It’s already almost the middle of June.  It feels like my birthday was just a couple of days ago.  Weird.  I’ve been working with NL for over a month now, and blew most of my last pay cheque on a black birthday Wii for myself along with the New Super Mario Brothers Wii.  It’s so fun.  I haven’t had much chance to play yet, but I will.  There are a few other games I want to get, but I need to wait for more money.  Black birthday Wii is shiny.

I love working here – everyone is so nice, and I’m working with great people.  I really hope I can come back in January, when I’m done school.  If I had accepted one of the other positions I was offered (over 7 interviews I was offered 4 of those), I wouldn’t be working with these people, I wouldn’t be getting the opportunities I am and I wouldn’t be playing ball hockey in the parking lot at lunch on Fridays.  Our team is in first place, I think.  Our last game is tomorrow, and then playoffs start next week.  I have a feeling we’re going to win the competition this year, which is good, because there’s been one department that has won it the past few years.

I’ve been offered freelance web development opportunities.  (I really need to do more PHP reading SOON.)  I’m heading up the group of summer students to run a couple of staff lunch barbeques over the next couple of months.  Next Thursday evening is an Open House BBQ that’s being run and the students are helping out with.  It’s going to be huge.

NL moved to their new building in October/November ’09, and this is their chance to invite all of the employee’s families here to see the new digs, as well as invite some of the people who worked on the transforming the building from the warehouse it was to the gorgeous office it is.

The Student BBQs are going to be a lot of work, but I think that I’ve got a good, eager group to work with.  I also have a huge stack of papers from BBQs Past, so that will help.

I still can’t believe it’s the middle of June.  Time has just been flying by.  I know I keep saying it, but really.  It’s crazy.

I’ve got another BBQ/possible pool party with my friends from school this weekend, which should be a gong show.  It’ll be fun, I think.  Possibly kind of crazy.  We’ll see how it goes.

Next week is going to be a fairly busy one – the open house barbeque, two (or is it three?) ball hockey games, taking my car for a very overdue oil change, and a really long Friday.  I agreed to close at the Part Time Jorb on Friday, so after working here from 8:30-5pm, I’ll be there from 6pm-12:30am Saturday.  I will need a lot of caffeine to survive that day – if anyone feels like dropping by with an iced cap from Timmy’s about 7:30-8, I’ll be a happy Manda.

It’s the ex’s birthday today.  I sent him a text, so we’ll see if he even replies.

I’m so looking forward to my appointment with my optometrist in a couple of weeks.  I’ll get my prescription updated (it’s been ages!) and then order some glasses from Zenni Optical. I’m so looking forward to having multiple choices!  I’m so dorking out and getting a pair of big assed aviator sunglasses.

Okay, work.  I should work on some stuff before heading home.

I used jPaginate, a super fancy easy jQuery script.  It’s fabulous and … yeah.  I just wish I had been able to find it earlier.

Pajinate – jQuery Plugin by Wes Nolte

How the hell is it time for midterms already? Didn’t we just get back to class after a too short summer with crappy weather? I remember summer lasting so much longer when I was a kid. Now, you blink and it’s gone.

School is going okay. All technical classes this term, and even though I’m still only technically in my first year still, the workload seems to be that much more heavy than it was last term. You have no idea how glad I am that I was able to drop Girl Guides this year. I wouldn’t be able to sleep if I had to still do that on top of school, work, and hockey. And then I would be insane, which wouldn’t be a good thing.

Life is crazy, and I’m just along for the ride. It seems all of my married friends are expecting, so next year is going to be a busy year for babies! I’m excited. Babies are cute.

iPod just shuffled to two Pearl Jam songs. Yay! Spin the Black Circle and then Porch. NICE.

I miss my friends. There is a social tomorrow night, so I’m hoping I can get enough work done tonight (around SG:U!!!!) that I can justify taking tomorrow night off homework. Or I will anyway, but I do need to get a good start on my Java project that is due on Wednesday.

Ugh. Long bus ride. I dislike taking the bus home during non-peak hours. It takes twice as long as the express does and just takes soooo long. Blah. It is cheaper than me taking my car to school everyday, though. I’m just whiny.

LOL wah wah wah! I’m a whiny baby!

Anyway. Not too far now. Maybe I’ll have a nap and listen to music and try to ignore the guy’s elbow in the back of my neck.

Oh! Kid is awake, so I should go pull him from his crib.

I’m such a geek.

The Manitoba Moose lost 4-1 to the Hershey Bears in game 6 of the Calder Cup finals. BOO. It was the Moose’s first time making it to the finals in franchise history, so YAY, but boo on loss. But yay on making it that far!

<3 – Was posted by a few people around LJ.

Well, I have one assignment (mostly) finished that is due tomorrow, and then two that are due on Wednesday.  One of the two that is due Wednesday (my Linux Script for my Operating Systems class) is started and partially done.  My business communications assignment isn’t even started yet.  I have a feeling I’m not going to be sleeping much over the next two days.

Also? Midterms start next week, and I’m house/dog sitting for someone who doesn’t have wifi and has neighbors that are too greedy and won’t share.

My eyes are bugging me, I think I need to start using my Polysporin drops again.  UGH.  HATE.  Stupid eyes.

In dire need of caffeine, but the Diet Pepsi (so far) isn’t helping. Maybe I need more, or have to switch to a Cherry Coke or something.  I swear, by the time I’m done this course, I’m going to be a hard core coffee drinker.  Blech.

Okay. Back to Java.

(Save me! *flailure*)