Help! Save me!!

I'm laying in bed one morning, half asleep and half dreaming when suddenly I hear "Sabrina help help, save me...I'm so scared". This familiar voice just kept getting louder and louder. What the heck?? Am I dreaming? Then suddenly I realize that it's my mom. I knew it wasn't a life or death situation from the tone of her voice. Don't get me wrong there were definitely fear in her voice just not life threatening.

By this time she's right at my mom yelling for me to save her. "Huh mom, save you from what???".

"The stupid turtle escaped and it's in the bathroom. Save me, get it out. I'm so scared". It sounds funny but if you know my mom you'll know that she's afraid of ALL animals, yes even cute furry things like rabbits.

I didn't really want to get out of bed but it quickly looked like this chaos was not going to stop unless if I did something about it. So I went downstairs and yup the big turtle escaped and somehow found its way into the bathroom. That itself is pretty darn impressive. It had to maneuver all the way across the basement with tons of stuff in its way. The fact that it even got out of the room that it was in deserves some sort of a prize. Just to give you a visual, the turtle is quite big. We've had this particular one for more almost ten years so it's about the size of an 8x10 piece of paper.

Now I don't like touching the turtles but I wouldn't say that I'm afraid of them. However with my mom constantly yelling how scared she was, it made me a little freaked out. Mental games man, she was messing with my mind. I told my mom that I didn't want to pick it up and that she should do it. Hahaha...That didn't go too well.

"Hurry up I'm in a hurry and I can't take a shower with the turtle in there". Even though she did contemplate showering with the door open, as if it would attack her or something??

"Mom what if I don't put it back in the tank and it goes into your room later?"

"Then I won't come home until it is back in the tank". You're all laughing at this comment but the woman was serious. There was no joking with her that morning.

"FINE". I go into the bathroom and the turtle's so scared that it's tucked into its shell in the corner behind the door. I doubt it was in any position of attacking her. The poor thing looked so scared, probably from all that yelling and being in unfamiliar territory.

During this rescue mission my mom was hiding in her room with the door shut closed. Too funny...If I was the turtle I would probably never escape again.

Status

A friend was telling me about how all these real estate agents were paying students about $2000-3000 to line up for the opportunity to buy a condo at Yonge and Bloor. Apparently people have been lined up for a week now. Man if I have known about this earlier I so would've gone down to line up for someone if it meant getting paid.

Check out the article if you want:
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/276009

Yes I'm at the point where I'm desperate for money and am willing to wait aimlessly on the street for a week. At least I would've gotten a lot of studying done for my upcoming exam. I've been unemployed for almost 2 weeks now. This wasn't suppose to happen. My original plan was a smooth, no break, transition from one job to the next. When I received my passing results it meant I could be granted resident Physio status and be allowed to start working. However they forget to mention that you have to get a whole much of papers and the paper work takes a while. Actually they don't even tell you how to get the temporary registration. You're suppose to magically know.

So now my work is getting frustrated that I can't work. I'm depressed and stressed that they are constantly pressuring me to be more aggressive and get the physio association to move a little faster. Trust me, I've tried. They're just immune to people begging and arguing with them. Again I'm stressed about this upcoming exam. I understand that things don't usually happen they way we plan it but it's just the need of money and people around me who are making me care so much that this isn't happening immediately.

I think I'll be alright with the practical exam but you never know and there's just so much riding on this. I loved that I took this Physio journey but it's definitely time to end it. Please let this be the end.

Yay Snow!!!

Watching an adult in their first experience with snow is always a great event. It's almost like watching a child explore a new toy but they can verbally express their amazement with you. Not many things in this world can bring back that childhood excitement.

The other night I was driving up to the Markham area and for those who don't live in Toronto, Markham is about 15-20mins drive north of downtown Toronto. In reality it's really not that far north. It was a pretty cold and rainy night and to my surprise as we drove further and further north, the weather got worse. What began as rain started to turn into snow. That was so unexpected and great at the same time. My friends didn't think it was great but for someone who hasn't seen snow in 3 years, it was pretty sweet. I don't ever remember being so excited to see snow on the rooftops of houses or snow lightly covering the cars. If that's what it's like experiencing snow for the first time, it was well worth the 3 year break.