In the pre Christmas season, I got a call from sister asking me to meet her at the mall. We set the time for right after my exam but my since my exam was done sooner than expected I headed to our usual meeting spot and sat down on the bench to wait. After a few minutes an elderly gentleman sat down next to me and turns to me, "Hey, aren't you the girl who works at Save on Foods?" After telling him I was we had a lovely chat for about 10 minutes until his wife finished shopping and we said our good byes.

Another 5 minutes ticked by. Yet another man, this time much younger, started to walk by my bench and then stopped up short. He turned to me and said "Do I know you? You look familiar." and then it occurred to him "Hey aren't you the girl that works at Save On Foods?" Again I agreed, we chat for a couple of minutes and then he moved on.

Finally Michelle arrived and we begin to shop.

The next day a friend asks me to go for lunch at a local fast food joint. When we arrived we placed our order and then when I went to pay the man said, "This one is on me." I gave him a strange look and he just smiled and said "You work at Save on Foods, You are a nice person."

Since when have I become 'The Girl Who Works at Save on Foods"

Its official.

I am done. Just 21 days of chillaxin.

Now that I am a quarter of the way to becoming a nurse, I will share some of the things I learned this past semester.

1) If you go to someones house and your bring Tupperware they will fill it up with leftovers and you are set for the next couple of days. No cooking required.

2) When driving to and from Edmonton make sure you do not pull an all nighter the night before and if you are feeling sick don't even attempt to drive. Not worth it. The trip takes way longer from all the stopping you are required to do.

3) Procrastinations is both a good thing and a bad thing. I don't get as stressed out about school if I do the work beforehand, but when the deadline is looming and I feel the pressure I tend to much much better on the assignments. Very bad habit to get into!

4) Sticky notes are amazing. I am definitely a list person so if its not written down I probably won't get it done so I have sticky note reminders everywhere. It is a very satisfying feeling to rip the paper into tiny pieces and throw it away. Ahhh.. finished.

5) I love grocery shopping. I hate clothes shopping. I guess I get that from my mom but it I could live without ever having to enter a clothing I would. I am definitely a roll out of bed go as you are type of person, this is much to my mom's dismay. But grocery shopping... I just love it. Going up and down the aisles looking for the best deals. Looking at all the products. Wow. I could go everyday (I don't though). I especially love the cleaning products aisle. Strange I know.

6) I can't do school work if my room is messy. Before I can even think about studying I have to make my bed, pick up my clothes ect.. Otherwise I just can't concentrate.

7) When I moved away a friend gave me a tea cup and every time I do my school work i make myself a cup of tea or hot chocolate with this mug. I just have to say it is the perfect cup. It is the perfect size and holds just the right amount. Also it has this little spot for your thumb on the handle that is just perfect. SO if I didn't say thank you.. THANK YOU!!

8) Since we don't really have a TV at our house I realized how much time I have to dedicate to my studying or other. Also I realized that other than a few shows I don't really miss it at all (even though sometimes when people at school are talking about the latest show or movie I feel a little left out because i have no idea what they are talking about!)

9) I drink too much coke. One time our instructor was giving a lecture about diabetes and he said "when Rebecca gets diabetes..." Not if.. but when.. Dang. Maybe I will slowly wean myself off. I don't know where I get this love from because we never really drank it when we were younger but...

10) I am an overachiever. This I found to be shocking. In high school I never studied not even once, rarely did my homework and got just decent grades and I was happy with that. In fact I scoffed when people who got nineties whined about their grades. Now I have become one of 'those' people. I have no idea where it came from, and I am working on it. When I get a mark in the eighties I have to convince myself that it is an awesome mark still I bite my tongue to keep from complaining. Grrr.. That frustrates me.

Anyway This is my list of what I have learned. There are many I though of before that I can't think of now. I will probably remember in the middle of the night. Enjoy!

A couple of weeks ago at work, I asked for four or five days off during the Christmas holidays so I could have a nice visit with my family. My boss smiled and agreed he could work something out. Today I looked at the schedule and he gave me 2 days off for Christmas and 3 days off for New Years. A total of 5 days.

I guess I should have been more specific.