Lately

I've been very busy lately. One of those weird periods of time when I'm busy but if you were to ask me what I've been doing I wouldn't have much to say! I've been working a lot and it's going to be busy this week with a new program the store is coming out with (one that I don't like, in case anyone was wondering) and that will be very time consuming (again something I don't like!).

My great-uncle Stan passed away earlier this week. He was 98 years old, almost 99. He was a true gentleman and I will miss him very much. He had Alzheimer's but still insisted upon getting up and getting dressed, and dressed well at that - dress pants, dress shirt and a bowtie - and walking any visitors he had to the door. I was able to see some of my dad's extended family, his mom's sister's children, that I haven't seen since my uncle Stan and auntie Margaret's 65th wedding anniversary; they were married for a total of 68 years when she passed away a few years ago. The memorial service yesterday was less then I had expected but still nice and going to dinner with all of the family was exactly what I expected, good people, good laughs, good food and fond memories of both uncle Stan and auntie Margaret.

My dad's cousin Bob and I were talking yesterday and when he found out that I work at a bookstore he told me to speak with his wife, Joan. It turns out that Joan works at McNally Robinson. Seeing as I'm going to be going to school soon (yikes!) and that it is a whole lot closer to Portage Place and to Polo Park I had been thinking about looking for a job in those two malls. Joan told me to drop my resume off at McNally and call her when I do and she'll put in a good word for me. It would make my life more manageable to work downtown so that I could get to all of the other places that I need to be in my life so I'm going to take my resume to McNally and to a few of the other stores in Portage Place while I'm at it. I still think it would be hilarious if I were to get a job at La Vie En Rose; go from working at a Christian bookstore to a secular lingerie shop! Too funny!

School. Whoa. So my first day of school is on May 28th, the day after I get home from the Chapel's youth retreat! I'm going to be sleep deprived and likely physically tired from all the things we are going to be doing, but that's how it goes. I'm nervous and I'm excited. My dad spoke to a lawyer that he knows at his church this morning about what sort of job possibilities I will have after I'm done and the lawyer told my dad that if my marks are good and I'm in the top of my class that I should have no problem finding a full time job right away. My parents were worried that I was spending a HUGE amount of money on this course and that I wouldn't have a very good chance of getting a job after, but I think they are more at ease now. I wasn't so worried about getting a job afterwards because I had/have every intention of doing very well in regards to my marks and being at the top of the class. My worry is paying off the student loans after! I have a plan for that too though, so right now I just have to think about getting the student loans!

It's my brother Allan's 28th birthday tomorrow! It's also my niece's 11th birthday tomorrow! I miss my brother and it makes me sad that this will be his first birthday without any family around. He's doing well out in Saskatoon and he likes his job, so that makes me happy for him. I got my niece the first two books of the Chronicles of Narnia series for Christmas and so I got her the next two in the series for her birthday; she was happy!

I might be going to Florida next month! My friend Alyssa called me up this evening and asked what I was doing next month and wondered if I wanted to go with her. She has a couple of free flights because she flies so often and we would be staying with her aunt and uncle, so I would just need to show up at the airport and bring some spending cash! She's going to call the airline tomorrow to see about transferring her points to me so that I could get the ticket and then we'll go from there.

I've gone on long enough I think.