Man, today was such a beautiful day that I decided I should do things outside. So, first off... I decided that since we have a pressure washer, I might as well use it. So, out I go fiddling with it, since my dad seems to have lost the instruction manual already. Takes a while, but I finally get it to work and I rinse the highlander. But it was such a nice day and really, a rinse doesn't really clean the car. So, out came the bucket of soap and water and there I am in my bikini... errr... I mean... in my shorts and t-shirt washing the car. :P Then I washed the garage floor and when I finally finished... I decided I would rollerblade to Marvin and Julia's house for cellgroup instead of taking that 5-minute drive. Wow... I havn't rollerbladed since 1st year U and it felt really strange. I kept on trying to stop like I was on hockey skates and my ankles hurt really quickly and it felt extremely awkward to rollerblade around, so I need practice. But strangely enough... it took me exactly 5 minutes to rollerblade to Marvin and Julia's house... what the... it takes me 5 minutes to drive there. Strange.
Anyways... I want to get out of the house tomorrow, so I'm going to go do some chores and whatnot in the morning and then I'm thinking I'll probably be going rollerblading along the river in the afternoon. If anybody reads this before Friday afternoon and wishes to join me for some rollerblading, please come join me. Give me a call or try to bump into me at church or whatnot. But it should be a nice day tomorrow. Good warm up for gym nite. :P Maybe... or we might be too sore for gym nite, haha. Either way, that's the plan. I'll go alone if need be, but if anybody would like to join me, that is welcome as well. :P
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
God Is In Control
So, why do we still worry and stress over every little thing so much?? I mean, come on, God is in control. I guess there is the sense that we should still do our part and check things out as well... but man... why do I bother even stressing, haha.
I stressed over the final week of class becuase I had been way too lethargic over the entire semester, as I rightly should have cause it was my own fault. I tried to pull a semi-allnighter to get things together (semi as in sleep at 11, wake up at 3) but I slept in, haha. Guess God knew that I would need the sleep more than the cramming. But sleeping in sure made me stress over my exams. :P
I stressed over the final lab exam, especially after hearing that people failed and saw people crying... and I actually went pretty tunnel-vision while doing my scenario and was still worried going back for my review.
I stressed over the fact that I havn't received any information about my provincial certification exam at the beginning of May and others had already received their schedules. I mean, the application said that if the application is late or incomplete, they won't send you anything, so I was kinda worried that maybe my dad faxed my registration to the wrong number or forgot about it or that I had filled the registration in wrong. Oh man... so, I end up calling them today and what do I find out? I'm already scheduled and it's in the mail. Sheesh. Why bother stressing, haha.
Guess I should stop stressing about getting into the EMT program next september as well. I havn't heard anything back from them yet... and they said I would probably hear back from them by early to mid april. Ack. One of my classmates got told that they were on the waiting list, so maybe the fact that I havn't been told anything is a good sign, haha, and that they're just waiting for me to get provincially certified.
Oh, and stressing out for the stretcher-lift test a month ago. Figured I wasn't going to be strong enough or something... but I glanced at my results during my interview and it was excellent in all the categories. YEAH! And I'm lucky too... a friend of mine in my class got her whole back torn out because her stupid partner decided to just give up halfway up the stairs and dropped the stretcher on her. Sigh... I feel so bad for her. All her back muscles torn because some girl gave up halfway and dropped the stretcher... now she can't even bend over to pick things up and/or even continue to be a paramedic... sigh. Why are there so many stupid people in the world?? Who the heck gives up halfway because they find it too heavy and just drops her side of the stretcher halfway up the stairs without even warning the other person. ARGH!
Wow, I thought this was going to be a nice and simple blog... guess I end up talking more and more when people don't interupt me to tease me about something. :P Anyways, time to go get an allergic reaction and cut the grasses. :P
I stressed over the final week of class becuase I had been way too lethargic over the entire semester, as I rightly should have cause it was my own fault. I tried to pull a semi-allnighter to get things together (semi as in sleep at 11, wake up at 3) but I slept in, haha. Guess God knew that I would need the sleep more than the cramming. But sleeping in sure made me stress over my exams. :P
I stressed over the final lab exam, especially after hearing that people failed and saw people crying... and I actually went pretty tunnel-vision while doing my scenario and was still worried going back for my review.
I stressed over the fact that I havn't received any information about my provincial certification exam at the beginning of May and others had already received their schedules. I mean, the application said that if the application is late or incomplete, they won't send you anything, so I was kinda worried that maybe my dad faxed my registration to the wrong number or forgot about it or that I had filled the registration in wrong. Oh man... so, I end up calling them today and what do I find out? I'm already scheduled and it's in the mail. Sheesh. Why bother stressing, haha.
Guess I should stop stressing about getting into the EMT program next september as well. I havn't heard anything back from them yet... and they said I would probably hear back from them by early to mid april. Ack. One of my classmates got told that they were on the waiting list, so maybe the fact that I havn't been told anything is a good sign, haha, and that they're just waiting for me to get provincially certified.
Oh, and stressing out for the stretcher-lift test a month ago. Figured I wasn't going to be strong enough or something... but I glanced at my results during my interview and it was excellent in all the categories. YEAH! And I'm lucky too... a friend of mine in my class got her whole back torn out because her stupid partner decided to just give up halfway up the stairs and dropped the stretcher on her. Sigh... I feel so bad for her. All her back muscles torn because some girl gave up halfway and dropped the stretcher... now she can't even bend over to pick things up and/or even continue to be a paramedic... sigh. Why are there so many stupid people in the world?? Who the heck gives up halfway because they find it too heavy and just drops her side of the stretcher halfway up the stairs without even warning the other person. ARGH!
Wow, I thought this was going to be a nice and simple blog... guess I end up talking more and more when people don't interupt me to tease me about something. :P Anyways, time to go get an allergic reaction and cut the grasses. :P
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Wow...sers...
Man oh man oh man... So, I'm officially done my EMR class now. Though I still have to take my provincial exam May 5-7... hopefully my registration went through and I will be able to write it then. I havn't heard anything about it yet. But let's pray it all works out, cause if I get provicinally certified, I'm pretty sure I'll get into the EMT program for next september.
Oh, but I'm done my EMR class, haha. and I'm so HAPPY! Giddy really, haha. There were 4 exams total... and since this is a learn on your own course and come in to take your multiple choice exams whenever... I ended up leaving 3 of my 4 exams till this last week, haha. But my average for all 4 exams was 87%, so I'm really happy about that, haha. 92% on the final written exam. OH YEAH!!
Okay, so doing well on multiple choice exams isn't really why I'm so giddy, haha, I mean, they are multiple choice exams. :P But I was so freaked out about my LAB EXAM today... the scenario test... the application test... oh man... I was so freaked out and most people were. But my lab test was today and I passed!! And it's not that easy... we go in as groups of 4 to be tested... and 2 of the other 3 people I went in with failed and now have to do a re-test. One of the girls that was in the group before ours came out crying... and I heard at least 2 others failed from earlier groups... but seeing that girl (who from what I saw during class was decent with her scenarios and knew her stuff fairly well) come out crying was like, oh man... panic time!! But I passed!! and I passed with... wait for it... wait for it... 100% HOLY CRAP! When they asked me back into the room to give me my mark, they were like "how do you think you did?" and I was like... ahh... good?? and they asked "do you think you missed anything?" and I was like, well, I missed this and I missed that... and then they dropped my exam booklet on the desk and it said %100... and my jaw just dropped and I was speechless, haha. Then they were like "I don't think you missed anything" haha... oh man... so very happy right now. :P
But a good sign that I'm on the right track. I'm enjoying it. I like what I'm learning. I like what I'm doing. And I seem to be understanding what I'm learning and appear to be capable of doing what needs to be done!! And man, I think this might be my first A out of high school, haha. YES!!!!
Edit: So, I checked online and my final overall mark was 94.43%!! I believe that comes out to be an A+!! WOOT WOOT!! Ha, I better not screw up on my provincial certification exam, haha. That would really suck.
Oh, but I'm done my EMR class, haha. and I'm so HAPPY! Giddy really, haha. There were 4 exams total... and since this is a learn on your own course and come in to take your multiple choice exams whenever... I ended up leaving 3 of my 4 exams till this last week, haha. But my average for all 4 exams was 87%, so I'm really happy about that, haha. 92% on the final written exam. OH YEAH!!
Okay, so doing well on multiple choice exams isn't really why I'm so giddy, haha, I mean, they are multiple choice exams. :P But I was so freaked out about my LAB EXAM today... the scenario test... the application test... oh man... I was so freaked out and most people were. But my lab test was today and I passed!! And it's not that easy... we go in as groups of 4 to be tested... and 2 of the other 3 people I went in with failed and now have to do a re-test. One of the girls that was in the group before ours came out crying... and I heard at least 2 others failed from earlier groups... but seeing that girl (who from what I saw during class was decent with her scenarios and knew her stuff fairly well) come out crying was like, oh man... panic time!! But I passed!! and I passed with... wait for it... wait for it... 100% HOLY CRAP! When they asked me back into the room to give me my mark, they were like "how do you think you did?" and I was like... ahh... good?? and they asked "do you think you missed anything?" and I was like, well, I missed this and I missed that... and then they dropped my exam booklet on the desk and it said %100... and my jaw just dropped and I was speechless, haha. Then they were like "I don't think you missed anything" haha... oh man... so very happy right now. :P
But a good sign that I'm on the right track. I'm enjoying it. I like what I'm learning. I like what I'm doing. And I seem to be understanding what I'm learning and appear to be capable of doing what needs to be done!! And man, I think this might be my first A out of high school, haha. YES!!!!
Edit: So, I checked online and my final overall mark was 94.43%!! I believe that comes out to be an A+!! WOOT WOOT!! Ha, I better not screw up on my provincial certification exam, haha. That would really suck.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
DIVISION CHAMPS!!
YEAH BABY! We beat Colorado and finally clinched the division title. Amazing really, considering how poorly they started this season off. But wow, we won the division. And what a way to win it too. Last home game of the season... against the only team that had the possibility of beating the flames to the division title... kipper gets his league-leading 10th shutout of the season... Phaneuf gets his 20th goal of the season (amazing for a rookie defenseman {new record for a Flames rookie dman [and ummm... game winning goal too] yeah, 3 brackets this time} so take that). 2 more useless games and then the playoffs begin. Can't wait. And the flames lost only 7 times at home this entire season going 30-7-4. I went to 2 games and one of them was a loss, how crappy is that!! :P
But the Oilers and Canucks fighting for that 8th and final playoff spot is going to be so tight. I feel for you canuck and oilers fans. This will be really close. Oilers beat Anahiem tonight... so if they beat Colorado for their last game of the season, then they are in to the playoffs. BUT, if the oilers lose to Colorado and Vancouver beats San Jose tonight and beats Colorado on Saturday, then the canucks will be in. Oh boy... lets just hope the canucks lose tonight to San Jose so we won't have to go through all the waiting, haha. Just let the oilers in to the playoffs already, lose vancouver lose!
Edit: San Jose 5 - Vancouver 3. Oh, and thanks for the call Milty... figured you'd say congrats on the flames clinching division, haha, but nope. :P Edmonton is IN, Vancouver is OUT.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Amazing Year Part II
So, the Flames had an amazing year the last time the NHL was around and was one game away from winning the stanley cup. And ofcourse, for those that still care... they were one goal that should have counted away from winning the cup. But oh well... not much you can do about it now.
But anyways...
This year they started off horrendously going something like 4-10-2 in the first 2 months. Since then, they have clinched a playoff spot... have a 100+ point season for the first time since '91... currently hold top spot in the uber-tough northwest division (and only need ONE more point to clinch that division title) - which they have not won since the '95 season... Mikka Kiprusoff is most likely going to win the Vezina trophy for top goalie... Dion Phaneuf may be overshadowed by Ovechkin and Crosby but is still one of the best rookie defenceman to come into this league in a VERY long time (some say he might be a finalist for the Norris trophy {top d-man in the league} but I doubt it)... and currently they will win the Jennings award for the team with the lowest gaa in the league (though they only have a 0.04 lead over Ottawa with 3 games left)...
Most of our players are coming off the injury list... so we should be relatively healthy at the start of the playoffs which will be a huge plus as we are 13-3-3 or something like that when we have all of our top-6 dmen playing in the same game. It's too bad we'll be missing Marcus Nilson though, cause he is huge defensively along with Yelle. Otherwise, we should do well in the playoffs as we have been playing well against all other playoff contenders currently. Detroit and Dallas we can match (and since there isn't a shootout in the playoffs, we'll be fine against them!!), Anaheim, San Jose, Colorado and Edmonton we can beat and have beaten as of late. Nashville was the biggest doubt for us, but now that Vokoun is out for the season, they should be easy pickings with a minor leaguer as their #1 Goalie. Vancouver, well, let's just hope they don't make it to the playoffs. LET'S GO OILERS!! just till the playoffs begin. :P And I guess, LET's GO SHARKS as well, beat those cannots in your home and home!!
But anyways...
This year they started off horrendously going something like 4-10-2 in the first 2 months. Since then, they have clinched a playoff spot... have a 100+ point season for the first time since '91... currently hold top spot in the uber-tough northwest division (and only need ONE more point to clinch that division title) - which they have not won since the '95 season... Mikka Kiprusoff is most likely going to win the Vezina trophy for top goalie... Dion Phaneuf may be overshadowed by Ovechkin and Crosby but is still one of the best rookie defenceman to come into this league in a VERY long time (some say he might be a finalist for the Norris trophy {top d-man in the league} but I doubt it)... and currently they will win the Jennings award for the team with the lowest gaa in the league (though they only have a 0.04 lead over Ottawa with 3 games left)...
Most of our players are coming off the injury list... so we should be relatively healthy at the start of the playoffs which will be a huge plus as we are 13-3-3 or something like that when we have all of our top-6 dmen playing in the same game. It's too bad we'll be missing Marcus Nilson though, cause he is huge defensively along with Yelle. Otherwise, we should do well in the playoffs as we have been playing well against all other playoff contenders currently. Detroit and Dallas we can match (and since there isn't a shootout in the playoffs, we'll be fine against them!!), Anaheim, San Jose, Colorado and Edmonton we can beat and have beaten as of late. Nashville was the biggest doubt for us, but now that Vokoun is out for the season, they should be easy pickings with a minor leaguer as their #1 Goalie. Vancouver, well, let's just hope they don't make it to the playoffs. LET'S GO OILERS!! just till the playoffs begin. :P And I guess, LET's GO SHARKS as well, beat those cannots in your home and home!!
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Amazing Year
As I was reading over the amazing Da BeezNeez blog, I began to look back over the amazing year that has recently passed. Granted, I didn't have an amazing birthday to really say it's been a new year, but nevertheless, I was able to reflect upon the amazing year that has passed since last April. And boy have things changed, for better or worse, I can't truly say, but I can say that it has been truly an amazing year.
But first off, let us look back to where I was last year (which we'll place the starting date to be approximatly April 1, 2005). At that time, I was still attending the amazing University of Alberta (which is SO much more amazing than UofC) and residing within the walls of the newly built International House - UofA and on the amazing 6th floor - the Eye-House Penthouse! The month of April was a month of change, big changes... amazing changes... for that year. Looking back at my archives, I realized that I was finishing my not-so-amazing university career with a bang (that being with a gun pointed at my own temple kind of bang). So there I was, returning to Calgary with only my amazing life experience gained in the not-so-amazing deadmonton and with not a single academic achievement that I had originally hoped for when I first moved up there. The positives of my 3 years in edmonton? Well, ECPC now has someone trained specifically to do sound, hehe, that in itself can be considered amazing (and another amazing thing about that is that Cam was only what... 12? and he was already nearing 6 feet tall, SHEESH, now that is what I call Amazing!). I also learned how to become less of an introvert and to become more socialable and all those who know me will know how amazing that really is. :P But there I was back home with no clear idea of what I was to do, or where I was to go and really... no clear idea of who I was anymore. And really... the only clear identity of who I was as stated by everyone else was... as recently revived by Jaxsta's blog... Geo is a Blog Creeper!! :P
However, in the year to follow... a lot has happened and a lot has been learned. For instance, I realized how amazingly bad I was at Soccer and that I was only invited because I drove AJ to the games, haha (I know you were kidding Andrew). I realized that VBS is still amazing even after all these years of being there, and that it only gets more amazing every year. Also, it was amazing to see how many kids wanted to come... I still can't believe we had to turn kids away (and I still feel bad because of it) but wow, that was truly amazing. After only attending summer camp part-time in 2004, summer camp 2005 was that much more amazing, ESPECIALLY with all the youth that came out, it was a blast. :P Can't wait for Summer Camp 2006 - August 14-18, see you all there! Anyways... a year off... well... I guess a semester off of school for the first time in my life felt really, really strange. Especially since I hadn't actually graduated with anything and didn't have an occupation to focus on. It was an interesting few months of being unemployed and not a student anymore, to say the least. However, God granted me an amazing job at Samaritans Purse for the winter and that was amazing. I got a job in a field I had absolutely NO experience in (granted, it didn't require much, haha) but still... it came pretty much out of the blue... but it was pretty amazing. The group of people I worked with were amazing and fun to be with (for the most part) but it was nice to just have something to do. :P Since then I have been back at school at SAIT, taking my EMR and hopefully will end up being a Paramedic in the near future. If all goes as plans and it works out, then that would just be amazing as I was honestly completely lost last April. Oh, I also got an amazing experience when I got a job at the Foothills Medical Centre (also completely out of the blue) and got to see first-hand what it felt like working in the Health Care industry and within a hospital environment. And I would have to say it was pretty amazing, I loved it and other than the fear I have everytime my cell phone goes off now (as I had this fear whenever my cellphone would go off and I would have to refuse a shift because I was busy that day... now I guess I can see why I had that fear... because it was going to get ME FIRED!!) But yeah, it was amazing while it lasted... that whole 3 weeks, haha. Anyways... not everything has been as amazing as I seem to have made it out to be... but it has been pretty much an amazing journey for me this past year and that would be my amazing blog epiphany. All that has gone on in my life has been strange, but everything happens for a reason and God will show me the way as long as I look to Him for the direction. There are a ton of questions I still don't have answered, like why did I have to go to UofA? why 3 years? Should I have just come straight back after my 1st year when I got booted the first time?? am I on the right road? We shall see... first step! EMT.... results come in within the next 2 weeks, ACK!! Am I in? Or am I out? If I'm in, than that would be truly amazing cause I feel that I'm not as prepared as some others are for this field and if I get in right away, then that would be an excellent sign that I am on the right track.
Hmmm... I'm sure there is an amazing blog epiphany located somewhere in all that garbled mess of a blog. I know I was writing about one when I started... but with all the thoughts that resurfaced from thinking about the past, present and future... I may have completely lost track of it. So... I know most of you don't like long blogs... so well... tough luck, this one's long, haha and you're lucky I'm stopping it here and now. :P
Okay, actually, this amazing blog ends here.
Actually, right here.
Amazingly, it goes on a bit more.
Amazing... I don't think I'll be saying this word for at least a couple weeks after today, haha.
OH, and my blog epiphany which I TOTALLY got sidetracked off of was that... a year ago, I was the blog creeper. The blogger that seemed to check every 5 minutes and commented within the first minute of a blog being posted. :P However, the BLOG EPIPHANY was that as of today... LEO is the one who spends the most time brousing through the blogs (2-3 hrs per day... per workday!). I on the other hand, spend a MAX of 1 hr per day, haha!
Okay, it stops now. Period.
But first off, let us look back to where I was last year (which we'll place the starting date to be approximatly April 1, 2005). At that time, I was still attending the amazing University of Alberta (which is SO much more amazing than UofC) and residing within the walls of the newly built International House - UofA and on the amazing 6th floor - the Eye-House Penthouse! The month of April was a month of change, big changes... amazing changes... for that year. Looking back at my archives, I realized that I was finishing my not-so-amazing university career with a bang (that being with a gun pointed at my own temple kind of bang). So there I was, returning to Calgary with only my amazing life experience gained in the not-so-amazing deadmonton and with not a single academic achievement that I had originally hoped for when I first moved up there. The positives of my 3 years in edmonton? Well, ECPC now has someone trained specifically to do sound, hehe, that in itself can be considered amazing (and another amazing thing about that is that Cam was only what... 12? and he was already nearing 6 feet tall, SHEESH, now that is what I call Amazing!). I also learned how to become less of an introvert and to become more socialable and all those who know me will know how amazing that really is. :P But there I was back home with no clear idea of what I was to do, or where I was to go and really... no clear idea of who I was anymore. And really... the only clear identity of who I was as stated by everyone else was... as recently revived by Jaxsta's blog... Geo is a Blog Creeper!! :P
However, in the year to follow... a lot has happened and a lot has been learned. For instance, I realized how amazingly bad I was at Soccer and that I was only invited because I drove AJ to the games, haha (I know you were kidding Andrew). I realized that VBS is still amazing even after all these years of being there, and that it only gets more amazing every year. Also, it was amazing to see how many kids wanted to come... I still can't believe we had to turn kids away (and I still feel bad because of it) but wow, that was truly amazing. After only attending summer camp part-time in 2004, summer camp 2005 was that much more amazing, ESPECIALLY with all the youth that came out, it was a blast. :P Can't wait for Summer Camp 2006 - August 14-18, see you all there! Anyways... a year off... well... I guess a semester off of school for the first time in my life felt really, really strange. Especially since I hadn't actually graduated with anything and didn't have an occupation to focus on. It was an interesting few months of being unemployed and not a student anymore, to say the least. However, God granted me an amazing job at Samaritans Purse for the winter and that was amazing. I got a job in a field I had absolutely NO experience in (granted, it didn't require much, haha) but still... it came pretty much out of the blue... but it was pretty amazing. The group of people I worked with were amazing and fun to be with (for the most part) but it was nice to just have something to do. :P Since then I have been back at school at SAIT, taking my EMR and hopefully will end up being a Paramedic in the near future. If all goes as plans and it works out, then that would just be amazing as I was honestly completely lost last April. Oh, I also got an amazing experience when I got a job at the Foothills Medical Centre (also completely out of the blue) and got to see first-hand what it felt like working in the Health Care industry and within a hospital environment. And I would have to say it was pretty amazing, I loved it and other than the fear I have everytime my cell phone goes off now (as I had this fear whenever my cellphone would go off and I would have to refuse a shift because I was busy that day... now I guess I can see why I had that fear... because it was going to get ME FIRED!!) But yeah, it was amazing while it lasted... that whole 3 weeks, haha. Anyways... not everything has been as amazing as I seem to have made it out to be... but it has been pretty much an amazing journey for me this past year and that would be my amazing blog epiphany. All that has gone on in my life has been strange, but everything happens for a reason and God will show me the way as long as I look to Him for the direction. There are a ton of questions I still don't have answered, like why did I have to go to UofA? why 3 years? Should I have just come straight back after my 1st year when I got booted the first time?? am I on the right road? We shall see... first step! EMT.... results come in within the next 2 weeks, ACK!! Am I in? Or am I out? If I'm in, than that would be truly amazing cause I feel that I'm not as prepared as some others are for this field and if I get in right away, then that would be an excellent sign that I am on the right track.
Hmmm... I'm sure there is an amazing blog epiphany located somewhere in all that garbled mess of a blog. I know I was writing about one when I started... but with all the thoughts that resurfaced from thinking about the past, present and future... I may have completely lost track of it. So... I know most of you don't like long blogs... so well... tough luck, this one's long, haha and you're lucky I'm stopping it here and now. :P
Okay, actually, this amazing blog ends here.
Actually, right here.
Amazingly, it goes on a bit more.
Amazing... I don't think I'll be saying this word for at least a couple weeks after today, haha.
OH, and my blog epiphany which I TOTALLY got sidetracked off of was that... a year ago, I was the blog creeper. The blogger that seemed to check every 5 minutes and commented within the first minute of a blog being posted. :P However, the BLOG EPIPHANY was that as of today... LEO is the one who spends the most time brousing through the blogs (2-3 hrs per day... per workday!). I on the other hand, spend a MAX of 1 hr per day, haha!
Okay, it stops now. Period.