When I checked my email this evening I literally jumped up and down and was speechless. I had applied to U of T's Nursing school, and while I thought I would probably get in, I was wracked by the fear of rejection. I know that U of T's program is extremely competitive, and I knew my marks weren't that great; I mean yeah, they were B+/A-, but surely there would be people with higher marks. So I applied, and waited.
And waited.
And waited.
And when I heard from York, I thought that was great too! But my heart was still set on U of T. And I thought maybe I wouldn't hear from them at all.
But wow. I got in! Granted, it is conditional acceptance; I still have to maintain a B+ average for this term, but I think it's totally doable.
Do you have any idea what this means for me? I can:
- stop paying $$$ for rent
- stop living in questionable apartments
- still see my family often
- see my local friends often-ish (this is debatable; time would have to permit. Goodness knows that didn't happen too frequently in UW...)
- Have access to cable!
- Have access to good public transportation (or at least better than Grand River transit...)
- Have lots of fridge space for my produce <3
- stop obsessing over people ruining my cleanliness
- ... and so much more!
I've seriously picked up on my mom's cleaning habits. I am always wiping counters, vacuuming the floor, and sometimes it's a little eerie how much it bothers me when people leave dishes in the sink for extended periods of time.
I'm so excited to go home this weekend; since it is a long weekend, my cousin and I are leaving Waterloo tomorrow afternoon to go to the outlet mall in Mississauga and then head home. Calvin is going to come home and bring Hobbes! :) I love that silly cat like it's my baby.
You know what else I'm excited for? getting rid of all my crappy excuses for not exercising. THe weather is getting nicer, so I'm going to cut the crap and move it! I've made a whole schedule from Friday April 2 - August 28 for training for the Underwear Affair 2010. I'm so pumped for it!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Ex-nay on the "partying two nights ina row"
Wow. I don't know how chronic party-goers do it; after attending two parties in the last two nights, I'm utterly exhausted and cannot stomach the idea of having to drink more, dance more, and having to avoid strange men. I went to the End of Term AHS Aftab Patla Memorial Scholarship game on Friday, and then the EOT party at bomber. The party itself was great; it was AHS only in the bomber, and everybody was drinking beer and eating free food. Some of my friends were pretty drunk though (myself included), so it made for a few awkward moments, but no harm done.
Last night, I went to 140West with my friend and her sister who was visiting for the weekend, and I swear, it must be the full moon or something: guys were everywhere. I felt like we were being targeted and cornered! One guy's opening line to my friend was: "hey! My friend thinks your friend is really hot!". Odd. And then his friend just came up behind me and started dancing without a "hey, wanna dance" line, or any other kind of actual verbal communication. After a fake "I have to go to the bathroom" escape line, the guy dancing with my friend found us later and was like (to me)
Random guy (RG): Hey, have I seen you before?
C: uh yeah. I was dancing with her when you came by.
RG: well yeah, but I mean I feel like I know you from somewhere
C: ... well you were staring at me the whole time you were dancing with her. But I'm pretty sure I don't know you.
So weird. But trust me, it gets weirder.
Two other random guys just come up to my friend and I and just wouldn't let go! I mean it's not like he was bad looking, bad smelling, or rude; but slowly my friend and I kept getting closer and closer til I was practically smelling her hair! It was funnier when I saw my friend making out with RG#2, and then the person dancing with me tried to, and I was like "OOOoops sorry, I don't do that! *insert haha here*" Nice guy, but too young, hahaha. He is 3rd yr Mechatronics, which is cute and all, but really, I am not interested in that sort of thing. (I've learned from my 3rd year drunken birthday experience!)
And then RG + friend kept coming around to "check" on my friend and I, who were otherwise possessed by some random youngins.
Yeah. That never happens to me, ever. Flattering though!
In any case, my ears and voice are busted, so I'm drinking a lot of water and homemade juice today to try to aid recovery: I have a presentation on Tuesday. Yikes.
On an unrelated side note: I bought a lovely bunch of daffodils on Friday. It really make my place look a little happier and more like spring is on the way.
Another unrelated note: I'm still angry at my new roommate. What part of "If you spill something on the floor or counter, clean it up" do you not understand?! IAWEguyshladyuahbljdfhgyslhbd;khfsjbadkldhjn (explosion and implosion of rage ensues)
Last night, I went to 140West with my friend and her sister who was visiting for the weekend, and I swear, it must be the full moon or something: guys were everywhere. I felt like we were being targeted and cornered! One guy's opening line to my friend was: "hey! My friend thinks your friend is really hot!". Odd. And then his friend just came up behind me and started dancing without a "hey, wanna dance" line, or any other kind of actual verbal communication. After a fake "I have to go to the bathroom" escape line, the guy dancing with my friend found us later and was like (to me)
Random guy (RG): Hey, have I seen you before?
C: uh yeah. I was dancing with her when you came by.
RG: well yeah, but I mean I feel like I know you from somewhere
C: ... well you were staring at me the whole time you were dancing with her. But I'm pretty sure I don't know you.
So weird. But trust me, it gets weirder.
Two other random guys just come up to my friend and I and just wouldn't let go! I mean it's not like he was bad looking, bad smelling, or rude; but slowly my friend and I kept getting closer and closer til I was practically smelling her hair! It was funnier when I saw my friend making out with RG#2, and then the person dancing with me tried to, and I was like "OOOoops sorry, I don't do that! *insert haha here*" Nice guy, but too young, hahaha. He is 3rd yr Mechatronics, which is cute and all, but really, I am not interested in that sort of thing. (I've learned from my 3rd year drunken birthday experience!)
And then RG + friend kept coming around to "check" on my friend and I, who were otherwise possessed by some random youngins.
Yeah. That never happens to me, ever. Flattering though!
In any case, my ears and voice are busted, so I'm drinking a lot of water and homemade juice today to try to aid recovery: I have a presentation on Tuesday. Yikes.
On an unrelated side note: I bought a lovely bunch of daffodils on Friday. It really make my place look a little happier and more like spring is on the way.
Another unrelated note: I'm still angry at my new roommate. What part of "If you spill something on the floor or counter, clean it up" do you not understand?! IAWEguyshladyuahbljdfhgyslhbd;khfsjbadkldhjn (explosion and implosion of rage ensues)
Monday, March 15, 2010
Back to normal
I'm feeling a lot better now! I was still feeling crappy on Thursday, but I went out with a few of my girl friends to help them get their grad ball dresses and stuff, and then we were hanging out til about 11:30 when my advil started wearing off and I felt the need to get home. I felt pretty bad on Friday, but after Friday evening I felt better. My cousin and I had our girls' night; we went grocery shopping, made dinner, waxed our legs (hahaha, too much info?), and then watched Avatar online. Yeah, that's right, I stream movies online. Do you know why? Because James Cameron has already raked in his millions and having one more person watch it won't really do anything to his sizable income, so there. And I'm a poor student. Yeah.
Anyway, so I've spent the majority of the week sleeping and taking Advil and prescription medication, and not doing work. Saturday I was still kind of slacking, but yesterday (Sunday) I had to sit down and really get my stuff done. I finished a lab, and read some stuff for my sport psychology course and finished the assignment for that... and started thinking about my essay for my philosophy course. It's hard to believe, but there are only really 3 or 4 more weeks of classes before exams! CRAZY. And, Grad ball is this Friday.
Hmm. Grad ball. It's like the university Prom, I suppose. And, almost like last time, I'm again involved in a threesome. No, that kind of threesome you disgusting pig! I am not bringing anyone as a date since I prefer to just "be", so I'm unofficially Lisa's other date. She's such a pimp! :P
I've been catching up on my WoW too this weekend. I have been putting off playing my Shadow Priest because I'm convinced she's really weak, but I decided to put in the effort. I re-spec'd her, so I had to pay a couple of gold to reallocate the talents, and then I handed in whatever quests I had completed for Kalimdor and that other place, and then took her out to The Outlands, where my Death Knight is as well. There are higher level quests there, better gear, and at level 60 you get a flying mount! I hit level 60 as of yesterday (I think... or Saturday), so I've got my flying mount. Yay. Seriously, it makes things so much easier. I tend to attract a lot of aggro from the nearby boars and now I can just fly over them. But yeah, I've made progress with my shadow priest. Now, I'd say my two mains are pretty equal. I think I'm only ahead in my DK by a few quests and 1 level. My ultimate goal is to get my SP to level 80 and start raiding with the guild... apparently they need more ranged DPS people. As much as I want to do it, I'm also kind of nervous that I won't live up to the guild's expectations and whatnot; everybody is really good. Ah, oh well.
Anyway, gotta head out to campus soon. I have a couple of things to do before my night class. I'm helping out with the March break open house at UW tomorrow (UW day!), and I'm really excited. I love showing people the ropes.
Oh yes, and I signed up for the Underwear Affair 2010 (Aug 28). I planned to start running again April 11. I feel like I'll be starting from ground zero again, so my goal for that month is 1-3K 2-3x/week. Yep, starting out slow.
May -3-5K, 2-3x/week
June -5-7K, 2-3x/week
July - 7-8K, 2x/week
August - 8-9K, 2x/week
Also, I intend to really clean out my cupboards in April so I can start with my raw stuff again.
Anyway, so I've spent the majority of the week sleeping and taking Advil and prescription medication, and not doing work. Saturday I was still kind of slacking, but yesterday (Sunday) I had to sit down and really get my stuff done. I finished a lab, and read some stuff for my sport psychology course and finished the assignment for that... and started thinking about my essay for my philosophy course. It's hard to believe, but there are only really 3 or 4 more weeks of classes before exams! CRAZY. And, Grad ball is this Friday.
Hmm. Grad ball. It's like the university Prom, I suppose. And, almost like last time, I'm again involved in a threesome. No, that kind of threesome you disgusting pig! I am not bringing anyone as a date since I prefer to just "be", so I'm unofficially Lisa's other date. She's such a pimp! :P
I've been catching up on my WoW too this weekend. I have been putting off playing my Shadow Priest because I'm convinced she's really weak, but I decided to put in the effort. I re-spec'd her, so I had to pay a couple of gold to reallocate the talents, and then I handed in whatever quests I had completed for Kalimdor and that other place, and then took her out to The Outlands, where my Death Knight is as well. There are higher level quests there, better gear, and at level 60 you get a flying mount! I hit level 60 as of yesterday (I think... or Saturday), so I've got my flying mount. Yay. Seriously, it makes things so much easier. I tend to attract a lot of aggro from the nearby boars and now I can just fly over them. But yeah, I've made progress with my shadow priest. Now, I'd say my two mains are pretty equal. I think I'm only ahead in my DK by a few quests and 1 level. My ultimate goal is to get my SP to level 80 and start raiding with the guild... apparently they need more ranged DPS people. As much as I want to do it, I'm also kind of nervous that I won't live up to the guild's expectations and whatnot; everybody is really good. Ah, oh well.
Anyway, gotta head out to campus soon. I have a couple of things to do before my night class. I'm helping out with the March break open house at UW tomorrow (UW day!), and I'm really excited. I love showing people the ropes.
Oh yes, and I signed up for the Underwear Affair 2010 (Aug 28). I planned to start running again April 11. I feel like I'll be starting from ground zero again, so my goal for that month is 1-3K 2-3x/week. Yep, starting out slow.
May -3-5K, 2-3x/week
June -5-7K, 2-3x/week
July - 7-8K, 2x/week
August - 8-9K, 2x/week
Also, I intend to really clean out my cupboards in April so I can start with my raw stuff again.
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