Pictures...Bonfire

This is the night we went to Andrew's Grandparents house and had bonfire down by the water. This was later that night when his family had left.





Nick playing chubby bunny, I think he was able to get 12 in there!!


I found pictures...I haven't posted these ones here...If i posted them on the 10 forever blog, I'm sorry you'll just have to look at them twice.

U can't be serious

Ever gone into a class thinking, this should be a good day, I've done ALL my readings for this class, I feel as if I have a grasp on the topic, This should be a good class. Well I did today, but I certainly didn't come out of there thinking that. So I went out of that class thinking percisely this " U can't be Serious?". The class was exhilerating as always, one of the most dryest subjects, Research. And we are talking about hypotheses, research problems, critical thinking, directional, and undirectional, the prof is stopping to ask each person their opinion, and get them to answer a question, nobody is getting the right answer, and the answers we are giving are not what she wants. I'm getting confused as the minutes go on, because a comment a student will say makes the prof go on a tangent, therefore discussing things that I don't quite get. Then she wanted to knkow about the literature review, and theoretical framework (topics of the chapters I read), and I was thinking she was going to explain how to do a literature review, or atleast give us some pointers, NOPE! I hear at 3:30 (we are all ready 10 minutes over the time to be out of class)and she wants us to have a literature review prepared, with notes in front of us about an article in our textbook, so we can discuss it next class. All I could think was "But I don't know how to do a literature review?" So I will be BSing my way through a literature review for next wed. Sounds like fun eh?

oh it gets better, there comes another "U can't be Serious?" moment, 2 in fact. I go up to the peds floor to get my patient information, and there is a little latter there for me. In the letter it explains about clinics (which I did last week) and our assignments for it. This means I have to have a POSTER ready for friday about one of the stations I visited on last Thursday. I then go to get my patient research done. And as I'm reading about my patients I start realizing, I have 2 very complicated patients. I got to the floor this afternoon at about 3:40, and I didn't leave there till 5:10, I was the last from my classmates to leave. Now I have to do research and put together concept maps for 2 complicated patients, it's going to be such a great day tommorow.

Hopefully there will be no more "U can't be serious?" moments.

Anybody else have a "U can't be serious?" moment today???

So much to tell you

Actually I probably do not have anything to tell you that most of you don't all ready know. My BBQ I had to cancel on Sunday, sadly, since it was POURING RAIN!! Therefore I have loads of food in my freezer, which means I will have to reschedule, for when do I have the next BBQ, I"m not sure. But I have decided to have it inside. Yes I know what you are thinking, a BBQ inside, that doesn't sound very smart, but all the cooking and stuff will be done outside, but we will eat inside. I'll work out the details this week. Hopefully, everything works out fine, again.

I didn't work at all this weekend, which I will officially blame on Andrew. Kidding, it's not his fault at all, it's my own for being involved into to many things. And for trying to keep up with everything. Andrew made the comment the other day, when I said I was going to join another thing. It's not like, I'm not busy enough. It's not like I have homework to do, or that I have a room to clean, or work so I can make money, or a nursing society to run, or a youth commitee to be on, or church to go to, or money to raise to go to PEI, and then Toronto, or find the time to spend with Andrew, or to see my family and friends, or even have some alone time where I'm not doing anything. Oh, precious, precious alone time.

oh, and my money management skills are going down the drain, well not completely I'm just mad cause I missed my VISA payment (bought books) cause I swear I never got the letter to say when it was due, and therefore missed it, which meant they uped my minimum payment, and I had to pay interest. I'm so not happy. But I have been trying to save my money...HA! I bought, a pair of jeans today and a belt, and I spent money this weekend, more money then I should have. And I bought a frame, I needed the frame, but it's more oney I'm spending. AH!! Ok, I'm back into control, that's all I need, is some control.

Ok, Hope everyone is enjoying catching up with my life, I'm thinking I should go scrapbook, i haven't done that in a while. I'm still in the middle of doing a page about Dramafest, where letters have been burned, which, I haven't checked out since Lindsay tried to act all innocent and pretend she didn't know something, and wouldn't look me straight in the eye, therefore she decided to burn my letters even more to ignore me. Don't worry, I eventually got it out of her.

Good Night, I'm going to read some more...it's all we ever do when we are in school...READ!!

ER has returned...

Well, I watched the season premiere of ER tonight, and I loved it. Absolutely loved it. Things were resolved, but some other things happened that I did not expect. I was laughing, I was at the edge of my seat, and I cried, I cried more then once. My life now feels more at peace for having this show come back...lol. If you haven't guessed all ready, I love this show. I have Season 1 and 2 on DVD so far. I am slowly working my way up to get them all. I may have them all back next century considering it goes on forever!!

So, lots has been happening in my life...not really. My life is boring, or should I say my life is busy. Each night I'm doing something, and if I'm not doing something, I am studying or reading, or chatting online. I really need to get my priorities straight. School, school comes first...Ha!!


Well this is what I shall call my nonsense blog, because you are probably reading this and thinking..."is she on drugs? Why are all her thoughts scattered?" I am a little scatterbrained, cause well I'm tired, and I still have so much to do!! AH!!!

If I could scream I so would, I wonder if I could put an audio on her of me screaming, it would be such a pleasure, and whenever any of you feel stressed you would just have to press a link, and then you would realize someone is more stressed then you.

This Sunday is the Nursing Society BBQ, I am very nervous for this great and exciting event. It's my first event, and you know what...maybe no one will show up. Maybe I'll be the only one there, and what will I do then. My first event would officially suck if I was the only one there. And every time I ask people if they are coming Sunday, they look at me as if I have 3 heads...and say, what's happening sunday. They say this after I have told them 4 times about the BBQ. It's a little frustrating...

EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE!!! ok, I just need to keep telling myself that...

good night everyone, I hope you all have a great weekend!!!

Somethings Wrong

Ever have this feeling that something is wrong, somethings not quite right. That's how I feel, I feel like somethings been bothering me. Lindsay noticed today, she says I've been cranky these past few days, I haven't been excited about anything, nothing is interesting me. And the truth is, I think she's right. I want to cry at the stupidest most random times, and sometimes for no reason at all. I know somethings bothering me, maybe it's that I've been so busy with Nursing Society stuff and going from one thing to the next. I've been late for classes two days in a row, and both were not my fault. Since Saturday I've been go-go, and it's been things I've wanted to do, and things I've enjoyed, plus all the work I have to do, and all the work I've volunteered for. It's insane, and it seems like I can't do anything right this week. Nothing!! And yet I have so much to do. I lost my patience twice today. It's rare for me to loose my patience even once during a week. That's a big indicator that somethings wrong. Maybe I'm depressed...Lin says I have no enthusiasm. Maybe I am...

First Day

Well tommorow is my first day of school/classes, which technically for me isn't really a class, it is a full day long orientation to the course, plus introductions to the instructors, a test to assess my med math skills, and an evaluation on my skills so far. Sounds terribly exciting doesn't it?? As you can probably well imagine, I'm terrified, yet excited, yet unsure, it's a really great feeling. I'm so scared cause this is 3rd year, this is supposed to be the year that really shows you how to be a nurse. People's lives are going to be placed in my hands, and well that's terrifying. What if I mess up, I'm not perfect. I thought I could handle everything that I have on my plate, what with Nursing Society, Youth Commitee, helping at home, Work, and then school (plus clinical). It's a lot to handle and I'm thinking I'm just realizing all this. I know I would say stuff and joke before, that I will be very busy, but reality is starting to sink in.

I had to review my med math stuff, and some of it came back really easily, but other stuff, well let's just say I'm still confused about it. I thought I knew it, but I guess I didn't as much as I thought. I'm trying to get excited, and trying to think of all the "challenging things I will get to experience" but I'm really scared. I"m scared of becoming an introvert and not having a social life, or even being mean to the ones that need my attention because how do you maintain a relationship (any relationship even with a best friend) unless you make an effort to be interested in each others lives. What if I don't do my part and make that effort, I'd be the one losing out, and I really don't want that to happen. It happened first year, and it killed me a little...I can't let it happen again. :D I love you guys. I'm really scared as I can imagine you all are too. I'll keep you all in my prayers.

Love
Jocelyn

I want to Scream!!

So today is of course the orientation day, where I do my presentation, which technically I don't really have anything prepared. I'm just going to speak, and if anyone has any questions, well I'm winging it. I'm not sure what kind of info they want, and even then I don't have much info because well I haven't had a meeting with anyone of my executives yet. that is for today. Let's just say I have a mind splitting headache and the concept of eating this morning is making me nauseous. Therefore I don't want to eat, and I want to go back to bed. Wouldn't that be nice?? I think it's a brillant idea. That way I won't have to do a thing today. Plus I still haven't heard from the CPR recert course yet I left a message with them on Thursday. I'll have to call them again today. Man my head really hurts, I hope the advil kicks in soon. Anyway, I have to go finish getting ready so I can therefore torture myself. Have a nice day, I know I will.

A little TRUTH for Ya

Things Happen

Guess what...I may get to bed before midnight tonight, I say may, I never know what will actually happen. I could get distracted, for instance the Sears catalogue is looking very good right now, I love to look through it and create my own wish list. Yay, how much fun is that.

Anyway tonight I went and played ROOK, one of my favorite games, I'm such a games person. My whole family is actually, it seems like the thing to do on a sunday night when the family is stuck in, or even when you have people over...you play a game. It's sometimes much more entertaining then watching a movie. But then a movie is good to watch when your cold, and tired, and just want to snuggle with a blanket.

It seems that my thoughts are all over the page, I apologize to anyone who actually decide to read this. I'm not even sure what I'm blogging about. ooo, I know I'll show you all some pictures, or atleast tell an interesting story from last night. We all went out, I walked in the dark, through mud and water. And I did NOT fall!! That's quite the feat considering it's me. Nick and Andrew both took care of me, It was either one or the other watching me, making sure I didn't fall. Then once we reached some sort of body of water, they decided to throw rocks, yeah they are 3 and have to throw rocks. It was rather amusing to watch, but it was fun. Of course I do have a picture of it. We then went and got food from Tim Horton's, which I thought I wanted something HOT, but then got something COLD, and froze my little ass off. (oops did I say that). Yes, and then I got to see my dream baby, and if you're wondering I'm refering to a car.

Now I know, I know nothing about cars, when I hear mustang, convertible, ferrai, and the bunch, nothing comes to my mind. But when I hear the word Corvette, I know what you are talking about. I have always loved corvettes, and no I'm not making this up. I wish I could show you the picture of my uncles corvette...oh it is a beauty. He used to take me driving in it, I loved it!! You have no idea the emotional turmoil going through me last night when I saw that red corvette, oh my heart just soared. I wanted to run my hand over it's body, but then I was very afraid I would scratch it. I was mesmerised.

So if I ever get a dream car, you now all know what that would be. What year or make, *shrug* I have no idea, but I don't think I would ever get my dream baby, so why start hoping now. Plus if I ever had the money for one, there are a few things on my list before my dream car...like for instance: My dream house, or My dream vacation.

IT'S ALIVE!!!

I tell you this, no word of a lie, my camera is ALIVE!! I am so excited, you have no idea how relieved I am. When I put that battery in today, and heard the little sounds and saw that lovely fuji fine pix symbol I could have cried. This means that I will not have to replace my camera, my phone as well has been revived, how I'm not to sure, cause I thought for sure it was fried, it was even making funny sounds. But it has survived. Anyway, Camera is alive and working just as well as it did before!! Here I'll even take a picture for all of you to see!!~

My Rook Fix

I finally got my Rook fix in last night. Lindsay, Kelley, Ryan and I played Rook. My favorite game, it's lots of fun. some people may not agree, but it is. You have to play if you've never played before. The game has become like an addiction, well maybe not I have gone most of the summer with out playing 8 weeks to be exact. Lindsay and I were winning last night, we played well, or the other team just played really badly :) Anyway it was nice just to get out relax, play cards and talk. That's the best thing about playing cards, is the conversations that arise while playing. YOu tend to learn something about a person when they paly cards, even if it's just their ability to bluff. Or how competitive a person can be, or how calm someone else is. You just learn interesting things while playing cards. I love it!!

Anyway, as you can probably tell, I've been able to update my blog straight for 4 days. I haven't had to work in 4 days, and it's getting rather annoying, especially since I want to work, I want money, plus it keeps me preoccupied. Means I do't have to think about school or the 101 things I probably have to do before it starts. Yay!! It'll be fine, I just got to keep reminding myself that, or else I may get a little overwhelmed. I could have a mental breakdown, even before school starts. WAY TO GO!!! I want to be excited, and I'm trying to convince myself to be excited, but it's just not working. I'm sorry I'm not excited, I'm a nervous wreck!! I think I might have taken on one to many responsibilities this year. Well it's me, of course I took on 1 to many responsibilities. Ok, I'm done now, you now know the truth, I'm nervous about school, not excited, NERVOUS!!

I'm Awake!!!!

I'm awake, I don't want to be awake, but I am. I'm wide awake. It is 7:45 am, and I'm awake. I don't have anywhere to go, or anything to do, yet I'm up and awake. What is WRONG with me?? See Mom came in to tell me I left my windows down in my car...ALL NIGHT. *I can be really stupid sometimes* Than when everything was fine, I crawled back into bed and was lying there thinking about Nursing Society, I do not want to be thinking about Nursing Society...I want to be asleep. Finally I just gave up, got up, grabbed cold pizza and started typing this blog. You'll probably agree that this blog has become a great work of literary art...

NOW...onto the subject of my closet. As some of you may know I had to clean my closet out yesterday, and if you know me at all, you know that I hate doing stuff like that, and it takes quite a while for me to accomplish a task like that. Well I did it, I finished at about 11:30 last night, but it's done. I swear there were probably things growing in my closet. Wanna know all the stuff I found in my closet.

LOTS of SHOES!! I forgot how many pairs of shoes I have, I knew I loved shoes, but this was taking it to the next level.

TWO bags of BEARS!! about a year ago I had to take all my teddy bears and pack them away because of my allergies...that was a sad, sad day in the LeBlanc household.

CLOTHES!!! who would have guessed that I would find clothes in a closet. I found lots actually, stuff I had thought I had lost. Like my pink Nursing sweater, or my little slinky black dress, and than there's always my old painting clothes found those way at the back.

SHOEBOXES!! There were atleast 4 shoeboxes in my closet, I don't know why I wanted to save shoeboxes, but I had them.

BOARDGAMES!!! I found board games, ever play the game Payday or clue, well I have them!

a BOX of PAPERS!!! I don't really know what is in this box, I didn't really go through it, I just kind of put it back into the closet...

SKATES!! My ice skates, that I haven't worn in 2 years I found them, they are a little rusted though, oh well it's not like I'm using them.

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES!!! Many, many halloween costumes of many, many halloweens past. Luckily all I had to do with them was hang em' in the front closet.

and than JUNK!!! There was a load of junk in my closet, garbage, stuff that didn't even make sense as to why it was in my closet...like ribbon, or old bags, card envelopes, an old granola bar, and than just more junk. That stuff all went into the garbage bag.

Well by the end of cleaning I had 3 bags:

1. Contained CLOTHES

2. Contained SHOES

3. Contained actual GARBAGE

So now that my closet is clean, my mother tells me why don't I clean out my dresser now...Ha...Ha, uh, oh, not fair!!

It wasn't a joke...

Country Rock the Hill...we ROCKED it!!

I Survived the Hill (Part 2)

This is the completion to Lindsay's post, therefore if you want to know what is going on read hers first than come read mine. :) As you all know we left early Saturday morning, later than I had planned but that's my fault, I had to go get gas. It would have been very hard to get to moncton on EMPTY.

Than we went and got Heather, which I had to call her twice to figure out how to get to her house, even though she had explained it to me the night before. You'll see a trend with my driving and directions in this blog. Funny though, I was still the one driving on the highway to moncton. lol!!

We cranked up the music and headed off, stopped to go pee, I can't help it if I have to go and no one else does we have to stop...Scott said it perfectly, the driver has to be comfortable. We than arrive at my aunt's place unpack a little claim our respective places of sleep. And than head out.

Traffic of course was insane it took us 45 minutes to go from the highway to get to parking, and it's really not that long of a distance. We park, it's a good spot too, we get everyhing ready and start walking up the hill. Than all of a sudden everyone gets their tickets out, and my face goes white. I didn't remember putting my ticket into my other bag. I than tell everyone else that I don't have my ticket, we then spend five minutes trying to explain to me how to get back to my aunts place and than back again, yeah couldn't understand. So Scott drives and takes me back to my aunt's place, while Heather, and Linday scope out a place to sit. They did very well.

Luckily Scott and I arrive back in almost the exact same parking spot that we had left an hour earlier. We were very surprised!! And than when Lin and Heather told us where they were sitting, we were estatic, right down front, best place to be!!

Well we were enjoying ourselves exploring around, ran into Ryan Hughes, and then Robin Titus at 2 seperate times. With that many people I'm surprised we found each other.

Which reminds me, my personal bubble has grew tenfold since Saturday, I never realized how much I enjoy space until my space was taken away. But some of the people we shared space with were really nice, others not so nice. There were two nice guys directly in front of us. I sneezed on one of them, accidentily of course, and he turned around with a look of disgust on his face and I felt so bad. So I started apologizing, and than suddenly he smiles and we laugh a little, I brush his arm and we joke for the rest of the time. Plus later these two guys came to our rescue when one very drunk guy was getting mad at Lin and I for not moving. We seriously couldn't move. So the guys firmly told him to...well...F...off. I was ok with that. We than lost the guys and it was Lindsay and I to fend for ourselves, lucky for us, a fight broke out directly behind Lindsay during one of Alan Jackson's songs. I grabbed onto her for dear life, she was not going to be pulled into that brawl as long as I was standing. Than we enjoyed the rest of the night in peace.

Atleast until the RAIN came down. But that was it's own kinda peace. During "play something country" We're singing at the top of our lungs and dancing, with the rain just pouring down. Than when Brooks and Dunn came out and sang "BELIEVE" I could have cried, it was just so beautiful.

The most fun part though came after the concert, going through, the mud, and water. I swear we walked through a river that had formed on the side of the road. oh and if you looked back at the field it was just littered with STUFF, lots and lots of stuff. Shoes, chairs, garbage, bottles, clothes, anything you can possibly imagine was on that ground.

But it was all around awesome. I little painful, but I'll heal. And it was just aweome to get away for a day. (I was late for work the next day, but nobody noticed, I stayed later too, to make up for it. Yes, I know, I'm honest)

Well hopefully I won't do a concert like this for a while, especially the rain and lightening part. After all, becaue of all that water, my cell phone is nicely fried and my camera, well I'm still praying. Hope you guys enjoyed the retelling of my weekend. There will most definately be photos, and video footage posted soon.

Good Night,

Jocelyn

Babysitting

I think babysitting is what God created to remind you that you don't want any children. Usually babysitting intails just sitting around reading a book and making sure the kids don't kill themselves, those are the easy jobs, but every now and than I get the true babysitting jobs where the kids actually act like they would if their parents were there. As you could probably guess Connor tested my limits tonight. Let's just say macaroni on the floor was a fine moment this evening. Oh and the water that Rebecca split all over me was fun too. I truly love those children, and I realized tonight what it would be like with my own children, you love them, but you can't help getting mad every now and than. We survived the night, I was actually able to take a nap, I crawled into bed with Connor (he won't go to bed without someone there)so that was nice, meant I could get a little shut eye as well. I now need to go to sleep, I'm a little tired and I work in the morning. Jobs, why do we have jobs...oh yeah, that whole making money thing. lol

Good Night

Jocelyn

Very Interesting...

What You Really Think Of Your Friends

Lindsay is your soulmate.

You truly love Andrew.

You consider Kyle your true friend.

You know that Andy is always thinking of you.

You'll remember Ricky for the rest of your life.

You secretly think Nick is creative, charming, and a bit too dramatic at times.

You secretly think that Kelley is colorful, impulsive, and a total risk taker.

You secretly think that Kyla is loyal and trustworthy to you. And that Kyla changes lovers faster than underwear.

You secretly think Ryan is shy and nonconfrontational. And that Ryan has a hidden internet romance.

What Do You Think of Your Friends?

ooo, very cool

You Are Rogue

You're reluctantly special. In fact, you long to be normal. You consider your powers to be a curse, and something you can't control. Powers: absorbing other people's memories and abilities, weakening and killing people with your touch

Which of the X-Men Are You?

August is Half way through

Well august is not completely half way through, but enough of it has passed that I know there's so much left this month that I have to do. But I have barely started any of it. For instance I still have things for Nursing to get down. Brush up on different methods of how to do skills, like how to insert a catheter. I can't exactly practice that one on anyone. After all, regular people don't need a catheter put in. Plus I wanted to do up some more drug cards this summer, or atleast read a few chapters in my pharmacology book. Than I need to plan events for the year for nursing society, that should go well. I'm looking forward to it.

Anyway, I haven't done much this week, hung out with friends, read an email or two, and lounged around the house. You'd think since I have all this extra since I'm not working that often that I should be using my time...yeah right, are you insane, me using time to do something I don't know maybe educational. Ok, I'm very tired, it might have something to do with staying up late every night this week. I have not gone to be before 2 am since sat. and this is Thursday night. I most definately need a good nights sleep.

Good Night

Jocelyn

Night Shifts

I have a night shift tonight and tommorow night, I actually haven't done a night shift since my orientation which was back in June. So I guess I'm a little worried. The way night shifts work there's only one nurse or LPN on the floor and one RA (I'm the one RA) It gets really frustrating, so I just hope the nurse is understanding. But it should fine, I'm just getting worked up about nothing. Nothing at all. Plus, tommorow night will be my first 12 hour shift in over a year, 12 hours, is not a short shift. Especially if your trying to take care of 24 people yourself. Woohoo!! Sounds like so much fun doesn't it?? I'm on the floor where people are lucid and know what's going on, so through the night, you get "Can I have a glass of water?" "I need to go to the bathroom" "Can I get the bed pan" " I'm not sleepy, why do I have to go to bed now". Yeah it's a lot of fun. But it's just a summer job, it's money, it's a way to make money. and this way I can go to the beach on Sunday, get even more of a tan. Even though I'm all ready tanned, If you see my tan lines, you would be amazed at how dark I am.

Well I have no more to say, I'm just typing away to pass time. Can You Tell??

Considering I'm talking about my night shift, what an interesting topic. Are you bored to tears yet??

I still haven't eaten super yet, I do need something before I go to work. Than I have to bring something, because around 3 am, I get really hungry, It's as if that would be the time for my breakfast, and than when I get home I'm hungry again and I usually eat my lunch at that time. One time I came home from a night shift and ate a hamburger at 8 o'clock in the morning. It seems gross, but it's actually really good. Than once a have a full stomach, I lay down with my blinds drawn, a blanket and my fan on. It's the best way to sleep. I usually watch a movie. That way I can sleep through the movie, I know it's not logical at all, but it's the best way that I found that helps me sleep. Plus it drowns out all the noise of the day. You don't realize how noisy the daytime is until you try to sleep. Trust me...you hear every single car that drives by your house, the neighbors kids are so loud, and you can even hear the stupid crosswalk beeping. But hopefully tommorow I'll be able to sleep some. I haven't had any problems yet, maybe when I'm 50 and sleep is terribly important, that's when I'll have all the problems.

Well I think I've told you enough about all my sleeping habits, and eating ones for that matter. Atleast now you'll have a better understanding of what a night shift is like. And if you've ever done one, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

chao,
Jocelyn

an interesting movie

Well tonight, I had Ryan Hughes over and we watched a movie. We thought we would rent a movie, watch it relax and enjoy ourselves. So we picked out "Mrs. Henderson presents" It was a very interesting movie. It's based on the a woman who's husband dies, and she uses the money she's left to open up a theatre in London. And than to bring the public in, she (It was the seventy year old woman) suggests to put naked women on the stage. So there was music and dancing and naked women. And surprisingly they show everything. And this movie was only rated PG. It says on the box PG!! I couldn't believe it. But oddly enough the movie has a really good story line, and you start to really care about the characters, (even the naked women) and it gets really dramatic because it's set during World War 2.

Therefore it was a very interesting, movie. It's worth watching, of course it would probably be a good idea to cover your eyes in a few scenes. I've seen so many naked people in my life it really didn't matter, plus I wasn't in mixed company. I don't know, if I had to watch that with someone of the opposite sex in the room, I would probably turn bright red. Oh well, that shows you my innocence. Anyway, it's a good movie, rent it and see what I'm talking about.

As you can see I've been trying to keep up with my posts, I've been doin' all right so far. Eventually I will forget that I have a blog, like I always do. Than remember it again.
I was trying to get some of my pictures put up, but this computer is so slow. Therefore no pictures, while I'm on the laptop!! Eventually I will post pictures again. Have a nice night.

chao,
Jocelyn