Catch-up, Ketchup?

Hello everyone.
I just got back from manitoba. I went there to my friend Katie's farm with 6 other sweet friends. We spent the weekend snowboarding and skiing. I spent alot of time in the lodge doing homework but it was still fun.
Katie's family used to own a PMU (Pregnant Mair Urine) farm. I saw tons of horses and pet some. The also have guinea foul, those crazy birds and tons of other animals. I was a really neat place, its out on the prairies in the middle of nowhere, they built it themselves. Their house is a log cabin type deal and when we walked in we were greeted with the warmth of a woodstove and the smell of fresh baked bread. Katie's mom makes her own flour and it was honestly the best bread i have EVER tasted. I just loved that family. They make their own granola and tea and it was just really peaceful and nice place. They also instruct skiing lessons on the hill which is neat.
Anyways, Sunday was mine and Jonathan's three month. A neat day, we drove home together and just read outloud and listened to Paul Simon. I had a soccer game that night and man was i tired. We played the first place team and only lost by one. That was exciting.
I have spent the day reading and little bits of homework. Right now i am in between a million things before i head off to my very first Curves appointment. Yes that's right, i have joined an all ladies gym, and i am really excited. The gym is 2 blocks from my house and my work is about a block from there.
You know, i havent really shared any major philosophical thoughts with you guys yet. One thing that i have been thinking about these last couple of weeks is how full my metaphorical tank is. I would say i'm on a half tank. What i mean by that is i'm not overly happy, but i'm not overly sad either. I am just sorta exsisting for the time being and living day by day. Part B of that questions is "whats next". Thats a hard one, but i have come to realize that we are given each day and we must decide what we are going to do with it. Deuteronomy 30:15 says "Choose life, see i have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity." We are given those two choices everyday. We can choose life or death. And i have concluded that it all comes down to attitude. SO what i am trying to say is that i need to have a better attitude about my days, and i need to love more. This is where pondering about my metaphorical tank lead me.
So, how is your tank? How did you get there? and what is next?
love you
Britt

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Today is my first day of school. Get this, it starts at 2:15!!! but it goes until 5:15. These three hour classes are something else. I am going to see about textbooks today. You know, when you do something long enough you sort of become a pro at it. Well i have become a pro at deciding which textbooks are useful and which are useless. I can decipher the moneygrabs from the musthaves. So today before class I am going to justify spending around $400 on a whack of books which will become my closest friends over these next four months. Who ever said money can't buy you friends?
One thing i really must get going on it my Social Work application. Right now i am what the faculty calls "Social Work Qualifying". But i have completed this part of my degree and am applying to my Bachelor of Social Work. This is where i go through a series of interviews and submit a MASSIVE stack of papers. Yes 6 essays and a well-planned resume. Its due on the 15th and i am not half way done. Pray for me that i get that done. You know there is ALOT riding on this application. I have completed all my prerequisites so if i DONT get accepted then i will have to take a year off school!!!! Its a pretty competitive program but usually people with the least life experience get turned away. So maybe i will have to tell them about my trip to Cuba?? eee. lets hope it doesn't come to that!
I also signed up for a Power Yoga class yesterday. Its yoga with a kick, its alot of cardio and should be really fun. I neeed to get back to the gym and most likely will after my car is rippin again.
I really must get going. I need to shower then watch Jeopardy at 11:30, then its a coffee date with jonathan at Stonesthrow (a little nook of a place near the university) then books then class then a 45 minute walk home! yes folks i am walking. uphill, both ways.
I'll try to get some love notes in the mail soon. I really need to kick my life in to highgear, doing nothing is just so appealing sometimes.
Love you.
Britt

I'm baaack!

Hey guys, sorry it took so long to write, i can't say i have a good excuse. I've been sitting around doing alot of nothing actually. Lately i have been cooking and baking out my wazoo. Last night i made chilli and bannock. Then this morning I got up before everyone else and made pancakes and french toast with strawberries.
Last week Jonathan and I ventured to Alberta where we had some sweet hang outs the with family. Poor guy didn't know what hit him. Mom met us at the door Paparazzi style clicking a camera in our faces and Jade was trying to make him arm wrestle in the first 10 minutes. It was fun though. We hit up Ikea and Mountain Equiptment Co-op. We did the West Ed things and jonathan rode his first ever roller coaster. Proud moment.
New Years was pretty low key, i hung out with the family here in Regina and entertained some friends from church. We rung in the New Year playing some animated rounds of cards. A weeeee bit different than what i am used to in Yellowknife. But it was fun.
School is starting soon and i must say I am ready for it. Sitting idly has never been my thing. I will be taking three social work classes, one focusing on disabled people, one on anti-oppressive social work and one on the professional side of things. I am also taking a Sociology of the family.
blah blah blah hey?! But i love it.
I am reading a pretty amazing book right now. It's called "the kite runner." I would highly recommend it. I also just finished the most incredible read of my life thus far called "the alchemist."
David told me to tone it on the sappy side of things so if this is painfully boring to read, slap him.
Not much else is new. When i have some epiphone or some life changing revelation i will be sure to fill you all in.
till then.
Happy New Years!
Britt