Princess Jazz

I just returned home from one of the best weekends ever!
Todd and I drove up to Ottawa on Thursday night. Friday morning I had an observation shift as part of the interview process for a job I was applying to in Ottawa. Most of you probably know where I work but I'll briefly explain for those who don't. I work for Christian Horizons - they have group homes all over Ontario for people with developmental disabilities. I worked at a home in Waterloo, then transferred to 2 homes in Woodstock for the summer and am now transferring to Ottawa. So far I've only worked relief (casually). I was applying for a 40 hour full-time contract. Usually I think it takes a while before people get such sweet contracts but I was blessed because I got the job! The home I'll be working at is a 10 minute walk from our apartment. I was so excited I was freaking out all evening.

A super cool thing that happened at the observation shift was that one of the other staff turned out to be a guy that I met at camp 8 years ago. I dated a friend of his, and we have some mutual friends so it was really cool to talk to him again. Now that I got the job I guess we'll be working together. It's pretty nice to already know someone going into a new job in a new city. God's been doing a lot of cool things like that in my life lately.

Yesterday was the wedding of friends of ours - Becky & Rob. I met Becky at a Campus Crusade meeting in first year university. We decided that night that we were going to be "really good friends" and so far it's worked out. Todd and I had to plan our wedding date around theirs. They are an awesome couple. Their wedding was very very nice. Classy and traditional and completely them. We had a great time.

Last night was superfun. Friends of ours needed a place to crash for the night so they stayed at our trashed, messy, un-moved-in apartment with us. We went to Ikea and bough some furniture and then came back and put it together and hung out. The 3 boys, Todd, Tim & Byron, slept in the living room while the 3 girls, Becky, Erica & I slept in our queen size bed. Becky and Byron quickly fell asleep while in our room Erica and I talked until late into the night. We got up at one point to realize that Tim & Todd were out on the balcony doing the same.

I love meeting new people, and I love moments where you know you're bonding. We had some serious bonding going on last night. Erica and I had met before - we have many mutual friends - but we've never really known each other well. She is awesome. Definitely the kind of person that I want to hold on to. I'm hoping we'll keep in touch.
It was also great that Todd and Tim got to chill for a bit. They've lived together for the past couple years and they've got a great friendship. I respect Tim a lot and I value the role he plays in Todd's life so I was glad that they got a chance to talk.

Today we drove home and met with our cellist, Andrea, in Toronto for a bit to finalize wedding details. She's a close friend of Todd's so it's going to be great to have her involved.

So there it is - a summary of my spectacular weekend, full of a multitude of blessings.

"I remeber the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.

I spread out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land."

~Psalm 143: 5-6~

My wonderful friend Victoria has uploaded a bunch of pictures from a bridal shower that my friends threw for me. Check them out at this link:

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/phunwuns/album?.dir=2eb5&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/phunwuns/my_photos

If you were there, you'll likely be able to find yourself.

A shout-out to Vicki for the awesome photos! :) I'm looking forward to seeing you next weekend. (Hopefully you Waterloo people work out some rides and such.)

Goodnight all.

I'm getting married in 11 days! I'm starting to really freak out. I'm excited. : D

I'll be going to Ottawa this weekend for Becky & Rob's wedding. We'll be moving a lot of our stuff into our apartment as well. Unfortunately I haven't really started packing yet. I've been working so much that I haven't had time for much else. I'll be so glad to have next week off.

Morgan's family had their annual pigroast on Saturday. I went and did face-painting as always. It was a great time. I was home by midnight though - that's a big change from last year when I pulled an allnighter. I think I'm getting old; I just can't handle lack of sleep anymore. Sometimes I feel like I'm secretly 80.

I have a friend who's going to be famous. He's in a band called Shaker and they're fantastic. They're faraway somewhere right now recording a cd, and I'm excited about that.

Guess what else I'm excited about? ......the fact that I'm getting married in about 2 weeks! Crazy! I haven't been too stressed about stuff because my mom is doing all the worrying. As long as I know she's got things under control, I know that it'll all be good.

I wore my Ronald McDonald pants to work today and carried a Barbie bag as a purse (it's great, it holds my knitting) and the women I work with were laughing at me. I forget sometimes that these people don't really know me.

Work was good. One of the gentlemen I work with spoke today - I had never heard him speak before so that was pretty cool. Once again, I have to say that I love my job.

I have a phone interview tomorrow with a Program Manager from Ottawa. I hope it goes well. I really want a job at that home. It's within walking distance from our apartement and I think I would enjoy the type of home it is.

Well, I should get to bed so I'm well rested for my weekend. It'll be pretty busy.

Busy but good.

I went tanning and sunburnt my butt. Badly.