Amie's Travels

Well, its official. My theory has been supported SUBSTANTIALLY with my new findings.  I have this theory that wherever I go, the weather follows me. Pour example, when I came back from Quebec, Saskatchewan had the same, nasty, muggy weather that we had in Quebec, LAME. Exhibit B, when I came from Canmore where it was not so hot and came back to Regina, then we had out not so hot summer that we had this past year. AND NOW, the final piece of the puzzle has fallen! Regina has a huge blizzard, closing the schools and the highways, making it impossible to leave the house with the snowed in areas unless you want to trudge through waist deep snow. Yesterday, we got a blizzard just like that! Crippling our every movement, canceling plans and outings! I, however, still had a night class and had to trudge through the snow. I was not walking the 2.5km it is to school like I regularly do and I am not biking through the snow as its too hard, so I had to take the stupid bus. But, even getting to the bus was such a horrible task as there was so much snow that all the paths were waist deep and it just sucked. Plus, the bus was at least ten minutes late more than it usually is. Gah, so as you can see, the weather gods spy upon my destiny and declare that I shall forever be haunted by a meteorological ghost. BOO!

Anyways, back to the dimensions of reality .

MONDAY:

Not much going on here, went to class, hung around the university, then went to Daniela’s apartment for a movie. We watched Lindsay Lohan in I know who killed me. I left early as I was starting to fall asleep like standing up and I wanted to get on the time schedule. I got home and then I felt slightly awake so talked to Brendon for like ten minutes then got sleepy again and went to bed. Apparently the movie had a dumb ending anyways, but it IS Lindsay Lohan.

TUESDAY:

Well, much more productive things going on here. Went to the university and got some shit done, then met with some friends about going to Estonia for a week. About me and six other people are going to go from here, to Stockholm, to Helsinki, to Tallinn, stay in Tallinn for two days and then back up to Stockholm and the Umea. So, that will be an amazing trip I think. I’ve also made my decisions about other trips. Such as I am going on the trip to Russia, and I’m going on the trip that we ski in Norway as long as the rental of equipment is possible and not to expensive. I’m also going to Jokkmokk which is above the polar circle, for one day, which for sign up is on Thursday (today).

After this meeting, I went to IKSU with Daniela and we got our cards and worked out lots and all the razzi-matazz. I did a good 30 mins of cardio and 30 of weight training. I felt really good afterwards, I think it was just what I needed and I fell asleep slightly normal that night. I still woke up at 530am the next morning as I keep doing. But, the IKSU place has everything and I’m really excited that I signed up. I can finally get back into my summer shape that I was before I ran the QCM and I’ll be ready in time to run it when I get back and then hopefully I can still train when I’m in China, we’ll see..

After the workout, I went over to Linderhallen to the coffee bar and hung out with Anne and we had fika. I had a falafel sandwich and a cool glacier lemon water stuff that they have here. It was delicious ^.^. So Anne and I chatted it up for a bit and it was quite fun, then we headed out to our homes after and saw fireworks for the event going on that night. They were pretty to watch . Then I got home and just kind of relaxed as I was tired and I went to bed after talking to Dad, Bettyanne and little Jackson! ^.^ I also talked to Brendon a little later on which, of course, is always nice to see a face I’m fond of, SINCE THE REST OF YOU ARE TOO LAZY TO SKYPE ME. SEE IF I BRING YOU BACK ANY BRAGO, COOKIES OF THE GODS. I also went and kept the new girl company that just came from the UK. SHE HAS THE SAME NAME AS ME, A-M-I-E. It’s pretty boss, A-Team ASSEMBLE! So we chatted for a bit in her apartment and then off to bed!

WEDNESDAY:

Well, Wednesday, again, woke up at 530 on non-purpose so I kind of lawled around in bed for a while then just decided I’d just get up. Which SUCKED, so badly . So I got up and I tried to get a hold of the guy that was selling a bike, but I ended up meeting him at 10am. Although, it had started getting blizzardy outside, and for some reason, I decided I would take a different way because it was apparently shorter, to alidhem which is very far away, and I got lost and ended up doing a 40 minute circle, walking, in this blizzard back to my street. Then I just festered in anger and walked to the university the way I knew and he ended up just meeting me there thank the lamb of god. So I payed 400kr for it which is sooo cheap considering everyone else wants like 800 SEK for theirs and 500kr is about a good price I was willing to pay. But, its a rickety old bike, but it’ll work for the four months that I’m going to use it then I’ll just sell it to someone when I leave. So, after that WHOLE ordeal I just went home and said that I had had enough of trudging and I was so sore already from working out the day before, now I had walked probably like 6 or more km around in a blizzard. Then I had to ride this bike home in the blizzard, uphill . You can imagine that I could not move when I got home and I lied in bed and had a two hour nap, but it was a gooooooooood nap . Then I finally ate something as I don’t recall eating anything in the morning. I might have eaten, but I just actually don’t remember as my eating habits are messed up due to the time change…hmm… I should probably buy some more groceries today. But, anyways, I still had a night class at 1800, so the blizzard at this point of course was horrible and I had to wait for the stupid bus to be late. The class itself was interesting and I sat next to Courtney, the girl from Calgary and I recall that we learned that Santa is really from Sweden. APPARENTLY. Although, there was a dispute about how the Finnish people claim it and so do the Norwegians. I still vote he is from Canada, the people of Alert, NWT have been lying to us all this time I am convinced. But yes, that was my day and then I just came home and sat in exhaustion. I also apparently found out that there was a sauna in my basement from the new girl. I will have to try that today.

Other than that, for today, Thursday, I am going to University as I have to sign up for the Jokkmokk trip at the office and also make a trip to the archaeological lab for my Vikings class. Its going to be sweet. Then off to the centre like I was suppose to yesterday to open a bank account if I can and then some other well-deserved shopping. However, I might just end up going on Saturday, but then the bank is not opened probably as banks here are even worse than BMO’s opening hours. I KNOW RIGHT, SHOCKING! But, yes I’ve just been eating and lazing around since 6 this morning so I should probably stop eating and shower. Sorry, no pictures, I didn’t feel like taking a picture of the blizzard as all of you just had one, you didn’t need a reminder. I’ll take lots of pictures soon, don’t worry!

Amie