What a day off should be...

Well folks, day off number 2, and what a good day it was. I got 10 hours of sleep last night. Imagine that, 10 hours. That is a definite record since being here at NUOVA. I'm going to do better at this sleeping thing this week.

Today a bunch of us NUOVAites went to the waterpark at West Edmonton Mall. It was brilliant. Really good way to take your mind off of everything and just play around and goof off for an afternoon. There were quite a few of us: Megan, Julia, Alfred, Erin, Michael, Adam, Ivan, Josh, Joey, Sonya, Tracey, JP, Kate, Alex, and me. A great group of us. I went down the really steep one, and it was kinda like a roller coaster, only 5 seconds long. I went on it approx. 10 times. SO much fun! Then after the waterpark, Kate Applin and caught a quick bite to eat, and went to the Scotia Bank Theatre and watched Sex and the City 2. Which was quite delightful. Just what I needed to see. Light, but still had a great story line, with meaningful comments about humanity. It was great, the perfect day off really.

I even did a little shopping...well...I bought a raincoat, which I do need, FYI (i don't actually own a raincoat) It was originally 160 dollars, and I got it for 50 dollars at Club Monaco. I'd say, a steal of a deal.

It's been the perfect day off, a day off for my brain!
Here we go week three!

Goal of the week: To let my artistic flashlight shine bright 100 percent of the time. My inner artist is going to be smiling all week!!!

Oh and here is a good quote. Monday's are my quote days!

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. Its not just in some of us; its in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As were liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."