Finals went pretty well. Spanish was a breeze of course. It was way easier than I thought it was going to be, too, so I was pretty pumped about that.
Wednesday I worked in the office, and then for dinner went to a BUSY Real with Meghan and Kareema for Cinco de Mayo. That was a blast!
Thursday Jacob & I cleaned the bathroom some... it was definitely a team effort, and is definitely not a completed job yet... Then we had a picnic lunch at Deming with Steamboat sandwiches yum :) and we were going to go look at apartments, but they only had one to show us so we just rescheduled. Then it was Max time after school. We played Life, and Max kicked our butts. That evening was the College of Arts & Sciences award night. Kurt & I were the Outstanding Graduating Seniors for the Music and LLL departments, respectively :) and we both graduated Magna Cum Laude! We're practically twins. After that Mom, Dad, Jacob, and I ate at the Bierstube... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! And I got a new watch from Mom & Dad... one that wasn't a $6 one from Wal-Mart and will actually last me a few years :) Oh and also, glittery Belle stickers... I was way more pumped about that :) And the bag was white with a blue star on it! Which is two of my favorite things, plus ISU's colors :) My mom truly outdid herself. Then that night Jacob, Clint, & I went to see Iron Man 2 at midnight. That was pretty much an awesome evening.
Friday I worked during the day and had the last showing of the musical at night.
Saturday we headed to Canada! It was only about an 8-hour drive to London, which is an awesome place. I just wish it hadn't been so cold! We got to the hotel around 4 and then headed over the mall on the way downtown. I got some Miss Vickie's sea salt & malt vinegar chips at Dollarama, which were in French & English :) I haven't tried them yet but I brought some from lunch today so we'll see if they're as awesome as I hope they are. It was funny being in the mall, cos there were British spellings everywhere & I loved people's accents. Every time I heard someone say "about" or "out" or "sorry" or something like that I had a hard time not giggling. And they were the friendliest people, too! Every time we walked into a store they'd be like "Hey how's it going?" and it was awesome. I found the Hoosiers DVD in a movie store, which made me happy.
After we left the mall we headed downtown. We ended up parking pretty much as close as we could to the building where the concert was... it was awesome. Then it was a short walk to the diner I scoped out online before we left. We stopped in some shops along the way. There were a lot of cute shops but most of them closed pretty early. We ate at that diner and had "poutine" (it wasn't really poutine, just fries and gravy and shredded cheese, but delicious nonetheless), and delicious milkshakes! Jacob got banana/butterscotch, and I ordered mint chocolate but I just got chocolate. It was still delicious, though.
Then we walked around and ended up finding the park I had scoped out as well. Victoria Park, home of the black squirrels! They were very friendly, in hopes that we would feed them.
Then we ran out of things to do, and it was cold, so we sat in the car awhile while we waited for the doors to open. We saw some people trickling in around 7, so we went in and were one of the first in line. Then it was more standing & waiting once we got let in the venue, but at least we were right up on stage :) Stars were AMAZING!!! Best concert I've ever been to. They played through the new album, then came back & did another set of oldies but goodies :) it was amazing. I even got a rose at the end from the many flowers they had onstage :)
Sunday we had breakfast at the hotel then headed back. We stopped for lunch somewhere in Michigan at a DQ, and had dinner at Chicago's Pizza in Cloverdale, which was delicious... wish we still had the one in TH.
Monday I went into work but Deb had gone home sick, so I worked for an hour then went home & watched Lost the rest of the day :) that night was the first THCB rehearsal of the season :) Felt good to play my piccolo again.
Tuesday Deb was still sick, which meant more Lost, and Jacob & I actually caught up in time to watch that night's episode on TV! We also had more Max time.
Wednesday I finally worked a full day, then that night was laundry and Corner Gas :)
Yesterday was an even more full day... work, then helping out with 5th grade band auditions at Woodrow Wilson (where I got asked if I was a student...), Then cleaned up for 2 hours... then after realizing my feet hurt cos I'd been on them for 12 hours straight, I finally took a break.
Today is Friday! This is the first time all week I've had downtime at work... hence me just now updating. I've been busy organizing and doing other things around here. Now I'm getting sent to the bookstore, so that's all for now!
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