I’m going to be going back into some old posts and fixing up the broken links and pictures. I’m not sure if stuff will pop up on your Google Reader or not, but if it does, I’m very sorry and bear with me I will try and wrap it up today. Thanks.
Dang You Alder Tree!
Further research tells me that it’s alder pollen in particular that is rampant at the moment. Alder trees are apparently abundant in the Pacific Northwest, which maybe explains why I did not grow up with this problem in the spring. I looked outside our apartment but I can’t tell which tree is which because none of them have leaves yet, but I would not be surprised if some of them are alder. I looked through my blog from last year around this time and found nothing, but thinking back there weren’t any trees close to our windows at our old house since our entire yard was paved over, Vancouver style.
Of possible interest:
- http://www.wizardingworldgifts.com/content/ollivanders-original-alder-wand
- http://www.mugglewandmaker.com/2009/04/alder-wand-12-protego-maximus.html
Hehe.
Sweet Sweet Antihistamines
Well that explains it, I’m allergic to trees. Anti-histamines here I come!
from telegraph.co.uk
I went and saw my doctor today for help with my eyes. We all thought it was a bit early for hay fever, and were correct, but he told me it’s tree pollen season at the moment. There ARE quite a lot of trees around our apartment. Bah. NATURE.
In other exciting news I got a big cheque in the mail because I now qualify for assistance in paying for my provincial health care and they refunded me all the money I paid last year. Also our tax returns have been processed and I’m getting quite a lot back from that. AND, I re-qualify for the GST refund thingies again and a big one of those is on its way in early April. THANK YOU GOVERNMENT FOR SENDING ME LOTS OF MONEY.
Back to school today was OK.
End of March Break, Hair Cut, Weekend Stuff
Well my March Break is nearly over and I’m dreading school tomorrow. I have not been feeling very well so that is not helping. I had two naps today!! That never happens! I’ve also never had allergies before, which I think is what is causing my itchy eyes and mouth, and general malaise. Scott picked me up some Claritin so I’ve started taking that and hopefully it helps.
In more positive news, I got my hair cut the other day and I really like it. Sorry that the picture is so blurry… that’s an Ubuntu issue, since my webcam looks a lot better when I’m using Windows. Not sure how to fix that.
I did my Transport of Dangerous Goods online training today. I am now certified to handle radioactive stuff. Kind of cool.
We went out for St. Paddy’s day yesterday but ended up just hanging out with Brian at his house and then going out for dinner at a non-Irish place because we didn’t want to wait in line and also pay cover to get into a crowded pub. It was fun anyway and my chicken burger was tasty.
OH also on Friday we went to the Eatery with Rosemarie and Rob but I’ll save talking about that for another entry because the camera is too far away from me right now.
Summer Placement Choices
We all had to put in our top 3 choices for our summer placements this week. It was a difficult choice, I had to make a pros and cons list and I asked a lot of people for advice.
I ended up choosing Surrey Memorial, VGH, and Lion’s Gate.
Why? The outpatient clinic at Surrey Memorial is brand new and SO nice. Plus everyone was friendly there and it seemed like a great place to learn. It’s also pretty accessible by transit. VGH is Vancouver’s main hospital, it would be very busy and I’d get to see a large variety of patients every day. And I chose Lion’s Gate because they do a lot of brain scans and I still really like brains, but I kind of hope I don’t actually get placed there because it would mean commuting an hour each way every day to North Vancouver. Ew.
It was really hard to come up with a third choice. Every option had at least one significant downside.
I don’t know, we’ll see what I end up getting. Probably every one of us has 2 out of 3 choices the same as everyone else. :/ If they can’t find a way to make everyone happy it ends up going to a draw so I still have a chance of having to go to Vancouver Island for the summer.
We are supposed to find out by the end of this month.