WEE-PAH!

More pics of my cuteness!!!!!
Mom, show these to Kevin!!!
Isn't she cute?!??!?!? aweeeeee my baby!!!

Pharmacy Christmas Semi-Formal that was not so SEMI Formal!

So this past friday, the School of Pharmacy had their annual Christmas Semi-Formal event. Little did I know that in reality, the SEMI is dropped and that prom dresses and evening gowns are the dress codes for the night. Add a limo ride and you'd probably experience a little DEJA VU from grade 12 grad or something. Most of the girls in my class aren't long out of high school so they just wore their prom dresses from a couple years ago. Me however, did not even GO to grad, and even if I did, my grad dress would not fit me, 8 years later.
SO, being poor and not thinking this was a big deal, I went in a simple skirt and dressy top and I stuck out like a sore thumb. And our 1st class compared to those of 2nd to 4th year were VERY VERY VERY underdressed in comparision.
But lessoned learned. Next year I will be sure to buy something much more elegant and hopefully I'll be 15 lbs lighter so I can fit into it like a model. bahhahahah

Anyway, I figured I would post a few pics from the night, regardless. And show you who it is I see 5 days of the week, and will see for 4 more years of my life.

Mom, this post is mainly for you.

Me, Jamie, Julie and Meghan N. - My Anatomy and Phsyiology lab group.

Katie, Megan D, and Erika being very drunk.

Above we have Eryn and Leslie and below Jamie and me - this completes the members of our own little click.

Me and Jules below

Me and Eryn chillin out

This picture wasnt taken by me but we have starting from the left, going right:

Erika, Megan D, Garrett, Stacy, Nikki, her boyfriend Eric behind her, Greg, and Andrew. The last girl on the right is Andrews gf and she isn't in our class but I think her name was Melanie?

So yeah, there go. A few random people that are in my class. This of course doesn't include EVERYONE but I have a class picture that I will post later for that one. Most of these pics include the people I am closest with in the class.

Cheers and a very early Merry Christmas!

22 days till Calgary.

WOOT

Monkey Dance!

I'm gonna snap, crackle and POP if this semester does not end soon!
HOLY crap, I have never been soooo anxious to be able to NOT study. I mean, this semester has been awesome and I'm enjoying what I'm learning but I think its the fact that it is my 7th consecutive semester IN A ROW with NO summers off that is driving me absolutely BONKERS! I have one more semester after this before I can actually work again...and real work. None of this 6 dollar an hour crap...No siree! This will be working in a pharmacy making a half decent salary as a pharmacy student, well that is after our "unpaid" workterm. But STILL!! NO BOOKS!!!
*angelic music begins to play*
Yes, that's right...a summer where I do not get to study! WOOT WOOT!
I can come home from a day's work and go to the gym....because I don't have to study or do homework. OR I can come home and watch tv, because I won't have to study or do homework. OR I can come home and take my time cooking a decent meal because I won't have to study or do homework. OR I can come home and go out with friends, or go to the mall, or sit on my ass and watch paint dry....it won't matter because I'll have the TIME!!!

OK...
So back to Christmas. Yeah, this will be our last Christmas in Calgary and I know mom's gonna go all nuts and crazy with making it super amazingly special so it deserves some major hype.
I'm planning on eating ginger beef for a few days straight (for breakfast, lunch and supper) but don't worry, I won't gain a pound because I plan on working out on mom's new Precor elliptical for a few hours a day. bahahhaa
Plus I will be walking Oreo, as per usual. Oreo loves his walks.

I love being able to go home, have some of mom's amazing cooked meals, putting up the tree, and playing christmas music until the sound sickens me. I even enjoy the SMELLS! It never ceases to amaze me how smell can be associated with memory, and how the simple smell of a home can make you feel back at home.
I enjoy the long rides commuting to and from the home for whatever reason, seeing how much New Brighton has YET AGAIN grown, and going back to familiar places that bring back memories.

Christmas Eve is always a great celebration. But mom pretty much covered that in her blog.

I also look forward to the sun. The sun you might think? Yes. St. John's is one of the cloudiest cities in Canada and personally, I need a good dose of sun now and again. Although Calgary may get extremely cold at times, it does provide sufficient amounts of sunshine to keep your mood elevated.

December 13th is my last final exam. Then I have a few days to get Whipper situated with her babysitters and pack for the big trip.

I can't wait for that day. OH yes, I'll be dancin like a monkey!!!

Can't wait!!!! YAY! Monkey Dance!

On that note, I will be 25 in 2 days and I just want to add that I am exactly 1/4 of a century old. And given that the average life expectancy for females is approximately 75 years, I have already lived 1/3rd of my life and I only have 2/3rds of it left to live. Kinda depressing but it's neat to see it put in perspective.


Cherio!

Stepping Stones

So you know the old saying...stepping stones lead the way to the ultimate destination.
And so, we are usually advised to lay down stepping stones along our journey through life.
But I have to raise the question as to what we are laying down as our stepping stones?
For some is it educational experience, for others job experience, or maybe it is just experience.
But for others, it is people.

And this is never good. Whether it be friends who they later betray, or women/men they use and hurt....it is not good.
This is very selfish behavior. And although one might believe that they are trying to better themselves, really they are burning others in the process. The bridges melt and fade away.

And so I must share my advice to those who are in the pursuit of laying down others as their stepping stones...
Remember...if you do not place them properly and care for them in the manner that you should, they can crack. And on your way to your destination, walking over your steps, you never know which one will crack that will send you falling down, down, down.

If I am your stepping stone, rest assured that I will do my best to crack at the very precise moment you step on me, so that I will send you hurling down off your high horse, off your cloud nine, and back into reality... back to the dust.

Sleep tight.