Welcome back to school!

3 days in and I am going to do my semesterly predictions followed by how right or wrong I was about my classes last semester (see With 14 days left, I present…). I don’t mind my classes, my work schedule is a bit more balanced but we’ll see. And honestly, I think I might just survive this one. It feels good to be back in school. I missed having something to do, I missed having people around me and most of all I missed feeling like I was a part of something.  I had a rough december that I wish I could change but I can’t so all I can do is move forward.  Here’s what my semester looks like:

This semester:

French 212 – probably going to be similar to 211 (same prof) some challenge, some easy, mostly comfortable but a decent amount of work. Goal: B

Stat 151 – I haven’t had a lab yet but the lecture is decent. Examples may be hard to follow but we’ll see how it goes. Goal: C+

PEDS 293 – I honestly am not sure how I feel about this one. I haven’t had a lecture yet but I did previously drop this class at MacEwan when I was sick and had to drop an entire semester. Goal: B-

ENCS 271 – As far as sciences go, I think this will be best I can do. I like lectures, I think I need to learn better note taking skills but other wise, it is good.  Goal: B-

 

Last semester’s results if anyone cares:

CHRTC 380 – If I could turn back time, this class would not have been taken. I don’t know why but despite studying my ass off for that final, I ended up failing the final thanking my stars I went in with a decent grade and only ended up with a C-

CHRTC 250 – ended up having one of the best profs for this class after I switched classes. I LOVED this class. I didn’t understand some of it but I put in an honest effort and the prof was true to his word about grading us on effort not religion and faith. Result: A-

Drama 101 – Dropped this class. I don’t even know what my re-grade on my one assignment was and I don’t know what my grade on my midterm was, all I can say is this prof was hard to follow. She tried to make drama fun but she was a little too all over the place and when things are graded by TAs and you can’t get an answer to why your grade was what it was or how to do well on the next assignment, it is time to cut your losses. Result: W

Nutrition 100 – Average in that class was low, I dropped it before the midterm. The book is still in the plastic wrap. Why? Because I couldn’t tell you the way a protein breaks down or how many types of nutrients in each category there are. Interesting subject, too intense for a 1st year class. Result: W

French 211 – This went well. I probably could have done better had I studied the right things for the final. That being said I am not complaining. I actually learned a lot of the grammar rules I never did learn in Jr. High and Sr.High. I liked the prof as well, enough to take the french class this term with her as well. Result: B+

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Yes I deleted my last post. Here is the full story now:

Friend from California, whom I hold dear to me because she went and did what she wanted to in her life and was good at it, came to Edmonton. I briefly said hi in passing to her thinking, I’ll just try to catch up with her for coffee before she heads back to Cali. Well I won’t have that chance. She died this morning from a fatal allergic reaction. She wasn’t anaphylactic previous but you never know when that could change. By the time anyone realized what had happened and got her to a hospital, apparently the epinephrine was enough to stabilize her until her body rejected treatment a couple hours later. From signs of improvement that she could be transported to Calgary later on if she kept up her strength to complete crash only hours later, I can only imagine what that must be like.

This is where my secret comes in, and no it is not that I blame myself or something like that (though I wish I had been there because I had an epipen on hand much sooner). My secret is that I fear it could happen to me one day. Sometimes the seafood doesn’t bother me, other days it bothers me right away or hours later. I have been lucky not to need my epipen very often (3 times since I started carrying it) but you never know when it might not help, might be too late or my allergies could change. I am too young for that.

I wish people could just understand.

I have a dream, it is bigger than outer space

I have a dream. A dream I have been ignoring.  It is bigger than outer space, bigger than bells and ribbons, bigger than a cure. I might not change your world, I might change my world but I will definitely change theirs. You may never hear of it, you might never know I accomplished my goal and kept on going. It is my dream and soon it will become my action.

In search of the perfect twitter client

So I am on the search for the perfect twitter client. I am going try a bunch of them and slowly eliminate them until I find the perfect replacement for the now terrible original twitter app.

Apps on the block:
Tweetdeck
Twitterific
Echofon
Tweetery
Hootsuite
Tweetbot
Tweetagora
Twitter for iOS
Übersocial for twitter

Updates to come on how each app faired. I’ll be honest. I have little hope for most of these apps!

Update: So for my iPhone I have been using TweetBot – I like the UI and the logo. Still using the old Twitter for iOS on my iPad. Probably won’t update that app for a long time if they end up changing it.

I really shouldn’t do this to myself ever…

I have become increasingly hard to by for. The top 3 things on my list for christmas were 1) Gas gift cards 2) Starbucks gift cards 3) iTunes gift cards. If I want something, I either buy it myself or it is out of the range of a reasonably priced christmas present.

My late night shopping ventures are usually just the digital version of window shopping. I get paid in about 2 hours which makes this a bad idea but then I found the most adorable Tiffany charm ever. Anyone who knows me decently well knows I love cupcakes. Well they so happen to have a cupcake charm.

Tiffany & Co. | Cupcake charm | Canada.

Alas I have decided that I am going to buy myself a charm bracelet and ask for charms for birthday and christmas gifts. This is not just about my love of cupcakes and things in little blue boxes wrapped up with white ribbon. My mom has a charm bracelet hidden away in her dresser that I love! If I got nothing else if she died, I would want that bracelet. It is beautiful and each charm means something to hear. I want a bracelet that means something to me and captures all my memories.

Awe now I am all sappy and warm inside. I’ll stop now.

PS. Boyfriend, this was not meant as a hint in any way shape or form. Though… just kidding <3 #tomato