He

Uncomfortable

Polysporin is a magic item. I hurt my leg a few days ago ... ok like Sunday but still ... and it has almost healed up. I can actually bend my knee without immense amounts of pain and discomfort. Unfortunately Polysporin is not for backpain. I slept wrong the other night and my back is all screwed up, first it was the middle of my back and now it is the bottomr right corner of my back. It hurts when I move too quickly and is so damn uncomfortable. If you have ever gone to school from 8:30 to near 5 and not been able to sit in one position for more than two seconds you will know somewhat of how I felt all freakin' day long. So bloody uncomfortable! It better fix itself soon or else I am going to get really mad with it and feed it drugs.

On a lighter note, I have been answering more and more questions in my classes and to make the situation even better ... actually getting them right! I hope to be gaining the respect of my classmates and professors by doing this. I know in the past couple of years when I have been asked questions I have never been able to answer them. I am hoping that my sudden understanding of the material can begin to remedy how stupid and lost (I think) I made myself look in the past. Whether or not it does that, I feel better that I am understanding the material moreso than before, perhaps that is because I am truly interested in it now unlike before. I really enjoy (waste)water treatment and everything else we are starting to learn moreso now. I am actually really enjoying my program now and not doubting as much whether or not I should be where I am. I hope that confidence sticks around for a while, it would be really useful come midterm and exam time.

I want to be healthy

On July 20th, 2006 I officially went back on the WW program. I did the program through the first term of third year and lost (and kept off) about 5 pounds in about 3 months. I was very disappointed with the turnout and stopped officially counting points. I always knew what I was eating and did not let my eating habits get out of hand but did not really count the points exactly. I did not gain any of the weight back but could not manage to lose anymore. Since I have started it this time, I am doing it 100% 'the way you are supposed to', in that I am combining it with real exercise on a regular basis instead of just pathetic now and then kind of exercising like before. I am very happy to say that I found out last week that I have officially lost ten pounds and managed to keep it off during my celebratory (controlled) week off. A whole ten pounds completely on my own without any needles or any of the other crazy things people do nowadays to lose weight.

I think the difference in my weight loss this time around is not so much the fact that I am doing it properly but really the reason behind my desire to lose weight. Before now my reasoning has always been to look better, like everyone else and all that jazz, this time around I am doing it because I want to be healthier. I want to live a long, healthy life and not need to worry about what diseases and ailments my weight is putting me at risk for. I want to be healthy more than I want to be thin - I feel that this is a much better motivator.

Fall Schedule

As I have now attended all of my courses (well the lectures not the labs or tutorials) I feel I should post my schedule so that the one person who might read this can do so.

As another school year begins, I find myself once again attempting to get ahead in my courses and be highly organized, more so than usual that is. I am however already starting to fail at this task. I have found myself drifting off during class, particularly ENVE 4003, air pollution control engineering. Only for about a minute or so, but long enough to get lost in such a technical course. It is not really one thing in particular about this course which makes me drift really a combination. Although I find the prof to be quite intelligent, more so than I ever think I will be, I find that he presents things in a manner that prohibits me from paying attention. The course material always seems to dry and boring when it is first presented and it isn't until after the class that I realize that it was actual quite interesting. It is odd really.

However, tomorrow I have my waste water course, ENVE 4005. I love that prof. She is so smart and though I think she may think of me as somewhat average when it comes to intelligence, I still admire her. She is basically where I want to be, except I don't want to teach. I guess that statement counteracts the one I had just made about being where I want to be but I know what I mean, which doesn't really help those of you who are reading this, huh. Sorry.

Dave and Justin sit upstairs playing video games. They have been trying to rent Mario Kart Double Dash since before Justin left to go home for the last half of the summer and just did but because of a deal going on at blockbuster they ended up getting DragonBallZ as well (yes you read that correctly) and have been playing that since I got home from school at about 6. As much as I love them both (in different ways of course) I must admit that they are geeks to the fullest extent. Oh well, in many ways I am too, what with the Pikmin game and computer games I love so much like Evil Genius. I suppose I will just have to embrace it. Ok, I have. :)