Hey guys, I just got accepted to a SCHOOL! One in which I am GOING to! Please tell me that that is THE coolest thing you've heard in a while!

Obviously, the whole idea of me going somewhere else and doing something about my future has not entirely sunken in yet.

WHOO HOO!! SO EXCITED!

I was sitting in bed last night, reading this 4 page long email they sent me on what I need to do next. Danielle asked me what I was reading and I told her. I started to explain all things needed when I started to feel a little overwhelmed...I was in the middle of my sentence when I stopped and said "I need to make a list."
She just laughed.

On Monday I get my vaccinations...I'm going to be full of like 6 diseases. I bet I'll be feeling pretty good after that.

So that was pretty quick eh? I'm totally excited right now! Like 'Graham' excited.
*Just a side note for you, Angella. That term was put into practice by Marissa and is now commonly used by many*

That was the subject line of an email I got today. One that told me that my application was completed and ready to be prayed over by the school leader. Let's hope God tells him I should go, just like he told me.

I disgust myself when I'm sick. My body does gross things I didn't think I was capable of doing. I only enjoy being sick when I have someone to pity me.

I started housesitting today, it's a frickin nice house with an equally nice car that I get to drive. I'll post pictures. I'm also looking after 2 little doggys, Chico and Abby. I'm not a big fan of dogs, but when they're "mine" I have a blast with them! Danielle and I are going to spoil them rotten!

I love being appreciated, especially when I've done things hoping for nothing in return.

Carrie and Jon are going to Creation Fest tonight. I'm jealous but relieved, I was feeling really bad about not being able to take them.

Mark took Lance up to Summerland yesterday morning. This story is going down in family history. They left at 1 Am. At 5:30 AM, My dad gets call, it's Mark asking if he was supposed to be in Kamloops. Well, no, he missed the turn in Merrit to go to Kelowna. At 7:30 AM, Dad gets another call, it's Mark asking if he's supposed to be in Princeton. No, he missed the turn to go to Penticton. Apparently after that, he bought a map.
And he wants to be a bus driver.....

So I thought I had more pictures of this weekend...but I have 1.

This year's Sea Cav was a little bittersweet. I found myself thinking more about last year than enjoying this year. Nothing seemed as good in comparison, not the fireworks, not the sunshine, not Fun in the Park, not the aimless walking around...nothing. I think being sick played in a part in that. When I have a cold I tend to be a lot slower, a lot more thoughtful, and I like to have someone to cuddle with to make me feel better. I did 2 of the 3 this weekend, and it made me sad. I'm enjoying the whole single bit, it's fun for the most part, but a big chunk of me misses having someone.

I did end up having a pretty good time however. It was SO HOT! As in record heat. I have never been in such a constant state of sweat. It was pretty gross.
While I was at work on Friday, Emily called me. I hadn't talked to her in like a month because she was working at Barnabas on Keats Island, and oh how I missed her so! So Erin and I met up with her and Danielle and went out for yummy Greek food! After, we met up with Jon and hung out until the fireworks.
On Saturday, Lance and I watched the parade. We got chocolates and freezies! Then I went for my haircut and took Courtney to get her birthday present. She's been wanting her upper ear pierced so I paid for it, and to provide moral support, Emily got her nose done, and I got my bellybutton pierced. I wasn't really planning on doing that, but it was about $30 less than I thought it was going to be, so I just decided, what the heck!
Sunday was the only day I was outside for the majority of it...and it showed. I didn't even think I was tanning until I got into the shade that night and realized I had a wicked burn. Fun Fun! It's already turning into a tan, sweet!

I've got some pictures I need to post, but I'll do that a little later

So it seems I've taken an impromptu break from blogger. That wasn't planned, but in a way, I guess, necessary. I attempted to read the New Testament in a week...attempted being the key word. It took me a little longer than I wanted but I finished in a week and a half ish. I think that's good for me, considered I've picked up my Bible oh maybe 5 times in the last YEAR! May lightening strike my head, right? The funniest comment I had throughout the whole thing was from Danielle, of course.

"You're reading the WHOLE New Testament? Let me know if it's good....I might try it."

Well, of COURSE it was good! I recommend it. It gave me a chance to get familiar with the Bible again, and I picked out things that stood out to me in my speed-reading. Now I get to go back to those passages and apply them to myself. It should prove interesting!

I am currently in travel mode. It's all I can think about. I think that Danielle is the one to come up with the ideas and I'm the one that puts them into practice. The other day she came over, and I wanted to start actually planning our trip. While I was on the computer looking up costs of flights, accommodation, etcetera, she was on my bed, reading a gossip magazine and studying her armpits. I kid you not. She wanted to study mine too, but the last time that happened, she was convinced she had armpit cancer and compared our armpits for 45 minutes. Again, I kid you not. Anyway, I got her to focus for a few minutes and she managed to come up with a list of things we wanted to do while in NZ.
This included, but was not limited to:
-hike up a mountain
-lie on the beach
-study dayna's armpits
-surf
-get commemorative tattoos
-lie on the beach
-swim in a waterfall
Honestly, I don't think there is another person in the world that I would rather travel with.

I woke up sick yesterday, and it's worse today. I think it's making me hallucinate. I was walking along the road and I looked down for a SECOND, and when I looked up, there was an older man sitting on a bench a few feet away from me. He just suddenly appeared! My first thought was not "Hey, there's a man sitting on that bench." It was "Hey, it's an Angel!" So either the old man is REALLY fast, or Gabriel is getting up in years.

Ever since I got my digital camera, I've been longing for the underwater case that goes with it. I've searched high and low to find a good one that doesn't cost too much, with no such luck. These things go from $150 to $260. Then yesterday when I was looking around, I happened upon the ebay site, and I found one for $40.
I, for one, have always been turned off by the idea of buying things online because you don't really know what you are getting until you've paid for it and it's at your door.
So what's your opinion on buying things online, through ebay, or whatever? And do you think that it's really worth it?

If you haven't read the comments from my last couple posts, you should. Lance makes me laugh so hard I pee my pants. It's great.
But seriously, I've been missing Lance and Chad for a while now, and I got to talk to Chad last night, and those comments made my week! It sounds like they are having a blast, and I'm quite jealous.

This weekend has been amazing! My pictures on flickr only scratch the surface because I'm cheap and haven't got the pro account yet...my birthday's coming up! *hint hint*

I did some stuff that I haven't done before:
-hiked up soames
-ate a pop tart
-went to the R.C. Falls
-went to Fong's market

I also realized that there's a bunch of normal stuff that I haven't done, which induced a little bit of a panic attack. But it's all good, I'm making a list and then doing it all.

Erin's gone to Mexico for a couple weeks. Today is day 2 that I've been alone in the office, and I feel alone, bored, and unhappy. It's funny how when one person leaves it feels like you have no one at all. It's not true, because I just had an incredible weekend with bunches of people, but Erin's one of the only friends I see during the week, and I miss her.

Actual conversation I had with my mom and courtney:
Courtney: "Dayna, when are you going to Australia?"
Me: "End of October, why?"
Mom: "She wants to paint her room."

Thanks Courtney, I'll miss you too. :)

Never have, never will.
That said, my attitude towards the upcoming hockey season is going to be very cynical, and unless they prove me wrong, I don't think these changes are going to make us win the Stanley Cup. Who knows, but I think that there is a fine line between mixing it up, and a complete restructuring of the team dynamic.

Erin, you're cute.
I think I need to add that while I'm upset about Cloutier leaving, I may be even more upset about Ruutu and Baumgartner. In no way did they deserve to be let go!!! And it's biting Nonis in the ass now because they're just getting rid of them in order to have enough money to sign Carter. Who is still asking for too much and we are now at risk of losing him as well. If that happens, we will have dumped multiple players necessary to the team, lost the only player to ever click with the Sedins, and received only one player that has the potential to play well, Luongo.

Again, Good Job Nonis! I think you are now up there with Gary Bettman as one of my most disliked men associated with the NHL.

*deep breath....relax*

I am, however, very interested to see what happens next, and how this all pans out. There is always a shot at redemption.

Seriously, this is a topic I can make time for.

Some casualties so far: Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld, Bryan Allen, Jarrko Ruutu, Ed Jovonoski, Nolan Baumgartner, Keith Carney, and the most depressing, Dan Cloutier.
Who we've gotten: Roberto Luongo, Willie Mitchell, Lukas Krajicek...and a handful of future draft picks

I knew that when we got Luongo, that we would be trading Cloutier...but that still didn't prepare me for the news. I'm so sad right now. I don't know when I'll recover. You all are probably shaking your heads in a 'she's got to be kidding' way, but I'm completely serious. Hockey is a very important part of me, so important that loving it, is one of the prerequisites for my future husband! So don't mock my pain...

Wow. I'm feeling so many things at the same time right now!
What a weekend...
-I went to Summerland and back in 2 days
-did some power shopping
-drank more slurpees in the past 3 days than I have in the last 2 years
-swam
-ran around after kids
-bought scrapbooking stuff (it's really hard starting from scratch)
-went to Marissa's going away party
-ate A LOT of food there, so much that their new nickname for me is "half cow" Oh yeah...
-sent in my application to YWAM Perth :)
-took lots of pictures (see flickr)
-got pretty dark (for me anyway, I won't be so dark when I compare my tan with Jon)
-car danced
-embarrassed my sister while car dancing to 'Kiss' by Prince as cute guys past me...I think I'm cool :)
-was proud of Courtney for being able to tie a cherry stem with her tongue
-bought an FM transmitter and it saved me from a long trip with no tunes :)
-started applying to a photo contest using a picture my mom's been after me to submit SOMEWHERE!
-and remembered why I love Disney movies