crash

I went out to dinner with some old high school friends this evening. The one guy asked me if I had gotten into lots of car accidents in the years since I had last seen him. I just started laughing. After giving them a complete rundown of my accidents (which involve almost every vehicle I have ever driven) I told them that my boyfriend said he would let me drive his car. They started laughing and asked if he was crazy. My parent's said the same thing...and my siblings. While I was explaining all these accidents to my friends I was thinking how funny it would be to write them all on my blog.

So this guy that I was talking to this evening wasn't a really good friend in highschool but we played in band together. I had just gotten my liscence and our jazz band had a thing in Chilliwack. I borrowed my parent's van, piled a bunch of my friends in it, and took off. On the way there I got so lost and we were going to be late. I was driving a bit fast and took a corner too sharp...and well to make a long story short I ended up in the ditch. I had to really gun it to get the van out of the ditch and back up on the road. A different time I was dropping this same friend off at home and I ran into his neighbours fence. He just told me tonight that he ended up having to fix the fence. Wups. hee hee. In this same van I ran over many curbs and sidewalks and maybe some things I don't remember.

After we sold the van my family bought a sundace. It was really slow but it was mine to drive. I guess my parent's thought that if I had a car with no guts I wouldn't get into any accidents. They were wrong. I was on my way home from the ferry terminal with Aaron, Shannon, and my cousin Sarah when I rear ended a car. My car ended up with more damage than their's so I guess that was lucky. That same car is the one that I had to recently junk because I forgot to fill it with fluids.

When I worked in Poco I used to take John's car to work. They had an underground parking lot where I would park. One day I was backing out after work and I didn't realize there was a huge cement pole right next to the car. SMASH!!!! There went the driver's side mirror and with it a huge dent in the driver's door. Oh I felt so bad.

Then there was my parent's station wagon. I was in the junction and as I was backing out of my parking spot (and not watching where I was going) I hit a truck that was going past.

In my little red car I hit a cement pole at the gas station. Luckily no damage came from that. I also got into a real accident with this car but...I know it's amazing...it wasn't my fault.

And so this is why my entire family and every single one of my friends think that Jimmy should never let me drive his car. I back myself up by saying that it was been over three years since I've been in an accident that was my fault. Also, I have been driving my parent's new car and my brother's car for quite some time and I have not crashed with either one of them. Maybe it was just a phase...a very long phase...

this and that

On Thursday I forgot I had a counselor appointment at school. I was sitting in class when I remembered. I had to rebook. Monday I forgot to take out the garbage. I remembered about one hour too late. It seems that forgetting registration was only the beginning...

I have been studying so much lately. My brain feels so full of Kineisiology that there is almost no room for anything else. Jimmy is helping me by quizzing me. He remembers almost as much as I do...and he's not even trying. I have my test today and then I can have a break for a couple of days. I'm really looking forward to that.

Last night we were watching the hockey game at Jimmy's house. He didn't give up on Edmonton till there were only 8 seconds left on the clock. I was laughing at him but that's one thing I really like about Jimmy...he never gives up on anyone...ever.

On Saturday I was working at Cloverdale at the Indo Canadian Women's Festival. It was a very long day but still pretty fun. For a while it was getting really busy...I needed another one of me doing my job...but it made the day go fast because I kept having to run from the front of the lot to the back...and trying to make sure that they weren't parking in the middle of the road!!!!

Tomorrow Jimmy and I get to help Susan paint the church office. I never really had much experience with painting until I had to do a bunch while setting up for the Cloverdale Rodeo. Whenever they had painting to do I always got to do it...and I loved it!!! My dad is very good at painting and my brother does it for a living. He is one of the best painters I've ever seen. Whenever there is painting to do at home I am never allowed to touch the paintbrush. My brother always does it. I think that when I get my own place I'm going to go painting crazy!!!

So my life has basically been Jimmy, work, Jimmy, school, and Jimmy. Not that you all didn't know that :)

THANK YOU JIMMY!!!

isn't this new blog skin neat??

my transparency

I've been meaning to blog this for quite some time but I couldn't blog it right away because Susy and Neil hadn't told everyone. Lately I've had no excuse...just the fact that I keep forgetting.

A few weeks ago Jimmy and I were at my house just doing whatever. We were going to go out with all of our friends to the drive in and I guess we were just killing time. After a while Susy and Neil called and said they were going up to Jimmy's house so we went up to hang out with them for a while. When we got there we saw Susy's ring. I was sooooo excited. After a while Jimmy and I left to pick up Shannon and Susy and Neil went to pick up Aaron. They told me DON'T TELL SHANNON!!!!! So we were on our way into town with Shannon and I could not stop smiling. When we were walking into Boston Pizza Shannon asked me why I had such a big grin on my face. I didn't really say anything but then she said "they're not engaged are they?" WOW!!!! I felt so bad but it was kind of funny. Shannon can always read me but apparently I'm really transparent. So Susy and Neil got to tell Aaron...but not Shannon.

So the moral of the story is...if you have really BIG news...don't tell me first

what's wrong with me??

I usually have all of my courses chosen weeks before registration. I was doing my homework this morning and realized...oh shoot today is registration. I guess I better go pick my courses...

Guess my mind must be on other things :)

my day...

So this afternoon Jimmy picked me up from school and we went to Mill Lake to go rollarblading and walk around a bit. It was really fun...we saw so many little ducklings...When we got back to the car I had a message on my phone. It was from the lady I used to babysit for. She had a check for me because they had made a mistake on my T4 and it would be easiest to fix if they just gave me the money. I always talk about the kids I used to babysit so I thought it would be fun to take Jimmy over to see them. I worked with this family for about three years and I had not seen any of them since last september. So Jimmy and I pulled up and the 10 year old (Carrera) came out of the house...she saw who I was and went screaming into the house..."Melody's here!!!!!" It was pretty funny. I went inside and they had a new puppy so they were all excited to show him to Jimmy and I. The younger two kids had changed quite a bit since I last saw them. Robert (the 7 year old) is now obsessed with hockey. He knows what time the games are, what channel, and what teams are playing. His sisters said he always cheers for the winning team...I guess he doesn't have a favorite. The youngest (Breanna) has shot up since I last saw her. She is at least a few inches taller and she has missing teeth so she was talking with a bit of a lisp. She is still adorable!!! She was hopping around on one foot...like she always does when she's excited. It was fun to see them again...and neat for Jimmy to be able to meet them. I can't say I miss the job...but I sure do miss the kids.