updates are in order

So it has been a ridiculously long time since I last updated my blog. Several times over the last *gasp* 8 weeks I have thought of updating, but have just never gotten around to it. Other things to do I guess.

So what has happened? Well, I got my cast off in mid-November, and my ankle is healing well, although the physiotherapy is a royal pain in the rear. I can only seem to go early in the morning, and I feel like I keep doing the same excercises, only to have little progress actually made. But the good part of all this is that my fitness levels are increasing. I managed to gain a little bit of weight while my mobility was resticted, so I am happy to be a little more active. I am now walking at least one way to school every day, usually both ways, so things work out pretty well.

In the middle of October, I went to Vancouver to see the "Body Worlds 3" exhibit at Science World, now unfortunately named the Telus World of Science. The exhibit was okay, but after awhile it was pretty tiring, and somewhat absurd. I was expecting it to be cold, hard science (no pun intended) but there was an element of the theatrical which I found perturbing. Not to mention the fact that one body looks a lot like the next. There was also a somewhat-disturbing focus on the perfect body: none of the bosies on display were overweight, they were all perfect specimens, and the ones that still had skin were all caucasian. It was a little weird. Factor in the $21 admission rate (yes, that was the student rate!!) and the exhibit wasn't worth the price. All in all, I can say that I went, but I wouldn't reccommend the exhibit to anyone who wasn't an anatomy student.

While I was in Vancouver, I met up with Lindsay and Ryan and saw their new place, and spent the night with them. It was really nice to see Linds, as we hadn't been chatting much because of school. We walked up to a Starbucks near her house and had a good chin-wag. It was good.

In October I quit my job with Cinecenta, and applied for a position with the Student Facilities Group to work in the Clearihue Computer Lab. I got the job, and it has been working out pretty well. It is definitely lacking in some areas, but the wage certainly makes up for it. I do miss the people at Cinecenta, and the set schedule of hours, but it was a good move, financially at least.

For the November Reading Break I went to Nelson with Ella to visit my friend Samara's parents and drop Ella off at her mom's house. It was a great couple of days, spent hanging out with Samara and her family, doing very little, and eating a lot of amazing food! Samara's dad is a coop owner of the Kooteny Coop Bakery, and there stuff is amazing! The Baker's Breakfast on a spelt pizza bun? Definitely yummy! And the coffee from Oso Negro was delicious as well. I just wish we had more time, it didn't seem like long enough. My car did pretty well through the mountains. Road conditions were favourable, and Samara and I shared the driving. The drive up with Ella was fun, but we had to spend the night in Hope at the Alpine Motel because there was a blizzard going through the mountains. On the way home, Samara and I got caught in that dreadful storm that swept through the lower mainland. Incredible winds, power outages, no traffic lights. It was a nightmare! It took us two hours to get from Langley to the ferry terminal. But the trip was good, and I had a good time. I will really miss Samara when she moves back to Nelson in February, but I guess it will be one more excuse to go visit her!

In late November, I picked up a new job. Chris's parents bought a coffee shop downtown, and they brought me on board to help them out as a managing consultant. I also get to work the bar ocassionally. It is a great opportunity, and one that I wouldn't pass up, but it is job number three for me! Between three jobs and school, I have been stretched pretty thin this last little while.

Speaking of school, classes wound down last week, and I just finished a run of exams. I had German 200 on Monday afternoon, which I suspect is a disaster, and then I had my oral exam for German on Wednesday. It went alright, but the TA kept interrupting me and it through me off, so I made a few mistakes. But they can't be expecting too much, it isn't like we spoke German in class very often. I wrote my Shakespeare final last night, but it was pretty good. I felt reasonably confident coming out. I will interested to see what my final mark turns out to be.

Finally, I put myself on Lavalife and Plenty of Fish, and have had a couple of interesting leads. In fact, I even have a date tonight!

I think that this pretty much sums up what has been going on in the last little while. Not to mention, the longest blog post in awhile. Hopefully I get some pictures up soon.

And I'm out...