Week seven...halfway!!!!

So I just saw that I lost five pounds. I guess that's good, but sadly, it's not being done in a healthy way. It's more just because I have no time to eat and I'm working like crazy and lifting heavy stuff and doing work. On the plus side, I have been eating a little more healthy. The reason for that isn't really that I've been trying to eat better, it's more that buying fast food is an expense that I currently can't afford. I normally buy food once a week, and it's usually at Extreme Pita or at the mexican restaurant called Chorizo (which is super good).

I did splurge at Moxie's last week, but that was only 'cause I went to see Ann. Which was great, 'cause I hadn't seen her in so long.

Anyways, back to weight. So I'm trying to find a way to fit the gym into my life, but I'm not sure how to or if it would be too much. I mean, when my day is already long enough (leave home at 7:30, come home at around 11), I don't know if I want to add more work to that. But technically on tuesdays, wednesdays, and thursdays I could go to the gym at school. Even if it's just for half an hour or an hour. But will that be too much?? Maybe I'll try next week, see how that goes.

Also, I should prolly eat more regularly, even if it's just some fruit or a yogurt or something.

So anyways, on to non-weight issues. So school is going okay. I've been doing okay with the schoolwork, but it's gotten a little harder since now it's quite involved and requires a lot more time. I mean, I've gotten a lot of pretty good marks (I even got perfect on a few tests and assignments), but last week, I'm pretty sure I failed my marketing midterm. I didn't really get to study, 'cause I was working.

But overall, I'm doing okay with it. And I really like it. I think I may go into the business side of it instead of creative, though. But I don't know yet, 'cause I like the creative part of it too. Well, I still have a semester and a half to decide.

I have to create a typeface for next monday. Anyone have any ideas???

Work is good too. I work a crazy amount of hours. Well, it's crazy to work 40 hours considering I'm part time. But I like the people, so it's not so bad. And now we have tons of seasonal people working, so we shouldn't get out too late.

So I still don't know what to do for Halloween. I'm torn between actually going somewhere, and just staying home at watching horror movies. Ela's all for the staying in. Money is a factor, though, and since Jarx's bday is the weekend before, I may just have to settle for staying home.

So one thing I now love is my PVR. It records all my shows. And then on friday or saturday morning, I sit down and have a mini-marathon of shows. Usually I watch Gossip Girl, 90210, Heroes, The Mentalist, Criminal Minds, Law & Order SVU, CSI, and Grey's Anatomy. And I think I may start watching Fringe. I'm all set to watch the first episode on friday, so if I like it, I'll keep watching. If not, oh, well.

But we'll see how that goes. And I think it's bedtime for me now. I was gonna go into how Thanksgiving was, since we had ppl over, but maybe next time.

Nighty night.

Fourth week in, and so far it's good.

So I've decided to update. I really shouldn't be on here, 'cause I have homework I'm supposed to be doing, but I'm taking a break. Well, I haven't really been doing much of it, so it's not really a well-deserved break or anything, but still.

So I like school. I like the classes. They're pretty interesting, and the homework isn't killing me yet. I mean, it takes a while to do, but it's not super hard. Right now I'm working on a creative brief for travel mugs. Yeah, it's not so easy. But they're interesting, and I'm learning new stuff. Which is great, 'cause that was part of the reason I didn't like Humber, we never really learned anything new. So I'm loving it right now.

I'm not liking having math, though. It's kinda basic math, but with a new twist. I mean, it's the four basics (add, subtract, multiply, divide), but they add stuff we never did in high school. Like how to find the rating for your tv show, or figure out if your target audience is really affected by your ad. And how to budget for advertising and marketing. So it's interesting. But I hate math.

So now I can't look at ads the same way anymore. Shittiness. Though I've seen some super good ones now.

So work is good. I work about 35 hrs a week. It's pretty crazy. But the people are pretty good, and I like the store, so it works. And of course, I want everything we sell. I don't have my own kitchen, but that doesn't matter. I still want it.

So my schedule is pretty crazy. I work on sundays from 12-7, and then monday through thursday I leave my house at 7:30 am and I come home at about 11 pm. Thankfully, I have no class and no work on fridays. And I have sat off as well. I actually like my schedule, 'cause although the days are long, I have two full days off. So it's like my weekend, kinda.

And then on either friday or saturday night, Ela comes over. Since I'm not home to watch my shows anymore, my mom got the Rogers box that lets you tape stuff. So I tape all my shows and watch them on fri or sat. So Ela comes over and we watch Criminal Minds, Law & Order, and the Mentalist.

So I really have to do my hw now. I'm tired and want to go to bed. So maybe I'll update again on the weekend.

I love the Palooza!!

So I went to orientation today, and I'm even more excited now than I was before.

So the school orientation was pretty lame. They hand out the agenda, and then they talk about random crap about succeeding and all that stuff. And then they gave out some frisbees and shirts and mugs. Regular, boring. Same as Humber's, except Humber gave you like a whole package of stuff.

The Advertising Palooza, which is what they called the program orientation, was much better. It was a joint orientation and food drive. For every item you donated, you got a ticket. Then you went to the table with the 40 or so prizes and picked which one you wanted to put your ticket into the draw for. So each ticket was only in a draw for one prize, not for all. There was also another table with one box and all tickets were eligible for all prizes. So the individually drawn prizes were good. There were two BlackBerrys, an iPod, two DVD burners, a DVD player, two cameras, textbooks, and so on. The smaller prizes, from the other table, were tshirts and mugs and hats and so on.

So of course, I don't win any good ones. Well, I won one, but it wasn't a BlackBerry or iPod, so I was sad. Anyways, I got a gym bag, a Bernie Mac bobble head, two movie passes, two coupons for Popeyes, two DVDs, a Mohawk shirt, and a 1GB USB key. So really, not too bad.

We also all got banana guards. Yes, you read that right. Banana guards. They look like some sort of weird sex toy, so it made for an interesting time as the coordinator tried to explain what they were and then hand them out. In case you're wondering, they're supposed to be so that your banana doesn't get squished in your backpack or lunchbag.

Actually, I'll show you how funny they look:

As you can see, they look like a sex toy. What made ours worse was that they weren't all in pretty colours, they were all black. Yeah, it was interesting.

Then we split into teams and built a tower out of straw. We lost. Quite sad.

The teachers seems pretty cool. I mean, they didn't really get to talk too much, but they were really nice and seemed to have a sense of humour. Also, some of them were obviously favourites, so we'll see how that goes. And one was super hot. :D

So all in all, I had a good time. Traffic was pretty good, and I managed to find parking. Hopefully it's this good every day!!

I also like the school better than I like Humber. Humber always seemed kinda dark to me. And I hated the lack of Timmie's. Really, all you could eat was Harvey's ,Pizza Pizza, William's, or cafe food. Even the pub served Pizza Pizza!! Mohawk has way more choices. It has a few of the same: cafe food, Harvey's, Pizza Pizza, Mr. Sub. But it also has two Tim Horton's, a Domino's Pizza, the Arnie, and the Cellar & Grill. I love that I can get some Timmie's in the morning now. I soooo hated that about Humber.

The only thing I'm hoping right now is that textbooks aren't too much. I think I already have the Marketing book, but I don't really have the cash to spend $500 on books right now. So hopefully they're not all super necessary.

As for my classes, I've looked at the outlines, and they don't all look so bad. Some look like they'll be a lot of work, and will take a lot of freaking time and effort. Some don't seem too bad. Hopefully it won't be too crazy with me working as often as I can.

So yeah, bedtime now. But be excited for me, 'cause I am!! Starting something new will be super good for me. I have two places to meet new people now: school and work. I just hope it works out!!!

Susana