I Should Be Homeworking

Well. It's been almost officially a month here. Um I miss you. I keep hearing about the really cool things you guys have been changing to make Young Adults super-I'm really excited for it and I'm praying for your ministries. I can't wait to come and visit :)

I don't think I have all that much to say really. I can introduce to you my roommates kinda. I'll get better pictures as we're having a photo shoot soon once the skies are sunny and we don't have a million tons of homework (never). But here's Ashley.

She's a beauty queen I know. I'll get a better picture soon. One of the funniest people ever too.

This is Chelsea.

Hilarious girl really. The best facial expressions ever. Chelsea and Ashley are both from the states. Ashley from Cali and Chelsea from Nebraska. They are very proud. And they say rum instead of room. And ben instead of been.







So this is my actual roommate on the way to dinner. Those ones up there are just connected to our room but actual roommate's name's Kirstie (KEEHR-stee) and she likes cowboys and Nickleback. Ew. But no, despite that, she's pretty cool. She's gonna be my accompanist for all my vocal recitals and stuff. And we're in choir together. And she plays acoustic guitar. And when she laughs, there's like this big explosion and then you wonder if it even happened because her face goes instantaneously back to emotionlessness-it's absolutely amazing, I don't know how she does it. She keeps her side of the room INSANELY clean... every single moment of the day... which is in deep contrast to my side...

Wonder which one could be mine?!

In other news. I'm sick. And it sucks cuz I'm getting no work done cuz I'm tired and icky feeling and I can't practice singing for my voice lessons cuz I have like missing notes in my range because of the sick and ugh. It's actually kinda entertaining, next time I'm sick there I'll show you cuz like I do scales and it just mutes for a note and then hits the next one super hard. Pre-pubescent boy style. Ok it's prolly not as funny as I make it out to be. But I laugh.

Oh I'll show you some more pictures ok. This is when Toby didn't want me to leave him. "No Chantal, you just can't even go. Chantal please! No! At least take me with you! Lookit how good I can fit with your clothes!" That's what he's saying. Poor little buddy, I miss him. If you ever feel inclined to, go to my house and give him a walk for me. I guess I had a bit to say afterall.




Well the ladies are coming to pick me up for dinner. Love you all-see you soon enough :)

Missing Mountains

So. I'm in Saskatchewan. In the lovely "village" of Caronport. Sooo much has happened in the past week and a half it's nuts. But overall, I've been having an insane time with my old PG friends and plus my new roommates. And my classes are AMAZING. It's a pretty surreal feeling to actually want to read your textbooks; that you want the class to never end! I'm getting so overwhelmed with how much I'm learning, I'm not sure if any of it is sticking but I'm feeling pretty excited about it. So I wrote out an adventure I had involving the "Freshmen Games" but I'm looking at it now and realizing it's waaay long. I know I wouldn't read it. So just know I had a great time and our team won a plastic double-fretted guitar.

So weird thing. The boys' dorms have this rule. Where they can't date/practically even look at a girl until October 1st. Or they either get stripped down to nothing and get shot with an airsoft or they get beaten with the "Uh-Oh Stick", depending on the dorm really. So the "Freshmen Rush" will happen officially on October 1st and I'm kinda freaked out! Haha anyway.

Well anyway, I'll post some pictures maybe sometime. If I feel like it. I hope you guys are having a fantastic time over yonder! Love and hugs.

The fruit of a Spiritual Overload, Enhanced by Starbux Mocha

Heeeey... so I'm in Van again-not sleeping again. Mikayla is, however, sleeping soundly about 3 to 4 feet away from me. We had a great time the past couple days. She's such an amazing woman of God-I feel stretched and challenged in so many ways in just the short time I've been visiting. I feel at peace in who I am in Christ. I feel challenged to pursue/rest in that more-God's grace and love despite my complete inability to do anything good without Him. I feel challenged to put the talents God has given me to use and not give in to the temptation of not even trying because of the lies I love to believe. I feel challenged to live more selflessly and doing God's works with His glory in mind. I feel challenged to keep working at the bitterness and desire to hold onto resentment for the pain in my life-to forgive, finally leave it all in God's hands. I feel challenged to act in wisdom no matter how hard my will fights that. I feel a strong desire to serve and love the people close to me now-cherish them and reach out to them, make myself vulnerable and not worry about the consequences. Support and encourage them, sacrifice time for them. I'm so inspired. I'm so full-of gratitude for the people God has placed in my life this past year. There are the ones that have been there for me in tough times-just simply making me laugh and helping me to forget worries for a little while. Ones that I could enjoy getting close to-learning from and being inspired by them and just loving life with them. Also there are the ones who, no matter what, always ask me how things with God are-sharing with me what He has been doing in their lives and spurring me on towards love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24) and always drawing my eyes to Jesus. I'm so blessed! It's going to be hard to move while all of this is still starting to grow and be nurtured but I know that God was preparing the way for me when I moved to Kamloops and He is preparing the way for me for when I head off to Saskatchewan. I can rest in His faithfulness for sure. So that's fairly in-depth but maybe expect that on nights where sleep comes slowly cuz a lot of the times haha I just can't sleep cuz aaaall of those thoughts are running around and bumping into each other like 5 yr olds playing soccer. Anyway, hopefully I can put all this inspiration to good use. I'd say feel free to let me know if you don't see any of these changes but heh I guess you guys won't be seeing much of me this year. But oh well. Let's keep in touch anyway k? K deal. Well maybe I should try the sleep thing again. The glow of caffeine miiight be starting to wear off now.

Vancouver'd

Well I'm in Abbotsford. God's totally taking care of me-as usual. And as usual in His own way. Here I was originally supposed to go to Vancouver to stay with my best friend Mikayla but funny story. I call her and tell her what I'm doing and she's like sweet, see you in a few hours and I'm like well maybe ask your Mum first so she did and she's like... uhh well I have no idea what Mom's problem is but you can't come tonight... So I was like uhh ok well I'll just go with my mom to Abbotsford and just call me when you want me over. And then we never get a call till like the next day at around noonish-haha oh man so turns out this guy that's interested in her flew up from North Carolina Tuesday night as a late birthday surprise and asked her over a fancy dinner at the Boathouse (on the roof no less! how romantic) if she'd enter into a courtship with him!! Saying stuff like, Mikayla I just wanna know what makes you sad, angry, and what I can do to make you not sad or angry. I wanna know what makes you happy and joyful and what I can do to keep you like that. I just want to know you, Mikayla. Adorable!! He apparently talked with her Dad for a whole long time the last time he visited and he's practically the most amazing guy ever. So I got to meet him today-yep he's great, he composes songs on his guitar so he played/sang one for us today and it made Mom and Aunt Jackie cry, so beautiful. He's so passionate for God and you just can't help but want to worship when you're with him. Totally approve. Anyway, haha aw I love love stories. I'm so happy for her. Except this ruins my plan to go to Thailand with her next summer-if I know her like I think I do they'll prolly be married by then. Weird. But oh well. I will travel the world no matter what. Ok well I'm losing interest in writing so I'm gonna like go I guess. Thanks Amber! Aw she called me today guys! Isn't that lucky! I'm practically her love.

I can't sleep :( don't even read this

So... it's not really all that late, pretty sure Landon's gonna be up for 2 more hours watching tv so I'll prolly join him in a bit but I'm just not as young and regenerative as I used to be and this whole insomnia thing isn't really working out anymore. I'm just too excited, I can just tell when I'm gonna have a sleepless night cuz I feel... tingly haha um sparkly? I don't know, I can't explain it past that-but my mind is not shutting down and everything's going like a million miles an hour-that's pretty fast. I'm nervous about Bible college but mostly suuuuper excited. Nervous about like the courses I picked, what if they're not the ones that I really need to take-what if I picked out not-so-great teachers. And I mean... this last year at TRU was prolly one of the worst years of my life haha I'm nervous about being in school but away from my parents and everything familiar... I'm gonna be on my own. I know it's going to be good though, God's gonna stretch me and mould me and break me and put me back together-the way He wants and it's gonna be fantastic. Just nervous. I know what you mean, Amber, it's coming up so fast and I'm not prepared at all-so ya I don't think about it either. Well except for tonight apparently. Among other things.
So ya my family's back and I'm excited about that, it's good to have this huge empty house filled again, even if only for a few days. I wanna go to Prince George so bad... And Vancouver. I just miss my old life. This Kamloops life is wonderful at many times but I miss familiarity! The people I grew up with who know me-inside and out-who have danced with me when I was overjoyed and who have held and prayed with me when I was too broken to even talk. Ok I was talking to an old camp friend about being lonely in my house and he was like go to Prince George, be spontaneous, otherwise you'll just sit in your house depressed. And I want to, but I'm too safe all the time. I miss having the friends that make me come and have crazy adventures with them. Don't even give me a choice, just take me along. Like the time we ran away from camp (ok so we got permission) for a night and ate chinese food and dragged me through a water park with all my clothes on and Ben gave me his extra pair of worker pants to wear cuz I was cold and when I changed out of my wet pants Bryce stole them and whipped off his pants in the middle of the gas station and put mine on-veeeery much too small for him, and then we went and climbed a huuuge sand mountain and carved things into it and drove back listening to Aqua very loudly with the windows down in very dirty clothes. But now... I can't even justify driving to Dairy Queen when it's dark to buy a blizzard. I mean I'm sure Bible college is going to cure me of that but I don't want this summer to be forgettable-which it kind of is. All I can remember, aside from the occasional bbq or gathering of friends, is putting my hand in toilets and cleaning that bathtub (one of the many that doesn't drain) that someone peed in and then put towels in-that's my favourite. So hopefully Walmart calls back soon so I can start planning a trip...
Oooh I'm starting to get tired again, but I don't know if I'm quite there yet. Oh well my battery's dying anyway so I'll just go make some food (haha had a blizzard for dinner tonight...) and see what show Landon's watching.

Hey

Hi. I don't think I have much to say but I wanted to say something anyway cuz I forget about this often and now that I've remembered, I want to seize the opportunity before I forget again. Um so ya I guess Fern Gully night #2 seems like a semi-popular idea so I'll try and get onto planning that. Cookies would be great, Amber. Oh you know what I've always wanted to do-though my mum would probably not be as much of a fan of it-is have a group baking day! Or like a cookoff!! Iron chef style! Oh and I want to host a dinner party! Like fancy too! With weird food and shrimp cocktails and french music and everyone wearing dresses and suits. Basically I love cooking/baking. Ok I might need to go. It's possibly late and I have to play with kids in the morning. Poor me.

Aw Hey :)

Well Andrew, I came here because you reminded me that I had one of these so this is for you. I was so happy to see 5 whole comments! I love odd numbers. Well in response to some mild astonishment, yes I did indeed have my Fern Gully party... I assumed you guys would hate it so... I didn't invite you. But as I was in Rogers the other day with mon petit frere (that's little brother) making a fool of myself knocking over things and forgetting to bring the dvd case that's *behind* the cover case to the desk lady, I caught out of the corner of my eye the second Fern Gully!! Jim you probably knew that already because you are so up to par in the Fern Gully department but the point is that maybe after I fail all my exams, we could have a certain Fern Gully marathon... maybe like Fern Gully the first one, then the second one, then the family fun games from the first one, then video games cuz I really really miss video games. Also Sharon, I have no objections so far in being included on the YA thinger.

Ok well new news. I got really bored jumping on that stupidly boring trampoline. So I don't do it anymore... but I still don't wear deodorant... not on purpose mostly. I just get so bored of exercising, running down a street or repetitively lifting heavy objects, ya it just doesn't appeal to me. I think I want to dance cuz that's the only thing I could do for hours but I'm not really in a dancy mood in the mornings as I'm asleep until about 8 in the evening. Oh and aquafit, but mostly people don't go to that anymore and Anrew deceived me saying that he'd instruct it except when the time comes, he's no where in sight. Anyway, if there's anyone out there who likes dancing-maybe some cool like hip hop or some like fitness-esque salsa, tell me and maybe we could join some classes and cut some rugs or something.

Well I'm all out of brains to write much else so I'll blog you later :)

Woah I'm Here Guys

Well I decided to succumb to the blogger fad temptation. I must admit I felt a little left out slash I wanted to join your cool club. I'm fairly spontaneous and my moods change with my jelly belly flavour preferences so I have no idea how this thing's gonna turn out.
So I'll start with this amazing discovery I made. This morning, I was jogging on our little trampoline to some sweet Aqua beats, and then I showered and forgot to put deodorant on which really isn't that much of a cataclysm because as some may smell, it happens fairly often. But!!! I don't stink at all! I mean I really got my nose down there and I really actually don't stink. It's totally from that trampoline-it's practically magic, I won't ever have to put deodorant on again! But seriously, Mom read up on it all and said that just 2 minutes of bouncing around on this thing? Ya it drains your lymphatic system so I imagine that's how it works. So ya, I'm really pumped about this, but just in case, if you ever get some bad whiffs e v e r, just let me know before I throw out all my deodorants ok? Sweet deal. So that's my amazing discovery.
Man, Friday nights at my house are insane, reading blogs and writing about how I don't wear deodorant. So I just shared this very blog story with my family and their friend here and they told me to share their great stories, women, don't wear your husband's deodorant because it stinks and if you ever forget deodorant on a business trip, use the perfumed soap in the hotel room, you smell pretty the rest of the day. Great life lessons right there. But what's most disturbing about that story is that my parents have a friend over and I don't. Someone take me out, I need fresh air.