Hello Sunshine!

Today was the first warm and sunny day of spring that lasted for more than a few hours. Which is the most sun that I'll see for a while because I am headed back to Newfoundland tomorrow and we probably won't see sun until June! 

Today was such a lovely day, that my boyfriend and I spent most of the day outside. First we started redoing the stairs on his parents front porch (we replaced the main portion of the porch this weekend). The best part about this was that certain parts were clearly a one-person job, so I got to lie in the sun while the men did all the hard work! After that we went for a walk to the mall to buy the groceries for nachos and made a quick stop in to find a great deal on sweaters! 

I watched my first official rugby game today! The Hurricanes vs. The Sharks (New Zealand vs. South Africa), in which my boyfriend and his father taught me the ropes of their official sport. It was really interesting to see because it's a mix of soccer and American football. I was also informed that rugby and American football originated from soccer! With our rugby we had homemade spicy nachos and wine to celebrate my boyfriend, the university graduate! 

This evening consisted of a lovely walk and some pool which was the perfect ending to my trip here in Nova Scotia. Tomorrow night I will step onto the boat and head back to Newfound and the search for a summer job (with two interviews this week, I'm hoping it won't be a long search!) and hopefully a continuation of sunshine! 

Adventures into the Unknown

With exams finished and another semester under my belt, I am anxious to see what the summer and the next (my final) year of school bring for me. With my boyfriend graduating this year and moving to another continent it is going to be a very hard adjustment that I am certainly not looking forward too. For the first time in over two years we are going to be on separate continents for an extended period of time, with no certain time frame of when we will see each other next. While this thought saddens me terribly, I know that we are strong enough to make it through or come out as friends. And I hope we will make it out okay, I will be happy if we come out as friends.

Since this upcoming year of school will be my last (at least for this degree!), I often wonder where my life will take me and have realized that now is the time to make plans. I have started applying to other schools for my masters and for education programs as well as put some "feeler's" out there for jobs. One of the jobs that I am considering is teaching English as a second language. Which is why, with two courses left to my psychology degree, I have decided to take on an English minor (which also would help for applying to educations programs). This is going to be something new for me, as I have only completed 2 first year English courses and now plan to do 6 in the next year. I always seem to make work for myself when I end up with an easier semester. Along with my english minor I have added Vice President Academic to my challenges for next year as well. This is a position in my Student Union that will require a great deal of my time during the semester and well as complete dedication. Part of me thinks that the challenge of splitting my time between my duties as VPA and my school work will keep my occupied that I won't notice how lonely I will be.

One can hope right?

The Start of Something New!

I seem to have forgotten about my blog this semester, and when I did remember I had too much work to do or saw how long it has been since I last had posted which only discouraged me to post. But the blog has a new layout, maybe some new features coming, hopefully some more followers and maybe even a start from scratch. Only time will tell with this one! But something new is definitely coming!

The End is Near!

This is what I usually look/feel like at this point in the semester! But this semester seems to be a little calmer. Before finals I only have one paper and on presentation to do (in two weeks) and then it's just studying for my exams. Which is a huge relief. I guess that starting early on my papers and presentations this year has payed off. While all of my friends are cramming and having to spend all hours in the library, I can do a bit of work and then bake or read a book or watch  movie. It's such a wonderful feeling. 

Although this semester has been a little easier than most semester I'll be glad for Christmas Break and the chance to spend my whole days drinking hot chocolate and backing.  I'm only three weeks away! 

Magical Weekend

This weekend, my boyfriend and I went back to Brent's Cove with one of our friends from school. It was such an amazing and relaxing weekend. Just what we needed before we headed back into the last few weeks of school. 

Deep friend Tukery

Brent's Cove

Northern Lights

Watching them 'dance'!

Whales!

Dare to Dream.

Last week, I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting a boxing legend, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. 

Dr. Carter gave an amazing motivational speech about the power of believing in your dreams and the power of living your life.

Hurricane Carter was wrongly convicted of three counts of racial murders in the 60's and spent 22 years in jail for a crime that he did not commit. It is only with hope and dedication that Dr. Carter is a free man today. His speech was so inspirational, many in the audience were in tears by the time he finished speaking, myself included. It was such a wonderful experience to be able to meet an talk to Dr. Carter, that I will always remember. 

weekend soundtrack

Even when school isn't extremely busy it seems like always makes up for it. I promised myself that I would get back on the blog-train full time, but this week I seem to keep missing my stop. This week was a little bit of a whirlwind. Which I will post about later this weekend.

My weekend consists of pool tonight with some other psych students, a haunted house for charity, work, and catching up on some homework that I fell behind with during my two week madness of exams and meetings. 

1. Boston - Augustana

2. Bright than Sunshine - Aqualung

3. What's so Bad (About Feeling Good) - Ben Lee

4. Feel This - Bethany Joy Galeotti

5. Heartbeatz - Jose Gonzalez

Hope everyone has a great weekend! 

So Little Time..

For some reason I feel like I'm less involved around campus this year, yet I have less time to myself.  Which has now resulted in my quitting one of my part time jobs so I can breathe again, or at leasts that's the plan. 


The last two weeks seem to have been mayhem. Filled with 4 exams, two papers, classes, meetings, a whirlwind trip to St. Johns (which means more meetings), and work. But luckily, school work-wise, I have nothing due this week and only a few things due the week after.. with only... ONE meeting! Which is a huge sigh of relief! Which means I'll still be living in the library.. but with more trips home and relaxation time. But the main goal is to find a nice balance of getting ahead in my work but not have to be constantly working or moving. 

I also decided that school was messing with my exercising and healthy eating. When you're so busy it's hard to find time to go to the gym or eat healthy, when I could spend time in a chair writing a paper and grabbing the fastest meal I can find to maximize my school work productivity. 


So these next few weeks are weeks of rebuilding a healthy lifestyle and spending a little time relaxing and a few dates with friends I haven't seen in a while. It's a welcomed change.

Long Weekends and Family Times

My father and I have now officially dubbed this long weekend: 

The Weekend of Red Wine

Peace of Mind.

I've have had such a horrible week that I decided to take an extra day to my midterm break. I managed to find a ride home today instead of tomorrow and am skipping one class (although I made an arrangement with my prof for the missed class) because I really needed a break this week. 

It seems like everything gets to me this week. It could be the smallest thing and it made me upset, and I can't count the number of times I cried over something stupid this week. So, I found a ride home and called my parents to let them know. My dad had a big glass of red wine waiting for me when I walked through the door. 

I had a busy week in the library, with my first midterm break this morning, so I've decided that tomorrow is my day off. I am going to get up early, bake bread, and just flake.. maybe watch some TV, read a book, go for a run. Just do whatever I feel like. And then it's back to work on Saturday and Sunday, which includes school work and my two day midterm "break" is going to be spent studying for my four midterms the following week and preparing for my trip to St. Johns.  Busy, busy, busy!

I'm also debating a new hair cut. Currently my hair is pretty long, blonde and all one layer. So, I'm thinking something drastic, maybe more highlights, layers, and shorter! Maybe some bangs! Oh, the possibilities. I'm just really ready for a change. Some mid-semester blues have started to take over. But I am so excited for a day relaxation tomorrow! 

Music Monday: Crash Kings

This is the first official fall edition of Music Monday (and the first post since August because I've been totally slack on the blog thing and totally wrapped up in the school thing). My good friend Jamie introduced me to these guys a little over a week ago. We were getting in his car to go to the store and before I had my seatbelt on he was gushing (okay taking, apparently boys don't gush) about how sure he was that I was going to love this band. We have a pretty similar taste in music so I had no doubt that I would enjoy Crash Kings, but I had no idea I would become so obsessed in such a short time. 


Their self-titled album Crash Kings is filled with tracks that will ease your mind and make you want to sing along. 

There song It's Only Wednesday is one of my favorite, along with Come Away and Raincoat. Or.. well I kinda really like all of their songs. 

 On another note, Fall is officially here and last night was the first night that I had to sleep with my window closed and under all of my covers.

Also, there is a new layout coming. I promise. 

Oh.. Hello October!

I can't believe it's October already! And I'm not entirely sure where September went but I'm pretty sure I spent the majority of it in school or at the library. All I can say is that I'm thankful that this is my last year of my undergrad, because I could really use the break.

Although it's starting to look like fall here, it doesn't really fee like fall. I've usually dug out my winter coat by now and starting wearing layers. But of Friday I wore shorts and a t-shirt to class because it was a whopping 24 degrees here in Newfoundland! Which is nothing short of a miracle! Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week all consisted of 20+ degree weather when we're used to somewhere in the 5-10 range this time of year. I was super excited for the seemingly return of summer until I realized as I was going to bed that I live in an upstairs apartment that already feels like 20 degrees inside when it's 10 degrees outside. Needless to say it was a hard time trying to fall asleep. 

But as I woke up this morning to 9 degrees, it seems to have returned to fall. The pretty colors are everywhere and I wore 2 layers to work this morning. And while I'm sad to see summer go. I'm super excited for fall activities and the slow progression into winter. But I think I'm most excited to start wearing tights and digging out all my boots!

Long Overdue, Sprinkled with Crazy & Hectic.

It's been almost a month since my last post, which I somehow can't figure out how I managed to let that happen. School and life have been so crazy the last month. Trying to get back into the swing of things, plus all the added stress of being in my last year of university and trying to make sure I'm going to graduate in the spring have taken up more time than I expected. Any down time I've had from school I've spent with my friends trying to get in on some of the fun that they are having. But my fun is seriously lacking in comparison to theirs, but I guess that's what happens when you're trying to get A's and grad school acceptances. 


In the last month, I turned 22. We had a nice little celebration in which I bought my first little black dress. A very small group of my friends went out for supper (it was also my roommates birthday a few days before mine, so she went with a big crowd to a different restaurant, but I just wanted a small, quiet celebration). We then met up back at our apartment for drinks and I fell in love with apple martinis. We ended up with a nice crowd, but in the midst of the celebration another apartment in the building had a party with over 60 people (the limit for the fire regulation is 20) and someone pulled the fire alarm. So there was some excitement, if you like standing out in the cold in heels and a slinky dress. But on the bright side we had a front row seat to all the yummy firemen that showed up. 


Other than that I've been attending classes and hitting up the library during the week and working on the weekends. Which means that I have had zero breaks since school started, unless you could the day I was sick and curled up on the couch for an entire day of classes. I think it's starting to take it's tole a little so I'm planning on taking a weekend off work in October so I can just relax for a few days. 


Despite my immense amount of school and work, things are going great and I'll hopefully be getting back to regular posting in the next week!