Sinus Infection or just reacting to the changes in weather?

That is the question! I have been sick for the last couple of weeks but haven't had the time to go to the doctor's. I take after my dad in that way- not one to go to the doctor at all! I prefer to work through it and hope it goes away! And it's been a busy couple of weeks! Today, I finally had the chance to sleep in and I'm feeling somewhat better. But I think I will head to either a doctor my friend recommended or to the university's medical clinic tomorrow to make sure this goes away for good!

So what have I been up to since my last post? Well, Wednesday I had to go back to see a child I did an assessment on to finish it up. The evening was spent at the African Children's Choir. First off, I must ask if anyone else is like me- when other people are coming for a visit, I make sure my place is spic and span; however, living by myself, I can let the place go a little bit especially with my hectic schedule! Well, this happened this past week (with the busy schedule and feeling under the weather) and as I wasn't expecting anyone, I didn't take great care to clean up. However, Peter and Amanda arrived early to pick me up for the concert and wanted to come in to use my bathroom! Ah, panic!:) I cleaned on the weekend though so if anyone comes, I won't be as embarassed!:)

The African Children's Choir was amazing. I saw them last year and was blown away by them. I am certainly feeling myself being drawn towards going to Africa some day. I thought of going this summer with a few people from my church with a mission project known as the ZIM project. But with school and such, I felt that it wasn't the right time. Really hoping it'll work out for next year!

After the concert, I headed to 17th Ave to meet up with some classmates and professors to hear our professor's daughter sing. She was great (check her out at jennandrewsmusic.com) and it was nice to hang out with this group outside of class. I came home kind of early though as I had to do some work to prepare for a meeting on Thursday with my thesis supervisor. After meeting with her, we decided that I will aim to defend on August 2 and spend the rest of August preparing my thesis for publication. That way, I won't lose my grant (which stops once I am completed). Very exciting but daunting as well. It also means I will not be able to work for the LDAA after all (although I'm going to offer to help out on the days they do outtrips and such). Thursday evening, I completed my assessment report. Friday, I was fortunate to go out to lunch with my practicum supervisor and the other girls/supervisors from my practicum site. It was a nice lunch and she gave me a beautiful card she made with a gift certificate to Chapters. I was told to spend it on books other than school books (something I hardly do!:)) so it will be fun to spend some time in the bookstore. I think I would like to buy some of the classics (like some Jane Austin books or something). I will let you know what I end up buying.

The rest of the weekend I continued to feel under the weather. I spent most of Saturday (after working in the morning doing the social skills group) on the couch dozing and then watching the Chronicles of Narnia movie (care of Amanda and Peter)- very much enjoyed it! I had been wanting to watch it for ages but was so busy all term, I haven't watched many movies at all! On Sunday, I rented Pride and Prejudice which I also thoroughly enjoyed.

Sunday, of course, I went to church. I really enjoy my church. As I mentioned in an early post, we had a cool service last week. We did an Emmaus walk which is basically the walk that the disciples took after Jesus died. They felt lost and alone and were unsure of what to do. So, there were basically stations that we could go to that took us through a similar walk. At one of the stations, everyone was asked to write a time when they had truly experienced God. It was quite cool reading what everyone had written. I also very much enjoy the sermons at my church. Our pastor is just so laidback and open; it really is a church for "real" people. Lately, he has been showing clips from movies before his sermon which help to place the sermons into a real context. Yesterday, he showed a clip from "Bruce Almighty" and talked about how to deal with disappointment in our lives. Very enjoyable. Then, we had a brunch as a church. There was supposed to be softball practice but it was so cold yesterday (it was snowing a little!) so thankfully they didn't have it. Still feeling sick, I just came home and watched the movie.

Almost done!:) Yesterday, I had a meeting with a prof that is helping with data analysis and will also be on my committee. Then, I had my family workshop in the evening. I work with kids who haved moved to Canada from Sudan. They are so much fun but very rambunctious as well!!! It's going to be interesting to see how the next few weeks go with them.

Anyways, that's it (I think) for now. Today, I slept in and am just going to do some work from home. I will try and write again soon!