Oops, it's been a while...

Sorry about taking so long to write again. Life has been quite busy lately, but I know that's no excuse! I need to write, even when I'm busy. I'll do better!

Alright, what have I been up to since I last wrote...
Oh, yes. I attended CSLC Lead the Stampede. It's the Canadian Student Leadership Conferene that is held each year, and this year it was in Olds, Alberta. I ended up going because I'm on my schools Student's Union, and I didn't go to ASLC (the alberta version) when the rest of the group did. It started last Tuesday and didn't end until the Saturday. This was.. September 22-26. Before I left, I was a bit worried.. this being my first year on Student's Union, and my first ever conference.. I was scared everyone was going to be preppy little goody goods. But when I got there, within the first probably 10 minutes I met some people who were really nice and seemed very.. real. Down to earth, kind, the whole bit. I was happy to find this and I realized that all of the people here were probably just like me. They probably all wanted to do something for the world, to make something of their life and make something good come out of their actions. It sounds so corny, but it's absolutely true. I loved it. Then we were put into our spirit groups, which was quite the experience.. our group was quite spirited to say the least. The tenacious tumbleweeds - I think the name says it all. Anyways, I clicked right away with a few people, so that was wonderful. Then the next day we had keynote speakers, workshops, everything.. It was just absolutely amazing. To learn that there are so many other people out there who think just like me, and want to do something to help! I just couldn't even believe it. I know that I keep saying this, but it's just how i feel. I loved feeling like I wasn't the only one, that there actually are other people out there that feel the same way. Anyways.. yes. It was a fantastic experience. I'll write more ion the speakers and everything later, I just want to touch on some other points here tonight :)

The day that I left for CSLC I got my French 30 information in the mail. Oh man, what a crazy course.. I was looking through the package the other day, with all the textbooks and workbooks and pages of stuff I have to do.. Haha I think it'll take a while for me to complete this course :P But that's alright. I'm excited to get my 30 level in a second language! It'll be quite the accomplishment. Hopefully I do quite well.

Oh, that brings me to the next thing I wanted to write about! This Friday in drama class a lady came in from U of A. She gave us a lot of good information, and I really learned a lot through her presentation. She mostly talked about drama, and getting your Bachelor of Arts of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama, but she had some other interesting things to say as well. Such as, the grade average last year for people entereing to get a Bachelor of Arts was only 75%, and they then lowered that to 70% because they had more room. That is just fantastic news for me. I plan on getting good grades this year, and hopefully getting an average of high 70's or low 80's, but this is just such a relief.. As long as all the people applying this year aren't extremely smart, then I should be in for sure! So yay :) It's rather exciting. At the same time though, I don't want to get too excited just in case I end up not getting in.. I think that'd be pretty terrible. So I won't think of it as a sure thing just yet!

On Monday I totally got a new car! I can't believe that I forgot to say this, oh my goodness! My Aunt's fiance's mother bought a new car and was going to give away her old one, so I got it! It's a 1990 Acura Integra. It's not the greatest thing, but I absolutely love it! It's so much better than my old car, you have no idea. It has a stereo, it has cruise, power windows, all that jazz! Oh and also AC :) So it's pretty much 18471389057105 times better than my Tempo. It's also mujch more attractive, so that's awesome. I'm just so glad about it! It needs an expensive part, but the way that I see it, as soon as that part is in it'll be ready to go, and that could be done right away, within the next couple of weeks, the next 2 weeks maybe? It's just soooo great. I've gone too long without transportation, it will be so nice to be able to get out of the house again every once in a while, without my parents having to drive everywhere.

Ahh, one more thing to talk about before I sign off. I am so, so, so excited for Halloween, it's almost a bit ridiculous. I've got 2 different costumes, I can't wait! The 29th of October is the dance at school, it's "the Night of the Livinf Dead". I came up with the name, no big deal haha. It's going to be so sweet. Holli and I got decorations last week, so it's going to be awesome decorating and putting everything up :) So for the dance I'm going to be a dead cheerleader haha woot woot! I'm thinking of getting a bloody knife to stick out of my chest, I think that'd be fantastic! Then for actual halloween (which I got off of work, unlike last year!) I'm going to be a dark fairy.. I have huge black wings and I'm going to do crazy makeup and all that. It's going to be amazing. I can't freaking wait! Holli and I and all of our crew are gouing to party it up, since halloween is on a saturday. It'll be great. The only bad thing is that I think I have to work the next day, cause I'm pretty sure that's my weekend to work.. But oh well! It's totally worth it haha I don't even really mind.

Okay, well I've been writing for ages, so I think I will go now. Ta ta! I'll write again soon, no worries.

music is my boyfriend, musiccccc is my girlfriend.

YO. I am addicted to listening to the same songs over and over and over again. Holy moly, I don't know how I live with it haha. You know what I love about songs? They totally bring back memories. I sometimes listen to a song that I haven't heard in a really long time and all that I can think about is who I was with/what I was doing the last time I listened to the song. It's SUPER intense. Well, I think so anyways. Um.. oh yes, the reason that I brought this up! It's cause last night Jarred and I picked another song to be "our song". Cheesy, but who cares? I like it. Our songs are I will follow you into the dark by Death Cab and I want to hold your hand by the Beatles. It's freakin' epic. Soooo, yeahh haha. Be jealous of me. :)

Hmm, this weekend I went to a party with some friends, and it was super crazy. Holli was DD and she drove a bunch of drunkies home (and I came with her because I'm a wonderful friend!). Anywho, these people were absolutely hammered. And or high. It was just ridiculous. These were the people who are CONSTANLY absolutely plastered, and yet they are the "cool kids". It makes me so mad! These kids had no idea which way was up.. they were going to a new party at 2 in the morning, and they obviously had no intention of going home anytime soon. People like that.. I don't see positive futures for them. The kids that skip school every single day, come to school high as a kite.. UGH! I just get so mad because they're messing up their futures and it seems as though they don't give a crap about it! Grr. It was just a very big eye-opener for me because I've never really seen people like that before.. I mean I have. But this just reinforced it for me I think.

ANYWAYS. Enough of that.

Today I had dinner at le boyfriends house.. haha that was fun times. I love his family. They're so similar to my family in some ways, but in other ways they are just completely different. I really like talking to them, just for a kind of.. different point of view I guess? Like today we had this big argument about chick flicks. Jarred and his Dad were totally against them, and all of us girls were totally for them. It was just so fun to get into a debate with them! It sounds to corny, but it's actually true haha.. I love being a part of his family, of being included in his day to day conversations. It's silly, but that's alright :)

Ack. I want to keep writing but I really need to go to bed. So I'll write again soon, don't worry!

PS. Things to write about soon :

• overview of my 19 day canoe trip
• night of the living dead! and other SU events
• my mother and how she is NEVER home :(
• stupid school dress code, and how it's freaking 30 degrees out these days!
• and some other stuff that I can't think of now :)

Ta ta for now!

Wow, long time no post.

Well, it's been nearly three months since I've posted on this blog. Clearly this change thing isn't so easy :P
Actually, I am feeling like I've been having success in that area lately. I've been making new friends, getting closer to the people that make me happy, and getting further away from the people that make me feel like crap.
It's really quite refreshing.
Hm, since I last posted, I have:
1. got rid of those nasty partying habits. funnily enough, it happened during spring break, which is pretty much THE party time.
2. brought up my marks in both physics and bio, thank GOD.
3. started hanging out with pretty much the coolest person ever, she's my very own hollister :P
4. broke up with my boyfriend, got over my stupid anger, and then got back together with him. again, THANK GOD.
5. met said boyfriends parents, finally. scary scary scary, but really not as bad as i thought it would be.
6. gotten closer with my mum and dad, actually started to talk to them again. that's always a bonus.
7. become much more positive.. it was a long time coming, that's for sure.
8. got some AMAZING new shoes.. totally not relevant but I don't really care :P
8. last, but most definitely not least... I have finally begun to stand up to people when they do things that I really detest. I think it's quite a big step. Yay :)

Well.. Hopefully it won't be 3 more months before I post again, but who knows, high school is pretty crazy busy. I'll try and keep you updated. Thanks for reading!