Oscar Musings...

So as you probably know a few weeks ago the 83rd Academy Awards took place. What you may not know if that I LOVE watching the academy awards and this year especially. Not only were there 10 films nominated for best picture, but I had seen and genuinely like a lot of them. We had pretty much JUST arrive home from AZ when they started, I hardly had time to throw our bags into the bedroom before sitting down to watch. Our friends came over and we had lots of snacks and played oscar bingo which was great fun, also I won which was a bonus. :)

Ok, so earlier I had stated my predictions here, I'm actually pretty impressed with myself. I was right on all accounts but one...

Best Actor- Colin Firth

Best Supporting Actor- Christian Bale or Geoffrey Rush

Best Actress- Natalie Portman

Best Supporting Actress- Hailee Steinfeld

Best Picture- The Kings Speech

All and all I found the awards pretty good this year. I was just happy that 'The Kings Speech' won. I watched it again the other night, that movie really does get better with each viewing. Well, tata for now

Shoot The Moon

So, it's been a while since I've posted but boy has it been an exciting two weeks! So last I posted I was preparing for a few interviews and was ready to be shipped off to fun in the sun down in good ol' AZ. Well I did secure a job the day before we left which was AWESOME! I'm now wrapping up my first week at 2nd Avenue Family Chiropractic and am LOVING it. I had some doubts while in school that I wouldn't be good at massage and that I would hate it but now that I'm out of retail and actually in the field there are perks that I enjoy more than I had anticipated; I can come and go as I please (to a certain extent), I have my own room which I can decorate in whichever way I wish, I have a receptionist to does stuff for me, and I actually have been getting clients!!! Anyhoo...it's an exciting stage. :)

On another note, our trip to Arizona was amazing. We spent 7 days with 20ish wonderful friends from all over the world! The reason we made our trek down south was to witness the wedding of two great friends that I met while attending bible school in Sweden 3 years ago. The wedding was absolutely beautiful, I feel so honored that both Ben and I were invited to come. I just love meeting up with my bible school friends, even if we haven't seen each other in 6 months or however long, we kinda just pick up where we left off and it's like we were never apart, not to mention, there are so many places that we have an excuse to visit. Another point worth mentioning of the trip was that I managed to secure a pretty intense sunburn and have been peeling my nose off one flake at a time since...I think the peeling may finally be coming to an end.

Life is good! Nothing else to report! Oh yeah, our wine is almost ready to be enjoyed! Post on the Oscars in the making.

Quick and to the point.

Last day at The Bay today-hurray

1 Interview today

3 Interviews tomorrow

Hopefully a job will come out of this!

Hello My Name Is Solveig Chamagne and....

I'M A REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPIST... After two years of school I can now say that I'm fully and completely done. I finished my schooling in early December of 2010, however I totally froze during the practical portion of my board exams which granted me a VERY unwelcome "non-mastered" grade. I had never considered the possibility of not passing the test, I was sure I would be a Registered Therapist and raking in the dough by January 1st. I never thought that I could be waiting two months to rewrite the test.

So I failed, I had two months of what I called my "limbo" period and today I went back to redo the test. My stomach churned and I wasn't able to eat anything all morning. I was sure I would be the first to ever fail the board exams twice. I already had started thinking of a new career path, little did I know how much I would impress myself! I walked into the exam area and all my nerves melted away, I took a breath, said a quick prayer and began. The whole time I felt composed and answered with assurance and confidance. I knew when I left the room that I was a different person taking the test that day. About 25 minutes after I left the exam I got an email with my results- I PASSED! The first thing I did was stuff two pieces of eggs on toast down my mouth and laugh. Now I just have to drop about $400.00 to join the association and I can begin working!!!

As much as I whined and complained about my initial failure, I can now admit that the "non-mastered" experience was needed, in more ways than one! Not only did I just need a break from work (my schooling was condensed over two years so I basically got one week in the summer and one week in the winter off for two years), but also my ego needed a reality check, I went from thinking I was invincible to realizing that I am definitely not as awesome as I thought I was, yes I am capable of failure and studying is really not overrated...Most importantly I also needed that failure to truly validate for myself the profession that I have chosen, subconsciously I think I've always thought of massage as less therapeutic and more relaxing, but you REALLY have to know your stuff. I am truly proud of my accomplishments/profession because I realize that it wasn't just handed to me, I earned it!

Some exciting news........

It looks like in about 9 months there will be a new member of our family! oh...I see how that sounds, no it's not what it sounds like, it's STEPH! PD (my older bro) and his girlfriend Steph have decided to tie the knot sometime in October. I'm so happy for them, PD has changed so much in the months that him and Steph have been together, and it's a good thing, not that he was bad before, he's just better now. They are so happy together and I know that they will make a very wonderful life together. I can't wait to see what the future holds for them.Welcome to the Family Steph! Mazal Tov!