Hotashi

Sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been busy preparing for the big move-out/move-in this weekend. I moved most of my things out of my old place and left my furniture in storage until I can move into my new place on the 2nd. It was sad saying goodbye to the place. It’s been my home for three years. I wasn’t as emotional this time since most of the personal things have already been moved out, so the place looks more like a house than a home. But being there still made me miss my friend Maki. I think it’s going to take me a while to get used to her not being around with me in Waterloo.

I’m excited and nervous about the new school year. I’m honestly terrified about the MA program. I think everyone else there will be way smarter than me and I’m going to struggle academically. I can’t shake this expectation. And I know it’s not a healthy one to have, but I can’t help it. I don’t even know how I got into the program. But I will try my best and hopefully I won’t make too much of a fool out of myself. I am however looking forward to being in Waterloo again, although it will be hard adjusting to a new life there. I hope I don’t accidentally walk to the wrong house, because I know that will make me go into mega sad mood. I’m glad that I will have my previous roommate Megs in Waterloo too. Hopefully we both won’t be too busy to see each other often during the year.

Anyway, enough about that. Today is my sister’s 19th birthday. We had a really yummy chocolate cake. It was really rich, but delicious. I can’t believe that she is already 19. Although…lately I’ve begun to accept my age more. Before I kept forgetting that I was in my 20s, but now it seems more natural. Perhaps it is because I have been wearing adult shoes more often. Haha. Either way, it’s a good sign of maturity, right? It’s sad when people don’t accept their age and pretend to be decades younger than they really are. Why can’t they realize that the only person they are fooling is themselves. Well, that is all. My legs are hurty and need rest. Good night everyone. =)

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A couple of weeks ago I burned my finger on my straightener pretty badly. IT HURT SO MUCH! And then I got a nice bump which is still there to this day. Do burns take this long to heal? I thought it would take one week max. It has flattened out a bit, but it’s still there. Do you think I should see a doctor about it?

I’ve also been living with bumpy thumnails for a couple of years now and had always hoped that eventually my healthy nails would grow in. Well it never happened so before heading off to Europe I had asked a doctor about it. He quickly glanced at my nails and told me I had a nail fungus that was almost impossible to cure and I just had to live with it. So I went online to research about nail fungi and found out that you can also get bumps on your fingernails if your cuticles are damaged. Since I had scabs on my thumb cuticals that I always picked at, they never got to completely heal. So I figured I would use my will power to not pick them and see if my nails would heal. Guess what? It did. My new nails are finally almost grown through without any sign of bumps. Yay! Stupid doctor and his quick diagnosis. You can see them in this pic, but it’s a bit hard to see. It’s the best I could get it.

Well that is all. Jack and I are going to Ontario Place tomorrow to attend the Chinese Lantern festival. ^_^

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Sorry for the mondo delay in posts. I’ve been busy this past week with renovations to our family room. We painted the walls, and striped one of them which took longer than I thought I would. And then my cousins from Michigan came up for the weekend, and those two kids keep me busy. Seriously, why do kids have so much energy?! Haha..

Jack and I went to a house-warming party this weekend for his high school friend and his fiancée. We got to see many of Jack’s high school friends, so it was nice. It made me think about what it will be like for Jack and I to have our own place, and I get really excited about it. It won’t happen for at least another year since we will only live together after we get married. And we all know how long it takes to plan a wedding! So their house was pretty nice, and it was fully furnished. I was surprised that they were having a house-warming party before their wedding, which is two weeks from now. I guess I always assumed that you do that after you get married. Perhaps I am too old fashioned to understand more current trends.

Recently I’ve been thinking about past events that caused me a lot of pain. I had thought for a while that I had dealt with it and let it go, but just last week Jack and I had an argument, which made me realize that some of my anger still exists. I now know that the anger I had for previous events festers itself in current situations. This really bothers me and I’m not sure what to do. Are these things that will always be with me and I can never fully get past? Or if it is possible to get past this, then how can I know for sure? Right now I plan on reflection on my actions and my feelings. When I did that after having the fight with Jack, I realized why I felt the way I felt and I could address it. So I am hoping that by doing this I can move on.

Anyway, that is all. I’m hoping to renovate at least one more room or hall in the house, so maybe I won’t post for a while again. =P

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I’m super excited. The new IKEA 2008 catalogue is out. Since my sister has a paper route and has to deliver the Friday edition tomorrow, we got a special skeak peek at it today. Man, looking through every page is such a high. I don’t know what it is about IKEA, but it does me good. I’ve only ever shopped there once (because nobody would drive me there when I was younger), but it was LURVE!!! I can’t wait until I can decorate my first home with IKEA stuff. I’m giddy just thinking about it.

Speaking about the paper route, I help my sister our with it by delivering it with her. It’s usually not too bad since we go during the day when nobody is around. This week has been REALLY hot though so we decided to deliver the Wednesday paper in the evening when it was “cooler” (it was still flipping hot). After that day, I am going to deliver it during the day nomatter how hot the day is. I was just minding my own business when some guy starts hitting on me after I put his paper in his mailbox. What is up with stupid people like that? Normally when I encounter people they are just friendly neighbours saying hi or whatever. Then there are stupid guys who take hospitality to another level by asking where I live and staring at my body. EWW! So, we plan to deliver tomorrow’s paper early in the morning. >_>

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