Starting to hear Jingle Bells

Hey Everyone! New news! So I got that call back, and I now have a job at West County Animal Hospital!! I am so excited to start! My boss told me to wear something I wouldn't mind getting blood or other-stuff-that-might-stain on. Little does she know my Mom was an RAHT (view last post to find the meaning) so I have many smocks to wear :) On Friday I went to see the new art gallery and library in town. It is the second largest art gallery in all of Alberta, Canada! It sort of smelled like paint :P but it was really neat! One of the displays there was a short clip that ran in a loop of a kitten trying to hang from a tree branch without falling off. The artist took the clip sideways though so it looked like the cat was being blown off the branch (NOTE: The kitten was not harmed in the making of the piece).

           Today we went out a cut down a tree to put in our living room as a Christmas Tree! It is a beautiful pine tree. It is very hard to find "wild" trees that look nice in the area that I live in. We have a lot of swamp spruce which are very spindly! So tomorrow we will put on some Christmas music and sing and decorate our tree :) One tradition that we have is we always listen to "Country Heat Christmas" as our music while we decorate! This way we can all sing the songs together because they are burned in our minds :P Another tradition that we do is we always have a tall glass of mimosa (champagne and orange juice) on Christmas morning. It cleans out the guckiness and majorly lessens bad breath :) One more thing, we do not use stockings. They are too small and it is hard to put things in them. We have, what we call, Santa Sacks. They are about double the width of a stocking and the top opens wide so it is easy to put things in and take them out! What are some of your Christmas traditions?

YAY! Basketball and Animals and Acting!

Hey Guys! Sorry this has been a slow month but there are two big events I am going to tell you about!
Yesterday, at my school, we had the Harlem Crowns come in to play basketball against our boys team! It was so hilarious!! They pulled a number of stunts on our team and kicked our butts! If you don't know what they are give them a youtube search! They were pretty great and we made lots of money for our Travel Club fundraiser! Also, about a week ago I applied to college! Crazy huh?! I applied to Fairview Campus (of Grande Prairie Regional College) for the Animal Health Technology program! I was so nervous and last night, I said to my parents "What if I don't get in?". They were like, "go take drama like you want to do" :)
Well today I come home and I look on the table and there is an envelope labelled GPRC, Guess what that stands for?! I got conditionally accepted!! This means I have a seat as long as I pass everything I need to and also get 40 hours of volunteer work under a RAHT (Regestered Animal Health Technologist) or veterinarian! That will be easy because today I took my resume in to be viewed by the vet and I will get a call tomorrow!! I am just so super excited to go to college because I know it is something I am going to like and it is the beginning of my life! Also, this is a fall back in case acting doesn't work. I really want to go into theatre or just acting but it can be difficult to make a name for yourself! So this is my blurb I hope this satisfies the one person that actually reads my blogs. Thanks!

Volunteer Work and Poetry

Hey it's been awhile, again... lol So yesterday I went and talked to my neighbour about giving me a ride home after her work. Why did I bother doing this you ask? Well now that I have a spare in third block, I can volunteer at the vet clinic!!! WOOT! So as soon as possible I am going to take a resume in and see how many hours I can get :D I am super excited. My mom used to work in a vet clinic so I kind of already know what goes on there, so I am super excited! As I have already elaborated :P


So my new topic is Poetry. I love writing poetry and I have been meaning to start this for a while now but I wasn't in a writing mood. Today, however, I wrote a nice long poem! and I might put a shorter one in too, Or maybe I will put the short one in today.... haha! I just found another poem I wrote today that I forgot about so I will put this one up. Can you guess the three views it is written from? *HINT each stanza is a different view

            DESPERATION ON ALL ENDS

            I feel this need, this want
            Desperation for just a taste
            A taste of what it's like
            To be felt for

            Prospective contenders
            They come and go
            But never do they see
            That beautiful glow

            She watches me close
            I love it, although
            My love for another grows
            I don't want to tell her no.

SORRY about my life getting in the way!!

Hey everybody, I am so sorry I haven't written in so long I have been very busy! I passed my math on October 24 with a 52% in my overall course mark. No I am currently working on rewriting my Chemistry 30 diploma exam. My overall course mark in Chem. was a 55% but the college I hope to apply for demands a 65% in the course, as long as I focus and work hard though I am positive I can do way better than a 65% :) I am in one of those moods where I am very content and I have this great attitude where I can do anything I need or want to! I have started reading again (I haven't read like I have been in a couple years) and I have kept up with my homework easily :D My friends and I have worked out a song we can sing together for graduation :) It is called Walk on the Water by Britt Nicole. It is a Christian song, and I am not Christian but I love this song! Also, today we had our 4-H weigh in. This is an event where everyone takes there steers and heifers to be weighed. My steer was a bottle baby, the man we got him from told us we wouldn't get him anywhere near 500 lbs. Well, his weight as of right now is 586 lbs!! :D Things have been kinda weird with people at school though lately, it seems the only people who actually want to talk to me are Jessica and Brittany. A couple weeks ago I went on a sort of date with the guy I dated before, and I had a lot of fun. We had supper with his family, I already knew his family so it was all good. After that I really missed hanging out with him, because by the end of last year we didn't hang out much anymore. So I made a point of sitting at his table with him and his friends and say hey when I see him but it has been weird because he suddenly stopped talking to me and looking at me. I don't know if I did something wrong but I have been sort of giving him some space. Last year the guy I really, really liked did this same thing to me, I don't know if he just didn't like me or what. Anyways, for Halloween I was a cat :) I really liked my costume because it was cute and it literally took me half an hour to find the right outfit :) Only because I really wanted to wear this one skirt that I didn't have the right shirt for.  Also, I haven't been to cadets in a month! I feel really bad because being a senior member I should be there for my cadets, but my parents refuse to drive in the horrid road conditions. However, next weekend is Remembrance Day, and it is a huge deal for the cadets. They put me on cenotaph again :) which I like. Basically, four of us cadets all stand on the corners of this big stone that was placed in honour of our fallen soldiers and we look down with a rifle, barrel-down, on one boot standing perfectly still. I am not gonna lie I love being paid attention to. I don't have to be the center of attention but I love to be a part of it. Also, I feel that Remembrance Day wouldn't be complete without cenotaph guards, they have been there every year as long as I can remember, and I am proud to be a part of that. Anyways, that is all my news for now, I decided to do a normal post because I had a bit to say. So long, til tomorrow!

Disney Rocks!

I just realized it has been almost a week since I last wrote to you guys!! D: So its Tuesday and normally I would have cadets but I can't go tonight. It is 1 1/2 hours each way for us and the roads are really bad so my parents won't drive, besides I really should have been doing my math. I got half way through my unit final today. Everything from radicals, to extraneous roots to absolute value functions!  I am pleased to say though that I feel good about this test. :)  Today I feel a new sense of "I am going to be the best I can be". I had a Biology test, an essay (one of those ones where you can write down a few ideas, but no more than that before you write the essay) and started my math unit test. I just blared through the essay like there was no tomorrow. I spent almost exactly 2 hours on it. I better get a fairly decent mark. I usually get in the 60% range for essays.

So, my topic of the day is The Lion King! In my opinion, one of The Best Disney movies ever! If you don't know what it is about, then here is a synopsis: Simba, a lion prince, is told that when Mufasa, his father, dies that he will become king. Mufasa's brother was supposed to be king before Mufasa had a child. Out of rage, Scar (Mufasa's brother) sets out to kill Simba and Mufasa in order to become king.  I love this movie because no matter how old you are it is still both touching and entertaining :) What are some of your favourite scenes from this classic? If you haven't seen it, definitely rent or download or something 'cause it's great!

Math Cram+Leonardo DiCaprio=Distraction

Hey, Guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a few days >.< I just got kinda busy with life lol :P So the last couple of days have been sort of weird. I am super stressed about my math. Last year I failed Math 20-1 (Math 11, the more difficult stream) So, this year I am taking credit class which allows me to pass the course without re-taking the whole thing. All I have to do is two units. The problem is the term ends in 2 weeks and I have a unit and a half yet (10 sections) x( I am so dumb for not trying hard. Anyways, so now I am having a math cram for the next two weeks!

In Film Studies, we watched the movie called "The Aviator". It is the story of Howard Hughes, a movie director and aviator from the late 1920's. It outlines how he became famous and the risks he took as well as his downfalls and a how determined he was to do everything he said he ever would. Howard Hughes is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. At the moment I really love this movie, I love that it is a real story. There is a disorder that Howard Hughes had and I find every scene in this movie that shows it is somewhat fascinating. I love watching people and seeing how they react when we watch something. Especially if I know what is happening next. If my family watches a movie that I have seen I find that I am more focused on their facial expressions than I am on the movie. :P It must be awkward for them!

Cattle Processing

So yesterday was a busy day. My family and I went to our neighbours to process calves. This involves sorting, giving vaccines, castrating if necessary, tagging and dehorning. We were also picking out cattle for ourselves to buy from our neighbour. We are finally starting our own herd! While we were sorting out our cattle from our neighbours some of the cattle got past the guys. I started pushing them back and all was going well until this heifer decided that she didn't want to go that way. She turned around and tried to jump over me. She half landed on my arm knocking me over. Now I have this killer bruise! After we were done sorting we had to run them into the chute, one-by-one. When we got to the bull calves we had to castrate them. The first one went fine except he rolled onto m step-dad's boot and pulled it off his foot lol. The next two bulls, not so easy. The second one was going fine until he suddenly tensed up and kicked! My neighbour got it right into the jaw and it clipped his glasses, breaking the frame.  We figured the other one was smaller so we ran it into the chute too. This one was crazy! When we got him onto the ground it was a mad rush to castrate him! Every 5 seconds or so he would tense up and try to roll over. When we finally let him up, he went to run off and was accidentally redirected right at my step-dad! He ran right into my step-dads gut and knocked him over! My step-dad is 6ft and strong! (and remember, these are calves, not full grown). We decided that the last bull wasn't worth it lol It was quite a day!