I was SO tired today! haha seriously...I don't know why. And today espeically, one core member had so much energy, I went on a walk with her and went around a track for about an hour. I thought she was gonna kill me haha

Nothing much happened today :) I slept till 8, we had quesadillas for lunch (which were delicious and I didn't make)and chicken for dinner! I found out I actually really like thousand island dressing :D On Saturdays, it's also a tradition to go to this restaurant for drinks. We go with the core members and the one core member has been going for years every Saturday night!

Hopefully it'll be an easygoing day tomorrow. Weekends normally are more laid back and one core member is at her dad's so I don't think it'll be too busy :D

I'm gonna take a shower and then SLEEP!

wow! My last post was sunday!! I suck! haha I have been way too tired to even turn on my laptop though ><

There's not too much to update. Yesterday was a free Tuesday which was nice, we didn't have meetings or anything like that. On Monday I went out with some other assistants for lunch. That was kinda nice since I hardly get to mingle with people my age. Today was pretty lax too. I've been taking hour long walks with some of the core members everyday so I get lots of exercise! It's been so cold tho! I'm so glad it finally warmed up today!

I made shrimp stir fry today and sausage mac and cheese yesterday and baked chicken and homefries on monday! I daresay they were quite delicious! hahaha I like cooking :) I get to experiment with so many different things! The only thing is, they have to experiment with me whether or not its good! hahaha but its fun! I wish I could bake more...try some new things :)

anyway I'm glad I get to go home tmr. In some ways it's nice but at the same time not. It's so nice to be able to just rest, but it's so short so it just leaves you wanting for more...and then you have to get back to the swing of things. It's definately a good break though! I'm glad I didn't have to give these up to get August off. I think I would've had a mental breakdown or something! haha

Anywayy I'm doing well! My house leader told me how he was praising me at his leaders meeting hahaha and then he was like you owe me a coffee! hahaha I'm enjoying it here! The people are amazing! It's exhausting and tiring but definately worth it :)

So today was my first 'official' Sunday here. It's so dead on Sundays. Everyone is at church or something like that. I went on 2 walks with a core member and it was so nice to get out of the house! I was supposed to go to a first communion this morning but turns out we went to the wrong church. I didn't know what church it was at so we wasted $16 on the cab just to go there and back -.- oh well.

not much else happened today so not much to update on :)

I can't believe it's May and it SNOWED today!! It SNOWED!! What happened to the sun?! It's so rainyy and cold :( Makes everything so gloomy and sleepy haha

Today was pretty chill :) one core member went to visit family and 2 are pretty independant so I was just taking care of the one. The assistant that was supposed to be with me got sick so he went home early. It was just me today :P I didn't do too much. I tried to do some work for my prof but couldn't really concentrate >< I made pork loins and french fries today :) I wanna make some sweet potato fries!! But we don't have any -.-

anywayy I have to go see a first communion tomorrow. It'll be interesting I think. I've never been, and it's a white church so it'll be different than what i'm used too...so we'll see! :)

I am tired!! I'm glad to be heading home today :D

This morning I sat in on a meeting and it was pretty cool. All this stuff I'm learning in class actually all slowly comes together now :) we talk a lot about therapy and different cognitive issues and implications of that in class and here you learn about it in real life situations. Pretty cool. I definately need to learn more and fully too.

Yaa~ psych is still awesomee haha

ubi caritas et amor

Live in charity and steadfast love~ we sang this song at Taize yesterday. I learned that 'caritas' actually means charity...in latin i'm presuming. Taize was nice. It's sort of a worship type thing. You go there, there's music, prayer and silence. It was really nice...I kinda realized what i'm lacking here. I haven't been able to go to church here in Stratford and there's no weekly fellowship...it's kinda hard without a solid group here and ya just musical worship in general. I'm going to see a first communion this Sunday though haha :P

Today was another usual day. I didn't do much. I decided to walk further than I normally do, but things seems a lot closer when you're driving than when you're walking. I was walking for about half an hour but didn't really get anywhere haha. I ended up going to DQ :) It wasn't one where you can sit though, it's only to go so you order and leave. Since I had nowhere to sit, I just sat inside a bus stop :P haha it was kinda nice actually. It was one of those glass covered ones with the bench inside, but the door faces opposite the road. So I just sat there for awhile eating my icecream :) I also bought a book today!! There's so much I want to read!

Anyway, I found someone that works here that's from Waterloo so I can hitch rides back home with them :) Thank Jesus :)

oooh PS! I made chicken fried rice and spring rolls today. I was gonna post up a picture but i'm too lazy to upload it -.- It was aiight. The rice was pretty good but the spring rolls were kinda bland. I didn't put enough seasoning. I also made the wrap a little too thick I think and it got soggy. On a brighter note, they just drenched everything with plum sauce so I don't think anything would've made a difference. A pro to living with non-Asians is that really bad Asian food to our standards tastes amazing to them! :P

so it's been awhile since my last post :P not too much has happened...I went back home Thursday and Friday and stuffed myself with sushi :D Saturday was so lax and Sunday, all the core members went to the Jays game so I went to another house and basically watched TV all day...i got a headache -.- haha

TODAYYY!!! kekeke it was gonna be just a regular day BUTTTTT I got some visitors!! :D :D Jo and Esther came to visit and that was just awesome! It felt so nice to be able to spend time with my girlies :P We just had lunch and walked around but it was an awesome 3 hours! It's just not the same being able to spend time and see good friends! Espeically since it's been awhile too!! so that definately made my day!!! :D If it weren't for that today actually would've been really crappy and tiring. One of the members was just super grumpy today. She banged on the table at dinner and swore at everyone. My coworker, the other one that usually lives in with me left for her vacation today too so i'm doing overnight by myself. Let's just hope that nothing happens...it shouldn't...but you never know!

I'm starting to feel more the responsibilities of the house now. I guess since i've been here for 2 weeks now and i've gotten into the swing of things so work really begins! haha :P

anywayy super exhausted now so i'm gonna crash for the night :)