Pots - Part 2

I had my third pottery class tonight. This was my second time at throwing on the wheel (last week we were shaving the pots we created in the first week). Let's just say it didn't go so smoothly this time around. The first three pots I attempted ended up in the "scrap bag"! Finally, with the guidance of the teacher, I was able to get a couple made - even one which is going to be a mug. Although I ended up making less than half the amount I made the first time, I definitely learned more about the technique. Next week - glazing!

Ready... Set... Dodgeball!

Today the Islander Lager Open Dodgeball Championships were held at the Save-On-Foods Arena. There were a hundred teams playing, making it the largest dodgeball tournament in Canada. Fifty teams played in the morning round and fifty in the afternoons. There were five courts with ten teams on each court. Each team played nine games, one against each other team on their court. I played on the Ship Constructor Software Pirates (2-7). The other Ship Constructor team was called the Sassy Sailors (1-8). All the teams had costumes - ours were tank tops, sweatbands, and the guys wore hot pink women's bathing suit shorts (it was hot). Apparently dodgeball is dangerous - I don't know why they let kids play it! One of our players tore his Achilles tendon, a girl on another court was hit in the head by a guy on our court, and a girl broke her ankle - and that was just on our side of the Arena in the afternoon round! All in all, a good time.

Pots!

Yesterday was my first pottery class down at Earth and Fire Pottery Studio. I'd been wanting to take a class for a while but hadn't gotten around to signing up for one. This class runs for four weeks, two an a half hours a class - although we ran over last night by about 45 minutes! It's certainly not easy, but the time just flies by, and I found it to be very relaxing.

Boating

Went out for a sail this evening. We went from Tsehum Harbour to Sidney Spit where we barbequed some dinner. It's so pretty out on the water. Plus we had the company of a seagull who was hoping t get some steak (he didn't get any steak, but he did get some pasta salad).

On our way back into the marina a call came over the VHF about a broken down boat just outside the harbour. We were about to radio back when a sail boat radioed that they would give the boat a tow back. So we continued on our way back home.

All that fresh sea air really makes you tired!

Welcome Back

Yesterday was the BCom 4th Year Welcome Back pub crawl. It started at 6:30 at Felicitas (the campus pub), then it moved to the Sticky Wicket, Sopranos, and finally, the Social Club. We were at Sopranos waaay too long, plus there was a 24 Hour Relay team fundraiser going on so we had to wait around for 20 minutes until they finished before we could start singing. Once we got to the Social Club we ran into another pub crawl - the Schneider Electric relay team. I was out on the dance floor and spotted this guy who looked a lot like one of my friend's boyfriends. I didn't think it could be him because I couldn't see why he would be at the club. I walked over and sure enough, it was Greg - he was there with Charmaine and the Schneider team. Charmaine came over and we had all started chatting when this other guy on the Schneider teams walks over - turns out it was this guy Adam that I worked with at Convergent last summer. We were all standing around talking when I happened to look over someone shoulder... and there was Claire! She and I had worked together at Victoria Carriage Tours back in 2003 and now she also worked at Schneider. Victoria is a small town, isn't it?

Passport Update

So my passport FINALLY came. It's only taken over 3 months, but, here's the kicker, my birth certificate didn't come back!

So I called the Passport Canada 1-800 line and waited through 20 minutes of elevator music (By the way, the trick to getting through is calling just before they close, between 4:30-5) . Since my application was actually processed in Calgary, all they could do was put a request into that office. The next day I received a call from the Calgary office - they didn't have it and they won't do anything about it.

So I've gone down to the Vital Statistics office to apply for a new birth certificate. I had to go down there to pay with my debit card because if I'd faxed or mailed in the application they would have charged me $5.95 to pay with my Visa! Fortunately, it's only supposed to take a week and a half to come.

So far, Government: 2, Jessica: 0.

Back to School

Now the sun is shining and the days are getting warmer... and I'm heading back to class. On the bright side (or the terrifying side) - it's my last semester! After five years (I did a year in psychology before heading into business), I will be receiving my degree in the fall.

Classes started yesterday with a long, long, day - 8am to 9:30pm. Four and a half hours of class, and hour and a half break, an hour and a half or class, a two and a half hour break, and three hours of class. Long day. But at least it means that I have Tuesdays and Thursdays off for the first six weeks! Course list this semester looks like this:

• Business Strategy
• Intermediate Corporate Finance
• Employment and Labour Law
• Cross National Management
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business

I have to say, I'm pretty disappointed in the course selection offered to fourth years. Unless you're specializing or went on exchange, your choices are pretty limited. Not to mention two of the courses I was planning on taking were cancelled. In one, the prof became ill - unavoidable, but you think they'd have a backup professor. The other was cancelled due to low enrollment - my theory here is that because they originally had it conflicting with a required course, people built their schedules around the fact they wouldn't be able to take it. Grr!

At least it's really pretty on campus in the summer and I can spend my breaks between classes outside. Now I've just got to get back in to the swing of constantly reading!

Numbness

Have you ever slept funny and woken up with a numb arm? I woke up this morning with my right arm over my head, and I must have been pinching a vein or artery or something because my arm was completely numb from the elbow down. I'm talking no muscle control, completely limp. As the numbness started to fade I ended up with pins and needles down the entire length of my arm. Eventually full feeling came back and I'm happy to report that my arm feels fine. =)

Long Lost Cousins?

I was just reading Mike's Blog and I noticed a stange resemblence: