Hope it doesn't rain on Thursday!

I’ve been having problems getting to sleep lately. I go to bed and lie there, sometimes almost falling asleep but then waking up. I've no nagging concerns or worries or stress, and I'm pretty sure it’s not caffeine intake … *shrug* I think it may be due to a decrease in physical activity, as soccer's over, and because I'm working more I haven't been playing as much hockey. I guess we'll see later this week, as today is my last day of working to cover for someone's holidays. Anyway, despite this I've been feeling pretty good, and the past week or so has been less hectic than the couple preceding it, which is nice.

This past Saturday I planned to go to watch the open practice the Canucks were putting on, but actually getting up at 4:30am when I was already tired, and hadn’t gotten to sleep (as noted: different from to bed) until after 1:30am proved too much. I woke up, considered it, then went back to sleep for 6 more hours. I read about it and saw pictures, and enjoyed the fact that I didn’t spend 6 hours of the day on the combination of ferry and bus (referring to time on one plus time on another, not to a machine that travels on land and water whilst carrying large amount of people, because if that were the case I would be lamenting the fact that I didn’t spend six hours on it).

"This will be not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this. I am not your queen!" Yeah, so I saw 300 a couple nights ago. It was pretty good, and definitely had some spectacular moments (as well as some parts I would fast-forward through) and memorable quotes. Reading about Spartan history, I could see how they had thrown an assortment of popular conceptions (non-fictional or otherwise) into the film, and also where they had included historically accurate aspects of the culture and battle.

Random assertion of today’s blog: The taste of Vanilla Ensure reminds me of the smell of the powder of the calf milk replacer we used to give our calves … I love it!!

Finally got some pics from the ski trip

So, click the word snow and maybe you'll be able to check the pics out if you want to. Or you can just watch the show below. :) I try to allow for flexibility (come with goaltending, I guess ... haha)

Thanks to Mark/Gid for getting these to me. Anyone who's in there but doesn't want their picture in the album just let me know ... and I'll think of deleting you ...

Happy Ides of March!

Well, pretend I posted this yesterday, as yesterday is when I wrote almost all of it (excepting the few obvious amendments) ...

And happy birthday to Tucker! They always seem to win around his birthday … or maybe I just haven’t been paying attention to when they don’t. Ah well, either way I was really glad they pulled through and won their last two games!! And thanks to the Habs and Sens (I can’t believe I’m saying that) for beating out opponents in the playoff race. (This also applies to the Sens winning last night, although I kind of hope the Isles get the other last spot (8th) ... with the Leafs taking 7th)

Last weekend was pretty good. Although I did have a lot of work to do, I still managed to play some hockey, go to church (and on time, despite the time change!), and spend a lot of time (a bit too much, perhaps) out in the pouring rain. Nothing too eventful happened. I’m still searching for a place to live this summer, but there are some viable options.

This week has been moving along pretty smoothly, despite a lot of running around that I’ve been doing, trying to be everywhere I’m supposed to be. When I look at my schedule it doesn’t seem like that much, but when I’m actually living it, it's a different story … Anyway, I’m working to cover for holidays, so this week and next week I’ll be on 4 days a week (Wednesdays being the day off), which is a lot of hours, but thankfully I don’t have too much schoolwork to worry about at the moment. Yeah, good timing. There’s that, and I’ve spent a bit of time doing some marking for an undergrad psych class; it was actually enjoyable, and time well spent.

Random thought of the week: Has anyone made a video of men going through the process of a sex change, with the soundtrack being Britney Spears’ “I’m not a girl, not yet a woman?” If not, then why?!? Actually, don’t answer that question

Everyone prepare

For an increase in car accidents!!! In case anyone doesn't know what this refers to, and wants to know, here's an article for your perusal.

It's been a fairly decent week, especially considering the levels of sleep deprivation I've had. However, I would never have thought that I could play a decent game in net on less than 2 hours of sleep. Yay for learning!

School work for the rest of the term looks like it'll be quite enjoyable, as I have a couple of proposals (for which I am interested in the topics), and an assessment file/intervention that makes up the majority of the remaining work. My proposals centre around the idea of music and learning, one looking at comprehension when learning text to a melody, and the other focussed on the possibility of individual instruction in music through technology, and what would be the best way to approach that.

I can't not mention the Leafs, so I'll say that from the highlights I saw of the game against the Sens (Holy Leaf killer Mike Fisher, Batman!!) the goals against came when the Leafs got really scrambly in their own end. Granted, 3 of them were on penalty kills, but there's no accounting for 2 players covering the same guy and one player covering no one! And if you're having to dive around all the time (I'm talking defencemen, not Raycroft), you probably went wrong somewhere along the way. It did actually look like a decent game on the whole (again going from the highlights), and the Leafs had some good chances (although the score obviously doesn't reflect this) ... guess they'll have to get some revenge on Saturday.

*Note: Gill was not on the ice for any of the Leafs goals against. However, he was in the box for one of them.

And just because the Pacific Life open is on, and because I love Safin, I thought I'd share this:

Oh, those Russians ... :) I'm surprised by how many more people out here seem to play and watch tennis ... I guess it makes some sense, considering you can play a lot more (outdoors), but I'm not sure if that's the whole reason. Then what is it?

Flying time

Wow, it's March already!!

Well, I don't really feel like writing, so this is going to be quick...

The rest of reading break was great; I had a relaxing Thursday, and then Friday left for a hockey tournament. We played 2 games on Friday and one Saturday morning, and won all three (by respective scores of 3-2,2-1, and 1-0; I was playing goal for the whole tournament)!! That put us in first, and we headed into the final Sunday morning feeling pretty good. However, for various reasons I won't go into we had some on-ice problems during the final game, and ended up getting second place. Ah well, it was a good time. :)

The past week has been pretty good, with lots of hockey, tennis, and of course Thursday night soccer. I've been feeling pretty good health-wise, which is a blessing, considering the number of people falling ill around Victoria. I have a lot of work to do this weekend, and over the next couple of weeks, so I'm praying for better focus and concentration and lack of procrastination (something some people may have noticed I have a bit of a problem with, at least when it comes to school).

I haven't seen much of the Leafs lately, although I have been listening and watching highlights, about all I can do. Was sorry to see Ryan Smyth traded, and sorrier still that Edmonton is having a hard time dealing with it. Was sort of happy for Bertuzzi to be traded, although it's affecting my dislike for Detroit, which is not pleasing. Glad to see Perreault back with the Leafs, and also glad Tucker's getting healthy, although it didn't help them get a win tonight. Ah well, they did beat the Devils, who had been on a bit of a tear.

Anyway, nothing else to talk about, really, except .. oh yeah! I finally got to try the Nintendo Wii (some guy had one up as a demo at school, trying to help cajole people into voting for him). I played some tennis thing, it was fun.

Still working on getting pictures from the ski trip ...