Cremes

Sometimes I like to look back and reread old entries in my blog. I stumbled upon this one, written last April. I don’t know why I didn’t see it then, but I wanted to bring up something I spotted in the comments and address it.

Some of your readers are Christian. I understand that you’re not, and respect that. [emphasis mine]

WHOA! I have no idea how I didn’t see it then. What am I doing wrong? Should I talk about my beliefs more? Should I start doing charity work for the church? I can’t believe that someone I’ve talked to for a year or more has no idea!

So, to clarify: Yes, I am a Christian. My mom brought me to Sunday School when I was very young, and I went to a Baptist church for most of my life. In high school, I started to have doubts, and I disagreed with a lot of things that the minister was saying. In my first year of university, I went through a very hard time and found my way back to Christ. I have to say that I might not still be here if it wasn’t for Him. I still disagree sometimes with the minister at the church at home, but I consider my faith not to be blind, but to be informed. I’ve read things to help me through any doubts I may have had. I must say that Lee Strobel’s books are excellent, and I’m currently making my way through “Case for a Creator”.

I guess the way that you think you are presenting yourself isn’t always the way that you are viewed by others. Something to keep in mind.

Well today was a good day. No accidents. No falling. No scaring of the Alley.

And I got two As! Yay me!! One as a final mark for Spanish and one for a Book Review I completed about a month ago!

I ended up starting off the morning feeling icky at 4am. I felt really warm and nauseous and didn’t sleep very well for the rest of the morning, so at 7am I decided to skip my early morning class. My parents called to wish me a happy birthday at 8:45am, and I must have sounded really groggy. I also noticed a message from Mike when I wasn’t feeling good at 4am, so he was the first to wish me happy birthday after all.

I still didn’t feel good when I got up, but I ate some toast and that helped. Went to my classes and paid the bills, and made an appointment at the spa downtown for my manicure.

On my way up the hill from class, I ran into Owen, who gave me a super awesome PINK Nalgene. I chatted with Liz a bit before heading up the hill, and then I went home and had some KD and did a bit of studying. Casey and Robyn brought me a cute chocolate cake with a very annoying birthday candle! Then we hung out and watched chicky movies for a few hours.

I also received a birthday phone call from my sister, and two super cool gift certificates from Mup and Mike’s parents. :D Weee! Great birthday, and thanks to everyone who wished me a great day! It was fabulous and I’m loving 22 already!

Since I’ve had two requests for a birthday wishlist, I did one up really quick on Amazon. I hope that the link actually send you there, if not, I’m registered under my gmail address. I would be happy with any of those things, and I prioritized them in order of likey-ness. Let me tell you, it was not easy to think of random things I like to throw on a wishlist. So I hope that it is useful. I will make sure to update it for Christmas, you silly people! :D

I’m fighting to stay awake and it’s not even 10pm yet. I barely slept last night due to a sudden rush of “oh no!” panic, realizing how much work I must complete before the end of the week, and well you know how it goes. You take forever to fall asleep and then you almost miss your midterm at 8:30am. I woke up at 7:50am after cleverly turning off my alarm when it went off at 7am. That is the first time I’ve ever done that before. Once I opened my eyes and realized how late it was, I ran into the shower and then out the door, grabbing a muffin on my way. Heaven knows how the midterm went. I wasn’t very awake when I wrote it, and I’m not very awake now. I had a brief surge of energy earlier today with the aid of a caffeinated refreshment, but that has long since faded.

I wish that I could just finish all of this work and not have to worry about it anymore, it’s starting to wear me out. I’ll be happy once December gets here and I’ll just have exams and my distance course to worry about.

Mike and I booked my flight last night, I’m out of here on the 18th of December. Booya! I can’t wait, I’m sooooo looking forward to seeing him again. It just doesn’t feel right to be apart. Anyways, I’ve got to get back to the books so that I don’t fall behind, think that I’ll just curl up in bed with my American History book and have some tea maybe. I think a nice, relaxing shower is in order first though!

Oh, and by the way, there are 2 shopping days left to my birthday!! Haha! I’m not making a huge deal out of it this year, I will most likely spend the day of my birth holed up in my apartment doing school work. Go me and my exciting life! As long as it’s less terrible than my birthday last year, I’ll be happy.

Found this one Brian A’s blog, thought I would share.

1. Go into your blog’s archive.
2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to).
3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.

I was just on my way to meet Mike for the first time when I wrote this:

But here I am, ready to take off to Halifax, spend the night in the Holiday Inn, and then fly to Texas in the morning.

It was a pretty happy time, that’s for sure! It’s always good to remember that summer, it was wonderful. Last summer was wonderful too, but nice beautiful beaches were missing. Oh well. I would say “at least I didn’t get sick!” but I had surgery, so you just can’t win.

To read the rest of that particular blog, click here.

Ok, well I have a few things that I keep forgetting that I haven’t posted about, or that I did post about and didn’t really resolve it.

The Wedding

So we decided to go with option #3, that is, getting married in Nova Scotia as planned, and then making it legal in the States. Which state that happens in is anybody’s guess. It really all depends on the transportation we have to leave Nova Scotia: car or plane will determine a lot. (Obviously with a car it will have to be a long drive to Texas, but we will probably get married along the way.) I’ve decided to get a sheet cake from Sobeys (yay large grocery chains) and flowers from WalMart or something. I’m still waiting on my invitation sample and I intend to find a church this weekend, and maybe a photographer. The reception site isn’t really a big deal, if all else fails we can probably rent the community hall near my house for a few hours and maybe have a restaurant cater it. It’s going to be an afternoon reception, so nothing fancy.

School

I made a list yesterday of everything that needs to be finished by Tuesday. Over 20 things on that list. Should be a fun weekend, I really tried to get my workload slimmed down but there’s just no chance. Sometimes I think it would be wiser to not go home, but I promised I would and there are already travel and Alley arrangements in order. Good news though: I don’t have to write my exam until the 28th, so that gives me a week to prepare for it that I didn’t know that I had. I can’t believe I’ll be going straight up until the deadline. I feel like such a terrible student, but I know that under the circumstances I’m probably closer to supergirl. I’ve got Gone With The Wind to watch sometimes soon (for my American South class), but it looks like I may have to take that one home with me, I wanted to watch it tonight but I have that midterm tomorrow and I intend to read my “survey” book to study for it. (For those of you that aren’t history majors, a survey is a history book that just tells it like it is, a survey of events if you will, instead of a historical commentary.)

Tidbits

Today I’ve gotta run down to the Home Hardware and get another key cut for the apartment. Owen is going to be picking up Alley tomorrow night and will need to get in. I imagine that once I’ve had some lunch I’ll run down. Although heaven knows what that will be, I’m starting to run out of food that is quick and easy and doesn’t require at least 40 minutes of cooking. Or considerable time to defrost at any rate. I could always grab a bite to eat while I’m downtown, but I should probably save my money for a Tuesday or Thursday, because those are the days that I spend almost all day on campus. Oh, and for the financial situation: things are so much better than last year. I even have a small job waiting in the wings but I might not need it (might not be able to do it either, with all this school). It would probably only be about 200$ total, it would help but I don’t absolutely need it. I’m getting benefits from my dad’s disability pension, and student loans was very generous this year and I had lots of money. So for now, I’m doing just fine. It’s amazing that last year I was working and breaking my back, this year I’m just doing nonstop school and I don’t have to worry as much about money. It is a good thing, because I have enough to worry about with my classes.

And that’s it from me! Toodles!

Not to disappoint, I have been studying profusely as of late. I’ve been trying to stay at home, although I managed to sneak out to the mall yesterday and I picked up a couple shirts, all to accentuate my new, fuller figure. I’ve been wanting to work out but I just have no time for much of anything that isn’t centred around higher learning. Soon I’m going to have to make myself do it, I’m unhappy with the stomach fat that I’m accumulating and all this sitting around isn’t doing anything to fix it. But as of right now, there is not much time as the crunch is setting in for me to finish this distance course: my last one from Acadia. I’ve got two weeks left.

I intend to really go full force with the studying this week, trying to get all my materials together so that I can go home for Thanksgiving and have peace of mind. Of course, there is no way that I can go home without bringing stuff home, but I’m hoping not to have to study all weekend long. I hope to go into Yarmouth, maybe see a movie, and definitely get some Pizza Delight or China Court goodness. Of course, there is Thanksgiving turkey to be had! I’m looking forward to get away from Wolfvegas for a few days.

Anyways, for those who keep up with the life of Meags through this blog, I’m doing well. Kinda lonely, but Mike calls me a lot and I’ve got too much schoolwork to have a social life anyways. I’ve definitely been busy with all this school stuff, really I have more to do than I can accomplish but I’m trying not to get overwhelmed by it all. I’ve got movies to watch too, so it’s not all work and no play. Anyways, hope everyone is well, I probably won’t be blogging too much because I don’t have anything to say that isn’t about school. If something comes up, I will be sure to impart the exciting news! :D