Don't count the days. Make the days count.

Listening to a mix of songs including Avicii, Adele and Frank Ocean while eating sweet yellow bell peppers which I've discovered at a bbq last month. They are so good. It's been a while since I've had the chance to sit and write. I got back from my final engineer shift for Job 3 today. It started at 8:30pm last night-14 hours of logging and 10 hours of playback to hand in my final logs. Eeeeeeeeek! After delivering my final product, it was weird I didn't feel as excited and happy as I thought I'd be. Maybe it was because I was too tired to express my emotions because I am usually a very expressive person. I can't believe there is only 10-something days left of PEPTEC. The time went by so fast and this is definitely a chapter of my life that's challenged and changed me. Looking back, it's been a blast and such a memorable few months.

I love living life not knowing what to expect. Where will I be after this? I'll have 2 weeks off after completing school and I'll finally be able to have home cooked Korean food! Looking forward to that because I am definitely missing some in my life right now. The food at KLC is great but I need some variety sometimes... Then I think I'll be sent to my district in Louisiana. Which reminds me, I should email my manager who will also be new to the district because my original manager is transferring. And after that, Canada?? for Winter Projects from November/December to April. Nothing is final though. Everything is up in the air and I'm excited to see what will happen.

It's weird to finally unwind (kind of- I still have two more 14 hr operator and winchman shifts starting tomorrow). I'm so used to being surrounded by people and constantly working/talking/thinking. I've hardly had time for myself. Don't get me wrong I love being with people and I seek to be with company but it's also important to have me time. Last night Kate, Ning, Anisha and I drove up the hill (that's where we call the main buildings area) to have a shower party and wash up because there was no running water down the hill (that's where we do our practicals. Creative names, I know). We ended up going into the guy's locker room to wash up because the water in the girl's locker room was either not running or brown. It felt like we were breaking in because the lights were off and I loved it. And there was no one up the hill because it was 2am. Yes we sleep at school and there's actually a bunkhouse because slb is all about working day and night! The bunk beds are actually really comfortable. After our showers we went to the cappuccino machine and got our fill of French Vanilla and Hot Chocolates and hung out and talked. Also outside I saw sooo many stars. It was really beautiful. There is something about the stars that immediatly get my attention. I can look at them all day.

Ok I am going to go make some Hamburger Helper for the first time. I've had some at Kate's place and it was so good and easy I bought my own and will bring it for my two remaining shifts down the hill tomorrow. 

Words to live by

I found this in an old email...:) one of the many reasons why I love going through old things

1. Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue.
2. Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
3. Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
4. Drive carefully. It’s not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
5. Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.
6. If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
7. If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
8. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
9. Never buy a car you can’t push.
10. Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you don’t have a leg to stand on.
11. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
12. The early worm gets eaten by the bird, so sleep late.
13. The Second mouse gets the cheese
14. When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
15. Birthdays are good for you, the more you have, the longer you live.
16. You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
17. Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
18. We could learn a lot from crayons, some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors but they all have to learn to live in the same box.
19. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
20. Happiness comes through doors you didn’t even know you left open.