Sick and Tired

I am so sick and all I want to do is sleep however, I can't since I have so much work to do. Oh well I will get through as per usual. It is times like this when I really wish that I lived closer to my parents so I could be taken care of and be babied (only when I am sick do I feel like this).

Other than being sick I am stressed out of my mind since papers are now overdue and I am really struggling with writing them since the topics are not all that interesting and I just need a break from school. This weekend was a total bust and I should not have gone to the coast since I got nothing done. But unfortunately I can not rewrite the past. The one good thing that came from the weekend was that I had a meeting with Justin, the organizer of the discipleship program, and learned more about the program. However, it was not super helpful since they are stilll working out almost all the details that affect my decision the most. I will not know the details until late April or early May which is when I wanted to have everything sorted out. So I am not sure what to do and that is added more stress to my life (like I need more). Well I should stop procrastinating now and get back to writing papers.

Take care and God bless.

Unfullfilling Easter

So this weekend has not turned out as I thought that it would at all. First I am having trouble consentrating on writing papers since I just want to sleep and take a break. Then to make matters more complicated my dad had a gout attack so they did not go to Nanimo on Saturday instead they stayed around the house making it even more difficult for me to consentrate on papers. So needless to say it is Sunday afternoon and I have three papers due on Wednesday that are no where near being completed which means little sleep when I get back to Kamloops.

Also my parents have not really been that helpful whatsoever with my decision as to what to do next year. For mom it is all about the money and she thinks that I should take 3 courses no matter where I am so that I can get student loans, which I can see her argument but I do not want more debt if I can avoid it. Also I do not want to get stuck in a rut of making decisions based on finaces. I think that this will lead to many regrets in the future.

One benefit of coming down here though is that I am meeting with Justin tomorrow to find out more information about the discipleship program next year. Hopefully, this will help with the decision or at least make it so I can make a more informed decison.

I was hoping to get more school work done this weekend however I do not think that will happen since my sister and nephew were here when I got back from church and the rest of the family and a number of friends will be arriving anytime for dinner. Then tomorrow I will go to work with my dad so that I can talk to Justin, which I am not sure how long that will take. Then Brian is picking me up at my parents around 1:30 to head back to Kamloops. Oh well at least once I get back to Kamloops I can do what I want when I want with very little disturbances.

Well I should go and see what else needs to be done before company arrives. Talk to you all later.

Easter plans

So I have decided that I am going to my parents for the long weekend even though I have finished papers, I need a break. Also I want to talk to my parents about next year and get their opinion and comments on what I should do. Also I think that they will be the less selfish of everyone with their opinons since my friends seem to think that I should go/stay where it benefits them the most. Love you guys anyway.

Now that I know that I am leaving tomorrow afternoon for the coast I am having trouble concentrating and just want to go now, but I have to get lots accomplished tomorrow. Sigh.

I am also getting super excited for Japan and that is making it incredibly difficult to consentrate on what I have to get done now. To make matters worse my friend gave me a large wall map of Japan and a phrase book for trip prepartation and the trip itself. So now I just want to look at them, however, I have packed them at the bottom of my bag for the weekend so they will not distract me (hopefully).

While in Japan we are spending two nights at a hot spring which will be awsome the only problem is that is nude only to go in the springs (since this is the Japanese version of a bath). It is divided into male and female so that is not a concern. However, I still do not know if I am comfortable with this idea. What do you think, would you go in the hot springs? I might just get there and be like ahh well I only live once so I'm doing it. We will have to see, the shy modest one might become a nudist - hey it is not that far fetched (okay maybe it is).

Well this Johnny Cash Junkie and Buck Owen freak needs to go finish packing and get to bed since 5am comes very early.
Love you all and God Bless.

just wasting time

Wow, what is going on? two post in as many days. haha :)

So in reality I am posting because I am sick of writing papers and this is the most convient way to waste time right now. I have class in an hour and am basically done the paper that I am working on and do not want to start the next one just to leave it again almost as soon as I start. Also I am trying to decide which paper to work on next, Waste Disposal in Japan, Toponynmy in the Canadian Arctic, or The movement away from Christian Symbolism to Esoteric and personal beliefs as displayed in Early Modern British Poetry. None of which sound very appealing to me at this point in time.

So I am feeling as though I have been run over by a semi's multiple tires and just want to crawl into a hole and forget about the world for a while. It is times like this when I hate being an adult and having to take care of myself. But I think that I have decided that I am going to the coast for Easter whether I am finished my papers or not. I think that I need the break and can use a change of scenery. Also my parents are going away for the whole day Saturday so the house will be quiet and I can write papers then as long as my sister and mother do not decide that I should go to Vern's for the day so I have company - I do not want company I want quiet and a nice hot bath.

Well that is all for now.

update on life

Wow it has been forever since I have posted :). Life has been good so busy with school and work though. Right now I am in the midst of writing 4 papers (shortest of which is 1500 words) all due the week after Easter, in order to go to the coast for Easter and see my family I have to have all 4 rough drafts done. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Other than that I am wrestling with a major decision right now. After this semester I have two english courses left to recieve my BA. I have four options as to what I will do in the fall, but I have to figure it out asap since it will influence this summer. First option, remain in Kamloops and do the courses I need on campus and work here full time. Second option, move back to Maple Ridge and participate in a discipleship training program thru CLA and complete the courses that I need through Open Learning then transfer them to TRU to graduate. Option three, very much the same as option two but I would take the courses through Kwantlan or UCFV and then transfer them, with this option I do not know if I would be able to do the discipleship program it would depend on timing. With both option 2 and 3 I would also be working part-time in the Maple Ridge area. The fourth option that I have is to move elsewhere and work full time and take the courses through Open Learning. To make this decision I need to resolve many unknowns. Feedback and prayer as to what you think I should do would be appreciated.

Not much is happening in my life right now; just classes, work, homework, church, and occasionally sleeping. I am also in the midst of planning my trip to Japan in May, I have about 6 days where I am on my own and need to determine what I am going to do. I want to head south to Kyushu and see Mount Aso but other than that I am not sure what I am going to do. As the time gets closer I will post a detailed itenerary of where I will be for the three weeks that I am there and will try to post updates from Japan and let you know how everything is going.

Well I had best get back to those essays, what fun.

New Semester and Classes Same Stress

So I made it through the first week at school. It looks like it is going to be an intense semester with heavy reading. I am already behind and overwhelmed and it is only the second monday of the semester. Oh well I will get through as I always do.

For Christmas I got gift certificates for London Drugs to get a digital camera so I do not have to worry about film when I am in Japan. However, I know nothing about digital cameras or their features so I am going to have to do some serious research before I decide which one to buy. Anyone have any advice?

I am getting really excited about going to Japan, I think that it will be what drives me on and gets me through the semester. I am hoping that I have early exams so that I can have a few days off before starting the course in Japan.

Well back to homework

Back to the real world

So Christmas was interesting. I arrived in Abbotsford on Friday December 14th arouond 8pm. My brother picked me up and drove me to my parents house so I could pick up pjs and a change of clothes (I sent them down with Wendy the year before). We then went back to his house in Mission where I spent the night. Saturday morning around 7am we left to go shopping in the US. Thankfully I was able to purchase most of my Christmas presents. We arrived back in Maple Ridge around 6pm, dropped my stuff of at my parents, then went to the mall to be trained for the booth. Sunday I went to church and hung out with my parents for the day. The remainder of the time prior to Christmas was spent working at the mall, helping my dad with papers, baking, and finishing shopping and holiday preparations. Christmas morning I spent baking while my parents went to the church to scrub the pans from the community dinner the night before. We had our family christmas on boxing day. After christmas my time in Maple Ridge was spent seeing friends and cathching up. It was nice to see everyone again but it also hurt that so much of the focus was on Kaeden and Veronica and in many instances I felt almost completly ignored around people that I have not seen since the summer or even last christmas. I was definatly glad to get back to kamloops and have my own space again.

This semester looks to be decent. So far I have had one class and a four hour break. Got to head to my second class now (yeah Brit Lit).