Miracles happen

It always seems as though miracles were a regular occurance in the Bible - the Red Sea parted, Christ turned water into wine, he made blind men see, he raised Lazarus from the dead, and he made lame men walk. Miracles happened that were entirely impossible to ignore or deny as being the work of God. It sometimes seems as though God used to have a much more active role in the world... I know this is not true and that God is unchanging and faithful, but it's sometimes hard to see that because there aren't miracles as obvious as the Red Sea parting. When people ask me if I've seen miracles done I'm always hard-pressed to come up with them, but they do happen! God is still actively revealing himself to us through miracles.
One such miracle happened yesterday and Matthew Beimers and his family will be the first to tell you that. Madelyn Elise Martina Beimers was born yesterday - seven weeks early. Complications arose in the pregnancy and Madelyn was delivered by cesarean section on Christmas Day. Weighing a mere 2 pounds, 13 ounces, she will remain in hospital for 4-6 weeks. A miraculous birth and a miracle of life!
Please pray for Matthew Beimers and his family. He has three other beautiful daughters who had to sacrifice their Christmas with their parents, but I'm sure they are ok with that. I don't want to assume things, but I'm going to anyways... This will be a hard couple of months for their family and I'm sure they can use our continuous prayer. Please remember them and keep them in your prayers.
You can read the Beimers' amazing story at http://www.pacificgrace.blogspot.com/ . I'd recommend you have kleenex ready... It really was a Merry Christmas!!

Lazy

Today I did absolutely nothing. I woke up to find that I didn't have to paint base boards with my mother because she was at the hospital with a friend who was in labor so I just sat around all day long. It was nice/strange/almost lonely, I'd say. After spending four months with people constantly imposing on your space it wasn't as nice as I'd imagined to be home alone all day long. That may be because I am home and I want to see people and hang out and catch up and have fun... I don't know. My dad and brothers were out all day, shopping and working and playing basketball etc so I just read my book and watched some terrible television. I have not missed T.V. in the slightest... it's a waste of time. I don't mind watching movies, but T.V. shows, especially the soaps during the day, suck! I do wish we could watch more Canucks games, but alas, Edmonton depraves us. K... so I have nothing left to say. I'm just typing for the sake of typing. :)

Speaking of Gordon...

I was just looking through pictures on my computer and here's Gordon and I at the high school dance last year... (the second one's for you JB).

Home at Last

It was definitely worth having my five finals over a period of three days in order to come home early. I don't think I would trade that for... well for much I guess. I even got to have a sleepover with my sister! She drove me to the airport in the morning so I went to her house the night before and we had a little party.
Hmm... Stewart picked me up from the airport and we went to see my daddy at work. His school was having chapel so I snuck in the back and gave him a huge hug. He was just about to go up to read a story to his students so I stood at the back with Stewart and we were going to listen to him read. So my dad went up to the front and sat down and started talking about their Christmas traditions or something like that and then he stops and says, "Could you all turn and wave at my daughter. She just came back from college and came here to surprise me." So his whole school turns and waves at me and they all started clapping and I so I waved back with this huge/dumb smile on my face. Then he started reading. I love hearing my dad tell stories! He used to read to us kids all the time. He read us The Hobbit and Narnia. It's been a while since I've had the chance to listen to him and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Then we went to visit my neices at their middle school. They were also in chapel. When they realized I was there they came running at me. It was so cute! Then they both started crying when I was hugging them. Oh man, they cried for so long. It was so adorable. Aww... I missed them. They make me so happy.
After that, Stewart and I went home to have tea with my mom before venturing to Fraser Valley Christian to see my little brother and everyone else. A bunch of the kids I taught last year came and gave me hugs as well as the girls I coached on Surrey Heat. Hmm... I went to a basketball meeting and saw all the girls again.
Then Handy and I were walking down the stairs and who should be walking up them but Gordon Kelly himself. He looked a bit startled at seeing me in his domain yet again and so he barely managed to spit out a hello. Then, in the typical Gordon Kelly manner, he took two steps and turned around to join me in my walk. And that was the end of me visiting other people. When Gordon Kelly wants something he is pretty persistant and determined to get it. So I spent the next 25 minutes humoring Gordon and hearing about Toronto and his life. Trying to end the conversation and start a new one with someone else failed time and time again because Gordon is never finished. If he is anywhere near you then he has an open invitiation to talk... even if you're talking to someone else. Oh man, I missed that boy. He's quite entertaining, especially 12 hugs, 5 hand-shakes, and 3 high fives. Gordon Kelly is quite the character. After rekindling my romance with him I decided to go home...
Now I've been lazing around, visiting family, hanging out, reading... and it's been wonderful!

Congratulations Justin!!

Well... it's been a while. The week has been hectic and next week will be even more so. I'm in the process of writing four papers, completing two assignments, and studying for a lab exam... not to mention the fact that I had a floor christmas party, christmas shopping with my sister, volleyball and I'm going to the hospital to play with kids tomorrow with my volleyball team. I can't even start studying for finals until Saturday and I have my five finals over a period of three days!! The only bonus in the situation is that I get to be home on December 16th... but the next week and a half are going to be ridiculous! I just might lose my mind.
The real reason for this blog, however, was to let you all know that Fraser Valley came in 3rd at provincials. I'd say that's not bad. I heard that the team they lost to in the semi-finals, MEI, play amazingly well and definitely deserved the gold so I'm pretty proud of our boys. My little brother got a 2nd All-star! I was so proud of him! I'm not going to lie... I still am proud of him! Although I am expecting MVP out of him next year :) Anyways, I gotta get back to my philosophy paper.
Ps... I'm coming home in 9 days!

Provincials!

MY LITTLE BROTHER'S TEAM IS IN THE SEMI-FINALS AT PROVINCIALS!! I'm so excited and I wish I was there! They play MEI tomorrow so I'll let you all know how he does!

Christmas Decorating!!

Yay! My roommate, Jen, and I decorated our room today. It was so much fun! We have this little christmas tree that her mom gave us. It's four feet tall and really really skinny. We made it look beautiful though. When I was home for remembrance day I bought decorations and so we put those on it. The bulbs look a little bit large, but the tree has character. We also hung stockings on the wall. Four of them! Two for me and Jen and then two for Michael Ui and Dave. They are in the room next to us and we decided that we would fill their stockings and they would fill ours. It should be tons of fun! I'm actually really excited. I have so much work to do in the next few weeks though. It is going to be so hectic, but I'm quite looking forward to it.

And the countdown begins

I've always found it to be quite lame to countdown the days until... well until pretty much anything. Anything except for Christmas because no one can complain about eating a chocolate a day. I mean, I've always been excited about events and such that are approaching, but I've never taken to counting the exact number of days until I get to them.
I would, however, like to bring to everyone's attention that I am coming home in 19 days (if my math is correct) and I am expecting Tamlin Cooper to come and see me soon there after. I'm actually so very much excited! My last visit home was not nearly long enough. I didn't even get to visit with my family! I can't wait to see them again! And all my friends... one night was not nearly long enough. I'm pretty sure I won't actually count down the days until I get home, but I may randomly think about it and calculate the time left.

In other news:
My team went to Grande Prairie for volleyball this weekend. Our girls and guys teams. It was pretty fun. We lost both games, but our guys won one of the two. I hate sitting on the bench hurt. I especially hated it because I actually would have had a chance to play in those games. It sucked.
My ankle was healing quite nicely. I still couldn't walk on it, but the swelling was starting to go down. That was until I was walking down the hall in Grande Prairie and my crutch hit a wet spot and went flying to the side. I landed hard on my bad foot and it was so painful!

Nothing interesting has been happening though. I've spent much of my time doing homework and nursing my foot. I'm pretty much only updating this thing because Michael Ui likes reading them. Don't ask why he'd be so interested because I have no idea... he happens to live next door to me so he knows everything. Anyways... 19 days!!!

Michael Ui

My buddy Michael Ui was complaining about me not mentioning his name in my blog ever so I have decided to devote an entire blog to him. Michael Ui and I went to high school together and we were "friends", but we never really hung out ever. We got along and all... and he liked me for all of two minutes in Grade 10 science class, but that was the extent of our relationship.
On my first day at King's I noticed that the guys who would be occupying the room next to mine for the year were named Dave and Michael. I got all excited about meeting two hot guys, one of which I would end up marrying and living happily ever after with. When the guys showed up later on in the day I went over to say hello and meet them. So I walked into their room and realized, much to my dismay, that instead of my heartthrob future husband, Michael Ui was who I was to be sharing a wall with for the rest of the year.
Things have been working out quite wonderfully though. It's true that I still have not found a husband, but I am quite satisfied, maybe even happy. Michael Ui is a wonderful guy and I wouldn't trade him for all the Brad Pitt's or Orlando Bloom's in the world. I would, however, give him up for Adam Brody, but he's the only exception. Michael Ui though.... HILARIOUS!!! He makes me laugh all day long!
Michael Ui is a vegetarian. More than that, he is allergic to pretty much everything but he still insists on eatting it all and I'm pretty sure he pays the consequences. He is very generous... aka he's not too bothered (or at least doesn't show it) when I waltz into his room to use his computer every day. He makes sexy faces in the webcam when I'm talking to people on msn, namely Jesse VH, and that is definitely entertaining. Michael is like my mommy. He makes sure I'm doing my homework and such. Hmmm... Michael puts up with my singing and dancing with only minimal mockery. Dave (his roommate), Mikey and I sit on his bed, turn the lights off, look at the city, and listen to love songs at night. It actually is on of my favorite times of the day.
I could... or I guess I would go on and on about Mikey, but I have class and it takes a bit more time to get down there these days so I should probably be leaving.

PS. I sprained my ankle yesterday. It hurt.

Home Sweet Home

So this past weekend I went home to surprise my family and friends. Nine of us ventured off for British Columbia at 9:00 pm on Thursday night in two cars. The ride down was as one would expect, long and long. I tried to sleep, but only managed to get minimal rest. I was so excited to be going home! Deanna, Gabriel, Daniel, Mike and I drove in one car and as we neared home we started getting very excited. We stopped by Gabe's house to get his car and then he drove Deanna, Daniel and I home. Nobody appeared to be occupying my house at the time so I brought myself upstairs to my now invaded room (Justin apparently took over). I came downstairs to find that my parents re-did the kitchen with hardwood flooring and we got a new fridge and stove. It looks so good! I was quite excited. And my little brother, Benjamin, was watching TV. He came and gave me a confused hug. We (Daniel, Gabe and I) were laughing at him. My parents were apparently at the school watching volleyball so I decided to go and see my sister at her house. So, we went to my sisters house and I walked in the front door and heardher in the kitchen. I ran dancing in singing "hello my family!" and my sister screamed and we both started crying. It was so happy! She was so cute in her bathrobe and she gave me the biggest hug. It was so good to see her. She said I almost gave her a heart attack. Then my neices game with squeals of laughter to hug me. They are so beautiful! And so big! I love them!!! Then I went upstairs to see my nephews. Zachary was being a grumpy pants, but Christpher game out wearing his Canucks Jersey, shorts, and winter boots. Apparently that is his favorite outfit. He was so cute. He looked a little confused, but he allowed me to hug and kiss him and laugh and dance him around. Zachary eventually ungrumpified himself. All it took was coaxing with Christmas Oranges. I missed that family so much! My brother-in-law was also home and he gave me a huge hug too!

Now we faced a dilemma because I wanted to go see my parents, but we were supposed to be having a surprise party for all of our friends the next night so we didn't want to go the school, but I really wanted to see my parents!!! So, we went anyways. I decided that I'd rather see my parents and ruin the surprise than wait because if I happened to run into anyone than they'd still be surprised anyways. So I tracked down my parents. They were watching a volleyball game; my dad was sitting on the bench helping coach and my mom was sitting with my uncle. And I walked into the gym beaming and I waved at my mom. She started crying instantly and I ran to give her a big hug. She was sitting in her chair and she wouldn't stand up so I just knelt down and hugged her. We were both in tears and we made the lady sitting beside us cry too. I love women! Then my dad came around and gave me a hug. My brother happened to be coaching another team on the other side of the gym so I ran over and hugged him to. I'm so glad they were surprised!! I was afraid they would know and then it wouldn't be quite as fun. It was so awesome! That has to have been on of the greatest feelings in all the world. Seeing the joy you can bring someone with a surprise! It was worth the lying and manipulating that it took to keep it a secret.
So on Friday I hung out with my family. My sister, parents and I went shopping to IKEA and bought a whole bunch of Christmas decorations. I spent way too much money, but it was fun and my dorm room will now look fun... I hope. I still have to get a little tree to put the decorations on. We'll see how things go. My sister bought me my grad gift. I got a blanket that is so soft and so warm and so awesome. I'm excited! After that we came home and sat around for a bit. My little brothers are getting so big! They are so tall! I love it! I decided to go and visit Stewart for a minute and so I quickly went to his house for a quick 15 minute visit. It was so good to see his family again. I love his sisters! They are two of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. I definitely missed them. I had to run home to eat dinner with my family and then Sam Tse picked me up for Joel Brons basketball game. Daniel Brouwer came along with us and I made Joel a sign. We got to his game just as they were singing the National Anthem. I wanted to get Joel's attention so I held up my sign which read
"Joel Bron

You = My Hero

I love you"

Joel soon found the sign and got all excited and happy, but then he looked closer because he didn't know who was holding it. He started squinting, as Joel tends to do because he is visually impaired and too stubborn to get glasses, and leaning forward in an attempt to focus on our faces. He eventually realized that we were us and he got all giddy on the bench - clapping and bouncing a little bit. It was so cute! I wanted to run up and hug him right then and there. The game went on as most games do... CBC lost... and then Joel came and gave us all hugs. I was so happy to see him! I love him and missed him so much and ... oh Joel Bron is amazing and handsome and excellent... he's also four up right now, but I plan on increasing the difference. He showered and changed and gave us a tour of his dorm (no girls allowed... sneaky sneaky) and then we went to visit Brandsma for a couple minutes. We talked about the same old... basketball. Brandsma talked about what could have been and yadda yadda yadda. I was so tired that I wanted to leave, but Joel wasn't done yet so we went to Timmy Ho's and ate some donuts. It was good times, but I was about to pass out by the time I got home.

On Saturday I managed to sleep in until 9:00am. I hung out with my mom for a bit and then I called Stewart because he'd called me early in the morning. He came over and then we went to Mrs. Visschers house. I walked in through the garage door and it took Vissch a second to realize that I actually wasn't supposed to be there, but she came flying at me as soon as she did. Then I played with her daughter Camryn for a long time because it was Ethan's party so he was preoccupied. Aww... it was so good to see her! Then Stewart brought me to Super Store because my mom was there shopping and then I hung out with her more and we did some more shopping. When we got home we just lazed around and there was a fire so I sat infront of it. At 7:30 Vissch came and we went to Tim Hortons for coffee and we talked about the Philipines and missions and it was so fun.

Oh yeah! Saturday night I went to Jeffrey Gerbers house for a party. That was so much fun! It was good to see a bunch of my friends again! Except Tamlin Cooper decided to not show up! I was very sad! But I still managed to enjoy myself.

Sunday... Sunday was good, but sad. My whole family came over after church! It was so much fun! We had to leave for edmonton earlier than expected though so I didn't get to spend much time with them. I left at 2:30 when I thought I'd have the whole evening with them. That was very disappointing. I love my family though!! We took pictures of us kids and it was an absolute gong show! Always is. So much fun! Umm... When I left a couple of my friends had come to say goodbye and some of the people I was driving home with were there so they all just stood there while I cried and said bye to my family. I broke down after hugging the first person and I had like 18 to go! Shoot! There is no better feeling than having people surround you while you're crying. I was hugging my brother Jonathan when I broke down and then three of my other brothers all hugged me at the same time so I was surrounded by these big guys and it was good to be home. I'd missed those hugs. Oh man, I was so sad! I miss them so much already!

Correction

Stewart was repulsed by my misleading definition of his laugh and I am supposed to inform you all that it is a "manly" giggle. Sorry for the confusion...

Slight Case of Nostalgia

It appears that everyone else is writing nostalgic blogs so I thought I'd join the crowd and lament as well.
I miss waking up in the morning in a comfortable bed with my window open just a tad so I can feel a slight breeze and curl up in the warmth of my covers. I miss hearing my little brothers playing downstairs. I miss watching my mom rush out the door, barely on time for work. I miss coming home to the smell of a wonderful meal. I miss lazy sundays in front of the fire. I miss bbq's in the back and lounging around with my family. I miss coming home from work and having my sister and Chantelle's families over playing in the pool. I miss my nephews hugs and giggles. I miss taking them to the water park and hanging out with my neices. I miss my daddies hugs and backrubs and I miss my moms cooking and her laugh. I miss my brothers loud voices and their huge hugs! I miss their overprotectiveness and knowing there was someone there to kick my butt if I stepped out of line. I miss babysitting for Sharlene and eatting all the leftovers in her fridge. I miss Fraser Valley! I miss walking down the halls and seeing everyone I love. I miss morning practices and showers with the girls. I miss my volleyball team! Visscher and her kids! I miss setting! I hate playing rightside! I miss my basketball team! Such fun times! I'm not gonna lie, I miss taking jump ball and schooling girls on defense and inbounding the ball on press break. DIXIE!!! Great play! I miss working hard in practice and being in shape. I miss all my friends! I miss Joel B and all his pasty beauty! Wow Joel, I love you! I miss Chris C and his lack of humor... I guess mockery is the next best thing... I think it meant we were friends. Tamlin C and her morning hugs. I miss Lynn G and her lovingness! I miss throwing balls at her window trying desperately to awaken her from her slumber. I miss Michelle! I miss Neil and his hugs and "Hey Buddy!" I miss Adrienne... especially bugging her. So much fun! I miss talks with Kira and dance parties. Drew and his big hugs! I miss Stewart and his giggle. I miss Aaron W!!! Did I mention that I danced with him?? And of course Jesse and Joel VH. I can't wait to see everyone!! Then there's Alex A who I corrupted and Michelle H!! Janis and her prayers! I love Hannah and her big hugs too! Danielle G! So sexy! I love my little grade 8's too! Well, now grade 9's! I miss them so much! I miss everyone! The mountains! Oh I can't wait to see the mountains!
I can't wait to play ultimate again! I pretty much love home and everything that comes along with it!

Ok... I'm not actually homesick, even though it sounds like I am. The best feeling in the world is talking to someone you haven't talked to in FOREVER! Just hearing their voice makes me so happy! Joel B! You made my day! I love you!

Too Lazy to blog... here's some pictures

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving!! And hurray for a break from volleyball!!
I've been up to the usual lately... school and volleyball. Last weekend my team went to Red Deer for a tournament. It was so much fun! I've acquired some skill in stat-taking and lining. I'm considering going pro in a couple years, we'll see how things go. I did manage to hit a girl in the chest in my five points of fame... it was wonderful.
Let's see. Last night I slept over at my friend Oriana's house. We went to West Edmonton Mall and bought Caramel Apples. They were so good! Neither of us had ever had one so we decided to go out on a limb and try it out. SO GOOD! So much caramel goodness... delicious. Then we went to her house in Spruce Grove... she gave me a nice tour of the town and it was wonderful. Had a nice dinner at her house (ate so much!!) and then we watched "The Longest Yard" with her parents. I quite enjoyed the movie. I was suprised, to tell you the truth. ... This morning her dad made us breakfast. So yummy, once again. We had eggs, bacon and tomato's. I loved it. I miss being home and having my family around me all the time. It was good to spend time with a family again, even if it's not my own.
Tonight I'm going to my sisters house for dinner. I'm so excited because she is an amazing cook! I love it! I haven't spent thanksgiving with her in who knows how long so that should be fun. Michael is kicking me off his computer - actually he's just mocking how lazy I am. Anyways.

Daddy-O

My daddy came this weekend! It was so much fun! I missed him so much! We had fun together. On Friday he came to visit late when he got in and we just hung out for a bit. On Saturday we went to watch the football game. That was so much fun. Edmonton fans are vicious though. And we were in the college seats so everyone was drinking and yelling. It was good times. There were tons of people from King's all sitting together. BC sadly lost, but 11-1 is still not too bad. Ummm... on Sunday we went to church and then I went with some friends to visit Tyler in the hospital again. He now went home for a bit. Oh yeah, Dad also took me grocery shopping on Sunday. That was my favorite. I have missed so many dinners because of volleyball, but I'm now stocked up so I won't go hungry! It sucks having to rely on cafeteria for your food. For starters the food isn't very good. The sandwiches are, but it gets so boring eating sandwiches every day. I just want to go home and have a nice meal. I want to be able to eat as much as I want without having to worry about running out of money. So, we bought lots of groceries. Then, he left. I was so sad. Seeing him made my miss my family even more. It was so good to get a huge hug and to rest my head on his shoulder while watching TV and to link arms and... aww I miss my daddy.

So I had a chemistry midterm today that I didn't really study for. Actually, I would go as far as saying I didn't study at all. I looked over some of my notes for a couple minutes. I always studied so much last year and I kept on top of my work and everything, but right now I just don't have the motivation. I don't like a lot of my teachers, which doesn't help, and so I don't feel the need to excell. I know I shouldn't be relying on my teachers for motivation, but when they are good and exciting then I want to do well and such. So yeah, I don't think I did too well. Don't tell my mom, it's a secret.

Prayer Request

I have a prayer request for you all. Can you all pray for the King's community. Early yesterday morning a group of King's students were walking home when they were attacked by four guys with golf clubs and a switch blade. Luckily all the girls ran away, but two of my friends were beaten with the golf clubs. One of them was released from hospital later that morning with stitches behind his ear, but my other friend is still in the hospital. He has a fractured skull, but he thankfully doesn't need surgery. We went to visit him yesterday and he doesn't remember anything. He looked good though. He was able to talk to us and there was hardly any visible bruising. He's going home for the week so please pray for him and his family. We're all so thankful that nothing worse happened. It was awesome to see so many people at the hospital there to support him. I know that both he and his parents really appreciated it.
Please pray for everybody here, especially those who watched the attack. It's pretty intense. Pray for the families involved and that people here will still feel somewhat safe. I also ask that you pray for the four guys who attacked them. I don't know what could possess someone to do what they did... they could have killed my friends. I almost feel worse for them because they must be so lost and so messed up. Give a prayer of thanks too that it wasn't any worse than it was.
Anyways... thanks.

Sicko

My daddy is coming to see me tonight! I'm so excited! I miss him and my family so much! The only bad thing is that when I called my mom just a little while ago she said that he didn't bring my photo albums so I am still picture-less. I actually only have five pictures in my room right now. I have a picture of Lindsey and I, Sam Tse and I, My neices and nephews, Lynn Groot, and Elton (a friend from Kings). I can't show anyone my family or friends from home etc. My dad is, however, bringing me my yearbook!!! Yay! I can't wait to see it.
The weather here is still surprisingly nice. The trees are all yellow and orange and it's so nice to walk outside. I don't really have much of a reason to so I have to force my friends to go for walks with me between classes.
I've been sick for the past few days. The whole sore throat, no voice, coughing until I puke, stomach and legs cramping up deal. It's definitely good times. I went to volleyball practice last night and just slept on the ground shivering with some sweaters and tiger balm on me. It was the best sleep I've had in a while. Today I had to run out of biology because I had a coughing/puking attack. I can't justify skipping class though when I live right on top of the school. It really does suck. Well, I did skip english today. I even called my mom to tell her because I felt bad. Oh well. English sucks anyways.
We had a huge party on Wednesday night. Our school had an IS Conference and so there was a huge party on the first night, which just happened to be Wednesday. It was alright. We drove there in my friends Mustang with the top down and it was so awesome! It was cold and perfect. Once everyone gets wasted it stops being fun because I don't drink and there was no dancing. If you're the only sober one than dancing is really the only fun thing to do. It was good though... except I was sick and I'm sure staying out till 3:30 didn't help that much. My favorite part of the night was driving my friends Mustang home. Such a beautiful car.
Deanna is making me go do something "fun" with her. Apparently watching me type isn't interesting. I get to see my Daddy tonight!!!! Too bad I'm sick, but I'm sure it'll still be fun.

It's been a little while so I decided to update you all again. This week has been relatively low-key.
The Men's Volleyball Team was finally selected. I was laying in my room reading philosophy and I heard some goons sprinting down the hallway making so much flippin noise. I turned over when they footsteps approached my door and Elton and Jeff burst through the door giggling like a bunch of school girls. They jumped on me and shrieked that they'd both made the team. It was so cute and I was so excited for them! I'm pretty excited for this whole volleyball thing. For the first semester we travel with the men's team and it'll be so much fun to get to know each other and to.... Flip to just travel. My team is pretty fun so far. I don't know all the girls, but I think they've started to warm up to us Rookies. I'd say we're pretty cool people. No, but really, it's a nice bunch of girls. We just need to bond and get to know each other a bit. Practices have been lame for the most part. My setting has been less than good and I'm starting to get my timing for hitting. I hope things will fall into place. I'm sure I'll enjoy riding the pine either way. We just had practice this morning. It was ok, I guess. Practices have been somewhat brutal so far. Brutal in the sense that I feel as though I'm playing like someone in gr. eight.
What else.... Thursday night was Jeff's 18th birthday so we went to Cowboys. That was fun. There were a lot of King's students there and we all danced and had fun. I'm not into drinking and partying, but I still enjoyed myself. It's kind of strange being in that environment because I've never really had to deal with it, but people respect the fact that I don't want to drink and I think they respect that I still want to hang out with them. It's always kind of tough to "do the right thing". I want to show them that I love them and everything, but I disagree with getting drunk at any given chance. This could go on forever so maybe I'll discuss it a bit more later.
I've been hanging out with Deanna a lot. I love that girl. I'm so glad we're both playing volleyball... Hmm... yesterday her and I went to U of A and watched Jono's sister play volleyball. We didn't really watch much, but we got to get to know Lorraine (from our team) better cause she was there and we talked for a while. Lamented about volleyball for a bit... it was good.
I got to go work on some chemistry for a bit though so I may update a bit later. See you!

Jonny Boy

I got to see Jon this weekend!!! I haven't seen my brother in so long and we had a sleepover Saturday night!
Actually, we'll start at the beginning. On Saturday at approximately 9:00 I was bored and on MSN and my friend Brad Poplawski signed on. He too was bored and so we decided to hang out. Brad lives in Edmonton, but I met him four years ago at volleyball nationals and I haven't seen him since. It as pretty fun. We were both tired, but we got to talk... it's been a while. A super long while.
Anyways. Jonathan arrived at around 11:30pm. Aww... I missed that kid. It was so good to see him! We had a lot of fun together. We hung out, talked lots, met some people, played pool, wrestled... he hurt me... and pretty much just enjoyed each other. We were walking down the hall holding hands :) and he gave me the biggest hugs and I loved it! He had some awesome stories to tell. He has a girlfriend and he was so cute when he was talking about her. I was so happy. My roommate was gone so he slept in my room and it was so much fun! I love him.... :)
I have tons of chemistry homework to do, but maybe I'll write some more later.

I made the volleyball team!!!

And I now have practice... See you!