Anyways, loads has been happening to me in the past couple of weeks since my last update, here it is as simplified as I can be because my fingers can't go as fast as my brain:
- Mac raced amazing at TIDBRF. Mac-Attack came in 1st in their heat, Mac-Row-Ni came in 4th in their heat, and Mac-Row came in 3rd in their heat as well as 3rd in our University finals. Let it be known though that for all of the Mac teams in the Premier Mixed Divisions, we were seeded 4th-6th which meant no one was expecting us to win any medals...we showed them didn't we? Mac-Row-Ni came in 4th which is a HUGE accomplishment because all 3 of our teams came in under 2:20 this year and we have more than 45 new paddlers this year. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us, we feed off the cheering and yelling from the sidelines. And PETER GEORGE came to cheer us on!! Holy crap! That definitely hyped up the crowd.
The funny thing is that for Mac-Attack we were lane 6 while PA da Pirates were Lane 5. Oh wait..that sounds a little familiar doesn't it? Very similar (or should I say exactly the same) as at Milton Regatta when I rammed them and "Tim was hanging on for dear life" (quoted from the PA website). Whatever, we smoked them. They came in 4th we came in 1st so good job but I learnt how to steer...beat us now! Muahahahaha!!! The announcer even said it was a major upset when Mac Attack won...we got 2:14!!!! Best time McMaster has ever gotten since the dragon boat team was created back in 2002. - Mac End of Year Party was held at my house. Had so much fun but it was definitely draining to host a party. Didn't get to play Rock Band 2 at all but now I know that the max volume for my tv is 89. Had a lot of BBQ food that is now overflowing in my basement freezer. Thanks to everyone who brought food! It was SO delicious!!! And who brought the cloudy jar of pickles? Is it still edible? My mom is afraid of it.
- Went up to visit Kyle in Sudbury for 5 days..definitely not enough time. Just came back tonight and I miss him already. It rained on and off so we didn't get to go outside much. We did play 9 holes of golf and I wish we did 18 now but I was so scared it was going to thunderstorm that I didn't want to risk a raincheck. I lost 2 balls in the bushes but Kyle found me 2 other ones. This really nice orange one that I didn't want to lose, even when it went into the water. I hung on to grass and reached to grab it when it fell in. My hand was definitely a different colour when I brought it out of the water...ew.
- My visa has been accepted! So now I just have to wait for the WorldBridge organization in TO to give me an e-mail so I can go pick it up! I'm so happy that I got it done, I was really worried I didn't have the right documentation. Definitely nerve racking. I met some more GEP students on the Facebook group and I'm glad to meet people who are going through the same things as me. Although I just got an e-mail from accommodations people asking what I needed for my residence since I apparently have a disability. I have no idea why they have that on my application. I would remember if I checked off that question for sure!! Anyways, hopefully I don't get stuck into a res that is far away from all the other GEP students. I definitely want to mingle more with people next year and have some good study mates :).
- Going off to a farm for volunteering from the 4th to the 12th. I'm really excited but and hopefully I'll get to learn a lot while I'm over there. Which reminds me that I still have to fill out those EMS forms to hand in...*sigh* Time seems to be going so much faster than it was back in May...
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