Another year will begin in a few hours. Christmas was great. My brother finished his time in Halifax and left today to go back to Toronto. It was great to have him home.
2011 was a good year overall. Graduating with my MA was huge. 2012 is starting on a high note (thanks to good news yeaterday) which is great and promises good things.
October was a good month. My brother came home from Halifax for Thanksgiving. Hopefully he will get home for Christmas before heading back to Toronto.
Halloween was pretty quiet, which was not a surprise. But it was still enjoyable.
Not much going on, I guess I can say that is the reason for lack of updates. But updating just doesn’t come my mind.
My cousins wedding is coming up next month, should be interesting, I am looking forward to getting in the basilica in town. and the holidays are coming. I just love thanksgiving, halloween and then christmas. Since my brother is now in halifax. he MAY get home for christmas before returning to toronto.
It has been two months since I posted anything. Life is good just nothing really remarkable to post about. The summer as been pretty mellow with only a little drama. I will have to make an effort to post something more regularly.
Convocation was the last week in May. It was a wonderful day and was still exciting even though it is the second time. The ceremony was held in the morning. I got to the A&C and picked up my gown and hood then had about an hour to sit and wait. The Ceremony was good, even though it was a little long (the honorary degree was given to a philosopher, and his introduction was about 10 minutes longer than needed). There were a lot of degrees conferred but in some cases only a handful of people received a particular degree. The majority of graduates at my session was getting their social work degrees or their M.D. I got to talk to one of the Rels professors which was wonderful and graduated along side a couple of my classmates. After the ceremony and pictures the parents and I went to lunch.
Overall it was a good day. It felt great to have all the hard work that went into the degree acknowledged. I did have one moment when I thought of AS.T and how they can suck it.
It has been a month since I posted anything. The past month has been very eventful. My brother came home for two weeks. arriving the day before Mothers day as a surprise for mom. Needless to say that went over well. She was shocked and slightly pissed that we managed to surprise her. She was so thrilled that she didn’t even complain about his facial hair. I loved having him home. I didn’t realize how quiet the house is without him.
The weekend after Mother’s day we spent with the extended family as my cousin was home from Alberta with her family to have her baby girl baptized. It was a nice day with the family and weirdness was kept to a minimum.
The following weekend was Dad’s birthday and my brother went back to Toronto. My brother and cousin (and her husband and kids) were on the same flight to Toronto which was random. Coming home for the trip to the airport was lonely but we are getting back to normal and it was good to see him and know that he is okay (aside from some weight loss). He has made good friends and really enjoys life in the big city.
Last week was convocation. I officially have my Masters degree. But that is a separate post.
Good Friday: Went to church in the morning. It was my first time at church since Christmas Eve. I went expecting a typical Good Friday service focused on the events of Good Friday. Instead I got a rock. The focus of the service was stones and how we use them. The final ten minutes of the service mentioned the death of Jesus. It was a nice service for anytime other than Good Friday. I think the minister is pretty much checking out as her time with the congregation comes to an end in June. Overall I walked away with a rock and a spiritual hole.
Saturday: Nan’s 94th birthday. Spent part of the day in pdg. Had cake. Nan is in surprising physical condition of a person of such advanced age. Sadly her mental state is declining at an alarming rate. She was not really aware of what was going on.
Sunday: Easter Sunday spent with the parents. It was a nice pleasant day. No church though. The service had changed to follow a breakfast, and there was no early communion service since communion happened last week so those who were confirmed did not have to come to church more that once. We would not have been particularly welcomed if we arrived at the service after skipping the breakfast. It you can’t come to it all, don’t come to any. Personally I am not that distrubed by missing church following Friday and it made for a better day. Little Brother called as we finished dinner and my aunt in YT called as we finished supper.
Overall it was a good holiday.
I have been reminded of my favorite book and movie a lot lately…
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
…So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
I can’t believe it is March already. Seems like Christmas was only a couple of weeks ago. I guess 2011 is going to be a year that passes quickly.
Got some stuff going on. Not going to comment on what exactly. If things go smoothly than there will be much busyness.
Don’t know when exactly this came out but I did listen to it a lot last year.
