Here it is: my new toy. The ipod touch. I bought it because A) I wanted something pretty and B) my nano broke. I took it as a sign. And now I have something else to distract me from studying for midterms.

Hey guys, Just takin a short break from studying... (it's midterm week). I realized I forgot to mention that I bought a new phone, here it is: the 2nd gen LG chocolate. It's so purdy, totally worth it. I bought it the second day I got back to boston.
I think it's time to buy something else purdy... my nano's screen is totally messed up, it still plays music but it's like having a 4gb shuffle. Should I take this as a sign to buy a new nano?

Wow, I realized today that I have been seriously neglecting my blog. Hopefully this blog will begin to make up for it.

As you know, I started school in boston last september. It was my first time away from home, and it was rough. I brought the word "homesick" to a whole new level. I have never felt so weak and alone in my entire life. Every time I closed my eyes, I could see visions of the streets of edmonton in my mind.

This time around was a bit different. I had my bostonian friends, they helped me get settled in my new apt. It was a lot easier to come back to a place where I actually knew ppl. Time has really been flying by, especially the weekends.. now all of a sudden I'm a week away from midterms. I am a bit stressed out but mainly looking forward to going to tampa, florida after the exams. My group has to present our public health poster at the American Academy of Optometry's annual conference. But after that lil bit of work, it's all play. I'm just excited to get a fall vacay. So at the end of october, I'l be on a beach.

But still, something's missing. Throughout the past couple years, I've come to realize that I live for family. I feel like I'm nothing without the ppl who support and love me. It's quite obvious to me that it's not the actual city of edm that I miss; it's the bi-weekly family dinners, the little ones growing up while I am gone, and all the holidays I'm missing that really hit me. (Happy canadian thanksgiving).

The other day I was putting on my jacket and I remembered this moment that happened during the summer I was at home: my brother was saying how he'd gotten so big, and that his shoulders were so much wider than before. He opened up the closet in the foyer of the house and pulled out a north face jacket and put it on. He was totally busting out of it, and he ran over with such exclamation "I'M HUGE!!!!! OMG, MY JACKET DOESN'T FIT ANYMORE!" I turned my head from the tv for a moment, looked at him in the jacket and said "that's my north face jacket, stephen."
I laughed about this all the way to library, where a piece of me died inside while I studied for immuno.