Genevieve's Place

I've recently come to realize that....I'm moving in less than a week. Eeeks. This month has been a great daze, but I now need to get off my bum and start ticking off things on my to-do list. One more was just added with the loss of a free mattress :( Oh wells. Used mattresses. blech. My room is a terrible mess though. Just awful. So this weekend is the Corn n Apple. Oh good times. I don't know if I'll go yet. If I do, it'll just to see Joelfoo, and maybe see Shezza.

Tomorrow's my last day of work!!!! I'm so excited it's unreal. No more: hard hat hair, wearing blue all day, earplugs, smelling like ick, being covered in paint...that kind of thing...

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Yikes, a whole week without an entry. How very unlike me. But maybe I'm not like me lately :)...one more week of work though. I'm sooo excited about that. Sad though, to leave the girls I work with, cuz I know they'll genuinely miss me. The place I work is...their life...their future. Pay their paycheques home to their parents until they get married, then to their husbands. Blech. This is why I hope that mennonites just....stop living the way they do, to put it lightly.

Guess what I'm doing??? Playing Dr. Mario!! On my computer, that's right. I love playing old games...I was also playing Barbie, but I can't seem to get a hang of it like I used to.



My favourite part is the soundtrack sounds like people are throwing up and...other things...it's great.

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wedding I went to yesterday. Except it was all in low german. With a looooong sermon. So, I mean I could understand the basics like...Ons Voda em Himmel, wie dank du fer dis ...and dat...etc. Made me laugh though, that she walked down the aisle to 'The Rose'. And the word 'meddelpunkt' which phonetically sounds like 'metal-punk' but actually means the 'middle point' (like to have Jesus be the center of the marriage). I'm learning I'm learning. But not for long! Only two weeks left now, it looks like. Oh, funny story. Don't buy wedding cards when you're in a hurry. I got all ready for the wedding, and I was in a hurry, and I went to Superstore to find a card, and I was incredibly uncomfortable being so dressed up in a grocery store, but I digress. I was looking through these cards at the wedding section, saw one with nice pretty flowers on the front, very simple, I skim-read it, bought it and left. When I got to the church and re-read it, I discovered that it did in fact say 'Happy Anniversary.' Yeah. Right. So I quickly scribbled on the card and replaced that with 'Happy Wedding Day.' I promise you they'll never even notice.

Funny though, how love songs seem to make sense now...

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oh yeah...does anyone wanna go to the casting crowns concert on the 19th??

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Just got an email from Annie that inspires me to call people 'kid'. Awesome. So I registered for my classes this year yesterday. The tuition damage is...severe. But, that's what loans are for right? And pretty much what I'm here for. But it'll be a pretty light year, given that I didn't get into everything that I wanted. PLUS, they made me declare my major before I could register, so now I am Jen, Finance major. Hopefully it's not too tough to change it.

It's pretty much officially Harvest Fest. Good times. Well, I'm looking forward to....Manda Boo. That's about it. It's my mom's birthday tomorrow! I only remembered today, but don't worry, I'm completely covered. I love birthdays, even if they're not mine.

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Looking back, this summer has flown by so fast that it could take your breath away. Then again, if these days don't pass and September doesn't get here sooner, I might suffocate. I register for classes they day after tomorrow, and I don't really have it all figured out yet. Kinda scary.

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welcome home

I really didn't mean to make this post a picture by itself, I meant to have an accompanying post, but here goes.

It was an awesome weekend! Pictures here.I spent Friday shopping, finding the dress you see in the wedding pictures, and Friday night at Folklorama, experience the awesome celtic dancers. And I crashed at Crystal's, thank goodness, cuz I probably wouldn't have found my way home in the dark. Saturday morning, I got up and outta 'scona as fast as I could manage (jokes! jokes!) I got to my apartment, used the brand spankin new keys, and had to physically restrain myself from running out to not only buy furniture and electronics, but cleaning supplies. I do love me some good cleaning supplies.

Then, after walking down to the local Safeway for some Starbucks, I had nothing to do so I made myself a nest and started re-reading the purpose driven life. Shortly, Rae, the Marv, and Marce make their appearance at the place. Marvin wasted no time in christening our potty, so now, our toilet shall be henceforth called, "the Marvin" (he doesn't like that). Anyway, then me and Marce dressed up like rock stars, and we went to the wedding. Everyone exchanged, " YOU look so good!"s, there was the exchanging of vows, very awesomely written vows, and then...FREE ICE CREAM. What a good idea. Since we weren't invited to the reception, a bunch of us went out to applebees for supper, and then me and marce went for bubble tea, and to the lege to take pictures.

To explain about the bathtub pics, we don't have light in our bedroom or living room, so our choices for hanging out were the bathroom or kitchen/entranceway. So, into the bathtub i go. So the next day church=good, lunch=good. home! phew, long story many details, not so interesting. sorry!

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I've been tagged by Marce....

10 years ago today-> i actually don't remember much. it was the summer before i got my first paper route. my last carefree summer at 10. how sad is that?? 10 years ago, i was probably watching tv.

1 year ago-> my parents and my little sisters had just come to visit me up at grass river. it was a good time. Additionally, there was much drama amoungst the grass riverians. excluding me of course.

Yesterday -> worked all day getting absolutely disgusting. came home and showered. i have a bad memory. I went out for coffee with marcia. i'm sorry i made you cry. I then was chatting til way past my bedtime, but it was completely totally worth it ;)

Tomorrow -> I will sleeeep in, then pack my car with stuff to move into my apartment, drive to winnipeg, do a report thing with my landlord, move in, go shopping for a wedding outfit thing, and hopefully hang with crystal in the evening.

5 snacks I enjoy -> depends on my mood but....popcorn, cookies, coffee (i know! it's not a snack, but it's not a meal either :p), um, cinnamon buns, and i'll agree with marce on the bubble tea, i've just discovered it.

5 adult beverages I enjoy -> yeah, i'll probably be listing all the kinds i've ever had: wine (e & j gallo), coors light, margaritas from moxies ;)...coffee and baileys, and strawberry daiquiris...**don't worry marce...we'll be fixing you right up ;)**

5 bands I know the lyrics to-> relient k, jeremy camp, casting crowns, the weakerthans, sarah mclachlan...thin list i know

5 things I would do with $100 000 000 -> So, I'll prove myself as a dork and say that i'd set up trust funds and various accounts for everyone in my family and their possible future children...investments and things like that, pay off everyone in my family's debt, definetly travel, at least a little, give to the church and various charities, and buy everyone a puppy! jk

5 locations I would like to run away to -> hawaii, bc ;), the UK, the US ( i know, far eh), somewhere in south america

5 bad habits I have -> worrying, not keeping my room clean, being self-deprecating when i list bad habits...

5 things I love doing -> talking, singing, relaxing at home, walking places, listening to music...(i know, that list wasn't vague at all)

5 things I would never wear -> i don't know...things that are too revealing (modest is hottest!!lol), a powder blue tux, an afro, this, this, this....sorry, got caught up googling this...

5 tv shows I like -> Gilmore Girls!! I only aspire to own the seasons on DVD...I used to watch ER fanatically, the simpsons, what not to wear, proposal and wedding shows...*sigh*..oh and i also really like those nanny shows where the kids are terrible.

5 movies I like-> Ever After(!), Love Actually, the bridget joneses' movies, serendipity...

5 famous people I would love to meet-> i feel bad for not really wanting to meet famous people. "hey" "hi" "how are you?"
"oh, good, it rocks being famous"
"oh, that must be nice for you"
"it is it is, i have lots of stuff"

5 biggest joys at the moment -> my friends for sure, morning emails and flowers :)...moving to the city

5 favorite toys-> my car, computer, cellphone, credit card (!)

5 people to tag -> well, since marce tagged all the people who actually read and blog, if you're reading this, you've been tagged. if you don't have a blog, you can comment or email me with your answers :)....you're it!

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So, truth is...I haven't been sleeping very well. My days would've been much drearier if it weren't for the constant barrage of virtual flowers being thrown at me :P...But that's too happy a topic for me right now. I try to remove myself from this terrible, awful one, only to find myself more guilty for it. The apathetic side says, 'this isn't your problem, people make their choices, and they'll have to live with them' and the sympathetic albeit selfish side says 'what if it were me?'

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For the second time ever, and the first time all in one place, I talked about everything that I've done and been through this year. It wasn't easy. Like at all. More and more of the truth comes out each time. But I think I'm starting to realize that I'm not alone. No matter how much I thought that I was the only girl who messed up in relationships, who let her actions define her value, it's starting to finally dawn on me that I'm not completely alone in this. That I'm not doomed to repeat my mistakes, which I always thought I'd be destined to do. I've discovered that we're all holding up a funny kind of facade, that we're afraid to let anyone see what we've done, or really how we've let ourselves become victimized by well...ourselves and....guys I guess. crazycrazycrazy...how naive was i being in highschool? will I be able to sleep tonight?

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