Ending Spring/March Break

I have to admit that I am really looking forward to returning to Canada.  Though most of my family is here, I haven't felt like I've been home.  I guess that being in Canada for so long, it now feels like home to me.  I have enjoyed my time here in the States though.  Between spending time with family to visiting past teachers to driving around the area, I have enjoyed it.  I got the privilege to be a photographer at First Robotic's Central Illinois Regional (CIR), and for the third year in a row, I've been asked to do the regional recap video!  Though the video takes a bit of work and time, it's still fun.  I've also got to do some work for my mom (made a little money) and got to continue the ongoing Rummy games with my dad!  My dad, and Jonathan, helped me completely redo my budgeting.  My budget was a mess: it wasn't working, it wasn't "real", It didn't even calculate out right.  Praise God too that we worked on it when we did, I had just gotten some money from doing some work and I was considering spending it, until I realized I couldn't. My budget told me that I would  be over budget more than $300 by the time SLI ended.  After reviewing how I've spent my money over the past seven months, I found that I had followed my budget almost perfectly (about $3-4 off per month - and I think they were the credit card fees and such).  However I miscalculated my spending ability by about $300 back in September when I made my original budget. Now I am having to pay the consequences.  Though it was a lot of work, my dad and I were able to re-straighten my budget, thank goodness for the money I made and tax returns (they made a Huge difference).  

Tomorrow I fly out of Bloomington, Illinois around 10:00am and fly to Chicago where I have nearly and 8-hour layover before heading back up to Waterloo, Ontario.  I will be landing in Waterloo about 10:00pm local time.   So from the time I leave Tremont till the time I get to Crosshill will be about  16-17 hours: Sunday is going to be one long, full day.   Though I am okay (a bit) with the 8-hour layover, because it will give me some time to read my book and work on my book report.