Hey everybody! Sorry I've been away for so long. It's been crazy. Well, I'm in Ontario, arrived safe and sound at 8:30 Saturday morning! And I'm having a blast so far. I'm so glad to be here with my sis and bro-in-law. I miss my boy a lot though.

We're hoping he'll be able to make it here for a visit sometime around my birthday (June 5) I'm not getting my hopes up too much though because it'll only make me even more sad if he can't make it.
My sister threw a party for me Saturday night, so there was a lot of bad food and I completely pigged out. I also pigged out a little the night before I left. We had a few people over and had wings and nachos. However, I forgot weigh in this morning, so I don't know how much damage was done. I don't expect it to be pretty... I'll weigh tomorrow and see how it goes. My sis and I got up early and went to the gym this morning. Sadly, I have an awful cold so my workout wasn't that great. I couldn't get into a steady run n the treadmill because my nose would NOT stop running. So I jogged for a few mins at a time. My longest jog was 15 mins, which was better than I expected to do in my stuffy, congested condition. I tried to compensate for the poor cardio by doing a lot more weight training than I usually do. That was cool, it felt really good.
One great thing about being here is that my sister has a mini home gym in the basement. Her treadmill is one of those stupid manual ones though, so I can't run on it. It's really annoying. She has lots of weight equipment though, and more workout videos than I can count! So, I guess I'll have fun mixing up a variety of workouts while I'm here. She's very active and fit, so she's perfect motivation. She has a weak spot for junk food though, so we've decided we're going to challenge each other for the next 8 weeks. Since she's more disciplined with exercise and I'm more disciplined with food, we should make a great team. We're going to start running outside this evening. The weather has been so beautiful since I've gotten here. A nice refreshing change from the drizzle and fog we were having in St. John's for the past week.
Anyway, I start my placement Wednesday evening. I'm a little nervous because I've never done a placement outside of the hospital system in St. John's. Every system seems to do things differently. But I'm sure I'll do fine. Everyone send good vibes my way!