PR: Week 1

Hello, Hello!

Last post I promised to let you know how the move went. Since I finally have Internet at home, I can finally do that. The packing went well and surprisingly smooth. It's amazing how much my Mom and I packed into "Blanche" the family minivan, and my car. The drive up to Peace River took forever though! Near Valleyview, they've taken out part of the divided highway, so at one point 4 lanes were reduced to one! I hope it gets finished before the next time I have to go through there!

Thankfully my neighbour Sam decided that helping me move was a better workout than going to the gym. We had the van unpacked in 45 minutes! After a little break, Janelle, Lauren, and their friend Seb helped me unpack the car. It was so nice to have some extra help!

My Mom and Dad stayed 2 days to help me unpack, set up furniture and buy a couple of necessities for the apartment. Since then it's been a bit of a whirlwind of adventure. Such adventures include: cowboy church in Bluesky, hiking in Dunvagen, picking cactus thorns out of Dave's hand, shopping with Beth, setting up my classroom, and landscaping with the VP.

From looking at my blog you can tell that I've spent oh so much time planning today. If procrastination were a subject in university, I'd have a doctorate by now. So tomorrow brings course outlines for my math and health courses. That's right. Health. Because of some circumstances beyond my Principal's control, I don't have Band 6 anymore... I get the "fun" job of teaching health 7 and 9. At least the Health 7 switches to Psych second semester! Possibly health 9 too... but I don't want to get my hopes up quite yet. It's not that I hate teaching health, it's just that when you compare it to band... it's a bit of a let down.

Anyhoo... I might be able to get a little bit done yet tonight, so I guess I'd better get at it while I'm still motivated to do so!

Good luck this week!
~Andrea~

I did it!!!

I passed! Whoohooo!!!! It seems like the second time's the charm when it comes to driver's tests! First time: 105 demerits & an automatic fail for having a signal light not cancel in time for an upcoming intersection. This time I only had 20 demerits! After all of that practicing, I'm finally able to drive MY car on my own!

Quite a bit has happened since my last post. Sorry about that! I'll try to catch you up:
I've been a part of Beth's wedding, found an apartment, bought a car, and passed my driver's test! Phew! Now all that's left this summer is to pack my stuff, move to PR, and start school! I'll let you know how that goes later, and fill you in about my summer a bit beter, but for now I'm going out for some "celebration shopping & dinner" with my parents in Red Deer.

Talk to you soon!
~Andrea~