winning comes with a cost

i hate when people complain about everything in life..but once in while a rant about something is healthy. well id say it is.. but maybe thats because i am about to complain about my day.
today was pretty close to the most frustrating day i have experienced in life. a while ago at work we had a teva contest (teva is a brand we sell at the store). basically all we had to do was sell tevas (easy - they have great shoes and sandals) and the person who sold the most tevas won the day trip. there was a winner from each store and i was the winner for limeridge mall. the day trip we won consisted of caving in the morning, a lunch and kayaking for a few hours in the afternoon and a free pair of shoes. sounds fun right? 
so here is how my day fell down the drain into frustration:

i woke up at 6:15 because i had to drive to blue mountain (where the caving/kayaking is) - i planned on leaving at 7am (i had google map directions saying it will take 2.40 hours to get there -perfect). i get in my car (well my moms car - cause she let me have it for the day) and the tank is less than 1/4 full.. so i go put $20 gas in.. then i set my gps. the gps then says it going to take 4.5 hours to get there (i was supposed to be there at 10am) so shoot! at this point i have two different sets of directions both with different time and one says im going to be an hour and a half late! so i made the stupid decision (or smart- im not sure) and follow the gps. i get to barrie and im on some country road and i realize its 9:45 and it still says an 1.22 hours before i am at the destination.. and to make things worse!! my gsp suddenly re-routes me ( saying im 3 hours away) and my gas light comes on. i cancelled my route, entered closest gas station into the gps and it took me to a full service gas station (i hate those.. i can do it myself) and i asked for $40 in gas since i have no idea where i am. then i go into pay and ask the man if he knows how to get to heathcote and he has no idea what that is.. he asks someone else, who asks someone else and calls someone else and no one knows.. then im like okay where is blue mountain.. and he tells me to follow some highway 26.. so i follow it and its still saying 1.40 hours to get there.. its 10 after 10 at this point.. im calling my mom, my boss and the teva rep (on bluetooth of course) trying to tell everyone where i am.. okay so i'll skip all the little details but anyways i get there about 11:20 because the teva rep told me to wait at a gas station and he came and got me and i followed him to the place i was supposed to be.. so i completely missed caving which i was so excited for.. while we were waiting for everyone to meet us after they got cleaned up after caving the teva rep is like "ohh you didn't get your shoes! i'll get those" hes like 6.5 or 7?.. but umm i kind of asked for a 7.5 or 8 please? nope.. he doesn't have them.. apparently the right size wasn't ordered.. efff! after everyone is done caving and they meet us at the cars, we all drive to the place we are going kayaking. kayaking was fun! (this was the good part of the day) we went for a 2.5 hour kayak. it was gorgeous and some good exercise but obviously fitting with the day i was having thus far.. i got a sun burn because i forgot sunscreen. after kayaking i made sure i got proper directions and headed home (4 hours). when i get 45 minutes from home my gas light comes on again so i stoped in mississauga and put $25 more of gas in and head home.. at probably burlington a weird light start flashing in my car and it starts acting a bit funny but i was almost home so i kind of ignored it. so sure enough 15 minutes from my house and still on the highway, my car starts making a really loud noise and it starts to slow down so i pulled over to the shoulder of the high way, put my fourways on and call my house.. then..my friggen phone dies! it dies as soon as my dad answers (stupid blackberry went into that off mode) i didn't even get a chance to explain where i was. then its about 8 and im on the shoulder of a highway with no phone and my car wont start and im in tears and im dirty from hiking/kayaking. i got out of the car and walked to the closest gas station to use a phone. omg! i found 50 cent (yes thats how much pay phones cost now) and called my house and my mom is like 'dad is already out looking for you'.. i love my parents i dont know what i would do without them.. my dad picked me up at the esso.. we walked to the car and called caa and 30 minutes later a tow truck comes.

long day. im glad to be home. i missed three classes today and i really need to do some readings.. sometimes i hate mondays :(

as bad as the day has been it could have been worse. my parents are incredible. luckily this happened to my car within walking distance from my house. my parents have caa membership which helped out a lot. i got to meet some cool ladies from some of the other nxnw stores and go kayaking. teva planned a fun day for us :)

busy brain

ive been so stressed lately that i can't sleep. well to be honest im not sure if its stress, maybe its excitement but it feels like stress. pain in stomach, mind racing, not hungry you know, stress related stuff. but i dont know why im stressed. i guess there are many possibilities. for one, im not sure what im doing next year. i applied to college for a post grad program, got accepted, i accepted the offer but im not sure if its really what i want to do. its not my first choice in programs, the program i really want is full. i haven't heard back from the university either. ideally id love to do my masters degree, i think. umm two, stress could be work. i need to find a second job, i dont get the amount of hours i would like where i am currently working. its perfect during the year but annoying during the summer. really i should probably enjoy the lack of hours i have, lots of reading and gym time. three, stress could be that one of my best friends, tia, is getting married in september.. im part of the wedding party and there is soo much to do and i probably should help more than i currently am.. this is a good stress though, im soo excited for her! showers, dresses, celebrations and presents! im pumped for it all! oh or maybe im stressed cause i need to clean my room and go buy a some new room furniture at some point. and im not a pack rat at all but for some reason i have accumulated a collection of old novels and textbooks i dont want to read or use anymore. i need to find a shelter or something of similar sort to give them to. as much as i love used bookstores id rather give the books to a shelter so they can form a small library, so people dont have to purchase books i have already purchased. plus, most books i keep, except for those old series books that i will never read again, could make for a good library lol. for some reason finding a place to put these books is stressing me out lol.
another stress is my kinesiology certification. last year i became a certified kinesiologist and to keep the certification i need to keep up with seminars, workshops and readings to accumulate a certain amount of points (its like any medical doctors, teachers, social workers etc, have to do regarding their own certifications). anyways, the seminars/work shops are expensive and they are all over canada, hard to get to. if i dont keep up with them i loose my certification and it will be much harder to get the certification later when kinesiology becomes more recognized as a medical field in itself. ahhh
i wish i had a cottage lol. cottage life always relaxes me a bit. can't wait til the end of june!..
i think its probably just one of those weeks where everything seems to enhance its significance all at once. really, no matter what i decide to do next year i will be supported by family and friends, and as long as im doing something im taking a direction other than nowhere.
just some random things going on in my brain lately.