Undeserving of a Title

So, I am sitting here in Michael Ui's dorm because I am computerless. Yesterday I moved into King's. It's kind of strange to sit here and think that this will be my home for the rest of the year. The orange carpet doesn't really compliment anything, but I love it all the same. My heart sunk when I heard that I wouldn't have the green shag, but I guess the orange is a close.... actually a not so close second. My new home is TKUC Rez #506 , 9125 50Street, Edmonton Alberta, T6B 2H3.... so send me pictures and stuff. My room is lonely. I have seen my roommate for all of thirty seconds and then she disappeared and last night I slept alone. I have a nice view of Edmonton from my room though which is kind of nice. It's been kind of... nah, nothing has really sunk in. I've been meting tons of people and just hanging out. It's breakfast time so I will continue writing about my new abode.

Recent Excursions

This Saturday my good friend Pam Vandermeer got married and has now taken the name "Vandop". She looked absolutely beautiful!! I was quite impressed, and proud, and excited and all around joyful. It was good to see some friends from school again and a bunch of the teachers. Well, that pretty much covers that.


On Sunday I got to sleep in! I woke up at 5:30 and Alicia VanHuizen dropped me off in Squamish on her way to Whistler so I could visit Stewart. We decided to hike the Chief. I'm pretty much in the worst shape I have ever been in my life. I made Stewart stop every 100 m or so because I was exhausted. He brought these huge packs with all this food in them and it was absolutely ridiculous, but absolutely so much fun. Once we got to the first peak I put my stuff down and promptly fell asleep for an hour or so. It was wonderful. He suggested venturing on to the other peaks once or twice but I said no. One was definitely more than enough. The view was magnificent and the weather was quite excellent. So, Stewart and I hung out on the Chief until about 4:30 or 5 and then we came down and rehydrated some chicken and rice that he'd dehydrated. It tasted pretty good, surprisingly. Then Alicia came back and brought me and Stewart home to Surrey.
On Monday I went for a run in the morning and my sister came over with her kids. I am going to miss them so much. I bent down to give Zachary a hug and he ran and jumped into my arms and wrapped his little arms around my neck and his little legs around me waist and squeezed with all his might... oh man I'm going to miss that. At around 2:00 Stewart and I went to White Rock. We just walked down the beach and then went to Tynehead for a bit and I brought him home. He has some pictures that he is supposed to be sending me so I'll throw those on here when he does.

Starting to say Goodbye

On Saturday I began saying my farewells to friends who I won't see until, at the earliest, Christmas. My dear friend Joel Bron is gone to Homewood this week and I'm leaving before he returns so I had to say goodbye to him. I went to babysit for my sister and when I got there Joel was waiting for me. Saying goodbye was so much harder than I thought it would be, and I knew it would be so very difficult. He stayed and we talked for a bit first, but then when he left I was bawling. I gave him a huge hug and a kiss on the cheek and then waved him off from the end of the driveway. It was so terrible. Pathetic, I know, but still. I love Joel Bron. I returned to the house and sat there, actually I think I was talking to Stewart. Anyways, Joel came running back into the house and I put the phone aside and he gave me another huge hug. It was so sweet and it made me cry all the more. Poor Stewart had to sit and wait while I cried.
It's so strange to say goodbye. It sucks. I know there will be tons of people that I will meet this year and in years to come, but I love my friends and I know that a lot of us won't be as close as we are or have been. I think the part that scares me most is that I may not even notice that I don't talk to anyone from high school anymore. I'm pretty terrible a this whole explaining myself thing so I apologize.
All I wanted to say was I love Joel Bron and I hate goodbye's.

Whirlwind Vacation

Last Sunday I was at my Auntie Grace's house and my cousin Josh asked me if I wanted to go to California with him that Thursday. His brother, my cousin Rueben, was getting married and he offered me a ride. Having had no vacation whatsoever this summer I got all excited and asked my boss the next day if I could have Friday and Saturday off. He thankfully said yes and so on Thursday night my cousins Josh and Gabe, my brothers Joel and Anthonie, and I piled into the DeGroots Altima and drove to California. Joel brought his laptop and we watched a couple DVD's on the way. There wasn't much room to breathe or move in the backseat squashed my brothers or my cousins or a combination of both, but we made it to California alive and with only one speeding ticket. Thankfully awarded to Joshua or else it could have taken a lot longer to explain why the car wasn't registered under the name of Jansen and yadda yadda yadda.
The wedding was beautiful. Our private campground and private beach were absolutely stunning. The weather awesome too! And the food! Piles and piles of chicken and steak, mounds of more types of salads than I cared to try, tons of fresh fruit and delicious pie. Yup, the food was great.
The wedding was so unique that it would take forever to explain it all, but it was definitely Rueben and Asia. They made it a very personalized wedding and it was excellent. So... CONGRATULATIONS RUEBEN AND ASIA!!

Tossed Aside

Ever have it where you're super excited about something and the one person you want to share that joy with is totally uninterested and even blatantly unsympathetic after dashing your hopes... yup it sucks.

Romantic Evening

I was sitting in my stifling hot room doing some menial tasks that really shouldn't have to be done in the middle of the day when I got a phone call from a good friend of mine. Joel Bron invited me over for dinner. I jumped in my parents suburban and raced to his house with much anticipation. I feel sorry for those of you who have never had the pleasure of eating a meal cooked by Joel Bron. It was absolutely wonderful! His family was gone so it was just me and him eating on this tiny table for two outside on the patio. We had tortellini
and tomatoey chicken sauce (spicy) and salad. Joel even served orange juice in wine glasses (for lack of availability of any other glasses). It was divine! One may even go as far as saying it was romantic, but that's just a matter of opinion.