Thats good to hear that your mom is coming home Alison. As for the assignment... we could do that for you but it might end up being done as an engineer/compsci/arts/science design project instead of an Agfor project. Well I should be looking for more homework to do so I'll see you guys around.

Happy St. Patricks day!

Kind of funny considering I'm not Irish.

I went walkin' around this morning lookin' for love
and all I really needed to do was check the board out

yay!

alright, enough sappiness...
I will try my best to be there Friday,
but my dad asked me to be home for my mom as he's got an invitation to the Oilers game
So, most likely I'll be late coming, but I wouldn't miss it for the world.
I need to get out and relax, and what better way to do it than just what you've suggested?
as for the brownies, was that a hint, Pam? I'll try... :) no guarantees
we've pretty much eaten all the brownies we had at home,
so maybe fresh batch, maybe not, we'll see how busy I get.


Are any of you going to be at Chili's tonight?
I was thinking I might stop by,
I hate to say it, but the fresh hospital smell that people have
when they come home from surgery just kills me (good ol' scent memory),
and although I want to spend time with my mom,
I'm sure she's not going to be all that keen on doing much tonight
My Mommy's coming home tonight!

oh oh, funny story (not funny "ha ha" or funny strange, but funny pathetic)
So I have a meeting at noon with the Renewable Resources Department Council
Exciting stuff... and we got the information TODAY, i mean this morning
on all the motions to be passed and issues being raised
what a load of BS! Do you think I have time for this?
(and yes, I know, what am I doing now?...
printing off invitations for our guest speakers for our graduation banquet)
I don't have time for this!

A group project I'm working on was supposed to send info my way for the 15th...
and only one person did. So now Thursday's the day for that.

And next week: two presentations and two papers due that I haven't started yet!
shit!

It seems as though we all believe the end of the world has come because of assignments due and projects and major presentations that make you feel like you are going to pee your pants(like the one i have today)
I can not help with any of these projects, but I can offer a brief time away from the stresses of school, a place where we can just relax for a short period of time before we get into the craziness of once again, the school life.

Oh may i offer this you ask?
Friday Night
My house (if you don't know where that is - call me)(434 1764)
Sometime after 7:30-8pm
A good old "james Bond night"
Bring yourself, a movie you may think we all want to watch, beverages that you may choose to drink (these are the ones that I wish i could afford for all of you but can't) and it would be nice if you brought a snack to share(like brownies), but I'll try to provide stuff like that.

So please come and enjoy the company of your friends, and let us relax and enjoy before it all really hits the roof.

P.S. Pushbrug the Crazy = Pam

Good Luck All of you

First post of the day and as always it happens to come from me. Sorry to hear about all that shit you have to go through Alison, but just as Paras said life is hard so it will be worth living. There is an old native American saying:

When you pray to the great spirit to ask for strength, the great spirit will send many adversities. By surviving these adversities you will get the strength that you will need to be stronger.

So I don't know what you should do, but you will always have your friends around to help and support you no matter what... so don't be a stranger we still occupy that prime section of real estate in CAB.

The following quote hereto-forthwith shall be forever archived in the great halls of St. Patrick's Day fame:

"Excuse me good sir, but I find that hat to be both pompous and smug, and if you should not be so kind as to remove it, I shall be forced to do so for you."

At which point the hat was promptly removed and thrown to the ground.

(Apparently green beer does wonders for killing inhibition.)

(a.k.a. Par)

I know what you mean, Alison. Just when things seem crazy busy, things get worse.

I was saying to Pam today, taking a page from the Book of Ed, that it would be great to wake up tomorrow and have it be Saturday. Then realizing that I would still have tonnes of work to do after Saturday. So I thought next Saturday. Then, after realizing there is no break coming up anytime soon, I figured the ideal time to wake up tomorrow would be May. Everything would be done and taken care of, I just wouldn't have to deal with everything between now and May.

Unfortunately we can't. All we can do is buckle down and somehow survive the storm. It sucks, I know. If it was all easy, though, we wouldn't appreciate the struggle. And if decisions were easy to make, they wouldn't be worth making.

All this is useless to you now, though. Just as writing this (instead of doing work) is useless to me. When you look back on this and read it though (an aside, for those of you who don't read the archives here, you notice interesting things about what we discuss and how things change in a short period of time when you do read them), hopefully you'll realize what you have made it through. And, if that doesn't help, I refer you to this piece of sage advice.

And remember, "Parallel lines never meet, unless you bend one or both of them."

i just needed to vent
you can choose not to heed that previous message
no hurt feelings from me

So, I seem to be entirely too pissed off right now...
or something

I feel like my hands are tied
(and not in any sort of kinky way, just so you know)

Or that I'm gagged and can't speak

And all I can feel is the steam (like the cartoons) of anger venting from my ears
well, frustration really

My mom's in the hospital,
I had no opportunity to go visit her
I got home to no food for supper
and no way to go get food.
Our cheese was even moldy.
I only have two weeks (less than, really) to get all my work done
and some of my group members haven't lived up to their promises.
no one's signing up to be members of our club's executive next year
I have a summer job that I'm somewhat excited about, but more apprehensive
and NO ONE'S APPLIED TO BE ECOS DIRECTOR
which I was sure someone would and now I feel incredibly bad for not
Should I apply? I was told I would get it. but should I?

I feel like exploding in anger or crying
one of the two, maybe both

And I know that just putting this all behind me
and waking up tomorrow is NOT going to solve anything
Everything that's bothering me now will be there tomorrow
although I can buy myself lunch and dinner tomorrow,
so that's a step in the better direction
but still, all the major problems that were eating at me
will still be there
gnawing away

I don't have time, I never did, but now, I for sure don't
and my family's expecting me to step up
while my mom's incapacitated
that'd be fine if it wasn't the end of the semester
and i didn't have to get incredibly good marks on my finals and projects
to pull through
and if I didn't have the weight of an entire student group on my shoulders



what the hell am i going to do?


What can I do?


I think I'll just curl up into the fetal position
and wait for things to go on of their own accord

can you legitimately bring your own food into a restarurant?

I know Gayle won't object too much, but still... brownies in Chilis??

oh and thanks for answering the question.