Overwhelmed...

Well I should probably update I suppose... Well I got a place. It's in Pitt Meadows, about a 5 minute walk from Jason's house. The people upstairs are super nice, it's a young couple and they're really laid back. It's above ground, so it's nice and bright. It has one bedroom plus a den, with insuite washer and dryer. I'll post pictures as I get them, and as I start decorating. I technically get possession on April 1st, so I will probably swing by and take a better look... I'm excited. I'm also a little mixed up too... really stressed out... it's an awesome place, and I'm excited that it's so close to home, especially to the area that I basically grew up in. It's just all happening so fast, and I'm excited about moving on and essentially "growing up" but those who know me well know that I have a hard time with change. The transition to high school from elementary school was ridiculously hard... then I cried my eyes out at grad because I didn't want to leave! I'm nervous about all the responsibility that goes with moving out. I'm sad to leave home. Even when my home is super dramatic with all 3 girls here, bickering and fighting, it's what I know, it's all I've known really. This is a huge step. As Heather said when we were out for coffee and lunch, it makes it all real. I'm really getting married. This is our first home, Jason and I. And as nervous, stressed, and freaked out as I am, I'm also extremely excited to take this step.

Whirlwind

Man things are insane right now. Everything's changing around me and it's hard to keep up!! First I get a new job, I'm still finishing up school stuff and tying up loose ends, and now there's some serious talk of me moving out! I went out place-hunting today which was ridiculously fun, my inner-interior designer sure did come out! I kept imagining how I would decorate and arrange things. I have a couple leads, but I'm going to play it by ear. So if anyone hears of anything coming available, let me know... I'm looking at a maximum of $700 a month (Jason and I are splitting the costs while I live there) and I would prefer a basement suite. Ohhh how exciting it is to think that I will be leaving in a month, maybe even sooner! I feel like ... an adult? (haha) I'm starting to enjoy this whole "growing up" thing... It's strange how everything seems to change so quickly. Strange and exciting all at once. A little scary too...

Update to the last post...

So after writing that last post today I put together some resumes and cover letters and set out to get a job. Well I kinda thought that it would take a little while before I heard anything. Well that wasn't the case. I went to this one place and dropped off my resume. They asked if I had time to have an interview right then!! And then at the end of the interview they asked if I wanted to join the team!! Talk about surprising!! So I start on the 3rd, which is just over a week from now. (Even though I'm not done school yet!! They still want me to start!) I'm so excited. Especially since it's in Maple Ridge. It's full time, Monday to Friday. Which means no more working on the weekend!! Weee!

It's funny how God works things out sometimes...

Happy Birthday to Jazoon yesterday, I finally was able to talk to him about the Canucks game we're going to next monday!! I got him those tickets in January and I've been bursting with the secret... Hooray!! Hopefully they don't lose, I've been to a bajillion games (well over 10) and I've never, not once, seen them win... And they really weren't heading in the right direction at the time that I gave Jason the tickets. Luckily they won 4-1 last night against Edmonton!! Woot woot!

Anyways, I have about 14 hundred things to do today, including finding a job so that I can get the heck outta the theatre! (Wouldn't that be grand?)

Wish me luck!

Granville Island

I went to Granville Island today with my friend Ashlee. We were doing homework. Yes, homework. I guess we could've done this homework anywhere, but we decided since we had a day off, why not spend it at Granville Island? We had to fill out a huge list of a variety of foods for our nutrition class, and the market there has many interesting foods. Did you know you can even get quail, pheasant, buffalo, or deer there? I didn't. But you can! We went to the Kid's market and discovered a wealth of ideas. Seriously, if I'm ever stuck for ideas at a preschool, I'm just going to take a day trip to Granville Island Kid's Market. They have the best puppet store ever where you can find a puppet for basically every subject. It's amazing. They even have finger puppet sets which include the "Axis of Evil" and "Axis of Evil 3" set (not sure if there is a 2) Together the puppets include: George Bush, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong II, Khamenai, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, and Dick Cheney. I found them quite amusing, so here are the pictures...














I also found a king's crown and a knight's costume for my prop box that's due in a couple weeks. (Basically a box with dramatic play clothes and props in a specific theme that's given to us by our teacher... It's supposed to be a Shakespeare theme, but I'm just gonna go with fairy tales...)

We saw these 2 street performers, they were playing in the food court of the market. They were amazing!! They were playing old time country stuff, like Johnny Cash and that era. One guy played the acoustic guitar, and the other guy played a stick, bucket, and piece of string as a bass!!! So fun!

All in all we had a great day, and I got a nice leather bound journal to write in, so I think I shall go do that now. :)

In like a frozen lion.

So I heard it was March... I thought that meant spring, but apparently that groundhog saw more winter. At least I got to make a snowman during my class. He was a bit evil looking though, he had red berry eyes and his face basically looked like this : By the time school was over the only indication that there'd ever been snow was a poor little snowman with no eyeballs, melting away.

I watched Walk the Line today, what an awesome movie. I love Reese in it, she's just adorable. Must get the soundtrack!

Deep Thoughts

well my car seems to be working again, thanks to Jason. Although it did overheat again today but there is a possibility that it is because my car was just thirsty and drank all the coolant we first gave it, and it just needed more... we shall see on Monday I guess when I drive to Mission... if I make it home, car's fixed, if not... well, hopefully there are some nice people in Mission.

Lately I've been dealing with a lot of crap on my mind. I realize that a lot of thoughts come from Satan and are intended to pull people away from God, but I didn't realize how extensive that can get. I've heard of spiritual warfare, but I really didn't realize how fierce a war it is. I think ever since I started fighting against the doubts I've had I've been feeling lonely... It's like every insecurity I've ever had is doubled since I've actively started trying to be closer to God. I think the hardest thing is fighting against these insecurities. Because doubts can be fought against, if you are intentional about having a relationship with God, it's really hard to deny that he's there. It's another story when it's about friendships, relationships, and people around you and what they are thinking. I mean, God is good, he is Love, he is everything that is great. And he loves me no matter what. So it really shouldn't matter what people think of other people. And I know this. But yet, these insecurities go through my mind. It doesn't help when people around me are hurting, or otherwise preoccupied. Gah, this post probably doesn't make any sense, I just needed an outlet to get some words out, even if they are totally incoherent...

And not to end this post on that note, because that would be utterly and completely depressing, here are some deep thoughts from the ever so inspirational Jack Handy...

"One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late."

"Too bad you can't buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak everybody out."

"Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind."

"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason."

"When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it's not, mmmmmmm, boy."


Ok now that I'm fully inspired, and hopefully you are too, I shall go to sleep. Goodnight!

Stupid car...

it's overheating again. There's a leak somewhere but I have no idea where, and last time this happened, Jason couldn't find anything either. But there is most definitely a leak, and if it's anything other than a hose I'm hooped, because I am so ridiculously poor. I really hope this works out, because I'm not sure I can handle any more stress right now.

I can't believe it's March already. I pretty much only have 4 more weeks of school and then I'm done. That's it. I don't deal well with change so I'm trying to brace myself now. All of a sudden I'm expected to "grow up" ... I mean really within the span of about 4 or 5 months I will go from a "student living at home" to a "wife with a career" .... It's kinda scary. Exciting, very very exciting, but scary too...

I think I'm going to go play some bass and enjoy this time that I have to myself right now....