For the next few weeks, I am helping run some daycamps that teach social skills to kids on the Autism spectrum. I just finished the first week and I am ex-to-the-HAUSTED. Don't get me wrong, I like doing it and parts of it were  really fun! There were just parts that were... less than really fun. Haha. Like today when one of the boys whined that if he didn't get to have a marshmallow before he went home he would probably starve. I kindly informed him that it takes a human being about thirty days without food before they would starve, and that he would be home well before it was even supper time. That shut him up. Kind of.

Part of my job includes driving one of the boys (Let's call him Nigel. That's a fun name.) from his house in Melfort to where the camp is held in another town and back again. It's about half an hour each way. Woo right? Today, I had a bunch of mix CDs with me to help make the trip seem shorter. Now, I should probably mention that I have music ADD and can't stay on the same song very long. As I skipped through the tracks on one of the CDs, I heard a voice in the back seat.


And then I switched it back and we rocked out with Beyonce all the way to camp. The end.

Hello all! Nope, I'm not dead. Yet....

As I sat at the table this morning munching on a SUPER healthy (ha!) breaky of naan and apple juice, decided it was probs about time I blogged again. So here is what has been happening lately:

-It is the middle of July, and I have yet to start my summer respite job. It's very frustrating, particularly because 1) My working time is quickly fading, 2) I had to miss my friends' wedding because my job was theoretically scheduled to start that week, and then it didn't, and 3) I am incredibly bored with nothing to do out here! So. I'm kinda praying hardcore.

-My beloved Mac had to be sent away. *pause for distraught sobbing*. There was a problem with a cord or something and it wouldn't charge... Anyways, that means that blogging is extremely difficult as PCs are NOT the same as Macs (I sense a new blog post topic?), and we don't exactly have the Donovan Bailey of internet connections out here in the country. Le sigh.

-Naan is delicious. Forever and ever AMEN.

-Last Friday, the entire fam jam headed out to our cabin four hours north for the weekend. This will be discussed further once I have the capacity to upload pictures again.

-I took Logan to go rent a movie for him and his friend yesterday, and I got a few for myself, including "Bride and Prejudice". Um, hello? How did I NOT know about this movie before?! It's Pride and Prejudice and Bollywood! Those are two of my favourite things. Awesome.

-The weather in Saskatchewan is cray-cray. Some places had hail, some had tornado warnings, some had wicked winds.... And we got HEAT. Let me spell it out for you:

Oh, hey guys. I'm BACK!

We got back to Melfort late Sunday night, and they've kept me busy here ever since. Yesterday morning, I went with my parents and helped mow the church grounds in town. For such an itty bitty little church, the grounds are kind of disproportionately sized. So it took ALL morning. And Momma Froc was kind enough to let me use the mower that's hard to push. Bless her heart. Haha. Then after lunch, I went back into town with Mum to get groceries and renew my driver's license. (I'm legal again suckas!)

In the evening, Shelby popped over and kidnapped me. No big deal. We went to look for a movie in hopes of having a girl's night, and then on the way to her house we stopped by the playground because we saw a few of our friends there. You remember the game Grounders? One person is it, and while they're on the ground they can have their eyes open, but the minute they get on the equipment their eyes must be shut. So basically, it's like tag. And you can't really touch the ground.

 Last night I got to see Nicole after two months. We had a sleepover. We did very little actual sleeping. It was pretty rad. Then I hung out with her family until this afternoon. I love them. They remind me of my family.
 After I got home, I showered and packed my backpack. Then I fixed up my bike and rode over to Henderson for a couple hours. It was PACKED.

Yesterday I had one of those days that remind you why life is good. I didn't do anything fancy like win a million dollars, or backpack across Europe, but it was a nearly perfect day.

I woke up, showered, and put on the outfit I had picked the night before. After examining it in the mirror, I decided I didn't like it anymore, but rather than telling myself how awful it looked and that nothing looked good on me, I changed and that was that! This is groundbreaking stuff people!

I had a really good session with my counsellor in the afternoon. The minute I walked in she noted that I seemed perkier for some reason, but she couldn't pin why. And she even noticed my haircut even though she hasn't seen me in weeks! We talked about my family. We talked about school and where I'm living. We talked about how I'm doing. Then she randomly asked, "What do you like about yourself?". This is not a question that has not been posed to me before, however I've never been able to answer it. Until yesterday. Also, she helped me possibly find a job for the fall which is awesome! And then the nice receptionist gave me this random little strawberry candy. And I love me some strawberries.

Then I wrote my last final of summer session. It feels SO good to know that I'm DONE school for summer. 100% DONE. It also was pretty nice to find out I got an A- in my health class. No big deal.

Later, Ben and Lizzy picked me up and we went to Ben's house to hang out. It was SUPER hot outside. (over 30 degrees yo!) Lizzy collapsed upon arrival.
Then we made Ultimate Nachos. Ben is not a fan of chunky salsa. But he ate it like a big boy! Good job bestie!
We watched a movie, and then were invited to go hang out with the family down the street. So we did. The older kids played Bump in the driveway, but I opted to colour with chalk with their little sister.
 I like making friends with little kids. :) This is our joint drawing! It's a stickman from hangman. We each took turns drawing a little part in a different colour until we had a picture.
Then we walked across the street to the park and set up a volleyball net to play. It has been YEARS since I've played volleyball, and it definitely showed haha. Good thing we weren't playing with rules.
We played soccer until it was dark, and went for a slurpee run, and then went back to Ben's house where we played Donkey Kong Racing on the N64 (Legit enough for you?) and THEN....

-Yesterday, my friend Ashley invited me to go on a trip with her to Fort Macleod for an antiques show. Obviously, I said yes! I love me some antiques! I came home with a lovely little necklace, and a surprise for the little sibs, and A RECORD PLAYER. Heck. Yes.

-Good ol' dad gave us quite the scare this morning... Apparently he woke up with a headache at the back of his head, weakness in his right side, and his face was kind of droopy, so Mum dropped the kids off at church and took him to the hospital. He's okay now, but holy man, what a way to spend Father's Day eh?

-I recently made a, uh... frivolous and totally unnecessary purchase that will help me accomplish one of the more random things on my Bucket List... Stay posted. (Bonus points to whomever can guess what it is!)

-There are two official days of summer school left this week, and two finals. I theoretically could be finished everything by Friday if I wanted to! WOO!

-Tonight I experimented again trying to use up all the groceries in my kitchen. Tonight's experiment? Peanut butter banana brownies. They're legit.