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Breathing and Chirstmas Baking

Over the past few weeks and especially the past few days I haven't really been able to breathe all that well. My bronchitis essentially causes me to be constantly coughing up stuff, be it liquid or otherwise. This situation has really left me longing to be able to simply breathe. Breathing is so essential to life - we don't even need to think to do it.

My pseudo breathing lead me to get a prescription for my bronchitis - which as a side effect makes me have no appetite. So now I am not really breathing all that well and not really eating. Oh the things I take for granted when I am healthy.

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On another note I am really excited for the winter holidays. I am going home for almost three weeks and I have a part time job all set up so I can make some cash and meet some cool new people. I am also excited to do Christmas baking with my mom (mmmm holiday almost crescents). I am also hoping to get some recipes of things I made with her as a kid (ie shortbread, holiday almond crescents, panned butter tarts...) and make then with Paul when I come back to Ontario.

Love love love to anyone reading this!

Battle Within

I feel like my body is a war zone. Thanks a lot Clarithromycin.

Pros: Used to treat bacterial respiratory tract infections (ie Bronchitis)

Cons: Nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, change in taste, headache.

I am sorry if you thought this post was going to be about some epic mental or emotional battle that I or other people face.

Lest We Forget

Remembrance Day was last week and it, as it always does, brings many feelings.

I had given my poppy to a student I was presenting to and was out on the 11th of November seeking another. It took me over an hour to find an establishment that still had some left - if you has asked me 59 minutes into my search how it was going I would have told you that the entire city of Windsor was out of poppies.

As I searched I walked past many veterans - dressed in their uniforms and adorned by war medals. Never have I felt more like an ingrate.

I got to thinking about how thankful I really was. Not just for veterans of WWI and WWII, but also those of wars still going on today. There is and was so much bloodshed so that we and others can have lives of peace and freedom.

Lest We Forget

November already

So it's November already and I am more than half way through my work term. I have been to both high school and elementary schools to give my presentation - and I love it. There is something about teaching that just thrills me and I can't wait to get into the class and teach/learn with them. On another November note the team I was on won BOAT racing again (surprise...) with a time of 10.57s. It was so much fun; I was racing with a fabulous team. Although it wasn't my best day personally the team still managed to pull it off. Love to my team mates <3

Yesterday was Paul and I's three year anniversary. I am so happy and fortunate to have such a wonderful partner. Paul and I have seen both rough and awesome times together. We work things out, grow, and learn more and more every day. I have recently started listening to Owl City, and they have two songs that really remind me of Paul. One of them is Saltwater Room, and the other is Fireflies. Saltwater room simply because it's about love. Fireflies, however, has one line "A disco ball is just hanging by a thread". This line reminds me of when Paul made it so our living room was a total black out and he bought a tiny disco ball and hung it from the light fixture. He shined a flashlight on it and made the room into a lovely dance floor for just the two of us.

Well, I need to finish getting ready for work, hope your day goes well (yes, that means you!)

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