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Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs!
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!


The countdown is on. It would be lovely to say that the BA is done, but alas (oh, how I love the word alas), it's not. Still have one more final to write on the 27th and THEN everything for my BA will be completed. Finito. Done.

Today is Thursday, which means I have a week and a day before I head to Europe. Pretty much everything that can be planned in advance is, except for hostels/hotels on a couple of my solo journeys.

Here's what's happening:

May 1 - leave YVR (2pm)
May 2 - arrive Frankfurt (11:30am) - head to Aachen, Germany
May 3-5 - Aachen, Wolphaartsdijk, Goes, Maastricht, and more
May 6-8 - Paris, France
May 9-11 - camping in Normandy, France
May 12-18 - train trip through France (Nice) and Italy (Rome, Florence, Pisa, Venice)
May 18 - arrive in Munich, Germany via Austria
May 19-21 - drive Austria and Czech Republic
May 22-26 - Stockholm, Sweden
May 26 - back to Aachen, Germany
May 28 - fly to Ontario
June 5 - fly to Quebec
June 9 - fly to Vancouver (arrive around 1045pm)

It's going to go fast!

Then Convocation on June 11th (9:30am)

Then TEP starts July 2nd

May and June will be a bit of a whirlwind, I think... but I'm very excited for it all to come together. Then school for another 12 months *deep breath*. Ask me a couple years ago if I saw my life playing out this way and I'd have laughed in your face. Funny how things go.

This past weekend was Holly's birthday -- Biked the Blossoms, were merry at Federico's Supper Club, heavenly brunch at 905, and cheered the Canucks on to win #3. All in all a pretty fabulous birthday weekend, I must say. (Forget the fact that I wrote an exam that morning.)




30 year old Holly

Less than a month to go..

I'm in countdown to Europe mode these days and every spare moment (and sometimes moments that shouldn't be spare) I'm online looking up routes, figuring out timetables, trying to connect with friends, and the like, in the hopes of making my trip amazing. I'm trying to see a lot, but also make time to sit back and relax, taking in the atmosphere, the culture, and the like...

I should be writing an essay right now - have one due on Wednesday (it's Monday afternoon now) that I haven't even picked a topic for yet. Procrastinate much?

I've also been accepted into the Teacher Education Program at the University of the Fraser Valley. It starts July 2nd, 2009. Taking classes in the summer isn't high on my list of favourite things to do, I must say, but being in the program is EXACTLY what I've been working towards these past few years. It's all coming together :) Just need to finish up these last three courses with a 'pass' (well, let's be honest, I still want on that Dean's List!) in each, and then I'm set! It was such a relief to get the letter in the mail the other day -- life had felt like it was on hold, as I wasn't sure if I'd be moving once I got back from Europe, if I'd be looking for a job again, or what... and now I know. Limbo-land can be a frustrating place to be! I'll be living in Abbotsford for at least another year and going to school out at UFV's Chilliwack campus the TEProgram. Why it's out there, I have no idea. May have to purchase a car, depending on how reliable the carpooling turns out to be, as there is no transit from Abby to Chilliwack, and for the 6 week and 12 week practicums I could be anywhere in the Fraser Valley or Fraser Cascade areas.

Exams are also coming up - next week!

I haven't been out to take any pictures lately and today would be the perfect day to do so -- sunny and gorgeous, but that essay is calling. I will be helping my best friend celebrate her 30th birthday the weekend of the 18th, so I'm sure plenty of pics will be taken at that point :) Will they be blog-worthy or blog-appropriate? We'll have to see ;)

Back to the books! After a quick nap on the patio in the sunshine...