Tuesdays with Lee

Wow! Rae raised a good point yesterday. While my next post will still be at home (since I'm in charge this Friday), my next Tuesday post will be in my dorm!

I'm trying not to think about it, to be honest. I think it's finally hitting everyone this week. Last week together. Before many of us radiate outwards from the city. And in my case… just move closer to its core. Could be amazing, could be terrible, but it's a change.

This comes from an instructions manual of sorts on how to become a corporate mystic (don't ask) and I found it particularly apt:

"They know that everything is change – that's the way life works in this part of the universe. At times they may have unpleasant feelings about the direction of change, but they are careful not to let those feelings limit their ability to respond."

So bring it on, future.

As for Rae's shopping question… I'm not a huge shopper but I'm an avid grocery shopper. If I had an unlimited budget I would hit up every grocery store and buy all the expensive imported stuff and all the fruit juices and tonnes of fresh fruit. Weird? Kind of.

Join me on Friday for the last of the regular from-home posts.

-Lee

Shopping... < 3

So, my shopping trip was a success I everything and more that I was looking for. Now to answer my own question; I would go to a mall that had all the best shoe stores, clothing stores and accessory stores. I am not a super picky person when it comes to where my cloths come form but I prefer not going to places where the all the clothes have the name of the store on them.
Anyway, moving on... this is my last post (on a regular basis) in my room at home till the spring. It’s weird to think that my next post I will be sitting in my new room starting a new and exciting part of my life. Oh, I failed to mention that when shopping I got so much stuff for school like I got a whole bag of kitchen supplies! It is just a weird feeling knowing that everything is about to change (and I don’t much like change).
Till next time,
Rae <3

I like shopping and my thoughts...

This is one of my fave things about summer. This trip is a time to go on a road trip, spend money on new clothes and just hang with my family. If you can’t tell already I am pretty close to my family and I like it that way but it is also one of the biggest reasons as to why I have decided to go to school in a different city. I guess I just need to know that I can survive on my own, with no family in my backyard. This will be a true test of my ability to survive.
Now Evi, I do think that you are going to do all the things you say you will because you are one of those people who when you set your mind to it you do it no matter what.
Miah, I’m glad that you loved your summer so much and I hope that your staff dance was a lot of fun! Also, I am very excited to hear about the summer wrap up.
Miss Lee, I hope that your trip is a lot of fun and you are enjoying yourself and when you see your buddy say ‘hi!’ for me!

Anywho... Miah, two weeks ago you have a very good idea with having a question. I think we should make it a regular thing because sometimes I just have nothing to say (for example this week). So... my question is: If you had an unlimited budget where would you shop?

Till next time,
Rae <3

I totally forgot it was the end of the summer

I have to say, I think this is the weirdest this summer has felt. Reading the last three posts from my friends and realizing, you guys all have something to do now, or somewhere to go. For me the end of the summer meant a change in lifestyle because of school. No more staying up till ridiculous hours in the morning, sleeping in the next day, eating whenever I felt like it and other awesome summer stuff. But this year...I mean I still don't have a job (not that I've been looking) so I'm just sort of...coasting. I've got nowhere to go, nothing to do. And on the one hand you know, "Woo hoo! Nothing to do but laze around the house all day!!" but the truth is I actually am getting bored of it. And it feels like shit if I haven't left the house all day. What sucks the most is not being able to sleep at night because I haven't had any exercise all day so I just lay there with a million thoughts flitting around my head and I'm all "leaf me alone!". They practically attack me sometimes. I'll be drifting off and then I'll remember something that upsets me and I wake up again. I'm well aware that it makes me sound like a cRazY person.
Anyhow, I've been thinking that maybe I should marry a farmer. That way I'd have something to do all day (chores like milking the cows :P, feeding chickens, working the fields or whatever) and I would definitely get some exercise (especially if I had some hot farmer hubby ;D). Also, an added bonus, there would be no homework! And besides, I like working with my hands. I feel like a farmer's life is less judgmental than the one I live; big-city and all that. Then again maybe I'm just romanticizing it, which is very possible. All I know is, I don't like to sit around the house all day not even going outside. And I know I DO like to get exercise, even if it's just going for a walk or like playing tennis with my mom. And yet I know that staying inside is EXACTLY what I'm gonna end up doing like all of this year. Sad isn't it?
I have plans you know. I have lots of plans, lots of AMBITIOUS plans. My dream for this year would be to get a job I don't hate, meet some AWEsome people there, befriend them, then spend the year hanging out with new friends, old friends and going to visit a bunch of people at university. All the while learning more about uhh...well, life I guess and (miraculously perhaps) gaining some serious self-confidence. I need it. I NEED it. *Sigh. I know it's only a dream but doesn't it sound wonderful? Oh yes! I almost forgot, there is also the possibility of traveling around the world a bit with my sister. There. Now THAT sounds wonderful. :D
If I'm thinking honestly and realistically though, I feel like this year is just a big, empty, black void. And I am hopelessly scrambling to fill it with something, anything that will make me happy.
I will now launch my thoughts into cyberspace...OooOOoooo sounds creepy eh?
Evie

The Song of Purple Summer

83 DAYS!!!!

This week marks the last week of camp, and the end to my summer. So sad. My summer though I have worked for majority of it has been a lot of fun. I absolutely love working at a summer camp with my kids. I mean where else would you hear lines like "I like to put the water jet on my poof poof" ? Or "Brett that's a silly name cause it's like bread!" Where else would you teach Russian children English and anti-swimmers swim? Not to mention the awesome Staff... and a couple in particular.
Next week I'll have a better full look back on the summer. But at this moment I am getting ready for the Staff Banquet! (AKA Staff Dance) As far as the title it's a song title from my favourite musical Spring Awakening, it's the final song and one of the lyrics are:
Listen to what's in the heart of a child
A song so big in one so small
Then you will hear where beauty lies
You'll find and you'll recall
The sadness the doubt all the loss the grief
Belongs to some play from the past
As the child leads the way to a dream, a belief
A Time of hope through the land.
OK. Off to Partaaay!
Miah

A message from Past Lee

Gotta write this on Friday (to be posted Tuesday) because I'm on a cruise! While I can't look into the future, that's the plan, and the plan is also for it to be awesome. (Or "AWEsome" as Evie might say.)

So, Lee, where is this cruise going? It's going to the east coast of the states and Canada, and it's leaving from New York. Pretty cool, no? (Please don't look it up, drive to New York and murder me + my family. Pleeeeeeaaase?)

We're leaving in a couple of hours and I haven't really packed yet. I mean I have clothes, but that's all. While looking for shoes I found a whole cabinet full clothes that were missing, presumed dead. What a nice surprise! Add that to the garbage bag full of clothes I got from a girl I've met all of two times, and… that's a lot of new (or old-new) clothes. :)

Time to pack electronics, toiletries, books, and odds and ends. 'S gonna be a long ride. :/ Wish me luck!

When I get back, a buddy of ours who's been in Korea for ever will be back. I'm so excited!!!

-Lee

For the first time in a long time I am actually awake before noon!

That is in part to do with going to bed before midnight but mostly because I woke up at 5:45 to go and get my brother at the airport. He just got back from two week on the west coast with one of his friend’s who lives there.
This week will be rather exciting. I am going to visit my school tomorrow – I have a visit with someone. Then on Thursday I am going on a shopping vacation with my family to the northern US. That is one of my fave things about summer; that shopping trip.
Saturday Evie, Miah and I hung out and watched Driving Miss Daisy, it was an ok movie... put it this way, I don’t ever have to see it again. We also took a lot of photo booth pictures on Miah’s laptop. Overall it was a fun night but I wish Lee could have been there.
Sorry this post is short; I don’t have much to say. My post on Friday might be just as short I don’t know yet.

Till next time,
Rae <3

Unemployment = Fall Cleaning!...also a new backyard :P

Hello everyone!
It's been a while, hold on...it's actually only been like a week. Less than because I posted late last week. Right, well I suppose this has been a busier week than normal (in the good way) so it feels like some stuff has actually happened between my last post and now. How exciting!
Currently I am unemployed. Doesn't that just scream loser? Or like, loner or something equally depressing and abusive? Personally I'm partly glad I'm unemployed right now, mostly because I've never had a job and the thought of a job interview makes my heart race (in the uncomfortable 'oh-my-god-oh-my-god' way...anxiously and stuff) but also because I have so much free time, which means I can do things that there was no way I could tackle during grade 12. AKA fall cleaning! There are about five boxes upstairs in and just outside of my room full of things I don't want anymore...FIVE boxes. Granted only three and a half are full but I'm not even half done. I think I may actually need more boxes. It feels fantastic to clean out my room. I used to have a three shelf bookcase full of books, like there were double rows so I had to pull books out to see what I had behind them but now...well I only have two rows. The whole bottom shelf is empty! It looks so forlorn. The clear solution here is to go out and buy NEW books, AWEsome books and line my newly emptied shelf with them! Seriously, every time I look at the empty shell of a shelf it calls out to me, 'Evie! Evie, please! I need more books, NEW books, AWEsome books!' And i just feel so bad I've got to do something :P Any suggestions for AWEsome books to buy? Lemme know :D
ANYwho, essentially I just feel good when I clean out my room. I feel like my life is less cluttered. Hopefully, by the end of my fall cleaning phase, there will be no more tripping over random shit littered all over my floor cuz I couldn't find a place for it in the jungle that is my room. OH! And I'm getting a new dresser and possibly a new desk! I'm super stoked to go to Ikea and pick them out :D
Now you'll notice if you scroll back up to the top of this post that there is a second part to the title. I'm sure you're wondering, 'but Evie, what is this comment about a new backyard? What is that Evie?' I'll tell you what that is friends, it refers to my NEW, FANTASTICALLY SWEET (and modern looking) back AND front yards!! Yes the rumours are true. I do indeed have a beautiful rock wall in my back garden that swoops gently out to accomodate a modest number of plants that will surely brighten up the back. Also a new back driveway entrance made of rounded stones like uhhh...k, well I can't remember the name exactly right now but I assure you it is some nice-ass stonage. Fer reals. And it's not even finished yet! I know, I can't even believe myself. How can one backyard undergo such a beautiful transformation and not get uppity? It somehow retained it's quiet modesty, probably due to it's VERY small size. And the front yard, woo! Let me tell ya about the front. Being serious for a second here it actually reminds me of my cottage. I'm not gonna lie I think I'm in love with it. It's got small rocks covering the whole thing (no more lawn to mow!!) and then there are some strategically placed bigger rocks set in among those and then my mom has yet to add some hostas (sp? it's basically just a green leafy plant) in around those. I LUV it!
So all of that has been exciting. New back and front yards, cleaning out my room. Oh, just before I move on I will say: it's no fucking picnic waking up at like 7:30 in the morning to the sound of a cement cutting machine thing screaming and you know, the boss guy yelling at his underlings and stuff. I did not sleep well for a good couple of days while they worked. The ONE upside was waking up the first morning being all grumpy and grumbling about noise and fatigue and then lifting up my blinds to find out what the hell was making that noise, only to be greeted by a dozen tanned and muscly backs gleaming with sweat shining up at me...*sigh too bad they were all like...old and stuff :P
Anyway, that was like the majority of my week, minus some get togethers with friends and stuff. Which I absolutely love cuz I hardly see anyone during the summer, 'cept for you Lee! Cuz you're conveniently only 8 blocks away! and you also are...wait are you unemployed? I thought you were. In any case i had a blast this week. And I get to see you guys on SAT NIGHT!! Wooooooo. Cuz I actually haven't seen my peeps in FOEVA. It's a fact.
Till next week!
Evie :D

omgomg ps. I totally forgot, I smoked sheesha (shisha?) for the first time the other day when I went to my friend's place. It was weird but cool :D I feel like kind of a rebel not gonna lie :P I wish I could do smoke rings though. Takes a special talent I'm sure.
pps. Also this post is SOOO long that I decided to include everything in it so that it counts for yesterday's and today's post from me :D that way I can't forget to post today's because I clearly forgot to post yesterday's...(and this way it looks like I meant to do just one! :P)

Daniel Radcliffe

So I am currently writing this on Tuesday, but I will post this on Wednesday, because I have no time to write tomorrow(Wednesday).Wow. Confusing!
92 DAYS!!!!

Camp is winding down and it's getting kinda sad, people are leaving friendships are just starting but have to see a bitter end. I hate the end of camp, it actually sucks.
Anyways
So. To answer my question my dream boy has to have (aside from the traditional funny, sweet etc.) three characteristics:
1. He has to have an Open Mind. What I mean by that is he has accept other people and the way they are. He doesn't need to agree with what they do or like he just has to accept, because nothing bugs me more then someone who thinks its funny to make semi-racists/ sexist jokes.
2. Semi- Jewish. Now I am Jewish, so I would find it hard for the perfect guy not to be Jewish, because there are so many things that I wouldn't have to explain and teach! That being said if I ever like a guy who isn't Jewish I really don't care, because as they say the heart wants what the heart wants.
3. He has to Like Musicals. Now I know that there is a five percent population of males who are straight who love musicals, so I know this may be a tricky one... but we'll see. Personally I love musicals to no end, I think they are so freakin' awesome it's kinda ridiculous. So I wouldn't want to date a guy who thought that musicals were stupid and I was torturing him to go see them, so that's why this one is important to me.
OK. That's my list, and may I mention that there is a guy out there who posses all three qualities? Daniel Radcliffe. Oh... and there may be one in my personal life too, well he has at least two, gonna figure out the musical one and I'll get back to you.
Miah
P.S. Enjoying all of your answers! Obviously we have somewhat similar taste in men, but not enough to fight over them!

I'm dreaming of a boy, a very special guy…

Hello my lovelies, you're hearing from Lee, and boy do I have a lot to tell you!

…

Okay no, not really all that much to tell you. Well, I do have a funny story.

It's 1:45 AM right now, and I got back from my cottage fairly recently. I think we got home at around midnight. I was just starting to unpack my things when I got a phonecall from the very nice boy I'm seeing right now.

"Hey Lee!"

"Hey man, what's up? [hearing a sound like wind in the background] Where are you right now?"

"In my basement, same as usual. [music starts up] You can hear my music, right?"

"Oh, okay. Yeah I can…"

And the conversation proceeded pretty normally from there. UNTIL…

Him: "Come outside."

"What, you're kidding. I'm not going outside."

"Naw come outside."

"No! You're joking, I know you are!"

"Yeah I'm joking."

"See, told you you were joking."

"No but seriously, come outside."

So I did… and there he was! What the heck!

In a roundabout way, I think I just described my Dream Guy, in answer to Miah's Friday question.

…

Haha okay, kind of a cop-out answer. My real answer to Miah's question is as follows:

My Dream Guy challenges me to become a better person (sorry Evie!!), smells good (Old Spice, anyone?), isn't sarcastic, is willing to nap on command (but isn't a push-over), doesn't manipulate me emotionally, and knows good places to get Asian food.

In a less roundabout way, I think I just described the very nice boy I'm seeing.

-Lee

PS: We all know life isn't all roses. There are always going to be faults and flaws (etc etc) but hey, why worry about those when you don't have to.

NYC

HI!

So Thursday night I got home from NYC. The trip was amazing and something that I will never forget. I think that I will sum up each day in a few sentences because my post last week was very detailed and long.

Sunday

After getting up early I got in the car and went to the airport and off we were. Then after arriving and going to the hotel (at 44^th between 8^th and 9^th) we walked the two-ish blocks to time square and went into all the iconic stores and bought a lot of stuff.

Monday

That for me was adventure day. My mom works closely with a guy in NYC so she went and met him and they hung out so I had time downtown to myself. I knew I needed an internet cafe or some kind of internet so that I could post my blog and after walking aimlessly for a while I found a FedEx and for $3 I got all the internet I needed. The most fun I had that day was definitely having no idea where I was and not caring that I had no idea where I was.

Tuesday

We decided to get tour bus passes – they were good for two days (Tuesday and Wednesday). That day we did the downtown tour and the night tour. They were both fun tours to do. As part of the downtown tour we also went to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The night bus was a lot of fun; I think that big cities look nicest at night.

Wednesday

Using our bus passes again we did the uptown tour. We almost did the whole thing – we got off at the last stop for central park. After getting off we went on a horse drawn carriage ride through the whole park and the only place that we truly stopped and got out was strawberry fields. I mean we went by all the other iconic places but I could not go without seeing the ‘imagine’ mosaic. After that we found our way to FAO Schwarz and Dylan’s Candy Bar we headed back to the hotel (by foot) and got ready to go see our Broadway show – Billy Elliot. It was fantastic!

Thursday

For our final day we spent a lot of time in Macey's then had this amazing pizza made in a wood burning oven. Then we headed to the airport and made in home around 11pm.

The trip was overall everything I wanted it to be.

Now to Miah’s question:

I honestly have no idea what would make up my dream guy. I do know that he would have to be a nerdfighter (if you don’t know what that is then go to www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers) and somewhat attractive I have no idea what qualities I would want. Sorry that my answer is kinda lame.

Till next time,

Rae <3

My own personal McSteamy- I mean Dreamy...hehe :P

So apparently I am not a very apt blogger. Perhaps some people are born with the right skills to blog and others (like myself) just lack the drive and self-discipline to do it. The first couple of weeks were fine, I managed to keep up on my day but now I just forget. It's actually as simple as that. I simply forget. It isn't cuz I don't feel like it, or cuz I don't like you guys or cuz I had a super crazy day or anything it just slipped my mind. I'm sorry that I do that cuz it must be frustrating I suppose for my fellow bloggers but, eh, wat can I do?
ANYwho, moving on. I'll answer Miah's question first. My dream guy eh? How do I even start? Where do I even start...I'm not sure I could describe my perfect guy cuz I don't really know who would suite me best. If we're being brutally honest here I'll just admit it, I've never been with a guy. I've liked guys, I've flirted but I've never actually hung out like on a date with a guy. SO, I can fantasize all I want about some really awesome guy who I THINK would be perfect for me but, I don't really know a whole lot about what works for me yet. Alrighty then :P, keeping that in mind this is wat I fantasize about *sigh:
I love to laugh so I kind of want someone with a sense of humour like mine (everyone always goes for the sense of humour right? :P), I'll also say that I want someone I'm actually attracted to (I know wat ur thinking: duh! but not everyone I meet has to think he's gorgeous, in fact that would be ridiculous, I don't want my guy singing Beyoncé's song Ego all the time to himself while dancing in front of the mirror, I just want to think he's like super cute or just plain GOOD-lookin ;D. Uh huh... :D). I'd want him to be super non-judgmental, not in the like the 'Oh my God I'm so fat!' 'No you're not baby!' way cuz I think that by now most guys have figured out that calling a girl chubbs is not the way to get a date :P I mean in the moralistic way. I know my fellow bloggers know what I'm on about and yea, maybe I'm shooting for the stars with this one but I'd really like it if a guy shared if not the same then at least a similar view on morals. *sigh I can hear him now, 'What are you talking about? There is no right or wrong!' I think I would just about swoon if some guy said that (and just happened to be super good looking too!). Unlikely I know. Oh well, I'll just stick to my dream man then eh? :P
So that's my answer for that. Now on to this last week. You know I'm not even sure what happened. Not much I'm sure. I probably would have remembered by now (I've been sitting here for a couple of minutes). I think i had a sleepover with a friend. Ummm, oh yea! Yesterday I saw a different friend who I hadn't seen in forever cuz she wrote her mcats so she came for a visit and we went out for dinner. So that was nice, doubly so because it got me outside going for a walk and stuff. Let's see, what else...Oh my god, I cleaned my room. Sort of. It's like part-way clean. I have a plan for cleaning more of it. With some help I'm gonna go through my closet and drawers and get rid of any clothes I don't want any more and then I'm going to Ikea to get a new dresser or something and maybe some sort of fancy storage thingy for my closet clothes which are kind of all jammed in there. The best part about this plan is the whole me taking a year off thing so I have SO much time :D
Okay I hope this long-ass blog makes up for the lateness!! :D
Till next week (hopefully on thursday...) Evie

Really Random

97 days.

Yeah so I once again don't know what to blog about... going to ask Sloan... 1 second.
...
She said my day.
OK Well...
I kinda hate camp at the moment my co and I aren't really getting a long... So yeah awesome last two days! (My other co is away this week as she's in competitive shooting, and she comes back on Monday.)
... yeah I have writers block at the moment.
Um. OK I know
University.
I'm getting really nervous, more nervous then scared. Like I've mentioned I'm going to Design School, and that's were my nerves begin. The thing is that my school unlike others isn't based off of test scores its based off of talent. I'm just worried that I'm going to get there and realize that everyone is like 10,000 times better then me. I dunno that's what I'm scared of, and the fact that it's University. Its actually kinda terrifying.
Yeah really tired...
I'm kinda in a weird place in my life now. I often go through fazes where I want a boy friend, that faze over took me last year and I succeeded. And yeah, that faze has taken over me again, but I was so proud of my self for going so long without the thought of a boyfriend. Because I am an independent person, I don't do what the "cool kids do" I do what I want. But at the same time I guess my thing is that I'm still stuck in the days of the ex, (if you've seen 500 days of Summer , you would understand my point.) But also I get to points in my life where I'm slightly miserable a lot like little things piss me off (and no it's not PMS, that's for a couple of weeks.) So yeah, not a happy Miah at the moment just a lot of emotions.
Oh and I've decided that I'm gonna give you all a question every time its my Friday, this weeks question is... What would make up your dream guy? And it can be anything from looks to characteristic traits, to likes and dislikes.
All done
Miah
(Realized this is hard to follow... sorry!)

Awkward Mistakes

99 DAYS UNTIL HARRY POTTER!!!!!
So sad.
Hey Guys,
So yeah nothing much to blog about this week. Working with Sloan is fun cause it's Sloan. There's been a lot of drama this week and it's kinds my fault...
Its goes like this.
(Names changed)
Lauren invites me to her birthday party, I go and ask around find out that Brian is thinking of going, because he said "I don't know if I was invited for the right reasons." I say "you should come it'll be fun." He says "OK, but text me if it's not lame." Thing is I didn't and still don't have his phone number. (Mistake one.) So at the party I realize what he means by "not the right reasons" a girl named Stephanie likes him, or he likes her I don't know. And other people where saying how annoying he is... total lie he's so cool. So I think OK, I have to text him I told him I would. I ask the girl Stephanie for his number (Mistake 2.) She hands me over the phone and I copy the number down. Text saying don't come I now understand what you mean by the wrong reasons (Mistake 3)... and guess who gets the text!?!?! Stephanie! Then drama ensues! This all happened on Monday, and since then I've been dealing with the dueling Stephanie, Lauren, and Brian (who I'm pretty sure doesn't care.) And man I am stuck in an awkward limbo, cause Monday was the day I actually became close with this guy. Like I talk to him in the halls, and stuff and he's cool. Like crazy cool.
OK so yeah Awkward Mistakes.
Miah

"There's your roommate, pal!"

I got a very exciting email today:

"At this time, your roommate for the upcoming year has agreed to release their name and email address to you so that you may contact them prior to the beginning of the academic year."

Armed with her email address and name, I quickly found the girl in question on Facebook. Like really quickly. I added her, and she sent me a message saying she was happy to have me as her roommate! Oh the warm fuzzies I got from that. :)

She also said the whole thing was surreal. And I have to agree. I can't believe it's really happening! Less than a month from now, I'll be in a dorm with a roommate, going to class (on "campus", how exciting), using my meal plan, and living the university experience.

My predominant exposure to university life has been through movies. But I know that no movie that's been made will mirror my experiences fully, because they will be unique, through good and bad.

No stress though; it won't help. Only healthy anticipation. I'm going to have to make a list soon of what to bring to my new room!

-Lee

I’m Taking My Bite Out of the Big Apple!

So, I’m in New York and it is amazing!!!

I’m gonna recap Family Fun Week and then next week talk about NYC.

So Monday was fun, the lobster was amazing and so were the scallops. Then on Tuesday was kind of uneventful. My grandparents’ car needed to be taken to the body shop so my dad and I got into their car and my mom and brother got into our car and off we went. Up to this body shop that felt like it was in the middle of nowhere but it must have been somewhere, where I do not know. That was a pretty chill day and that night on TV was one of our family shows that we love to watch together – America’s Got Talent (aka AGT). It was a good show, I love that show! I ended up going to bed at a reasonable time that night because then next day I went to the water park I told you about with the family friends that I told you about. It was a very fun day! I did get a minor sun burn BUT I did wear sunscreen so I don’t know how that happened. The only downer part of the day was at the very end we were about to get our stuff together and leave and it started to rain. I’m not talking light showers I’m talking hard rain powering down for like 10 min. it was annoying but it kinda had to happen it was so hot that the rain broke the humidity. That night when we got home I was so tired but that did not stop me from staying up WAY to late watching TV with my brother but none of that happened until after dinner and the results of AGT. Thursday I slept in till noon because I was so tired and had stayed up so late. We ended up not doing much until late that day. Every Thursday in the park near my house there is a farmers’ market and so that day pretty much the only thing we did was to go to the market and bought all our supplies for dinner that night. We ended up having these amazing sausages, salad, green beans and the best corn I have EVER eaten in my whole life! Then I had to go to bed at a sensible time that night because the next morning I was babysitting. Yes, I babysat during family fun week but we seem to never do things in the morning anyway so I wanted to make some money. The two kids (a girl 8 and a boy 10) are the chilliest kids that I babysit. We ended up watching a movie, the [original] bad news bears, with popcorn at 10 o’clock in the morning. They are fun kids to babysit! Then when I got home nothing was happening so I decided to watch some TV with my brother. Then my parents needed to go out to see some guy that might do the possible renovation to our house and wanted to know if we wanted to go so we did. We ended up just sitting in the car when they went to talk to him but it was worth getting out of the house. That night we were going to go to a drive in movie but the two double features were not in the right combination so we ended up going to a Greek Festival with our neighbours for dinner and to just walk around the festival. It was a lot of fun with a lot of good food! After getting home I was so tired and soon went to bed after that. Saturday was full of packing – me and my mom for NYC and my brother today left for Vancouver. Luckily my grandparents’ rock and they took us out to dinner so that my mom did not have to cook. Yesterday we left the house around 9am and headed off to the airport or flight was at 11:15 and then off we went ending family fun week.

I hope that you ladies have a good week because I know that I will!

Till next time,

Rae<3

Apathy: showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm or concern

Man, I'm so blue! (Like how I did that there?)

I haven't done anything today. And I've been getting up so late; it sucks! I feel like I'm going to wake up one of these days and be 80 years old and have only a high Tetris score to show for it. What do I do?

…

OK, here's what I do. I'm making this up on the spot, so bear with me. In the wise words of a friend of mine: "[I] need to stop being so apathetic."

To do:

• Go outside
• Do some form of exercise
• Buy bananas and any other groceries that need buying (hey this could count as going outside)
• Practice piano and/or cello

Not to do:

• Nap
• Read for more than an hour (it makes me grouchy)
• Go on MSN for more than an hour (tempting though it may be)
• … be apathetic

Well that's all for now. Evie, sounds like you're having a blast – live it up! Rae, why have I still not seen you and how's the FFW going? Miah, can you take a funny picture on Photobooth and send it to me? (I'll show you mine if you show me yours…) Or you could post it!

-Lee

Having a blast at well....the cottage again :P

Hey all!
Don't hate me but I totally forgot to post AGAIN yesterday. I know I'm like developing a habit here but I honestly thought about it so much this week and then yesterday was super busy so I had like no time at all. In the morning I got up at 11:17 (so late! wasting time at the cottage!) and ran down to the water to hang out with some family friends (who are awesome and hilarious :D). My sister had three friends up at that point and they all tried water skiing and they all got up! Pretty exciting. I only got to see one of them tho cuz I woke up so late. So after the skiing we took it down a notch and painted rocks for like an hour or so during lunch time. It was awesome, I painted a cartoon character from a show and named it and everything :D super fun! Then, in the afternoon we all decided to go play some tennis. I love tennis at the cottage! It's always so much fun...also I just like tennis in general so yea...It was sweet. And just before we left we played some Frisbee. Incidentally another awesome and fun sport :D Hooray right? One the way home we did some groceries and listened to some sick tunes. I don't even know what they were they were just all remixes of dance songs and stuff. I loved it :P Anywho there was like ten minutes once we got back where we rested on the beach putting sunblock on and then it was back onto the boat! Just for a few of us though. I went wakeboarding!! And I got up! More that once! Pretty damn exciting :D So after a really long time in the boat we ran upstairs got changed and then went over to the family friends place for dinner. We just can't get enough of each other :P In the evening we grabbed a movie and headed back over to my cottage to watch it but it was the Lindsay Lohan version of the parent trap so it wasn't very good. The bad quality of the movie combined with how tired everyone was meant people were falling asleep, so they left around 12:30 at night and about half an hour later I was asleep myself.
SO. As you can see I didn't have a whole lot of time to think about this blog. Today, however, I do cuz we all slept in super late and I haven't even gone outside yet cuz I knew I had to do this first. Anyway, I have to go now. Gotta seize the day and all!!
Bibi
Evie :D

Russian Invasion

So. Losts to tell you guys!
1. Currently typing on my new MacBook Pro, which I've named Mackenzie.
2. Sloan is going to be working at camp on Monday which I'm totally excited about, but a little nervous. Cause well, twice the people I've recommended have quit.
3. Because it's now August camp has switched around, a lot of kids leave and some new kids start. (Just so you have an idea, my unit -age 3-6- had 9 groups last month of around 15 kids, now my unit only has 6 groups with 12 kids) As a result of this my cabin/group has gotten at least 3 kids who don't speak English, the popular language seems to be Russian and/or Hebrew (hense the title.) It's kinda crazy cause neither of my co-councliors speak Russian or Hebrew, so like yesterday we saved a kid from going in to the deepend of the pool, not by yelling at him but by physically pulling him away.
4. Evie hope the cottage visitors were fun.
5. Rae enjoy New York! (What show are you seeing?)
6. Lee, why did I not know you went to the cottage?
7. Bye! (Gonna play on my computer!)
Miah

Rest and Relaxation

Hello all, Lee here.

I just got back from my cottage today, after spending the long weekend there. It was a lot of fun! Located in far-away Quebec, it's truly one of my favourite places to be. The sun and stars, campfires, clear lake, canoes, frogs… everything. It's no wonder it's colloquially called P.O.N.C. by my extended family: "Place of No Compulsion".

In other news, I want new frames (as in glasses frames) but my dad's hinting that the ones I want are too expensive. So I'll search for more - for cheaper ones. Oh well. I just don't really want to keep the ones I have now, as I've had them since Grade 10 and grown tired of them. Any suggestions? My tactic has been to try on ones at random, easily eliminating ones that are too big for my face. Which leaves surprisingly few! (Fun fact: my current frames are made for children…)

Rae, I'd love to hear more about your Family Fun Week! Please keep track so you can fill us all in on Monday (or Sunday)! And take a lot of pics in New York. :)

Can you believe it's already August? I saw a disturbing sight on the ride back home today: red leaves. What on Earth! So early, kind of blew my mind. Well, still have half the summer (ish) left, so let's all make the best of it. As in follow Rae's example and have some FUN!

-Lee

Family Fun Week!

This week my parents have taken off work and my brother and I have no plans so we are having ‘Family Fun Week!’ This is basically a week where we try to do things together and just have fun as a family. This all started when we could not decide where to go for a family vacation then it became too late to get anywhere so we decided that we were just gonna hang out in the city.
Family fun week stared out great yesterday with a late night trip to Wal-Mart Supercenter; my family is weird and we love going to Wal-Mart at strange hours in the middle of the night. Today started out with me having a nice sleep in and then my brother wanted to play a sport and we decided on basketball. So he got my mom to move the car and van out of the driveway and far away-ish. Then he moved the basketball net to the end of the driveway and we then played two-on-two basketball. Myself and my dad vs. my brother and my mom. Sadly I did not win, we actually kinda sucked (a lot!) but it was fun and that was the point. That takes us to right now. But tonight we are having a seafood fest – lobster, scallops and possibly shrimp. I am very excited, I love lobster and scallops, I learned to love seafood two summers ago when we went on an east coast adventure and drove to the eastern provinces. The minor issue is that my brother does not like seafood so he is gonna eat a steak (his favourite food in the whole world). I don’t think I mentioned that we are not eating alone. My next door neighbours and my grandparents are coming to join in on the feast! As for the rest of the week the only plans are that on Wednesday the four of us along with a family friend and his 10 year old daughter are going to a water park for the day and I am totally excited for that.
Next Sunday I leave for the ‘big apple’ with my mom so I have no idea if I will blog on Monday or Sunday or when but you will get something I promise!

Till next time,
Rae <3