School, Work, and Hobbies

Life has been rather slow as of recent sadly. It is only the beginning of the year too.
I have mostly worked on my school work, gone to school, and work, and gotten sick once.
Work has been really slow, and I am not even working the Buy One Get One this week at all, which means I have the weekend off. A rare, but lovely occasion though I would rather be working sadly.
I have been just chugging through my reading list, and I am now upon a book that around a year ago I ended up rage quitting because I could just not bring myself to finish the book because at the time I felt it was slow. I am going to finish it this time though.
I am just in love with the Hunger Game Trilogy. It was such a great series, and I am very excited for the movie in March.
I have begun to watch Lord of the Rings for the first time ever, and it is the super extended version I have been watching. I really want to read the books, and read The Hobbit before it comes out in December so I have plenty of time.
One of my roommates, and I traded bookshelves, and it is two of the ones I had, and I still need another bookcase! It is insane, but the other one will have less on it so it can be used for more than books after I purchase it.
I have also been watching TrueBlood, and I love the series. It just gets weirder, and weirder but I still love it. I just finished Season 2.

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Interesting Long Weekend

In one week I got my GST, and my Student Loan which is great.
I have been having a great time with the friends I made at school. The problem is when I am with friends I tend to put off my homework, so I skipped Ceramics Friday, and got caught up in all my classes. I also went in on Monday, and finished a project with help because I was cutting mat board, and made some bowls for ceramics. I am glad that this week is the final ceramics class. I had a random elevator ride with the drawing teacher who sang the entire time, and they could hear him on the third floor.
Went out for food Friday night with my roommate, and some others, and most places had a wait. We went to East Side Mario's first, and then Boston Pizza, after calling a few places we decided to stay a Boston Pizza for food, and had a great time.
I got to have Thanksgiving dinner with a friend, her grandparents, and two other people. I would rather have had it with family, but I was told not to come home by my father, and my family where I currently live haven't contacted me since I moved....
Should mention I finally have a small television in my room that I bought from a roommate. Now I can play video games, and watch movies in my room. <3 One of us has to get a mini fridge because our fridge is not big enough for everyone.
Work was quite dead this weekend. No one really wants to buy a suit on a long weekend. We did have a lot of tuxedo returns though.

Ceramics Update, and Motivation

So far I am thoroughly enjoying ceramics. I had a small taste of it in high school but I did not enjoy it than, and made quite the atrocious looking teapot. I hated hand throwing at that point, but now I have a better grasp of it. I have done three textured masks, two Jomon pots (pots excavated from Japan, oldest in history), one soft slab vessel, and I am currently working on another which is going to be the reproduction of my ugly teapot from high school. These will be glazed, and hopefully posted after I finish them. From there I will learn a little wheel throwing.
We have seven weeks of each media, and I am really enjoying ceramics. I have another five to do; Graphic Design, Photography, Fashion Design, Textiles, and Jewelry/Metal Working. I am initially going to this school in hopes of Fashion Design, but I am open to the chance I might like something else better. Second semester we have two medias at once.
So the form I filled out wrong, I filled out wrong a second time. It is getting irksome because you would think after three years I would be able to fill out these forms... Apparently I can't.
I have been able to keep rather busy with my homework, and now I work both Saturday, and Sunday because I am the only Customer Sales Assistant left because everyone else has left, or have been fired in the most unprofessional way ever.
I wish I could have been this motivated a lot sooner sometimes but I realize this was the way it was meant to be. I love where I live. (Minus the issues with the one roommate living with me, and underneath me). This city has so much opportunity in it, and amazing schools.

Back Into the Swing of Things

So I am back into full swing of school life, and I am loving it. We aren't going to have a lot of huge tests or anything, just smaller ones which is great. (I fail hardcore at tests) We also write essays occasionally which I may have gotten better at we just have to see what the teacher says. I could never write an essay, and it was never at, or pass the maximum word count, and now I can do it.

I plan on mastering Gouache, and painting more. We are also going to learn a bit of watercolour as well. I love paint, I just need to be re-taught. Getting the gouache opaque can be challenging because each colour mixes differently. We are only allowed to work with cyan, magenta, yellow, white, and black; any other colours that we want we have to mix to get them.

I had the last few Saturdays off which is unusual but now I am working them again because we lost an employee, but we do finally have an assistant manager. I love working Sunday's it is the best day of the week to work, and it is with the best people.

Final Summer Trip Home

The complete date of my trip home was altered due to work, what else would cause it.

I went home Wednesday after the boss BlackBerry Messaged me to tell me it was dead, and he was cutting my shift. He said enjoy your day off. I was actually ready for work, just about ready to leave too. Of course I was scheduled to work Sunday, there usually isn't a week where I am not so I had to leave Saturday afternoon.

I just started throwing stuff in a bag to bring home, and then I had to stop myself, and re-pack everything. In my hurry I forgot the present for my friend's adorable little baby boy.

I traveled by bus of course. Acadian is the bus line that runs through the Maritimes; meaning New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Quebec has Orléans. The Quebec bus has Wi-Fi Internet, and leather seats, the leather seats I do not like. I like the Acadian bus line seats better though. Coming home I ended up on two different Orléans buses, and I do not like the leather seats. I had my fun with them again because my departure day I waited for the bus for an hour because it was late out of Montreal again. I wish I could take the train, I love the train, and miss it dearly.

It was rather nice compared to the last time I was home. Thursday was absolutely beautiful, and I had a nice walk around town, and found some people I was looking for. Visits to my favourite diner occurred almost every day but one. Most of the day was spent sitting on a picnic bench talking with friends. Friday I had another friend over, and we reminisced the past, and I dug out and old VHS of anime taped off YTV when I was 13. It wouldn't be a Friday night home if the Brat Pack didn't go out for Karaoke. ♥ Two of us spent the night before listing off songs. It was so much fun, and so many people were there. Saturday was very short lived. :( I went with a friend for a bit then went, and met up with my two friends. I met my friend's baby boy, and he is absolutely precious. One of them told me I would be next to have a kid, and I don't think so. I met up one more time with the Brat Pack, and we took pictures before I left.

In the end though I didn't get to see everyone I wanted to see, including another family member.

My plan is to not go home again until Christmas.

I am going to miss my dear friend who will be leaving for school far away. Hopefully we will see each other at Christmas time.

The college school year starts in a week, and orientation is Friday. I am so excited, and nervous.

Unbelievable Week, Not in the Good Way

I finally finished The Half-Blood Prince. I am very excited to read the Deathly Hallows. I am actually going to go see The Deathly Hallows Part II again with a friend, non-3D this time thankfully. ♥ I am quite enthralled by the Potter Puppet Pals, and hope to eventually watch A Very Potter Musical.

It has been an awful, and horrible week. Work was my biggest problem. I had gone to work, and I misheard what my boss wanted me to do but I did it later. Then later on during the day I did not fully do my job, and my boss sent me home. This of course clearly upset me, and this is the second time my boss has made me cry. I am not going to lie, yes I made a huge mistake, and I did not fully do my job, but sending me home really never teaches me anything. Rather be understaffed; an unlikely story because I know what it is like to work in an understaffed workplace, and believe me it was busy. I didn't say anything because I am still on probation. We have been nice to each other in the last few days but I must say I feel rather discriminated against as the youngest, and usually only other female on the floor as it is a men's clothing store... I have never been sent home when working at McDonald's if I made a mistake, and we are dealing with customer's food here, they always helped me fix it. I don't mind getting sent home early when it is dead, or if we are overstaffed.

It is pretty bad when I want to go back home, and work at the McDonald's there again. As much as I didn't get along with my boss there I could at least tolerate, and retort against his jokes with some back up. I have never been one to understand or be able to give the air of sarcasm or jokes, and because of said problem my feelings are easily hurt.

Each day getting out of bed has gotten excruciatingly worse... I just do not want to face the day, or work seeing as nothing is going quite right. Sleep isn't coming to easily either.

I miss all my friends home. :( I just want to be home so badly it isn't funny. I can't though.

Many, Many Things ♥

I am ridiculously addicted to Sims. ♥ Both my roommates play it, and to be honest the last time I played it I didn't enjoy it because I didn't have any help playing the games, and now I have plenty; one of my roommates is the Sims Guru.

I have been floating around the forum Within Hubris, for the Bendrowned/Jadusable CreepyPasta. Speaking of CreepyPastas.... The Luna Game, with My Little Pony was terrifying. My roommate opened it, and came running to us. We watched the rest with her, and it was quite scary. I also played it the next day on my computer the entire way through. I love ponies. ♥

I now have a controller for my computer. ♥ The best part is it is like the old Super Nintendo controller, I could have gotten the even older one but it has less buttons. I love it.

I am very excited for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which I attended the midnight screening regardless of the fact that I work at nine the next morning. I also own all the movies now which I got in a seven disc set for forty dollars which was an extremely lucky find at HMV. I am so sad that it is over, I remember reading those books about ten years ago though admitedly I never read the Half-Blood Prince, and the Deathly Hallows

I have reattached myself to Pokémon Black. I am trying to fill the Pokédex in order, and I currently cannot find the other two elemental monkeys. I keep running into the one I have, or Audinos. I did have some help with the rare Pokémon though. :D

I purchased the items for the strawberry shortcake my grandfather used to make all the time, and made some for my roommates. I love my Grandfather, I have so many memories of him from when I was a kid, we used to have so much fun. He is still alive, just in a nursing home.

Work was inventory, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Ours is annual, and we do it all together, I feel bad for the places that do it once a month, and it is only the store manager *cough*McDonald's*cough* I still cannot believe I don't work there anymore sometimes.

I've got to admit I am having some fun this summer. I do miss being a MASSIE Conversation Partner though, and just last summer in general.

Getting Time Off...

So I completely missed the convention. Sadly. Maybe not... I am not exactly happy with how it is run, and this year the date was ridiculous. I wasn't going to go, and then I suddenly hoped back in sometime this year... Well I don't think so next year... I am above, and beyond that, and to me it is a big waste of money.

I heard it was amazing from a few of my friends, and the sad thing was I only had to work Saturday.... Yea.... But still financially it is a bad time for me because all my bills art at the start of each month.

I pretty much do a bunch of cleaning on my day off, and that is about it. I have become so boring, wait.... Was I ever interesting to begin with?

I did party with some people on Canada Day, it was fun, but drama ensued so I left.

I am going home this weekend because I was able to get the time off any other time i.e. The Convention, and the weekend after that... Talk about difficult. My Mom is probably going to take me out for Chinese while I am home which will be great I hope.... I have so many people to visit; I haven't been home in a month.

My 20th Birthday

On the 28th I celebrated my 20th Birthday. It was much better than I expected it to be.
One of my friends came up to visit, my cousin ended up bailing on me. I have some really great cousins....
So besides that we dragged ourselves out of bed early to go to Cora's. My friend got the fruit plate, which I don't remember it's name specifically. I got the Strawberry Satisfaction, and it was the biggest thing I have ever seen, and needless to say I never finished it. I left a tip, sadly mostly in pennies because that is all I have for change, but it was very amusing.
We stopped by at a tattoo shop that I know is really good because everyone talks about. I will be getting my first tattoo August 2nd so stay tuned for that. :)
Unfortunately I did have to work on my birthday but it could have been a lot worse, considering I didn't work until 3. My friend also brought me strawberry shortcake. <3 I managed to get home early because the boss let me go.
We went to a really nice pub/restaurant with amazing food, and drinks. It was an absolute blast. I have never had so much fun for my birthday. Except for maybe that street dance when I turned 18.
My friend helped me finish my strawberry kitchen set, I already owned the teapot, and I now have the sugar bowl, cream jug, and salt, and pepper shakers. She also got me a cute little gold heart necklace. Another friend who came along for the restaurant got me a giant Totoro.
I have been mostly working, but my hours have been cut, but not as bad as when I worked at McDonald's. I managed to get some time off in the next two weeks to go home, and visit which I am rather excited about.

Mostly Working

So I just might work myself to death. I will not be attending Animaritime because of work, which really doesn't even bother me that much because I need to work, and I need to work period, end of story because I have bills to pay. I felt really awkward at the work outing last week because I was stuck down at the end, and no one was talking to me. I kind of regretted going. But they got some people to move down some, and put me by people to talk to. It was great fun. :) East Side Marios has great bread, and salad. I am going to miss the assistant manager. :(
Other than work I do usually have at the most recently two days off a week so I use one to do chores, and the other I do random things.
My iPod has been replaced thankfully, and I am no longer running around trying to get that solved. I was actually home on the first delivery attempt! Which was amazing.
I now own a hamster, I got it as a birthday present to myself, and I had said that I wanted one since before I moved. It's a Winter White Pearl, and uncommon species of Dwarf Hamsters, and it is also Russian. I named it Snowball, and it is only six, or seven weeks old. I will find out the gender later. Snowball is very hyper, and has been since the first time I laid eyes on it. I also got it an igloo, which it sleeps in, and it is so cute!
I've been having great fun with my roommates, and I am so glad one of my roommates finally has a job so she can stay here. We are going to have so much fun this summer.

Keeping Busy

So it has been about a week, and I have been very busy mostly working. I really do enjoy working at my current job. It keeps me busy, and kills time which I love. The co-workers I really enjoy, though the assistant manager is done on Friday, and that makes me quite sad.
My father came up, and visited me today. :) We put together a bookshelf together. This one is put together correctly unlike the one I left back home. We also went out for lunch. I was really glad my father came to see me.
Lately I have had trouble getting up in the morning. It has been rather cold in the morning which is really odd for June. I also keep changing my alarm to pm, instead of am, which is really annoying if I don't realize it.
I forgot to mention I do not have an iPod at the moment, I was so tired out one night after working both jobs I left it in my pocket, and put it in the wash. Was I ever upset. I put it in rice, but since it is still under warranty I inquired for service. I just sent it away Friday after fighting with the delivery company because they do not listen. They were suppose to hold the package, and not send it anywhere on the third attempt because I knew I would be at work, and they did. I had to travel way out to the industrial park almost in the next town on my day off.
I did take this chance to stop in at an Asian grocery store which was a great adventure. While I was waiting for the cab a nice gentleman who was there gave me a meat bun, needless to say it was really nice, and he didn't have to. I will go back when I have the chance though.

New Job

So I am done my very painful change over of jobs. I was working at both places on days that I could, and this is the second week in a row of doing a straight string of shifts.
I can honestly say I don't feel I am that cut out for this job sometimes. I was told to suck it up today by the boss which really upset me, and then he called me back out back, made me give eye contact, and I felt cornered, and cried. I also wore shorts to work with tights, and apparently I'm not allowed to, and I hadn't been told so before when I did. Good thing there was a Reitman's next door because I didn't have to walk all the way home.
It's rather embarrassing to be the youngest, and only single person there.
I did go out the other night to Pizza Hut with my roommates, one of their mothers, and boyfriend, and it was quite enjoyable.
I am rather confused on what day it is, and I don't know why.
Getting out of bed is difficult because it has been rather cold.

Work, Work, Work

I had my first shift at the new place Tuesday, and I love it so much already. The staff is so nice, and laid back. It is a lot less stressful then my other job. I also worked there Wednesday. There are still a few things I don't have the hang of but I am getting there. I have a week left at McDonald's, and it would have been less but they lost my two weeks notice. Not impressed about that, seriously that is an important document so how can you be so irresponsible to lose that.
I went into my shift two hours early too early Tuesday so I went back home, and they called to tell me not to come in until an hour and a half later, they basically cut my hours on me. Ugh, and talk about crazy busy because it has been especially during the long weekend. The place was a mess, it would help if we had someone who knew how to do the job to clean lobby. So I also worked last night on till, and they took me off it just to clean lobby then cut my hours again. It really is getting old. I almost got rid of the shift so I could go work, and get trained more at my new job, and I couldn't, and then the person I asked came into work anyways.... I got severely ticked off at the management staff as well considering they always yell at me for the stupidest things.
I dropped my change purse in McDonald's the other day, and I knew that was the last place I had it. I had to ask five different managers just to get it back. The one I got it back from said they might have thrown it away.... I am really not getting this store one bit...
I have to keep reminding myself that I have one week left, and it is very frustrating at times, and I am kind of letting my anger show as well.
I am finally off for a few days because I gave my shift away tomorrow because I have guests coming up who are taking me home. I have also worked for a week straight between two jobs. I really hope my hours have accumulated for a decent paycheck.
I seriously do not get paid enough to be cleaning vomit off the floor, and walls at work. I was gagging so bad I had to ask someone to help me clean it up. Talk about gross.
I am off for the next four days so I am rather pleased. :)

Night Classes and Frustration

One of my visitors is really frustrating me. Very rude, obnoxious, immature, and loud.... Ugh, it will be a week this Thursday, and she reminds me of the person I just ranted about yesterday. She is freeloading, as she termed it. Yes this is the same one who helped herself to the fridge. I am frustrated because she doesn't think she just does. It must be nice to have your parents pay for everything. Everything my father helps me with money wise I have to pay back.
So with my job, I pay my credit card, my first student loan with Mount Allison, rent, and groceries, and that is what I do. I cannot stand when people don't have a job, and won,t apply for jobs at fast food restaurants because they don't want to. Must be nice. I have been working my butt off for three years through McDonald's.
So more night class. I have to eventually finish that purse. We learned how to make bias tape, and make piping. I have also picked the pattern for my final project, and I plan on modifying it greatly. I hope it goes the way I plan it.

Something is Always Wrong

I am in so much pain, physically, emotionally, mentally.
Physically it came from work, where else would it come from. The playplace door was swinging today, and it came back, and smacked me in the back several times. Headaches. Physically ill most of the time. Sleeping? Forget about it. Maybe for a few hours but I'm rolling around, or up way to early with little sleep. Tylenol isn't working. This might require a trip to outpatients, or a clinic.
Emotionally, and mentally something is always going on.
I'm always fighting with work. I'm always getting yelled at for something, usually stupid.... No one ever listens when I speak. The usual. I get cut hours a lot. It's because I'm new, and not well liked. Am I ever liked wherever I go?
I work myself hard, extremely hard because there is nothing else for me to do.
The only thing ever on my mind is problems.
I'm on probation with student loans.... Because I didn't finish second year at Mount Allison.... I have to do well this year. I plan on working hard. If I make it that far...
I've got two people visiting me. One is actually one of my one, and only friends who sticks by me. The other girl, well... she's pushing her luck.... I have to work, but that doesn't give her the right to help ourselves to our fridge, I never said she could. She is also quite loud.... To loud for me.
I finally bought some decent groceries. The farmer's market is excellent for eggs, and bread.
I feel like an idiot for telling that guy that he is cute. It's not like what I used to do but whatever. I don't really know anyone here, and they sure don't know me. I don't like believing in people much either.
So much going on, so much faking happiness. It's ripping me to shreds.

A Really Horrible Day at Work

Places I hid today while being sick: Maintenance closet in the lobby, Public Washroom in the lobby, and on the stock shelves out back.
I blame myself for not eating properly. I also blame the neighbour's dog for waking me up every morning, very early.
They didn't notice when I would disappear for good chunks of time. They did notice when I booked it for the washroom when I had to vomit.
Literally I hate the feeling, and it's been about ten years since the last time I vomited. I do remember it makes me cry, and frustrates me.
It was McHappy day at work. It would have been a lot more fun if I didn't feel so sick, and all that happened.
I really don't know if anyone really cares there, I have no friends that I know of.

Night Classes :D

So by an amazing chance I am taking my night class, and I am super excited. It's a little boost for first year fashion design. I really need to learn how to sew again. We started making little purses tonight, and it was quite enjoyable. I am terrified using a sewing machine again, because when I was younger I broke them all. Hehehe. Not good. I also use to floor the machine, and I am terrified of doing that because slow, and steady helps do it better.
Work was well work, and I feel like a tool for sending that message, said person was at work today, and I don't know if they have been on Facebook. Haha, I am so horrible.
I was scared today by two different things: a squirrel, and a car. The car was worse because I was walking through an alley to get to the bus stop. I also found a dead bird on the step of the college leading to the gallery, very sad.
I went to Second Cup after my class to wait for the bus, and I was hungry. They have amazing cheesecake, and Matcha Green tea, love, love, absolutely love those things.
So a friend begged me to join Cityville on Facebook, which I had blocked like every other stupid thing like that. I caved, and joined. I'm so weak. Haha. It is actually quite fun.

Trying to Look Up

The new store manager kind of reminds me of the first store manager I worked with. Always on the floor working with the employees, and I was intimidated of him at first. It is kind of the same, except I really don't know about this store manager... I don't know why well enough can't be left alone. I hate change! This is the second time while I have worked at a place that this has occurred, and it really frustrates me.
I really miss the occasional slice of life stuff I used to read, and watch. I found Hanasaku Iroha.
I really do need to cheer up but I feel so alone. I am still not happy about the one thing I want, and cannot have.
I am revamping my original characters, and changing the names of two. I am actually excited to do so because they were so boring! I am also going to attempt to write a fan fiction, it's been so long. Haha.
I have found a cosplay seller on Ebay for my commission, and I am super excited because they make lovely cosplay, the best most accurate I have seen!
I guess I need to just keep fighting through everything, and hope for better outcomes. It is so tiring though...

More Boringness

Applied for student loans, and what a pain in the butt process it is. Especially since I did not remember the password, and I had to call my father for his income tax information. You have to do things certain ways, and it is just plain frustrating.
I did go to work today. I am not as sick as I was, thankfully. They had me all over the store between drive-thru, and counter, and it was so confusing. I hate confusing days at work!
Going to leave the house this weekend for other than work, or groceries. Going to an open house, and the Saturday market. I also have to go to the art supply store because COPICS are on sale. Kind of a happier note.
I hate being so fake happy at work it is sickening, but I have to be...
Neighbour still is being difficult, and isn't moving out.... BLAH!
Had an entire French Class come in today, and order in French, and their French was atrocious! I felt the teacher was looking down on me, I don't remember much French. I did remember more as I went though. I will learn that language I promise.
Yea, still frustrated, and upset. One thing, one stupid thing would make me so happy, and it sucks that it will never happen.

It Just Keeps Plumetting....

I got yelled at while working today for moving to slow.
Well unless you want me to run into someone, and drop the customers food on the floor, and have to wait to have it remade go right ahead! Also I am sick, but apparently that doesn't matter... Seriously I should have called in sick this morning... I should not be there because it is a restaurant, and I am sick.
I am only there to work, I no longer care what people think of me. I have a job to do, and I am going to do it. So apparently if I call in sick they will hate, me well go ahead.
I still feel like utter crap. I can barely eat, and still not sleeping. Still sneezing m brains out... Ewww.... Frig I hate colds.
I am just watching everything just fall faster.