It's been a while...lots has happened...I'll try to keep this short...
I'm already almost a month into my 4th year at SFU and this semester feels like it's the middle of October already. Every one of my classes went into high intensity mode within the first 2 weeks, it's nuts. But I'm actually enjoying what I'm studying this year (for the most part...) I have a human physiology course which isn't that great, a human anatomy class where we disect rabbits, which is somewhat anticlimactic after doing a cat and a shark last year, but at the end of the semester we get to fiddle with a cadaver (a dead human used for science) which is apparantly a former Kinesiology prof at SFU. I'm also in a health promotion class which deals with a lot of marketing stuff, it's pretty cool and the prof is awesome. We get stretch breaks every 30 minutes which is great in a 3 hour lecture. I'm also taking an education class on health in the classroom. At one point I have to interview a teacher... that class is a lot of work.
Aside from school, I'm also prepping myself for the co-op program. I quit my job at McDonald's, and have never felt better :) Usually you have to prep for coop 2 semesters in advance, but I asked them if it was possible if I could do it in one semester so I could start work in January. They agreed, and so now I have a bunch of workshops and other stuff I have to rush and do before applying for jobs in October and doing millions of interviews. I think it will be a great experience, a good break from classes, and I'll be able to see what kind of jobs I like in my field.
A part of my motivation for doing co-op is that I want to go on a missions trip to Mexico with my church this coming April. I went in grade 11, and I really feel called to go back there this year. I dont know why, but I'm sure eventually I'll find out. I figured the best way it would work out would be if I'm not taking classes, so co-op was the perfect option. I just need to make sure I can get time off work.
I am also considering taking a trip out to China possibly in May to visit my sister and travel around. We'll see what happens with that.
I just got called to dinner. Gotta go.
Boersma
