Mysterious ways.

HOLY CRAP I AM POSTING!

You will never guess what happened today! So I was having a pretty "in the dumps" day (you can all pretty much figure out why) and I guess someone up there knew I was not in the best mood and decided to brighten it. I was shelving books at work when I looked up and spotted this grad something. A glimmering gem in the woebegone miscellaneous items that make up value village. I quickly dropped my books, like I actually dropped them on the ground, and ran over to see if my eyes were deceiving me. THEY WEREN'T!! I was so excited, I had to have it. Mind you this all happened right after my lunch break. now the deal is with work you can buy during your lunch break and at the end of the day. SO, I had to wait until the end of the day, which was exactly 3 hours away. That was three hours of shoppers that could possibly buy this brilliant thing. Needless to say these were the three longest hours I have endured in a long time. Lo and behold by the end of the day my gem was still there, waiting patiently to be picked up. So you're probably wondering, WHAT THE HECK IS IT?!?! Well I will give you a hint.

Anything???? do you know what it is ????hmm i guess another clue is in order.

AHA we're on to something now aren't we?

But a couple more clues to really help set it in stone.

YEP that's right Wide World came in to the store today!!! I was soooo happy. Now mind you it seems to be a later edition of the game in comparison to the one grandma has. the planes are made out of plastic and there is a whole extra piece I have never seen before...something about weather??? i dunno and the box is different.

seeeeeeee!

The clear plastic grid thing is the weather bit. I haven't read all the rules yet so I don't know if it's all the same. It has all the pieces except the dice and the box is in terrific shape so I thought it was a steal for 3.99 aka 1.99 for me! Sometimes I am just left baffled, why would it be today of all days this game would come into the store?

Now all I need is a "Peru or bust" sign and it will be complete!

Love you all.

Margery

new friend

I thought I would share this little story from the other day. My friends, cass, steff, and I were having a picnic on parliament hill when a chubby little ground hog come wandering out of the bushes. She came right up to our table and ate some food off the ground. So because we are fearless (and I have my rabies vaccines) we decided to see if the little beastie would like some almonds. Not Surprisingly she did! ha! she would come straight up to us and ever so gently take one from our hands and then munch on it and look right back at us as if to say "come on, where's the rest. Don't hold out on me now." She also didn't mind having a cmaera stuck in her face, so I got some pretty sweet pics.

Back at it. (happy st. patricks day!)

Finally I have something to update about.

College Royal is on the horizon and I'm getting pretty excited. I had to be an "experienced" person this year because I won for novice horse showmanship last year. Basically that means I had to train two girls on how to do showmanship and train the horse. It's a pretty tall order for only two weeks of practice. I actually got lucky this year, during one practice a girl who had done showmanship for years was overseeing our practice. Afterward she gave me a lesson and then said she would come help out whenever I wanted! I was so happy. So I had another lesson with her on Monday and I have my last one scheduled for Thursday.

I also have entered the college royal photography contest. The 6 categories and my submissions were:

College Royal through your eyes.

People



Animals or Barnyards



Photographer's choice



Landscape



Guelph

So that's about it for now, we've finally had an off week from foal watch. We had three foals in at one time, I thought I was going to go nuts. Thankfully I think 6 out of the 7 foals we've had in this year have gone home healthy and rehabilitated! it's such a great feeling.

new header

I finished one project and one of my readings for the week, along with flash cards so I thought I would take a little break and make a new header for the blog. I thought a nice wintr'y themed one would be good. I might mess about with the layout too...but i don't know I kinda like it still.

So far no foals have come into the clinic so work has been boring, AKA me calling in 40 mins before a shift to find out there is no foal in and thus I have no work to do that day. Oh well. Leaves more time for the 10 page essay I'm writing on "human impact on the environment"...


I was extremely pleased to find a stash of chapters gift certificates I had been hoarding in a drawer in my room here. Apparently I have yet to spend any that i have gotten in the past 4 years or so. They now total a tidy sum of 95 dollars! I'll have to see what i want to get.

I did some kickboxing yesterday and I am still pretty sore from it. Though I think I'm planning on going to another class tonight. I love kickboxing!

I guess I should get back to work at some point today so I think I will say adieu and go scan through some newspaper articles.

I'm back

ok so i have returned to school, my computer is in working order and classes are underway.

I have one assignment due on wednesday and a 10 page paper due next wednesday. I am just about done the first one and i have a solid start on the paper.

I did the written test to become a paid member of the foal watch team, and i passed with flying colours! So now I get to teach the rookies, and I also get more shifts! (and money)

that's all I've got for now.