Oh Monday

Mondays are not generally the most exciting of days at least for me.  I usually have to drag my butt out of bed, throw on some clothes, head downstairs to eat breakfast, and wonder off to class.  This morning was no different.  I went to my first class only to be reminded that I have a part of a project due on Wednesday.  In my second class I was informed that I have a paper due in two weeks and in my last class I was told I had a paper due next week.  Needless to say it was a rather frusterating Monday.  However when I came back for lunch after my last class what to my surprise I had a letter in my mail box!!  It was a card from my mummy and it made my day. 

I am now drowning in more homework than I thought possible.  On a brighter note it snowed this weekend and is snowing some more right now.  We're also suppose to have a snow storm on Tuesday night but we will see if that actually happens. Have a fantastic day!

It was Inevitable

I know it was just a matter of time but I really hoped that it wouldn't happen at all.  However the fact of the matter is I am sick.  It started on Tuesday and has continued to be an annoying presence ever since. They symptoms are these: runny nose, sore throat, and watery eyes.  The prognosis... a cold.  It came out of no where and has been trying to keep me down.  Up until today I was not going to let it get me but I have come to the conclusion that what I need to do is stay in my room and get better.  Before I do that though I might need to take a trip to Walmart because my lack of good quality tissues has taken its toll.  Wish me a speedy recovery and I hope you have a great day!

Snow Day!

Yesterday I woke up, put my contacts in, and brushed my teeth.  I then walked to my window and what to my surprise there was no ground to be seen.  The snowploughs were still hard at work with no visible progress because the snow kept falling. I could also barely see out my window because of how fast the snow was falling and the snow stuck to my window. 

View out my window (the light is a snowplough)

Upon seeing this I decided to check if I even had the class that I so faithfully got up for.  My luck was, of course, that I did not have my first class but there was still a possibility that I had my second class.  So what's a girl to do when faced with news like this?  Go back to bed of course!   That is exactly what I did for the next hour before I went downstairs for breakfast and a lovely morning of game play (bananagrams and phase 10).  Needless to say yesterday was a beautiful snowy day with much fun had by all. Have a lovely day!

P.S. My second class was canceled too.

Canadian, Please!

I am considering making it a habit of posting one Canadian related video every Wednesday. So here is the first of those weekly posts. With out further ado I give you Canadian, Please!

Target!

This is some very exciting news, at least for me!  The US company Target is coming to Canada!  I'm sure many of my Canadian friends are wondering at my excitement but I must explain.  Target is one of my favorite stores EVER!!  It is the perfect combination of clothing, electronics, home goods, food, and other items.  In the States whenever I need anything, from toothpaste to a DVD, I go to Target.  It is something that I have really missed in my time here (Walmart just doesn't cut it). It is incredible unlikely that a Target will be in Sydney anytime soon but that does not mean you can be prepared.  You can read all about it in the Cape Breton Post.

The Wind was Howling!

All last night while I slept the wind was howling outside my window.  I woke up this morning and it was still blowing.  When I opened my window to my surprise there was a beautiful blanket of fluffy snow covering everything in sight and beyond... so basically the island.  This was the source of many people having classes canceled and students not showing up for class.  I unlike many showed up for class and did not have any of them canceled.  Here is a view out of my window this afternoon.

View of a snowy parking lot from my room

As you can see there actually was snow but that is not even the half of it.  Though the thermometer read -12 C (10 F) with the wind chill it was said to feel like -24 C (-11 F).  Because of these factors the local public schools did not have school today, much to the joy of parents (which included my history prof).  If you want to read all about it you can look here.  With all that lovely information on the weather and how freezing it is here I leave you with:

Sunset from My Room

Children's Literature

One of the five classes that I have this semester is Children's Literature and thus far it has been very informative. I have learned all about the idea of childhood and how that idea has changed in the last hundred years. We have already powered through two and a half books. The first was Alice in Wonderland, followed by Five Children and It, and currently I am reading The Jungle Books. I have never read any of these books and I have found them very fascinating.

The book list for the rest of the semester includes The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island, Peter Pan, The Wind in the Willows, Anne of Green Gables, and a few others. Of the books that we are to read I have only read Peter Pan and Anne of Green Gables. I think this is a very good thing as I will not be bored all semester by books that I have already read. So wish me happy reading!