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It is SNOWING.
Let me remind you that it is the END of April. May starts in 4 days. Something is wrong here. I don't like snow during the winter...I like it even less in the spring!

What else? Well, let's see. I've got a pain in my ribs. No, not a pain, that's wrong. More like a breathing pressure. It's not in my chest, so I know it's not anything respiratory--and while I've been around a lot of people who've been in Mexico recently, they don't have any symptoms and they're all nurses, so handwashing is a major priority, with or without the pandemic threat. It's not scary enough for me to see my doctor and I kind of think it's because I've been sitting so much--studying, writing papers, work, etc. So what I really need to do is a lot of stretching and a lot of building up of the core muscles to counteract all the sitting I've been doing!

I had plans to hand in a paper today (I did send in the powerpoint slides for the presentation this morning), but there's SO MUCH I want to write about. I'm at work now and I should be able to spend a bit of time finishing it up. This prof has been SO LENIENT with me, it's been awesome. Helps that I rocked his class last semester and spent the whole time talking to him. :)

I have to do my taxes this week. I'm off Tuesday and Wednesday (as far as I know), so will do them up then. Yeah yeah I don't usually leave it 'til the last day (sorry Uncle Doug!) but the past two months have been so busy it hasn't been very high on my priority list!

I've picked up a ton of shifts in July & August (and I'm sure quite a few will pop up in May & June), so I'm not particularly stressed about finding a "real job," but at the same time, I feel like I'm putting pressure on myself to DO something. *sigh* I kind of think this rib pain might be a little bit of anxiety building up--what with writing this paper, working, personal stuff, blah blah blah--and I need to bleed this anxiety off. Well, not bleed literally. :) But get rid of it! That's what the May Workout Challenge is for! :)

Right, so "real job." This is a direction I've really been praying about. If I stay in Lethbridge, I'd like to work at the college or the university and I'm actually going to talk to a lady in HR about working at the university, so that's good. But some other ummm educational opportunities seem to be presenting themselves, so I think I'm going to pursue that too to see if God keeps that door open or shuts it. It wasn't even a door I was looking for, but fell through anyway...so that leads me to think that God is pointing me in that direction. It combines music and ministry, which would be awesome.

shingo mama & AdvOB

Saw on the Japanese news today that one of the singers of SMAP (a silly non-talented, but very popular boy band) was arrested this morning at about 3am for public nakedness, drunkenness, etc etc. So then I thought of this video, which always makes me laugh.

ShingoMama


The SMAP member arrested is not the main one singing, but he is in the video wearing a red & white t-shirt and red pants.

In other news, I've been up since 630 (stupid pigeons!) and I'm half-heartedly studying for my Advanced Organizational Behaviour class. Still one more exam tomorrow, which reminds me I should take all my stuff with me today because I'm working right after the exam. I should go get gas and a steeped tea. Mmmmmm. I thought about going to the gym, but I am just NOT that motivated today.

After exams I'm going to set myself a pretty intense workout schedule. I'll have the free time, and I want to make use of it!

Plans for summer/next fall are still being prayerfully considered. God is showing me an interesting direction. More later, honest!!