In the Fray

December is alive and well! Not quite a week yet and all sorts of things are happening. Sometimes it's desirable, sometimes it's just annoying. But either way, it makes life more interesting.

The first few days of December were some pretty intense moments. In school, our missions class had to get ready for presentations that week. So everyone wanted to come up with creative ways and do well. Our group just happened to be the very last group to present, meaning we got to see everyone else go before we went. Luckily, I think it worked to our advantage because we got to see all the little tricks and things we could do to make it work in our favor. In the end, I felt that we did an awesome job presenting the history of Sri Lanka and its people who have migrated to Canada. Unfortunately, this is one of the courses that I do better in, so if I do well, it only adds to a decent mark that I already have. But what the heck, everything is cumulative and wherever I can do well, I will take. In regards to everything else, I have one paper left that I am currently working on. After that, all that is left are the finals that I need to write. I am excited to go home for this break!

Anyways, my weekends always seem to be pretty interesting. I always go into the weekend expecting to really rest up, but on Sunday night I find myself more tired than anything. I wonder why? .. and in case you're trying to answer that, it is rhetorical with a hint of sarcasm. This past weekend, I took Saturday to reorganize all of my things so when I plan out my study schedule, everything will be in place. Sunday, I wasn't even at home. Church is, well, church. After service, I took some time out to school a group of kids in playing keep-away in soccer in the gym. However, due to my failure of a physical fitness level, I dangled for about thirty seconds before I needed a five minute break. After that, we had choir practice and that was pure gong show material from my part. The more and more I sing, the further away my range falls from my "tenor" notes. My voice in general is not very strong. There are those musicians that could sing to a crowd for three straight hours and still have plenty of voice left. And I am not one of them. Not even remotely close. And as expected, I got dragged along to a mall and supper again. I'll say that it was okay this time since my finals haven't began yet.

I said, before, that the malls in Calgary suck. But I think Chinook Center is worth checking out! It's definitely right up there in terms of the architecture. I would put that in the ranks of what Kingsway looks like now - but with better stores. The only difference would be that Kingsway is far busier, even on a Sunday night.

And then I got home. Due to confidentiality, that is all I can say.

So today begins the first full week of December, and I am really excited to be finishing classes this week. Hopefully studying goes well and I can do well on my finals to set the tone for an even more awesomer Christmas holidays.