Things I have learned in Saskatchewan!!

Firstly, they are freakin' nuts!!! They love to do nothing more than blaze through snowdrifts in minivans in -30 degree weather!!!

They are a hearty group!!! They can withstand bonechilling temperatures for hours on end! The concept of frostbite does not exist!!!

I never thought that snowdrifts can get as high as they do here. There is one thing that still puzzles me. Here in Saskatoon, there is no such concept of snow removal on major thoughfares. They love their parking garages here too. Wow! Although here would be the most ideal place for the +15 system like they have in Calgary!

But I am loving it here! I am learning so much and I have bruises to prove it! I don't know if my husband would agree to moving here.

I finally got it!

I got home this weekend to discover that there was something waiting for me at the little post office kiosk at Value Drug Mart.

IT WAS MY DEGREE PARCHMENT!!!!!!

I am offically a graduate!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!

Is it going to warm up?

Dang! It's -33 with the windchill! That is freakin' cold!! Hopefully a good chinook will show up in Big Saskie on Tuesday for my outside exercises! Yeah... pretty doubtful but I can dream right??

AHHHHH Winter!!

It's been a most wonderful day!! I was able to sit in my chaise and watch the snow fall all day!! I got to curl up with some Tim Hortons and watch some movies tonight. All at home might I add! I came home this weekend from Saskatchewan to surprise Max for his birthday. Needless to say he was rather surprised to see me. I head back late tomorrow night so I have one more day at home and then it's back to Big Saskie for training.

My heart goes out to all those University of Saskatchewan fans that braved the cold only to watch them get beat by Laval. Some bets have been lost so this should be interesting Monday morning in class!!

400 Posts!!!

Wow, it's been something like two years since I have started this blog. Initally, I started this blog to let some of my dear friends in Sweden know how life in Canada was going. Instead it's developed into something more over the years. I like how it's evolved.

I haven't talked much about what I have been doing lately. I would love to trust me. However, in the recent months security issues have arised. I got a "love letter" one day at work. I still haven't found out who it is from. I really don't care but with a recent career change I have had to become more guarded. It's a shame that I know, but my family's security is the utmost importance to me.

But other than that the change has been good for me. I am not technically working as of yet. I am still in training. It's facinating and I'm ejoying it, well most of it. I have never been subjected to so much stress in my life! But it's character building right????

Ahhh, I love Sundays!!

I slept in the morning until 11 when the housekeeping crew started to vaccum the hallways, that is my cue that I gotta get my fat ass out of bed and get out of my room so they can clean it. So I went for a walk. I went shopping. And I also had a chance to pick up sushi for lunch because the dining room looked rather chaotic!! So it was nice to walk around downtown Saskatchewan for a bit this morning and check out some of the stores that I walked past yesterday but didn't go in because I had other people with me that didn't want to go in. They had their minds set on Starbucks!! I am looking forward to tomorrow, but it would be nice to have another day for myself. Oh well I guess that I am going to have to wait for next weekend!

Lorelai Gilmore: MARRIED!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

OH MY GOSH!!! I am still trying to pick my jaw up off of the floor! WOW!!! Can't wait for next week!

BLAHHHHHH!!!

Ok being stuck in a hotel room sucks!!! I have tried to ensure that I won't get bored by bring lots of things from home to make me feel more confortable. It's not working!!! It could also be the simple fact that it is also winter and well it's dark here at around 5 in the afternoon and there's not much to do!!

I did read my stuff for class tomorrow and well I fell asleep!!! So I think that I will actually read something other than school stuff.

Ahhhh I can't wait for Christmas!!!

Convocation Day!!!

I really really want to be home now, just for the simple fact that today is the day that I finally FINALLY graduate from University. I am really really bummed out right now. To make matters worse is when I went to the U of C webpage to look up a number there it was staring me in the face, the new look for convocation! Now I really really wish that I could be there! I could have easily turned around yesterday when we got just past Hanna and there was an accident. It took me over 9 hours to drive to Saskatoon yesterday!! Yeah I might have been overly cautious but I'd rather be that than stuck in some ditch out in the middle of no where and trust me around there there is alot of middle of nowhere to go around!!!

So anyways, Yay to me!! I finally accomplished something!! I am the first ever in my family to graduate high school, go to university, and graduate!!! It took me almost nine years but I did it!!!

To Russia With Love!!

Just doing the daily stat counter check and well, I had a Russian visitor.

Cool! It's one of the top 10 places I want to go to!! The closest that I have ever been is about 200 km away in Finland!

Asskissing gets you somewhere!!

I gotta remember this for when my days in training get a little rough! I found this on my old poli sci prof's blog. It's soooo true!


What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%...How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

And

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And,

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%


So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that while HARD WORK and KNOWLEDGE will get you close, and ATTITUDE will get you there, it's the BULLSHIT and ASS KISSING that will put you over the top!

Back to Big Saskie!

I am heading back to Saskatchewan tomorrow AND this time I am not going to forget my contacts!! I have clean underwear again!!! I am also bringing some alcoholic refreshment with me as well, I am not paying the big prices there! My trunk is going to clink!! At least this time I won't be glugging around Goteborg!!

Home for the weekend!!

Made the 5 hour drive home for the weekend! I figured seems I had three days off I would take advantage of it.
It's nice to be home, to sleep in my own bed.
It's nice to be in familiar company. But in another sense I can't wait to get back to Saskatoon!
Could this be? I like Saskatchewan!?!?!
My oh my!!! Hahaha!!!

I forgot to mention something!

Not only did I get stuck in a elevator today, but I had to get needles in both of my arms today!! UUGGGGHHH!!! Oh well what I won't do get ahead in life! Time to try and see if my scratch cards won anything!!

What a day!

I got stuck in the elevator!!! Luckily we were only stuck in there for about 5 minutes. I hope we get out early tomorrow. I get to go home for the weekend!!! YAY!!

WOW!

So now I have been here nearly a week now! And I have come the a conclusion on one thing. If you plan on being stuck in a hotel, BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING!!! This is crucial for people like me who are really picky about their sleeping arrangements!

So now I am going to go and read about another 100 pages, oh my eyes!!

The first day!

It isn't as nearly as bad as thought it would be! I was so nervous this morning that I was sick!!! I seriously thought that I was going to faint!
But now I have reading... lots of reading!