Well I’m at home for a couple of days, hopefully catching some z’s and taking a break from the business of school, residence, and such. I’m physically at home, too, because I neglected to call anyone until this afternoon, when it was pretty much too late to figure out anything for tonight. But that’s ok; I can spend some of this time reading my latest book, Courageous Leadership.

Getting home was somewhat of a pain in the butt.. any time that I take the bus, it ends up being somewhat annoying. I’m still not over the fact that it takes over twice the amount of time to get home compared to if, for example, I were to drive. But such is the reality of life, and I’ve resigned myself to being a car-less, mobility-deprived student.

I think that I am going to be heading back to Waterloo on Sunday. This would let me have a good week or so of time to get some solid studying done… I’m still behind in all of my courses (even though midterms are either recently over or just on the horizon), so I have some urgent reading to get done. Boy, my karma for slacking off for the first month is pretty nasty!

But next week will not be all work.. I think that I’ll have the opportunity to go to Morty’s (mmmmmmmmmm), and hang out with some friends who are sticking around or are coming back early. I think that it will be nice to get away from a lot of the hustle and bustle that comes with being in a full residence and school week.

Before I forget, though, I should probably mention the results of the Feds election. Students First (who I supported) won VP, Internal and VP, Admin & Finance, while Team Blue (who I did not support whatsoever) won VP, Education and President. I think that it’s going to be a very interesting term, since I view these two groups as fairly opposite from each other. While I am disappointed that Students First lost a couple of key positions, I can take consolation that the VP, Internal is going to be filled by someone that I know and trust.

Anyhow, I feel a rush of yawns coming my way, so I think I’m going to get to bed soon. Yes, I realize what time it is, but I was up until some unholy hour last night working on some school work and on fixing the journal. One day, I promise, I’ll have my sleep schedule back! Ta ta for now!

Well, not really the whole world… just a stock market competition. And not domination either… just good performance. So I found out that my national rank so far is 9th! Wahoo!

Anyhow, I’m in crazy do-a-ton-of-work-as-soon-as-humanly-possible mode. Tonight is Forums, then a Staff Meeting, then an OB assignment. Boo-urns! For those of you who have the luxury of Reading Week, I hope it’s a good one! 😀

The past few weeks have been pretty intense (as you could probably tell from a lack of recent entries)… but it’s slowly coming to an end! I’ll see what I can recall from the past two weeks or so:

SuperBowl Party: Remind me to never try and organize a large event with so much paperwork at the last minute ever ever again! Ever!! For a few days, I was a heart attack waiting to happen as I was rushing every which way trying to get through the bureaucracy and everything else! I’m glad to say, though, that it was all worth it in the end; the party was a great success (and thanks to Megan, Sarah, Hannah, Hebron, Marcel, Andrew, Amy, Cynthia, Judy, Steve, Ben, Dan, Julia, and a ton of other people for helping)!! A huge thumbs up to God for providing me with a set of wheels the day before the party so that I could run out and get the last of the supplies with the one-woman Kool-aid machine!

School: As many of you are aware, I elected to take it fairly easy this term. I elected to take a bunch of easier classes, hoping that I could get away with doing little to no work. This strategy worked for the first five weeks or so, until midterm season hit. Then I realized that I was very behind in a buttload of reading (grr… arts courses!!) with little time to spare. So, in a frenzy, I started to read and prepare for my exams as quickly as I could and, so far, it’s been working out alright (haha… arts courses!!). In all likelihood, I’ll be spending a part of Reading Week (that’s right my Math and Engineering friends… read it and weep!) doing some work. Serves me right, or something.

Also, I hate group projects. Especially those with randomly assigned groups, and when those randomly assigned members are atrocious at English. The Internet kids of our day and age are a sad sight to see. Wish me luck, and pray for patience 🙁

I’ve also managed to get myself involved with the Students First campaign for the Feds election. As a student that was very much affected by the Feds administration, I think it’s really important to take an active role in picking the next executive. I really encourage you to take the time to read up on all of the candidates’ platforms and choose wisely. Click here for more information and for casting your vote. Elections end Thursday.

Black Forest: Had our first semi-practice so far, and it was great! We managed to get through a number of songs and I’m excited to get the whole group together! We have a confirmed bassist and drummer now, so it’s just a matter of getting the arrangement down pat and making it sound good 😀 Black Forest happens March 4 and 5 at St. Paul’s.

Embassy-related Events: I’m still trapped in this fairly deep rabbit hole, but it’s still ok, too. The ESA stuff has died down a little bit recently, although I expect it to flare up again after Reading Week… The Staff Team (well… 4 of us, anyways) managed to get out as a group for the first time last week! We met in my room for a bit, then hit up William’s for a couple of hours. Wouldn’t it be nice if this became more of a routine? 😀 I’m happy with the way the Forums have been going (Thursdays at 7pm, St. Paul’s Chapel), and it’s been a really rewarding experience for me. Being able to work with a group of amazing people has been so worthwhile, and I’m glad that I chose to get involved! Hopefully the website ball will start to roll a little quicker when I get some assignments/projects pushed out of the way!

Valentine’s Day: I wore black. Take that, Cupid.

Other than some absolutely dismal weather lately, I think that’s about it.