it was a magical night full of...

lost boys, finding there way home...
hansel and grettle
Beauty and the beast. the toothfairy and villians. Snow and little red riding hood

g Princess' and Malificent Gnomes that need to be dealt with..
and many more
Beautiful lights, and beautiful people!

PWEASE!!

OOOH man I So hope that school is closed tomorrow...because i do NOT want to try to drive back into abby again. Today sucked. I got up too late to go to the early service at church. i then attempted to go out to school for a group project meeting only to discover my car is lame, went around the block and complained to the fasha who then fixed it and i was off once more. HA. why o why did i try!? the freeway was one giant white blur speckled with black dots on the side of the road...i thought i was going to die. i didnt' but my car did for two miniutes...it wouldnt' move, dead. i started to panic but it started again. then on the off ramp once in abbey, a lady was fish tailing and i was uber scared and just yelled Jesus let her go! and BAM she stratened out and went on. ha Thank You! so i got off then went right back onto the freeway, i shoudl have just stayed at a friends in abbey or something but i had stuff to do. SO i got back on and BAM soon we were all stopped. For like 10 min. we just sat there and the snow piled up. then i went like under 2 km for half an hour. then finally got to go about 40ish...man it was freaky! white out for sure!

Anywho so i get home, go for a walk with my mom to calm myself down which worked it was sweet. THEN i realized i cant drive out to newlands for my Christmas party. so i called a few people but no go, my bro...not home. dang it...so i missed the partai. DANG IT. i even bought an outfit and was sooo loooking forward to going. CRAP. but anyways i got an 8 page paper done, due tomorrow and i really thought i was handing this one in late. so that's good.

BUt now i'm stressin' because school may be open tomorrow and i do NOT want to try to go back out there...*shudder*

BUT last night rocked!! it was maia's birthday/young adults fantasy feast!! it was amazing and thanks maia for being born and doing this! hahaha...i was malificent...the villian from sleeping beauty.

tonight i read a friends blog and could relate all too well...and i sort of just went off...it was a comment ment to encourage but turned into me just spewing my thoughts...

currently i am sitting on my bed, cross-legged, surrounded by almost a dozen books about the emerging church, worship, life cycles and young adult ministry. my thoughts are too many to single one out. my pressures are too many to push any aside. my failed attempt at an extention loomes on my heart and the thought of failure perueses through the other complicate senarios in my mind. i want to do anything but what i have to do. i want to have a conversation with someone without one eye on the door waiting for my life to snatch me away. life, i feel as though i'm not really living it merely trudging through it...yet all that i am in i chose. i chose school, thus i have to work, i chose the various ministry positions, the play...what have i done?

..hahaha it all sounds hopeless yet it's not. there is hope. i mean i'm going to be done this semester in like 3 weeks....these assignments wont be there for the rest of my life. and one day i will be able to be normal again!!

every feel contrasted.
like the deep recesses of life are interfolded into who you've become.
to form a melody of mahem.




hahaha...i'm terribly tired and should be in bed, me worky tomorrow *but of course* tonight i watched pretty in pink after work. i love that movie. it makes me want to be in high school again. it makes me want to take risks i know i wouldn't or won't. it makes me want to live life to the fullest and find a friend like duckie. stop laughing at me i'm tired.

sorry maia there is not getting out of this one....you are now 23!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAREST MAIERS, MY PIE,

love you oooh soo much.

basically other people reading this. if you dont know maia you really should. and if you do take a minute and think of how truly freakin' amazing she is.

12:17am & I think I have food poisoning. HA

I feel feverish and very unsettled in the belly and their is no sense in trying to sleep...lets leave it at that.

funny story.

Today for lunch I made myself a wrap. mmm you may say, as would I except this time! I sat down to devour my wrap when my dearest mother asked "are those still good" reffering to the wrap shell it' self. To this I merely responded "probably not" yet continued to consume it, I mean I saw no traces of bacteria and really how sick could one get from a bad wrap! Aparrantly plenty sick! I know what Maia is thinking right now... oh I hope Megs isn't off wraps forever she loves them! ...and it's true i do, i do love wraps...yet i shudder right now at the very thought of the one i ate today. It wasn't even that good. *sigh*

haha in other news I've been having a freakin' BUSY week...really good elements including: a 24/7 prayer room *thank you Lord*, art, random leaf fights, great movies*stranger than fiction is so awesome & inside man, i'm gonna be honest and say i can dig it!* , the living word, 3 hour worship sessions, ignoring homework to relax and paint my toe nails, dude snoring in prayer room HA.....and of course not so hot elements such as: current state of belly haha, stress of copious amounts of school work to be done, stress at work, not sleeping well, that the good elements are the best yet most speratic and seldom of times, not seeing my friends enough.......

At the bass of the cross, someone wrote they're sins on a rock and with red paint marked forgiven on it.

oh Seuss

The sun did not shine.
It was too wet to play.we sat in the house.
So we sat in the house
All that cold, cold, wet day...

Too wet to go out And too cold to play ball.
So we sat in the house.
We did nothing at all.

And then
Something went BUMP!
How that bump made us jump!...

" I know it is wet
And the sun is not sunny.
But we can have
Lots of good fun that is funny!"

Oh the fun that can be had on rainy days.
i will not bore you with my woes
of the crazy chapter ways...
k i'm to lazy to rhyme.
i'n not very good at it anyways

i had a tiring weekend
spent a great deal of time at work
the atmosphere is getting crazy
tis the season

late nights were the theme of the weekend
work ends at 10:30
let the games begin

last night i went to the naam
with some girls from work
seriously awesome place
yummy food, great atmosphere

then we hit the 218 flavors of gelato
it was late on a stormy november sunday
they were still open
good times, one the way home
we listend to jerry seinfield
*everyone seems to be talking about him today*
he's a funny guy.

ok i'm tired of writing
i think you are tired of reading
i will say adiu
and get some work done...hahaha

this has been brought to you by :

stellar...

friday night:
- sleep in *mmmm sleep* and all "errands" done by one oclock
- get read 70's style for a halloween party....while going out the door deciding i feel more 80's and changed
- go to halloween party, pumpkin in hand and game face is no where to be found
- i only knew like 4 people at the party and didnt' feel like "mingling" that didn't last long and it turned into a sweet night. mostly because of those four people though!
- carve a pumkin...least creative of the night...it was so rad to see like 20 pumpkins all light up *not everyone carved one*
- laughed at the host who was a peanut butter jar go up the stairs and rip his pants
- talked to mandy who is actually friends with these people *small world!*










Saturday:
- slept in *YES!*
- hung out pretty much all day with amy!!!!
-took pics. went on an adventure. found an oasis. talked. and laughed
- had a KP preformance *a 15 min thing for a rad ministries 40th anniversary celebration*
- got told a "message from the Lord"- he was annointing my lips to speak the gospel.
- got a rad encouragement via a job offer from the guy who works with seven oaks alliance and northviews productions *huge church productions that are awesome*
-got home in time to go for a bit to the annual wine and cheese 06'!! so fun, i heart my friends. good chats, good laughs, and good drummin'







Sunday:
- prepared breakfast and sunday school for 15 prehigh/high kids
- the power went out at church and we all gathered closer and had impromtu worship. *awesome*
-was given playdoe in the service and made two snowmen and a pinguin having a snowball fight...one didnt' make it
- another Kp preformance, it's always a gong show hangin out with the KP crew it's sweet

Monday:
- class
-amy came to spend the day with me! and tys and maia joined us for lunch and hangout after!! it was so fun!! laughed a LOT. ate reese's pieces chocolate balls. read marytrs mirror out loud.
-sat and chatted and read with amy and some collegium crew
-class: got a lot of homework done. got to leave early

Tuesday:
-eight am. class. OT theology.
-classics in religious lit: talked about martyrdom and such, some good discussion.
- came home. ate. hahahaha...
-napped!! for two hours or more...sick i know. i tell myself that i wont and that i'll get soo much done but sleep always wins...i need lots and lots of it...
-now i shall go and read and research for the copious amounts of crap i have to do *meaning group projects and such*

i'm sorry this was sort of just a borin list. this weekend was full of things to post about but alas..time is tickin' away tick tick tick tickin' away

how do they know!?!

"How was your weekend? I went golfing"
" that's dumb."

(i'd like to thank Gracie for introducing me to white ninja)

The Prestige!

Ok class...so this summer I discovered that Christian Bale was going to be in a new movie...so I did some fine internet research and found out it was called The Prestige. I've been waiting a long time for this one and tonight a bunch of us went and saw it *granted most of the people reading this would have been there hahaha* I can honestly say that I really really liked this movie. A whole lot. I totally recommend it. The acting was awesome, Christian Bale is a truly gifted actor. The rest of the cast did a fabulous job as well, Michael Cane is classic, Hugh Jackman from wolvarine to this, another versitle actor. Scarlett Johanson was pretty good and I thought the chick that played the Sarah did a great job. Not to mention gullum guy and David Bowie!! Crazy plot line...yeah just sweet all around definatly didn't let me done. True story, I was a little worried because I've been waiting a while for this one.

i forgot what i was going to post.

so it's been over a week so i thought i'd post. but i'm currently sleepy. and want to take a nap. so you get a picture of the freaky parade in california adventure park. i heart pete's dragon.

Today I did the inevitable *thanks dictionary.com*

I took a sick day. I HATE taking sick days, well i like it but i feel like such a wimp ya know?!

But last night I COULD not sleep for the second night in a row, and this moring my soar throat was no longer just a soar throat but a raging beast that had clawed it's way into my sinus passages and caused great amounts of pressure. My body aches and I was WAY to tired to crawl out of bed at 7:20 for my 8 oclock class..i'm sooo glad i didnt'. I kept waking up though achey and such thinking "what about work!?" So at 10 I called it. no worky for me today, i coudlnt' imagine standing for 8 hours behind the cash register consistancly talking to people. so i called in. I hate that feeling, i know they understand but still they are going to be swamped. *Sigh* C'est la vie!

Also guys, Thank you SO much for all your prayers, my life as crazy as it has been for the last while, is good. My Gran is still in hostpital but daily getting better!! Praise God. And my mom said I could borrow her Visa to make my payments for school. So where as life is not easy street right now and i literally feel like i've been hit by a car *i told janny this and she freaked out "you've been hit by a car!!" haha no no jan, figure of speach* , it is good, and our God is good.

Love you all muchly.

Megs

...part two...

i share all these things friends not for pity. i share it because this is my life right now. i share them to inspite them and through them praise my God whom loves me and is holy and worthy of my praise. this morning i couldnt' find my keys, and i was late for class. i smiled and laughed with people in the bookstore then i went to make a payment for school. aparantly i owe more than i had led myself to believe and there is no possible way i can pay for it. there is no room on my mastercard for that. so after nearly letting the floodgates open i calmed myself and left the finance office thinking there is a possiblilty the school is going to kick me out. *breath* it will be fine, my mom will help with what she can. keeping in mind my dad has been off of work for two months. the floodgates opened up in pharmasave where i went to see my mom at work. i love her, Thank you LOrd for my mom. my throat is now extremely soar and my head is aching once more. *sigh* a girl can only take so much before the floodgates explode!

...praising under pressure...

...well today was my thanksgiving day celebration. I love thanksgiving. this one on the other hand was incredibly hard. My grandma had surgury last tuesday to remove cancer in her colon. we thought she was ok, then thursday she had a heartattack, then again we thought she was going to be ok. friday a lung collapsed or somehting. then it was going to be ok. THEN Today after church i found out she was not well at all. she had mass amounts of fluid on her lungs, and her heart was not able to get oxeygen to her body. When my mom called she said we should probably come to see her. So, mandy and I prepared everything for dinner and just left it and went to see grandma.. everyone mostly was there...anyways, her doctor told us essentially that the medicine was keeping her alive but that it woudln't work forever, three hours to six days he said. so we came home had dinner, then planned on going back. while at home we got hte call that she was actually doing better and that all her stats were up and such. i took mom in anyways and we stayed for a while, then essentially got kicked out. only one visitor over night. my auntie was gonna stay. *SIGH* it's been a looong hard day. i'm tired. my eyes are stinging. and i have a migraine. alas God is still worthy of praise and I truly am thankful on this day.

the hardest part

when will the two words crack this damed wall .
when will those four words restore peace.
here i sit.
here i wait.
the hardest part.
i've prepared.
or so i think.
will it be two or four.
you couldn't tell me.
neither could she.
there is one who could.
yet for now.
silence.
time will tell.
until then.
here i sit.
here i wait.
the hardest part.

the m&m show...

My skull or yours?! *our car keys, thanks anne!*

Texting those who were not "picked"



We got lost! Where was our gate...what the ...could this be?!?!


Yep...we were in the right place! A place of season ticket holders and those who served us...


Hot diggity dog! what's a game without an overpriced snackeroni!?! and an over zealous....

WHALE?!...and guys with beer, and fathers with sons...

..What?! OH THE GAME...how was that...AWESOME! A real "nail" bitter hahaha...who would win who!?!? US OF COURSE!!! It was intense. And what better way to celebrate than...


Skytrain Charades! *it's me scoring the winning goal!*

I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank MAIA for making this magnificant night possible. As manty of you know I've never been to a "real" hockey game..I know...i know..but now I AM truly Canadian. It was truly a spectacular experience...anyone else want to take me to a sports game?!

And yes...the Gong did ring several times!!

the M&M show at GM place

the golden ticket.



ok after several failed attempts to upload more pictures i'm spent...i'll try again tomorrow HA. but know this ...


..i got the golden ticket adn man oh man was it grrreeeaaat *tony the tiger style*

i ACTUALLY get to sleep in tomorrow!! WHA!?!

So my life has been crazy, really like CRAZY. and i've had some ups. and. downs. HA like yesterday when I found out I really was a "lifer" at CBC...i have another full year not half a year after this one. BUT HEY "move along move along" Currently I'm SO tired, it's funny! haha. After 5ish hours of sleep I sauntered into my 8 am class then to Religious lit *LOVE IT* had a WEE nap. then had lunch with people who define the meaning of "gong show" *you know i love ya*. then went straight to an 8 hour shift at not quite barns and noble but chapters. by the end of my shift i was so tired i was hyper. THEN this could be the best part of my day I talked to a friend who is soo near and dear to my heart. honest. i would trade the whole day for a good convo with this one. and now here i be...tired as can be ....

K last weekend i fell in love with cape all over again, by hanging out with Alley, J-Rae and Joshy. *sigh* here is their model shot of the weekend. *i'll post random pics of our time together ...randomly haha*

coming soon...

an update of my life and my lovelies *yes i hung out with ally!*

it's like a pencil with erasers on both ends

thank you Emery. at this very moment friends. i'm tired. I feel lame in saying this because every college student is busy...ok well not every student. I just would really like to sit and watch a movie without any guilt of "i have so much to do" or ooh I dont' have time I gotta go to work now. I don't say that to get pity. honestly. it's just where I'm at, at this particular moment in my day.

I miss my friends. I hear from them what they did. who they saw. or their plans for the weekend. Oh yeah?! sweet. i have to work. later? no, sorry. I know i sound pesimistic. i'm sorry. just tired. dang it i should be napping not typing! but really complaining is easier to do than try to fix what your complaining about! *i had a good discussion about this in my contemporary church class, its' actually a pet peeve of mine, especially when it comes to peoples complaints on the church! but alas that is another blog*

well kids i'm gonna go shower and go to work.

OH OH ray of funshine for me though...i DO get to hang out with some very lovely people this weekend, i booked saturday off so i could spend lots of time with...ALLY, JOSH and JANICE!