Life isn't fair.

In memory of Steve

November 24, 1981-September 14, 2006

This is not a happy post. I found out yesterday that my good friend Steve Dirksen died in a very tragic accident. He was living in Vancouver and went mountain climbing with Colin, but Steve slipped and fell. Colin couldn't see him and Steve didn't respond, so Colin had to hike back down the mountain by himself and call for help. Hours later, the search and rescue helicopter located his body. He fell about 900 feet. I don't want to make this about myself, but the feeling I'm feeling right now is the worst thing I've ever experienced and it hurts so bad. My thoughts and prayers are with Steve's family right now and with Colin who was with him when he fell. I can only hope that he didn't feel anything and blacked out before he knew what was happening. I still don't believe it at times, because this is the sort of thing that doesn't happen to you or your friends...but it does and I've learned how little we know about how long we have on this earth. I just wanted to let you all know so you can keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. This is a really tough time and I know it will be tough for a long time.

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Best Day EVER!!

Oh my goodness...

Yes, it's true...I saw Brad Pitt!! This is not simply a picture of him I found on the internet, but a picture that I took myself while standing not even 2 feet away from him! We were right behind the girl whose head is half in that picture. Crazy!!
My friends Heather and Jocelyn and myself spent the day in Toronto with our main goal being to see Brad Pitt. The film festival was going on this weekend, so we figured we'd have a pretty good chance. We started our day off at Sazzafraz, a very trendy restaraunt where all the celebrities go, where we had a lovely (and very expensive...) lunch where we hoped we might see someone famous, but we didn't. Then we spent the afternoon shopping downtown and then headed over to Roy Thompson Hall where the stars would be walking the red carpet. We got there at 5pm and waited until 6:30 when the first film was being showed. We saw Russel Crowe, Lance Bass and Reichan. Then we continued to wait until 9:00pm (standing in the same spot, with lots of people trying to push their way to the front...very annoying) when we saw Brad Pitt. It was incredible!

It was a very exciting day, and we're so glad we went. It was worth it to wait for 4 hours because we got to see Brad Pitt...how many people can say they've seen Brat Pitt!! And...we will go again next year!!

This is a video I took of Brad...it's kinda hard to see because it was dark, but hopefully it works. Yeah!!

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The beginning of the end of student life!!

So, my last year of university begins!! It's really hard to believe that this is my fourth and final year of school and then I'm a real nurse...wierd... Anyways, I just found out that my placement for first semester is on the psych ward at Hamilton General hospital. I was not happy about this because I really didn't want a psych placement, but I will try to make the best of it and hopefully I'll learn something. I don't know where I'll be next semester yet, but I'm hoping for some kind of surgical placement.
I'm really scared and excited for this year. I feel like I still have so much to learn before I can go out there on my own, and I know this year will have lots of learning opportunities, I just dont' see how I can possibly learn it all! But I know I can't know everything and you're always learning new things in the nursing profession, so I guess I just have to accept that.
I start my placement sometime next week...all the details are not yet in order, but most likely next week I'll go meet my preceptor and see the floor that I'll be working on.
Other than school, there's not much else to update on. Less than a month until Jon and Heathers wedding!! And tomorrow I'm going to Toronto in hopes of seeing Brad Pitt...wish me luck!!