So its been a while since I have had a really post and while I can't promise you this one will be any good it will be longer then the last few! It has been crazy down here in Lethbridge. Between school, work, the wedding, volunteering and school I have no time. I know I put school in there twice but I seen to be there all day and when I am not there I am studying and when I am not studying I am thinking about it. Its crazy. There are so many courses I am terrified that if I don't study for hours I will get behind and never be able to keep up. The average college student takes 4 or 5 courses a semester. A nursing student takes eight! I am stressed but I am trying to leave it in God's hands.

For one of my course I had to find somewhere to volunteer for 15 hours this semester so I found the Family Centre in Lethbridge. Its a really cool organization that provides programs to kids with parents of low income families. They do really good work. I was suppose to be the indoor playground attendant and I was so excited it seemed like an awesome way to get my hours in. So the first day I got there and there was no where to park except if you pay for the meter or in the Bay parking lot but it said 2 hour parking. So I parked at the very back of the lot where there was no two hour parking signs and headed in. There I sat in this little room for three hours. Alone. Only one parent brought there children in to use the playground and only for fifteen minutes. While she was there though her baby started crying and she just casually took off her shirt and started breastfeeding. Wow! I didn't know were to look. But basically that was the excitment for the day and hopefully next week draws more people. I think I will bring my books and study for a couple hours.

Michelle has asked me to be the one to do the toast to the bride and its stressing me out. I have a good beginning and ending and lots of ideas for the middle but nothing sounds quite right. I am not at all a speech maker so the idea of getting in front of people is making me lose sleep. Usually it always turns out alright but I don't know. I am excited for the wedding though. As I see everything falling into place I can't wait to see how it turns out. I also can't wait for the people from Edmonton to come so I can visit with them again. Texting and facebook is not enough, I need person to person interaction.

On friday I am going for a hike in Coalies for one of my classes. Jolene, I know you have no idea what a coalie is so I will take lots of pictures so you can see them. They are beautiful and I am so excited. We are bringing food and having a picnic in the middle and doing some sort of wandering off by yourself and relaxing. Our teacher is concerned we are too stressed so this is her relaxation technique. Maybe I will bring my bible for my time alone. There is nothing like leaving our stress to the Lord. Its going to be amazing!

Last monday the mangment at Save On announced that they will be opening a new Save On in Lethbridge. I am so excited. They asked me if I would like to transfer. At first I thought this is what I wanted all along but when they asked me I said I would think about it. I have no idea why but something seems to be holding me back. I guess I will see, it will be a while before it opens.

So that seem to be my life in a nut shell. I will try to post pictures sometime soon. Blogs are always more interesting when they have pictures!

Bye Bye.

I will see a lot of you Saturday <3

It has finally arrived...

Okay, so maybe I am a day late but I am still very happy to announce that Fall has arrived. I think out of all the season fall has got to be my favorite. I love the cold mornings when you wake up feeling so warm and cozy in your bed and you have to force yourself out of bed and into your morning. The colours of the maple and mountain ash trees as they contranst with the yellows of the trees. The blue of the sky as the day warms up and you find yourself shedding layers. The sound of the leaves crunching under your footsteps. The cool wind blowing the leaves across the parking lot and off into the distant. The lack of bugs. Even the air smells crisp.

The only problem with fall is that it brings in the winter.

Well... nothing can be perfect.

Today in school I held a human skull. A real human skull. It was amazing!

Yes, I know this is a picture of a fake one but I figured not everybody is as open to skulls as I am. :-P

1000

Since I put up the counter a couple of months ago I have had officially 1000 hits. YAY! I was going to give a prize to whoever was the one thousandth person but since I have no idea how to tell, I guess not :-P

Happy Reading to all of you!

Happy Birthday

Today my eldest sister turned 25 years old and since you only turn 25 once we celebrated. I jumped into my car and headed north and she hopped into her car and drove southbound till we met up in Calgary and headed straight for the new mall. For hours we talked and walked and window shopped until the shops started to close. Both Amanda and I agreed that there was one store in particular that we both LOVED. Can you guess? I will give you a hint.

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If you guessed the Bass Pro Shop you are correct! Wow! What an amazing store. You could look around for hours and still not be bored. There are stuffed animals everywhere and they are all on display to look like they are doing something. This picture above shows a herd of deer being attacked in a realistic setting. The store even has two waterfalls and a stream with foot long fish in it and a giant aquarium with a large variety of fish for you to try to identify. Teachers could probably take their children hear for a field trip. If your in Calgary check it out, it is definitely worth it!

After the mall we found a hotel in Airdrie where we had a girls night. This includes facials, pedicures, a very late night, and lots of giggles and laughter.

These were the necessary supplies

Of course when it comes to pedicures only red will do!

I hope you had an amazing evening Amanda and I hope to celebrate many more birthdays with you. Have a great rest of your birthday with the rest of the family in Edmonton.

My last post about work was very negative and even though I still feel the same about most of the issues I have decided to make a more positive approach to work.

1) As a cashier I never have to go outside and bring in carts. In Lethbridge we have service clerks that bring them in. Yay! No more freezing my butt off in the wintertime!

2) The children's carts in Lethbridge are hidden away and not allowed to go outside. This makes bringing in carts a lot easier for the service clerks.

3) While the a lot of the employees are a little on the.. sketchy.. side most of them have been with Save On for more many many years and know what they are doing, even if they might need a bath.

4) While not everyone wears there uniform the management is trying to get people to wear them by doing contests and one day they even went through and wrote everyone up that wasn't dressed properly. A lot of the employees still didn't care but at least they are trying.

5) I am never bored because either there is a lot of customers or there is a lot to clean. By the time I leave Save On the place should be spotless :-P

6) The customer are a lot friendly than the ones in St.Albert and a lot more understanding. I ask the customer if they want there milk in a bag and they laugh like its a ridiculous question and say no. In St.Albert, for the most part, everything had to be bagged and bagged separately. Pork does not go with beef and beef does not go with chicken and if you did watch out!

7) When customers bring in cloth bags they usually offer to bag them themselves which is really nice. Cloth bags slow down the line if when you are fighting with them and trying to put the groceries in without squishing anything. It's really nice!


I think I am going to print this list out and put it in my apron and next time when I have to pass a group of police officers arresting some people of questionable character to get to my car I will take this list out and read and reread it.

Have a great Saturday!

Eight on 8

I know its suppose to be Ten on 10 (ten pictures on the tenth day of the month) but I revised it to fit my first day of school. Here is eight pictures showing my day.

Would you believe me if I told you that you were looking at 1000 dollars worth of merchandise? I found out first hand how expensive nursing books are. My teachers assured me they would be good for a couple semesters but still.. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS! Ouch.

This is me on my first day. I felt very first grade getting my picture taken as I headed out the door but still very very excited!

I had to pay for parking :-( because I didn't have a parking pass yet. Four dollars for the whole day. I had to buy a coffee to come up with the change :-)

I then headed straight for the parking pass office and got one for the whole year.

I also got my photo id for when I work at the hospital to identify myself as a Practical Nurse. Wow that feels weird to say.

A couple nights ago my computer stopped working. It wouldn't turn on, and yes it was charged, so I had to bring it to Future Shop. I only had it for 2 weeks. I was so impressed with the service there I would highly recommend them. They took a quick look at it and told me that my computers mother board was defective and gave me a couple of options. They told me they would give me the money I paid for this one to put towards another computer of a different brand, they would send this one away to be fixed and put a rush on it so I would get it back as quick as possible or I could get a brand new one of the same kind. I was so happy! I actually got the other one dirt cheap because it was the last one and someone had returned it because they didn't like it. I even explained that to him and he still said I could have the brand new computer. Yay! He was very nice about it and didn't pressure me at all.

My brand new computer!! :-P

Now I have to go. Along with the first day of school comes the first set of assignments. Have a great day everybody.