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.

Back Again

Back in Ottawa for round three of this Carleton University thing. Picking up ANOTHER part of a degree - this time it's a Certificate to Teach English as A Second Language (CTESL). Major: History, Minor:American Sign Language, Concentration: CTESL. Means a full course overload both semesters. Am I considered a nerd if I'm excited about all of this?
Summer passed by as summers should - lots of friends, family, work, play, sun, food. Now it's back to the quote-unquote real world.....
I'm sure I'll be updating sooner than later.