Mom let me know about all these different options for your blog cause she made one for herself. Lisa made mine and emailed it to me in first year (which I appreciated) :) and now I've changed my format and added pictures and stuff. It's pretty neat to see all the features that I didn't know about. This is an old picture of Sam and I (august 2005) but I like it. Anyway I'm going to go check out the other options and stuff....make some lunch too....write later

I went to the health centre and didn't have to wait to long. I arrived a little before 9am, and there were people already there!! I thought I'd be the first one. The nurse told me to come back at 9:45am, so that gave me enough time to go get a coffee. Sam started at Mikes yesterday morning. The kitchen manager wanted him to train with the breakfast cook. The breakfast cook was impressed with Sams work and mentioned it to the kitchen manager (who then told Sam). He had a really nice first day. We then had all day to spend together. It was nice. We went for a walk, it was beautiful in Fredericton yesterday. We had supper together, which we never do usually (he cooked). :) We both went to bed a decent time, he used to stay up late playing his game cause he didn't work until later in the day. I like him working early shifts!! :) My friend Karen called us last night and invited us to a party Tomorrow night. It will be nice to see her. I haven't seen her since our exams. Sam and I had fun at her last party, so I'm looking forward to it. I'm wearing one of my fun/flowy skirts today. Pat said that I look very nice today. The only thing about wearing this skirt is that I wear my dress sandles with it, which look nice, but as a result my feet are freezing!! Oh well, there are worse things than cold feet. It is a nice outfit, so it's worth it. I called Jody this morning and he said that his bosses are still giving him the run around with the kiosk thing, but I should be doing it by next Wednesday. It's really frustrating. I looked online, for about 2hrs, at every job bank I could think of, and there's nothing there!! Not a decent job amongst the lot. It's ridiculous, most of them don't start until June or co-op/ summer placements aren't even available to apply for until May. I'm going to work as many hours as I can at the kiosk (when it gets started) for the month of May, while I'm taking the class, and then (hopfully) get another full time in June. I'm probably gonna have to work at a call centre though.ugh.....oh well, it pays well enough. Anyway I'm going to go make a coffee....write later

I came to Saint John to visit for a little while before I start intersession. Mom came up and visited on Thursday, and spent the night. Sam made a really nice dinner on Thursday for us. On Friday we went to the mall for awhile and I actually found some nice stuff. Suzy Sheir were having some crazy promotion, so I got 20% off of all my purchases and a free prestige card. I finally used the gift certificate that Sam gave me for my Birthday and bought a beige color jacket that I'm quite fond of. I got some new tops and a couple fun skirts. We left Fredericton around 4pm and home at about 5:30pm on Friday. Mom and Richard went to some hockey banquet and i went over to Sue's house for fajitas, pina coladas, and wine. Sue had invited her friend Kathie as well. We all had a really nice time drinking and playing games. We played the dice game ten thousand a few times. We sat up and watched T.V for a bit and then went to bed. Sue will laugh when she reads this, but she has a really comfortable bed. It's got a nice cushiiony top, its wonderful!! :) Sue and I made pancakes and sausages this morning for breakfast. I had been craving pancakes for the last week, but Sam wouldn't make them for me and I was to lazy until today. :) Sam is supposed to be coming down tomorrow, if he can get off early enough to catch the 5:50pm bus. If not he can catch the 6:30am bus on Tuesday. It will be nice too see him. He's going to stay with his family until Tuesday night and on Wednesday mom is going to drive us back up to Freddy. Sam starts work at mikes at 8am on Thusday. The stupid student health centre stopped booking appointments and now it is just a walk in service. I've got to go do that at 9am on Thursday, which I'm not looking forward to. I start intersession next Monday, I'm still not sure when that payment is due. Come to think of it, I have to call the registrars office, I got a letter on Friday saying that I had gotten a millenium bursary for a couple hundred and that it would be on my january 2006 account. I'm not to sure how that works, january has passed and my account has been paid up for awhile. HMM......;) maybe I'll go and check that out on Thursday, since I'm already on campus. Lisa and Anthony came over tonight for supper. It was nice seeing them, I usually don't get a chance to, they are so busy and my visits are quite sporatic, makes it hard to plan anything. They both are looking good and excercising. They actually left as we were pulling into the driveway to go play tennis (and returned for supper later). Anthony was wearing the pants I got him for x-mas, it is always nice to see that a present you give is being used and not just sitting in a drawer or in a closet.:) I think I need to get contacts or something soon. I've been finding things just a touch more blurry than they used to be lately. I went and got fitted for a pair so I could get enhancer contacts one summer, I still have a pair in the package, but they are hard to get in. I think I'll practice with those ones before I order new ones. I'm going to call Jody on Wednesday when I get back, it's been two weeks and I should be back to work this week. It should be ready!! I've waited long enough!! I'm going to do that while I'm taking my class in May and then get a Full time job as well in June. I can make my own hours with the gleaner job, so I'm hoing I have decent hours at the other job, hopefully my days off will be on Wed, Thurs, Fri, or Sat 9when I'm supposed to do the gleaner. I can work more hours on those days and less on the days that I'm doing both. I'm hoping I can save money for my tuition and pay my monthly bills. The Delta call centre is right next door to my apartment, I'm hoping I can get on there, but I never see any ads. I think I'll just drop a resume off mid May and see what happens. I would rather do something related to my degree, but there isn't much for students of soc and crim, not until you graduate. Which, I must say is kinda dumb, wouldn't they want people to have some experience working with young offenders or the social services than graduates, who because they weren't graduates, didn't have the chance to work in the sector at all before they graduated? Anyway, I'm not to sure how that works. There are opportunites in the fourth year, I think you apply in October for 2 year term jobs (that start in May). I'm going to apply for as many of them as a I can. I'm hoping that I can get one in Fredericton. Sam and I like living there. I'm not to sure when our final grades come out, if anyone knows (Jackie) let me know too. I think I'm going to see what is on T.V, write later....

I'm DONE!! Finito!! All my exams are now finished. I only had 3, but now they are all done. I think I did well on my society and ecology one that I had today. She handed back some stuff, I got a better mark on a book review that I did (on a book that I didn't read) than on the nuclear power project that I worked really hard on. Whatever. I think I did well on the exam. I wrote alot of information for all of the questions. My essay was four pages, and my short answer ones were 2-3 pages. I figure I'll come out wtih a B+ or an A-. My modern theory I think I'll get an A-. I did really well in that class. I knew my stuff too!! I got an A- on the midterm and a B+ on the other test, I think I'll get a good mark on my final too. I'm off for two weeks until my intersession course starts. Oh...I got an email on Friday that I had recieved a faculty fund award. It was some bursary that I had applied for awhile back and had completely forgotten about. I went to pick it up today and it turned out to be a $350.00 cheque!! That is my rent for May!! Actually I'm going to go pick up the coffee and end table set that I put on lawaway. I love free money!! It's so wonderfully free!! I'm going to give Jody a call today. See if my job is back yet. Mom is going to come up and visit on Thursday! We are going to spend the day together and she is going to crash here for the night. Then on Friday she and the puppy ): are going back to SJ. I've lost track of how long Gizmo's been here...I'm going to miss her, she's great company. At least Sam will be starting his new job shortly after, and he'll be working less for the first while, so I'll still have some company. Woohoo schools done!! ah...school...finished....finally...:) It's really windy up here today. I'm glad that I wore a jacket this morning. I trimmed Gizmo's face fur down alot, she looks really different. Her nose is very noticeable now. She looks nice. Anyway I'm going to check online to see if anyone has offered to buy my old coffee table set....I have to get rid of it soon, I have no where to put it. ...write later...

I had 2 exams on Wednesday. I think I did great on them!! For both of them we had a review sheet, so that was helpful. My theory proff made us write an essay talking about a whole book, but I think I did well enough on that one, and then, out of the 6 questions she gave us to study from, she picked 3 of them and then we had a choice of which 2 out of 3 we wanted to do. AND out of those three, there were the two that I had worked really hard on and knew really well. For my communications exam I knew about as much as I could, he didn't teach very well. I've heard that he marks on how much he likes you, which is possible, I had him for deviance last year and I came out with a B+ and didn't wrok to hard. This term I always talked to him outside of class, and he was always really friendly toward me (I think that was because I am one of the few names he can remember). I seen him at the liquer store yesterday, he got a wack of stuff. He was friendly toward me there too. Jackie, Sam and I all drank for awhile at my place. We started drinking at 6pm!! :) We were playing some dice game we found on the internet. A group of us all went out to Dolan's last night. I invited my friend Kim and her boyfriend Trevor. Kim and Trevor came and met Jackie and I at the bus stop. We all took the 10:30pm bus down to Julias to drink for awhile. Julia invited her friend Cindy out too. I had alot of fun. I don't have my next exam until Tuesday, so I'm taking today off. I'll study tomorrow, Sunday, and Monday, but it's the one where we can bring the cheat sheet so I don't think it will take to long. I made a cake today, it's cooling as I'm writing. I love cake!! :) It's so sweet and delicious!! I think I'll go ice it and have a piece right now!! Write later....:)

Sam did get offered the job!! He told the manager that he needed 2 weeks, to give notice at the Hilltop before he could start, and she told him that she preferred it that way!! He came home and told me at about 3pm, I printed him up a resignation letter, and he went in and handed it to Jim. He came home later and told me that Jim kept trying to discourage him, saying stuff like "what if you don't like it, or what if it doesn't work out...etc". Jerk!! I had told Sam not to tell him where he was going to work, but Sam let it slip that he was going to Mikes. Jim will probably try to wreck it for him!! Sam said that the Kitchen manager at Mikes had worked for Jim before and knows what he's like though. He has alot of power in this city, if a person applies at a job, the kitchen managers call Jim and tell him to see if it is ok to hire them, if Jim doesn't want them to, they don't . It's ridiculous!! He'll be getting less hours to start, but making more $, so it won't change his pays to much. The manager told him he could wait until the hours pick up in May if he wanted to. Sam told her he didn't mind at all and he would start the end of April. :) He just wants ot get out of the hilltop. I'm going to study my but off for my mod sociology theory and sociology of communications exams. I hace communications at 9am and then mod theory at 2pm. I'm going to take a couple days off, not study at all cause I have 6 days before my next exam, and its the one where we can bring in a cheat sheet, so not really study, but answer the questions as well as possible. I can't wait for school to be over. I didn't get much done yesterday, like I jad planned, but I worked on stuff all day on Sunday. Sam called me on Sunday evening and invited me to go out with him and some other people at the hilltop. He came home an dgot me, and we went back to the hilltop to meet the rest of them, then we all took a cab down to Nickyzees, they had beer on for $2.75, so I bought a couple. Sam had bought me some at the hilltop too. After we were there a while we left and wnt to BOOM. Melissa bought me a beer and paid for my cover. She's a really nice person to party with, not just cause she bought me stuff, but just has a very happy attitude. So yesterday I felt like shit all day, my stomach was so upset, I didn't get much done. I did get some of my mod theory questions done, so now I only have 3 more to do and study, not to hard either. My soc of communications exam is going to be brutal , he marks so weird. Anyway I'm going to go jump in the shower and get dressed....write later.....:)

Sam did get offered the job!! He told the manager that he needed 2 weeks, to giv notice at the Hilltop before he could start, and she told him that she preferred it that way!! He came home and told me at about 3pm, I printed him up a resignation letter, and he went in and handed it to Jim.
He came home later and told me that Jim kept trying to discourage him, saying stuff like "what if you don't like it, or what if it doesn't work out...etc". Jerk!! I had told Sam not to tell him where he was going to work, but Sam let it slip that he was going to Mikes. Jim will probably try to wreck it for him!! Sam said that the Kitchen manager at Mikes had worked for Jim before and knows what he's like though. He has alot of power in this city, if a person applies at a job, the kitchen managers call Jim and tell him to see if it is ok to hire them, if Jim doesn't want them to, they don't . It's ridiculous!! He'll be getting less hours to start, but making more $, so it won't change his pays to much. The manager told him he could wait until the hours pick up in May if he wanted to. Sam told her he didn't mind at all and he would start the end of April. :) He just wants ot get out of the hilltop. I'm going to study my but off for my mod sociology theory and sociology of communications exams. I hace communications at 9am and then mod theory at 2pm. I'm going to take a couple days off, not study at all cause I have 6 days before my next exam, and its the one where we can bring in a cheat sheet, so not really study, but answer the questions as well as possible. I can't wait for school to be over. I didn't get much done yesterday, like I jad planned, but I worked on stuff all day on Sunday. Sam called me on Sunday evening and invited me to go out with him and some other people at the hilltop. He came home an dgot me, and we went back to the hilltop to meet the rest of them, then we all took a cab down to Nickyzees, they had beer on for $2.75, so I bought a couple. Sam had bought me some at the hilltop too. After we were there a while we left and wnt to BOOM. Melissa bought me a beer and paid for my cover. She's a really nice person to party with, not just cause she bought me stuff, but just has a very happy attitude. So yesterday I felt like shit all day, my stomach was so upset, I didn't get much done. I did get some of my mod theory questions done, so now I only have 3 more to do and study, not to hard either. My soc of communications exam is going to be brutal , he marks so weird. Anyway I'm going to go jump in the shower and get dressed....write later.....:)

I called Jody this morning, I guess that everything is ready for me to start, but the Gleaner has started a new eary service delivery system. He said that it would be pointless and frustrating for me to start this week because I would just get alot of people complaining to me. People used to complain to me when I was down at the superstore last summer and it was really annoying, so if they are switching and he knows that people will be complaining I rather wait the week or possibly two to get it figured out. It's Friday today he said a week or two, so it won
't be this Wednesday, but maybe hopefully the next one. It is a pain to wait, but I make good money plus commission and I pick my own hours. I would never be able to get a job like that anywhere else. There isn't much available anyway (I do check the job banks). I'm taking an intersession course anyway, so I'm going to wait until June to find a full time job, I'll apply at the Delta call centre, it's right behind my apartment building. My friend got a job there and said that they do new training sessions all the time. Cendant is hiring, but they don't work in the same way as the one in SJ. I would have my shifts changing every week, and I wouldn't have seniority. It's across the river too, so I'd have to take a cab home. There are enough call centres that I'm sure I can find something. Jackie and I watched Memoirs of a Geisha last night. I didn't really like it. They didn't do a very good jo b introducing the characters and I'm not sure if it was China or Japan and I didn't know what year it was taking place in until the movie was half over and they showd soldiers, I'm assuming in the 1940's, WWII. Sam and I rented King IKong two nights ago, but we rented it late and didn't watch it, a 3 hour movie. We are going to watch it tonight I think. Sam went out to Zellers to get his GST cheque cashed and then went over to gordie's pub for a beer. While there he was talking to a guy, turns out he is the kitchen manager of Mikes. Sam is going for an interview on Monday during his split. The guy said he would be guaranteed at leat 40 hours a week, they start their staff at more $ than Sam is making at the Hilltop (after his raise kicked in) and they get a cash tip out. The manager told Sam they were looking for a Weekend supervisor also, so Sam mentioned that he closes the kitchen on Mondays. I hope he gets offered the job. I don't know what the hours are at Mikes. Hopefully he wouldn't be working to late. Sams friend John and Steve already work there, so he wouldn't be starting with complete strangers. He has crazy luck. The other night he had no money, seen his friend Ryan (who owed him 4$), got the 4$, bought a coffee, and put the rest in a VLT machine, pulled out 40$.Last time he pulled out $300!! When he gets home we are going to get some groceries. He was supposed to get off at 2pm, I wonder where he is? I should probably do my young offenders online quiz thing, but I've got until next Wednesday to complete it, so maybe I'll wait til tomorrow. My corrections proff emailed the class and said that our final grades would be up on WebCT by next Wednesday. She was pretty quick. I don't know what to expect for that class, I didn't do very well on either midterms. Oh well, can't change it now.....I worked really hard on my final project/essay, so I think that will bring my mark up. I'm pretty sure I did well in my young offenders class, I didn't learn a damn thing in that class!! No, wait I learned alittle about the alternative measures programs that are being used in juvenile courts, but that's about it. Society and ecology I learned alot. There were some really interesting topics covered. Especially GMO's (genetically modified organisms). I learned enough in my modern theory class, but not to interesting, and my soc of communications class, wasn't taught well, didn't learn much, stuff that I did learn was mildly interesting. It's sad to think of how much money I'm paying, for the courses that are being offered, just to get a degree!! My intersession class is onlyu from 9-11:30am, so I can work in the afternoons. Well, I'm going to go make a coffee, write later...:)

I wrote a pretty big post on Monday, but for whatever reason it didn't load up right or something. So , I'll write a this new one. I got all of my papers done!! I finished my corrections one, which turned out to be a good, solid 10 pages, even though she only asked for 6. There was to much information. I also finished my soc of communications essay.It turned out really well, but is only 7 1/2 pages, supposed to be 10-15. Oh well I've been short before and he's still given me an A. I did this one on Reality TV. I never realized just how many shows were considered reality. 1/2 of all Ameican programming is of Reality tv!! Canadian's watch alot of Amercan tv. I watch enough of them. I also did some reseearch on the ways that reaality tv is faked. Contestants on these shows have to sign a wack of waivers, so if they are represented incorrectly, they can't do much about it. my corrections one I already had most of it done, just had to make sure the formatted was right. I also hav eto do a young offenders quiz online sometime this week, but not tonight. Jackie and I are going to celebrate the last of classes by watching memoirs of a Geisha. We had planned on going to see it in theatres together, but it left before we got a chance. We were thinking about going out, but Last Class Bash we probably wouldn't get in anywhere or if we did it would be uncomfortably packed. We might go out tomorrow, but I'm still unsure about those plans. I'm going to call Jody when I get home to see if I can start work soon, those gift certificates should be in be now. What a slacker!! I have 2 more classes left and I'll be done!! Well only until May 1st, I'm taking that intersession class to get the credits, but that is only until May 25th. Then I'm goihng to look for another job. 30-35 hours at one and then do the kiosk thing for 15-20. My intersession class, just one, is going to cost me close to $500.00!! Well it will with the books. Actually I was talking to my friend Karen in class on monday and it turns out she is taking the same class, then while we were talking a girl beside us offered to sell both of her books for $30!! I jumped on that!! She had them with her and they are in really good condition. The class is called Crime and the media. I figure I know enough about crime from all my CRIM classes and I am taking a communications class this semeseter, I don't think I'll have any trouble. I the same proff for my historical reactions. I got A's and B's on everything, I'll just have to work harder on the webpage, which was worth alot and I only spent an afternoon doing. I went to my corrections class this morning, and the proff had set up coffee and cookies for the students. So I got a free coffee in that class, a cookie, and a couple timbits, and then I went to the cafeteria and I had a free one there too!! Free stuff is so nice! I hope there are no more sdtupid presentations in my next class, they are done well, (most of them), but eally aren't the best way to spend an entire class. I got my reivew for my society and ecology exam yesterday, which is really the proff given us the questions that will be on the exam, ones an essay question that incorporates everything we have done into it, but the others are just short answer. Get this, We are ALLOWED to bring in a cheat sheet!! We're allowed!! Both sides of a regular piece of papaer can hav info on it. We can write as small as we want, it just can't be type written or photocopied. I think I'll do well in that class. I also think that I will do well in my modern theory class. Who knows how i'll do in Communications, he's such a weird marker, but oh well. It's raining/sprinkling out up here today, it was beautiful on Monday, but yesterday and today haven't been as nice. Anyway I'm going to go downstairs to my class and then it will only be on more to go!! :)