Just Another Melancholy Monday

So I wrote this yesterday and never ended up posting it...


Today was not great. After successfully making it through both of my classes, I went to the library to read the articles for my final assignment for the semester and to kill time before my last laughter yoga class. After I read the articles, I still had some time to kill so I went to the Tim Hortons on campus and bought a hot chocolate to try my luck at roll up the rim. 


Sadly all that accomplished was me burning my tongue, spilling hot chocolate on myself and later splitting my nail while trying to roll up the rim. I didn't even win anything. 


After that failure I went to my final laughter yoga class of the semester. At the end of an awesome class, we discussed what will be happening next semester, which is also something else pushing me towards taking the summer semester. I love that yoga class and most of the people will be there too. 


I ended off my school day by going to the gym. When I came home I had dinner and relaxed for the rest of the night. Tomorrow I get to start studying for finals and worrying about my last assignment I guess...


Countdown: 10 more days

Excellent Weekend and Mild Dilemma

Yesterday was fantastic. I applied for a job at a few more places and then I got to go bowling with a bunch of other nerdfighters and then we hung out for a few hours and went to a cafe where I had an amazing grilled cheese. 


Today I got to relax, I slept in and didn't do much. I went outside and was slightly productive in helping my dad pull out some weeds from the garden before coming inside and relaxing some more before cooking myself a dinner of chicken and rice. 


I then read some of the blogs that I am following and a post from "Red Means Go" got me thinking about my favourite parts of spring and I thought of all the fun clothes I get to wear in the spring and the cute shoes that go with them. I then wanted to find a cute pair of white wedge sandals...


You know you have a lot of shoes when you're looking for a specific pair of cute spring sandals and while searching your closet you find a pair of black flats and go "wow, these are cute...I forgot I had these..." But then again, a girl can never have too many shoes. 


I'm also having a serious dilemma about whether or not I should do summer semester. Right now I'm registered in one class and I have until Friday to drop it without penalty, but I'm not sure if I should just take the one class because I haven't been able to get into anything else and I'm going to have to take this class at some point anyways, or if I should just drop it and wait until fall to take it. Because I'm nerdy I'm going to weigh some pros and cons.

Pros:

1) Because I have to take it I'll get it done and over with

2) It would be my only class so I could do really well because there's less to focus on

3)I'd get to have a bus pass all summer

Cons:

1) I'd have less free time

2) I have no excuse for not doing well in the class

3) If I get hired anywhere I'd have less time to work

And that's about all I can think of right now...


Countdown: 11 days of school

The Sun Finally Shines

All of the assignments for the "week from hell" have been finished and all but one has been handed in. I'm feeling so relieved and elated right now. I got my Kin midterm mark back and I actually did well,  Plus it's sunny, and warm. Spring is finally showing up! I'm just in an incredibly good mood right now. I also have Saturday to look forward to when I get to go bowling with a bunch of my fellow Nerdfighters. 


As far as summer semester goes I'm still in limbo. I signed up for the psych course I want to take because I could get in...but I'm not sure if I'd want to only take one class and everything else I want to take is full. Well actually I feel like it would be a waste of time to take just one course, I think my time would be better spent working in that case. My plan is to job search some more this weekend and give it a week for the courses to see if anything opens up, if not as long as I drop the Psych course by April 1st I don't get charged. 


12 days of school left in year 1!

So Close, Yet So Far Away

I've got one more assignment to do for Thursday and my paper due Friday just needs to be edited and then I can breathe a sigh of relief. I get my next assignment for my REM class tomorrow when I hand in my term paper. The only reason I'm slightly looking forward to getting this assignment is because it's the last assignment of the semester! I also decided against doing a summer semester. I need a break. And the classes that I want to take are full, so there is really no point in doing a summer semester while taking unnecessary classes that I don't really want to take.  Bottom line: I'm so close to finishing this year which is super exciting.

Random side note, I just came across this video which made me extremely happy. His talent is amazing!

Plus I love Disney movies. :)

4 Leaf Clovers and Leprechauns

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

As I am not yet of legal drinking age where I live, I cannot go out and party. There is also the fact that I have a shitload of homework to do. So go out and have a drink for me. Finding a cute Irish boy would also be a good plan. Either way, enjoy yourself!
But seriously, don't get too drunk or if you do drink lots of water so you don't get hungover. You do after all (most likely) have work and/or school tomorrow! (Yes I'm a nerd like that)

A Piece of my Mind on Pi Day

After watching this video by an extremely well spoken John Green:

I began to think. I'm sitting here in Canada stressing over a midterm I have to take tomorrow morning when thousands of people worldwide are mourning the loss of loved ones, or are even afraid to look at photos coming out of Japan in fear that they might see someone they love. It just makes you realize how insignificant your worries can be sometimes.

I mean entire towns were wiped out by this earthquake and resulting tsunami. Where I live the only thing that may even come close to reaching us from that earthquake is radiation from the nuclear reactors. The tsunami did not affect where I live at all, although it did cause some damage further south down the coastline. Anyways, it just seems completely trivial that I'm worried about a midterm, and grades and school when now there are thousands of people in Japan who no longer have a school to go to at all and even more who lost their lives. I know I'm not the first to say this, and I certainly won't be the last, but my thoughts go out to everyone currently in and who has loved ones in Japan.

Fingers Crossed For a Productive Weekend

I think at the moment I've decided on a Psychology major with a Counselling minor. So that's what I'm going for and hopefully as I take the required classes I'll decide that I'm going in the right direction. But only time will really tell. It's officially crunch time. I think I'm going to go to school tomorrow (on a Saturday!) and spend all day living in the library trying to get some of my work done. (Not only because I need somewhere to focus, but because I need some of the resources).

The things I have to do include:
Study for Tuesday's midterm
Write a 6 page paper on "Tiger Moms" (due Mar. 25)
Write a 10 page paper on Child Labor in India (due Mar. 23)
Summarize and critique 2 articles for Psych (due Mar. 22)
Finish my diet analysis (3 more tables and a 2 page written assignment summarizing food servings) (due Mar. 24)

I'm hoping to get the 6 page paper close to finished, because if I send my TA an outline a week before it's due he will critique it allowing me to get a better mark as well as the Psych assignment finished this weekend.

I also need to apply for a job (which I'd like to do this weekend). Hopefully this weekend is very productive.

Change is Scary

I've always been one of those people who have had their lives figured out. I decided what I wanted to do with my life early in high school, I decided where I wanted to go for University and made it there. I started working my way to where I wanted to be and life was great (or so I thought?)


Today I went to an informations session about getting my honours degree (basically an unwritten requirement for grad school). About half way through the session I realized that I was completely overwhelmed and left the session with the same feeling. Basically a one hour info session is making me rethink my entire future. Which is terrifying. I thought I wanted to do Clinical Psychology but now I'm not so sure. I'm going to take some time and look into Counselling Psychology (because that is also something that interested me from the beginning) hopefully I will figure it out soon because my registration date for summer semester is coming up soon and now I'm not even sure if I want to go to school this summer. 


Luckily I have some fantastic friends who help keep me grounded and one of which took me out for gelato after school today, We had a fabulous time basically just getting lost. Too bad I have to go to school tomorrow and it's back to the harsh pressures of reality. 

Mixing it Up

I find that I complain or just talk about school way too much. (Mostly because nothing else is really happening in my life right now) So I thought I'd share some of my favourite quotes instead of offering you yet another one of my whiny, normal posts. 


"Pain is inevitable; Suffering is optional"
--Greta Randolph

" One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead."
-- Oscar Wilde

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."
-- Vernon Law

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."
--Sydney J. Harris

"It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize how much you love them"
--Agatha Christie

"The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people."
--Randy Pausch

"If at first an idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
--Albert Einstein

"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter."
-- Dan Reeves

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we do fall.”
-- Confucius

“The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.”
--Oscar Wilde

"Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to."

March Madness Continues

One midterm down, 2 to go. I can't wait until March is over (or at least until after the 25th) when I will be able to have a life again. I have a midterm every week in March until the week of the 25th when I have  2 quizzes, 2 assignments, and 2 papers due.

The most exciting thing going on in my weekend plans (well at this point the only thing that doesn't involve homework) is going to pick out paint for my room tomorrow. I'm not sure what colour I'm going to paint it (although I'm leaning towards my favourite colour of blue). This is a slight problem because not only do I have to pick a colour I have to pick a shade. Because you can't just have a white room for example it's either "eggshell" or "Navajo White" etc.

Regardless, I don't know when it's actually going to get painted because I'm most likely going to end up in summer school. I'm thinking about taking two courses, a required Psychology course and a Criminology course about the psychology of criminals. Either way, my future seems to involve a lot of homework. Next week the only plans that I have (other than homework) are a few fitness classes, an interview to see if I can become an Orientation Leader at my University in the fall, a haircut and possibly a meeting to make signs for a protest I'm going to in two weeks to protest high tuition prices. Oh, the (not-so) exciting life I live.

The Weekend in Review

I wrote a post on Sunday, but apparently I didn't post it? But anyways, my weekend was pretty awesome.


Saturday I think I spent about 6 hours doing homework, which I did finish. Although I should have gotten more studying done. It also snowed all day Saturday so we ended up with about 6 inches. (Where I live that's a lot). But Sunday was AMAZING! I went to the Flea Market for the first time, and then met a bunch of fellow nerdfighters. We didn't let the cold, wind and rain didn't dampen our spirits or hinder our adventures. We went to Science World and had a blast before going to McDonalds and playing Scrabble. Sadly I had to leave early to attend a family birthday party, but I still had loads of fun. 



Yesterday marked the beginning of the harsh stresses of reality and back to another busy week at school. I have a midterm on Friday (which I should really be studying for) and March Madness is beginning. (I don't just mean the basketball playoffs, I have an insane amount of stuff to get done in March). I also decided last night that I'm going to go to school in the summer as well. Just part time (two classes) because I want to work as well, but I don't really get a huge break, or much of a break at all actually. Oh well, that was really my choice because I chose my career path.