December 6th

Well, its that time again. Ethical Reasoning, the last class…. WOOOHOO. So stoked for this to be done! Anyways, I missed blogging last week. It was a busy week, this one is too but I just have nothing better to do in this class. So Eric came to visit last weekend! It was so fantastic to have him here! We definitely played tourist all weekend! He surprised us on Thursday, we thought him and Tom were delayed because of snow and wouldn’t be here till Friday but low and behold Eric waltzed into my living room on Thursday night! So of course we took him to Wings to eat an amazing chocolate cookie and delightful wings. Then on Friday we showed him the campus (and I don’t think anyone else in the world would have enjoyed the tour more than Eric did) then we went to castle fun park and played all the arcade games and rode the go carts! It was a blast! For dinner we went to Lou’s and then after went hot tubing with every one at Uncle John and Auntie Audrey’s. It was a loaded day! Then next day we started early and went to the states. We went to Bellingham and did some shopping and played tourist there for a bit too, after we got home we watched a movie at Bob and Ryan’s. On Sunday morning we went to Baker view (the church Erin and I attend regularly) and then head into Van for the day. We went to the Vancouver aquarium for the whole afternoon and saw some sweet shows and fish and stuff (actually tho, so cool) and then went to this ADORABLE little market on Granville Island. I had never been there before either so it was really cool to go! After that we went to this service in Coquitlum at this church that I have recently been going too. It was really good! Ya, so all that to say it was a really busy weekend, it was so fantastic tho, we really did a bit of everything and I think Eric got to experience a little bit of every part of our world.

This week has been good, definitely playing catch up though, finals are around the corner and I am stressin’!! ha its ok tho, I just want to do well on my finals. I had a lunch meeting with Michael Szuk (the most brilliant and wise professor EVER!) and we were just talking about what I wanted to do after Columbia (LPN) and how I wasn’t really satisfied with the electives that were being offered or the course requirements that I had to take if I wanted to graduate this year… anyways by the end of the conversation I realized (with the help of Michael) that I really didn’t need to graduate from Columbia and that a diploma in Caregiving and Counseling would really not benefit me at all in nursing or in any thing else really. So though many of the courses are beneficial getting the actual diploma will do me no good. So I promptly went and dropped 5 courses and am now only enrolled in 2 J I have also spoken with UFV and the Abbotsford school district and I will be starting my upgrading (Bio and Math) already next semester! It all makes sense too me so I am so excited that I am starting to finally move towards my career! I am just praying I’m doing the right thing!

I had my Student Intern interview the other day… it went well. I think lol. So I hope to hear about that soon… if I get it that means I move to Abbotsford for the summer too- so I guess more of a permanent move, which is crazy! This is slowly becoming my home and it is bitter sweet for me! I know that for now this is where I am supposed to be, I love it here, I have an incredible community around me and I feel like there is just SO much opportunity for me here. At the same time though, I feel like I am moving further and further away from being a kid with no responsibility who can still go home to my parents and pretend to be a child J its scary for me, growing up, having all this responsibility, its exciting but it is 100% scary.

I go home in one week. I am so excited! I cant wait to see everyone and have a break from school, I have finally got my feet back under me again and I have finally found my motivation again so now I am excited to start fresh next semester. Take a break and then go strong! My heart like aches when I think about the kids! I cant wait to hold them and hangout with the family! I love my family so much, I have been so blessed by all of them that its actually ridiculous! My friends too, I cant wait to hangout with Syb… oh man I would be so lost without Syb (if your reading this Sybil just know that you are incredibly fantastic and I would be INCREDIBLY lost without you!) being here and meeting all these new people and developing all these new friendships is a blessing, its such a blessing. But all those relationships still don’t replace the incredible ones I have at home. I know that even though I am gone out here and we don’t hangout cause I am away that the people at home (Eric, Syb, Shar, Megan, etc) ALL of them are still some of my best friends and they have helped me through so much in my life!

I should get going but ya, I hope that you are all doing fantastic and thank you again for all your prayers and thoughts! Each of you is special to me and holds an incredibly dear place in my heart!