I think we are all weird...

Hi I'm Rae!

This will be an amazing adventure into our lives that I am very excited about. This whole idea that we came up with will hopefully allow us to stay as close as we are now even when we all go our own direction. I can’t speak for everyone but my direction takes me about 3 hours away from everyone and as much as that sucks I am super excited about the College that I am going to. I am studying Arts and Science, it’s program that is being revolutionized at the College that I’m going to.

Moving on… I am totally into YouTube, it's one of my biggest loves in life. I don’t want to over use the term addicted but I would say that I am addicted to YouTube. I know how silly that might sound but yes unquestionably I am. I also love Harry Potter both the books and movies. My favourite book is the third one “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” it’s my favourite because it has nothing to do with Voldemort. As for my favourite movie well, that will have to wait until I see them all so I’ll get back to you on that.

As part of our High School Diplomas’ students in Ontario have to do 40 hours of community service. Volunteering was something that my family and I do all the time, sometimes I feel like it is now embedded into my genetic code because my parents had my younger brother and I do it for so many years when we were younger. So when I was in grade 9 I decided that I wanted to start right a way and with my Mom’s help I become a Junior Leader at my local Sparks group. Sparks is the youngest branch of Girl Guides of Canada for 5 and 6 year old girls (other wise known as Senior Kindergarten and Grade 1). At first I was doing it for the hours then I fell in love with doing it and very quickly became a passion of mine – to work with young children to help make their lives better. The icing on the cake was that I knew that I did not have to do any of it, I was getting no money for doing this, I was simply doing it to make their lives and in turn my life better. They were having just as big of an impact on me as I hope and think I was having on them.

Along that same vein this summer from today to July 30 I am volunteering at a local Hospital in the gift shop. I know that I could/should have gotten a paying job but I started looking too late and never got a job so I am doing something that I have always wanted to do every since I was a little girl – work a cash register. This position will also work wonderfully as a reference on a ‘real job’ application. So, I’m off for my first day, it’s really orientation not work I have to learn things about the Hospital before I can do anything else.

So... I’m off to work and I’ll talk to you Friday!

Till next time,
Rae <3