Okay folks, grab your
tissues. Here’s my last post from good ol’ Manitoba. (It’s as long as Harry
Potter .. all 7 books)
It’s been a good four
years, I must admit. From Wise Guys to the Nob and everywhere in between (..
and around that seeing as they are ten minutes away from each other) I have had
some excellent times with some of the most amazing people I will ever meet. I
remember first year (and every year) saying to myself I could never live in MB
cause it’s just so flat and .. sorry guys, kinda ugly and I just couldn’t wrap
my head around living here. I missed the trees and lakes and nature of TBay. I
missed going out to my camp. And saying camp. But in the last few months, I’ll
admit it – it’s growin’ on me, so maybe one day I’ll be back.
When I go back home
this summer, I’ll miss being able to make the Gary face and not look like an
idiot. I won’t be a bar star anywhere (good Nob times). And no one will get it
when I do a Gillian Sidon and say “Wasteddd” when something happens to their
disadvantage. Maybe I’ll start a trend, heck I might as well just call it
getting Gill’ed. I’m sure I can make that work, I’ve already inspired “getting
Laura’d.” Thankfully, no matter where I go I can act like a complete dinkus.
Cause no one would be friends with me if they couldn’t handle my
ridiculousness. TG. (Leah, you better understand that or I’ll steal your CIS
BRONZE MEDAL WAHOOO SO PROUD) It’s the truth.
I’ve learned a lot of
lessons along the way like don’t drink Rockstar vodkas EVER or talk to your
profs about school stuff cause they’ll pick you out in class (omg, so embar). I've also learned that someone from Holland without an accent.. is probably from Holland, Manitoba. And they have a Miami here too.Such a pump fake. There’s also the “Oh, I’ll pick up my socks next semester” or the “I’ll do
better next time around, this test was just to see how she tests anyway”. Well,
it is now the end of my last semester of classes, all I’ve got left is
fieldwork in the fall and all I can say is I’m glad I don’t have any more
studying to do – cause I never follow my own advice and staying up til the wee
hours studying is no fun at all. Plus anyone who is anyone knows that papers
don’t start til the night before they’re due and they are hardly proofread
before they are handed in; they also know that reading the textbook the day
before the exam is not helpful when you have six chapters to read on stuff you
don’t find interesting; these really smart people also know that when in doubt,
you choose C. I could go on and on about stuff I’ve figured out, stuff I still
need to figure out and of course, stuff I will just leave to the smarties. I
guess my excuse this semester can be that all my midterms fell in the same
week.. every time. Thanks faculty of Kinesiology! Then again, at least I wasn’t
in Biomechanics at the same time as Motor Learning.. zombiiiiiies.
I’ll miss the smell of
pigs on campus. Not. I’ll miss having asthma in the Grotto. Not. I’ll miss
using Winnipeg transit and seeing the people in front of me eat each other’s faces.
TRIPLE NOT. But then again, those are just some of the things that made me a
better person.. I tried to turn that into a positive – not workin’ out for me.
I would also just like
to add that this blog has been a work in progress since March. Hopefully by the
time I’m done in April I’ll have better Roll Up The Rim stats to tell you (2
for 8).
So what’s next for me
you ask? Well, now that I am retired from soccer (retired, hahaha) I am going
to be a normal person, whatever that means. I’m not an athlete anymore and I’m
sure it’s gonna take a while to get used to but I think I’ll manage. I’m gonna
be in TBay for fall semester working at the hospital, it’s gonna be a great
experience. Then, comes Hoedown Week... I mean, winter. I’m heading out to be a
snowboard bum WAAAAAHOOOO. Or, sorry – I am going to seek employment in the
rockies whilst enjoying the activity of snowboarding. YAYAYAYAYAYA! Maybs I’ll
be a more consistent blogger then and you can all be jelly of my sweet
adventures. Adventures. I can’t wait to have them. Being done school (almost)
is one of the scariest, most exciting things I think I’m going to ever
encounter. Like, what the heck am I supposed to do? I don’t get to wake up and
go to class and then soccer and then watch Neature Walk on Youtube .. Oh, did I
say watch videos, I meant do homework.. with my soccer girls. No one else
understands Tim Riggins like Rhoni and McNabb. Everyone should figure it out
and love him though. I’m not going to be able to yell across the hall at Alison
or bang on the wall to Graca or lay in Leah’s bed and watch movies (Just slap
it away..). GAHH The world is scary. Who is going to bake the boys of 616
cupcakes.. oh, nvm, Shanleigh will. Or, guess not cause she’s leaving too. Pam’s
got a lot of baking to do I guess.
I wish I could do a
shout out for everyone I have insiders with but I am pretty sure I literally
have them with everyone and I’m going to get carpal tunnel if I don’t stop
there. I don’t think I’m going to be able to buy Nutella though cause I’m gonna
be paranoid one of my teammates is gonna smell it from Winnipeg and show up at
my doorstep with a spoon and a bagel. Wait, that’s not a bad thing.
Holy baloney this is a long one. And it’s still March! Imagine all of the GREAT things that are yet to come. Okay, I’ll write again in April. I’m at work anyway and should .. uh, study or something.
Holy baloney this is a long one. And it’s still March! Imagine all of the GREAT things that are yet to come. Okay, I’ll write again in April. I’m at work anyway and should .. uh, study or something.
It’s April. I’m 3 for
10 in Roll Up the Rim. Stats I can’t complain about. Too bad they don’t have a
contest with their bagels.. cause after last week (4 papers due and Bison
all-nighter) I woulda won a car.
There is seriously so
much I could write about. Four years is a long time. I guess you could say I’ve
grown up. I even eat the furry part of broccoli now AND cooked carrots. I’d say
that’s a pretty big deal. I’ll never have as good of a sandwich as Eunice made
.. except for the ones I made for myself in my month stint at Subway. Where I
accumulated $9.00 in tips.
I should wrap this up.
So here we go: The last four years have been my best. There’s been some ups and
some downs. Some unfortunates and some real lucky’s. I’ve met some greats and
some not so greats. I’m proud to say I was a Bison athlete for four years.. but
I will leave the speeches to Colleen. She prob thinks I’m on the golf team
anyway.
I guess I gotta thank
my mom and dad for letting me leave the homestead .. and for taking me back.
Without you guys I would probably not have played uni soccer .. or gone to uni
in the first place. When Kristen and I open our bakery with our Kin degrees you
guys will get a good discount.
I just wanna
sayyyyyyyy I love you all and... I will be back :) It hasn’t hit me yet that I’m
done school (almost) and that I’m gonna be gone for a year..but when it does I
hope everyone is sitting beside their phones waiting for me to call them saying
I miss them.
So this is it. Life
advice: Listen to good music, surround yourself with great people and never,
ever stop smiling. And exercise regularly. Oh, and snowboard.
Later days, Peg city.
(Guess I should go
take last night’s makeup off and start packing my life away.. my dad’s gonna be
here in like an hour. Too hungover for this.)
(ALSO – congratulations, you read my first novel.)
(ALSO – congratulations, you read my first novel.)
I'll be waiting for the phonecall.
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