I haven't posted a journal in almost 3 weeks. Huh. Wonder why. Maybe i haven't had anything to say. Myabe i thought my life was too boring. Who knows.


Hair

I have been needing a haircut for a long time now. I reckon if the smoothing gels and gunk i have can't keep my split ends at bay, it might be time. I think it's been almost a year since i got a haircut. Even me, and my very slack and outdated hairdressing skills cringe at that.
(e:Jenks,38686) posted about hair the other day, and (e:Chicoschica) commented she goes to a place called Now Salon. So, i figured what the hell, i will try them. Although i thought the woman doing my hair was pretty good, her hours are limited and the salon (Salon 806 on Elmwood) has a snobfest attmosphere, so i haven't been back in... well, about a year. So, i have an appointment today at 4pm, after my dental appointment, for a cut. If i don't like it, i have just over a month to grow it out or get something new before we have to head to Tennessee to our friend's wedding.


Dreaded Dentist

Today, both (e:Uncutsaniflush) and i are going to get a check up at the dentist. I hope hope hope that i have the same news this time as last time. No cavities. First time ever 6 months ago that it's ever happened.


Weddings

I am so very much looking forward to our trip to Tennessee next month. We haven't been in far too long.
(e:Uncutsaniflush) is going to be a penguin in the wedding, so of course, i had to go buy myself a nice dress. Besides, most of my dresses are black.. or very inappropriate for a wedding.

It will be an outdoor wedding in Townsend, at the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. And i am very happy for both of them. Our friends, Chris and Kimberly, are the outdoorsy types -- do-gooder tree hugger vegetarian leaf lovers. Chris is sweet and kind and patient and so deserves to be happy. Kimberly very much seems to be his other half. We didn't get the chance to know her as well as i wish we could have... we moved to Buffalo instead, silly peeps that we are.


School

No school tonight. In fact, i haven't been in a few weeks. My last journal was written after we got back from Toronto. I should have gone to school that night, but i didn't. Got a call from my teacher. He called to tell me when my G.E.D. test would be. I passed the Predictor with ok enough marks to write the G.E.D.

Unfortunately, the next available days for the test were Wednesday March 21 and Thursday March 22. We had been planning on surprising my mom on her 60th birthday with flowers and taking her out to dinner -- on March 21st. I decided to write the test instead. We had the flowers delivered. Went to see her this weekend instead, the first weekend it was possible.

I think i probably passed the test. Not sure. The first day was the Reading, Literature, Sentence Structure Corrections and Essay tests. I think if i did well on any of it, those portions were it. The next day was Science, Social Studies and the 2 Maths. I think if i bombed any of it, the Maths were it. But i hope i did well enough on the rest of the test to carry me, so long as i squeaked by on the maths.

I wish i could remember more of it, but my brain was complete mush for days afterwards. Eight hours of testing over 2 days is kinda intense. I still thank (e:Libertad) profusely for journalling about Cuba... something he wrote about came into play on a few questions on the Social Studies test. And i so wish i could remember what the questions were.


Elephants

I was watching PopUp Video on VH1Classic a few weeks back. One fact they mentioned during a Blondie video for Rapture was that baby elephants are called "punks". I laughed and thought no wonder i like them. Yet, i have googled and searched and have yet to find anything to back that up. All the info i am getting just says they are called "calves", which is what i thought. Males are bulls, females are cows and babies are calves. I wonder... were they referring to teenage elephants??!?!

Not that i have been everywhere there is to be, but i have travelled a little bit. The UK, France, Germany, East and West coasts of Canada... and i have to say, so far, my favorite city of them all has to be right in the old neighbourhood of the part of the world i grew up in. Toronto.
(e:Uncutsaniflush) had a whole day off work and we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and go on a mini-adventure. Yep, you guessed it. Toronto.

We drove to Burlington then caught a GO Train to Union. Picked up ourselves a day pass for the TTC (since it is March Break -- or, as it is called here, Spring Break -- we got a family pass for $8.50 for the both of us for the day).

Had lunch at Richtree Market We both had some yummy rosti potatoes, (e:Uncutsaniflush) opting for sausage and a beer with his, a salad and soda with mine.

Then, we walked a direction i rarely go -- east. Along the Esplanade to the back of the St. Lawrence Market (e:Paul), you would adore the seafood they had there. Looked super fresh.

Our destination, other than enjoying the walk, was the Distillery Historic District. I have never been there. Didn't even know it exsisted.

Lots of constrction going on in that 'hood...


But otherwise, it was so beautifully old...










The shops were prosh, but interesting. Arty, but not too snobby (huh, in Toronto, who wudda thunk it?!). I would recommed going between Wednesday and the weekend, though. We were there on a Tuesday and not a lot of the smaller art workshop / stores were open Mondays and Tuesdays.

It must be srping, the traffic cones are starting to bloom!!

Today would be a good day to have a dog. Not that i need the excuse to go and take a walk. Maybe i can borrow Ava and Nolan...

We feed birds in our yard, even a raven or two.



We like the idea of having somewhere outside we can keep a bag of birdseed. We had a few mice in the autumn this year and last, so we didn't want to keep in inside. We didn't want to keep the seed in just it's bag outside, since we've seen a rat under the birdfeeder. We have also seen a hawk snag a pidgeon, so we hoped the same hawk had snagged the rat (and his rat friends).

So, we got this Rubbermaid trash can. But apparently, the rat and his rat friends can chew through it....





Or it might be squirrels...

I am still waiting for the results of my Predictor test.

It was a week ago today my teacher, Mark, called me to tell me i scored a 12.9 on the maths TABE and was eligible to write the Predictor. A week ago tomorrow i wrote it...

I went to school on Monday and Tuesday and another student was surprised to see me. "Didn't you write the predictor?" he asked me. "Yeah", i said, puzzled, "but if i didn't pass it, then i need to do more work and if i did, i still need to write the actual G.E.D. and either way, i need help with math." He laughed. He's a smart kid, and progessing a lot, but i think his motivation isn't quite the same as mine. Or at least, that is what he said, but in his own words, "i ain't in no hurry".

Neither am i, i reckon. I waited over 20 years to go down this road, so i guess a few more days won't kill me.

Now, no more procrasination. Math awaits...