so i'm struggling to believe that it's still september. for me, this is the longest september on record. i mean, i can't believe that at the beginning of this month i was working at camp (especially because i'm now so involved in what's going on at school).
this past week seems as though it's taken a month to complete. that's not necessarily a bad thing, but i just can't believe how much i've seemingly done in what is really not a lot of time. after an incredible weekend, i dreaded heading off to school on monday morning. thankfully i hopped myself up on coffee (i was a little stressed, so the caffeine actually had some sort of effect), picked up Beah from her house, and faced the dreaded morning commute. the day dragged on incredibly slowly from that point, but when school wrapped up at 6:30pm, I was excited to jump on the bus, get to my car and drive off into the sunset (technically away from the sunset and into maple ridge, but i'm trying to be poetic here). I definitely thought that I was going to get lost, but fortunately I found my way to Melissa's house somewhere off in the woods of Maple Ridge. It had been a long time since I'd seen her (not since the first week of August) and I was so excited to spend some time catching up. To continue our summer tradition, we chatted over a good cup of Starbucks (though this time i didn't brew it in the spare room beside mine). When we got back to her place we basically managed to gab ourselves to sleep (after i investigated her beautiful house - it's so cute!).
tuesday morning began bright and early at melissa's with the 6 of us females running all over the house (her momma, melissa, moi, megan, mackayla, and chelan). i've never seen a house so crazy (here's praying that i don't give birth to 5 girls - a house with that many females is just insane!) though it was also quite fun & cute. when melissa's mom had rounded up all of the girls and driven them off to school, it was my turn to head to school for the day. I was pretty excited - school was at Loon Lake camp just up the road (well a 25 minute commute behind one of the guys in my class driving 10 km/h up the logging road - man alive did i want to poke out my eyes!). Loon Lake is absolutley gorgeous - it's in the middle of a UBC research forest and it's relatively untouched. We spent the morning studying experiential learning and doing a bunch of silly activities and then we sat down to an incredible lunch. following lunch we went on a beautiful two hour hike around the lake (somehow i was compared to the two cheerleaders currently on amazing race - oh deary me) and then we went repelling. it was such a gorgeous day that repelling down a sixty foot cliff (plunger-style) was just icing on top on an incredibly beautiful cake.
at the end of the day i headed back to melissa's house to meet with a bunch of cit's from the summer. paul, phil, liam, melissa, dana, tara and i chowed down on pizza, chips, brownies and ice cream and caught up a wee bit. have i mentioned how much i love my cits? (cause i most certainly do!) we could have just sat on the grass picking our noses and i would have had a phenomenal time. hanging out with them makes me miss the summer so much - it was just that incredible.
the rest of the week proceeded amazingly slowly. wednesday was one of the longest days i ever experienced. when i finally finished class at 6:30 and headed to gap (which was a good commute cause i got to chat with my boy while i drove) i was just drained. thankfully with a little prayer God gave me more than enough energy for the evening. my small group went really well and i just can't wait to spend the next few months with them. i think there is a huge potential for growth this year - i just love the senior highs!
anyway, here i am on friday morning, with one of the most delicious cinnamon buns in the world floating around in my stomach, sitting in dr.lara khatib's adolescent education psych class. i really wish she was teaching me something new, but she's not. thankfully i have my trusty old laptop to keep me occupied.
i really cannot believe that it's still september. i've done so much this month and i've now become so comfortable with the idea that i'm a teacher. i actually feel like i now know the people in my classes (and what good times we've been having). it feels as though camp was so long ago - it must have been more than a month! nope. according to the calendar it's been 26 days since it ended, 24 days since school started and 23 days since my boy left.
what a long month
this past week seems as though it's taken a month to complete. that's not necessarily a bad thing, but i just can't believe how much i've seemingly done in what is really not a lot of time. after an incredible weekend, i dreaded heading off to school on monday morning. thankfully i hopped myself up on coffee (i was a little stressed, so the caffeine actually had some sort of effect), picked up Beah from her house, and faced the dreaded morning commute. the day dragged on incredibly slowly from that point, but when school wrapped up at 6:30pm, I was excited to jump on the bus, get to my car and drive off into the sunset (technically away from the sunset and into maple ridge, but i'm trying to be poetic here). I definitely thought that I was going to get lost, but fortunately I found my way to Melissa's house somewhere off in the woods of Maple Ridge. It had been a long time since I'd seen her (not since the first week of August) and I was so excited to spend some time catching up. To continue our summer tradition, we chatted over a good cup of Starbucks (though this time i didn't brew it in the spare room beside mine). When we got back to her place we basically managed to gab ourselves to sleep (after i investigated her beautiful house - it's so cute!).
tuesday morning began bright and early at melissa's with the 6 of us females running all over the house (her momma, melissa, moi, megan, mackayla, and chelan). i've never seen a house so crazy (here's praying that i don't give birth to 5 girls - a house with that many females is just insane!) though it was also quite fun & cute. when melissa's mom had rounded up all of the girls and driven them off to school, it was my turn to head to school for the day. I was pretty excited - school was at Loon Lake camp just up the road (well a 25 minute commute behind one of the guys in my class driving 10 km/h up the logging road - man alive did i want to poke out my eyes!). Loon Lake is absolutley gorgeous - it's in the middle of a UBC research forest and it's relatively untouched. We spent the morning studying experiential learning and doing a bunch of silly activities and then we sat down to an incredible lunch. following lunch we went on a beautiful two hour hike around the lake (somehow i was compared to the two cheerleaders currently on amazing race - oh deary me) and then we went repelling. it was such a gorgeous day that repelling down a sixty foot cliff (plunger-style) was just icing on top on an incredibly beautiful cake.
at the end of the day i headed back to melissa's house to meet with a bunch of cit's from the summer. paul, phil, liam, melissa, dana, tara and i chowed down on pizza, chips, brownies and ice cream and caught up a wee bit. have i mentioned how much i love my cits? (cause i most certainly do!) we could have just sat on the grass picking our noses and i would have had a phenomenal time. hanging out with them makes me miss the summer so much - it was just that incredible.
the rest of the week proceeded amazingly slowly. wednesday was one of the longest days i ever experienced. when i finally finished class at 6:30 and headed to gap (which was a good commute cause i got to chat with my boy while i drove) i was just drained. thankfully with a little prayer God gave me more than enough energy for the evening. my small group went really well and i just can't wait to spend the next few months with them. i think there is a huge potential for growth this year - i just love the senior highs!
anyway, here i am on friday morning, with one of the most delicious cinnamon buns in the world floating around in my stomach, sitting in dr.lara khatib's adolescent education psych class. i really wish she was teaching me something new, but she's not. thankfully i have my trusty old laptop to keep me occupied.
i really cannot believe that it's still september. i've done so much this month and i've now become so comfortable with the idea that i'm a teacher. i actually feel like i now know the people in my classes (and what good times we've been having). it feels as though camp was so long ago - it must have been more than a month! nope. according to the calendar it's been 26 days since it ended, 24 days since school started and 23 days since my boy left.
what a long month
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