Chez Nuclear Sunrisette

Fine, because Brea, Kass and Arielle all posted today at some point, I guess I will too.

I'm done!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!! No more university! Sorry to rub it in... I'm just so excited. And my last exam went well too - I studied my ass off for it. I'm not used to having to study actually - in education classes it's like, make a unit plan for your major assignment this semester. So studying is this novel concept that has been foreign to me for ages.

So I guess now I can't talk about school. Oh wait, I'll post the marks I have so far - EHE 258 (personal and community health) - 81; EPSY 322 (special needs) - 83; ERDG 425 (assessing and treating reading difficulties) - 81. I'm still waiting on my English and Religious Studies. I'll keep you posted.

Ok, NOW I can't talk about school.

Tomorrow I'm going to Saskamatoon for my eye appointment and then I'm going to Outlook to see Mom and Dad. I want to go in early to spend time with Yonny. I never get to see him anymore. So that'll be fun. It'll be a nice half-week of hanging out, relaxing, getting used to this new no-school thing (DARN, I brought it up again) and maybe cross-stitching (I'm making some baby things for Yvonne and Molly). Anyone know when they're due, anyway?

So some updates on my jobs - Safeway called today for an interview for the donut deep-frying position *snort*. They wanted me to come in tomorrow but conveniently (and honestly!) I can't make it. So they said to call when I get home and we'll set up an interview. I'll just *ahem* forget to call them. I also had an interview with Booster Juice. It went pretty well and I think they like me but they want someone to continue on in the fall. They have to interview one other person so I won't be surprised if they hire them instead. My dilemma is that if they offer me a job, of course I'll take it, but at $7.00/hour with 25-38 hours/week it's kind of hard to make a good living off of that, especially if I'm saving for teaching stuff in case I get a job. So if another place then comes along and offers me a better job (like, say, the University bookstore which is offering full time hours at $13.00/hour), I would be nuts not to quit at BJ and take that job. So I'm kind of torn right now. Mainly, I just want a job.

I had a nice girls night with Stacey, Celine, Tasha and Tara. It was awesome going for supper and then just hanging out, eating junk food and watching a movie. I actually hate movies but it was more of a background thing. Oh and we listened to the new Theresa Sokyrka cd that I snagged at Walmart. She's awesome though I do find her scat a little cheesy. But I'm sure my opinion will change.

Anyhoo, I don't know what I'll be posting about from now on. Perhaps I'll use it as a proper journal and talk about feelings and crap. We'll see. Everyone have a good week!

I guess I should post again. It's been awhile. I can't say a lot is new with me, other than that I have one test left, Religious Studies. I'm studying my arse off for it because I want to do really really well... and I typed out my notes and it's 12 pages single-spaced, 10-size Times New Roman Font with the margins reduced to .5 inch. That's a lot of stuff to memorize. I don't really know how to memorize!

The other day I went job-hunting. You'll be soooooo jealous of what my prospects are so far: a donut deep-fryer at Safeway (ha ha!) and a part-time, minimum wage deli worker at Extra Foods. The Extra Foods one looks pretty good, the manager was pretty sure there'd be a job for me so it's a start. I can always start working there and quit when I find something better.

Tara told me to look on my U of R Online Job Board. In the past I've never been able to get it working but I finally did last night. It's a really poor setup but I found about 6 more places to apply, ones that will pay a little more, hopefully.

I'm so excited at the thought that on Wednesday I will go to my parents' house and I can relax... I could cross-stitch all day if I wanted to!! It will be weird, but wonderful. I've decided that two books on my summer reading list are The Life of Pi and The Da Vinci Code. I've heard lots about them and I just want to see what they're about. Leave a comment if you can recommend any other good ones!

I'm back in Regina now. I had such a good week at Carrot. It was so nice to just hang out and not have the stresses that just being in a city, any city, can bring. I don't exactly know what I mean by that but it just somehow makes sense. Anyhoo. I did do a lot of studying though. I don't want to, especially because we had our last class on Wednesday and I'm still in that mindset that hey, I'm done! But I know I'm really not.

Yesterday I got home pretty early because I had an interview with Funspots. I applied for the position of day camp program leader. It's a day camp in the city here and apparently it's a really good one. I think the interview went well but we'll see. A lot of people applied so I won't get my hopes up too much.

Last night Megan and I went for coffee (yup, one of my best friends is named Megan, only her name is pronounced Meeee-gan, not Me-gun like mine). It was really nice to catch up with her. She's in middle years ed so we now have a different circle of friends and totally different schedules. But we've still kept fairly close and I'm playing the piano in her wedding this summer. That's gonna be awesome! I guess it's taking place in a big cathedral-type church or something.

Today I have a busy day. I have shopping to do this morning, appointments with some doctors in the afternoon and then an English study session with a few people from English. 4 heads are better than one. That's what I say. Not the most exciting thing to do with people but I'm so excited for this final. It'll mean I'm done English!! Yay!

Wow, I posted yesterday and look at me go again. What a rare occasion!

We ended up going to Tisdale yesterday to drive Jamie there. When we were dropping him off at his friend's house, I saw these little apartments and they made me think of you Kass. Where are the ones you'll be staying in?

Last night I made soft chicken tacos and we watched eXistenZ... well, sorta. I managed to stay awake through the slow part (Jesse's words) and then I slept through the interesting part... apparently, anyway.

I woke up this morning to Jesse saying, "Hey, on TLC they're redoing a classroom." It was While You Were Out.. pretty cool but I don't know if I would want someone redoing my classroom. Maybe later on when I'm more confident in everything I do in teaching but not when I'm first starting off. Anyways...

Then I went to the drugstore this morning to have some of my eyedrops transferred over to CR here. I had to mention, "No, I'm not the Megan Larson from Nipawin." Grr, everyone always mixes us up. So yeah, I got new eyedrops and antihistamines (gotta love allergy season) and then went home. That's a good story hey? I know i was going somewhere with that....

Oh yeah, I saw the paper today, and apparently the teachers are ready to talk and negotiate and stuff. So I'm gonna be all political and throw a question out there for you to respond to: Do you think the teachers deserve a raise? If they do, what do you think it should be? (For those of you who don't know, the original proposed was 0-1-1 which means that the first year they won't get a raise at all, the next year they'll get a 1% raise and the next year another 1%.)

I personally think that they/we (oh my gosh, I'm almost a we!!!) deserve a better raise than that but it has to be realistic. The MLAs get raises according to how the cost of living goes up or something like that, why shouldn't teachers? But then, why shouldn't all professions?

So that's my question. If you have an opinion, voice it. It'll be fun...

It's Jesse's birthday today! Happy birthday!! He liked the present I made him. For those of you who don't know, I made him a day-by-day calendar that has cool quotes for every three days. I had the pages laminated and coiled. It took me freaking forever but he liked it so it was worth it.

So let's see... this week has felt like Christmas. There's been something exciting on every day.
Monday - Mom and Dad came into the city
Tuesday - Mom and I hung out in the morning, then my class and I went to the Owl for supper
Wednesday - Last day of classes ever! We went to the Owl afterwards. It was fun watching everyone get drunk cuz BOY did they!!! Plus there were quite a few education students so that was cool too.

Today was a great day too. I got up at 7:30 (which sucked cuz I didn't actually get to bed until 2:30 cuz Tasha spent the night and we stayed up talking and eating McDonald's), finished packing for my trip to Carrot River, then I went to Marvel to get my nail fixed. As the chick was fixing it, their teacher came up to me and offered me a "complimentary pedicure". I've never had a pedicure before so of course I jumped at the chance. It turns out it was that student's last day and she was really bored so I got one for free. It was awesome... the massage was great; I didn't know that you got a calf and foot massage too. The only thing that sucked was that I had to walk 5 blocks to my car afterwards so my legs were all tight and sore again anyway. I had to walk very very briskly cuz I was parked on a 2-hour parking street and it was like 5 minutes over. I walked past a guy writing out a ticket but there wasn't anything on my car. :D

So I drove up Albert Street and stopped at Blockbuster to pick up a movie that Jesse wanted me to bring, then to 7-11 for some snacks on the way, then to Conexus to cash some cheques. The drive up was fairly uneventful. I was exhausted as I didn't get a lot of sleep and it was starting to hit me. I alternated between the CD Yonnie made me and talk radio, where Murray Wood was talking about schools that are testing out same-sex classes. It was really interesting. Apparently a school in Moose Jaw and one in Stoon are testing out same-sex grade 7 and 8 classes. I thought I would be against it but they said that they still get some time to socialize with members of the opposite sex. One guy called in and said that he participated in something similar, where they had same-sex classes for math and phys ed. That seems like the best plan from what I heard cuz all of the other classes are co-ed.

Anyway, I digress. I was between Melfort and Tisdale when I got a call from a lady from the City of Regina. I forgot that I had applied for a job with Funspots. So I have an interview with them on Tuesday afternoon. Funspots is like a summer daycamp in Regina. I think it would be an awesome experience.

I stopped at Tisdale to get some bold-blend coffee cuz I was EXHAUSTED by this point. Jesse had just called to say that he was on his way back to Potato Stream from Hudson Bay so I figured we might meet up somewhere along the road. I had just given up on the other side of Arborfield when I saw a red car parked on the side of the road. Jess had taken back roads and figured I'd be coming along pretty soon so he stopped at the highway to wait for me. I almost didn't recognize his car at first! He's lucky actually, I slowed down quite a bit between Crooked River and Arborfield because the roads were horrible and I didn't feel like losing my car in a pothole. If I had gone at the same speed I would have passed that road before he came to it - I guess he had gotten there only a couple of minutes before I did. It worked out anyway.

So we went to Sing's Cafe for supper - mmmm Chinese food!! Then we came back and had birthday cake - mmmm double fudge cake!! Now Jesse is showering and then we're gonna watch the Goonies.

I think the plan for tomorrow is to get up early and study (who wants to think about homework when you just had your last university class ever??) and eventually drive Jamie (Jesse's brother) to Tisdale and come back. On Saturday his aunt and uncle are coming in for some supper thing and on Sunday I think we're going out to my aunt and uncle's house. It should be a fun weekend. :)

I'll try to update again this weekend so my next post isn't a billion screens long. Sorry guys! Thanks for reading the whole thing!

By the time I lay my head down on the pillow, I will be finished every university assignment I have left. Remember your last few weeks of high school? That's what I feel like right now. The only difference is that I NEVER have to go back to school if I don't want to. I probably will, because I'm interested in the special ed program, but you never know. I also realized last night that I could be a full-fledged teacher a month from now. That is so scary and exciting!

In other news, Mom and Dad are coming in tonight. We're going out for supper! What do you think - Denny's, Grainfield's or other? We refuse to go to Kelsey's, Montana's or Poverino's. The first two are my parents' restrictions, with good reason because I'm so sick of them. The latter is my refusal. The past two or three times I've gone there, I've gotten sick. It's really good but I hate throwing up and that's exactly what happens when I go there. I don't know if it's the heavy homemade pasta they have or what...

This week feels like the week before Christmas, I swear! So today I'll be finished all my assignments, tomorrow we're going to the Owl (the campus bar) for our last reading class (Glenda is an awesome prof!), Wednesday is the last day of classes and Thursday is Jesse's birthday and I get to see him!!! This also means that I have to finish his birthday present. I can't tell you what it is because I think he reads this, and he's been nagging me to tell him. On Friday I'll update and tell you what it is. Oh yeah, this also means that I get to go to Carrot on Thursday! I haven't seen Jess since Easter when he left Regina. :(

Anyhoo if I keep writing I won't get my last two assignments-from-University-ever done so I better go. Au revoir!

So last night I was laying in bed, half asleep. My foot started to itch so I lazily scratched it, not paying attention. All of a sudden I jumped awake because... my gel nail popped off.

You're probably thinking, so what? Just go back and get it fixed. The only problem with this is that the two girls who were qualified to do it at Marvel graduated on Wednesday. The two girls there now haven't even started their nail tech course or whatever it's called. So hopefully the teacher will do it for me, or some professional place will do it for free.

It makes it really hard to type. The nail underneath was pretty long but it's pretty thin. Not as thin as everyone said it would be (although maybe that's because there's still a bit of gel on it) but it still makes it difficult to type. I don't want to break it but I still have two assignments to type out!!!

What a pain in the arse. And it's Sunday, so I'll have to put up with it for a day. Grrrr!

Omg, someone actually posted in my blog!! *sniffle* Thanks Brea!

I finished my English essay! Yay! This is the last English essay I'll ever have to write! Ever! It was way too long though. It was supposed to be 1500 words... but she wanted 5 sub-topics to compare/contrast. My essay is 2100 words and she'll just have to deal with it. To be honest, when we first started reading Chocolat I thought it was gonna be really lame. But the book is really really good. After my final I'll watch the movie. Apparently there are lots of differences between the book and the movie and I don't want to confuse myself for the exam.

What else... we had speech paths as guest speakers in our class last night. It was especially interesting because I actually worked with one of them during my internship. She remembered me but thought I had interned in a different school. So when they were talking about the case studies of actual kids they work with she said right in front of the class to me, "I worked with you but I don't think you worked with any of these students." So afterwards I talked to her and once we got it straight where I interned, she said, "Oh then you probably recognized Eddie." Well, they hardly changed the name but I caught on right away. He's a pretty unique kid; he only says vowels but he can follow directions perfectly fine, so that indicates he has speech problems, not language problems. She told me what adaptations they're going to start doing for him which was really interesting. I gotta go back there and visit all of them - I miss them!! But anyway, I felt all important and stuff talking to the guest speaker afterwards.

That's all that's really exciting these days. Today is my last day of classes for the week. Boy I love having a 4-day school week! Tomorrow Celine is having a candle party (that we don't have to feel obliged to buy anything at) so that should be fun just to hang out with everyone one last time before classes end.

Oh and happy birthday on the 5th, mom!!

I get such a kick outta that name. When I searched for it online I spelled it Marc Neucipovelnami. It definitely did not get any hits. (In case you're wondering, it's the skip from Finland.)

I've already been out and about this morning. I had an allergic reaction to my medication last night (bad rash of hives on my arms) so I went to the doctor to confirm it and get new medication. Apparently my bladder infection is gone so I didn't have to get new stuff. That's cool cuz I hate taking medication.

Other than that, I'm making pretty good leeway on my homework. I'm working on my English essay right now. Does the fact that I enjoy writing English essays make me a geek? I guess the topic I'm writing on is pretty interesting. I'm writing a comparative essay on Vianne and the priest's attitudes regarding food and how religion/the supernatural play a part in it in the book Chocolat... or something like that, I'm still doing the research on the first part. It sounds really confusing but it's actually really interesting and it won't be that hard to do.

Perhaps I'll wash my car today. When I went to the doctor the car wash was really busy but maybe I'll check again later. It's so nice outside!!!

Ain't it sad I'm too uncreative right now to insert a title? I don't even know why I'm posting on this cuz I've been sitting here for ages doing homework anyway. But let's talk about something different. (Well, I will, I guess. You can't really talk back right now. That's like the nurse saying, "Are we ready for our bath now?" "Nope, I'd rather take one alone, thanks.")

In my reading class we've been tutoring kids who have reading difficulties. Mine doesn't actually have any big difficulties but it's always good to get extra help. Yesterday was their last day so we met with the parents for half an hour and the kids for half an hour. My kid and I just played games with magnetic letters, which he loves. And he got me a present!! I got a $25 gift certificate to Earl's! I've never been there cuz I heard it's so bloody expensive, but now I know where Jess and I are going on our next date! Oh yeah, I got him a present too. I got him a big Knock-Knock book and a package of mechanical pencils. It sounds lame but he absolutely FLIPPED when he saw the pencils. I used one one day and he was enthralled by it, I would imagine because it looks like a pen. He asked if he could have it and I was actually going to give it to him but he forgot it when he left that day. So I slipped in a package of 6 into the middle of the book.

Here's his favourite joke from the book:
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Icy.
Icy who?
Icy your underwear!!!

7-year-old boys... what a sense of humour!

Today I'm going to get my first allergy shot at 1:00! I'm very excited. I hope these will help my eyes a bit, especially when we go camping in the summer. By the second day I'm always miserable.

After that I gotta pick up a few groceries. Robbie is coming into Regina from Moose Jaw for a cabaret of some sort and I'm gonna make him soft chicken tacos. Yum..... that is my absolute favourite meal these days.

On Tuesday I'm getting my nails redone. They're driving me nuts. I filed them down myself last week so they were a little shorter, but they've already grown long again. My nails were so short originally that they put fake tips on the ends, and I noticed that they should be growing out soon. It'll just be my real nails underneath the hard gel stuff. I tried for an appointment for today but they were booked solid so Tuesday it is.

Oh, check out this link: www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listdisabilime.html - it's a hotlist I made for my resource binder.

That's it, that's all I got. Happy April Fool's Day!!