Small thoughts don't belong in big places.

Goin' to the city. I decided I wanted to go see my brother and spend some time someplace that actually has green grass and possibly even some blooming flowers.
A little bit of Spring in a long-lasting Winter.
I also have more family I wanted to see there too. It'll be good to get away. Maybe in such a big place like Vancouver that's full of so many people I won't be so focused on myself.

Fire-fighting. Fighting fire. I wanna be a Fire Fighter. :)
It's probably the one thing I'm most excited about right now. My fire-fighting courses are every Monday evening at the Fire Hall. It's been pretty awesome so far. Tomorrow night I'll be going to the hall and help the department go through the trucks and equipment and make sure they have all the proper equipment on the trucks and that they're in good working order.
Becoming a Fire Fighter makes me feel like I can help the community. Help people. It's something that I've always deemed as cool. Isn't that what kids first decide to be when they grow up? A Fire Fighter or a Police Officer? :P Deep down, I guess I'm still a little kid who's fascinated with fire. (I actually wanted to be a Police Officer when I was little... I dressed up as one in ECS wearing my Dad's Air Force dress-blue's hat.) But in the Fall, I'm going to school to become a Conservation Officer. :)

Do you remember the book called Where the Wild Things Are? Yes? No? Surely you recognize this picture though:


There is a movie being made off of the book Where the Wild Things Are written by Maurice Sendak. I just requested the book from the public library so I can re-read it. I'm pretty sure I read it when I was little.. I definitely recognized the picture of the monsters and the kid though. The movie looks pretty good. :)

Man, I'm going to be glad when Spring Break starts. Three more days...!

Rachel

Wandering roads and highways.

This morning I woke up at 6:44am. I didn't feel like going back to sleep so I decided to for a walk.

It was refreshing. There was fresh snow on the ground and the sun had not risen yet. I didn't know where I wanted to walk until I left the driveway and I ended up wandering the roads and highways west of town. The rural roads were still unplowed but the tire tracks provided a good path.
Pretty soon, the sun rose red and turned some of the surrounding clouds red, only for a little bit. The highway was becoming a bit slushy so I stuck to a range road and walked for about half an hour to 45 minutes without a vehicle passing by. I saw a deer sprint across the road in front of me and I also heard my first Robin this year. I also saw four Canada Geese flying but the big flocks still haven't arrived. Once I started heading back to town, the roads were really wet and sloppy and vehicles were spitting up all the slush as they drove by. Two people ended up stopping and asking if I wanted a ride, but I thanked them and said I was fine.
All in all, I was wandering on the roads for 3 and a half hours. By the time I got home, my arms felt limp and walking had become an unconscious movement. It's been a long time since I've walked for so long by myself. I thought I would have a lot to think about but really, I didn't think of much at all. My body felt sore and I think it was because of walking on the hard pavement.

My mind is pretty tired now too. I feel like I could walk anywhere though. :) It was fun, being by myself, walking along empty range roads and slushy highways. It was something different.

Rachel

Sit up on a mountain top

All I feel like doing is hiking up a mountain and sitting on the top. Alone and waiting for Spring.
Is that sad? I think it sounds peaceful. Quiet.

The snow is starting to melt and get all slushy. More snow is coming, but the temperatures are now rising and staying around 0 to 5 degrees Celsius so I know the fresh snow will soon become slushy as well.

I'm tired but I don't want to go to bed.

My sister is leaving for Europe in a week. It's almost unbelievable because I remember about... 9 months ago? the idea was being presented and everything was unreal. Now she's really going. :) She better have fun and enjoy this! (Take pictures of everything- especially the Alps- for me! Of course you will. ;D ) She'll be gone during Spring Break. It sounds like I'll be at my Grandma's place, house-sitting while she's in Saskatchewan for Easter and getting my graduation portraits taken. I wanted to go to Vancouver for a few days but now I don't. I won't say why..
things are just changing.

And I'm just waiting for Nature to grow again. Spring will sure be welcomed with these arms opened wide.

rachel

I want to read books. Lots and lots of books...

Pull it together, man!

I really shouldn't delete these things. They help me vent my feelings better than anything else so maybe I should just keep them around? So I'm just going to jump right back into blogging, 'kay.

Spring is definitely peeking around. The snow is melting and making a big, wet mess of things. But I was able to go running in shorts yesterday! It was a beautiful 13-15 C. (: Beautiful. Yeah, lately I've started running again for around 40 minutes a day. Except I don't think I'll be going today as I pulled my left calf muscle yesterday. -_- I really don't know how I do it, but I have a knack for pulling my leg muscles. I must have done it at least once or twice a month during Cross Country season, the worst of which was a week before the Provincial Championships. And now it seems that every time I try to get back into running, I pull something. Ridiculous, if you ask me!

New lens! I got it about two weeks ago, although I've only really used it once. My camera's sensor needs serious cleaning as dust litters all my photos with an aperture of around 8 and higher. I got a kit, so maybe I'll clean it this weekend.. although it's kind of a scary task. I don't want to ruin the sensor!

Lately, my moods have been jumping around like crazy. I'm not depressed like last year, but sometimes I get into these really low moods where I want to curl up and sleep (or die). Part of me thinks it's because I want to leave. Now. I don't want to wait around for school to end anymore. :/ Not to mention that Social class is possibly the worst, depressing class ever. All we seem to talk about is how we're heading to a global economic free-fall. I say let it come. Maybe it'll teach some idiots a lesson for printing so much money. Really, some people are unbelievable.

So there's an update on some stuff. I think I'll stop deleting blogs as I always seem to regret it sooner or later.

rachel