Disappointment...

One totally awesome thing about me being in Switzerland in this specific year is the fact that the Euro 2008 (Europe's biggest Soccer/Football tournament) is taking place in the city I live in this year. The thing that sucks is it's practically impossible to get a ticket unless you want to sell your first born baby...and i don't have any of those so I'm gonna have to miss out on the live action :(
BUT...at least it's possible to sit outside the stadium and watch on the big screens...for much cheaper...but it's still not the same...

Procrastinator to the Max...

Forgive me for not posting sooner...but i'm kinda busy...haha...but seriously...my trip so far has been amazing.

First few days in Switzerland were a blur...meeting tons of new people...going on picnics...I've already been to Italy as well...Florence and Milan to be exact...Florence takes my pic out of those two...my travel buddy and i ended up sleeping in a train station for 4 hours on that trip as well. oh and how can i forget almost getting squished by the train door as it was leaving. The train was super full and no one was moving to let me in...we ran from door to door and no one was budging and then the train started moving without me in it...and Gabi was already in...my life seriously flashed before my eyes in that moment...i forced myself in somehow...and then after laughing my head off for a minute i looked around...and there was TONS of room...those jackasses were just too lazy to move over a bit more! seriously!...anyways...italy was cool...i saw the Uffizi museum...the one with Botticelli's The Birth of Venus...and some Michealangelo etc...pretty cool stuff...and we biked around for a while...on one of those cool bikes with the basket in front...we ate gelato everyday, SCRUMPTIOUS!! and yes, the coffee is great too, even if i'm not a coffee drinker really...

the family i'm nannying for is great...the parents are super nice, the mom is a slight perfectionist, but in a good way i guess haha...the dad is funny and not a jerk which i was afraid of...but nope he's awesome too...the boys are funny...rambuncious (spell?) and slightly hyper and they get whatever they want but still good boys...and quite easy to take care of...

my cooking skills are being tested at times, which was much needed so that's an added perk. I made a cake yesterday for the first time..AND the icing...and it was quite successful...and then i had to make it again for one of the boys at school...and they all loved it...

so overall things are wonderful so far...i will post some pictures of all the highlights so far...the first 5 are just out and about Geneva, Interlaken and Nyon Switzerland...and then the last 5 are from Milan and Florence Italy...

So Close...

i'm leaving in less than a week...for switzerland...and it's SUPER FREAKY...but SUPER AWESOME!!! :D

Breaks my Heart...

In the past day or two there have been a couple situations where people have been dicussing the topics of "Is God Real" and "Creation or Evolution." (Both have been on Facebook). I don't neccessarily mind these discussions...except for the fact that there are those that are SO closed minded and are SO solid in the belief that God is fake and that Evolution is fact...for me this gets so frustrating because no matter what...there is no convincing them...

and for me it's such an easy answer...my faith comes SO simply and easily...and i'm extremely thankful for that...i don't understand how someone can say they've never experienced God and they don't believe that there is any trace of His power ANYWHERE...for me, even the complexity of a baby forming in the womb or just the beauty of the Earth is enough to show me that...I wish people realized that when they even feel the emotion of love or compassion or something of that nature that God has a hand in that!!

i know that no one will be able to see or feel God's love without the Holy Spirit's work within them...but sometimes i wish what i said, or a fellow Christian said, would be enough sometimes...it would be a lot less frustrating and depressing...

And it breaks my heart to know that it will take the worst experience imaginable for some to finally understand what they missed out on during their life on earth...

A Couple Things...

...i went to sleep before midnight for the first time in AT LEAST a year the other day...I still felt like crap after...

...i'm getting nervous about my mp3 player because it's taking so long to arrive...

...i ran over a rabbit yesterday on the Anthony Henday Highway...my jaw dropped it was so gross...first time running over something :(...it was unavoidable...

...i will buy a tall mocha frappucino with extra whip today...

*UPDATE*
...my mp3 player arrived in good health...meaning it works like a CHARM!!! :D...i'm so happy with it! i didn't think technology could ever make me this happy...

...kinda sick but yesterday, as i was walking to my car, i saw remainings of the rabbit i ran over hanging from my undercarriage...i shivered and immedietely went to the car wash...35 minute wait and all...

...that frappicino was great...i love it when i order extra whip and they put it in a grande cup just to fit it all...

Zip the Lips...

Road Rage is never cool...

i work with someone that has a severe case of the R R. What do you do when they are in a blind blow-up, running their mouth, cursing everyone around them never thinking that they were the one's at fault in the first place?...

there's only so much i can take of this...especially since i'm driving with this person alll the time...so my strategy for now is to zip my lips...and maybe he'll get the hint that he's acting like a poop!

or maybe i should tell him to read my blog...

should it BE this hard!

I thought that i was living in a time where technology was just the be all and end all...well not in Canada apparently...

I was TRYING to order that mp3 player i was talking about down there...but Canada is behind the times and doesn't have it yet...are you kidding me!? It's supposed to get here sometime in spring...well guess what Best Buy...i don't HAVE until then...i want one now!...haha...(i'm not usually an impatient person). I'm slightly embarassed by this actually...it's almost as if us Canucks were on a different planet...all the stereotypes seem to be true in this case...

I phoned around to a few different online stores that carry the Zune player i so desire...and NONE of them ship to Canada...i guess all those businesses couldn't be bothered to pay for all those dogsleds delivering the product to my igloo...and it would be even more difficult with the minus 80 Celsius and 10 feet of snow...and i guess we don't have paved roads either...or running water for that matter...who am i kidding...it's wishful thinking to have mainstream music at all...i can hardly get an AM radio station up here!!!...

well anyways...I ended up resulting to eBay much to my mom's dismay...(she has trust issues)...it turns out middle aged guys living in their parents basement don't have any problem selling and delivering to us crazy Canadians...

on a more cheery side note: i think i found my font of choice...