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SO BUSY. I have been reading non-stop to keep up with things. Figured out that I average 350-500 pages a week over two classes - that's a decent sized novel! Except much more dense and less intuitive. And then APART from that I have this whole other research seminar to keep up with.
I haven't lifted weights at all this week. I wanted to rest up for Skaha, especially my knees, which gave me trouble hiking last time. But I did make it to the climbing gym on Wednesday night and didn't do anything below a 5.10c, after a shorter-than-usual warm-up!
Tuesday I finally got all the errands I'd been meaning to do on Sunday out of the way, stopped at Joe's to drop off some chocolate cupcakes and play with baby, who was feeling kind of cranky and having a bad baby day. Every time Joe left the room he'd start fussing and making sad noises, and then I'd distract him with something noisy or colourful. So he'd get kind of engrossed in it and calm down, but then Joe would come back in the room and he'd start fussing again because climbing Joe is like the best thing ever in babyland.
I stayed a little longer than intended, and then the wait time at the clinic was ridiculous, so I only had an hour or two to spend at Jess's. But it was really good to catch up and it felt like we had so much to talk about.
After that I went to see this apartment which turned out to be really nice. Spent an hour chatting with the two guys who lived there - seemed like we really got along. But when they called me back to say that I could have the room, I realised that I was really envisioning living in Jess's apartment. So I said no. I really hope Jess's thing works out.
Wednesday was a very long class, discussing all the stories that people had found in their various alternative media sources. I went through all of mine - all the issues from the past year - and culled the stories that I thought were relevant, but turns out next week we have to find more. Maybe I shouldn't have been so comprehensive the first time. I guess I'll just go do it again. On the plus side, have the go ahead to research CETA and Mincome stories for the first report. Those two are my top two anyway - for some reason I just can't muster up interest in the others. First Nations issues especially are hard for me to get into - I think because I'm a foreigner and don't have any feel for the relationship between modern Canadian society and First Nations culture.
So excited for Skaha!! Just one more class to get through, some reading, then I can forget about school (mostly) for the weekend and climb things and hang out with Joe and climb more things. Also, turns out Jamie is heading out with a couple new friends too, so we can meet up. :D
I haven't lifted weights at all this week. I wanted to rest up for Skaha, especially my knees, which gave me trouble hiking last time. But I did make it to the climbing gym on Wednesday night and didn't do anything below a 5.10c, after a shorter-than-usual warm-up!
Tuesday I finally got all the errands I'd been meaning to do on Sunday out of the way, stopped at Joe's to drop off some chocolate cupcakes and play with baby, who was feeling kind of cranky and having a bad baby day. Every time Joe left the room he'd start fussing and making sad noises, and then I'd distract him with something noisy or colourful. So he'd get kind of engrossed in it and calm down, but then Joe would come back in the room and he'd start fussing again because climbing Joe is like the best thing ever in babyland.
I stayed a little longer than intended, and then the wait time at the clinic was ridiculous, so I only had an hour or two to spend at Jess's. But it was really good to catch up and it felt like we had so much to talk about.
After that I went to see this apartment which turned out to be really nice. Spent an hour chatting with the two guys who lived there - seemed like we really got along. But when they called me back to say that I could have the room, I realised that I was really envisioning living in Jess's apartment. So I said no. I really hope Jess's thing works out.
Wednesday was a very long class, discussing all the stories that people had found in their various alternative media sources. I went through all of mine - all the issues from the past year - and culled the stories that I thought were relevant, but turns out next week we have to find more. Maybe I shouldn't have been so comprehensive the first time. I guess I'll just go do it again. On the plus side, have the go ahead to research CETA and Mincome stories for the first report. Those two are my top two anyway - for some reason I just can't muster up interest in the others. First Nations issues especially are hard for me to get into - I think because I'm a foreigner and don't have any feel for the relationship between modern Canadian society and First Nations culture.
So excited for Skaha!! Just one more class to get through, some reading, then I can forget about school (mostly) for the weekend and climb things and hang out with Joe and climb more things. Also, turns out Jamie is heading out with a couple new friends too, so we can meet up. :D