Foreverandever

So.....
The majority of you know this already, but....
I'm ENGAGED!
I'll post details later....just thought I'd let you all know.

Update

So many things have changed in the last three months that its' hardly worth documenting. Here's a brief list:
- I'm graduating in April
- I'm moving back to Barrie
- I'm waiting on acceptance to grad school
- I'm two months short of a degree that I'm not going to use
Long story short, things are different. Outlook's a little brighter. Future's a little more nerve-wracking.
Leaving in less than 72 hours for a much-anticipated vacation. Because I need to get away from choices and long nights in front of a textbook.

Really Big Numbers

Yesterday was my twentieth birthday. I think the most frequently asked question was 'When did THAT happen?' I share the sentiment.
Today at work, all the kids sang Happy Birthday to me, which was sweet. Then they started in on the 'Are you one, are you two....' Unfortunately, being in kindergarten, they got lost after 'fourteen', and needed to be reminded of 'the really big numbers' (thanks, Noah). Don't want to know what they'd say if I had been a couple of years older. When they finally reached 20, I said 'yes' - to which Leo promptly responded 'You're supposed to say 'stop'. Not 'yes', silly.'
Yep - sure am silly. Sorry I got it wrong.
In other news, my brand new laptop, that I was so excited about, has completely crashed. Yep - not even registering that the computer HAS a hard drive. Which in normal circumstances would be an inconvenience (I bought the warranty), but thanks to the enormous essay I have due on Tuesday, that is now lost, it's a major problem. So I get to start again! Excellent.....

A great big THANK YOU for all of the birthday wishes - really made my day that much better. Because American History in the Twentieth Century and Advanced Topics in Psycholinguistics were NOT the way I would have chosen to spend my birthday...

Meet Leo

Everyone, meet Leo (with an accent, though I can't figure out how to put an accent over the e. He'll correct you if you forget it - it's lay-o, not lee-o).
Anyways, this is the little boy with autism I've been working with for the last year or so (on and off).


In the classroom, just before pictures are taken for picture day!




Blurry, but cute, I think. He's such a sweetheart.

Elevator Music

My first class of the day is on the seventh floor of a building with some very steep stairs. Needless to say, feeling as I do, I was waiting in line for the elevator on Thursday morning. So I'm waiting, and there are five or six people in front of me. A lady in a wheelchair comes up behind me, and when the elevator comes, the people pile on, leaving me and the lady in the wheelchair behind. This is a pain because, not only are the people on the elevator taking up as much room as possible, but the elevator runs VERY slowly, meaning that me and this lady have another ten minute wait.
So I wait, and wait, and wait. And the lady in the wheelchair rolls herself directly in front of me and says, seemingly to herself,
"I'm tired of people who are lazy, and take up all my space on the elevator. I mean, would it kill you to exercise and take the stairs?" Then she aimed a pointed glance at me, as though I were the lazy one in need of exercise.
Unfortunately unable to hold in my retort, I came back with "Well, I'm tired of people thinking that because I'm not in a wheelchair, my legs work well enough to run a marathon."
She shut up very quickly. The next five minutes felt like eternity.

**for those of you unaware, I've been diagnosed with fibromyalgia....which hinders my walking....plus, maybe I'm lazy!

News

So...
I won a $4000 scholarship....

Brand New

As some of you know, my laptop has been acting crazy (not letting me use the power cord at all....., so my battery dies and then i can't use my computer). So, I decided that I'd take it in to get it fixed. Low and behold, it'll cost about $300 to fix. If you remember, the computer itself only cost me $300 to begin with.
This left me with two choices:
1. Use my day camp money to fix the laptop
OR
2. Use my day camp money to buy a new one!
Ladies and gentlemen, this blog comes to you from a brand new, 15.4" Compaq laptop. That's pretty much gorgeous.
Just thought I would share.
In other news, I had to drop CTESL - I couldn't even imagine the amount of work that would have to go into that degree. 250 hour placement, ridiculous amount of in-class time....
and GROUP PROJECTS. For more information on my extreme dislike of group projects, refer to the fictional web address www. group projects ruin my life .com
So I'm back to History and American Sign Language.
And a NEW JOB.
Gee - what a lot of change.