Another series of good days; general update.

I'll begin with today. I received a note in the mail from MTA's Student Affairs which included a number of things related to Orientation. Apparently I'm considered a mature student, and this is thrilling to me (I need to get out more...) because I had been concerned about how I would get along with other students, meet people, etc. This was a huge worry of mine, and so receiving this note took a lot of stress away.

On Thursday I was able to see my cousin again. I went for a fondue event (I had never been to one!) at my aunt's home which was attended by a number of my relatives. Was lots of fun, and I hope we get to do this type of thing again soon.

On Wednesday I am flying with my family to Newfoundland to see my brother. This being his first summer away from home, it's been difficult and obviously we've missed him.

While there my sister and I plan to return to a vegan-friendly coffee shop which we visited last time, and we loved it... hopefully we can drag dad and mum there someday also. We will do a lot of wandering yet again and I intend to be on the hunt for unique beads that I can use in my jewelry, as per usual.

I also want to see Signal Hill again, for the third time. I'm told there's an observatory in St. John's, which I'd also like to see. I want to hunt for museums and/or local shops too.

Oh and on that note, I was able to get to an astronomy event at the Irving Nature Park which was so much fun. But how did I miss the Perseids?! It peaked last week, Nuu!

That's it for now. Not sure if I'll write again prior to leaving for Newfoundland.

My weekend was spent in Sackville. I arrived Thursday and left on Sunday. Each time I leave it gets more and more difficult, so I suppose it's a good thing that classes will be starting soon. It'd be nice to get the anticipation out of the way & actually get started there too.

Next week my parents, sister and I are going back to Saint John's to visit my brother and his girlfriend. I'm looking forward to that as it has been his first summer away from home!

My sister and I have already made plans for a day of wandering downtown St. John's because of how fun it was last time. There's a wonderful used bookstore that I want to visit again, among other things, and I look forward to taking a number of pictures!

Also I've been having fun making new jewelry items. I have such a blast doing that... I may post some of my newest creations soon.

Really great day.

Today has been really wonderful. I was able to meet a first cousin for the second time (and for the first time in probably fifteen years). It made for a very pleasant afternoon and we even got to talking about the prospect of having a family reunion in the next couple of years.

Tomorrow I'm returning to Sackville, which is great because I'm running low on clothes in Saint John. All of my art supplies are in Sackville too.

Above all I really look forward to getting back to my apartment, to wandering the town and getting used being there, and to taking in some of the local events before I leave for Newfoundland later this month.

Anyway, I have to get back to packing so I guess I'll try to write again soon.