five year plan

phewph.
jeffrey moved to kelowna a month early. i am no longer a cat lady. well, i guess i am, if you wanna get technical. i am gonna miss that little guy.

this is what's up.
five more weeks left in victoria.
mexico at christmas.
four month practicum.
and then who knows? i have a million ideas.

i'm going to start applying for jobs at international schools soon. they say to start applying in november but i don't have any of my certification done yet, so i've gotta look into that. plus i need reference letters from my current school, so i might wait until i get into my practicum and then ask the vp or my sponsor teacher to refer me. it's a confusing process.

but, mostly, i want to go to med school. i have been dreaming up this five year plan for myself. it goes like this.

2010
january-april: complete my four month practicum, graduate!
may-june: move to alberta and get a toc position
july-august: wander, jenna's wedding
september-: move overseas (argentina, i hope) to teach

2010-2012
teach overseas.

2012-2014
do pre-req's for med school.
write the mcat.
do my applications.

2014
start med school!

don't those numbers like 2013 look so crazy. who thought we'd live to see these days. class of 2018 baby.
is it really horrible that i would consider putting med school off a year, in this fantasy plan, if it meant i could graduate in an odd-numbered year?

sometimes i don't like having big plans like this. i like suprises, adventures! but this is just an idea. i have a million ideas. but this is sort of how i see things going. maybe midwifery school instead of med school. haven't made that decision yet. it would be a lot easier, but i think i'd prefer going for the whole shebang. that's more my style. all or none.

cat lady

this is what i bought at the grocery store today.

1 box of 100 calorie ice cream snack things.
1 bag of dry cat food.
3 packets of wet cat food.

i was standing in line and i saw it all laid out and hard to believe but yes, this is my life. it's no more "i'm gonna be a cat lady".. i have arrived.

also.
seriously try the oreo 100 calorie popsicle things. so good.

also.
nanowrimo is a no go. i didn't even have the heart to get started. it was like "okay, i have three assignments due tomorrow and a novel to write". priorities, people. i do have some.

nanowrimo

so, some people do movember. thankfully my body does not produce enough testosterone to let me be an active participant, so i am coming up with a new goal. national novel writing month. nanowrimo. i've known about it for years and years but never thought it was something i could do. i tend to be a victim of nagging self doubt. but, i've been having this problem lately. the problem of not achieving any goals i set. exhibit a: the royal victoria half marathon. 16km isn't bad, but it's not half of a marathon. exhibit b: my summer goal list (can be seen in an earlier entry). i slept in a tent one night, and that's as close as i got to checking off any goals on that list.

here i go. i won't post any of it up here, it's not mean to be an excellent piece of writing. but it'll get me writing again. maybe a load of crap but a load of crap is better than my only form of writing being emails to professors and a ton of homework. less than two more months of uvic coursework left! then a fourth month practicum which is like actually working but someone else is getting paid. i am less than sixth months away from my b.ed.! i will be teaching your children! don't say you haven't been warned.

londres

folks, i am leaving for london in less than 48 hours. my house is a complete disaster. okay, it's a one bedroom apartment, there can only be so much mess, but it is a bit over the top. the plan is to fly into london, hop on a bus out to hereford and meet up with pete and his family for a week of visiting / touring / adventuring. then pete and i have a couple of days to ourselves in london, which is the part of the trip i am really most excited for. i'll also (i hope! i'm not sure if it's all set up or not) get to see pete row in cambridge, which is unbelievably cool.

i've never been to england before. i spent 10 glorious days in greece when i was 16, but that's as much of europe as i've seen. i'm excited to visit the natural history museum, see the changing of the guards, and eat lots and lots of curries. hopefully we'll get to see a show, get shittered with my friend jamie, and and spend hours just wandering through london and all the places that we visit with pete's family. there is also supposed to be a trip to wales squished in at some point, but i don't want to get my hopes up so i'm not counting on it. but that would be very cool!

so that's the news. lots of work, lots of running, a little bit of the 30 day shred (this will be tackled in its entirety during the month of august), and a lot of baking. i love baking. i want to learn to love cooking, i'll work on it, but baking is just so great. it's so easy to have the right ingredients on hand (flour? check. eggs? check. butter? check. sugar? check.) i've found what i believe is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe. period. i've made crumbles and pies and muffins and cakes.. and i haven't even gained a pound! okay, so the real reason i've decided to run this stupid half marathon is so that i can run off all these extra calories. haha.

summer goals, i just love them. i realize i haven't crossed a single goal off of my summer to do list from an earlier entry, but there is still a month and a half of this summer left. i have a time.

hair no more

I did it! Took long enough, eh? I made the appointment kind of last minute, dragged Katelyn out for a longhair photoshoot at Willows beach, and then marched over to the salon next door to get it chopped off. Now my ponytail is sitting in an envelope, waiting to be donated.

I'm pretty happy with it. I feel a little bit dorky when I see myself, but the idea of it nice. It just has to grow on me (ha! ha!).