Again, it has been a while since I updated. I've just been so busy with everything. But since I got my wisdom teeth out on Tuesday, I have some time to waste. Seeing as I can't really do anything with myself.
School has been super busy. I'm only taking 3 courses right now, but they all have 3 hour labs and they are crazy. One of the classes is Geologic maps and cross-sections and it's soooo hard. I have to spend so much time on the assignments, so much time! Arg it drives me crazy. And of course, everything else is hard too. Stupid school.
Work is of course crazy too. We have no staff so they constantly want me to work more than I can. They don't really like it when I say I can only work twice a week, but too bad for them. Not to mention the fact that I had to book off like 5 days after this surgery since I have a nice fat, painful face. And of course, my sisters wedding is coming up so I have time off for that.
I'm so excited for the wedding though. It's March 15, woohoo! I just hope school settles a bit, since I have to miss a day of school. It should be lots of fun. We had her stagette on the weekend and it was lots of fun. She got lots of presents (we did a shower too) and then we did lots of drinking of course. Nothing too wild though, but it was fun.
Ooooo I nearly forgot my other news! My sister in law had a baby last month! I don't remember if I already said that, but she did! Abigail Sophie Martin was born on January 6 at 5:20 PM, she was 6 pounds, 10 ounces. She's so adorable... and if I know how to put pictures on here, I would, but since I don't... then too bad. Unless someone wants to teach me. haha.
Still with Josh... everything is great. He treats me so well :)I'm so happy right now!

Man I guess it has been a while since I posted, but I received my first ever nudge from Toria and figured I should update!

Oh the joys of family problems... So my sister-in-law is pregnant and due Jan 1. Well, my mom smokes... so like a few months ago, my brother talked to my mom about it and said that she can't smoke around Christine because that's what the doctor said. And of course, my mom didn't take it very well. She was sooooo upset. She was saying things like she'll never be able to see her grandchild, and she was just hurting everyone and shouldn't be allowed to be around people. It was a mess. She was doing pretty well with not smoking around Christine, but I mean she's been smoking for about 45 years and it's not a habit she can stop over night. And ya, she slips up a few times. But as soon as she figures it out, she puts out her cigarette and turns on the fan and opens the window. But now Christine thinks my mom is "justifying" it by saying "well I always turn on the fan when I do it". But in my mom's head, she's doing a good thing and that's her way of fixing it. It's driving me nuts. I'm stuck in the middle of it, and now I don't know what's going to happen for Christmas. Normally, everyone comes over Christmas Eve and stays at our house. But this year, my sister won't even be here. She's going to spend it with her fiance. My brother is working, and Christine wants to spend it with her mom, which I completely understand. But I DON'T understand why her mom can't come to our house. I mean we all know her and love her, so what's the big deal? I dunno... Christmas this year might end up being just me, my dad and my mom. We'll see.

Classes are done for the semester... Have my first final on Wednesday. This is the final for the course I nearly failed the midterm in. But I'm feeling a little better about my final. I did a 10 hour review course thing over the weekend and I figured out how to do some stuff. I got my Bio 108 lab mark back. I got 83 on the final (class average was 69!) and so I ended with an 83 for my lab mark. And that is worth 40% of my mark, so I'm quite happy about that. Not sure when I'm going to study for my other 2 finals though, they are Dec 17 and 18. Dec 15 I am making wedding invitations with my sister, and apparently we are decorating the Christmas tree Dec 16. Ah well, I'll figure it out. This need week is going to be hell.

And after my exams I get to look forward to working EVERY DAY until Christmas. Arg! Who does that?! Ah well, can't complain since they give me what I wanted off during exams. Hopefully I can get a few days off after New Years so I can go to Josh's cabin. He has a cabin in the mountains that's sooo nice and he wants us to go. We'll see. If baby isn't born yet, I can't go anywhere anyways.

So I have a bump on the leg that I broke... Long story short, it's a herniated muscle that I can't do anything about. Yay for having a bump on my leg for the rest of my life! Stupid... nothing can heal normally can it?!

Well I had my first day of school yesterday... Man I am not used to getting up at 7:15! All summer the earliest I had to get up was 7:30, and now I have to get up earlier. First day was all right, pretty slack. Never really do anything on the first day. My classes will be ok I think. I had to switch my schedule around because I was going to end up missing my first anthro lab next week because I'm going to VEGAS!

Woohoo! It's my cousins stagette and a bunch of us girls are heading to Vegas for the weekend. Even though I am not yet 21... well I JUST turned 20... it'll still be fun. They've got some stuff planned that I can go to since I'm over 18, I just have to promise I won't drink. I'm excited. Should be some good shopping... just wish I had some money to shop with but oh well.

Everything is going great with Josh. He keeps bringing my flowers when he knows I'm not home so he puts them in a vase beside my bed. So sweet. It'll be 5 months next week... and for our anniversary I will be flying to Vegas... Haha oh well.

Ooooo I got a new cell phone! My old one decided to stop charging so I was using a friends phone for a few months but I finally got a new one. It's so pretty it makes me happy :D. My ankle is being kind of random right now... It has grown a strange bump on the scar from my second surgery. I asked physio about it and the first time, he thought it was scar tissue and said to rub it to help it break down. But I went back today and it's kind of worse so he said to stop rubbing it and keep an eye on it. I'm kind of freaked out about it... But I'm supposed to start running now! Yaaaaay! Hopefully I'll be playing again soon. I can't wait!

My sister got engaged and they finally booked the wedding. It's on March 15 and we're going to start looking at dresses on Sunday. That is if the stores are open. I'm soooo excited! Dress shopping yay!

Well I got home from California a few days ago. It was so much fun. Josh's family made me feel so welcome. I was afraid it would be awkward but it wasn't at all. We went to the beach a few times, had brunch on the Queen Mary, and lots of other stuff. So much fun. I got a few different sunburns, including a bandaid tan on my ankle and a handprint on my shin. Ya... not sure how I managed that.

I don't remember if I've updated since, but I had my second surgery 3 weeks ago. Everything went well. The scar is healing nicely. And hopefully I'll never have to do anything about it again. I have a funny bump under my little scar that I asked my Physio guy about today. He said it should just be some scar tissue building up and to keep rubbing it and it will break down. If not, then it might be some funny bone growth that I might need to get fixed. Hopefully though that is not the case. I have been ok'ed to start doing some running if it feels good. And hopefully practicing again soon! I miss soccer :( I haven't played since February! Boo!

Soooo I FINALLY got accepted into Paleontology. I'm doing the Specialization program which means I don't have a minor. I'd like to do the Honours program but I don't think I have the grades. I'm super excited about it. I just need to find out what to do because I took the wrong Stats course than the one I need, and I can't take the one I need now. So hopefully that doesn't screw me over. So this semester I have classes Monday, Wednesday and Friday, then on Thursday I have a lab. So I don't have school on Tuesday! I'm so happy about that. And my next semester is awesome too. I kind of want to go back, but not really. I'll enjoy my last 3 weeks off of school.

Oooooh my birthday is in 16 days!!!

You Are Not Stupid

You got 10/10 questions right! While acing this quiz doesn't prove you're a genius, you're at least pretty darn smart.

...and which lesser Harry Potter character are you?

Not much going on... got home from a weekend in Vancouver. It was so much fun. i got to hang out with my friend who lives there. Fun fun!

I haven't updated in a while so I decided maybe I would. Things are pretty boring here... I haven't heard about paleontology so I finally called the university to see about my application. The woman was so useful. She told me my application had been sent to an advisor and they would see it soon. But she fast-tracked it and put it on the top of the pile so they will look at mine next. Hopefully I should find out right away then. It's annoying since I can't register for one of my classes until I am accepted.

So I FINALLY got a date for my surgery. July 17 will be the day... It's a pretty easy/quick surgery. But I have to go under general anaesthetic and so I'll be there for like half a day or so. But I don't have to stay the night so I'm happy. I'll get a few more stitches and I'll be back on crutches for a week-ish. I'm not looking forward to that, but once I'm healed, I can be active again. I'm going crazy here. I really hope everything goes well with my surgery... because I'm going to California on the 27th.

I'm excited for my 2 trips coming up. I'm going to Vancouver next weekend to visit a friend. That will be so much fun. Then I'm going to California with Josh. Everything is going great with him. So happy!

Work is driving me nuts... instead of slowly easing back into working, I'm working pretty much full time. I've told them that I won't be after my surgery though. It's too much. My ankle is swollen like everyday when I get home. But besides that it feels good. Nothing else really to report

Yaaaay I finished my spring course on Friday. So happy I'm done, now I have 3 months to lounge around until school starts again. I found out my mark today, I finished with a B in chem. I'm happy since the first time I tried to take it I ended up dropping it because I was failing. So going from failing to a B is pretty good. And B means I was higher than class average so that's good. Especially when all I needed to do was pass the course.

Everything else is going pretty well. I went to the doctor on Friday and he said my x-rays look great. I have to have another surgery to get the screw taken out of my ankle. That will be sometime in June hopefully. But of course, that happens to be while my parents are out of the country. So I'll have surgery without my parents being around. But my brother and sister will be around to help me out so it should be ok.

I can't believe I agreed to it, but I'm going to California with Josh in July. By then, we'll be dating for 4 months... but it's not like we're going alone. His mom lives there so we're going to visit. She really wants to meet me and he wants me to meet her so it's not really like a holiday together. It should be fun though.

Nothing else new... need to find out what kind of metal is in my leg before I go though. I'm going to Vancouver in July too... that should be ok because the airport people aren't as crazy. But if I beep going into the US and I don't have a doctors letter or anything saying why, I don't think I'll get in. I might want to find out about that haha. Oh well...

I decided that since I haven't updated in a bit, I would do that. Got back from my field school on Sunday. It went pretty well except I'm regretting it because now my ankle is acting up. I probably shouldn't have gone, but I didn't really have a choice. Didn't get a break really from school. I finished my exams on the Wednesday, went on field school Monday-Sunday, then on Monday I started a spring course.

I'm taking chem 101, basic chem... but it's mon-fri from 10-12:25. Then I have labs from mon-thurs from 1-4. I'm going to go crazy. That's pretty much all I have time for. All I can think of is chemistry and I'm going CRAZY!

Got all my marks back except my field school. I got B+ in everything. Wanted a bit better in German, but I thought I did worse in EAS so it evens out.

So I've been dating Josh for a month now. It's going so well. I'm amazed. He's so great... and I'm so comfortable around him which is amazing. Plus, he's a genius and keeps helping me with chem :D. My parents are going away in June so I have a feeling I will be seeing him a lot then. He wants me to go to his cabin with him and some friends in June so that should be fun. I'm pretty sure I will go.

Not much else to update... but I have to go do more chem :(

Soooo today I had my lunch date with Josh. It didn't start out that well... I got a phone call from him this morning telling me that he forgot he had an exam today and we wouldn't be able to meet until 1, which meant we only had an hour. But oh well.

So I met him at 1 and we went for lunch. We went to a place on campus that has a little buffet for cheap. He paid, which I wasn't expecting at first... Helped ourselves to food and sat down. It was awesome... The last few dates I've been on have been so awkward. Nothing to talk about, lots of awkward silences, but this wasn't at all. There were no awkward silences, it was just lots of talking. It was great. The first time I've actually felt comfortable with someone in a while.

I actually got the feeling that he likes me... Just the way he was acting and stuff. He actually made eye contact and everything. And then he asked if I was busy on Friday and I said no. So he asked if he could take me somewhere "fun". So I'm not really sure what that means, but I said yes haha. I'm really excited but I hope this works out. If it doesnt, I don't know what I'll do. I'll be so sad...

You Are a Pinky

You are fiercely independent, and possibly downright weird. A great communicator, you can get along with almost anyone. You are kind and sympathetic. You support all your friends - and love them for who they are. You get along well with: The Ring Finger Stay away from: The Thumb

Bahaha! Possibly downright weird... You guys may not think I'm that weird, but I definately am... but ya I think that's pretty much me.

You Are 56% Manic

You are definitely super charged, and your energy is infectious! Your mania is something to be proud of. You wouldn't be you without it. Just make sure not to give into that self destructive streak of yours.

Again, sounds like me...

Your Ideal Pet is a Big Dog

You're both energetic, affectionate, and a bit goofy. And neither of you seem to mind very slobbery kisses!

That's good, since I own 2...