Things I've Thought This Week

1. My lost debit card is definitely not lost. It has vanished. The world hates me and I hate the world. Well, maybe that's a little harsh...but it sounds cool.
2. What I could "pretend" to look for at the Wicker Emporium when I visit Morgan. Nevermind, that would take too much effort.
3. I love dancing with my friends.
4. If I become a DJ I am totally only going to play the first verse and the chorus of songs, and then skip to the next one.
5. Prayer is such an amazing thing to share with friends.
6. It's nice when everyone holds hands to pray.
7. Is it Fudge or Rebekah making that noise?
8. Do I snore?
9. I am going to get sick of this song if I keep listening to it over and over again.
10. I am so glad that this child is not mine.
11. Which arm goes with which leg?! This will be my first and last Aquafit class. I hope I don't kick anyone near me.
12. It's time for bed.

Fete

Turning 20 has been a very positive experience. It's been great to spend some time with family and friends and have those times be about all me, haha jk...or am I ;)? Usually I don't feel older, but I do this year. However, I don't long for my teenage years cause I have enjoyed them and it's ok that they are over. Here are some birthday memories. Our oven is quite finiky, so the cake didn't turn out as planned...it was just a little harder than cakes usually are. I cut my finger trying to cut it and I bled on my cake. Oh yes, it was quite a sight. It's quite comical now that I look back on it though- more interesting and exciting than a regular birthday cake for sure ;). Dessert at the Shoe Shoppe was lovely, and it's so pretty in there. Morgan, Amarea, and I ran around the sand at Kearney Lake barefoot on our way home. Morgan has hot toes.

I love spending time with my girls.

Thanks for the awesome presents ladies!

Ahh

Enter visual image:
Jessie stands outside this morning, closes her eyes and thinks, "Oh, how I love you Mr. Sun!"

Another Night at the Grindstone

My night at work:
1. The see-through bathing suit woman has bought a new swim suit. Finally. If you have been wearing the same bathing suit for an extended period of time in any pool-please check the fabric in the front and in the back for me. Also, if anyone has a wording suggestion on how to approach a patron with such a problem-let me know. My past action has been just to look the other way until she got in the water.

2. The cute guy at the adult swim totally heard us talking about how hot he is. And I was really trying to be discreet too. Crap.

3. I actually almost enjoyed hosing the pool deck. Most times when you hose the deck, one person will lifeguard the whole time it takes to hose...which is at least half an hour (when we only usually do 15 minute shifts). I have to resist the temptation to go reeaally slow so I can get out of lifeguarding for as long as possible.

4. I thought yet again about how quiet I am at work...ah well. I talk to some people quite a bit, just not everyone.

5. One of my preschool kids slipped and fell head first (from a standing position) off the mushroom today. If you haven't been to the Stadium...it's this huge stand in the shallow water. My heart totally jumped in my chest. This kid has never put his face in the water for me and he was submerged for a good few seconds till I grabbed him. I was like, "Are you ok? Did you hit your head? Did you swallow any water? Does anything hurt?". Like I'm not exaggerating I said all those things to him. He was totally fine. He looked at me and said excitedly, "My whole head was under water! This is the first time I have ever done that! I even opened my eyes! I did it!" He was so proud of himself. My poor blood pressure. I looked sheepishly at his grandparents who came with him, expecting them to have a look of concern on their faces...and they were smiling and waving...oh yes. It is almost amusing now that I think of it.

Good night! I'm 20 :).

Remember

I have been forgetting things a lot lately. Most of these things are my own personal belongings, like my purse and my lessons binder. I also always forget them at work. I'm not the problem, it's the chlorine. Perhaps the prolonged exposure has done something to my memory cells.

One thing I wish I did forget is the fact that I should call the places that I dropped off my resume to. I left one at the child care centre and the gym at the Stadium. It's seems like so much work to call and follow up. I think that if they want me they'll hire me. Speaking of resumes...I think it would be hilarious if we all had to make marriage resumes. Mine would be something like this (I have to say, I am not just making this up on the spot-I made this as a joke awhile ago and I just found it on my computer):

Skills
-can tell the difference between navy blue and black
-makes a conscious attempt to smell clean at all times
-can sing children's lullabies and along to songs on the radio in tune
-will go to any function that includes dancing, ANY function
-will be able to help if your heart should stop at any time, or if you forget how to swim
-is only moody once a month (and when she's tired, and oh yes also when she's stressed...)
-likes all types of movies (in a "1:1 chick flick to other genre" ratio)
-is well read in "love and relationships" literature
-can tie a tie
-enjoys watching sports on television (only recognizes basketball as a sport)
-can cook a wide variety of dishes
-can keep a positive demeanour after being outdoors for an extended period of time

In other news, this weekend was nice. Girls nite was fun on Friday-lotsa conversation, fitting atmosphere, and an interesting mix of a fruit smoothie ;). Josh and I went to see Scary Movie 4 together on Saturday-more sibling bonding time, though I didn't actually like the movie very much. Sunday was our Easter celebration- an egg hunt, church service, and a turkey dinner by the fire. Thank you Jesus for the sacrifice you made to set me free.

Growing Older

It's really interesting to look back on friendships from elementary, junior high and high school and see how they've changed. I think it's really cool when you have a friendship where you have grown closer in areas of your lives that you weren't close in before. I love how each friend is different and how they make your life more interesting in their own ways. Sometimes you get a feeling that a friendship is going to change, even before it happens. Maybe that falls under "women's intuition" but I don't think so. Sometimes I wish that all the friendships that I once had over the years didn't grow apart, and that people didn't change. Then I think that I've changed too, and that I wouldn't want to go back in time and be close with some friends as me who I am now. Sometimes I wish that I was the person I was in high school and things with some people hadn't changed, but most times I don't. One thing that is a little weird is when you are in the middle of a friendship that is changing and growing apart. In certain cases like that, sometimes I find myself wanting it to be the way it used to be, or gone...then I feel bad for thinking that. Most times I just remind myself that though things are changing, the friendship is just different -not lost forever (and different is ok). One thing I find kinda funny about MSN is how you keep contacts that you don't talk to- when you haven't in like years. Somehow, you find yourself still reading their MSN names whenever they are on, even the little messages in italics. However, maybe that's just me. I love how when we were kids we could spend the whole day with someone and not even plan anything and you'd just play.

I think that's all of my compiled thoughts on friendship for one night. Next time: can guys and girls be friends. Haha, just kidding. I don't want to touch that one. I think they can. Sometimes. ;)

Bug

Nothing ruins an attempt to sun tan like an ant that climbs on your leg. A close second would be a cawing crow that overpowers the sound of everything else in the yard.

Suprise!

This Saturday night has been wonderful! The year-end BBQ with CCC was great! The food was yummy and it was fun to catch up with people I hadn't talked to in awhile. One of the best parts was praying for the graduates and the girls going on missions. I'm so excited for those projects, especially for Rebekah-you're in my prayers, girl! Another occurance at the party was the game. Hum, the game. It was a Lego game, and my team lost badly. Like we didn't make a structure at all. I now know that my memory and explaining architecture do not go together-and they never will :). I can't wait for next school year with the group...have I said that already? The next part of the night was (me, Amarea, Morgan, Bek) surprising Sarah on our way home cause we were driving right by her place. You know that there is going to be girl bonding when the video fireplace turns on. That was a good 5 minute visit ;). We missed you, Megs. It's so nice to be with the girls, even just driving around together.

When Amarea dropped me off a little before midnight, the boys next door were getting home too. I have never met these 2 college guys that have been living next door to me for the last 2ish years. I've only seen one outside once and I got really shy all of a sudden. I know they are there though...cause I've met their dad and their dog. Introducing myself will be my summer goal. I went inside my house and my brother called up to my mom and she would not let me in my room for like 10 minutes. However, I saw a package of balloons on our rocking chair. When I was allowed to enter, my family gave me an early birthday present! It was a new bed spread and a pair of flip flops. These flips are so cool! They are pink with pink sequins. Definitely the most glam things I own. I feel like a diva when I wear them. The next time you talk about flip flops try calling them just "flips"...cool, eh? ;). My mom and I have the same taste in furniture (including bedding). I haven't had a surprise like that in a long time. My real birthday is only on April 21st. I still don't know how I want to celebrate the big 2-0...

The rest of my weekend has been made up of work. My new work schedule is almost all evenings (except for Sat. mornings) and lots of teaching. Ick. I might apply around for some daytime hours in other parts of the Stadium, like childcare or something. However, I'm planning on being positive and enjoying this last session...cause then Beaches start! Wahoo!

Well, even though I am awake and in a stellar mood...I think I'm going to head to bed now :). Nite!

Outside

I love the nice weather and how our days are sunny longer now! Spring and I are good friends.

However, I am not good friends with blue jeans. I have been looking for this certain pair from Bluenotes and they never have my size in. I should have bought it when I first tried them on. You know how everyone looks for the perfect pair of jeans? I found it. And now it's gone...I'm going to stalk all the Bluenotes stores in HRM. Someday they will be mine.

I've decided to walk my dog everyday. I never volunteer to be the one to walk her, but I've taken her for 2 walks in a row this week and it's been lovely. I actually enjoy it. Shiloh is a little on the pathetic side though. When we go down Ridge, there are a few big dogs that are usually tied up (the really tame ones aren't even tied...they just wander around their property) and most of them will bark and bark at her. She doesn't make a sound. She'll just look up at me and then start to walk faster. Someday I hope she gets sick of being barked at and just starts to holler at the other dogs...I wouldn't even tell her to stop :). Or maybe it could be like a cartoon and she would open her mouth and roar like a lion at one of the dogs and then an anvil would drop on the dog's head. Then the dog would walk out of a door on the anvil and be just fine.

After supper, Josh and I played outside. The best game we made up was rock baseball. One person stands on the dock holding a stick, and the other person throws rock lightly to them, and then the stick holder tries to hit the rock in the water. I won cause I hit a rock the farthest-into our neighbours lawn where it bounced off their swinging chair. We stopped the game shortly after that ;). Josh put his bare feet in the lake today, I wasn't as adventurous. One of my favourite things to do outside in the summer is play cards on the deck while the sun is setting. It was still too cold to break out the cards. We finished off our brother/sister bonding evening with watching Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. I thought it was ok, but he really liked it. I think it made him feel smart when he finally understood the plot. However, I was proud of myself when I started to understand it too :).

The rest of the spring hours are coming out this week...what will my next 3 months be like?

It Isn't Jessie Anymore

Your French Name is:

Fawne Lasseur

What's Your French Name?

These are kinda addictive...

Gummy Bears

Gummy Bears

You may be smooshie and taste unnatural, but you're so darn cute.

What Kind of Candy Are You?

Sigh, Sunday

Well, I have to say that I am glad that this weekend is almost over. On the positive side, my swim time was 10:25 (and it had to be under 12 min.) and I have formidable resuscitation skills :). And now, here are some things to try next time you are at an aquatic facility.

FUN at your local pool:

Stand on top of the high board and say you won't come down until your demands are met.
Tell the lifeguards that they aren't doing their jobs because you have seen at least 15 people drown today.
Ask people if they have seen your pet shark.
Sit in the baby pool and play with the toys.
Take a flutter board and pretend you can't swim.
Hit strangers with your flutter board.
Ask an attractive lifeguard to practise CPR on you.
Sit on the top of the water slide and don't move.
Insist that you saw a monster at the bottom of the pool.
Ask a lifeguard if skinny-dipping is allowed.
Try to negotiate the price of getting in.
When in line, ask strangers if they think invisble people get a discount.
Take your towel, tie it around your shoulders and say ''Wheee! I'm Batman!'' while running around.
Hit strangers with your wet towel.
Throw people's things into the pool.
Play Marco-Polo by yourself.

(http://www.lifeisajoke.com/miscellaneous58_html.htm)

So...I don't know if this is accurate :)

Your 2005 Song Is

Don't Cha by the Pussycat Dolls "Dont cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me Dont cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me" What happens in 2005, stays in 2005!

What Hit Song of 2005 Are You?