con'grad'ulations

Don't you love how everyone thinks they are being cute when they write congratulations like "congradulations"?
I graduated officially yesterday. It was a weird thing...for one thing, I felt like I was in a Harry Potter movie. And surprisingly the ceremony wasn't as long and tiring of a process that I thought it would be.

You know what really gets me, renting the damn gowns and hood. Really Western, we haven't given you enough money that you have to make us PAY for our grad robes??....that's really thoughtful of you. Oh and don't forget your alumni pin cuz we'll be contacting you very shortly for donations. I heard someone actually said, "Congratulations, come back soon. We need the money". No thanks. I already have 20,000 in loans I have to pay. So can I be contacting you shortly for donations???

Anyways, my mom and grandma came down for it, even though my brother and dad were supposed to too. Nonetheless, I am really happy that I am getting along very well with my family. Maybe it's the whole growing up thing. Maybe somehow they were right, when you're older, you really do appreciate your family so much more.

So, here we are. We made it to graduation. Now what?

sick in june

you know, it's always a weird thing to have a cold in the summer. it just doesn't seem right. a cold is supposed to occur in the winter time when things are cold, shitty, and gloomy. it shouldn't happen in june when it's beautiful outside and all i want to do is go for a run but i think if i do i'll lose a lung and collapse on the side of the road. it just doesn't seem right....to be sick in june.

lovin' lily allen

When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies

feelin' the Vibe

So, I have decided to leave tonight after work to Barrie. I figure I'm usually up til 2 or 3am anyways so I might as well use that time to get me somewhere. If I had to get up at 6am, then I figure that would be even more dangerous for me to drive for 4 hours with probably very little to no sleep.

So around 10ish (i'm thinking) tonight, I will be on the open and dark road in my little Vibe. All I am praying for is no run-ins with big wildlife animals. This may sound funny but it is no joke up here on the roads of the North. It is a common occurrence that people die because of hitting moose while on the highway.

Someone once told me, a Country Doughnuts delivery guy hit a moose on the highway and because the moose has such long legs, when you hit them, they just topple inwards onto your windshield. Well, anyways, this story was told to me about this delivery guy and how the moose fell right into the windshield and the guy was in critical condition with glass in his eye and everything....it's a pretty scary thing.

I saw my first moose last weekend actually! I was heading to Sudbury with my mother and grandma and all of a sudden, my mom hit the brakes and grabbed my arm. Taken aback, I look up and there is a momma moose and 2 babies who have stopped dead in their tracks on the road ahead. The momma moose carefully inspected us and made sure that we had come to a complete stop and headed across the road leading her little babies. It was the cutest thing ever!!!

I would never want to hurt any of those creatures, let alone what it might do to me too in the process....thus, I pray for a safe trip tonight!

See you in London!!!