walk walk walk and walk ... with a wait in there somewhere

I now sympathise with people who have to take the bus all the time, and have always had too. I guess not so much if you have a bus stop in front of your house, but if you have a walk ... Not that I really mind walking, but it feels like I'm back and forth to the stop so often that I could do it with my eyes closed ... Hey, actually, there's an idea that would save me time, or at least allow me to sleep in a bit longer.
Anyway, on an unnocturnal note or two I had a good weekend, as I believe I would. Never got to church, but walked about 10 kilometres looking for it, and finally found it y the time church was almost over. I'm telling you, there wa a discrepancy in the maps we looked at. We had a nice Bible study-type time on our own when we got back. Sunday was a beautiful day weather wise, and in this case by beautiful I mean slightly warm with a clear blue sky, leaning to a hint of crispness!
I've been getting some contact from people at home, which has been really nice, and makes me feel more comfortable being away for the time being. I figure out that I can come home for my niece's birthday, and won't have to go back until just before mine!! That was exciting to realize... :)
The Leafs have been doing well, as I'm sure you are all aware, and I'm looking forward to actually being able to watch more than just highlights, when the regular season starts next Thursday.

The most awesome thing I saw this week: Was walking out to wait to get picked up for hockey, and there was a doe (a deer, a female deer) on the driveway. She sort of eyed me, then slowly walked off to the neighbour's yard. I watched her for a moment, then went and sat at the end of the driveway. A minute or so later I hear a rustling in the shrubs along the lane, look back and see her baby fawn walking through the garden. It was something. It had something wrong with one of its back legs, so as the doe came back to get him, and he followed her off, he kept having to flop down and take breaks from what was the obviously strenuous task of walking. It was cute but a little sad, but maybe it'll get better as the fawn gets older. Later on in the evening, while in the car heading to hockey, we came across 3 grown deer meandering acros the street. Yay for wildlife in the city!! (I don't know whether that's sarcastic or not ... sort of like if I said "Thanks for getting me into Inkheart, Luke; I can't put it down, even when I have work to do!" ;))

The most unusual thing I saw this week: A guy with calves that were as disproportionately large as Popeye's forearms are ... honestly, they were CRAAAAAZY huge.

Blue Leafs, but no red or yellow

So the Leafs are back playing and I'm enjoying listening to bits of the games (especially when they beat the Senawhores), and definitely like seeing the highlights, but I really miss the colours of fall have back in Ontario that I'm used to seeing appear as the hockey season starts again. Ah well, I guess I can't be too picky, eh? Not when I go outside and everywhere I look see trees and mountains. This weeek has been busier than the last couple, as intramurals got started, and I played some tennis with a couple other people on the ladder.It's been enjoyable, though, and I find it easier to get work done if I have to work it in between other things, rather than sitting around and feeling like I have all the time in the world. I'm sure I've explained this to a bunch of people before, and generally they understand, so I'll not say anymore about that.
In other news, well ... umm ... it's Aunt Mary's birthday today, so happy birthday to her!! She never really seems to get older, though.
Thanks to mom and dad for shipping that stuff out for me! Alison seems to be glad that I got my violin, and I've already played for her. I didn't get this job that I was hoping to, but I think that may work out for the best, and I have a couple of more opportunities I'm looking into. And maybe I could get into playing violin somewhere, which would actually be something I'd really enjoy...
I'm excited about this weekend, and think it'll be enjoyable (IVCF meeting, shopping, maybe going downtown, getting a bookshelf, church, etc.). Nothing special going on that I know of, but weekends are definitely plesasantly unhectic.

A short one, but it's something ...

This weekend's been pretty good, I must say. I really enjoyed the hockey I played on Friday, even though too many of the guys were getting over aggressive (not good aggressive, stupid aggressive), and managed a hat trick, which may have been partly due to the fact that the goalie was a little ... tipsy? The day finished off nicely with the first IVCF (Intervarsity Christian Fellowship) meeting of the year, where I learned some new songs (now forgotten) and met a bunch of people, followed by a visit Tim Horton's. Some things never change. I will say a nice difference was that the people in this group were very welcoming and chatty, which was a nice change from the group at Laurier, where if I went there alone, I felt very alone. Well, not all of the time. But I definitely met more people that Friday than I did the whole time at Laurier Christian Fellowship ... what IS it about the West Coast (no comments regarding possible illegal activities, please ;))?
Saturday we (my suitemate and I) went shopping and I don't think really anything too exciting happened, if you call shopping (for groceries) exciting. We have been spending lot of time putting puzzles together, so a thank you to anyone who's recently purchased me one or more (Devin and Aunt Mary, this means you!).
Today we tried a different church from last week (although still a Salvation Army church), and it was pretty good, despite the small crowd, although again there was a lack of younger aged people. So, my suitemate and I decided we are going to try a couple more churches in the area, and then make a decision on a home church for the time we're here.
And now it is time for me to get at some reading (for school), because I have a lot of that to do. Mooah!
Oh, and yay again for the NHL preseason!

One last thing, why when I would finally be back playing tennis, does it have to be the first time we get rain?!? (More specifically, it was raining today, and is expected to be raining through tomorrow, when I was planning on playing tennis. BOO! :@)

Holy Impatient Fellow Bloggers, Batman!!

You know, I said I would blog more often, but more often than what I used to blog is anything more frequent than every 2 months ... and do you really think I can come up with anything to put in this more frequently than that? Hmmm ... well, the 2nd week of classes is over, and I still enjoy classes, and feel that I'm fitting in well academically, and will continue to do so. The best thing about campus (besides the assortment food and beverage) is all of the rabbits scattered around it. And I do mean living rabbits ... I wish I could show some pictures; I knew the reputation rabbits had for multiplying, but wow.
Anyhow, I played hockey on Tuesday, and all of the guys (or most of them) were crazy amazing, at least compared to what I'm used to, but I'm thinking I'll play goal instead, if no other goalie signs up for next week, because I can't keep up with them playing out. I still am not quite sure what my schedule's going to look like after intramurals and assignments start taking up time, so I think I might wait until the new year to look into biking or kayaking ... then again those might be things that will wait unil the summer. On the other hand, if I meet some people who are into that, it could happen sooner.
I miss home and my family, but I have received some correspondence (thank you :)) and had some nice chats over the phone, so my loneliness has been somewhat assuaged.
So, that's all I can think of to share for now. Any questions??

I couldn't walk 3000 kilometres

Although it would take Roddick's fastest serve (about 240 km/hr) less than 13 hours to make it.
Well, I have now almost been here one complete week. I still feel like I have a bit of jetlag, but I think that whatever I’m feeling it just more due to being back in school after being on a mental hiatus (well, not completely, so no cracks about it, please) for over a year. All of my dreams that I remember are still set at home with my family and friends from Ontario; does this have any bearing whatsoever on whether I feel as if I’ve really settled in yet?

I have not yet really had time to go exploring through the city, but I have been downtown a couple of times, and am getting to know my way around a little better. I’m more grateful than ever that I have a sense of direction. My classes seem like they’re going to be great, and I like (so far) my profs and classmates. Nothing too out of the ordinary as far as expectations and workload go. I’m going to be reading a lot of textbook material and journal articles, but again, that’s not unexpected. I have no exams for any of my courses, which means that I can be home for December (the whole month), especially special since it means I’ll see one delightful little girl celebrate her 3^rd birthday … Now who could that be?

On the lighter side of things, I signed up for tennis and indoor volleyball intramurals, tennis ladder (where you try to get to, and stay at the top of, a pyramid of players), and am hopefully starting playing pick-up hockey tomorrow. So now I just have to go out and buy the equipment that I am currently in need of.

And a digital camera is on my Christmas list, because then I could post some pictures, but as it is, neither I nor my suitemate have one. That’s right, we’re stuck in the dark ages here on the Island. But it’s worth it, whatever that means. :)

One final note: NHL Pre-season starts next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D Go Leafs, go Canucks, go Oilers!!! And on a less exuberant note, go Sabres (don't ask).