Where Did Hall the Time Go?

Yeah, that's a lame pun, but it was very tempting. I called it, and I was right on the Oilers drafting Taylor Hall. I have not been so excited for the Oilers since... I don't know the last time I was so excited. But honestly, I think the Oilers have a very bright future; with the addition of a few more role players, I think we can be contending for a top spot in the conference in a year or two.

Anyways, enough of the hockey talk. I looked at the calender a couple days ago, and I saw that June is almost over. I thought to myself, "what the heck?!" How in the world did this month go by so fast. In relation to my blogging, I take a look over at how many posts I have this month, and it's about 50% less than my average posts per month. As I am winding down right now - although it's strange to see the need to wind down when I never really wound up - I can kind of take a look at what's hit me in the last week or so.

I received the whole registration package thing for me to pay fees and pick courses for September, and everything seems kind of overwhelming. When I look at it as a whole, it seems that there is so much I have to keep track of for my degree. I sometimes wonder if doing this will be the death of me. Haha. But in all seriousness, I think it should be an interesting challenge. All of a sudden, I discovered that there are people that help you do things; well, maybe not do things for you, but help make things easier by giving advice and all that. I know! Who would've known that there are people that help you? I don't have to do things by myself anymore, although that's what I've been taught as a kid - that you get what you earn - and something that I've come to realize as I've grown through life. Everything that I have today, I've had to earn, to some degree. And although this is true to an extent, I've realized that nothing can prevent me from asking for help.

Yes, there is some exaggeration there; and I am not someone that literally does everything by myself, but it sure helps to know that people care and want to help. I am glad and thankful for everything I have, and everyone that has helped me somewhere along my life, so I definitely hope to do my best to repay, or at least show gratitude, to those that have cared enough to stop and wait for me to catch up.

Anyways, even though I've been so incredibly bored over the last while, some exciting things have been happening. The World Cup is a mess. Taylor Hall is sexy. Summer camp is fast approaching. And I realized how much I love playing soccer... again. Free Agency period will also begin soon, but I think I am the only person that cares about that. I think I've forgotten some other things that I'll remember later, but that's okay.

Here comes July. Wait. What? Where's June going?

I See You

When you are after a certain profession, whenever you come across a real life experience in the environment of that profession, I kind of wonder how many people try to picture themselves in that exact position of the person that is doing what they hope to do; I think quite a bit of people do that. If people don't try to picture themselves doing their job, I'm going to guess that they either lack perspective, or what they're after isn't what they want to do.

So, recently, I've been trying to picture myself doing what I want to do in about six or seven years. It's pretty surreal, if you ask me. This all sparked out when I was reading up on my daily Taylor Hall versus Tyler Seguin news. Tyler Seguin, a while back, said that he went to an Edmonton and Detroit game. He sat behind the Oilers' bench and tried to picture himself out there as an Oiler and where he would fit in and all that fun stuff. I thought that it was so cool of him, then I realized that I'm older than Seguin.

Anyways, I think this is totally relate-able because whether you want to be a teacher, a construction worker, pharmacist, musician, getting married, or whatever else, when you get close to that stage, you start to imagine. I think it's pretty cool, and can definitely use as motivation, because as you may or may not know, I'm a lazy person. Haha.

Also, I've received and unofficial notice that I've been accepted into Ambrose earlier this week. They told me to expect the letter in the next week or so. It's pretty exciting now because I'll get to plan out my next few years with school, and try to see how long it takes for me to finish. And yes, some of you might be thinking, "WHAT! You haven't been accepted yet?!?!?!" Yes, if I've been accepted already, I wouldn't be saying this. I was a little slow on completing the application due to a couple things, but it's done.

Happy almost Father's day! It will be an awesome weekend and next week.

Good Life

Well, now that we've had two days of real summer, I'm more or less satisfied. I think playing soccer in the blazing sun with a bunch of friends is the best thing to do. Sure, most of us are horribly out of shape, but that's what makes it so fun. Strangely enough, my lungs might be out, but my muscles don't seem to be bad even though I'm not exercising regularly. When we finished, I still probably could've played for another hour.

I also find it strange that at this age, my brain and body seem to be at its best in planning and executing. I don't have the best skills, but when I'm carrying the ball, I have a better sense of what I want to do with it - it's the same in hockey. Going back just a couple years, whenever I got the ball, I'd just run the heck out of my lungs and try to get a scoring chance. It's pretty cool, you should try it!

World cup has also started this past Friday, and I don't like that if I want to watch a game, I have to wake up really early! But then again, the World Cup is almost always held in the other side of the world, so I don't really get to choose. For the record, I am cheering for Brazil; I have been cheering for them since the '98 world cup; unfortunately, they had to lose to France, but it's all good because they won the next time. I don't think they'll win this time - I'm guessing Spain is favored - but I'm not the one that's watching this event because there are some hot soccer players. Yes, I think I just called out approximately 14% of all World Cup viewers. And you know who you are!

Anyways, as summer holidays approach closer and closer, I am getting more excited everyday even though I never had to go through the process of school/work up to the point of having the summer holidays meaning freedom.

Grab a ball, and let's play some soccer! Anytime.

Summer

I've been wanting to blog for a couple days, but I didn't know what to say. The last couple weeks have gone by so fast, I didn't even know it was June until yesterday. I like June.

I haven't been feeling too healthy recently, and I'm not talking about food or anything like that. I am not sure what it is exactly, but it's most evident during my sleeps. So, I thought that maybe if I got outside more and make my heart work a bit, that it'd subside. However, this lovely weather makes it tough for me to go outside everyday. Rain is usually pretty cool, but it always means two things: mosquitos and staying indoors. But either way, I will definitely try to move around more, instead of sitting down all day.

This past Saturday, I made a quick trip down to Calgary with my parents to check out a couple places. My parents wanted to see the Ambrose campus, so we went there for a visit. They were setting up for graduation ceremonies and banquets, so there was a lot of nicely placed things here and there. Then we to check out a couple places that I might be staying, given that I can. I'm pretty thankful for the offers that have been made for me, so not even hour long bus rides and walking distances to and from school can stop me - for now, at least.

In July, I am also very excited that we finally get to go back to Camrose for summer camp. It's been three years since we were able to go there, and apparently it's changed quite a bit now. One reason why I'm so excited is because, everytime we go, there are some great and lasting memories that are created. Summer camp never fails to impress, and our church becomes a closer bunch when it's all said and done. It should be a lot of fun!

Lots of things to look forward to, this summer.