T-Minus 8 Days

Andee takes the Step One of the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) in just 8 days!  AAAHHHH!!!  So much studying, praying, and time has led up to this exam!!  Good thing we have Jesus on our side, or this would be extremely terrifying!!  And to celebrate this American exam, we booked the exam for July 4th, Independence Day!  Actually, that was purely by chance, and randomly ironic.  The great thing is that Andee gets to take the exam in Toronto, as opposed to having to travel back to the States just for the exam!  Living close to Toronto is great; everything important and/or exciting in Canada tends to happen in the T-dot!

Speaking of Toronto, Balynn and I just happened to be there this past weekend!  Why??  For the Much Music Video Awards of course!  And how did we get these coveted wristbands?  Well, while driving to work, Cassie was listening to the radio, and while flipping stations, she heard a number to call to win a contest.  So while still driving (ILLEGAL!) she called into the station just in time to win $100 cash!  She was also entered into a draw taking place that night for wristbands to the MMVA's!  So at 6:15, with all of us listening online to the radio station, we heard Cassie's voice on the radio winning the tickets and accepting the prize!!  YAY!!  These wristbands are extremely hard to come by, with teenage hopefuls camping out for days in hopes of catching a glimpse of Justin Bieber, LMFAO, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Selena Gomez, Hedley, Marrianas Trench, and the many other celebrities that performed!  It was super exciting!  Unfortunately, Cassie wasn't able to go the the Award's show, so she gave the tickets to Balynn and I!  At least someone got to enjoy them!  I don't follow celebrities at all, but with our wristbands enabling us to be in the best section of the show, about a foot from the main stage, I couldn't pass up on such a fun evening!  After about 45 minutes of insane Justin Bieber fans, Balynn and I moved to the back of the good section, and could still see everything from there, but without all the shoving and crazy teen girls.  It was so fun!!  It was also a super hot and humid day (my fav), and so we were nice and sweaty and warm throughout the whole show!  Yay!  We took lots of sweet pics too!  Enjoy!

Also this week, Cassie, Kat and I went to my favourite place in the world, Jungle Cat World!!  A zoo dedicated mostly to big cats, and some other super cute little animals too!  It was the best!!  Every time I go, which is at least once a year, I get so beyond excited at the sight of all the big cats and cute animals that I can barely contain myself, and end up looking way too happy in all the pictures.  I LOVE LEOPARDS!!  I even wore one of my many leopard shirts to blend in!  By the end of the day, we were the only ones in the zoo, and I got to watch the leopards play and interact with us!  Best thing ever!  There were also a few new animals this year, including a tortoise, a baby kangaroo, a tiger and puma in the same cage that don't know they are different species, and a baby fox!  So cute!!  One of my favourite things to do ever!!

Later that week, Dave, Cassie and I went for a walk at Lake Ontario!  So nice!  The weather the last couple weeks has been wonderful, and I have been spending lots of time outside!  I much prefer being an outdoor cat in the summer to an indoor cat in the winter.  If Canada was always this warm, I would be this excited and happy EVERY DAY!!  Yay!!

If you are wondering why Andee has been MIA in this blog for a while, lets all remember again that he takes the biggest exam of his life in 8 days!!!  Please pray for him!!  Not only does he have to take this exam, but he has to re-learn how to occupy free time, a challenge in itself! I'm looking forward to planning fun Canadian things for us to do during his month off!!  By the time I write my next blog, Andee will be done!!  I get my husband back and Andee gets his life back!  Hooray!