It's true, it's true. Welcome me back fellow academics--I am re-entering the world of learning...those hallowed halls of learning and study carols, napping corners, fake potted plants and mystery foods from the cafeteria which make up the world called "school".

Question is:...am I ready?

Oh, one more thing...
Imperial Parking: $199.05
Melinda: 1 annual parking pass, 1 daily parking pass, 1 parking ticket for leaving her day pass facedown on the dashboard.


grrr...

Cap College bookstore: $718.78
Melinda: 9 textbooks, 2 workbooks, 6 CD's, and a whopping VISA bill.

I'M HOOOOOOOOHHHOOHHOOOOOME!

Did you know that space dust increases the earth's weight by as much as 6 tons a day?

HEy...so who buys a $70 ticket 30 mins before a show, just because it's there?
Oh wait...that's me.
Dave Matthews Band.
It was a great show.

July 14 is it now? Good grief.
Melissa Sue Wilson is now Melissa Sue Short...even her voicemail says so.
The wedding was beautiful, in the end. And the groom is sure to become a great friend of mine, which I look forward to.

spending time with the dts-ers was just right. It was family. To quote Chris, "F-f-f-f-f-family." It was shocking, and strange, but oh so normal. Like breathing. Even driving with Jen Weber as a passenger.

Most of you won't know these people, although they recognize the name Ash, and asked after Mikael.

What to do, what to do. I suppose this is a part of life. And it reminds me that around the world, I am loved and thought about, longed for, and remembered.

It's nice to know I haven't been forgotten :)

HEY!
I go to camp tomorrow...for the whole summer!
Don't miss me too much, eh?
*sighs*
I'll miss you enough for the both of us.

I just got back from CAAAAAAAMP!
Keats camps that is. Fun! fun! fun! in the...cold, overcast, lack of sun.
Weather in the Howe Sound is not as beautiful as here...yet!
It was grand to see my family, workmates, my BED.....

Over the weekend I learned to drive stick...on a big, old, truck of questionable quality named "Dumpy".
I only had to use 1st and 2nd gear, and it was great fun. I was taught by Shawn, who was impressed with the speed of my learning!
AND I never once made it jump or "bunny hop".

Yeah. I'm pretty cool. Or quick. Or something.

*HIGH FIVE*

who's sara groves?

"And I wish all the people I love the most could gather in one place and know each other and love each other well." -- Sara Groves

dust. mold. grass.
my 3 sworn enemies, the biological banes of my existence.
I was trying to explain to ryan the extremes of my annoyance.
It's like my face is itchy and burning from the inside out. And a pressure is building. And soon, it will be let loose, and my face will explode off the front of my head.

in other news, imr and raking bombs, and a band I didn't see rocked the sons and the daughters @ mesa luna's tonight.

cheers.

whenever I french braid my hair, someone comments, and invariably asks if I did it myself.

I'm 21 years old!!! Who else would be braiding my hair for me!?

On another note, do commentors only comment when they see that another has gone before? Who will be the first, my friends? Who will be the first.

my feet hurt.

the words I find impossible to mention are written on the stars.

when you wrap your arms around me I can walk away or face the emptiest day.

what would you do if this was the last time you saw me?
if you knew that as we shook hands or high fives or laughed together, that these were our last moments, what would you do?
if today were your last day, what would you say to those around you? Would you fix things? Finally get down to resolving stuff? Or just let it go, because time is so short?

Sometimes thinking about it changes the way you act today.
Sometimes not.

Today it is sunny, and it is Father's day. Not a bad gig, eh?

party @ bryan's tonight.
top secret.
no one knows where his house is.

well, this morning I forgot that my friend Brender (aka Brenda) was going to be @ the airport, en route to manitoba.
I FORGOT!!!
Yesterday, I neglected to wake up in time for my performance review @ work.
I FORGOT!!!
Today, I forgot to call Andwer in the afternoon.
I FORGOT!!!
My Bible is sitting on my dresser, but I haven't read it in a while.
I FORGOT!!!!

Noticing a pattern here?

and question marks look like this...É
HELP!!!!

Finding Nemo.
I liked it.
But be forewarned...it is a mite scary.
and my keyboard makes apostrophes look like this...è
can anybody fix that...

It's later than I wish it were, but I was just having an excellent conversation with my mum and Joanna, and that's not the kind of thing you cut off. I really like my mum, and my dad for that matter. Both of them are such examples to me of what it is to follow God. Not when it's easy or perfectly laid out, but to go and follow where He is calling and leading. They fully supported my time with ywam, and my time out of school, my recording, and my applying for school. They are here to help me with theory, with faith, with learning to cook rice properly, with friends, work; to hear my frustrations, my sorrows, joys, fears, worries, anxieties, problems; daycare and portland stories, philosophies, rants, hormonal rages....
My dad ministers in a denomination he doesn't fully agree with, but he stays because God has called him to. My mum is right in there too. They model to me a marriage that isn't perfect, but it's worth fighting for, and full of love.
I don't know what else to say, other than I hope they're around for a long time. It's hard to imagine walking into the world without them behind me, cheering me on, praying for me, and waiting to give hugs, no matter what happens.
Mum and dad, I love you.