Live for the moment, because all we have is today.

Well hello there my friends!  It has been far too long since I have last posted. My blog had cobwebs when I opened it!  It was like this big medical school mouth came out of nowhere and swallowed me whole when I had my back turned!  I feel like theres so much to post about, but at the same time nothing to post about because all I have really been doing is studying!

Mom and Derek came to visit for the last two weeks!  This was so amazing!  It was like a little piece of home came to me and it made me feel like I wasn't so far away! :) We would just sit around in the night drinking beer and eating nachos and whatever else we could stuff ourselves with!  It was like I was back home again where I didn't think about the cost of the cheese that I was grating to put on my nachos!!

While they were here we all went to the Great Barrier Reef, which was nothing short of AMAZING!  As I was swimming along in my own personal aquarium, I let go of all my worries about school and just swam with the fishes! It was so nice to be able to drop all your worries and fears and just live in the moment! Something I need to work on a little. I'm definitely the type of person who is always thinking ahead and not really appreciating what is in front of my face (which is usually Wes)!

I also received some very big news from back home! My close friend, Deirdra Williams, is getting married!  This is HUGE people!  She is one of the first to get engaged and I'm totally feeling like life is just zipping on by here!  I was so happy to hear that she has met her soul mate but I was even MORE happy when she asked me to stand for her in the wedding!  YAY!  I don't know what I'm more excited about Deirdra getting married or me being a bridesmaid! HAHA, just kidding Dee (I think)! lol  I can't wait to go to the salon together and have champagne and orange juice on the morning of the big day!  I can't wait for the rehearsal dinner! And most of all I can't wait to see how beautiful Deirdra is going to be on the biggest day of her life! I get to be there for it all and I just can't wait!  I have to take a week off school which I am already freaking out about...but I do have a full week off of school when I get back from the wedding which will help me catch up annnnnd two 12 hour flights in between that I can sort of use to study if I'm not too high on anti-psycotics, I mean anti-axitey meds lol (for those of you who don't know- I am frightened to death to fly, like seriously, it's not okay) lol Ooooo so much planning to do!  I wonder what colour the dresses are going to be? I have to start growing back my hair!  She's getting married next August so I think I have a bit of time!

Also, some not so big news is that I passed my masters thesis. I just have to do some last minute editing that the examiners suggested and voilà, degree number 2 down!  Heres to degree number 3 (someone pass me a stiff drink)!

And on to some big news, SALLY IS HERE!  And she is beautiful!  I want her to be in my wedding if I ever can afford to get married!  :)  She will be the flower girl or something, I don't care, she'll be there! I bet I would rather have her there than most the guests. haahaha Nothing against the guests really, I just really love my dog! Its not rational. I've spent 10X the amount I paid for her, to get her down here. Do not ask me who much Sally was, because she is priceless. She was really sooky for me today, I think she misses Mom and Derek.  She actually lost it when they showed up! She was more excited to see them than she was when she first saw me....I think she was mad at me...definitely. But she loves me now! :)

Oh and I received some sad news as well. My grandparents' (who are my second set of parents, after my real parents and just before my step-parents) best friend, Larry Kelly, passed away.  He was 89 years old and sick for quite some time, but he was a great man and was a big part of my Nan and Pop's social life. I wish I was home with my grandparent's right now, not because they need me, but because I need them. They are the type of people that always help me put life into perspective. To me, when life changing things happen (like people passing on), I don't know, you just want to be close with your family, at least I do. I can't wait to see them.  Now that I think of it, Nan and Pop's is the only place where I actually do stop and live in the moment and consciously enjoy my cup of tetley tea and the company. :) First stop from St. John's International Airport will always be at 24 Albany Street! I. can. not. wait.

Live for today.
Erica