I'm outta here!

So Friday was my last day at work and I was able to sell my car the same day too! In one week today I will be leaving for England. Friday I have a going away BBQ and Saturday I have a going away party. I went shopping yesterday and today for bits and pieces and I will need to go shopping at least one more time for more stuff - so much to do and so little time!

England bound...

I've booked my ticket - it's a one way and I leave June 20, 2007. Stephen and Emma are coming with me. They return home July 8, 2007. I can't believe I am actually doing this. I even quit my job today - eeek...It's really happening.

Grandpa Cherry Is dying

I found out yesterday that my Grandfather in Enlgand (My Dad's Dad) is dying of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He has between 2 months and 2 years left to live. His doctor is amazed that he is doing as well as he is considering how far along the disease is. Thankfully my Grandfather is a Christian so we can rest assured that he is going home to meet his eternal father as well as his son who died so many years before him. Unfortunately not all my grandfather's children are Christians so they don't see things the way the rest of us do. My Grandfather is reportedly in good spirits. He and his doctor have decided to forgo treatment and simply work towards making his last days as comfortable as possible.

I am moving to England June 20, 2007

Grandpa Cherry

I found out via email Saturday night that my Grandfather in England may have leukemia. He's been taking care of my Grandma who has Alzheimers. It's kind of scary - but once again we don't know anything for certain yet. He went for a blood test last Wednesday and his White blood cells were low (?) so they gave him 3 units of blood and sent him home. He needs to come back to the hospital this Wednesday (Tomorrow) for a Bone Marrow test to see what the deal is. Please pray for him and my family in England as everyone is stretching themselves pretty thin to ensure that my Grandparents are never alone.

Thanks.

Good News/Bad News

So for about a month now I've been dealing wih a bit of a stressful situation. But now we have answers and I feel that I can explain what was going on.
My Mom went to the Doctor and was told she needed to go for testing for Cancer, Diabetes, and High Blood Pressure. My Mom never goes to the Doctor unless she is sick so the Doctor had never run any routine wellness tests on her. The results have finally come in and she doesn't have cancer but she does have Diabetes and High Blood Pressure. She is going in to see the Doctor on Tuesday to discuss what she needs to do now.

I received my UK Passport yesterday and I've gotten the go ahead from my aunt to fly over whenever I want. So now all I need to do is get there - haha - yeah that's ALL need to do.

I have finals coming up, a trip to Alberta, and we've moved offices at work and everything is a total mess.

To top everything off I've been fighting a cold since Monday thank goodness it's a long weekend - woohoo!

So you see Good News/Bad News.

On a lighter note...

On Tuesday I got another gold star! And I might get another one next week I was pretty close! Woohoo!

I did get my car back yesterday - they said there was nothing wrong with it! what a load of **** - I instructed them to change the battery connections (I know that was the problem) and they said "Oh, yes we did notice that they were marginal" (what the heck does marginal mean?) So hopefully no more car drama!

My car broke down yesterday. I can't believe it. I went to pick up Emma for school. I park get Emma and then my car wouldn't start again. Thankfully Stephen had gotten home just as I arrived so Emma was able to drive us to school with their car and Stephen was able to try and fix my car - he didn't suceed and now it is in the shop - hopefully I'll get it back today.

Still no results yet...still no idea if I should be really freaking out or not...just trying to be normal in the interim...I think I'm pulling it off. Thanks for all the prayers!

Crash and Burn...

That's how I feel right now - like at any moment I will lose control and simply crash and burn. Kind of like being on a rollercoaster and life is so great as you climb up high above the crowds below, then suddenly you've crested the hill and the bottom falls out of your life and all you can do is hold on for dear life.

I am very good at pretending everything is okay. It's a talent that I nurtured when I was growing up - I could be dying inside but no one would ever know. They could suspect that something is wrong but there was no way that anyone could find out for certain because I am also a very good liar. Another talent that I picked up and perfected in my younger years. It's not something that I am very proud of and has only come to the forefront again very recently.

Last week in Sunday school we were supposed to teach about how lying is bad and as teachers we were supposed to share an example of how we got caught in a lie. I have never been caught lying - I've lied a lot but not once has it ever turned out poorly for me. You can't share that with kids - you can't tell them that if you're really good at it lying can get you almost anything you want and you'll never get in trouble again.

Several years ago I promised myself that I wouldn't lie anymore - it was too easy to simply lie about everything and manipulate situations to my liking. It wasn't living it was like directing a orchestra and people were my instruments.

Something happened last week that really threw me for a loop but there is not point in causing needless distress in everyone around. Hopefully in the next couple weeks I will find out for certain if there is anything to fret about until then I go forward pretending everything is okay. Please don't ask me how things are because I don't want to have to break my promise.

What a cool weekend!

I had a super weekend.
Saturday I went to dinner with Maia, Erin and Joanie. Then we went to visit Meg's at work and met up with Natty and Corrie who were also visiting Megan! Then we went to Corrie and Natty's to watch "The Illusionist" (Which was pretty good)
Sunday was great too - A super sermon by Eryn and then Sushi in the Fort and it was the first Family Night of the year and it was so funny trying to get all hyped up for the kids.

I am SO Tired!

I House-sat this weekend - it was fun but man I am exhausted. The first night (Friday) the traffic outside was incredibly loud and I barely slept. Then Staruday night the cat (Chassie) was in the bedroom and refused to chill out so at 6:00am I finally kicked her out and got some sleep. Then last night I tried to kick Chassie out right away but she just freaked out at the bedroom door till I let her in. So another sleepless night until I kicked her out at 4:30am - unfortunately I had to get up at 5:30 so not much sleep at all - ugh!
Sunday was fun though - so many of the Sunday school teachers were away so Maia and Ben came in to cover for Thomas and Adam and Susanna had to cover for Sylvia so that left me to fend for myself with my Grade 1-3 Girls. I told Sus to take Sylvia's class because our class is nuts and she's been doing it much longer and proably needed a break - haha. I had over a dozen girls in that class! I did all the activities that Karen had set up and we played hangman and I fed them Fuzzy Peach rewards. It was awesome! I think they all had fun and learned a little something - but man I tell you little girls are sneaky!

Midterm #1

Ok I passed Midterm #1 now just fingers crossed for Midterm #2.

As per request...

So Maia has requested an update - and what Maia wants Maia gets - haha. I actually can't believe that a whole week went without me posting something new but whatever...
So last week I had 2 midterms and I am seriously freaked out and I just hope that I didnt fail them - I don;t think that I have ever done so poorly on exams before but what is done is done.
I tried applying for my UK Passport last week and they sent my application back to me the very next day. Apparantely My father's and my birth certificates are not sufficient. Somewhere between Anna and Stephen's births they changed the format of Birth certificates so that they are more detailed. My father's and my birth certificates have only our names, city and province of birth, date of birth and gender - the new ones have also both the parent's full names. So I have applied to get replacement birth certificates for us both. It's no big deal since when the High Commission in Ottawa sent back my application they included the info on how to get new birth certificates. It's just another obstacle for me to overcome.
On Saturday a friend I hadn't seen in over a year called me up at 8:30pm and we went out for coffee for "half an hour" - haha - we ended up staying at Starbucks till they kicked us out. It was SO good to see her - she is one of those people that you can just see God's love shining through like she's a beacon of light. Our relationship is kind of weird but them so is my relationship with many people. It's just funny because we were really close for like a year and a half (when we were both going through and really tough time) and then we kind of drifted apart but God has kept us in eachother's prayers and when we got together again it was like no time had passed - I love friendships like that! She's doing awesome - I'm doing awesome - it was really reat just to catch up and see where God is leading the both of us.
On Sunday I went out for lunch with Maia, Meg, Liz, Anna, Bonnie and one of the roomates! It was splendid Good conversations and good food (despite the ridiculously long wait and I was Freaking Starving!) I love getting to hang out with my friends especally in smaller groups because you can actually talk about things - haha.
So last night I was in bed and Becca called - her birthday is this Thursday and she has decided that from me she wants a bunch of baking - So what did I do? I got out of bed and started baking - haha. If the package is to get to her by Thursday we gotta send it out by Tuesday and there was no wat that I would get it all done by then. Mom even helped last night - but she bakes way different than I do and I don't think that I will have her help me again. It caused me way too much anxiety - haha. She doesn't use measuring cups properly - she re-uses brownie batter bowls for icing and cookie dough - it was just too much (I know I'm totally nutso). So anyway we got most of it done last night and I think I only have to make one or two more things and then it done so Yay for that!
Tonight I have class and then dinner with Emma and Stephen - and I gotta stop eating what I'm baking or else I'm going to pay for it Tuesday :)

The return of my car...

So I have finally gotten my car back - and this is how it happened.

I was totally fed up on Monday so I called and left a message for my adjuster first thing to find out if she could get the repair to start moving. She didn't call me back so at 10:30 I called her again and she essentially said "Too bad, so sad". She told me that "It isn't unheard of for a repair to take over a month to be completed." Oh come on! Who can afford to rent a car or be without a car for over a month!

I had spoken with Kirmac twice last week and they both times jerked me around (It'll be ready by the middle of this week to the end of this week - middle of next week to the end of next week) - I wasn't playing anymore. I called Kirmac right after I got off the phone and asked when my car would be ready. I got the usual reply - "Well, Bryan is working on your car and he isn't here right now how about you call back?" So I did and I was told that they were now hoping to get it done "today" (monday) but I should call back that afternoon. So I did and they said it was just out of paint and should be done by 5 - I have class Monday's at 4 so I said I would pick it up first thing on Tuesday and that's what I did.

So Yay my car is back in one and in my possession but I don't appreciate how long it took to get done - Last Monday they told they had all the parts but other cars had been towed in and took priority - MY CAR WAS A TOW IN TOO! Where the heck is my PRIORITY! So I have learned that to get anything done you have to be the "Squeaky Wheel" and if you call someone repeatedly then you will get what you want. Being nice and understanding will only get you dropped to the bottom of the list.

It's my Birthday!

So today I am officially 24 years old - boo.

A month or so ago I started telling myself that I was already 24 years old just so I would have a smooth transition into actually turning 24. Such as when I would speak disparagingly about myself - "I am 24 years old and I don't have a degree" - "I am 24 years old and I don't have a boyfriend" - the boyfriend thing is only particularly upsetting because I have a 20 year old brother who is MARRIED and I don't even have a boyfriend!

I think 24 is the year that birthdays are going to start going downhill for me - my one saving grace is that I am moving to England I have filled out my UK Passport application, gotten my picture taken and on Sunday I'm going to get PK to sign it all and I am going to mail it off on Monday - I AM doing this, I AM leaving the country and running far, far away. I have to, otherwise I will be stuck living the rest of my life not living the life that God has chosen for me. I feel like Abraham when God told him to leave his family and go into the unknown and Abraham instead took his family with him - that was NOT what God asked him to do. I feel that God is calling me to England and I have to answer that call. Maybe there I will find something that will awaken my sleeping spirit. Until then I wait and pray (as patiently as possible).

Oooh...Look what I did...

My Car...

During the last snow fall I rear ended someone and I have FINALLY gotten a straight answer from ICBC/Kirmac - my car WILL be fixed and I should be getting it back sometime late next week. It's been a bit weird the last couple weeks having to share a car with my mom. I feel like I'm 16 again having to ask if I can use her car etc. It hasn't been too bad but I still can't wait to get my car back - the one touchy thing is that my insurance runs out on January 30 and I'm not sure that I am going to get my car back in time to re-insure it. I'm sure that it will all work out fine.

Ugh..MySpace

I got an email from Eryn today and it the link to the RAIN MySpace page he created. I was curious so I clicked on it to check it out.
I have now found out that SO MANY of the people I know have myspace pages!
So now I too have set up a myspace page - I am such a follower!
I have even put a layout on it - that was a lot harder than I thought it would be.
I really like the fact that you can have slide shows and background music on myspace which if you can do it with blogger then I don't know how - haha - I don't know how to do it with myspace yet either but atleast I know it is possible.

My myspace page is www.myspace.com/pretticherri

Accounting I - Quiz #1

Yesterday was my first quiz in Accounting and I think it well pretty well. The quiz was to make the Financial Statements (Income Statement, Statement of Owner's Equity and Balance Sheet) for the first month of a business using the information provided. We were given 30 minutes for the quiz which for any other class is probably plenty but it takes a lot of time to put all the information together. I had a tough time right at the end when my Balance sheet didn't balance - but I figured it out (I think). Emma and I both finished with 2 minutes to spare. The majority of the class was still writing furiously when we left. I'm kind of concerned now that 3 hours for our 50% final may not be enough time if it took 30 minutes to produce one set of Financial Statements. Oh well I guess we will have to wait and see.