My Dad is so very random. He asked me what I was doing tonight. Of course if I have homework to do my answer is usually “nothing Dad!” So we went to play racquetball at the YMCA! My Dad has been playing since he was in University so he just wanted to get a racquet back into his hands and me; well I’ve never played before. I bet you can see where this story is going… Tonight I learnt a little lesson in humility… the good thing is I never hit my dad with the racquet and the ball never smoked me in the head. I had a lot of fun learning and playing, my Dad is great!

Basketball is starting up tomorrow after a week long break taken for midterms. The girls are doing great!!! We are currently ranked fifth in the province. We are right where we want to be when it comes down to playing. Some coaches work there team so hard they peak in the beginning of February. But our strategy is to peak in the beginning of March, when the finals are! February is going to be a busy one and it all starts tomorrow!!!

Well as most of you know I am working at Calvary Place Personal Care Home! I work in the Activities Department as well as Dietary. I love it there and I have been truly blessed in finding out they held my position while I was away, which leads me to some good news and some bad news. The good news is they offered me four out of five days a week to work. I would work shifts from 6am to 2:15pm and every second weekend! This is a great chance to save money and settle down while I’m training for Police College! The bad news is I am officially moving back to Winnipeg! This decision was very hard for me but I know this is the next move in my life! I will miss everyone in Saskatoon so much, but as I have been away for a month now I think we have all realized that life is always moving. We take what we have learnt from each other and keep moving ahead! If anyone has any further questions about my decisions please feel free to email me!!!

Well I have to get back to class!!! I still plan on graduating in April and those classes don’t watch themselves!!!

Ok so previously I blogged about how I didn't want to sit on my butt and not do anything. I want to strive for sucess, whatever that may look like. Well... it's been a few weeks of setting goals for myself and abiding by them. I absoultly love it. However, I have turned into a bit of a dictator over my actions. Ok this may seem kind of wierd... and that is why I said it. Because it is wierd. But it's almost come to the point where I will feel this EXTREME guilt if I skip one out of my five weight machines during my work out, or if I only complete four school classes rather than five in a day. Is this kind of guilt healthy??? A guilt that leaves me feeling uneasy if I wake up in the morning at 9:00 rather than 8:30? I do reach my daily goals and I feel great when I do, but common when is enough, ENOUGH??

Life is good!!! This morning I woke up at about 6:20 to go to the gym and I feel great now. I got a new Monday morning workout partner which keeps me quite motivated to get up. I find that if no one is joining me at the gym in the morning there is a good chance I won’t go until the evening. By that time the machines are full and it’s pretty much an annoyance to get on the weight machines. So I like this system!!

Basketball is going amazing! We are 9-2 right now. We placed third in our tournament over the weekend. Our semi-final game we lost by 5 to the team placed #2 in the province! We were up on them for ¾ of the game by about 10 points but then ran out of steam!!! In the third place final we beat a team ranked #4 in the province so our ranking will go up this week! On Saturday the team went to Boston Pizza and we seriously just laughed the whole time. We have so much fun!

Work is so much fun. I had a shift yesterday and then another one today. I’m working with Alzheimer’s patients today and I find this floor very enjoyable. Yesterday I kept on getting yelled at by this lady… it was actually pretty funny. She had no reason to hate me and yet she did. It’s almost as if she memorized my face and ever time I walked by she would try to trip me or think of something really mean to say.

Lately I’ve been very future focused. I’m starting to realize that what I want out of life is very obtainable if I work hard. The goals are very reachable if I strive towards them and honestly give it all I’ve got. Life is too short to be lazy and honestly what do we gain by sitting on our butts when we know we should be doing something a little more meaningful. I always feel guilty when I am watching TV and I know I should be doing homework, or when I lounge around the house and I know I should be at the gym preparing for my test. Sometimes that guilt isn’t enough to motivate me… but that my friend is going to change. Imagine all the things that can get done if I would just start it. It all comes down to this amazing quote that I heard in Coach Carter and every time I don’t feel like doing anything I read it:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Today was by far the best day i've had in Winnipeg and yes that is including Christmas!!!
It is actually retartedly cold right now, I think it's -43!!! I'm not sure that my car will make it through the night, sad but true!!! I heard there was a huge blizzard in Saskatoon!!! I'm sorry I missed that! I always love a good snow day!
My Mom is so funny. She is really sick right now and she honestly doesn't take well to medicine! When I came home her eyes were all glazed and she was very high on Tylenol cold and sinus!! She was trying to tell me stories but her speach was very slurred, it was amazing!!!
I work tomorrow at the nursing home. I love it because i'm part of the activities department. I think tomorrow we have a concert in the morning and bowling in the afternoon!!! It's great working with them because they have so much life experience, I also love my fellow employees! We are all pretty tight!!!
Basketball is going amazing!!! I love the girls on my team, all 13 of them!!! I've really gotten to know quite of few of them already and we have such a fun time!!! They are really improving at basketball, but it's great to know that life skills are being developed as well! I'm blessed to have a hand in that! I also love the girls in grade 12! I coached them two years ago and we just picked up from where we left off!!! Today we went to Tim Hortons before their game and I swear we almost got into three accidents on the way!!! But it was fun!
For some reason the gym is my best friend lately!! I'm running at a minimum of three miles 6 times a week and I'm still going strong! I'm not sure where all this determination is coming from, but I like it! Actually maybe there is a reason... Maybe I have alteral motives!!! I guess you'll never know!!! HA!!!
Good night

Every time I try to blog it doesn’t work. I think I’ve written a couple already and somehow they always get deleted! So… let’s hope for the best on this one!

Life in Winnipeg has started already and is in serious full swing!

Basketball is going great! For all of you who don’t know I’m coaching the JV girls at Miles Mac along side my Dad! We have very talented girls, not to mention the nicest ones in the world! Sometimes on girls sports teams you can have an overabundance of drama but I don’t really see that with these ladies! Our intensity level in practice dwindles quite a bit so I run with the girls! This leaves me quite sore in the morning! I’m really excited for the season to begin this week!

Well for all of you who thought my car wouldn’t make it to Winnipeg… BAM! Look who’s here and still driving it! The week before I left my car would use about 2 litres of oil in a week and drink the coolant in about the same time. The mechanic told me I probably wouldn’t make it because my engine is shot. But Susan and I prayed and we made it home without having to fill the oil or coolant! The car didn’t give me any trouble! I know I will need to get a new one soon! But for now I love my car, the rust bucket that it is!

I knew God would provide me with a job here in Winnipeg so I never worried! I found out the day after I arrived in Winnipeg my name hadn’t been taken off the payroll at the Nursing Home! I would start at the top of the casual list, which means if someone calls in sick they do it by seniority and I’m at the top of the list. This job is amazing and I am truly blessed! The crazy thing is I had other job offers that looked good but none of them felt right so I turned them down, then this one came along and I knew it was the one!

Susan is here with me right now!!! I am going to be so sad to see her go! She is leaving tomorrow morning! We have had a wild time hanging out these past days!!!