I sort of feel like the Queen, giving my Christmas message. However, I'm not nearly as rich or as old as the Queen, so I guess there's not much of a comparison ( Read more... )

Have you ever been at a job and screwed something up royally? Well I discovered Wednesday that I did. I was writing a report on Wednesday for a survey that took place a couple of weeks ago. I was sent down to Calgary to do the fieldwork and I didn't really know much about the project because I was in the UK when we got the job. So I trusted ( Read more... )

I had a minor panic this past week. On Monday I arrived home from work to find a large envelope sitting on the front porch. This envelope was from Cardiff University and was suspiciously stiff. My first instinct was that it was my degree, but I though this couldn't be since I haven't actually graduated yet. So I took it inside but I hesitated ( Read more... )

Canadian weather is the funniest thing. I have had both a sunburn and mild hypothermia within the last week. Actually, the sunburn was Thursday and the hypothermia was Friday. Welcome to field season ( Read more... )

Okay, so my last post sounds a bit too whingey (is that how you spell it? I can never tell). I sound like a little child. Yes, I know my parents have invested a lot of time into raising me, but I have some serious issues with my family. For me, Cardiff is a place where I built a life by myself. People knew me for me, and not for my family. I ( Read more... )

I just ordered my gown and photos for graduation. It's so much easier this time than it was the last time I went to a graduation. Of course, that was back in 2000 at the U of S, but still...much easier. I'm kind of sad that I missed my U of T grad. They do a great procession at the U of T. Cardiff isn't quite the same since you have to go to ( Read more... )

Today is a slow day. I'm at work, trying to finish my very first report for my very first permit. It's really not as exciting as it sounds. I've spent most of the morning trying to get a stupid GIS program working but it's not. And it's all because the boss is too cheap to buy a proper copy of any of the software we really need. And everyone ( Read more... )

Spring is finally here! Well, I hope it's here. I really hope I haven't just jinxed it. Oh well. Spring and the lack of snow means that we should be in the field soon. Of course, I have a report to help finish, research to do, and a first aid course to take before we can get into the field. So who knows when I'll get into the field. Although ( Read more... )

I just realised that I haven't told you about what happened to me on our D&D night. Let's just say that my hope to come out of this adventure with less time unconcious was a foolish hope ( Read more... )

I miss being able to make long, rambling posts. It's not that I can't do it any longer because of a horrible, keyboard incident which left me a) horribly disfigured, b) with a violent aversion to anything even remotely resembling a keyboard, or c) with my fingers glued to the keyboard but with my fingers in the wrong position so that I can't touch ( Read more... )