roll out the beryl! we'll have a beryl of fun!!

last minute laura strikes again. to give me my fair due, i was supposed to drop off the supplemental application, the final piece to my application, yesterday. but it became impossible yesterday. yesterday i had to leave straight from work to drive to langley to collect mom and dad's computer. mom was alone amongst the shambles of her home. the magic that makes any place mom and dad live feel like home, was gone. it was just an empty-ish trailer and nothing more. mom told me about how she stayed up until five thirty in the morning packing.. "but what time did you get up?", i asked. "seven thirty." she answered. "that's just a nap." mom said she was glad everyone was gone but i still wished i didn't have to leave her, but i did.

i made my way back to richmond and met edith at our new place to pay our damage deposit. every time i meet our new landlords i like them more. they're just so cute and so nice and so good. our new place is pretty rinky-dink, as elicia's mom would say. but it's cheaper, everything is included, there's LAUNDRY and best of all the only bugs they have are spiders. we already have the keys and can move in any time.

on the way home from our new place, had to make a few stops to get a few things if you know what i mean. back at the ranch i phoned franca and told her we were moving, then left the written notice and rent downstairs. then i tried to write a blog and you saw what happened.

the office where i had to drop off the supplemental application closes at 4:30pm. today was the last day. i felt a little stressed about it this morning. like what if traffic is bad on the way to ubc this afternoon and it takes me longer than 30 minutes to get there? what if this whole big effort is for naught just because i'm such a last minute laura??? lately i've been trying to make it a practice to pray about specific problems. i was praying this morning on the drive to work and i mentioned to Heavenly Father how i didn't know how i was going to make it on time. it was such a beautiful day today. i loved it. i soaked in it like madge. driving over the bridge i just had to interject a "hi mount baker!" over my left shoulder during my talk with the big guy in the sky. it was just so fabulous to see the mountains and the sky, for everything to be so clear and bright. a month of rain and heavy cloud sure makes you grateful for the clear sunshiney days.

work has been busy busy busy, especially since bev was fired, people have been having vacations, and everyone has to take care of their te sites right now. plus the season and preps for the season, like me and claude took the christmas card pic. our big idea this year was to take the pic from above and to have everyone grouped in the shape of a christmas tree. this involved me standing on a ladder on the counter. that's what it involved. i might have not done that if it was for anything but a picture. also i'm on the chirstmas party commitee. also i'm popular and needed. i'm popular! i'm POPULAR!

today was no different. lisa and i were the only staff in the kitchen. we ran around like chickens with no heads, except we were more purposeful. we were interrupted by the house meeting. we continued. i had to relieve kaz who was in the thrift store for lunch and i hadn't yet eaten my quesadilla, so i brought it with me. i was rewarded by seeing my favourite shopper. a danish lady who i love. she's in her late 80s and recently not in the best of health so i don't get to see her as much. we had some good chats.

after lunch was over, like right after, i had to leave. i couldn't even help clean up and poor lisa was on dishes. i had to go with my group to do my group transitional employment group. so we did that until 3. every time i would think about that supp. application throughout the day i would get little nervous butterflies in my stomach. "it will work out somehow." i kept telling myself. but how could i get away early when things were so busy?? how?? i'll tell you how. just before 3:30 we had a power outage. yes! all the way down to the lights! and we got sent home half an hour early. to you it's a power outage, to me it's an answer to prayer.

and i made it to school just in time to get lost looking for the fifth floor, ask directions from 4 different people and hand in my supp. to the grad app. lady who had loooooooong spiky hair standing straight up, straight lanks on either side of her head and what looked like vaseline on her cheeks. as i drove away i looked over my left shoulder again and this time saw the moon huge and low and luminous in the sky. "hi friend." i said.