talk! It is the absolute FUNNIEST thing ever to hear the stuff they come up with. I had a fun night of going to the Mandarin and perfecting my nail designs on their nails :). By the end of the night my legs were starting to hurt because of how I was sitting but I decided to tough it out since I almost had EVERYONES nails painted...BAD IDEA! Yesterday my legs were in so much pain that it was a CHORE to walk...or sit...or stand..lol. Oh well, they are ALMOST better today. :) That pretty much sums up the exciting bits of my week (I forget what else I did ha ha). Tomorrow I get to go to wonderland with the Faith Way College and I'm SOOOOO excited :). Durham College starts on Tuesday....I'm scared :S