...He look-a like-a man...

My physics lab instructor is Mrs. Swan. We were doing an experiment in electrostatics where we had to rub a rubber rod on some animal fur and then some plastic and determine the charge on this electroscope that we had. She had told us that "the animal fur gave a negative charge and the plastic gave a positive charge." Well, I started to do the experiment and realized that the lab book said the exact opposite. So I asked her which one was right and she said, "Just like I said, the animal fur gives a positive charge and the plastic gives a negative charge," and she might have well added, "Yeah, yeah, he look-a like-a man." Not only does she look exactly like her but she acts exactly like her as well. It's funny in a not so funny kind of way because she's going to be no help whatsoever in the lab itself.

I was going to enter this math competition and when I went to the practice I realized that it was not for me. Proofs are not my thing. No thank you. I do need to join something though. I was thinking of a women's group or a young democrats group or a choir or something. Anything.

Brandon and I got a new sofa from my parents for our wedding present. I didn't want a wedding present, they paid for the wedding and I thought that a wedding present would be sort of retarded seeing that we went over budget on the wedding. (Sorry mom and auntie, love you!) :l It's from Lazy-boy and it's a chaise love seat recliner in a custom fabric that feels like chanile and velvet. Very comfortable. We won't have it for another couple of weeks so maybe I'll post a picture when we get it. Yeah, that will happen. ;)

No really, one of my goals is to post here more often. It feels good. It feels really good when I had 2 cups of coffee 2 hours ago and it's 12:30am and I'm not tired at all. I was supposed to be doing homework (and I did finish one of my math problem sets) but I'm all jacked up from talking to Heather on the phone and then I got sucked into the computer and the rest is history.

I just talked to Heather on the phone for an hour and a half. It's so funny, when we were living together we did talk and there were certainly times where we talked more than others but we were always pretty good at keeping each other up to speed on our current events. It's weird to cram a couple of packed weeks into an hour and a half conversation. I mean, we hadn't even talked about Katrina. EVERYBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT KATRINA! It just reinforces that fact that she really was a huge part of my life and that truly, my life is really not the same without her around. It's not bad, just different. It's sad and it leans toward being more difficult because she's not there when I get home to chat with or vent frustrations with, but I've been through this before. When I moved to Las Vegas I felt the same thing with Christa, Tara, Andy and everyone else that I used to talk to/see on a regular basis. I still get nostalgic when I think of the close relationships I used to have with my Edmonton friends and how our relationships change over the course of time. My Edmonton friends, if you're reading this, I'm not saying that I'm not friends with you or anything (as you see my friend paranoia kick in) it's just that things change over time. It's hard to be super close with people who live thousands of miles away. Shit, just living more than 4 hours away is hard. It just makes you realize how important it is to be in the moment and never take for granted the time you have with people because life really does change, nothing ever stays the same.

For both Heather and I, we've chosen to have some pretty huge life changes all at the same time, without either of us having the advantage of having each other around to help us cope with it. She moved to a new city, new house, new job, her husband got a job in several other cities for 2 months so she is alone in this new house, new city and new job. We do have friends up there, thank god for Dielle, Jared, Lisa and Doug and all the other people that Heather knows. For me, I've quit working full-time (for the first time since I was 18), I got married, I'm dependent on my husband, I'm doing weird things like cooking dinner and doing laundry and doing 40 hours of homework each week, I'm living in a different place, my best friend is not here, my other best friend lives across the city and it's hard to get to see her, our house is not unpacked, I haven't sent out the thank-you's for the wedding (they're done, I just need to find where I packed them), my last job talked me into coming in to help them for 16 hours a week and I'm still part of that stamp club once a month. Man. Her changes are really huge, and the biggest change for me is not having her here. So there you have it. Not all that interesting, but if you've made it this far you really are a true friend. Pass this on to 10 people and a special friendship message will appear on your screen, trust me, it's worth it! ;)