Additions.

"So today, well I am operating under the assumption that if you haven't gone to bed it can't be tomorrow and for those of you who don't operate like that I am referring to the 27th, I got a piercing. It is a piercing that I have wanted to get for a while but have been way to chicken to actually do alone. So today when Erin mentioned she wanted to go get a piercing I decided why not. Life's too short right? So I now have a new piercing. There have been lots of people who would not have even noticed if someone hadn't said something which I think is a good thing. I mean that means that it looks natural and good right? At least I hope that is what it means. 
I keep forgetting that it is there and will hit it and then i get these searing pains, oh and when I yawn it really hurts too. I guess I forgot to mention exactly what I got pierced. In case you hadn't guessed I pierced my nose! I love it. I think it looks really cute but I'm totally biased. 
Anyways, It is late and technically it is tomorrow and I should probably be in bed so goodnight world, sleep tight!"
~Char

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

"I L.O.V.E. winter. I think it is an amazing season. Everything looks so pretty after a big snowfall. I came from a place where we have been snown (I think that's a word) in. In 2006 there was so much snow that my little brother was stuck in the hospital. Not a bad place to be stuck but it still sucked. The only bad thing about winter is the ice on the roads. It can be so dangerous even if you know what you are doing, which takes some practice with winter driving. 

I think that the winter sports and activities are the most fun, except for riding :). When my sister and I go home we go drag racing on the lake outside my house with my little brother. It is so much fun and we can go for hours! 
Waking up this morning to snow on the ground and still falling made my morning so much better then it could have been. I'm not really a morning person but snow makes me want to be outside and having fun. Although snow wasn't the only good thing about my day. I started my first IV today. Yes that is right. I am officially a nurse! Well technically I'm not a nurse yet but I now am able to do all the skills that the university is going to teach me. And I did a good job. I got the catheter in on the first try. I know that pride comes before the fall but I am proud of myself. "


~ Char

Perception changes.

"School has been so busy lately. I feel like every time I finish a project there is another one that I have to immediately start working on. I had always imaged university being this carefree thing that I did during the day and that every night i would be out late watching movies or hanging out or exploring the city :) but I'm not. I started thinking that maybe it was just me. 
However remembering the point of this blog is to try to change my outlook and make me a bit more positive, I started thinking about all the good things about school. So here is goes..
- I get to see, talk and hang out with people that I probably wouldn't have got to know otherwise
- I am learning to one day be able to save a life. 
- I have learned that I love working with sick kids and that traumas are what I crave, although that sounds a little bit morbid
- I get to have summers and weekends (in theory) 

My baby sister is one of my favorite people in the world. She always seems to be there for me when I need to vent and complain. I don't know what I would do without her. She means the world to me. 
I went to see Megamind the other night. I think it was so cute! I love cartoons. And Minnion was definitely my favorite character. I would love to have a fish if he looked like that :)"


~~ Char

Can't stop thinking..

"I found myself thinking today about life before university. Life was simple. I knew what was going to happen and where life was going. Caity and I would talk about life after graduation and what it would be like. It is not anything like what I expected. I keep getting older and life never gets simpler or easier to understand. I expected that when I turned twenty my life would magically become everything that it was suppose to be. That everything that God had planned would just fall into place. I expected that I would be totally independent and the person that I wanted to be and all of this was going to happen at midnight on August 12th. I was still as lost and confused and dependent as I was on August 10th. Nothing had really changed. I was frustrated. I realized that to become that person that I was expecting to be the morning of my birthday I had to trust God completely and to give him my life. How can he change me and mold me if I wont let him?
I really felt lost and sometimes I still do feel lost. I don't always know what I am going to do or where I am going but I guess that is part of the mystery of life and the joy of surrendering my all to God. I can  honestly say that the biggest learning curve for me was learning to rely on God and not myself to have life all figured out. 
Besides if you knew the ending of the book would the middle still be as exciting?"


~~Char

Lest we forget..

"Remembrance Day is one of my favorite days of the year. I don't mean that I wait all year long for it to come or that I am happy about the reason for the day, I just mean that I think it is a good reminder of what we have and take for granted. I personally need that reminder every once in a while.

I find that I am filled with pride during this day. Pride in my country, where I am from, and the people who live here who were so willing to lay down their lives for the rest of us. Because of their sacrifices we are free. Free to live where we want to, how we want to, free to go to school and get and education, and free to worship in whatever way the Holy Spirit moves us. 

It is amazing how easy it is to forget how lucky we are. Life is such a wonderful gift and this day is a great reminder not to take it for granted."
In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row..

a few basics ~

"I am from a tiny northern town, I love to sing - loudly- in the shower, and lemonade is my favorite beverage. I own a horse and riding is one of the three activities (running and singing being the other two) where I feel completely comfortable.
I find that I am a little to negative about situations, just how I am i guess, and this may be a way to be more positive.... I will try at least. Who knows what wonderful, weird, and interesting things will come out of this.


School is kicking my butt and I am loving almost every second of being a student. I find it funny how it took my roommate to be able to make me see that although school is frustrating and seems to be stealing my life, it is just one chapter of my life that will be over before I'm ready for it to be over and is worth enjoying. I think these are words of wisdom on her part."


~ Char