zero more classes, zero more books to read, and zero more pages to type!!!

Why I feel like I could cry: Because I am SOOO happy! I feel sooo free. With classes done came freedom for most. Not Jennifer (see previous blog...ahh). BUT NOW, I tell you, I feel like I could fly! Last night was the first night in a REALLLLLY long time that I could let my hair down (my long gorgeous, flowing hair ;) ) and not worry that I was having a good time when I should really be typing a paper.

Also, Steve came over yesterday and helped my mom and I hook up wireless at our house. YAY! Whenever I'm on my laptop here now I keep getting the Pinnochio song in my head: "I've got no strings to hold me down. To make me fret, or make me frown. I had strings but now I'm free. There are no strings on me!!"

I must mention that there IS something that could make me cry because it's something I'm very sad about...the price of gas. AHH...$43 to fill up my car today! Grr. Good thing I have a Speedpass at Esso and I don't have to go in because I might have looked pretty grouchy!

Recent Purchases: Garage saling this morning was great. I bought Pictionary (that's in good shape!) for $1 and an 18 speed bike for $30. I discovered two things in my travels from NW Regina to E Regina garage saling this a.m.--church sales are the best, OR sales in the East end. I love the stuff that those east-enders are calling junk. haha...it IS true: "One man's junk IS another man's (or woman's ;) treasure!!"

How I'm Feeling: Slightly ill, thanks for asking. I am going to go read in the sunny sunroom (go figure...haha), and if I fall asleep, so be it!

I also feel like I've accomplished something today. I met my neighbors to the north of our new house today. I was sweeping the patio in front of our house because the leaves on it were driving me crazy--it's spring, so let's not live in the remnants of winter longer than we have to, folks!! haha--and a little girl came over and, standing on the other side of the hedge that divides our yards, said, "HI!" I jumped ten feet in the air (no really...lol), and after I recovered from the shock, said a big ol' "HI!" back. I told her my name and asked what hers was. After we spoke a little bit about me being her new neighbor and of course about her doggy, her sister and brother, and her sister's friend who is another neighbor from down the street, came over and we chatted. They seem like tons of fun. I think the oldest were the girls who were ten, the little girl who said hi originally is four, and CUTE as a button!! I don't know how old the boy is, but he went inside before I could talk to him much. Guess I was scary. Then the three of us girls played basketball in their driveway. I think part of the reason I like them so much is because they asked before I shot if I'd ever played basketball before and I laughed and said "definitely, no"...but then I shot and swished (swooshed?) it and they looked at me with their mouths open and they tried to shoot a couple of times, gave it back to me (ok, so I stole the ball out of their hands ;)...tee hee) and shot again, getting it in again. They said I was amazing and puffed my head up. Then my mommy called me in for lunch. I think I've made some new friends today! haha...I love kids when they think you're great when really, you're glad that there's no other adults watching cuz you're terrible!! haha. They asked if I could come play again, and I said yes, anytime in the next couple of years! I'm excited. Maybe God will use me in their lives. Today at lunch after I had played with the girls, I prayed for the meal and asked that God would really bless our home here--that the people that come through it would not see us but would see Him, and that the people around us will see Him also.

This is already beginning I think. One of the reasons why Dad wanted to get out of farming is because he's a people person and being a farmer isn't necessarily the most social job in the world...unless you've been on the tractor for so long it's as if you're best buds with all the country music stars and "converse" with them on a daily basis (hey, stranger things have happened)...But anyway, Dad already knows most of our neighbors cuz he IS such a social person. He's going to love it here, I think. Mom too. Me too. *sigh*...life IS good. GOD is good!

K, still not feeling too well. Going to go soak up the sun and have a catnap, put together the new bike I bought this a.m. and go for a ride, and MAYBE, if I get around to it, study a little for Monday's exam. Nah, that sounds too dull. I'm going to read some Malcom Gladwell instead.

Over and out, all!

~Jen

two more classes, 12 more pages to type, one more book to read, 3 exams

yes, folks, i'm in the home stretch!

apology...sort of...: sorry i've been away for awhile...seriously, if i thought i was busy before easter, i don't know what i was on. this last while has been...well is there a word for it? tiring? yes. overloaded? yes? overwhelming? yes. impossible? pretty much. rewarding? if i think about it long enough, yes. expensive? yes (if you saw the amount of paper and printer ink i went through, you'd understand). discombobulating? absolutely--too much info in jennifer's brain will do that!

what i'm procrastinating now: so i'm delaying writing my last paper right now. it was due last friday, but alas, i have gracious profs who are wonderfully understanding. even this one particular prof wonders how i've been doing it all. when i told him during our hour-long meeting today that yesterday i submitted 42 pages of papers, he laughed and said he honestly felt sorry for me. yay. at least somebody feels sorry for me. haha...kidding. i think i need a nap. i'm starting to complain.

what i'm wearing: pants that are too tight. grrr...keep up with those 730am walks around th lake, jennifer! i think i can attribute this to the continuous snacking that helps me stay awake (that and strong hazlenut vanilla coffee that's been in the cupboard for a year and a half until now, since it's been necessary) the all- nighters i've been doing lately. grrrrrr...

what's running through my brain: i am deep and mysterious. to give that away would be like selling my identity on ebay!

speaking of ebay: except this isn't about ebay at all. haha. ok, well i DO have a story about ebay after i tell my story about amazon.ca--except that it isn't even a story, really. today i got paradise lost and paradise regained in the mail from amazon! YAY! bring on the summer!!! i think milton and i are going to get along fabulously!! wow. that was random. sorry. ok, so about my story about ebay. on one of my most favorite websites that is also the most informative, www.metafilter.com, i read a journal article written by an opium addict who was buying mass boxes of his "treat" on ebay. Hm. Whodathunk. Very interesting read. I recommend it!

what's been making my evenings when i'm not pulling-my-hair-out-busy:
John Tesh, baby! His radio show in the evenings is awesome. 92.1...tune in!! he's a born-again believer and he's just a joy to listen to. i learn lots listening to him. yay!

what i've been enjoying also: having my bro in the city! it was his birthday on saturday, and for the second saturday in a row, we went to paradise golf, that new, huge, indoor golf place on devonshire, just off rochdale. it's pretty fun! we hung out with cody heagy who did john madden imitations all night. OH MY GOODNESS. i laughed pretty hard! then there was graeme's bday party on sunday which was fun as well. Scattergories is always a blast.

now it's...back to the grindstone. or maybe i'll nap. oh ok, you've twisted my arm. sleep it is!

Sorry again,
I'll try to be more reliable with this thing! I'll be needing some procrastination from studying for exams, so there's sure to be more postings ;)...

Hasta luego!
~Jennnnn