Travelling Soldier

Hey What's going on everyone?
I am tired today. I don't have much to say, except for a few likkle things.
Here's the deal. I worked yesterday, and I absoloutely hated it, but today I had a blast right down to the stinking end.. I wonder what that's about?
And here's another deal. I am seriously considering cutting my hair.. Not super super short, but like.. shoulder length. If you know me, it sounds gross, but it wouldnt be if I straightened it every day.. What do you think? You'll have to see a pic I took, of what it would look like if I cut it.
What else... Well I don't really know. I am really missing everone today, it's kind of making me sad. I have two mid-terms tomorrow.. Do you think I've studied yet?
Mmm no.
I dont know what else to say today. I think that I might need some prayers of encouragement.. I dunno.. It's one of those days..

Peace out for now

Much Love Forever
Shle
xoxo

"Our love will never end, waiting for the soldier to come back again
Never gonna be alone, when the letter said
The soldier's coming home"

Kung Fu and mystery music.

Good morning everyone, how's life treating you today?
Suprisingly, I'm as caught up as I'm going to be, and everything for all my classes is settled. I have a two week extension for my pentateuch stuff, tho I don't really need it, I'll hand my stuff in ASAP.. I have a three day extension for my cultural perspectives miterm, which could be better, but it's not bad. I handed in my spirituality paper, and now I feel better. I checked my school email for the first time today, and promptly realized that that makes it five different email addresses. Woo hoo. There's only two that I really use, but I still check every single one.
So sunday was spent cleaning, and writing letters. I wrote 10 letters, it was a grand old time. Sunday night, I went walking with Crystal and Alison, and I found the most perfect spot to chill, it kind of made me happy. Anyways... Enough of that..
Monday was a gorgeous day, I woke up and had some breakfast, then Mike and I went shopping for groceries to fill his empty cupboards. With that accomplished, I did some errands on my own time. I went to staples and finally gave them my account information, so that they can give me money. That's a good thing. Then after that, Iwent to mail all the letters that I'd written the day before, and then I went to buy some calling cards, which should last me through to the end of November, if I'm good. Then I went to HMV, just because I could. I was so excited, because they had a whole huge thing full of DVD's for only 4.99, and I've been looking all over for cheap DVD's for Treston. Not just any DVD's either, Kung Fu ones. I know, it's terrible. However terrible I think they are, I found four DVD's that he'll like, and that made me really happy. Then I went over to the pop section of the CD's and I bought a CD for him as well. I'm not going to tell you what the CD is, because it's potentially embarrassing. With that said, you'll never guess what the CD was.. Ha ha. Anyways, I'm pretty much done with Trestons Christmas present, I had to get it so early because it takes like a month in the mail to get there, so I have to mail it soon enough. I am really happy that I found all that. So after all my shopping experiences, I went back to the res, and chilled for awhile. I wrapped Trestons presents in christmas wrapping paper, which made me even happier. Haha..
I decided that I was going to make a good dinner yesterday, so I made chicken cutlets and pasta and then Crystal made brocoli and cheese, and all in all it was great.
Today is my first day back to class after the long week I had last week, and I got everything caught up, and so now I just have to wait 'till my next class, which isn't until 2:30..
Tomorrow and the day after, there are no classes, we have missions emphasis days, and I'm kind of excited about it, because they'll be better than any of the missions classes I've ever been to. ANYWAYS!
I'm going to go for now, cause I need to study for my mid-terms.
Sorry this is so short and random.. I'll talk more when I can think more..

One Love Forever
Shle
Xoxo


"Let the rain come down and wash away my tears
Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new sun
A New day has come"

Go Canucks Go!

Good morning all you faithful blog readers!
I woke up extremely early this morning, it was kind of annoying, but I guess that's what I get for going to bed at nine thirty. But I did indeed need it. It was a nice sleep, I didnt get up once. But once I got up at 8:30 am, I found that I could not go to sleep, so I began doing what I do best out here in calgary, and that was : clean my apartment. In the midst of all that cleaning, I managed to spend six bucks on two loads of laundry, so it was upstairs and downstairs, upstairs and downstairs, all while scourging my apartment.
It was a long flight yesterday, back from Nova Scotia, Alexis sat with us for some of the way from Halifax to Toronto, and then we continued our trek to Calgary without them. When I got back yesterday, Crystal and Sarah (an off campus sister) had just woken up, it appears that Shaunna had gone away for the weekend. Anyways, so I went into the apartment, and the first thing I did was to shower. It was nice, there was even hot water! So yesterday, I pretty much slept from noon until dinner time, and then I unpacked everything, and had some amazing perogies with Crystal and Allison, and then I painted a little ceramic christmas decoration, and then copied some notes from classes I had missed, and then went right back to bed. It was pleasant. So my laundry should be almost done, then I'm going upstairs to fold it and get ready for brunch with my dear brother micheal. Open dorms starts at one, so he'll be up just in time with some hashbrowns and eggs, while I make Bacon and toast. Should be good. I feel like I had a really good morning, because I like it when my apartment is clean, and it's pretty much the cleanest I've ever seen it. last night I was going to go to see a movie with Crystal and Allison, but it started at 10, and I figured that I would be wayyyy to tired to do that, and I was right.
Hey the canucks won last night, my brother just informed me.. I like how the titel of my blog relates to one sentence within it. Hahah ..
Oh well.
So not much else has changed, I'm back in Calgary, and word has it that Cara is coming for a visit! That makes me happy. Hey it was all frosty this morning. Man alive, winter's on it's way! You know that it's almost halloween? That means that It's almost november, which means that it's amost december, and you all know what that means!

Ok well I'm going to go fold some laundry, I love you all, and chances are, I miss you too! Oh and By the way, Happy Birthday Diago..

Love Forever:
Shle
xoxo

"Everyone considered him the coward of the county.
He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong.
His mama named him Tommy, the folks just called him yellow,
But something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong."

Bloody Cold!

Hello everyone, how's things going?
I feel strangely disconnected from the world today. I woke up this morning and I packed everyting up and went over to my nen's house.. (That means Godmother, that's what I call her)
(don't ask me, it's nova scotia, ok?) Anyways, we pretty much chilled the whole mornin, and then had to say goodbye so we could drive out to Halifax, so we could get to the airport early in the morning tomorrow. It was a long drive, but oh well. I survived, and now we're all at our cousin Nolons house, waiting for tomorrow to come.
It's been a wierd week, and really really hard too. But the bad was somewhat balanced with the positive, because nova scotia is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been..
The funeral was a sad affair, but I managed to do my reading without choking on my words or tears. Micheal did a wonderful speech as well. All in all, it was the most emotional event I've had to deal with in a long time.
The day after the funeral, my mom and I headed up on the cape with my great uncles quad (ATV) and it was amazing. It was a perfect sunny morning, and there wasn't too much wind, but the ocean.. it was amazing... I can't wait to show you the pictures. People said that I shouldn't take my camera to such an event, but I knew that Nova Scotia was gorgeous, and so I did. The water.. it's just endless forever.. It makes me feel so peaceful to just sit on the cape and watch the atlantic ocean crash to the shore, and look at the lighthouse on the island in the distance. It's amazing. When I went to NS two summers ago, I sat there for hours writing and just watching the water. It's amazing.. I don't think I can say that enough. My mom was so lucky to grow up in such an amazing place.. Ahh!
So now, my week has come to an end. It's almost wierd to think about leaving and going back to calgary, I wish so much that I was just going home to north vancouver. It's sucky how much I miss it, even tho I've been here in Nova Scotia with all my family, it's not the same.
I don't know what the deal is with me, I have so much to say, but at the same time, I'm at a loss for words. I think mabye I'm still in shock, I'm still numb.. It's like nothing has really been happening, but I know that I have to go back to calgary, and catch up on so much work. It's going to stress me out so much, I almost just want to stay here. Then again... Hahahha...
So there's 21 of us here tonight, in Lower Sackville just outside of halifax, in this tiny little house. It's going to be interesting, but I shottied the couch, so it'll be alright.
It's my grandma's birthday tomorrow, which I think will be really difficult for her, because uncle derrick won't be calling her.. Arg, things are just retarded. I was just thinking, My uncle and I had a fight ( a huge one ) a little over a year back, and we didn't talk for a long while. I am so glad now that we forgave each other, because I know for sure that I would not have been able to live with myself if I had not forgiven him, or he had not forgiven me before this happened. If it was hard to deal with now, It would have been 20X harder if we were fighting. Ahh..
So what else.. My aunt paid me 40$ to give her a massage this week. It was enjoyable, for her and me, cause money is always great fun.
Ok, you know what I noticed? Out here in Nova Scotia, people are NUTS for halloween! They decorate for it like I would decorate for Christmas! IF you know me, then you must be shocked right now! It's nuts! That was that. ... Ok, not as big of a deal as I thought.
I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow. We head to the airport at around 5:30 am, (Icky) and then start the trek to Calgary. We stop in toronto, but aparently we don't get off the plane..
Ugg. I dont know what else to say. I'm exhausted right now, so I'm going to end this for now.
I love you all..

Love forever
Shle
xoxo

"I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did, you fell so hard
I've learned the hard way to never let it get that far
Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk,
Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of You, I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
because of you, I am afraid."

Hey Everyone,
Im just updating, incase you didn't know, to let you know that I'm in Nova Scotia right now.. I know, it's wierd. Arent i supposed to be in Calgary? Well here's the dizzle.
My Godfather/Uncle passed away suddenly on Friday morning, and So mike and I flew to vancouver, and then straight to nova Scotia with the rest of our family.
It's been a hard week so far, but today I had some good times with my mom..
Anyways, I will update for sure when I get back to calgary, I'm on a dial up connection, and I need to be quick like a bunny.
Ok, what's this I hear about a hurricane ?
I wish i had more access to information here. Im slightly worried.. Arg..
Ok miss you lots, love u all, ttyl
Much Love
Shle
Xoxo

"There's a place I'll always cherish, 'neath the blue Atlantic sky
Where the shores down in Cape Breton bid the golden sun to rise
And the fragrance of the apple blossoms sprays the dew-kissed lawns
Back in dear old Nova Scotia, a place where I belong "

The sky falls and you feel like it's a beautiful day.

Hey Everyone, How's your day going so far?
Well It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! That is to say, it's a nice day in Calgary. The sun is shining, and everybody's happy. I woke up this morning, and had a niiice hot shower, which is rare, because there is rarely any hot water left by 7:30 am, because everyone has classes, and everyone wants to shower. But Nonetheless, I had a hot shower, and I had some burnt toast for breakfast, which wasn't as bad as it sounds, and then I headed out to missions class, which I am beginning to despise, only cause of the bloody geography tests! But that bitterness aside, I've been having a good day. After my class this morning, I chilled for a bit in the lounge, attempted to write my (due today) Pentateuch paper, and failed miserably, because I forgot my textbook, and so yeah. I didn't get that finished until I went home for lunch, wrote my answers on a piece of paper and then came back here to finish it up. It's actually impressive, I should leave assignments to the last minute more often.. (NOT)
So I went to check my mailbox, and there was a note that said I got TWO packages! I was expecting one, but the other one, I wasn't so sure about. So I went to go get the boxes, and it turns out one of them was full of winter goodies (Boots, gloves, a scarf and a toque) and the other one was another box of winter goodies (Candles!) They are so pretty, I am so spoiled.
Mom also sent me Archie comics, which come in handy here, when things are boring.
So yeah, here I am. I was hoping that some people would be on MSN but alas, no one is online. I had a really good lunch today, I had a grilled ham and cheese sandwich, and a sausage roll from safeway. It was yumms. I resisted all temptation to buy a piece of pizza along with a couple of other people from my school, and I resisted well. My cupboards are full, and so I will eat at home only from now on. 'Sides I don't want to waste any money on things I don't need.
Speaking of things I don't need, I'm going to send some crap home that I'm not using, so that I don't have to bother with it at the end of the year. We aren't sure how April is going to look, but I got to get my stuff home somehow, so the less stuff I have, the better!
I have class in half an hour, but I don't feel like going. Of course I'm going to go, I rushed the paper that's due today for it anyways! So I'm going to Pentateuch soon enough. The paper was all about the exodus and the plagues and stuff, so the lyrical adventure for the day is from Metallica, and it directly relates to it! Although it is kind of creepy. Oh well..
For now, I'm going to go and write some emails.
Much love forever!

Love always: Shle
Xoxo

"Slaves - Hebrews born to serve, to the pharaoh
Heed - To his every word, live in fear
Faith - Of the unknown one, the deliverer
Wait - Something must be done, four hundred years
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh son"

Turkeys, Stars and Cars.

Hey Everyone, how was your thanksgiving weekend?
Mine was full of so much stuff, I don't even know where to start. First, we drove to Vermilion, Alberta, and let me tell you, I kind of love that little town. When I was just a little kidlet, I always wanted to live on a farm and be able to see for miles and miles, and watch the stars at night. So here I was in small town Vermilion, and I could see for miles, (mind, Cara don't live on no farm) but the stars were incredible. I enjoyed it. And there were these cats everywhere, so cute, but kind of all over you, you know what I mean? But I love kitties. I almost wanted to take one back to res, but I didn't think Chris or my roomies would have liked that. You know what was fun? Cara has one of those old school Nintendos, with like the first Mario games, and they were so much fun. I've always wanted one of those, but I know that if I had one in my room, I would get EVEN LESS work done than I usually do.. That wouldn't be good at all.
So Friday night, we went out for dinner at the towns fancy restaurant, called Tuscany.. It was pleasant. Then we watched a couple movies, Fever Pitch, and Shakespeare In Love. Both were enjoyable. Then, the next mornin, we went to Sammys for some breakfast, and consequently, some peach juice. Micheal and Cara both said it was 'off" but I enjoyed it none the less.
Some things about Vermilion. ... While I was there, I sort of made fun of it a lot, things like Vermilion Road, and other things like that, but in reality, I actually love it. Remember how (a couple of minutes ago) I said that I could see the stars and for miles and miles? It's incredible. I'm not saying that I could ever live there, but I think that if I had a way of transportation, I could definitely stay there for awhile.

Speaking of stars.. The stars remind me of God's faithfulness to us, and not just because they are there, but because of this wicked experience I had awhile back, when I worked at good ol' Camp Kawkawa. This one night, Pele (lifeguard) and I were sitting out on the beach, and I was commenting on how I had never seen a shooting star. Pele and I waited for about 20 minutes, and then Pele suggested that we pray that God send us a shooting star. The sky was so clear, it was amazing. We prayed, and about 10 minutes after that, there was a shower of shooting stars. at least 20 or more of them. It made me think real hard-like. If God would answer the simplest prayer to send shooting stars to a couple of kids working at a summer camp, (and I do believe it was God, that was no coincidence.) then think how he answers prayers about important things. God is Faithful, He will never let you down. And when God answered that prayer to me at Kawkawa, He made himself so real to me.. All of the sudden, when I saw those shooting stars, I was overwhelmed. God Loves me! Those shooting stars were a gift beyond anything I've ever gotten before. And God sent them to me. Sometimes I think it's important to remember his faithfulness to us.. *Shrugs* Just a thought.

Anyways. Saturday after breakfast, I basically just chilled with mike while Cara made us an amazing turkey dinner. It was brilliant. I played Nintendo.. It's fun.
so we had turkey, and then the next morning, we sort of went to church, but then realized that we had to leave early to make it to spruce grove in time for Auntie Jana, cause she wanted to leave by 1:30 to get to Valley View, where my Uncle David was working on a rig.
SOOOOO A long drive later, we arrived in Valley View, took uncle David out for dinner, and then chilled at the hotel, played cards ect.... The next day we drove all the way back to Calgary..
It was a long day..
So now here I am. It's the 12th of October, and it's Andrews Birthday!
SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW! ASHLEY LOVES YOU!

I woke up this morning, and the sky had this orange tint to it, it was incredible, it bathed my room in a coppery color. I woke up at eight for my eight fifteen class, and I was totally ready to skip, but since I'm such a good girl, I got up and came to the school, only to find out that The prof called in sick and so now here I am, awake when I don't have to be.
Tonight, we have a floor meeting, and tomorrow, I have to work.. It should be great.
The schools in NV are all on strike, I'm kind of jealous, but I can't complain too much, because I finish school two months before the high school kidlets do.
Soon I have to get my butt to Edmonton to get fitted for my bridesmaid dress for Mike and Cara's wedding. Speaking of the dress, you'll never guess what color it is. Yeah that's right, it's definitely going to be pink, AND Guess what!? My Aunt gave me a pink vest and I wore it yesterday! I am scaring myself. So, going from a person who never wears pink, and who actually despises the color, here we go. Things are a changin. But Believe me, I will not buy my own pink clothes .. Not yet anyways.. .. OH You know what made me really excited? I talked to Sam yesterday, he just got back from London, and It made me really happy. I miss him a lot.
I can't wait until Christmas when I can see everyone.
Wooooo hoooo..
Ok I know that this blog is quite random, but that's just what you gotta deal with when you deal with me, alright?
So for now, I'm going to peace..

I love you all!
Love Forever: shle
xoxo


"A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw your face
A thousand lies have made me colder
And I don't think I can look at this the same
But all the miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreaming of your face
I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight it's only you and me"

Familial Relations and Staples!

You know, I was working last night, and this guy came up to me, (and this is funny, because I work in a store called staples,) and he goes "Excuse me, do you have any staples?"
I laughed.
This leads me to tell you that last night was indeed my first night of work. Around quarter to five, I got dressed and headed over. It was overall, an enjoyable evening. They are starting me as a cashier, then I will move into the copy centre. So I got there, got my uniform, which isn't so bad, it's red and black.. I like those colors. Ummm back on track! I got the tour of the place, and then watched the basics of bieng a cashier. Then I started ringing people through, all in all it was alot of fun. I enjoy the people I work with, the only issue I had was paging people over the loud speaker system.. I dont enjoy having tons of people hear my voice, which is why I dont like it when my godparents stick me on speakerphone. Grrs. OH WELL! This is going to be, I think, a fairly enjoyable job.
So it appears I don't have much to say about that... It was, after all, my first day. More to come on the whole staples job thing..
So I got home, put on some comfy pants, and chilled. I called some peeps, talked on the phone for about an hour (56 minutes, to be percise) to about everyone in Tricias house. It was enjoyable. My auntie audrey called me last night, which was also fun, cause she's amusing! I also talked to my gramma in ontario, and my great aunt, right here in Calgary, and some other people. It was enjoyable. Umm I aslo read the entire book of genesis yesterday instead of going to chapel (GASP!) It was actually an enlightening experience, I learned alot by it. It was an assignment, so I didn't choose to do it, but believe me, I am glad that I did. I learned alot about family conflicts, and when I think about it, the stuff we have to deal with today in our families, (some of us, at least) is nothing compared to the insane conflicts in genesis! Incest, murder, lies, slavery, seduction! it sounds like it could make a great novel! (what am I talking about, it's already a book!) Speaking of novels, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MYSELF?
I've been here a month, and I finished the Harry Potter series already.. Now I just dont know what to do with all my spare time! I enjoyed reading the series, it was fun. Then my roomie Shaunna, gave me a book to read, called "danger in the shadows" .. It was a christian-romance-mystery novel.. Quite the combonation, if you ask me. If you don't, too bad, I'll tell you anyways.
Not quite the Danielle Steel that I'm used to, but excellent if you ask me. I read it in two sittings, half the first day, and the other half the second one. It must have been good for me to finish that quickly.. so yeah. If any of you have any good novels that you feel like reccomending, hit me!
(NOT PHYSICALLY, SILLY!)

This blog isn't really going anywhere. OH! I forgot, Robert, you wanted me to mention you! So here you are. Hi Robert.
Incidentally, none of you (except robert) knows who robert is. He is a friend of mine from a likkle country in the caribbean, and that should be obvious to you which one it is. Enough of that.
Tomorrow morning at eight am, we, (bieng mike and I) are headed out to Vermillion, Alberta, and I am so excited about it. I've heard amazing things about the peach juice in vermillion, and so we totally have to go and get some.. If your peach juice is the best thing about your town.. then good on you for bieng proud of it! We'll just have to see if it really is as good as I've heard.
UMMMM! Ok well I'm bored of this, and it aint going nowhere, and Plus, i want to go upstairs and borrow two bucks from my lovely brother.
Much love everyone.

Have a very thanksgiving!

Love always
Shle
Xoxo

The world has turned and left me here
Just where I was before you appeared.
And in your place an empty space
Has filled the void behind my face.
I talked for hours to your wallet photograph
And you just listened.
You laughed enchanted by my intellect
Or maybe you didn't.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

So I woke up yesterday morning, and looked out the window.. I had to do a double take, because it appeared that big huge white flakes were falling from the sky.. So I rubbed my eyes, and looked again.. It sure was snowing. This of course, put me in the mood for happy things and Christmas, which put me in the mood for going home. So I put on Christmas music, but only for a couple of songs, because I didn't want to spoil the time when Christmas would actually come. So yeah.. Yesterday was the first snow of the season for Calgary.. Thank God it didn't stick. So I logged onto the computer at school the other day.. And Bert and Ernie were staring at me, instead of Bernie and Ernie.. I was amused, so amused infact, that I laughed out loud into the empty room. I regret the day (sort of) that I told mike my password... But It does add amusement to my days, so I kind of enjoy it when my background randomly changes. This one time, it was Garth brooks instead of .. I don't even remember who, but I was like... WOAH! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? So this last weekend with Tricia was kind of boring, due to the fact that I have barley any money, and that I don't know my way fully around Calgary yet, AND that I have not got a vehicle at my disposal.. nor would I know where to drive it if I did.. So that's that. We went to go see two movies for the price of one, at a cheap theatre. I let tricia choose one, tho I knew it would be a mistake, cause she chose Madagascar, and we all know how much I love spending my money on Cartoons.. (NOT!) I didn't enjoy it, the only part that I liked was when the king of Limers started dancing and singing "I like to move it move it, you like to move it move it, we like to move it move it.." Well.. You get the point. It was funny, tho, because dude had a Persian accent. So after that, we had about a 45 minute wait until the next movie, which I chose, and I picked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, because 1. I liked the original, and 2.Johnny Depp was in it, although he looked like a woman, he's a good actor, and 3. Nothing better was playing. So that's my excuse for that one. Naturally, the original Charlie and the chocolate factory was better, but the two were very different. In the first movie, Willy Wonka is meant to be creepy (and believe me, he is) and in the second movie, he's just plain funny. I enjoyed it.

Kill me now, I had a whole bunch of paragraphs after this one, and then the blog decided it would erase itself.. SO Starting again... grrrr...

Friday, mike and I are headed out to Vermillion to have a thanksgiving celebration with Cara and her family, and then on sunday, we're headed to Spruce Grove, to have another thanksgiving with our family.. I am really excited to spend some time with my family.. Yes, I am admitting to missing them, family, that is.. I even miss living with my parents.. IMAGINE! So speaking of my family, Things at my permanent place of residence (Meaning Not Cow-Town) are a changing. My parents decided to get rid of the focus,.. My baby.. ahhh! And replace it with a mini-van.. Not so wierd, except for the fact that when they got rid of the mini van for the focus, it was because mike and I were older, and we no longer needed a large car.. And mom's babysitting the three kidlets from next door, (who are so cute, and I miss them too) and fostering one, possibly two babies, and there just wasn't room for them in the focus.. So it's back to the family mobile ! Speaking of cars, I just booked my road test for December, then realized that I'm not insured to drive the mini van until April.. So I can't really do the road test then can I? SO I cancelled it, which really sucks..
Speaking of no room, (in the car. We were, I promise) my family is also considering moving to a larger, somewhat more comfortable house in the future.. It is funny, because all the talk before I went to college was about how mom and dad would move to a smaller house now that we're gone, but no... A larger house it is.. Possibly with a large basement for me to take over and inhabit while I go to school and sort out my life.. Should be a lot of fun. As it goes right now, there is a crib in my room, not sure how that works, cause my room is so small, good thing Im not living there right now cause I'd be cramped up! But I really want to see Dylan (this baby they're fostering) So hopefully I will. Maybe He'll even be there at Christmas when I come home. Either way..
So not much else is new here. Oh wait, that's a lie. I got a job the other day, and I start on Wednsday.. It's at "Staples Business Depot".. I'm kind of nervous, because i have never worked in retail before, just in food and all that.. you know, Subway, KFC, The Deli.. (Ick) This is going to look fairly good on my resume, and I'm excited about it.. Nervous at the same time, tho.. Anyways.. for now, I'm going to go, I have to jet to the bank, pay my phone bill, get some direct deposit info for staples, and woo hoo!
So it's been a slice, I miss you all..
Pay attention in class, don't get caught reading my blog, whit!
I love you all!
Love forever: Shle
Xoxo

"I'm wishing on a star
To follow where you are
I'm wishing on a dream
To follow what it means
And I'm wishing on the rainbows that I see
I'm wishing on the people who really dream
And I'm wishing on tomorrow, rain never come
And I'm wishing on the other things we never done"
- beyonce

Post number 50!

Wow guys, it's like a celebration! this is my fiftieth blog ever! The first and last fiftieth blog ever.. Isn't that exciting? So last night, I called my friend at home just before she was supposed to get on the plane to come visit me, and she goes .. "I accidentaly booked my ticket from Calgary to Vancouver instead of Vancouver to Calgary." And I was baffled. So she rectified the mistake, and managed to get her plane in for 12:00 am, so me and mike, shaking our heads the whole way, went along to the airport. We got there around 11:30, incase she was early, and parked.. So we checked the flight schedule, and it turns out she was going to be a whole lot later than 12. Mike and I sat in the airport, and we sang a whole bunch of Joseph songs, it was so much fun! Then Tricia came thru the gates (I'm still baffled by the fact that she booked the wrong cities..)
And we got home finally. It's fun, mom sent me a care package, with all my CD's that I forgot, like my BSB and NSYNC and Britney (before she became terrible) and Joseph, The Dixie Chicks, and all that fun stuff. She sent me cookie dough, granola bars, pyjamas, ect.. it's so fun.. I enjoyed the care package.. So now I'm here. This mornin, I dragged Tricias bum out of bed and we went to Intro to the bible, then we came into the computer room, chilled for a bit, I finished my proj for missions, aaaand what else? Then we went out for lunch, it was yummy, But I need to stop with the eating out. Now i'm at the school, I took tricia upstairs so I could check my mailbox, and I had two letters in it! One from my soon to be sister, cara, and one from Tricia.. I was sitting there reading the letter from Tricia, and I had to get her to explain it, cause it made no sense. OH WELL WHAT THE HE- double hockey sticks..
Now i'm going to go for now.. Cause Trishy-Fishy Kinda Squishy is bored, and so we're going to peace .. Tonight we're going to go watch some movies at the cheap theatre, should be fun..

Well, this ends the fiftieth blog.. coulda done alot better for this big huge anniversary, but for now this will have to do.

Much Love Forever
Shle
Xoxo

"I can't find no love, no sympathy.
What kind of love, they got for me.
I'm on my way to happiness
Where I can find some peace and Rest"

Frost on the ground, when it's supposed to be 22...

OH MY GOODNESS, a gorgeous boy just sat behind me and is playing the guitar. That is a hottttttt boy. .. Hahahah, ok, way to start of a blog.
So here I am. Intro to the bible was so boring this morning, I almost couldn't handle it. Hey, yesterday I got this wicked huge package in the mail. It had a bunch of goodies in it, it kind of made me excited. So like I said before, here I am.. The weekend was fairly good, cara showed up and we had a good time. The first night, we stayed up talking until 3am, and then the next day, I had a job interview at staples business depot, which went really well, I think I have a job, and then me and mike and cara went to Kensington, which was really nice. We went to a lot of stores, which got boring by the end. We went to the pita pit for lunch, which was surprisingly good. See, I don't like wraps and things of the sort, so I didn't expect it to be so good, but in reality, it was exactly like subway, only they make their sandwiches on pitas.. So yeah.. Umm, I was going to buy this incredible poster for my apartment, But It cost 12$ and so I changed my mind.. Ugg, what else happened, oh yeah! We played "scene it" which was a lot of fun, even tho I sucked at it, and cara even beat me! (not saying nothing)
Aww, the guitar boy left. oh well. SO Sunday we chilled, went to church, sorta.. well.. we went.. then we left, cause we all needed to chat.. I guess. . and so then we played another round of "scene it" but I didn't loose too badly this time.. Obviously Mike won, but me and cara had fun times trying to beat one another.. Ummm so yeah.. I'm sitting in the computer lounge on sixth, people in my missions group were supposed to send me their missions research, so that I could make a powerpoint presentation by friday, and no one has sent their stuff yet. Im slightly annoyed, because I can't do it all on one day.. It's slightly frustrating. So yesterday there was no school, (im sorry this blog is all over the place, I guess that's how I am today..) So I sort of went to the day of prayer (sort of) and then we went (me and mike and troy) to get some CD's.. I bought Sean Paul's "Trinity" (AMAZING, BY THE WAY) and Mike got something by Ryan Adams and the cardinals.. I bet it was good.. For him... Wow.. I have issues.. I can't be all thinky today.. So here I am.. and there you are. I'm going to go find something productive to do with myself..

Love always: Shle
XOXO

"Sometimes I feel like I never quite fit in
Like I'm always a little out of place
It's hard to be everything to everyone
There's so many roles I have to play
Sometimes I'm just barely hanging on
Seems like I'm always fighting to be strong
To find somewhere that I belong
But When you love me every part of me feels
Like I'm right where I'm meant to be
When you touch me you reach through to
My soul to the truest place in me
Baby in your arms I'm free
To just be me
When You love me "
- Martina McBride

give it up to me

Heyyy What's going on? Well this past week has been kind of tiring. I dont entirely know why, all I do know is that I'm really tired.. So here I am.. I had my classes today, and I thought .. wouldn't it be nice to blog for my faithful readers? I am so excited now, because Im listening online to the new Sean Paul album, on mtv.com, and it's really making me excited. Im going to go buy it on tuesday, and I am just so excited about it.. How many times do I have to say that I'm excited about it? Do you get the point? Anyways, I have to get some work done, because these next two weekends are not going to have much work jammed into them.. This weekend my future sister is coming for a sleep over, (ha ha, I sound like I'm five years old) and then the weekend after that, my friend Tricia is coming for the weekend. It's going to be fun, but, like I said, I wont get much work done. A couple of days ago, my roomies and I decided that we needed to get out of the apartment, so we all went to Earls for dinner.. It was, not just expensive, but incredible.. It was sooo good.. ! Then last night, i didn't feel like making dinner, because, like I said.. im tired.. listen to me ramble, most of this just doesnt make any sense..
Umm.. Im going to go for now, because I actually can't focus on this..
So love you all..
Sorry it's so short, up to the time..

Shle
xoxo

Take another look at my life, and I see
That it's never gonna be the same
Throughout life and all eternity
We keep burning up the flame..

My feet hurt..

Hey everyone, how are things going in the land of.. Wherever you live?
Well, things in Calgary are going really well.. I have my room to myself for the weekend, cause Crystal went to a wedding in swift current. I enjoys it.. yesterday, I went to my classes, i was a good gyal, and I went to chapel as well! I was really behaving.. On Friday night, i pretty much just chilled and did nothing, I stole mike's computer and wrote out my intro to the bible notes, cause they were gettin messy in my notebook. So then me and shaunna painted our toenails and it was fun.. So I did that, then I had the best sleep ever, cause I closed the blinds, and didnt have the lights from the surrounding buildings in my face. most of the time, there is too much junk infront of the curtians for me to even be able to reach the cord thing. But Crystal cleaned up before she left, so I could get to it, it made my sleep really good. ANNNND Yeah. I woke up this morning and mike said he would drive me to the store, but he was smart and left his lights on in the car all night, and so his battery was dead as a doornail.. (how dead is that?)
So we walked to the co-op, i got what i needed, and then i spent the rest of the morning typing stuff up on my new account on my brothers computer. ha ha, he doesnt know i made myself an account yet, he thinks i just made a folder on his desktop, but to be honest, i got sick of looking at his background, and so i made my own account, and for now, johnny depp is the background.. what a hottie. LOL!
So this afternoon, I spent about four hours walking and riding the C-Train around calgary with about 20 people, we had to follow these clues to find these people with cow udders (inflated rubber gloves) and take them with us.. the team with the most cows won something. I didnt stick around to find out who won tho , cause i was tired, and i gots homework to do.. So i went home on the train with Troy and some other people, (Troy is mikes roomie) and yeah.. Then When i got home, me and Shaunna decided to make the most incredible dinner. We made Chicken cordon-bleu, Brocoli and Cheese sauce ( thanks to my grandmas advice) and stove-top stuffing, and salad.. it was oh so good.
Anyways.. now shaunna and I are going to go and watch Pirates of the Caribbean, it's gonna be great, cause we both love Johnny Depp and every time he comes on the screen, we're gonna be like.. AHHH!
So yeah!
Love you all very much, hope everythings grand.
You should write me sometime, it amuses me...
Love always:
Shle
Xoxo

Girl it is on, at four o' clock in di morn'
An I been watchin' you shake dat ting
Man dem a try, dem a get deny
Cause I'm gonna tek dat ting

Life as a laundry basket.

Afternoon everyone, how are things?
Well things here are average, but all in all, fairly boring. Having no money and no car sure puts a damper on ones spirit, or at least, on ones situation, eh?
The other day, I took a blast from the past, and we watched two episodes of "Jem and the Holligrams!" It was indeed eighties cartoons, complete with music video and all! HAHAHHAHA!
So yesterday, I started a paper that was due today, and about five minutes into it, Everyone decided to go to Valu Village, and so I went along for the ride, because I had nothing better to do.. I mean, who cares about a paper, right? Aside from that, I knew I'd get it done, so I headed out to valu village with Crystal, Allison and Eileen. It was a big waste of time, cause I didnt buy anything, and I didnt even see anything that would have remotely interested me anyways! But it was better, I suppose, than sitting around and doing homework.. So we got back around 4pm, we bieng me and crystal, because Allison and Eileen decided to go to the mall after Valu Village, and by that time, jimminy cricket had appeared on my shoulder, and I had to go back to my homework.. And Crystal felt the same way.. On the way back, It was sooo funny! We hopped off the C-Train and, while walking past crack max, saw a blatant drug deal happen. These guys ran off the train, and one handed the guy some money, and the other handed him a rather large bag full of weed. Crystal had never seen anything of the sort, and she was so shocked! I must say, those kids are certianly stupid, to deal drugs in broad daylight so blatantly! Silly young thugs.. actually... silly thug wannabes... That's what I meant to say..
So I got back, and just as I settled back into my routine, Mike came in and offered me the use of his laptop.. So after playing around with that for awhile, looking at my pictures off my CD, I finally got down to business, and soon realized that my paper wasn't as hard as I thought it was, when I wasn't focused on it.. Oh well. So I got that done, and then Allison and I decided that we were so sick of bieng in Res, so we went on the C-Train, for another random adventure, and we went to the end of the line, I can't remember which way, but it was a rather long way.. It wasnt that much of an adventure, no one approached us, no one was wierd.. It was boring! So we got off the C-Train, and looked at our watches, and realized that we were going to be late for curfew, so we booked it like mad, and when we got in the building, all the RA's and Chris were sitting in the lobby. I was freaked, I thought mabye they were waiting for us, but as we walked by, they all said "TEN SECONDS!"
It turns out that we got in with ten seconds to go before midnight, it was the most adventure-like thing that happened all night! HA HA!
So what else is new? I have to think now.. I'm in the process of doing my laundry, cause I really needed to, but it turns out these quarters I've got are american, and so they dont fit in the machines, which is really annoying, so I got gypped by a couple of bucks, by the washers and driers.. OH my word! What a disaster... Well, now that I think about it, it really is a disaster, cause Im poor now.. Arg.. Another ten minutes on the machines.. What should I talk about? Damn.. I realize I have nothing else to talk about, really. I had three classes today, which was draining.. Missions, Cultural perspectives, and Pentateuch.. Today in Pentateuch, we talked about the authorship of it, and how it affects so many people, and the different sides to the debate about who really wrote it.
Most of that time, I was sitting there thinking, who really cares who wrote it? Moses, or multiple authors, does it really matter? The fact of the matter is, the Pentateuch is a part of Gods Holy word, why should it matter to us who it was written by? The prof, at the end of the class, said that we will never know who wrote the Pentateuch, and I say better for it! I dont understand how the author of a part of the bible could be so detrimental to someones faith. The way I see it, God wrote the whole bible, not personally, of course, but He, through inspiration, wrote the book for us to read and share with the nations.. Does it matter through whom?
anyways, just a random vent..
Ummmm I havent got much else to say right now. It's gonna be a short blog.. cause im cold, and my laundrys done! So im going to go upstairs for now!
Love you all tons! !

Love forever: Shle
Xoxo

P.S. These lyrics are dedicated to whitney. cause I luv her, and she knows all the lyrics.. to a rap song.. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!

"People killing people dying
Children hurtin you hear them crying
Can you practice what you preach
Would you turn the other cheek?
Father Father Father help us
Send some guidance from above
Cause people got me got me questioning
Where is the love?"

Hi, this is Ashley, and Welcome to adventures in Calgary!

ha ha, you wouldn't believe the day/night I had yesterday..
So it started out ok, Intro to the bible.. four pages of notes, I just about died. Then I skipped chapel, but not on purpose, I just forgot about it, so I went to the Co-Op grocery store and got some stuff that should carry me thru to October at least. Anyways, then I had my Tim Moore class, which is always awesome, cause he's just such a funny guy.. Anyways.. Then I went upstairs to the library, and wrote a blog, which didn't work because the website decided to become "temporarily unavailable" when I pressed the publish button. Oh well..
Alas, I don't remember what I wrote about yesterday, so it cant've been all that important.. So after the library, we (being me and Crystal) headed to a phone and called to get our phone hooked up.. I'm so excited, it's gonna start working on Wednesday! ANYWAYS!
Then, back at the apartment, the three of us decided we were going to make a nice dinner, which we did.. We made chicken, Corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, and salad.. it turned out really really good. They thought I put too much garlic in the potatoes, I still think it could've used more.. But it's all good. Then we had oreo ice cream for dessert, and we all worked to clean the kitchen.. It was good fun. So around 8:30 I got bored, and decided to go on a random C-Train adventure.. So we went all the way to Whitehorn, which is the end of the line, it took about half an hour one way, half an hour back. When I was nearing the end of the line, I turned around and asked this guy if the train was going to turn around and head back downtown, or if I had to get on another train. When He started talking to me, I noticed that he had a very strong accent, tho I couldn't place what it was. I thanked him, and explained that I was very new to the area, and he said "no problem" and asked me where I was from. I told him,and he said "I just moved here from Paris a couple of months ago" and then asked me how old I was, and if I wanted him to drive me back downtown.. I politely declined.. Didn't think it would have been the best idea to get into some random's car.. So I didn't go with him.. lol.. We thought he was very amusing by the end of the train ride.. So you would think that this would be the end to my adventures..

Oh no.. Back in the res, it was bedtime.. I was asleep for a good five or so hours, when the RA, Catherine, came into the room . I woke up to her asking my roomie if I had been in my bed the whole time.. now I was thinking to myself.. what do you mean the whole time? Then she said to me "I need you to call your parents" And I was like. no, they'll be asleep! And she then told me that I've been considered missing for the past hour and a half, and I was like.. dude, I was sleeping. Apparently she had come into the room around one AM to check on us, and I didn't wake up when she asked if I was there. And apparently, Crystal said (in her sleep) that she didn't know where I was.. So, without looking in my bed, they assumed that I was gone and so they thought it would be a good idea to call my brother, in vermilion, and my parents.. Who FREAKED out.. Mom was ready to get on a plane, and mike was about to drive home from vermilion..This whole time, I'm sound asleep in my bed.. So I get all this thru my head, and called my parents.. Told them that I was in bed the whole time, assured them that I would not be doing anything stupid such as being out way past curfew.. It was quite the adventure.. so stupid tho, Like.. Couldn't they have moved the covers aside, or at least turned on the light to LOOK? Before CALLING MY PARENTS at one in the morning and freaking them out? Honestly!
So yeah, I managed to get back to sleep after that, and slept in this morning to a nice hour. Then I woke up and started making bacon and hashbrowns for me, Crystal and this other girl, who lives across the hall, Stephanie. After that, we went to Sait Gym, and went swimming for a good hour or so, with our new handy dandy gym passes.. It was fun.. But It was pouring rain! So on the way back, it was all wet and stuff.. Anyways, this little baby was in the seat behind me on the C-Train, when I say baby, I mean, like a year and a half old.. and anyways, he was so cute, I talked to him, cause he tapped me on the shoulder and said hi.. it was soooo cute! And yeah! So When We got back from the gym, I had a grilled cheese sandwich for dinner, and re-wrote my notes from intro to the Bible, cause they were a mess. SO yeah.. Then I got bored with Vibe98 FM, so I randomly tried to find a radio station, and stumbled upon 91fm, A REGGAE RADIO STATION! it made my day, all the sudden, I was going thru the stations, and heard Sizzla, which is really nice reggae, it's not like the crazy dancehall, sean paul type of reggae, but more like the bob marley, peter tosh, and jah cure kind of reggae. I know this doesn't make alot of sense to you, but it's a great station. They even played some Luciano, who I love.. ANYWAYS!!!
So now, here I am.. Bored outta my skull, and writing bloggness to you..
I havent much else to say to you tonight, as I am getting kind of exhausted.. I bet it's the rain that does it to me.. It works every time.. Anyways.. Tomorrow I'm going to foothills alliance church, I'm quite excited about it.. Should be great! I hope that everyones weekends are going well so far! I'll write again soon!

Love you forever!
Love Shle
xoxo

P.S. Whit.. .. Good and Interesting? 106 days until Christmas! ! ! ! !! :D


"Is this happening for real,
only if you know the vibes what I feel
still trying to do my best,
and I still wont lose my interest
my boy I love you so,
really hurt to see you go
Why does it have to be this way,
cant tell you go cant tell you stay,
just one of those days,
just one of those days "

A good question indeed.

So today was my first day of classes. All in all, it was pretty good. I woke up fairly nervous, after a really wicked good sleep.. I walked with four other girls down to the school, and went into the classroom, 633, Intro to the bible. It's arather larger class than what im used to, around 50 people at least. Anyways, we got this immensly huge reading list, which kind of scared me.. Seriously, it's about 3 pages long. Anyways, then the prof explained the course, and our one assignment (a HUGE paper) which freaked me out, im scared by it, but it's gonna be ok, cause .. well it just will. When I looked at the reading list, tho, i felt like dying, but then i remembered this email I got that said "You dont have to do all the work on the syllabus at once, dont freak out when you see it" and so I took a few breaths, and calmed down a bit..
Anyways, after that, I went home for a few hours, because I didnt have another class until 2:30.. So me, Shaunna, and Crystal went to the co-op for no reason at all, but before we could get there, this train decided to cross the road where we had to walk to get there, so we were standing there for like 10 minutes , watching this 122 car train go by.. yep, i counted.
So I tried to make a couple of phone calls, but no one was home, and i didnt figure it out until on my way back to the res that everyone was probably in school.. Im not too smart.. oh well.
Sooo then, me and Crystal headed back to the school for our second class of the day, the one I was most looking forward to, Intro to Christian Spirituality, with Rev.Tim Moore.
One of the reasons i was looking forward to it, is becasue Tim moore is a hilarious guy, and cause i knew he'd have lots of stories to tell me about my brother.. True enough, he looked at me, and said "I have a story to tell you about your brother, wanna hear?" and he told me this funny story that im not going to share with you till I check with my brother. But anyways..
I am really excited about this class. It started right off the bat, when Tim asked a really thought provoking question.
"Why are you a christian?"

at first, my thought was .. well.. I've always been. When Tim asked a boy in class, he basically said what i thought, and thenTim goes.. "That's not good enough"
So I started thinking more.. Why am I a christian? Is it cause it's such a good deal? I mean, think about it, eternity in heaven! Mabye it's cause I need something to believe in.. and it's there. Mabye it's because god is so good. But then again, my life hasnt been perfect. So that's not the answer. Then I thought, mabye because it's the easy thing to do. But that's not true, bieng a Christian is so hard, especially today. So now here I am, stuck trying to figure out why the heck I am a christian! I've come to the conclustion that I am a Christian simply because Jesus chose me, not because I choseHim. Im not sure were else to go with that, but I realize that the farther we go in discussion in that particular class, the more I will come to the answers, the ones that Tim said are already inside of us, we just don't know how to express them.
So yeah, that's random, but it makes me really excited for the classes. And there's a chance that I might get to go to Coasta Rica! it's for this thing called Intersession, and I might get to go there to visit this crisis pregnancy centre, and help the young girls there, aged 13-18.. and help them with their little babies and stuff.
anyways, I will talk more about that another time, at the moment, people are waiting to use the computers, so im going to go.. Just know that all is well with me so far, so no worries!

love to you all!
love forever: shle
xoxo

"A product of the environment
Pour some liquor for those who passed away
I told my mom I'ma get up out of da hood
My dad taught me the American dream, baby
You can be anything that you wanna"

A Really nice view

Afternoon, all you bloggers!
How's life treating you?
Well, today is my second day in a new environment, Calgary, Alberta. I finally met my other roommate, Shaunna, she seems really nice, tho I haven't really talked to her for long enough to tell you about her.
Today, I went shopping with my brother/protector/tourguide, and I got some textbooks. It was an interesting experience, I bought eight books today, mike has two of them that I need, and I am going to talk to my professor about the bible I may need to purchase, and see if, perhaps, I can avoid buying it, cause bibles are expensive, and my mom just bought me a new bible before I left. Either way, Im excited about

So some of my books are like absoloutely huge! I got one called "Handbook to the bible", one called "Intro to World Missions" , one called "bieng the Body" and also a "Dictionary of the Old Testament" .. those books are humongus.. Then there's some other ones, which are smaller, and not hard cover, but are also looking interesting. I actually can't wait until i start reading them.
Uhhh what else. Oh today, I bought some thumb tacks, so I got to put up a small bulliten board, upon which I have hung all my crosses. It's feeling more and more like home, only a bit tho, Calgary will never ever replace Vancouver as home. It's like.. well.. home!

So where we live is a very noisy part of Calgary.. See, Calgary is huge! But the res and the school are downtown Calgary, like the part with all the highrises, and the thugs and gangsters, and all night there are sirens going off, people skateboarding down the streets, or alot of wind making frightening noises. But it's gonna be great, this is just one huge adventure.
Ummmm I havent got much else to say, but dont you worry, cause it's only just begun!
I'll be writing alot more now, so yeah! Be ready!

Love to you all,
Love forever

shle
xoxo

"Empty spaces fill me up with holes
Distant faces with no place left to go
Without you within me I can't find no rest
Where I'm going is anybody's guess
I've tried to go on like I never knew you
I'm awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I'm going to be is incomplete"

It's just so flat!

Dear Faithful Blog readers.. As my title might suggest to you... I am now oficially in Calgary. It's kind of frightening, but I know for sure that I am not alone here, not only have I got my God, but I've got my brother too, who is really wicked, and has promised to take wonderful care of me.
So yeah.. Yesterday, we (bieng, me, mike, cara and my parents) woke up at four am, got ready, and off we went. It was a long drive, passed with music, laughter, and lovey-doveyness between mike and cara, which, by the time we reached Golden, started to annoy/sicken me. Anyways, I drove for about four hours of the trip, it was good fun, I was grateful for the chance to actually have something to focus my attentions on other than the fact that I would not be seeing Vancouver for a long time after. So we finally arrived in Calgary, after a 10.5 hour long drive, and we went to the res, and it was wicked, cause I could actually move in a day early. right now, im thankful for that, because when I saw my roomie moving in today, the two of us moving in at the same time would have been chaos. Anyways, back to the story ... SO I moved in, realizing that I would not be in the big huge apartment my brother had predicted, but instead in a really really small one. It's not so bad, i suppose. Anyways, I realized that one of the girls in my apartment (Shaunna) had already moved in, but had yet to move her physical self in, and wont be here until Monday. So I went into the unoccupied room and chose wisely the bottom bunk bed, and this desk which is cool.. i mean, they're both the same, but I liked the location of this desk. So yeah, I set up, realized I dont have no closet, and unpacked all my stuff.. and so yeah.. then we went to this place, called.. a bar.. it was amusing, mom and dad let me have a strawberry dacory thingy, it was good stuff... Mom only had a sip of hers, then gave me the rest, which micheal suggested that I chug, so i did, and i got a headache, but not drunk or anything, lol. I could still walk a straight line.
Anyways, then we went to the hotel, I called a good friend of mine, and we talked for half an hour, then I went to bed. Woke up this morning, went to church, called .. ummmmm well I can't remember, but the pastor was the speaker from YC, Tim Bergman, and he was wicked, I really enjoyed myself, the worship was amazing, and it looks as though that might just become my church for the year. But I miss cove already. They had a picnic in the park today, and ate subway.. mmm Im jealous. i wonder how that went for them, lol. Anyways, so then we went to BP for lunch, with mike, Tim, and dad and mom, after saying goodbye to Cara (she headed back to Vermillion after church) and then we went grocery shopping, aparently, according to mike, i did a terrible job with that, so we'll have to work on it, anyways, then we put the groceries away, my other roomie still hadn't made an appearance yet, and then we went to aunt elaines for dinner, and came back, where I finally met my roomate, Crystal, from ... some place in Saskatchewan... Swift Creek, I think.. Anyways, she's cool so far, except she listens to country music.. Ick.. Anyways, it's all good so far, i have this balcony that is constantly hounded by pigeons, i gotsta do someting about that, cause i dont like them they make messy poopey stains on the deck.. But i realized it's going to be great out there, in my lawn chair, with a good book or a warm cup of tea (that's right, i bought Tea today! I NEVER drink tea! But i figure why not, eh?) anyways, now it's eleven pm, and im exhausted, so Im off to sleep the first night in my new apartment.
love to you all,
Chances are, I miss you so much right now.
But it's all good.

Love forever:
Shle
Xoxo

"Live life
Live life like you're gonna die
Becasue you're gonna
I hate to be the bearer of bad news
But you're gonna die
Maybe not today or even next year
But before you know it you'll be saying
"Is this all there was?
What was all the fuss?
Why did I bother?"
Now, maybe you won't suffer maybe it's quick
But you'll have time to think
Why did I waste it?
Why didn't I taste it?
You'll have time
Because you're gonna die."

P.S. I think that guy is PSYCHO.... Just for laughs..

Wake me up when September ends..

As August winds to a close, it's hard not to think back on all the good times I've had over the years. After all, this isn't just a normal end of the summer. All the other ones, I went back to where I was somewhat comfortable, somewhat aware of my surroundings. But now..
Things are crazy! I don't know where im going, only where I've been, and so it is indeed a new beginning, a fresh start. I've been saying goodbye to my friends over the past couple of days, and it's just been really tough, thinking about leaving behind the only life I've ever known, the only friends i've ever known.. you know what I mean? Just yesterday, a friend of mine gave me a card, filled to the brim with memories, good times and bad, and I almost cried, just remembering all of it. THe other day, I was packing up my stuff and I placed into my bin, a photo of me and my best friend, and I just sat on my bed, and started crying. I can't imagine leaving... But amidst all the sadness, I know that the friendships of which I speak will last through these times, because a little bit of distance only means we'll talk on the phone alot more often. My first priority when I get to Calgary is to figure out a damn good long distance plan..
I said goodbye to another one of my friends today, it was so wierd, thinking that it's gonna be months and months till I see her again. *sighs dramatically*

I've gotten my class schedule, and so far it's looking good. Nothing monday, three classes on tuesday and thursday, and two on wednsdays and fridays. Next semester, I'm signed up for three classes, plus intersession, but I still have to sign up for my electives. So we'll see about that. According to mike, I'll be living in Apt. 602, which is really big, and he'll be living in apt. 102, which is also rather large. I can't wait, im getting really excited. But mixed in with the excitment is apprehension, there's so much that I dont know.. So much to figure out when i get there. But I know that every little thing is going to work out, because God's gonna take care of me.

As for now, this is going to be cut short, because Im going out with yet another friend, to say "goodbye".. So peace out, goodbye for now, and I'll always love you all!

Love forever: shle
xoxo

"So how do you wait for heaven,
and who has that much time,
and how do you keep your feet on the ground
when you were born
Born to fly."

umm july updates.. all in one!

Dear Faithful blog readers, some of whom i didnt even know existed! (ahem Cara, ahem)
Sorry for the lack of updates, and i know this excuse is going to be the same as every other one, I've been insane busy.
So last night was my last day at work, it made me smile.. cause it was my last day. and the last sandwich i made just happened to be for a guy named jeff walters, which was amusing.. just cause if you know who he is, you are amused by that fact.
So last time i wrote, it was beginning of the summer, now it's the end, which is a huge, irresponsible time gap. Alot has happened since then.. I went to jamaica, and this blog is going to be sort of alllllll about that. So have fun with this guys. Brace yourselves.

So the trip started with the flight, which was .. Exciting. . But I was so scared too It had been a long time since I had seen Treston, and I had a lot of responsibility this time. I had to stick to the plan! So we got to Jamaica, and I was so nervous that I was shaking. Shaking, and it’s like 100 degrees outside! Then I saw Treston, and Yvonne, and all of the sudden, it was like old times again. Treston hugged me and I sat in the backseat with Yvonne and he sat in the front with his friend, whose name, I dunno… Anyways.. We dropped off the bag that Tina had sent with me for all her family, then headed to Trestons yard. On the way there, Debo and Campy piled into the car.. . It turned out that I couldn’t stay in Trestons moms house, cause his little brother was sent home early from his dad’s house, so I stayed in Trestons house, and Treston slept on the couch in his moms living room. It was so sweet of him.. I felt so bad, tho! Oh wait wait, on the way home, we stopped in Lucea, at this little bar. The bar guy asks me where I’m from, and when I tell him Canada, he pulls this little beaver out from beneath the counter. He asks Treston if he knows what it is, and it took him and his friend like 20 minutes discussing it, telling me they’re sure that it can swim, and it must be a Canadian animal, and finally, I couldn’t take it anymore, so I had to tell them what it was! They were driving me crazy! It was funny, tho, to watch them try to figure it out. That first night, we went to a birthday party of one of his friends, which was kind of boring, I was shy, and not too many people paid attention to me. Poor Shle… So then I met DJ.. He is Trestons Bestest best friend, and we’ll call him DJ, tho he has like … 4 different names. DJ, Element, Lee, and Lecroft. So DJ it is.. Anyways, Debo gets on the bike with DJ, and I got on the bike with Treston (motorbike) and we went to Negril. It was a really fun time, I met Pat (Trestons Sister) and we just had a good time in general. On the way back, we stopped at this corner store, like a grocery store the size of the gas station up at parkgate. We stood outside, I met so many people, and then all the boys got into a huge discussion about soccer. So that lasted awhile.. Which was fun to watch.
So the next day, I played Dominoes with Treston in the morning, and he kicked my ass royally! Anyways, I went to orange bay with Trestons older brother, Tyrone.. Treston said he would meet me there. That’s the beach, by the way. Anyways, we went first to Negril, and Tyrone got groceries, and bought me a drink, then we went to the beach, where Treston was hanging out with all his friends.. After a bit of time being semi-ignored, I told Treston that I was going for a walk down the beach.. Two people offered to plait my hair, and then this one guy started walking along with me. He asked me where I was staying, and I told him Logwood. Then he goes “Oh so you have a Jamaican boyfriend, then?” and I told him yes, and asked him if that meant he was going to stop walking with me. Then he said “no man.” and then went on and on about how logwood men were very scary, and how a lot of them have guns, and he asked me where my boyfriend was, because he didn’t want to cross him. I told him he was down at the other end of the beach, and we kept on walking. When I turned around, the guy left me where he joined me, and then I went back to Treston, and told him all about it. He thought it was funny, but asked me where the guy was, and got this jealous look on his face. I told him not to worry about it.
After that, I headed over to Yvonne’s yard, and we chilled with her friend, Taddy, and Campy, and some cute little kids, and then.. Wait this is the best part.Hurricane Dennis decided it was going to hit Jamaica. On my second day! I was kind of spooked, cause the sky kept flashing with lightning.. By the time it was dark, Treston came by on a bike, and had me worried, cause he was talking about getting my passport and money and stuff in a safe place, in case his house didn’t stand up to the storm, and then we went to get some supplies for the hurricane. He sent me into the store and told me to get what we needed, and I was like.. Dude, I have NO idea what to get.. You get it! After we got the groceries, me and DJ went on the motorbike to bring his seven year old son some supplies (who lives with DJ’s dad) and then headed back to the store. The rain was intense. The wind was intens-er.. that’s not a word, but I just made it one.. Hahahha.. So I heard that night, on the radio, all this stuff about the hurricane.. 15 inches of rain expected, flash floods, mudslides, winds up to 120 km/h, every public event cancelled until further notice, shelters opened, people advised to evacuate. It was a category 5 hurricane by the time it reached Jamaica. I was really kinda scared, but thank God, the hurricane missed the west end of Jamaica, and we were safe.. But the other half got damaged really badly…

umm, Tricias birthday, was cool, even tho she was still in canada. . I took a nice cold shower, cause when I woke up I was sweating like mad, I know… gross…
Treston left, saying that he would send DJ on the bike for me.. DJ came back like an hour after that, and told me to bring my phone that Tina told me to use, and my CD’s… So we got to where we were supposed to be, the house of one of Treston’s good friends. He had a daughter named Kacey, and a little baby named Junior. Treston told me that mom had called, and so he went down the road to get some calling cards and came back.. I called mom and I called Tricia for her birthday, too.. So when the baby woke up from his nap, I held him most of the afternoon.. Treston was sitting on the couch with me and the baby, and we were both playing with him, and it was just so cute! We stayed there until evening, when we all had dinner together. We had these things that looked like little pieces of steak, but then I saw Treston and DJ both eating them, and both of them are hardcore vegetarians, so I know it wasn’t steak.. It turned out to be some kind of vegetable that they have down there. Dunno what, but damn it was good.

Ok.. So that was that day, we had a good one all in all. The next day, I spent some time in the early morning listening to Dashboard confessional. I was getting sick of reggae, and that was not a good sign, seeing how I had only been there a couple of days! Oh well.
So we went to, what Treston called “the river” and we did laundry, and bathed in the water. It was really relaxing. So me and Treston had this discussion about religion by this point. I told him what I believed, he told me what he didn’t believe in (Jesus.. Uh oh..) I explained to him how important my faith was to me, and what I was going to do in the fall… and.. Wowza, I was going nuts, I was like.. Shit, this isn’t going to work out! Duh bob.. Thanks for that update…

Anyways, the rest of that afternoon, Treston went of to prepare for Julia’s birthday party, (his little niece) and I stayed in the yard, writing in my journal, and rocking out to real music. U2, Blink 182, Weezer, ect.. You know how it goes. And I had a good talk with Akeem, Trestons little brother. We talked about Canada and snow, and Hurricanes, and what a “real storm” is, and how when we in Canada get rain like they do in Jamaica, it’s considered a “real storm” and it was just good fun. Around three o’clock, I realized that Treston was not going to be on time, and so me, Randy, Sharlotte, Akeem all played Dominoes. Randy and Sharlotte are Trestons brother and sister in law. After we played dominoes, Sharlotte asked if she could plait my hair. So she did, she started around six and took an hour and a half to finish. Seven thirty. I was expecting Treston at three o’clock. Damn, he was getting on my nerves. Then he showed up and I ran and got the gift for Julie, and we went, he told me he was sorry, but he was working the whole day getting ready for the party. I didn’t believe him at first, but then when we got there and I saw the massive amounts of food he had cooked, I believed him.. So we had the party, it was good fun, The guy who danced around with the fire was there, and .. It was just fun!

Then, the next day, I went to the airport with Yvonne and Rex, and Papa, it was a crummy time, cause on the way back, I was sitting in the back with papa and Tricia, and then the stupid car broke down, and I was just not impressed.. Cause we had to stop like 5 times to fill up some part of the car with water.. It was annoying cause it was so hot outside.. That night, I stayed over at Tricia’s house, and spent the next day with her and yvonne too, we went to lucea for groceries.

So that next day we went to the beach.. I went over to Tricia’s house to see if she wanted to come, and Treston and DJ went ahead on the bike, cause me and Tricia would take a taxi. So me and Tricia got to the beach, Debo had tagged along, Anyways. Me and Tricia went right into the water, and then I went to the beach and I sat down and we talked for a bit, the three of us.. Then me and Tricia went to the bar for some drinks, then it started raining randomly. I ran back to get our stuff, then we chilled on the beach the rest of the afternoon. Come evening, Tricia was hungry, and therefore, really grumpy, so we went to burger king, and me and her and Treston had some food, Treston only ate fries after he had made completely sure no meat had touched them… When Treston came into the burger king, he told me that my father had called, and that he told him to call back in 10 minutes.. So 10 minutes later, the phone rings, and I was expecting my dad, but it was my brother, which made me really really happy. I had a great talk with him, I missed him, and I loved talking to him from Jamaica. It made me happy .. Get my point?

Anyways, then we all went to this place right next to pat’s store, called “the Love boat” and it was this restaurant with a pool table upstairs. DJ sat with Julie, took some seriously messed up pictures of us, and watched as me and Treston and Tricia played. Treston ended up not being so good, so he cheated when he thought I wasn’t looking.. Ha-ha it was amusing.

So that was that day. On the fifteenth, I went to Montego Bay with Treston, Tyrone, DJ and .. Well.. Me… It was hot, and a rather long drive, but DJ had to pick something up from the airport, so it was either go with, or be bored at home. I chose to go.. Then we got back, and I got dropped off at Tricias yard, Treston said he would “soon come” I grew to realize that phrase doesn’t hold the same meaning as it would in Canada. I watched a movie with Papa and Tricia, then we got bored, so we went for a walk around Logwood. When we got back, it was nearing night time, so I called Treston, and him, me, Tyrone, Tricia and Papa went out looking for a party. Needless to say, with Jamaica preparing for Hurricane Emily, there were no parties.. Nothing at all…

The sixteenth was a dreary day. Treston left around 10am , telling me he’d be back soon.. Bah… I stayed laying in bed until three in the afternoon. I read a book, of course, I fell asleep, it was pouring rain… I realized there was no point in getting mad at him for it anymore. Anyways, then he came home around 6:30, and i didnt have much to say to him, so i went back to the room and read the rest of the night, and he came in awhile later to say goodnight.. blah..

The next morning, I woke up and ended up spending most of the day over at Tricia’s with Yvonne and Debo. I spent the night over at Tricias, me, her and papa fell asleep watching a movie, and didn’t wake again till the crack of dawn… why we woke up, god only knows.. But we did.. So we did…

The eighteenth, I spent the whole day with Tea and Puno, these two gorgeous little girls, Yvonne and Tricia went to Lucea, but I didn’t want to go. . So me and the girls walked around, I took them to the store, where I bought them some candy, and we chilled the whole day, it was sweet.. That’s about that for that day..

On the nineteenth, we went to the beach, everyone was so quiet, it was weird.. Then we went and played pool again, me, Chronic, Treston and Tricia.. I spent a lot of time chasing Julie around, tho.. She is such a sweet kid, she loved me so much! I loved her too.. I miss her a lot.. Julie decided that she wanted to spend the night over with me and her uncle, so we took her home with us, and I put her to bed.. Then Me and Treston and DJ ate some of that barracuda that he caught, and then went to bed.

On the twentieth, Treston left in the morning.. Left Julie with me.. So we were bored within the hour, so I asked her if she wanted to go for a walk with me, and we walked over to Tricias yard, which was just as boring for her, but she eventually found something to play with , so she was fine. Me and Debo chilled with Tricia and Julie around.. It was boring! Me and Julie took out my braids.. Then we went back to Trestons house later in the afternoon, and I called my best friend whitney.. Actually, I called Tom first, then I called her.. cause she wasnt at home.. But I meant to call Whit.... Hahahah talking to Her was wicked. I missed her so much, and I needed to hear someone’s voice from home, and she was my best bet, I knew she'd make me smile the most.. Hahah I was right .. So then, Sharlotte offered to plait my hair again .. It took her four hours! It was tons of fun tho.. It was pouring down rain, so I wasn’t expecting Treston anytime soon.
Julie spent another night with us…

On the 21st, Julie went home, Treston made some fish for us, and then we walked over to Tricia’s yard, where I spent the most of the day. Treston was back and forth between there and Taddys yard, right across the way. Debo and I watched finding Nederland..
Then Treston came over, and they all started watching a kung fu movie, so I left, cause I HATE kung fu, even more than when I left for Jamaica. They watch it way too much down there. And it’s not like.. Good kung fu, it’s shitty kung fu, with English dubbed over the Chinese or whatever language they’re talking, so their mouths don’t match the words they’re saying, and it’s sooooooo distracting, and they all have crappy effects. And .. To sum all that up, I hate kung fu.. So I went for a walk.. As I was walking, this really old ugly guy came and started hitting on me, and this guy came out of nowhere, and said “if you keep troubling her, I’ll break your neck” and so he left me alone.. I think he was a friend of Debo’s.. it was wicked funny.
Then i went back to tricia's yard, just in time to recieve a long awaited phone call from Duane and Jennifer, my youth pastor and his wife.. we talked for about 20 minutes, it was wicked cool.

So on the 22nd, we chilled, all of us, me, cracks, DJ, and Sharlotte, watched “My big fat Greek wedding” which made me laugh.. I needed that.. Around midnight, we went to this party in Santoy. It was wicked fun. DJ got on the stage and performed! He was so good!

On the twenty third, DJ was supposed to take me to West end, so I could see the lighthouse for mom, but by the time he reached Trestons yard in the morning, rain started falling, and for the rest of the day, it kept falling. It annoyed me.. But we, being, me Treston and DJ, chilled in the kitchen the whole day. We talked, cleaned the fridge out (for something to do) cooked, and just chilled. Treston went to watch TV for a bit, but I was bored with TV, so me and DJ stayed in the kitchen.. He told me that when me and Treston have kids (I was like.. Ha ha!) that he was going to be the godfather.. I was amused by it.

In Jamaica, it was like.. Everyone skips the part about us actually having to love each other and get married in order for us to have kids and be a family.. I guess having the family is more important than actually the beginning steps to them in Jamaica..

Anyways.. In the night, DJ left, and me and Treston sat down and started watching this movie.. It was a horror movie, I didn’t realize what it was until I was too far into it to stop. It was the exorcist, which was totally freaky, if you haven’t watched it, I don’t suggest you do.. My hand was over my mouth the whole time.. After the movie, we walked down the road to this crazy loud party.. Like.. I mean crazy loud. We danced, this one girl tried to teach me how, which was fun… We didn’t go home until dawn.. It was wicked.

Ummm what next.. Ok so the last day there! DJ took me to the lighthouse. It was a fun time, me and him just chilling out.. The lighthouse was closed, I couldn’t go close to it, but I got my pics for mom, which was good. So on the way back from the lighthouse, it started pouring rain… Wouldn’t you know it, I had on a white shirt! Rain in Jamaica is nothing to laugh at, but we laughed anyways.. I seem to have bad luck when it comes to white shirts and rain, same thing happened to me last year!!!? Ha. So we drove thru this mad rain, to the gas station, I got a bag to put my camera and wallet in so It wouldn’t get any wetter, and I got DJ gas for his bike… We stopped off at the beach for a drink to warm us up, cause we were both soaked..

Funniest thing happened on the way home, tho… I had been talking to DJ earlier about how he couldn’t scare me on the bike, and he told me that the last time someone told him that, they got in a bike accident. I told him I still wasn’t scared.. So on the way back, we were turning the corner, and the bike skids out from under us… so me and DJ are laying on the ground with our legs trapped under the bike, and I just start laughing.. He told me to get up, but I couldn’t, the bike was too heavy on my leg.. Just my luck to have worn shorts.. So we managed to get up, filthy from the dirt road, but only minor damage.. I’m still here. But my leg was covered in blood. It looked worse before I could wash it off. I lifted up my shorts to check the rest of the damage, and this guy goes “wow” so I put my shorts back down, and (crazy me,) I got back on the bike with DJ and we went home.. We took some pix, cleaned up, and then went off to the soccer match.. It was fairly boring.. Later, like, a few hours later, DJ took me back to the yard to get shorts on, (the cuts on my leg were killing me with pants on) and then took me to Tricias yard.. Treston said he was going to this party, and I stayed at Tricia’s, told him to come get me after the party.. I didn’t feel like going and watching him get wasted again.. I was there until 4am, me, debo, and Tricia.. Debo gave me his necklace, it looks good on me, or so he said.. I like it… anyways.. Then Campy came by, and later Treston, and him and I went home..

The next morning, Tricia called at 8:45 am.. I woke up, packed everything, and then chilled with Treston… Rex came by at 11:30, and we all headed to the airport.. Treston came too.. We said goodbye, Then I went home… It was good .. The flight was long and sooo uncomfortable, cause of my leg.. But I managed..

When I got home, I was so proud of myself .. I did it. I didn’t let him get the better of me, I didn’t let anything happen that wasn’t supposed to happen.. Y’know, there were some times during that trip, at night, when I’d just sit at the doorway and look up at the sky. And I was alone, so I’d sit there and start singing.. Not just any music, tho.. Like.. Worship songs.. One in particular was “Heart of Worship” and another one was.. Well.. I don’t know the name of it, but it goes

“How many times have I turned away? The number is the same as the sands on the shore, every time you’ve taken me back. And now I pray you’d do it once more. Please take from me my life, when I don’t have the strength to give it away to you.. Please take from me my life, when I don’t have the strength to give it away to you, Jesus..”

Sometimes I’d sit at the door and watch the rain fall.. sit and think.. Sit and pray.. It’s good you know, to just sit and be silent once in awhile.. So I did.. I also just listened to my music once in awhile.. Switchfoot, David Crowder Band ( a really good worship CD) and Starfield too.. They’re a good worship band too. It really was a good trip this time. Wow, and I just spent a looooong blog telling you about it..

I sincerely hope you didnt die of boredom.. i will update again tomorrow, and hopefully regularly after that!
Love to you all, the loyal people who still check for updates every day.. tomorrow it will be alot more interesting.
Love you Tons!

Love always: Shle
Xoxo

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away."