You Live, You Learn

Happy Friday everyone! I, for one, am glad that this week's over. It's been dark & rainy most of the week, so it's been one of the longer weeks. Yet, at the same time, I actually went to bed earlier most nights...it's amazing what just an extra half an hour of sleep does! Strange, but I've been awake at work for the past few days, then tired when I get home - most of the time, it's opposite! It's also weird how much more sleep I need when I'm on a work term, then in school.

This weekend looks to be promising. Tomorrow, Ally, Wing Yan, Warren & I are going over the border (since it's so damn close!) to shop in Port Huron, Michigan. Apparently they're usually cheaper than Canada. There's also apparently a really good Thai restaurant in Port Huron, so we're going there for dinner. I'm excited about that - I LOVE Thai! Sunday, Ally & I are playing squash. I'll also go to the gym this evening. Not sure what else is going on, but it'll be alright. I can get a few other things done. I've got the house to myself - Katie left today for training camp in Florida, and Rob's coaching his team in Nationals in BC. So I'm alone till Tuesday night!

The next two weekends are going to ROCK even more! The way my work is set up is that I work 40 hours/week, but only get paid for 37.5 hours. So in my 4 months of being here, I get 4 flex days - days I can take off, whenever I want. So, next Friday, which is St Patrick's Day, I'm taking off & going to Toronto Thursday night. Then there are quite a few of us who are going out for St Paddy's! I'm excited :D Then I'm returning to Waterloo on Saturday - it's Mom's birthday during the week, and I'm also going to Alyssa & Jesse's housewarming party. So should be a fabulous weekend! Then the following weekend, a bunch of us are going to Montreal :D :D :D

So, I was reminded of something this morning. I was actually reading Lou's blog, and someone (I think her mother) commented & said that she shouldn't be blogging at work, and she should be learning things, even if her job is boring (*cough*sounds familiar*cough*) But she should be out learning things that she doesn't know. Yes, I'm blogging at work, but I'm going to make it a point to work harder, b/c while I work better when I have more to do, if I don't have much to do, but get it done, I will hopefully get new work, and the more stuff I do, the more I'll learn.

I was in a slump for awhile, but I've recently re-realized my love of learning. Hence I read a lot of blogs (you can always learn things from other people/their experiences/their opinions) and Wikipedia, and starting to read articles online. I'm especially trying to expand my horizons b/c I don't know what I want to do. I've come to the conclusion that everything that one does in life should allow them to learn something - not always does one realize it, but it does. Some things learned are more relevant than others, but I hope to keep learning. My parents used to tell me that "you learn something new every day" but I think it's practically every hour (well, except maybe during slumber) If not, well that sucks then.