Thursday, 26 May 2011
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
last name
In 2 days I get to fly to Kelowna with Desmond and watch one of my oldest friends get married... not to mention I get to see some people I haven't seen in a year or two! It's going to be an exciting weekend, to say the least. Friday the 27th is my brothers 20th birthday, so there will be partying in Beautiful British Columbia. Saturday, not only does Kelvin get married, but its my best friend Amie's 23rd birthday. A LOT of celebrating to come this weekend.. so naturally, I'm jealous I can't be the centre of attention (kidding!... sort of?). I guess I'll give it up to the bride and groom.
Currently, I'm just sitting here praying the weather forecast is wrong. It's supposed to rain this weekend, and outdoor weddings don't particularly lend well to moisture of any sort. Here's to hoping the weatherman was reading the things he reads (I have no idea how these things work) wrong. Either way, rain or shine, I can't wait to see the bride and groom.
It's weird - so many of my friends are getting engaged, or already married and thinking about kids. It's almost like the end of an era - the end of our childhood. Some people say that adulthood truly begins when you graduate from college. For me, I think it will begin when I get engaged. That's the time when you start to begin forming your own family. I will obviously always be a Lowther, but when my last name officially changes, is when I think I will truly feel like I am grown up.
One thing I can promise I will be doing is taking pictures - pictures by the dozen. My new camera definitely needs a workout, and we haven't had family pictures, or pictures with Amie and Kelvin for a while. Hopefully I'll be able to steal the groom for a second and get a picture of the three musketeers at some point. I also want to get some pictures of Desmond and I, since I don't have too many of those either. Pictures, Pictures, Pictures. Have I mentioned that I would love to be a photographer on the side?... I really enjoy it, and plan to take some classes in order to become better at editing and finally be able to start a real hobby.
Vancouver is currently playing in game 5. If they win they get to the stanley cup finals, and they are currently losing by 1 goal in the 3rd. For those of you who don't really know much about sports (fyi I also include myself in that category) it's apparently a big deal.. you know, winning Mr. Stanley. Even though you have a chance every year, and it's easier than sports like say, soccer, where you only have a chance every 4 years to win the World Cup, I still figure it deserves my entire attention. So I leave you with another quote, this one from Canada's most famous hockey player:
"Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy"
--- Wayne Gretzky
Currently, I'm just sitting here praying the weather forecast is wrong. It's supposed to rain this weekend, and outdoor weddings don't particularly lend well to moisture of any sort. Here's to hoping the weatherman was reading the things he reads (I have no idea how these things work) wrong. Either way, rain or shine, I can't wait to see the bride and groom.
It's weird - so many of my friends are getting engaged, or already married and thinking about kids. It's almost like the end of an era - the end of our childhood. Some people say that adulthood truly begins when you graduate from college. For me, I think it will begin when I get engaged. That's the time when you start to begin forming your own family. I will obviously always be a Lowther, but when my last name officially changes, is when I think I will truly feel like I am grown up.
One thing I can promise I will be doing is taking pictures - pictures by the dozen. My new camera definitely needs a workout, and we haven't had family pictures, or pictures with Amie and Kelvin for a while. Hopefully I'll be able to steal the groom for a second and get a picture of the three musketeers at some point. I also want to get some pictures of Desmond and I, since I don't have too many of those either. Pictures, Pictures, Pictures. Have I mentioned that I would love to be a photographer on the side?... I really enjoy it, and plan to take some classes in order to become better at editing and finally be able to start a real hobby.
Vancouver is currently playing in game 5. If they win they get to the stanley cup finals, and they are currently losing by 1 goal in the 3rd. For those of you who don't really know much about sports (fyi I also include myself in that category) it's apparently a big deal.. you know, winning Mr. Stanley. Even though you have a chance every year, and it's easier than sports like say, soccer, where you only have a chance every 4 years to win the World Cup, I still figure it deserves my entire attention. So I leave you with another quote, this one from Canada's most famous hockey player:
"Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy"
--- Wayne Gretzky
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
a place in this world
Today was my final full day of torture (or, as normal people call it -- class) for the spring semester I so unfortunately chose to sign up for. This friday I pack my things for Moose Jaw and begin a 3 week public health practicum there. Everything is coming so quickly, and it's more than enough excitement to look down that ever shrinking tunnel at. It's funny how when you begin your academic journey the light at the end of the tunnel seems like a tiny pinprick in the distance. However, you don't seem to notice it keeps getting bigger, until you're months away from the freedom that is that light. Before you know it, whether ready or not, you must step into it and begin your real life. I simply can't wait for that first step, and I can tell you, I'm not sure anyone is really ever "ready" for that moment - myself included. I also can't wait for the moment when blogging no longer consists of countdowns, complaints and stories of nursing school, and instead I can finally speak to the real moments of life and registered nursing.
I'm currently - and anxiously I might add - awaiting news of the location of my final placements. There are two 6 week practicums from September to November I still need to complete before I graduate. These placements most often reflect your future as a Registered nurse, as job offers are usually presented to students wherever they're placed. Of the two placements, one is a community placement and one an acute. Acute meaning short-term illness - aka in the hospital. Of the two, I am mostly concerned with my acute placement as the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or NICU (yes- acronyms are big in my world) as this is where I hope to work when I am finished. Fingers crossed. I'll inform my obviously very avid readers of the placements I am assigned once I receive them myself; after the crying obviously, because whether they are tears of happiness, or anger, crying will no doubt be in the forecast.
No matter where my final placements are, I'm just glad I get to spend the next 3 weeks in Moose Jaw. If every sunday, you have to say goodbye to someone you love, you start to hate that day. Sunday is the worst day of the week for me. It will be nice to have 3 in a row with which I don't have someone leaving me. I can actually enjoy them, and use them for what everyone else does : a socially acceptable day of utter lazyness. It will unquestionably be a nice change to dread the end of the weekend simply because of school on Monday, and no longer because of pending separation from my boyfriend.
I'm officially going to start including quotes at the end of each blog. Not just any quotes - ones that mean something to me. I like the idea of being inspired by something, and having values and ideals in your life. Today I leave you with a quote from one of my favourite, most inspirational and funny people in my world. My mother.
"yard work makes you look ugly ... thats why I let your dad do it"
--- Karen Lowther
I'm currently - and anxiously I might add - awaiting news of the location of my final placements. There are two 6 week practicums from September to November I still need to complete before I graduate. These placements most often reflect your future as a Registered nurse, as job offers are usually presented to students wherever they're placed. Of the two placements, one is a community placement and one an acute. Acute meaning short-term illness - aka in the hospital. Of the two, I am mostly concerned with my acute placement as the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or NICU (yes- acronyms are big in my world) as this is where I hope to work when I am finished. Fingers crossed. I'll inform my obviously very avid readers of the placements I am assigned once I receive them myself; after the crying obviously, because whether they are tears of happiness, or anger, crying will no doubt be in the forecast.
No matter where my final placements are, I'm just glad I get to spend the next 3 weeks in Moose Jaw. If every sunday, you have to say goodbye to someone you love, you start to hate that day. Sunday is the worst day of the week for me. It will be nice to have 3 in a row with which I don't have someone leaving me. I can actually enjoy them, and use them for what everyone else does : a socially acceptable day of utter lazyness. It will unquestionably be a nice change to dread the end of the weekend simply because of school on Monday, and no longer because of pending separation from my boyfriend.
I'm officially going to start including quotes at the end of each blog. Not just any quotes - ones that mean something to me. I like the idea of being inspired by something, and having values and ideals in your life. Today I leave you with a quote from one of my favourite, most inspirational and funny people in my world. My mother.
"yard work makes you look ugly ... thats why I let your dad do it"
--- Karen Lowther
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
make you feel my love
so, i was stumbling today and ran across an Audrey Hepburn quote that I love love love, and decided to share it with you you you. Yes, I'm lame.. but fun, right? Who doesn't like repeating words 3 times, especially when those words are love and you - 2 words that I think are so under-used and appreciated today. As much as possible, I try to end every phonecall to my loved ones with those two words. Anyways, the quote goes like this:
I believe in pink.
I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner.
I believe in kissing. Kissing a lot.
I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.
I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.
I believe that tomorrow is another day, and,
I believe in miracles.
--- Audrey Hepburn
I think that era of women knew what they were talking about -- the Audrey Hepburn's and the Marilyn Monroe's. They were real women. Natural, and a normal size. They took beautiful pictures that are still pieces of art today. They took control of men in a time when the opposite was commonplace, and they weren't afraid to show who they truly were. Yup, I love those women.
I believe in pink.
I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner.
I believe in kissing. Kissing a lot.
I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.
I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.
I believe that tomorrow is another day, and,
I believe in miracles.
--- Audrey Hepburn
I think that era of women knew what they were talking about -- the Audrey Hepburn's and the Marilyn Monroe's. They were real women. Natural, and a normal size. They took beautiful pictures that are still pieces of art today. They took control of men in a time when the opposite was commonplace, and they weren't afraid to show who they truly were. Yup, I love those women.
I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.
--- Marilyn Monroe
The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - its all that matters.
--- Audrey Hepburn
Thursday, 5 May 2011
one step closer to you
Have you ever thought about what you would say to yourself if you could go back in time and talk to yourself? Like, if you could go back to high school and tell your 16 year old self anything, what would it be? I was thinking about that today - what I know now that I wish I knew in high school. The thought made me laugh though. Because as stubborn as I am now, I was twice that in high school, and I'm not sure I would listen to the advice even if it was from me to myself. I would say: breath, and remind myself that things I think are a big deal, really aren't.. and also to stop caring so much about being liked. Although, knowing myself as well as I do (spending 23 years with someone 24 hours a day ensures you know them pretty well) I know that I still would have cared. I was so paranoid, always thinking people hated me, or were talking about me behind my back. Lets face it though.. its was high school... they most definitely were.
I asked my mom that question too. She said she'd tell herself how hot she was, because she didn't realize how good she had it when she was that young. She also said she'd tell herself to show her bod a little more.. because after kids it was never the same. haha, sounds like something my mom would say.
A song from the sound of music always makes me thankful for things in my life. The captain sings to Maria about how lucky he is to have found her.. he sings: "somewhere in my youth, or childhood, I must have done something good." I forget sometimes how lucky I am. Stress is a big part of being a student (and being poor) but if I take a moment to think about it, I realize that I have so much in my life that most don't. First and foremost I have always had the best family I could ask for - dysfunctional at times - but the best none-the-less. I also have great friends. Not a lot of them, but the ones I do keep are real, honest and true friends. And fun, did I mention how fun my friends are? Last but not least I have the most amazing boyfriend. As much as I hate Saskatoon, I thank God every day that this city brought me him. Knowing that I get to spend my life with him makes even the worst of moments okay. He also brings his own amazing family, and I can't thank them enough for bringing me in like one of their own.
Finally my countdown. Always counting down -- 1 sleep until Des is here, 1 week until I go to MooseJaw, 3 weeks until Kelvins wedding, 4 weeks until my new place, 2 months until summer, 3 months until Arbuckle, 4 months until my final practicum, 7 months until I graduate, and 8 months until my long-distance relationship turns short. So much too look forward to.
I asked my mom that question too. She said she'd tell herself how hot she was, because she didn't realize how good she had it when she was that young. She also said she'd tell herself to show her bod a little more.. because after kids it was never the same. haha, sounds like something my mom would say.
A song from the sound of music always makes me thankful for things in my life. The captain sings to Maria about how lucky he is to have found her.. he sings: "somewhere in my youth, or childhood, I must have done something good." I forget sometimes how lucky I am. Stress is a big part of being a student (and being poor) but if I take a moment to think about it, I realize that I have so much in my life that most don't. First and foremost I have always had the best family I could ask for - dysfunctional at times - but the best none-the-less. I also have great friends. Not a lot of them, but the ones I do keep are real, honest and true friends. And fun, did I mention how fun my friends are? Last but not least I have the most amazing boyfriend. As much as I hate Saskatoon, I thank God every day that this city brought me him. Knowing that I get to spend my life with him makes even the worst of moments okay. He also brings his own amazing family, and I can't thank them enough for bringing me in like one of their own.
Finally my countdown. Always counting down -- 1 sleep until Des is here, 1 week until I go to MooseJaw, 3 weeks until Kelvins wedding, 4 weeks until my new place, 2 months until summer, 3 months until Arbuckle, 4 months until my final practicum, 7 months until I graduate, and 8 months until my long-distance relationship turns short. So much too look forward to.
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