Not much is happening in my world at this time. I am busy beyond belief, but time is passing, and I sink into autumn with pure joy and comfort. Nothing in this world makes my heart sing more than the cool air and beautiful panoramas.

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This is the minivan we picked up yesterday. A black 2006 Dodge Caravan. You may be wondering how the hell two gay men end up with a minivan. When it comes down to it, that’s just how it worked out financially. R.’s last car had been in a large accident and was worth almost nothing, but he still owed a LOT of money on it. Because of rebates and special offers, the caravan was the only vehicle we could find that was even close to affordable. We’re paying too much for it, but it has relieved R. of his upsidedown debt on the Sebring.

However, it works perfectly for us. We wanted a vehicle that offered a lot of space for moving to Victoria and the subsequent travelling and camping we plan to do. Plus, it will make the perfect carpool vehicle! I told R. that we need to make a lot of friends in Victoria so that we’d have people to drive around. We need to make use of those five extra seats!

It feels really nice to drive. Nice and big, looks sleek (for a minivan), and is extremely comfortable! I can’t wait to show it off to everyone. Who needs a ride soon? LOL

As for school, I’m so incredibly busy. This week we’re working on a case study project. I’m quite pissed off because I wrote up what I thought was an awesome case study. The story met all the necessary criteria. However, the group decided (in my absence of course) that they wouldn’t use it. So, now we’re left to come up with a new idea. Nobody has any ideas, and I just keep saying, “so, yah, what about the one that’s already created and written?” We’d be done our project by now, but they’re too stubborn, shooting down every idea that is thought of by the group. I can’t wait until I’m done school and won’t have to do tacky group projects.

We also had to create professional resumes. It seems like a fairly juvenile project; however, it has been quite useful. They brought in professional resume councellors to teach us all the “dos” and “don’ts” of writing a resume. Better yet, the lecture was focused on how to write a professional resume from a student nurse perspective. Meaning, showing us how to include clinical rotations, undergraduate positions etc. Even though I will most likely have two job offers without even applying for them, when I move to Victoria I will need a proper resume.

The thing that was great about this project was that when I compared the resume I already had, to what was expected, there wasn’t too many differences. Apparently I’m already good at resume writing! I just needed to “tweak.”

Finally, I have declared the song “Starlight” by Muse to be the best song of the year. This decision wasn’t made lightly, but it has been done. This is only the second year in a row that I’ve chosen this award. Perhaps, sometime soon, I will share last years. Unfortunately, I think almost everyone would disagree with last year’s choice! Anyway! Here’s this year’s top pick.