No Cardboard Box for Jill!

Greetings all! If you read this that is.

Well, I thought I would update. Been an alright week since Christmas. Relaxing - I've slept more this week than I think I did all school term! But I'm still tired. Maybe b/c I don't seem to be doing enough, so I don't sleep soundly. I think I sleep moreso out of boredom :S

What's been going on this week though. A lot of hanging with the parentals & playing cards (no surprise if you know my family though!) Tuesday I went shopping for a bit, and got a drug test for work (it's bloody hard to pee under pressure!) Tuesday night, Meghan, Vanessa, Sam & I went to a show at Jane Bond - B.A. Johnston & Wax Mannequin. It was pretty entertaining. Then we went back to Sam's & had pizza. Wednesday, Mom & I ran some errands, and watched "Mystic River" that night. I'd never seen it, but it was a good movie - sad though. Yesterday afternoon, Thursday, I went for coffee with Alyssa. It was good to see her, since we don't get to see each other that often. Then Sam & I went for bubble tea last night, which was also fun. Both Alyssa & Sam are good to talk to - always enjoyable spending time with both of them! Today, Dad & I drove to Sarnia & found me a place to live!! That's ALWAYS a good thing - sucks living in a cardboard box.

Not much else going on. Tomorrow's New Years Eve, so I think I'm going to a house party. Other than that, same old same old. I look forward to moving to Sarnia for a change of scenery. I'll likely post a few more times over the next few days - hoping to do a 2005 Year In Review :) Till then, take care, and if I don't post before midnight tomorrow, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Where do I Come From??

Someone else's blog made me think about this tonight. Where do I come from? I was born & raised in Waterloo (ok, actually born in a hospital in Kitchener, but that's right next door, and I've always lived in Waterloo!) My parents are also from Waterloo. My grandparents are from elsewhere in Ontario. In fact, it was my great-great-great-grandparents who immigrated to Canada, from Germany, France & Wales. So I call myself Canadian. I am Canadian. Which I'm very proud of.

However, at the same time, I often find that boring. Several of my friends are either from other countries, or it was their parents or grandparents who came from other countries. And they all know stories of how their ancestors came to where they are. But my family - nobody actually seems to know. I wish I did know. I think it'd be interesting to know. But I doubt I'll ever know.

I'm baaaaack. I hope.

So I'm not sure if anyone ever reads this anymore, but now that I'm done school, I'm going to try to update it a little more often. So that you all know what wonderful exciting things I'm up to. Ha.

But first, Happy Holidays to you all! Hope everyone had a good one, no matter what you celebrated (or didn't celebrate?) I definitely had a good Christmas - lots of family. But it was good.

This past term was pretty good. Busy. Hard. But fun. A lot of work, a lot of play. I'm a little worried about one course, so we shall see :S However, the highlights of the term were (in order, and I remember all mainly b/c I take a lot of piccies! :P):

- frosh week, right off the bat!
- BOT
- Blaise's birthday
- Pearl Jam Concert
- my birthday
- Country Jamboree/the Spur
- SCUNT
- Chemikaze Class kegger (not my class, but the class that I hang out with more people in!)
- Potato Opening Party (just a crazy-fun night...probably one of my fave from the term!)
- French Dinner at this girl Cecile's place (a french exchange student I met)
- Two-Piece Party
- Last Day of Midterms
- Halloween Party (again, with Chemikazes)
- Spur Night (followed by climbing the barrels at Seagrams!)
- Grace's Cookie Party
- a bunch of us went out for Pat's birthday
- Beauty & the Beast: the Musical
- Amanda's Housewarming Party
- Wine & Cheese Party
- EngPlay
- Big Swing Dance in Kitchener
- Martini Night at Pumphouse
- Lou's birthday
- other clubbing/bar nights

It was a good time. I realized I have some awesome friends, and had a lot of fun! I also met a lot of really cool people this term, as well as hung out with other people more. While it was probably my toughest term so far, school-wise, and I was so ready for it to end, it was tough to see it end, b/c it was a lot of fun this term. I didn't want to see people leave. I'm also saddened by the fact that a lot of people were finished before me, so I didn't get to say good-bye to a lot of people :(

Yet, I look upon my upcoming work term in Sarnia with hope. There are several things that I hope to do. I have a fairly large number of books to read (b/c I'm just too addicted to buying books!) I want to actually learn to play the guitar that I bought back in September. I want to learn more about photography/how to edit pics. And a few other things. If I can, then it should be a good term. And I really hope to keep this blog updated. LOL. Wish me luck with that ;)

Well, that's it for tonight folks. Take care, and keep in touch! <3

Almost there...7 1/2 hours!

As for what I said in the last post, this is a more frequent update, of one month later, as opposed to a month & a half later.

Last day of exams for me! Wahoo! I have 2 today though :S My electrochem at 4pm, and music at 7:30pm. Then PARTY! :D I'm so sick of studying though. I had the most retarded exam schedule - 2 (hard) courses at the beginning, and 3 at the end. With a 10-day break in the middle.

Anyhoo, back to studying I go. Been a fast term - but a fun one. I'll likely do a reflection post of the term at some point, as well as the year 2005. B/c it was a strange one.