"Flying Higher Than a Kite on a Windy October Day" - by Anonymously Amazing

Yea, I made up that quote. I thought it was quote worthy though! What do you think? Dont Answer that acutally! So basically I had an Iced Capp about three hours ago, and im still buzzing like a bumble bee! Im tellin' ya, them drinks are addicting! Not to mention their dounuts make you fat! yea I said it.. im being bold. When the Timmies girl passed me that little bag with the boston cream dounut in it, it felt like christmas! (Mainly because she gave it to me for free, thanks Alondra!) But I got to thinking.... I dont like to be a calorie counter, but dang... once you know what is bad for you, you begin to think that every time you eat junk food, that you will gain ten pounds. And I swear, the more you think it, the more you acutally do gain! Dang it! But I dont feel that I am as addicted to Timmies as I am to licorice. I love Licorice [lik-or-ish] !!! I recently realized that I can buy two bags of licorice at Super Store for $0.98!!! Thats a good deal.

So to add to my little bit of ranting, I have had this "All for the love of Sunshine" song by Steve Holy in my head for a good few weeks now! Its bad... real bad. I mean, not only does it play over and over again in my head, but I start to replace the word 'sunshine' with random things that I love at that moment. For example, Licorice, Peanuts, Scrap Metal... and so on. I don't know what to do anymore. Perhaps someone can give me some 'stand up' advice on getting songs out of your head. This one is worse than the "Everybody was kung fu fighting" song, and the Hampster Dance song "dee da dee da dee dee doe doe..." (You know those songs, admit it!)

So today was a rather comical day for me. Mainly because I felt really silly. I slept in a bit, then spent my morning reading (like usual). Then after eating pizza for TWO meals (Breakfast and Lunch), I went off to my Marriage and Family class! Before I got to CBC, I stopped off at my old College (UCFV), only to pay $0.25 for 5 minutes of parking so I could run into the office, pick up my transcript and run out. Once at CBC, I quickly walked to the cafeteria to sit and wait a bit for my class to start. Now, you wouldnt believe it.. but while I was walking from the parking lot, BWC was walking about 10 feet ahead of me. I didnt want to be an idiot and yell out "HEY BLAKE"... so I just assumed that evenutally he would turn around and then I could politely say "hello".. WELL, dont I feel like a jerk today, cuz he didnt turn around, and so I did not say hello, in fact, that happened to me twice today (same person too).. haha! It made me laugh a little inside.

So marriage and family was a funny class. Our topic was about types of families, and then of course.... dating! haha, shoot... we played some fun little games, one where I was part of a family of other students, the whole time i was standing up (not even talking or saying anything significant) i was giggling! cuz there was like 50 people watching me! Then for the second part of class we broke off into three groups and had to demonstrate, with a random object, the three types of families!.... mine was the funnest one, i think. Cuz we all stood inside this big circular shaped piece of nylon and then leaned back so we were as far from eachother as the nylon would allow us! The best part was being outside in the sunshine!

THEN, it happened. I had to go to this Lecture on the Dead Sea Scrolls ... two hours! I was dreading it, but I went. And even though it was VERY hot inside the Chapel, and I ended up using my note paper as a fan... It was worth it. Acutally, I never realized how significant the DSS were! The second speaker was really funny... he kept calling us "my friends" and he had an accent from South Africa... it was fun all around.

Are you wondering where the timmies fits in yet? Well that was after the Lecture... and it was good! mmm... But you know what, I just sat here for like three hours trying to work on the template for this blog.. and I was almost ready to give up! BUT THEN... My computer started being a jerk. Now you are probably wondering why I call my computer a jerk... that is because it kept freezing on me, then spontaneously shutting down. And even now, I type about 40 times too fast for it, so the words dont catch up to me until i am on like the fifth sentence of the paragraph and i take a break! Not to mention, for awhile my mouse didnt believe in 'right clicking'... lol nope... i dont even think the clicky thing worked at all!... Tomorrow im going to buy a cat.

Tomorrow is going to be a great day. I only have TWO classes - and one of them is just a video! Then it is Invitation to Youth Work Retreat Time!! That will be fun. I will tell ya'll about it on Friday when I get back! Till then, Drive Safely.

Holy Smokes! (This one is long, Viewer discretion is advised)

I know it has been quite a few days since I last blogged and you all are probably wondering what I have been doing with my time. Well for starters, yesterday I spent 12 hours reading a book and writing a 5 page critical review on it!... so there was that day. But This weeked is more the highlight of the weekend!

Friday, I had class first thing in the morning... it was boring, but I managed to joke my way through it! (teehee) After class, I went home to pack for my weekend adventure to Heather's family cabin in Green Lake. Now, after much doddling around and stuff, and finally giving in to buying some chips (btw, the are VERY high in fat for all you dieters out there). Then we departed from Heather's house at about 1600 hrs. Andrea rode in the car with me, and in the truck ahead of us was heather and her family.

So the first problem was that I had forgotten to hook my subs back up, so pretty much the music was only half as good. But I planned on fixing them as soon as we stopped. (yea that didnt happen). Apparently I am a forgetful person. But man, was the trip long.... I mean, there is nothing like driving behind your friends parents! They think my car is a piece, so they drove slowly in order for me to keep up with them. The funny part was on the big hills, I had to take running starts so that I could make it up at a decept speed. Heather's dad was really confused why I was "trying to pass them" but it only took seconds before I was falling behind! Dang funny, I tell you.

Some other events that followed the trip up there were the exciting stop at A&W -YEAH For CUPONS!... and then the animals that we almost hit on the way. In total, there was a herd of wild sheep, a flock of birds (One got hit.. ), deer, and then of course... the cattle. Now the cattle was funny cuz they were black, and it was... well ... black out. Lets say I probably would have hit them if it weren't for the big white truck that stopped in front of me!

So here is where the real adventure begins. See, there is no real water system at the cabin, so we had to use an outhouse - well there was a toilet, but we werent sure how to use it yet. You could imagine the spiders that were in that outhouse!... haha so we didnt use it. Heather, Andrea and I pretty much had to trek out into the forrest to relieve ourselves!.. haha Acutally the next day we did get the toilet running... but then there was this tragic leaking problem where someone 'forgot' to open this latch so that the waste could go outside.... instead it pretty much just soaked the floor! Im not gonna lie, when my socks got 'wet', i wasnt sure what to think! lol

So a big part of our day on Saturday was Quading. But first we had to chop some wood!... Lets say that I kinda proved myself to be of logging ancestory. They called me "Pauline Bunion"... oh man. But it was funny cuz Heather and Andrea weren't very good at the wood chopping, whihc made it VERY funny to watch. So, we had two quads and so heather, andrea, heather's dad and me all went out to these trails. They were sweet! they had like acutal tracks and bowls and stuff that we played in. And I even got to drive! Then we headed back to the Cabin for lunch after the first quading trip. After lunch, us girls decided to take a trip down to the local corner store - pretty much the most redneck corner store i'd ever seen. They had everything from Toilet paper to chocolate, to beer! We just bought ice cream tho. Then we headed down to the lake to check out the gorgeous view. But there was something strange that we noticed about the lake....

There were these HUGE orange fist (Cant remember the name of them) and they were swimming really close to shore. My first instinct was... (well use your imagination).... fine... well I went to my car and pulled out my Gum Boots of Course!... I also grabbed a Marshmallow roasting stick and rolled up my jeans for some good ole' spear fishing! Haha. Can you say "Gong Show?"!... Dang it was funny. It wasnt long before we had Heather's brother and his friend out in the water too! Then the whole family came out and we were playing in the water with nets and knives trying ot catch these fish. We didnt get any though.

After spear fishing, heather, andrea and I took the quads out again . This time I had my own quad to drive and we played on the tracks! Good times! SO after dinner, we decided to mellow out a bit We pulled out a movie that I brought called Keeping The Faith and pretty much I didnt realize that there was some... well adult content in it!... That was embarrassing. Nothing like reccommending a bad movie to a mennonite family!... THAT I will never get to live down.

Sunday, I had to work at 1300 hrs. So I decided to head home early in the morning so that I could shower before work. It was a 4 hour drive (much faster than the way up) and pretty much, I had the most fun ever... who thought that you could road trip by yourself?! At first I was a little terrified, cuz my car was making loud squealing sounds for the first 15 minutes of the drive... but then it was okay after that!... All the gas stations in teh area were closed when I was leaving, so I prayed the whole way for my gas to make it to teh next town! Haha Some highlights of the drive were, almost hitting a deer (again) ... and then driving 140 km/h and realizing that I just passed a cop that was turing into my lane! Haha... Yeah, i didnt even get pulled over.. but my heart sure was racing.

There were a few more instances like that... like this one time, I passed a police officer on a motorcycle, and his lights were going and he was waving at me!... I slowed down and as i came aroudn the corner, I was a bunch of vehicles stopped and about 20 more police officers... My first thought was "Sh*ts going down!" lol.. then as we started to move again, i saw a HUGE rally of Bicyclists in spandex and people with cameras hanging out of van windows!... I dont think i have ever laughed that hard, by myself before! Pretty dang funny.

Anyways, to make the story short, My first day at work was pretty fun, we catered an East Indian Diabetes Seminar, and then a wedding reception... long day, but fun! So I am off to my next class! Take Care Ya'll and feel welcome to comment, cuz I like to hear feedback!

All for the Love of Sunshine.

Goodness! There is a lot of rain here. Sure, this is my sixth fall living in Abbotsford, but every year I forget just how much rain we get. And its not gonna stop here... no no... its gonna be DAYS of rain. And as far as my title goes "All for the love of sunshine", it is the title of a song that has been in my head for the past few days becuse it keeps raining.... Steve Holy sings it. He is also the guy that sings "Brand New Girlfriend" ... dang that is a funny song.

So today was a gong show and a half! Early (and reluctant) to rise, then took the long drive to my sister's school, and then to my school. My class was interesting. I love John McRae in the mornings because he is so animated! But it ended up being like a half hour class, then I had to go home and do nothing till noon! But that nothing turned into something quickly. You see I had to go to Superstore to buy Oil and paper, then I went home and took a shower (yea, i decided to shower BEFORE I changed the oil in my car). Then I retyped my resume, applied for a job and all the while found out that my noon o'clock class was cancelled. So I drove to CBC to drop of my paper, and then picked up the fuel filter from super store that I had forgotten the first time! lol . And Went home.

Once at home, I got many phone calls that detailed my afternoon. First was hooking up my new dinosaur cell phone. My step-dad gave me his old one, and it doesnt even have text messeging! Its like the kind that you have to press 1-2-3 before you can type in anything because the key pad has to be locked or it will call random people in your pocket. After Telus jipped me $25 for the hook up, I drove to Valley Catering, where I got hired on as staff! WOOHOO.. I am now employed. Then straight to my next class I went.

Now, Contemporary Religious Movements is the class that I had next - it is a dang good one too. And the funny thing about it is that it is one of the only class that really challenges me! Challenging in the way of thought rather than acedemicly. We watched part of this video called "What the Bleep do I know?" ... and it was all about quantum physics becoming some sort of cult where people want to become their own God's. Well really, they said that they could mentally plan out each day of their lives the way they wanted it - and it would work that way every day. Hmm.. I would reccomend it to any one that knows Quantum Physics termenology.

After class, I went home and Finally got a chance to change the oil in my car. That was a challenge, I burnt my arms a few times cuz my car was still a tad bit warm while I was doing it. But things should be a go for tomorrows long drive to Green Lake! Woohoo! Tomorrow I am going up to stay at Heather's Family's cabin in Green Lake. I have never been there before, so it should be dang sweet.

So now that you know how my day went, I hope you are satisfied. I am not gonna post prob till Monday cuz I have to work Sunday and I am camping all weekend! Have a good one, and keep it real!

Green Tea is the answer to all life's problems.

Mmmm.. I really enjoy my Green Tea. As you all know, I am addicted to the stuff. This spring I would go through probably a box every few weeks - but it was worth all of the money that was spent! You see, sitting down and drinking a hot beverage is a very special time, and if the hot beverage just happens to be Green Tea, then you are REALLY going to have a good time. I find that it relaxes me, even though it is Pumped full of caffine, its probably the fact that it is hot that is good. Did you know that if you drink it on a hot hot day, that it actually cools you down? Yea, I did that this summer. Every day when I would supervise dish pit, I would drink a HUGE cup of Green Tea. Now, you are probably wondering why I capitalize Green Tea - that is because it is one of the 8 wonders of the world.. it deserves capitalization. (BTW... the picture is of Green Tea MUFFINS)

Now, onto less important things. Yesterday was pretty much the longest day of my life!... yea I was tired. But today was good. I woke up to drive my little sister to school, then I drove home and went back to my (still warm) bed. Slept till 10:30 and it was GLORIOUS. When I woke up... I read a bit - but then decided to take a bath... lol oh yea, First bath that I have taken since before camp! I was dang happy. Then I went to class and that was a LONG 3 hours... But I managed to get through it by making fun of some of the power points.. and eating licorice. mmm... licorice is really good - and its low in fat, I like it that way!

After class, I went home and sat for a bit before going out for dinner with my parents. We went to Lou's bar and grill... and the whole time I was arguing with my mom about whether or not I should be allowed in the bar because I am underage! Pretty much I won, cuz it was the second time I had eaten there, and nobody kicked me out. It was good food, I had a grilled chicken sandwich with these little Lou's Spuds thingys.... mmmm...

Well guys, that is all for my ranting today - but let me leave you with these brief words of wisdom... "Green Tea is good for you"

Why the long face?

So first of all, I am sure you all were wondering why the heck I put a giant picture of a Native man on my last blog. The reason is - I found it on my sister's computer on Saturday night and laughed really hard. You see I grew up mostly on Vancouver Island, and in this one town I lived in, Chemainus, they had Murals EVERYWHERE. This picture is from one of the murals that I always used to look at when I was in town. Another cool mural was this one of a whole bunch of Oxen, and they stared at you.. and their eyes followed you as you walked by.. it was incredible art!

So onto bigger and better things! Sunday was crazy. I had church at 9:00 am! Dang it Nelly, I had to get up 15 minutes earlier than usual!. They changed service times.. it used to be 9:15am... OH man. From now on - its the Saturday evening service for me!! After church, we had a baby shower at my house for my moms friend. The baby was REALLY cute! But I left early to go play football with some friends! That was a hoot. I didnt sprain my finger this time - it was a huge accomplishment for me. But then again, this time I didnt try to catch any balls. I stuck strictly to tackling and being the quarterback (and yelling out random numbers before hutting).

After the crazy football game, Heather and I went to Andrea's house - where we sat on her couch for THREE hours and talked about almost nothing! LOL amazing how girls just talk... a lot. But that ended my night off nicely. And then I hit the sack - but not too hard. I was told to be gentle - those pillows can be dangerous!

TODAY was AMAZING. I got to SLEEEEEP in. I love doing that. Monday's are my favourite day of the week. I stayed in my PJ's until about 2:20 this after noon. I wrote two papers today too! It was such a feat for me. And this evening, I went to Youth Alpha training. That was dang fun. Im stoked about going. Turns out tho, that the people Josh lives with are working with Youth Alpha as well, and in random conversation I was asked if I knew 4 nice boys from Grand Forks that were living in Abbotsford. That being said, the conversation ended in me calling up Josh to get him to come out! Did you know we only have one male volunteer now? (btw, thanks Josh for coming out!) And for all of you guys out there with musical talent, we still need some people to do worship if you are interested!?!

After Youth Alpha training, I drove my sister to Wal Mart to buy a journal... but you wouldnt believe what i found there!!!!... A Wal Mart Pez! It is a white semi truck with WalMart written on the sides! Oh Joy.. it was amazing. I was so dang happy when I saw that - like who the heck thinks of these things?

Well That's all for today Folks. I wish you all sweet dreams about buying Wal Mart Pez candy things! Oh By the way guys, I have decided that the RoughRider's Jersey wasnt as beautiful as I thought it would be, So im gonna cheer for the Lions! Orange isnt THAT bad of a colour! lol

What a day!

Dang, Yesterday was one of the most eventful days that I have had in a long time. But, not gonna lie to ya, I could have done without most of it!

After a long morning in Service Practicum, I went home and got stuff together for going hiking! I went and picked up Blake and off we went to Golden Ears Provincial Park! Now, you gotta laugh at this - cuz I asked him if he knew how to get there.. he said yes... THEN told me that we were to just follow the signs. But if any of you know me, I am not good with directions OR signs! So yes, we got a bit lost. (We got lost on the way back too). Good thing I can drive eh?

So we finally get to the park and then we find out that you have to pay for parking!!! Bah.. $5 for a day - it was rediculous! But in the end it didnt matter cuz in the end, the trip cost me a whole lot more! But the trail was gorgeous. We hiked about 10 km - to this place called "Alder Flatts" and yea, pretty much so beautiful. I almost died the last few km cuz I was so out of shape! haha, and Im still feelin it today!

Here's the clincher... we got back and my cell phone was missing, and so was Blake's OL hat! and later we realized my money was all missing too... ect. Some idiot broke into my car (Pried the door open actually) and Stole my freakin stuff! This including my day planner (with all my friends addresses and phone numbers), my flash drive (with all of my school work on it) and my pink cowboy hat! So Yes, I was pretty dang angry yesterday - still am today, but im working on getting over it.

The rest of the day was cool, Raelene slept over and we had some people over to watch "Top Gun" too! Raelene left me this morning, and now I am off to start RE-WRITING my paper that is due on Monday! Adios my friends!

Another Day at the Mill

Well, its been a very long day - A good start to my day was an 8 o'clock class this morning. Which was taught by probably the loudest, most expressive prof I have ever heard! But I am taking a little break between classes to release my mind from all of the knowledge that was crammed into it today.

Yesterday was a short, but sweet day. I got to sleep in!!! Only had one class, and it was pretty interesting. After class, I had the priveledge of going to Inextreme. For all of you who dont know what that is, it is the college and careers group at Northview Community Church. But it was so dang good! I met a couple of electricians and CBC students, and then we sang some worship. Then we had this guy speak - his name was Bindu Sihdu, and he spoke about boarding the plane! Meaning that it is one thing to have the faith to enter the gate and check in our luggage, but it is another to ACTUALLY have the faith to step onto the plane! It was cool, and I cant explain the whole sermon, but it definately made me think about a lot. Then after he was finished he gave us boarding passes! They were really cool, cuz they were a reminder for us to keep persuing our faith in God.

So one thing that I learned yesterday (from one of the electricians actually.. but he doesnt know it) is that I need to give to God everything! That means even my life! That I should be completely 100% devoted to God! And in that, means that I should stop complaining about having to read so many books, and write so many papers. Why? Because When I gave my life over to Christ, I said I would be a follower, and to be a follower I also need to devote my time to learning more about God and who He is! And God has shown me that I can grow deeper in my walk with Him by having a desire to learn more!

That is all for today. Im going to go put ice on my middle finger - it's still a little purple from Tuesday evening!

Intimidation 101

You know, I have spent lots and lots of money on classes that I have to sit through every day and then write papers about. Not to mention the stack of books sitting behind me that I still have to read! Sure, I am taking a break from it all, but am I really? NOPE!!! Because even though I am not doing the work or listening to a lecture, the material is still running through my head. And there is a LIST! Thats right... A list! It is in my head, but to sum it up.. it is all the things that I still have to do today, this week, this month, this semester.. and so on.

You see when we are in school, our brains never shut off. They work super hard all day, then when you go to bed... you are just about to close your eyes and drift off when some idiot switches your brain to TURBO SPEED... So instead of NOT thinking, like we all enjoy doing... we are acutally thinking twice as much about meaningless crap that we acutally wont remember the next day but for some reason it is important at that moment!.

I think that sums up school pretty much.. But this got me thinking (No pun intended) that if we students pay enormous amounts of money to these prof's who cause us this stress to begin with, why do we do it? And better yet, Why don't I become a Professor!?!?! Yes, thats right.. me, standing up in front of a room full of blank stares, speaking about whatever I darn well please. But I didnt like the idea of people staring at me.. so I came up with a new and Twice more Brilliant IDEA!...

I will teach an online course, on the one thing that I know best... It will be called "Intimidation 101" Here is my course outline. Read it carefully and make sure you memorize it because you will be tested later on.

Topics to be covered:

• The Stare - What is it and how will it help you?
• Mastering the Stare
• Where do bullies come from?
• The difference between a bully and an intimidator
• Challenges you will face when intimidating others
• How Can I get what I want... NOW?
• How to incorporate words with stares
• The theology of being an intimidator and how it can change the world

You will then write a 24 page paper on the scientific discoveries of the intimidation tactics. There must be THREE bibliographies and a Title Page. Plus, I would like a three page summary of what your paper is about so that I don't have to read all 24 freakin pages! There will be 7 books that need to be read, all with 10,000 pages or more, they need to be read BEFORE the second class so we can discuss them on a college level.

And that is how I would teach! Anyone interested in becoming an effective Intimidator, please contact me A.S.A.P. Classes start in five days.

WARNING: Ladies, Be Cautious when studying Intimidation - It could possibly lead to a life time of singleness.... And for all of those who already are, tomorrow's topic will be "The Key to Singleness"!

Thank you, and have a great rest of your day reading BOOKS!

A Heart Felt Moment...

Imagine you are standing at the bow of a sail boat in the middle of the open ocean. The wind is blowing and the sails are gracefully moving about to keep the boat travelling at a good speed. You are looking over the bow and you see the water as it hits the boat, it is almost like it is parting the water as if to cut fine silk. Then you see a dolphin poke its head out of the water, you question it at first - wondering what it is doing, but then the rest of the pod appears. They are fighting to be at the front, riding the waves that the boat is making. It is an amazing sight, there must be 2 or 3 hundred dolphins surrounding the boat. They could be anywhere in the entire ocean, but they have chosen to visit you!

The dolphins only stay for awhile, but then they move on. You look over the horizon, there is nothing around but ocean. The open sea. You begin to wonder why God created so much water, but then you feel this overwhelming sense of freedom. Almost as if God created the water so that you can explore it. You have no commitments, not time nor shedules to worry about. No exams, or assignments to be due, and no books that you have to read. There are no worldly pressures, no violence, no crime, no real pain at all. It is just you and God and the open ocean. Hundreds of miles where you can see no land and you have no attachments to the world anymore. Yes, this is freedom. Just you and God.... you and God...

You look to your left and you see a small island appear. It has long sandy beaches. The sand almost looks as if it is white and it glows off of the clear blue water. There is a small forrest area that consumes most of the island, with trees and tropical fruit, a waterfall with a pool of clean fresh water. You get into your small boat and paddle to the shore - just to get a feel of what the island is all about. You reach the shore and then step out, one foot, then the other. The sand is so soft on your bare feet. It is like no other sand you have ever felt - so smooth and fine. You take time to explore every inch of the island; it is completely uninhabited. Not one footprint has touched this sand before, and not one hand has picked fruit from these trees. It is a gift from God - Paradise. You wander over to the waterfall, where there is a large pool of fresh water. You crouch down and cup your hands to bring some water to your face. It is cool and refreshing to drink in the hot sun. Then you reach down and take hold of a small pebble that you found near the edge of the water. You put it into your pocket after carefully observing its intriciate details: the smoothness of the edges and the one little spot that it has of white which seems like it was carved right into the green pebble. You walk back over to your boat and row back to the ship.

You are ready to see more, but for now, it is time to sleep. You put the pebble that you found under your pillow and you slowly drift off to sleep as the boat rocks you back and forth, back and forth....

SUDDENLY YOU WAKE UP!!! You look around and wonder why you are no longer being rocked and why you aren't even on a sail boat at all! "Where am, " you wonder? You step out of bed onto the floor. It is the same room that you have grown up in and are familuar with. It has the same smells and the same pictures on the walls. But something about you is different. See you thought that you were in paradise, but you're not. You feel robbed of your dream and you want to go back to it, but unfortunately, nothing is left of it. But wait! You remember that you put that pebble under your pillow, so you walk over to our bed and slowly lift one side of the pillow to look under it... not expecting to find anything, you see a tiny little pebble resting where your head was. It is smooth to hold, this little green pebble with the tiny white spot that seemed to be carved right into it.

You realize that the dream you had was real, and the freedom you felt was real. But now you feel robbed of it. Like someone had just come in and taken your heart right out of your chest... but left you a piece of it, just to remind you that it once was there. You try to sleep again in hopes that you will return to the dream, but nothing happens. It just fades into a little memory, one that will always be sitting at the back of your mind - but the memory doesnt ever leave you, because you have that little pebble to constantly remind you of the dream you once had...

Hey guys, I wrote this because I wanted to express my feelings in a way that people could understand. You see, its hard, and I am sure that every single one of you have had a dream that has been taken from you. They are all probably dreams different from the ones that I have had, but still, they are dreams and everybody has them! Sometimes the dreams are as little as, when you were five you wanted to be a doctor, but then you found out that you had to go to school for seven years, so you gave up that dream and aspired to become a dog groomer. (Okay, that is harsh.. but you get the picture).

All in all, if there is anything that I would like you to take from this, it is that... You shouldn't be afraid to dream... Just because some things don't work out, doensn't mean that God has left you, or given up on you... it simply means that God has different plans for your life than you imagined! Look at missionaries... do you think that most of them, at the age of five, wanted to be missionaries? Probably not. They probably wanted to be astronauts or fire fighters! But God had OTHER plans for their lives and they are living out those plans daily! And it is GOOD!

So take care of yourselves out there, and remember that through Jesus, there is freedom!

And so it began!

So pretty much this is strange. I mean I never thought I would acutally created a Blog Site. I used to make fun of people - saying," why the heck would people want to go to a website and read about other peoples' lives!?!" Especially BWC... I mean I would ask him how he was doing and he'd be all like, "Go to my blog site." Gosh darn, can't you people just have real conversations!?!?!? But then this thought came over me (as I was reading Joe's boring post about CFL) 'I could make my own stupid site and make people read about my thoughts!' Its like the ultimate laziness for conversations!

So all this being said, it is made. I gave in, and now you can listen to me rant about my ideas, theories, and life in general! So let me fill you in on the past four months of my life, cuz most of you have no idea why I am still living in this rainy city called Abbotsford!

It all started with me being accepted to Bethany Bible College in New Brunswick. You remember that? Yes, I was gonna fly all the way across the country to fall in love with some guy with an accent and get married. Sounds perfect eh?... WRONG! You see, I was working in the Pines office one fine afternoon, when my life decided to COMPLETELY change. I applied for a tutoring job. But it wasnt any ordinary tutoring job, it was a sailing tutoring job. I was gonna sail to Costa Rica on a 52 ft. sail boat called the Miatla (Beautiful boat btw). So I drove back to abby a few times to get things prepared for my departure in September. I got painful/expensive shots, and a passport and all those fun little things! But unfortunately, the trip was cancelled/delayed until next fall. So it was one week before the departure time that I found this out, so I really didnt know what to do with my life! Do I work? Do I go to school? or what?

Thats when it all really started! I had been thinking about attending CBC a bit, and well the day of registration I figured 'why not?' and I went for it. 11am I started applying online, and by 3:15 that afternoon I was registering for classes! The next day I started my first class!!! So for all of you CBCer's ... You're suck with me!

Umm... so I guess now that you know my history, you should know about recent events... Well this evening I went to play some Football with Heather, Josh, Blake and Joe... it was pretty intense considering I can't catch a football well (or at all!). And yea, I kinda sprained my middle finger - its huge! Like who the heck does that? (Besides Heather.. haha glad im not alone). We had iced capps too after... they were good... and tomorrow I think I might wash my car!

Have a great day guys! And if you acutally made it through all that, then you deserve a sticker!