Quick update

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I want to change my blog template and I haven't gotten around to it yet.

Things are great. Adrian and I decided to buy tickets to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to celebrate our half-year anniversary (yes we are cheesy, but it is an excuse to do something as extravagant as going to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra). It is at the end of November.

Right now.... Taking a study break. I have two midterms next week back to back: Reproductive physiology on Wednesday which covers everything from cell development and synthesis of DNA to embryology, to how menstruation works and all the hormones in between. On Thursday, Pharmacotherapy which is where we learn how drugs work, how they bind to cells, what environments they bind in (acid or a base = one will absorb well in the stomach vs one in the intestine). It is fun, we also get to calculate doses. All of this makes me very excited for clinical in Febuary. We get to choose our top three choices of where we would like to be placed; I am putting: 1: Hamilton region, 2: Durham-Scugog West Northumberland region (where my parents live) and 3: Waterloo region. I really don't mind going anywhere although, Kenora is an option and I am not to keen on moving that far away.

Besides that, I found two Burt's Bees lip stuff in my jacket pocket and I thought I had lost mine (apparently they reproduce....)

Oh yes, Thanksgiving..... That was great.....
Let us see...
Oh Saturday was hilarious. I went with Adrian to his Uncle Mike's suprise birthday party in Richmond Hill. Adrian did not know the people who were hosting and we were there on time at 6pm. We were the first ones there... awkward much?.... We helped decorate; we were alone in a unfinished, dim basement putting up birthday decorations in a stranger's home, weird.....
Luckily, Lous (Adrian's dad), Auntie Betty and Kim (Adrian's sister) arrived shortly after. Aunty Betty gave me a huge hug which was nice. I was so nervous for some reason. At one point when sitting around with some of Adrian's more elderly relatives, one of his aunt's told me, "speak whenever you want, we don't want to exclude you."
Great.... now there is more pressure to speak. I hardly understood most of the existing conversations because of patwa. Adrian told his family that detail after I had left and they thought it was hilarious. Actually, after Adrian told me that I had a dream that I was at the party again but they were speaking with stiff lipped accents.

Party.... met so many people, nice fun people. Adrian's cousin Chris was hilarious. There was dancing to Calypso and Reggae, delicious food; I discovered festivals; deep fried dough sticks... who wouldn't love deep fried dough sticks?
I eased into the party as it went on, became less nervous and hopefully at the next one, I will speak.

Sunday.... Warning: Subtle drug reference to follow.
Went to mom's cousin's cottage up north near Haliburton with mom, dad, and brother Tyler, and oh yes, my labs Indie and Nellie. Basically, sat on deck, sat by lake, cuddled with three extra dogs that were visiting; little, cuddly fuzzy ones that a friend of the family had brought. For the first time ever, we burned grass together. It was so funny. I knew my parents did it once in a while, and I knew that I did it once in a while and for the first time, we passed a J around together. My mom's cousin who is an amazingly fun lady nearing her 60s brought out her wooden box and just started rolling. It was strangely hilarious. Needless to say, we spent the rest of the afternoon eating and I gazed up at the intensely blue sky overlaid with bright orange and amber leaves and sunbeams shining through them.
My family had steak, I had soy chicken nuggets and PUMPKIN PIE!!!! MMMMMMMMMMMM

Monday...
Went to K-W with fam. to visit the Oma and Opa and the German relatives from NJ (the Christian ones... tee hee....)
We went to Swiss Chalet and mostly talked about my cousin's upcoming wedding that is going to be swwwwankkkyyyyy!!!!

Anyways, that's enough for now. Once I get on it, I hope to have a template more reflective of me and some pictures of course.

Cheers!