Insert Graduation music here...

I finally did it! I'm finished! I am a college graduate! .... okay, technically the "convocation" ceremony isn't for another month and a half, but I've finished all my exams, and I have most of my marks. It's a weird feeling, to be done. I don't think it's quite sunk in yet, I'm sure it will in about a week or two when I don't go back. It's exciting though, to be able to say that I'm a College graduate, makes me feel accomplished. Though, to be honest, I'm just glad it's over with. I've never been a huge fan of school, and so I've been waiting for this day for a long time; since Elementary school really. And I made it, and it didn't kill me. My parents are thrilled of course, mainly because neither of them had the opportunity to go on to College. I'm one of the first ones in my family to graduate, so it's especially special.
People keep asking me what I'm going to do now, if I'm going to go on to University or what. I tell them, I'm going to work, and that seems to make them think I have something lined up. And, honestly, I kind of wish that I did. It would be nice to have that kind of security, but I guess I'll just have to keep applying and see what comes up.
Well, that's all I have to say for now, I'm too busy reveling in the fact that I"m done to come up with anything else to say...

I dreamed of a lake of beer, but not like this, never like this!

Just a sad little story for you, while I try to come up with something witty to say:
http://www.hfxnews.com/news.aspx?storyID=32313

It's tragic, really...

Ka-ching

I am proud to say, that I am typing this on my brand new laptop. After a week of staring at it in the box, I'm actually allowed to use it. (This is the downfall of having a tech-savvy boyfriend- he wanted to set my computer up for me and wouldn't let me touch it before then) Though I will say that I set up my wireless internet router and got it to work on the first try all by myself. (I rock!) So, although my pockets are a little lighter- about $1500 lighter, I'm still quite happy. It's a nice Compaq Presario I bought from Best Buy with my brand new Best Buy credit card. It was nice because that gives me 3 months to pay it off with no interest, something that my lack of income definetly needs. Anyway, I'm still playing around with it, but I like it so far. Hopefully this new lappy-top and my newfound wireless freedom will mean I get to write and post more. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Let's do the timewarp again....

Well, it's been one of those bizarre days, right from the get go. Although I know that I set my alarm for 6:45, it decided not to go off, and so I was awoken by my mother this morning at 7:15, the time when I would normally be leaving for school. So, this is a problem. I jump in the shower, and grab some coffee and a "cajun style" (read: burnt) hot cross bun, and off I go to school. I get there around 8:15ish (the class is scheduled to start at 8) but class hasn't started yet. We have a normal class, and then I spend about an hour working with my friend on our project. So, I go home, watch an episode of Dead Like Me; which, if you haven't seen, you have to. Then, it's back in the car and back to Oakville to visit one of the little boys in my Sunday School class, because I'm using him for a project. Coincidently he lives a few streets away from where my grandparents used to live, and where my mom grew up. So, I play for an hour or so, then I take a drive past the house. It looks different... Could be because I haven't seen it since I was 7, or just that the new owners have changed some things in the past 13 years, either way it's familiar, but not the same, and it gives me a weird feeling. But now I'm nostalgic and I've got an hour or so to kill before I have to get to work. So, I head to Hopedale Mall, which is a deceiving name, because it's more a glorified plaza than it is a mall. But wandering around in there, seeing how it's both the same and different made me feel like I lost years of my life. So, I picked up my favorite Easter treat (at half off... so I bought two) yummy marshmallow Peeps. Off to work I go, and onto the computer, opening MSN. (I'm a hard worker) I haven't been online all that long, but who should pop on but an old friend, who I haven't seen or talked to in two and a half years probably, and we didn't exactly part on the best of terms. Now, I haven't even seen him online in two+ years, so I'm completely weirded out. So, coming up with the brilliant opening line of "I think I have your book..." (which I do) I open conversation, and now we're going to talk. I feel 17 again. And remarkably awkward. I don't know... It's just been a strange day, I feel a little lost in time. And lost for time, since I haven't gotten anything accomplished tonight...

It's just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right....

Let's do the timewarp again!

Sun shining bright above me...

It's days like today that make me hate the fact I have to work on a Saturday. Now, mind you, I've never actually had a Saturday off, I've been working every Saturday for years, and before that I used to dance on Saturdays. So, every Saturday I've had off for as long as I can remember, I have been usually out of town, and sometimes doing something out of the ordinary. So, maybe I just have a false Saturday in my head. One where the sun always shines, and you never have any errands to run, and you have all the energy in the world, so you get to enjoy an afternoon, walking in the beautiful weather and doing all the things you always want to do, but don't have time during the week to do.
Here's the thing, it's Saturday (you think?) and it's beautiful outside, and since it's a holiday weekend, we're not that busy, and since no one was here yesterday, all those little daily jobs I usually have to do, like filing, were all done when I was here Thursday night. So, I"m bored out of my skull, and I'm in a glass building with nothing to look at but the beautiful sun outside, and all I want to do is go for a nice long walk, because in my mind, it's about 30 degrees outside, and not 10 like I'm sure it actually is.
I guess I'm wishing for summer vacation. (which I will probably not get this year) I'm wishing for a day where I can get up when I want, and the sun will be shining and it will be warm, and I can do whatever I want.
And I'm betting I'm not the only one...

The grammar nazi strikes again...

Well, it's officially in our store; The New Jetta is here. Or, as our sticker proclaims the 06' Jetta is here. Evidently they think that this is the year 0620, and not the other way around... It's confession time... It's time that I admit that I'm a grammar nazi. It's true. When I see blatant spelling errors or grammar errors, it just gets under my skin. And I'm not exactly an English professor, so I'll admit that my grammar isn't always the best. I am the queen of the comma splice, and I am only now learning how to use a semi colon. Still, spelling is a strength of mine, and as is true with many things, since I am good at it, I just don't get why other people aren't too. For example, I was working on a project, a brochure for class, and the girls I was working with spelt it broshure; I wanted to rip my eyes out. I wish I was kidding, but such blatant displays of obliviousness just get to me. It's like the whole their, they're and there debacle. Why people can't keep those straight is beyond me. I mean, it's not difficult...

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses

After twenty years of 20/20 vision, I have finally had to succumb to the fact that my distance vision is not what it used to be. So, yesterday I got my first pair of glasses. I won't have to wear them all the time; mainly when I need to see far away in detail, such as during church, or class. Today is actually my first day wearing them for any length of time, and I think that they are going to take some getting used to. They kind of pinch my nose, and my eyes are a little sore. Plus, it just feels really weird to wear them. I mean, I can see better through them, but my eyes have to work harder to adjust when I move from looking close up to far away, and I can see out the sides, which is different than through the lenses, and currently very distracting.
I suppose I'll get used to them, but for now, I just feel weird...