long way from freedom

Oh, where has the month gone? I never seem to have the "time" to update, meanwhile I'm getting plenty of spider solitaire time in--I was on the verge of deleting it, but I can't...I haven't even made it up to 2 decks yet. On January 31st, we said goodbye to our dear friend Andrea...because she's going to Australia, the lucky girl!!! We thought we'd show her what a good time was: we took her to modernized, the best thing since the compilation album Spirit of the Sixties (H, you know what I'm talkin' about!). Here is proof of that night: Yep. The week before reading week was trying for my family. My grandma passed away on February 12th. My aunt, uncle, and cousin (Hi Meg!) came in from out of province to be here, and while it was nice to see them all, it wasn't the ideal situation. Here are some pictures to commemorate her life--we played these and others at a slideshow at her funeral.

Grandma Loves Kitties

Min (Middle) in younger years

Grandma and Me (and highwaisted pants, I know, I know)
Artsy picture, courtesy of Daddykins

Steve had been looking forward to going skiing and I didn't want to let him down, so we still went to Asessippi that weekend (Feb 13-15). It was so cold on Saturday that it felt like 2 trucks had run over my feet, so we packed it in early that day. We woke up on Sunday to a windchill of -35, so we cut our losses and headed back to the city, but not before taking a few more pictures

Nice, Steve

The rest of my reading week was uneventful; in fact, I think it was the worst reading week in history for actually getting reading done.

Aaaand that pretty much brings us up to date. I finished my last midterm of the year today, now only 3 group projects, 5 presentations, and 4 finals to go! *sigh*. At least I have summer to look forward to. My March will be coming in like a lion...haircut, the Waking Eyes, lots and lots of work and school!

I'm a ghost, I'm a shadow, I'm gone *pfft*

I can't believe that I forgot to write Happy 100th post!!! very exciting indeed.

Well, I'm back from my ski trip and...I'm not dead! The first day at Asessippi, I took a snowboarding lesson and my one and only trip down a hill was hell. I have no balance, it turns out, and I couldn't stay up on the bloody board for more than 5 seconds. Plus, snowboarding made me so sore! Up until yesterday I was going down stairs one at a time.
The second day, I took up skiing instead and it was great! I didn't fall down once.

Pictures to come soon, so everyone can see my sunburnt face (yes, I can get burnt even when it's -3 outside). Haha.

I have 2 midterms on Thursday so hopefully I do OK on them. I didn't study at all during reading week so I have a lot of work to do tonight and tomorrow. March is going to be pretty intense. I have 15 shifts at Ticketmaster ( there's a period where I work 8 of 9 days in a row!), plus school.

Lunch time

sooo sleepy

Ok, I'd totally be adding more funny pictures that I've discovered while scanning, but I am unfortunately at school. I felt really ill this morning, likely because I had to shove myself out of the going to bed at 3:30am, waking up at 1pm routine.

This term should be a lot more fun than Fall term: Calgary trip in t-minus 19 days, and boyfriend wants to go on a trip to Asessippi (likely on reading week). I myself haven't skiied since I was in grade 6 (so....8 years?). I have a lot of catching up to do for that. I think we're going to go to spring hill, the dinky ski place that is closest to Winnipeg, so that I can practice/learn how to snowboard.

I think I am getting a gym membership! Boyfriend has agreed to be my gym buddy and H said she might be one as well, that'd be fun!

I really want to sleep before class but it starts in 15 minutes...can't wait for tonight.