6 days and moreeee

So the past few weeks has been full of workshops and working basically. The update on my knee/foot is still kinda screwed up but I can walk fine now it's just I can't put any weight on my knees of I were kneeling or twist my ankle a lot. Def seeing a doctor when I get home. But anywayssss it's been crazy. We had about 3 good snow falls but the last one we got over 40 cms leaving giant mountains of snow everywhere. The snow was so bad on that Friday I had to leave work early because the building was shutting down. It is so nice to see snow in Labrador, it brightens everything up and just gives a great vibe and good start to your day (unless you have to shovel) but we are lucky and our landlord plows our humungous driveway for us :).

For the past 3 weeks or so I've been planning the CCP project for our group. It was an event called "Out of the Cold"  where donations from all over the community are brought to the Friendship Centre and on a specific day there was a soup luncheon and people from all over the community who are in need can pick what they want. Lots of planning, spreading the word and recieving donations and today it was a huge success. Last night we went over to sort the clothing, we recieved over 300 jackets, 300 hats, over 400 mitts/gloves, over 250 scarves, 30 snowpants, 80 pairs of boots and so many socks and sweaters. Sorting it all took just over 3 hours with 10 of us but by the end of it, it looks fantastic. The tables were set up for everything and everything was sorted by size and it was great. A few people from the hostel came in that night because they were going back home on the coast the morning after so that was great. This morning it was so nice to see Denises face shine after seeing what we did. Before 10 o'clock hit, we had a huge crowd waiting to get in and they a huge mad rush for 40 mintues and over half of it was gone. By the end of it we only had a few boxes left that were going to be donated to the church which they requested. After we debreifed and it felt good to jsut share what has happened and how much of an impact it made on the community and to see how much hard work pays off. Hopefully this event continues for a very long time because it was such a success and at this point it can only get bigger!

Our dayisn't over yet, were still going to go to the Santa Clauda parade to volunteer  and do a Santa's workshop afterwards. Our whole day is packed but the busier we are, the faster time flies here. Like how crazy is it that there is only 6 more days until I'm back into reality?! And have my cellphone back! :D It's been weird in the hosue because I think more people are coming to realization of whats going to happen soon. It's so weird having to pack again, clean the house and go... the cry fest has started! My last day of work was great, I was on the front desk all week because Daphne had a week off and during the last break they had a cake for me, goodbye card and a few going away presents. I was also reassured to have a few great references and was given a reference letter which will be very useful in the future. Also after today Denise told me she would be honored to be a reference after all the hard work. She said some great things about me so I greatly appreciate it! Tomorrow is Spencers birthay and were going tobagganing, skating and having a Christmas supper Chelsea is preparing. We put up our Christmas tree even though were not staying here for Christmas but it's nice to be in the spirit as much as I don't feel like it's Christmas time yet. It's so weird because I remember summer like it was yesterday it's unreal.

Looking back on pictures today on my camera was a bit sad just looking at the St. Pierre house and stuff but soon it'll be the same but about Goosebay. I'll def miss the group and I seriously don't want to lose contact with people. On the way back were taking 3 planes, from goosebay to wabush, wabush to montreal then montreal to toronto. Martyna and I are the only ones from the group going from Montreal to Toronto together and the rest going to Ontario is going an hour later. Gonna be a sad sad day.

National Volunteer day was last week and our group made up 20 packages for companies around the community who are volunteer based like the SPCA and fire fighters. Each contains 20 cookies, 4 different types 5 of each, homemade ordiments, quotes, hotchocolate and more. Took all afternoon especially making over 400 cookies but it was great.

Every Sunday Chelsea and I go to the legion to play darts with people. I was reccomended to play in a dart league when I get back and I am seriously considering it. I love it and after we play pool with a few people from my work. Lot's of fun for an evening and only costs $2.50! 10 cents if you get under ten points and 1 dollar is someone gets a perfect score of 180. Never had to pay 10 cents yet ;)

The next week is going to be crazy even though we have no more work. We have debreifing activities and just so much stuff to do. This time during activities we def won't be drinking though but it is planned to have shots in Montreal! and Aidan is staying for a few extra hours before her parents come and get her :) I am really excited to go home and see people and stuff but super sad to leave this all. I breakdown thinking about it lol but life will be so different. I'm trying to make my time as occupied as possible so I don't stay at home bored or cry ahaha, but so far I have lots of things booked!

Anyways 6 more days, it's unreal and hasn't hit me fully but it won't be long before it will. Not too excited to pack but def not excited to leave this place. Seems like were finally getting comfortble here and were leaving :( Unforgettable memories for sure, and life long friends. Hopefully things go well, but so long for now!

One More Month :(

So were all back in the house and im glad to be back. Billeting was good and all but its just a better atmosphere in the katimahouse and i did miss people even though ive chilled with them through billetting a few times. My billet was nice but the hosue was just disgusting and there wasd barely any food but i lived with it and yeaah, im just glad to be back. i missed just spending time in the house talkijng, listening to music, playing card, just antything and laughing with everyone. These are some thigns im def going to miss when i go home for sureeee, its bad. def since i will be practically living alone, not having 10 other people around me is gonna suck.

The house vibe is good, kinda better then when we left but its getting better. Anyways there one more month and time is going to fly so quickly its very scary. Luckily 5 of us live in Ontario but its not going to be the same. I think were doing something for new years but martyna is going to cuba which is going tom suck but we will see what will happen. I am sad and all but i am also excited to go home because i know theere are all sorts of wonderful things waiting for me there and i do miss chilling with friends and MY CAT :(

Im just going to try and appreciate the next few weeks, our schedule is pretty packed and just enjoy events that are going to happen. my ankle and knee are gettin better but i limp if we walk fast or not at a comfortable pace butits slowly but surely gettin there. Im so glad we didnt have to do the 8 hour hike that was planned because of the weather but it still would have been nice if i was fully healed. The past few days have been chill in the house and weve only been preping for upcoming weeks and activities were going to be volunteering at. last night we went on a walk through goosebay and stopped in at stores and just fooled around, checked out stuff and just laughed. i really hope it can be like that or better when im home and we all chill again. there is talk about roadtripping to alberta with people and then going back to ontario but well see what happens and when i get money to do so. i am not looking forward to going back to work but i am looking forward to paycheck which i miss very much.

the sun is shining for the first time in probably a month and it is beautiful. it is always gloomy and grey here so this is a big treat. there is ultimate frisbee today but i wont be playing :( cant run yet but hopefully i can soon! anyways the cry fest will be starting soon but for now im just  going to enjoy what is left. :(

its been a long time once again!

uggggh i know  i havent been updating this as often as id like to been its been a little hard with the schedules and sharing a computer. anyways its been wuite a ride so far and the program is almost over :( just over a month to go and i ccant even picturing how its going to be after. So far weve done a good amount of things, but its def more chill then st. pierre was. theres not a lot to do around here and everything is a far walk away, for example tim hortons is 40 minutes away so its a bit harder. The weather is getting colder and colder but I thinknim used to it now it averages between -5 - 5 degrees so its not bad. It snowed mid october but didnt stay on the ground but for the past few weeks but only cms at a time. Its actually warmer when it snows so thats nice.

With the other group weve been doing some activities such as a competition day, trapline marathon and trick or eat. With the trapline we didnt really work together but we were at the same event doing different jobs. That night we slept in Labrador tents , some we built! and did night secruity in the park. My tent was the only one that didnt leak woooo and there was baby bear skin on the ground which was pretty neat. The next morning we had breakfast givin to us and then we were put into our spots to do road marshalling. At the group competition we organized an event where each group had to come up with 3 activities that we would both face each other in and a point was won at the end of each. Our activities were, ultimate frisbee, capture the flag and mini "minute to win it" games which included a cake off,  flip cup, juice pong and trivia which we didnt end up getting to. Their activities were cheetos toss, jeperdy, and an obstacle course we didnt end up getting to. We ended up winning the competition which was great but it was a very fun day and the games were close. We did skunk them in ultimate frisbee and they kinda cheated with capture the flag so no points were handed out and they won at jepordy & cheetos toss but we won the other games :) ohhh and it was a tie for the cake off! All and all it was a good day and spencer and i were hosue managers that week  so we had to do alot of cooking for everyone! we made homeade fries and chicken fingers! delish ! For the trick or eat it was an event that we went door to door aasking for canned foods to give to the local food bank, turned out to be a success! we also had the vans driving around picking up food so that it wouldnt be super heavy for everyone to be carrying, and people were divided into different sections so that was great, i had to be in one of the vans because of my leg :(

We went hiking at peace rock one day.. beautifulllll sights wow you could see the whole town plus more and the horizon for miles and miles but the hiking was very slippery and steep so i was taking my time but i did end up falling, one leg went forward and the other twisted back caught on a root and cracked my ankle and knee. Yeah it was as bad as it sounds I couldnt put any weight or anything not even my foot could touch the ground for a few days and we can no crutches! None of the pharmacys had any and I def didnt want to go to the hospital to wait for hours on end for the guy to play with it and tell me to get some rest and i didnt want it to be bad enough for a medical leave so i just ended up taking care of it very well (well try to
) and handle it on my own. The NWR ground ended up giving me crutches but they are about 3 inches too short but they still work out... better then holding on to the wall! my ankle and knee now is getting better to the point i can limp and walk without crutches but i try to use one to keep more of my weight off it so i dont over work it. theres been a few days ive walked without it but the next day i was in a lot of pain. it just sucks because its my knee too so its taking sooooo long to heal... well its only been over a week but still! theres snow! i want to enjoy! the people in my house have been super good to me though and its frustrating not being able to do things by myself but i know i have to keep off of it and wrap it.

anywayyssssss i was house manager with spencer and i think it was a great week. we worked very well together. we made awesome food including a ham! and we were like a $1.50 under budget so it was great! we kept the house super clean and mopped and sweeped soooooooooo many times a day because the hardwood is next to impossible to keep it clean! but i think it was great and we just blast cold play and city and colour all week so that was a plus :) the fall happened on the sunday of that week so martyna helped out with supper that night which was nice of her! but yeahh that week was pretty gooood

now im billeting for two weeks and thats with the vet! Becky is nice, lives with a roommate, 6 cats and a horse/great dane. Oh caant forget about the chickens! Henrietta 1,2,3, and 4. It nice just boring sometimes but during the week im tired anyways. Martyna and danielle came over once and got me out of bed the day i was feeling sick and we went over to gerards and aidans then to jungle jims for a bite to eat which was nice! they came over a few nights ago to play some wii which was nice and lowen was over last night to talk about stuff which was a nice surprised :) now lowen, gerard, martyna, aidan and danielle all live on the same street as me which is cool! tonight were going out to some bar and play pool and stuff so im excited to just get out of the house and do something! its so nice its friday! on the weekend becky and i are going to dinner and a movie which is nice, she also took me out to breakfast the first morning i was there. we also had to get up early and do a puppy run to the airport from the SPCA so i was tired but the puppies were cute and yeaaah. billetting beeen good def a huge change from last time but no complaints. the dog is massive and finally listens to me but at first he would just bark at me so it sucks. i try not to wak with my crutch in the house cuz the dog will just knock me over sooo yeaaah. two weeks of billeting and one is done already! one more week then one month until home! its crazy

i def do have days where im homesick and just want to see people but then i have days where i dont want to go home and i just wished the program was longer. i might not miss working but ill def miss the people. weve been living as a group basically a family and it def sucks to be leaving :( uggggghhhhhh but o well im just going to try and make the best out of it while im still here


ohhhhhhh yeaaaaahh and it was my 19th birthday last weeek :D the group made it nice, claudia made me a nice cake and everyone sang to me and such :) that night we were volunteering at a haunted house so everything was pretty late but i was in tears when they did it. my mom sent me a box of goodies with a car, my work got me a card and cake, GAAABB sent me a crd which made me cry at work i was so happy :D theres still some cards in the mail im waiting to recieving and once again sophie out did herself to the extreme way more then i expected and got me leafs tickets and a fuckin ipod that she filled up with music. i was in complete shock, first i was like ohhh man now i have to upload this thing with no computer but it was all done:) def one of the best presents ever but all the emotion i can show really is anger because of the money she spent! but i was super happy on the inside to the point i was in tears. the whole present itself was amazing and the letters super sappy but thats just how it is now a days :P but i loved it, seriously! and IF YOURE READING THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU!!! <3 :)
also got some phone calls which made me happy and just had a good birthday i guess :) now that im legal i still havent had a legal drink but theres plenty of time for that anyways

thats all i have to say for now wow this was long but ill try to update more often :) at my billet house im using a tiny tiny little netbook its hard to use but its managable, anyways hope everyone is having a good time where ever they are!

Info!

Hey so I'm in a new place so that means new address and numbers so I thought I'd just post it on here just in case people want to contact me or send me nice things :) birthdays comin you know! mail is always nice and mail takes a while here just sayin! anyways here it is

House address

8 Mackenzie Street

P.O Box 732 Station C
Goose Bay NL
A0P 1C0

 

Volunteers telephone 709-896-8322

 

calls anytime after 6pm really and if im not available leave a message with someone or try another time!

Goosebay!

So its been about a week and a half since weve been here and I think I can say that we are all settled in. The work partner tours and itnerviews are done, people have worked their first week of work (which can i say was fucking long as shit) but im glad they are over. A lot has happened of course of the past week or so such as oreintation things, figuring out new positions for KCC meetings, job placements, volunteering, just everything. We even had a tour of North West River the other community about 30 mins away where the st.B people well now NWR people are staying. NRW is beautifulllll but super tiny but Goosebay is awesome too. The only thing that sucks is that everything is so sparse and a long ass walk. Everyone gets rides to work which isnt far but most placements are in the valley. I work at the Labrador Friendship Centre which has a hostel, youth programs, seniors program, just a whole bunch of things and so much happening so I am always running around doing eveyrhting really. The first few days I was training on reception and I learnt it in about 10 mintues so they put me by myself there and everyone was shocked so I basically covered for the secretarys sick day off. First week work was fun, I work with Spencer Mondays and Tuesdays and he works at Birch Brook the rest of the days.

This weekend we were helping out with a marathon and we marshalled and directed traffic. Last night we had to build old fashion labrador tents out of 8 foot poles we cut down in a forest earlier this week. Each tent had a stove in them with a pipe going out and it was pretty cool. The tent we had had bear skin on the ground it was pretty neat but we had to stay there during the night to do nightshift secruity so nobody ruins the tents and shit. Tomorrow were going to NWR to the other Katimavik house for a huge thanksgiving dinner, all we have to bring isthe turkey and stuffing oh and gravy but im sooooo glad im not hosue manager for that lol Aidan had to make 10 loaves of bread just for the stuffing alone! But yeaaaah the week after this one im hosue managing with Spencer which is siiiiiiccckk!

For KCC i was in activities commitee and not on council but this time around im in languages and im chair person! the head of everything! it was between lowen and I and I won by one vote it was a suppppperrrr close call but i was so surprised i won but im glad anyways :)

hjmmmmm what else to sayyyy uhhhhh just livin the life, our house is wayyyyy smaller only one floor we used to have 3 floors and so much room but the only place to go is on the deck or living really but its a newer hosue which is nice but its cozy i like it. I like the town and everything, theres a hgue difference between labrador and newfoundland for sure but overall im liking it bigggg time! a lot of people here are oringally from newfoundland so thats really nice

so far our journey here has just stared and weve been busy everyday doing different things but i like how that is so its not boring. Today we volunteered but the rest of the day we have off since like 1:30pm so its nice to have a break. ohhh and theres a timmys, subway, a&w and actually things here so its nice :) thats all for now but ill be back with more when i get more



r.i.p victor

We Made It!!!!

Ohhhhhh man what a past few days it has been. Packing and getting the house ready on Monday and Tuesday was already depressing enough as it is... but this was next to torture. I know I am a huge baby and all but like I have grown close to so many people I just cannot describe it. I am so lucky to have these people in my life it is crazy. tearing down all the posters in the house, papers we wrote and stuck to the wall and just cleaning the whole house was heartbreakig because we have so many memories in the house its insane, and  it doesnt hit you until the worst moment.

JD and I had to make the last supper and also make a supper for the next group coming so we decided to make a shit load of spaghetti and meatballs which turned out in a success. Sitting at the table for the last time was just brutal becaused we knew that it was our last offical supper in the house. At this point I didnt even start packing and I was waiting on another load of laundry to be done. I bawled my eyes out at the table which got Martyna crying also and it was sad but we were all trying to stay positive. I finished packing at around 8ish and we all decided to watch a movie together and make popcorn... I ended up passing out and took a powernap then I got woken up to come out to see the Northern lights in the sky at the park. It was beautiful, truly amazing and def a great goodbye gift. We we got back to the house it was around 1 am and we gave Gab her card and gifts along with it. Biggggesssttt cry fest like ommmmmmmmmmmgg but we found out she was coming to the  airport with us so that was pretty amazing. Doing my last rounds in the house was painful but at the same time it was great just remembering the memories and I just thought how grateful I was to live in such a great place. I was in such a cry mood I wanted to sit and just bawl my eyes out, it was pretty bad.

We listened to our fav songs on the bus on the way back but before getting on the bus we had like 10 mintues of silence just standing outside of the house... not forced it just happened, everyone was so sad. We were off to the St. Boniface house to pick up the other group and Colin was there too. The airport was fuucking depressing and we had to wait 2 and a half hours until our flight. Gab left around 3:30 and another cryfest happened it was crazy. She gave us each a letter written to us and after she left she said we could open it so I did and she just made my heart melt. I am so lucky so have such a great PL like her she really changed me.

Anyways the first plan ride to Toronto was a bit long but I didn't sleep, we got in at 8:34am and Soph met up with me to chill for a bit and say goodbye for a third time :( first time I didnt cry! surprising,... maybe I was just so tired or iuno but I am so happy she came to visit me and I am so lucky to have such a great friend. Her letter to me was intense but I loved every moment of it.

First flight I watched Super 8.. got bored of it but then by that time came the flight was over. The flight to Halifax was a bit shorter and I tried to watch that x men movie but it was longer then the flight so I couldnt finish it,. We arrived in Halifax at around 12:30ish and had to wait until 4:20ish cuz our flight was delayed so we got somethign to eat and kinda just chilled. Got the best massage from Stefan :D:D hes the bessst for that :) Kinda just chilled with everyone and yeah we were all exhausted but we made it through. The last flight was a tiny little shitty plane you had to walk on and like bend down because the plane was so tiny but it went by fats and I almost past out then.

Getting to Goosebay was so weird the airport was soo shitty but we met our PL and we took our luggage to the van using the katimavik van so we had to make two trips. Our house is way smaller then the last but newer and nice. The beds are nicer and actual matresses and not leather things. Way comfier andddd we got a closet this time !!! :D:D but yeah Martyna, Danielle and I share a room again,,, different arrangements but yeah,. Right now its chills and I put away all my stuff and im good and all settled but its still kinda weird. We all miss gab and st, pierre soooooo much its insane but theres so much thats gonna happen here so im kinda glad theres a bit of a change.. well theres a HUGEEE change here, its way different and i dont know what to think yet i barely saw the town yet. We read our welcome packages from the other group and they all seem cool. We actually met up with a few people were switching hosues with at the halifax airport and it was cool just chatting for a bit.

One thing I can def say is Labrador is nothing like Newfoundland they are two different places and totally different, even the people here hate it when you call them Newfies because they arent. But for now things are good and ohhhh yeah nooo cellphone reception because no rogers up here so no phone :( i can recieve calls on our phone though for free and were getting the wifi password but i dont even have my laptop anymore because i sent it back soooooo whateves. its good in a way to be disconnected a bit more and do my own thing but at the same time like AHHHH

sooo many memories to come and tonight is the first night to our second half of katimavik, time is just flying by like wowwwww, but up at 9 tomorrow, im one hour ahead of toronto time but 2 hours ahead of the time im used to so its a bit weird but yeahhhhh thats all for now be back with more when i have some.

<3

One more sleep :(

I can't believe it. The time has come already for us to clean the house and pack. Time is just flying by so fast I barely have time to cry about it... could be a good thing but I know I'll be exploding when we have to get on that coach bus at 1:30am. The past weeekend we finished out last day of work and got ready for our camping trip for debreifing our rotation. We stayed at Ferns cottage which was great but we didnt have to pay and his place is beautiiiiifulll. We all had places to sleep which didnt involve being in tents but niceeee guest houses or trailers and the set up was amazing, nothing like ive ever seen before. There was outhouses  but they were so properly cleaned up and sinks outside as well that you barely realized it was an outhouse. We had many activities which teams of two and Gab prepared and schedules for whos cooking and whos doing the dishes. I had to make breakfast with Spencer on Sunday morning which turned out pretty amazing. We prepared so much on friday so it was easy to do. The only thing about eating was all the flis and wasps outside that wouldnt leave you alone but we dealt.

The activities were great and I was teamed up with Martyna and we were the last group to go. I feel like our activities reached to people and actually had meanng behind it so im glad. On our free ime we relaxed, had fires, roasted plenty of marshmellows and partied. The partying was super fun and on saturday it really got interesting but no regrets at all.  Let's just say I was the beer pong champ and undefeated while everyone else was almost naked :P Bets were interesting but funnn aswell. It was def a time I will never forget. I had a heart to heart with Martyna on friday night then with Lowen on saturday night and I am so glad. I just want our group to be strong and really... it is.

On Sunday was Martynas birthday and we celebrated for that during the day and after at supper too because Spencer made her a birthday cake and Gab bought her gelato from Bigway. Danielle and Mellisa made baked Zitti which was amazing and was requested by Martyna and everything else was just chilll. I fell asleep at around 10 that night bcause I was just so exhausted from the weekend. It really does suck that time flies by so fast like look at it now one more sleep and we will be leaving this place.... I can barely keep my cool thinking about it.

So much has happened here and so many memories I kinda regret not updating this as often but at the same time I liked being away from the computer a lot. I was pissed in the beginning that Gab wouldnt give us the wifi password but after I realzed how much that actually boughtthe group together. Most people has laptops so everyone would have been in their own litle bubble skyping, facebooking, etc all the time. Weve done so much and we went to Winnipeg so many times and I appreciate every factor of it. Even the fact my bestfrend came out to see me was amazing. Actually putting the ime into planning the trip, paying and coming ou here like wow. being in my Katimavik house and my community.. that is something not a lot of people get to experience. Billeting was amaziing and the fast Marinus came out to chill one last time on Thursday was great. Lucky Lucs had like a dirty bingo going on at the bar and we both won something which was sper fun :) but also super sad we went to our last wing night and game night. All the times with the other groups was amazing even though some of them are a bit wierd weve all grown to like each other. Well never see Stienbach again and well be seeing St. B at the airport but who knows after that. Everyone is going to their own community which in our case is going to be bigger but way up north and we have no idea what to expect. I am seriously excited but at the same time I am missing this place sooooooooo much and I haven't left yet.

A lot of things have been bugging me lately, mostly in my mind I always think that it is stupid or retarded but I don't think it is anymore. It's mostly about things back home and I just miss friendships and people a lot. Annnd my cat :( but seriously. So many things has happened and my mind has been all over the place but like... I don't even know what I want. Eveythings been so confusing and one minute I'll think something and the next will be the total oppisite but it is kinda hard to let go of something that is a huge part of you... or pretend to anyways. I can barely say anyhing because it will change other peoples opinions on things but it's also just hard for me. I miss being close with people and I hate having to rely on one person. I know I am away so it is hard for anyone including me but I wanna fix it.

Anyways my trvael schedule is pretty intense and is goes something like this:

Leave the house at 1:30am picked up by beaver coach bus

dunno when we getting to airport but flight is at 5:15am

getting to toronto at 8:34ish am, leaving for halifax at 10am

getting to halifac at around 12-12:30pm, leaving for goosebay at around 4pm

getting into goosebay between 5:30-6:30pm so on tuesday night would be our last sleep but were not going to be sleeping.

I guess this is it for now, St. Pierre Jolys you've been amazing to me, our party was great and just everything. Manitoba is more then you would expect even just the skies alone are beautiful. Bye for now , i'll update when I'm in Happy Valley Gooseba, Labrador  ... how crazy is that? :D:D:D:D

p.s WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH crying so much well going to be very soon like..... NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS

P.P.S GOODBYES FUCKING SUCKKK IUNO HOW MUCH IVE LEARNT THIS SINCE IVE LEFT

p.p.s im glad were sticking together as a group.

2 more weeks, ALREADY!?!?

so i havent updated this thing in a while and i knoooowwwww i just am never on the computer much anymore and weve been hella busyy.  So billetting was amazing, the last week was more chill but it was super sad we left:( missed the people so much because they were so nice and even though there was work to do i still miss the environment. the weekend in winnipeg was amazing we basically partied allllll weekend everything from strippers to ceasers for breakfast, it was an amazing time. Right after billeting the next morning we were on our way with the 3 wgroups to metis fest which is righttttt on the us border south of brandom, you have to go through canadian customs to get out. the peace gardens was so beautiful but i fell in the pond.... lol i know. i thoght it was a rock but the fucking bottom of the pond was up top of the water making it look likea rock and boom goes steph jeans and all into the water. threw my phone and camera and got out.... pretty funny but yeah. The rooms were like a dorm thing but like office little terminal thingys i liked it anyways. the festival was sooooo appriciative we were there especially the kitchen like they would of died without us  it was crazzzzzyy i basically worked the kitchen the whole weekend. one of the kitchen ladies is from st. pierre so after the next week we met up at the bar with another lady and said hi and stuffff

so many things has happened its kinda hard to remember everything but i do remember we did a 10 acre corn maze one day! my team was martyna and danielle and we had to go our he corn maze looking for the stamps to punch our card and there were 10 in total. we all found 8 then they quit and i found the other two and got freezes after mmm goodtimesss

lasy weekend was our 48 off and SOPHIEEEE came to visit me from Toronto :D:D:D:D:D:D it was amazzzzzzinngggg and i really thought iw as gonna be late at the airport but i got ther ejust on time. i as soooo hapoy to see her and just the fact that shes came out to manitoba to come and see me what a huge deal! she hateeeees fliying so she had a little bit of anxiety but afterwards it was fine.  we checked in our hotel and it was soooooo nice automatically you can smell poool in the lobby! gerard, loen, martyna spencer, danielle and ian were on the 6th floor and we were on thhe 3rd. we had a hot tub in our room which was nice but i wished we would of used it more... we used it on the saturday with martyna and spencer and all i can say is BUBBBLESSS!!! woooo bubbbleee partyyyy. anyways soph got supppppppperrr drunk on friday but it was cool i didnt mind and we had to go to the hotel around 1:30 so pukey couldpuke all up in the bathroom lol she had lik a 2 day hangover after that and didnt drink on saturday. i got kinda drunk on saturday but it was good times. both nights we went to the gay club fame and on saturday we went to teasers the strip club but it sucked balls so we went back to fame.  amanda and rejeanne and amandas friend mel met up with us which i am sooo glad cuz they are a party and sooooo funnnnyyyyy. we had such a blasttttt but during the day we kina just chilled in the hotel which kinda surprised me but whatevers i cant complain. the others went swimming and stuff and we kinda just chilled. on friday we were waiing for people to gget back cuz danielle and martyna were at the mall and other people went our to find stores and we were gonna go out for dinner but they already ate so loen soph and i went and it was great. we went to earl, 4 shots for 10 bucks wooo!! haha  on sunday we went to the st. b house to drop off our stuff then to polo park big mall to shop and look at stuff then to joeys bar to watch the football game and drink. we had to meet at the st. b house at 8 and yeaaaaahhhhhhh cab drivers are fuckin crazy here but super cheap so i dont care! saturday night after fame we went to the radisson with amanda mel and rejeanne and then calld aidans room at 3am and she was awake! ad with stefan! like wooooooooooooooow but it was fun hey came up and we ordered pizza and just partied. the beds had a remote which made it harder and softer which was super cool but sooooooo funnnnny

soph came back to the house with us and stayed 2 nights and left on tuesday:( soooo sad balled my eyes out but time will fly now. all weekend it was super hot and on monday it was so fucking cold omgggg it even went down to -2. this week im house manager with lowen which is chills, i think we wor together well, and soph was helpin out on the monday and tuesday. i got sebastien to drive her to polo park which was soooooooooooo nie of him i appreciate it soooo much and yah it was basically an amazingggg weekend ill never forget :(

theres 2 more weeks in st. pierre and our schedule is super busy cuz we have to clan the house, pack, have going away parties and soooo much shittttt, theres a huge list on the wall. our last KCC was so long uz we had to dscuss all of these things. today i got my package from my mommmm :D:D she packed it with my slippers, plaid jackets, other jackets, snowpants, gloves, big turks! beeeeff jerkyyyy, ricecripie quares she made and a softt cute cute bear hugging another bear saying on its feet, bear hugs from toronto. SOOOO CUTEEEE i love it and so does aidan cuz she wont stop hugging it lol now im kinda jus chillin passing time and soon gotta cook spper, tonight were making something easy just spaghetti but we have to cook for a huge potluck for FOUR groups cuz sioux lookout from ontario is comin down to the st. b house then sleeping over our house on saturday. last night we made pizzzzaaaaaaa took forever cuz of the dough but turned out sooooo coook, veggie, deluxe and meat loverssswoooooo

but yeah im probably missing so muh shit bt ill try to update more, super excited for labrador but apparently its already belo 0 beteen -15 - 0 there so im not excited for that.  ill be back with moreeee

TWO WEEKS LEFT, WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH :'(

Time is flying!

So were already over half way through billeting and time is just a flyingggg. It's been great but the 7 oclock wakeup has been getting to me and ive been taking a lot more naps lately lol When were done chores at aroiund 8 I usually take a nap until ten and then start work when everyone does. Feeding calves has been good but just getting more and more lazier everytime lol but since the last time I've updated we probably moved about 4 calves to the barn outside and 3 new ones were born including one yesterday afternoon.

One day we had a party for Marinus' wifes birthday and a whole bunch of people were over and we had dinner in a style were everyone gets their own burner and little frying pan and theres food options all ovder the table to you take what you want and cook for yourself, it was pretty neat. His wife is super cool and nice and then after the 3 of us had a roman candle fight, first thing I said was "I DONT WANNA GET HIT" and the first firework heads straight for my face and I had to pull some matrix shit and ducked! It was super fun though and so much more has happened.

Last night we went with Marinus to the beer league baseball game hes in and I got to play some too and our team won 30-10 in a 5 inning game lollll everyone just drinks beer and has a great time then we all went to a bar and had some laughs. Claudia and I met a lot of new people which were so friendly and we might be seeing them at the St. Malo festival coming up in a few weeks and some of them well be partying with some.

One night we went to a hosue partying which was msotly outside with a bon fire and loooooooots of beer pong! Me and Claudia whooooooped ass and were champs even though I had to drink all the beer because she doesnt drink beer so I was fucked lol, came home at 2ish to give birth to a calf which was LOVELY. No complaints!

Weve beeen doing so much and going around and visiting people and we been to St. Pierre twice already and took one of the pickup trucks, once for Lowens birthday and another jsut to visit and both times most of our group was there so it was sick!! Martyna, Spencer, JD, Danielle was there the first time and then the second everyone but JD but Gerard instead was there so that was cool too! I went to the house and got my passport because we might be going to the states sometime next week.

This weekend were going to Winnipeg with Marinus and a bunch of buddys and celebrating some brithdays and going to a bunch of bars and even a strip club!! On Saturday were even going to the place where you do a bunch of physical activities like wake boarding, rock climbing and shit so that sounds fun and then a bar and strip club after sooooo im excited! Its gonna be so nice not waking up at 7am and we get to sleep in and just parttttyyyyy

im pretty stoked for this weekend so hopefully its good and after this weekend I know that the week will just fly by then were off to Metis fest if its still happening next weekend and thats an all weekend overnight thing with the other groups too so yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah

having a blast, and a countdown has started, so excited!

Billeting!!!

Soooooo last night Claudia and I arrived at our billet house and we got picked to go to the Hop Family!!! I was so excited becasue it is the farthest away so we don't go to work but everyone else does and we also learn sooooo many new things because they own a diary farm. I was kinda nervous because I have never seen the family or anything and I had no idea what it was going to be like and stuff so I was like AHHHHH! So at around 3:30pm my billet mom person came supppperr early and Claudia wasnt even home yet so i was like freaking out because we was early but Gab ended up telling her that it was too early and she was totally ccooool about it and came back at 6. Aidan was the first one to leave and we were the second last because Lowen is just going down the street to Rollys house. After she came I was working on things I had to do before I left so I was rushing so much and then i finally started packing. I HATTTEE packing and I probably packed way to much but that's okay what else is new lolllll

On the way to Tolstoi which is about 30-45 mins away from St. Pierre and 7 miles away from the states border, we just talked about where were from, etc, etc. We first stopped at Justinas brothers house for about 10 mintues then we went to the farm and met everyone. Burt is super niceeee and the house is a bit cluttered but really great and they have soooooooo much land~! Over 1400 ACRES! We chilled for a bit after settling in, me and Claudia decided to share a room with the two bed but there are other rooms and even a trailer to stay in if we wanted. Then Burt gave us a tour is the barns and everything, and wooooooooooow I was blown away. First of all we had to put on huge rubber boots which was good and then we walked through and there are so much cows and the robotic milker is sooooooooooooo coooooooooool and theres over 100 calves and they are SOOO CUTEEEEEEEEEE OH EM GEEE haahahaaa!!

I love it, they have so much space and machinery and animals and a niceeee dog I love it! We didnt do much but went to bed shortly after to be up at 7. Got up at 7 which we have to do every morning to do chores which are basically feeding the calves. We had to put on coveralls and huge boots so that the mud and manure doesnt get all over us, then we fed the calves and mixed the milk to feed them and fed them with bottles SOO CUTEEEEE and yeaaaah! After I cut the grass and learnt how to work that machine and later on I got to work one of the HUGEEEEE ass tractors and the bobcat to do other stuff. I loveee ittt!!!!! There Hops are sooooooooooooooooooo nicccce and offered us a truck to use whenever and their laptop even though I brought mine but its super fucked and wont work omg :@ but anywayssss yeah we did so mnuch and went to a farmers market and grocery shopping and yeah it was great,. Justina even gave us 50bucks each that Katimavik gave them and not suppost to give us but did anyways.

They have two sons and a daughter but their daughter is married and lives off somewhere, one is married but wife is in Winnipeg for school so hes always alone and also works on the farm and then the other one lives here. AJ is nice but Marinus is the nicest and invited us to go to parties which is one tonight and he bought is both a CARTON of ciggarettes and i felt like shit but yeaah and gonna buy booze and all this stuff and one weekend were going to Winnipeg to party and go to the bars and clubs! I have a feeling this is gonna be great just the only thing is we have to be up at 7 to feed the calves but after on the weekends we can relax but yeaaah. They have to be fed twice a day once at 7am and once at around 6 pm but yeaaah/. The Milking is done 24 hours a day electronically by robot machines and thats pretty cool. Before they used to spend 6 hours a day just milking cows but now they have to much time to do other stuff so its great.

Billeting is great and I look forward to what there is to come. We have options like horseback riding, shooting guns at clay pigeons and targets, quading, just so much, but yeah its only been like 24 hours so thats all for now! Hope the other people are enjoying their billet houses!

beeennnn a long timeeee

Sooooo last time I updated was after frog follies and so much has happened since then! The week after I worked by myself because Lowen was house managing with Gerard. Work is sooooo intense like lots of labour work, digging, moving heavy things etc but its for a great cause like restoring the musuem and the outsides of it. Anyways that week was pretty hard but the weekend was alright. We did activities and had KCC and right now I cant remember what we did wowwwwww ill get back on that another timeee but anywaysssssss

 the following week Martyna and I were house managers!!!! Gotta say I enoyed it big time because it was so chill and def a huge change from working my ass offf. the week before hand all I remember really is coming home, showering, then passing out until supper was ready. The first days were stressfull because we were incharge of meals and everything and the cleaning, making bread, everything around the house. The first few days we just did huge clean ups so the rest of the week we didnt have to focus so much on th cleaning part because making supper for so many people takes a lot of time. Bread takes sooooooooooo much time too because there are 3 waiting periods and each of them can take an hour. I think two of the suppers our bread overlapped tht period and it was kinda in the way and we had to continue it after supper. Great thing about cooking though is that you dont have to do the dishes! Theres the housemanager schedule that repeats for dinner dishes and sweeping and cleanup of the table and putting away the food. Our meals were planned ahead of time which was easier but our meals were apparently really good and everyone enojoyed them which was great. Some nights we did wing it because we were so tired of cooking by the end of the week but it was still good. The cleaning only took us like one-two hours a day which was good because it was simple things because we worked hard the other days trying to do it.

On the wednesday and thursday I think it was we all volunteered at Roseau River Provincial park thinkin it was like a festival or somehing but we actually just painted the park and the bleachers, outhouses and allllll that stuff. there was looooootttttssss so paint so the first day we only did the primer coat and Marisol took us that day so that was good. It was fun but I got covvvvvvvered in paint so I ruined my black slushy pants and my katimavik shirt but I wasnt the only one. I tried washing it and soakin it overnight in vinegar, cleaner, all the hard shit and went through the wash too but nope. Whatever adds character! My only shirt for 6 months wooooooooo lol The Thursday Martyna and I didnt bother to go because we had so much shit to do and grocery shop for the next few days and such so we stayed home. That morning I woke up at around 6am with the biggggggggest cramps of my life so I was up from then to about 8:30 when everyone left then I past out cuz I took like 5 advil and I woke up at 1:30pm sooooo shocked cuz I was just gonna sleep until 10 or something and I saw Martyna sitting at th computer and im like WHYYY DIDNT YOU WAKE UPP I FEEEL SOOOOO BADD and shes like ohhh no worries I finished everything :) soooo then I went and made bread and yeaaah felt like shit but there wasnt much to do anyways and she kinda wished she went painting but I was so glad I stayed home. Anyways on the weekend we were informd we had to pack lunches for saturday and sunday for when we went out to places so it wasnt that bad people just got sandwiches, fruit and stuff lol

The week was great and the weekend was good too because everyday we went out and did something. On Saturday we went berry picking n the morning and to steinbach in the afternoon to some pioneer festival also chilled with the Stienbach group bcause they volunteered at the festival. Sunday we went to Winnipeg and went to the St. Boniface musuem and also saw the St. Boniface group because we parked at their house. It was cool because Gab gave us a map after and we all went dowtown Winnipeg and did stuff and walked around. I also got my nipppppppplesssss pierceddddd wooooooooooooooooo. kinda expensive but so worth it because the guy was soooooooooooo niceeee and I felt sooooooooo comfortable with him it was crazy!!! I was so hesitate on doing it but everyone convinced me so I did. It was cool that Danielle got her eyebro pierced after I told her it would look good on her, Gerard got his ears and JD got his spaced to a 10g I think i dunnnno. Lowen stuck around and Martyna and Spencer went off and did their own thig. Everyone else was off doing their own thing too. We had to meet at Folkorama our next activity at 5pm but we were like 10 mintus late but it was alright. I walked both ways on the way down I went with Spencer and Martyna and on the way back with Lowen and Danielle who both had bikes so I tred to walk fast but yeaaahh. The folkorana was good we went to the Carribean pavillion and watched dances and performances and saw venders and had carribean food which also didnt settle in my stomach so we had to stop on the way back to the house at a coffee shop because I was dying but ANYWAYSSS it was a good day :) I was debating between 1 or 2 piercings but im glad I got both.

Yesterdaaaay mondaaay was a holiday so we went to Gimly to the Icelandtic festival, theres was a parade and a bunch of things which we had to find because the fstival was spread all over the town but it was a good day. I got fuckin burnt to shit but I didnt even feel hot while everyone else was boiling. yeah i was a bangs, necklace, tanktop and lots burn like evrywhere on my upper body well not everywhere but you get the point whoever is reading this.

Today Lowen and I worked super hard in the sun and dug out stuff and cleaned the suger shack once again and we didnt take a break so we finished everything and got to leave at 1 :) Rolly wasnt there but another guy on the council was and gave us instructions. The sun was super hot but we both battled through it even though were probably the most burnt in the group lol

We have lots of fun stuff coming up so ill just have to write about it another time!

p.s got mail today, made me really happy :D love recieving mail

Frog Follies!

Soooo last weekend was Frog Follies and it's an annual event that happens in St. Pierre Jolys and a hugeeeee thing to the community. There's bands playing, tents, lots of food, stuff for kids, games and of course the frog jumping. The frog jumping is a competition and theres a huge trophy to win at the end it's so intense. So Wednesday-Friday we basically set up th stages, all the decroations and soooooo much that I cant even begin to explain. Rolly my boss is the head of the frog jumping so our work was mainly towards that event. On thursday night the frog hunt began at the golf course. Families came out with their gar and a few of us were driving golf cats kinda lik shofering them back and forth to the different ponds. They had an option to keep the frogs or put it in the hugeeee bucket we had to take care of them and collect frogs for people to rent out for the competition. That was was pretty fun especially driving the golf carts! When we got back into town the other people were helping at the bingo which was very long and didnt end until like 12ish. Afterwards we all helped set up the tables for the pancake breakfast in the morning and the chair. This is in the arena sooo there were sooo many.

Anywaysss the wweeekend was great we worked long hours but it was worth it and it made the festival even better. Frog jumping is intense and I basically  handled the frogs in the bucket and caught them and put them in buckets for whoever wanted a frog to rent. One treat was separtating the baby frog from the actual good sized frogs lolllllllllllll funnnnn then we brought the baby frogs back o the golf course because we couldnt use them. At the end of the weekend it was time to tear verything down which was a challenge but alright. We also returned the frogs to the golf course and stuff like that. Our group had to sort through garbage which staaaaaaaaaaaaankkk in the sun and sort the cans but in the end we got the money from all the cans which was good ! around like 135$$$$$$ wooooooooooooooo it was split between 8 of us since lowen and gerard was at home perparing for housemanaging.

On monday we didnt go to work because we were doing alll the clean up stuff but it was good because we finished around noon then had the rest of the day off. Yesterday at work I fuckin worked my assssss offf. Cutting and sawing dead branches off the trees, putting awa stages and signs, lots of heavy lifts and then diging for flower bed.. the sun was soooooo hot i left about 2:30ish, showered then past out at home for 3 hours until i was called for supper. last night was intensly insane but fun at the same time. ask me about it because i cannot blog about it but yeaah. gabb is on her 48 hours off so we have the house to ourselves until friday.

ouuuuuuuuu also my phone completely broke. like into two pieces lawwwwwwl, but the good thing is the day after we went to steinbach to go to canadian tire to buy fans because the hosue is fucking BOILING! and then we got a little bit of free time to roam around so I found a rogers and ordered a new phone which shouldddd be here anyyyy day now, hopefully that doesnt fuck up.

The house is a little tense after last night and a huge talk is gonna be given out but im just cool about it and and dont wana start shit, its not worth it but i do think we got a little closer after all this. hey im pretty much out to the whole house now except like one person and same with gerard so thats good :) but yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

P.S THEY DONATED SO MUCH FOOD TO OUR HOUSE ITS INSANEEEEE WOOOO

first group picture! soooo much fooodd and juice and good stuff!!!

katimavik in the frog follies parade!! most of the 3 groups

Moree moree moreeee

We had our interviews yesterday and was told where we were gonna work. I got the museum which is alright but it was my thirdd choice but whatevvvessss. Lowen and I work together and we went out yesterday with Rolly (my supervisor) to get pizzas and watermelon! He is such a nice man and has the most epic mustache in the town. He also told us that the next day he won't be there on our first day but he alreayd had things for us to do. So today,, first day of work! We were sent to the arena for 9 to help out with the set up of Frog Follies this weekend. Frog Follies is  a huge huge event that is celebrating annaully but the town and it has everything from beer tents, dancing, a social, ffooooood, frog races haha and so much more, lots of entertainment!!! We started off by bringing stuff fromm the follies shed to the area with a trcuk and trailer. So many people ended up helping out so the day waas short and only lasted 2 hours! Lots of heavy lifting  but it got done with the amount of people that helped out. Lowen and i went to the museum and chatted with the girls until she called Rolly to see what we would do  but he told us to take a hour and a half lunch break and meet at the arena again to help out the arena manager roger. Soooo we went home and tried to hook us his computer to the internet since we dont have a laptop anymore... I KNOW SOMEBODY FYUCJING PUT A VIRUS ON IT AHHHHH! and wee did and ate and I actullly skyyypppedd! :)

We went back to the arena for 1 and got instructions to mop the floors and wash stuff which only took 30 mintues and the manager was gone so we just left. I was only 1;30 and people start getting home between 3-5 so Lowen and I checked out the thrift store and the cinema. The thrift store is tiny tinyyy but alright, not a lot there and the cinema is wickkkkkkked. Danny a guy we met was there cuz we works there and gavce us a tour. Its basically a place for to just chill out theres pool tables, fooseball tables, wii, ps3, xbox, flats screen, the huge screen where you can play rockband and more wii, a roomm with drums and guitars and living room and sooo much more. You can buy snacks and its pretty chill. They play a movie every week and this week its Rio, and every movie is only 2$ but to chill there is freee! They do lots of programs with schools but schools out for the summers so its pretty empty.

We had such a chill day I loved it, we chilled at the cinema and played some pool and it was pretty fun. Ohhhh and last night we finally went out to the bar. Everyone drank except Claudia and Aiden but nobody got smashed or anything just social drinks and games of pool. The bar was completely dead but it was alright thats another cool chilll spot. JD cant get in cuz he is only 17 but him and Danielle stayed home. We had so much freee time yesterday and I was so bored but everyone was like watching movies off of Lowens laptop which I was not down to do so me and a few people got ready to go and other poeple realized where we were going so we allll went :)

Tonight we are doing more frog follies work but with the whole group helping out. All we have to do is basically decorate and set up chairs and tables because we did the rest of the stuff today. The outdoors stuff will be set up tomorrow but Im not excatly sure if we meet at the musuem, or go straight there. Im at the library right now cuz I was told that theres wifi, which there is and I brought my computer and everything but my computer wont connect for some reason and it really sucks :( SOOOO im on the library computer which is pretty fast. Alsoooo internet access is totally free for Katimavik people so thats great instead of paying a dollar an hour or whatever the rate it.

The town is so small but it just makes it so good ebcause everyone is super nice. Last night I could barely sleep because my head was pounddddding and my nose was runny and im all stuffed up. A few people are getting it and it will def go around the house because Gabrielle now has it too. Porbably gonna head back to the hosue msot peopel should be home by now so im just gonna realize and chill out for a bit maybe take a nap and then get up and ready for Frog follies which I am basically ready for. P.s this shirtt is pretttttyyy sick i love it and everyone loves Katimavik so it works out!

later dayyyyyyyyyys

the last of orientationnn and fun stuff!

Sooo basically everything in our hosue is settled and schdules are made from house managers, rules for each room, etc,etc soooo muchhhh but once its all covered its no problem to remember. Orientation was soooo long but there is so much to learn and know about Katimavik and so much to do. This week we had an option to have housemanagers while all the activities goes on, which is a shit load... or everyone help out and everyone prepare the food, so everyone volunteered. We have schedules for who makes lunches and dinner and does dishes on teams of 2. I work with Aidan tomorrow for lunch, were making tacoooossss! and Friday were making mashed potatoes, lots of veggies and chicken with a salad. We had to make the tortias from scratch and salsa so we did that tonight and they came out prettttyyy good but took so long.

Anywayssss yesterday we had a scavenger hunt type deal and we had to go around town taking pictures of each task on the list for points then make a slide show of the final result. It was suppppper fun I was with Lowen and Melissa which was good and there were crazy things like, find and fit in the smallest place possible, bust superhero moves by the creek, soooooo muchhhh AND extra points if all team members are in the pictures. Thannnnnnnnnk god for slef timers because it saved out asses. We all basically got in every picture which was goooddd! We had to be back in the house by noon and it ended but the catch was we could take one picture inside the house. Our team wonnnnnnnn the scavenger hunt woooooo, lots of work oh em gee and running around like crazy but it was fun and worth it. Apparently we get free icecream or something and iecream is a HUGEEEE thing becaus were not allowed anything with sugar or stuff like that inn the housee but lots of people have stachs of chips and candy :P

Anyways everyday is so busy and full and last night we had our first KCC meeting which didnt take a slong as I expected so that was good but it took like 3 hours to make a muthafuckin grocery list like wowwwww. everyone had to have their meals planned out and nobody knew what to do so it took some then then writing down the ingridients needed, checking what we had in the house, etc etccccccccc so that was bascally our night. Ohhhhhh and before supper was ready other other people had to weeeeeeed the frigin garden, didnt take us long with like 8 people but wowwww got suppppperrr dirty and bugs just love me.

Today we had tours of the work placements which was neat, we walked everywhere except st.malo which is like a 15 minute drive south to the next town. All the placements are interesting but some placements mainly want like groundskeepers to cut grasss and all that outside shit. Theres one place at the town office to be Sebastians assist, travlling which is cool but lots of paper work and shit I hate, theres one at an old folks home who have like mini apartments but its like mainly for outdoorsy work and cleaning, one at the hospital old folks home where they live there and you go do activities there and interact, etc, etc, one at the musuem of st. pierre jolys... yeah i know theres a musuem weird right.. but its like outdoorys labour stuff, one at a school for daycare for ages 6-12 and 2-5 but the kids only speak french so it sucks and the one in st.malo is a recycling facility but people with disabilities have the chance to go out in the work world and actually have a job so its all created for them which is pretty neat, lots of sorting or wood work or just different departments kinda sweet. Anywyas I kinda wanna work in the old folks home or kinda wanna do landscaping but im not sure yet. Tomorrow we have like speed dating interviews with the emplyers and we pick our top 3 choices and they pick their top 3 choices and then we get picked based on that. Shouuuuld be interesting.

Tonight Emily Mantha came in and had a workshop and presentation with us about the workplaces and shit and the Stienbach group came over and joined in. Fuckkkk I swear our group is like the only normal one out of all three gourps becuase they are just so fucked some of them lollllllll ANNNNNNNNND I attempted to buy a fucking phone card today but they gave me likepay as you go minutes which i cant refund so im trying to contact rogers to see if i can get that changed into long distance mintues cuz thats sooooo ridic and then 20 bucks down the drain if not. AHHH

Anywaysssss im probably gonna go to bed now since everyone is already in bed and we have to beeee at the town office at 9 ahhhh... luckily it only takes 5 mintues to walk everywhere :P GOOODNIGHTTT, my feet hurt like a mofo

CONTINUATION

Sorry had to take the available shower because we had to be ready by nine. Anyways, got int the house after midnight ish andpicked our rooms. There is only one boys room and 2 girls rooms but one is downstairs. First the downstairs one was a good idea but I change my mind because the upstairs one is with more people, the bathroom and had hangersss and places to put clothes!  We were so tired from waiting around and travelling that day we didnt unpack. Gabrielle (our PL) gave us a tour of the house and we chatted for  a bit then went to bed. I share a room with Martyna and Danielle and itès prety chill im glad.

The next day we had to be ready and eat breakfast by nine because the two other groups were coming over for orientation. Orientation consisted of slide shows, lots of talking and listening and lots of fun mini games that involved being outside and icebreakers. The things I liked about how they did it is that they tried getting ppeople involved when learning so it isnt so boring. Whenever I say they p.s it is the rest of the PLs (projct leaders) the PC and this other important person :P All girls and all cool, and their first language is french so some have accents. Being with the other groups was good especially seeing people I met and got kinda closer with.

First day we had sandwiches for lunch and shepards pie for dinner along with salad. All groups ate at the same time so it was feeding like 35 people, lots of food! The second day we had wraps for lunch and spaghetti for dinner and coslaw. Same thing happend but we went to the Steinbach house which is brand new and sooooo nice. Kinda jealous!

Orientation is long but mandatory and everyone has to know the rules. Once this is over the real Katimavik program begins! Right now we donèt work or anything like that we basically do workshops and activities. One the first night after everyone lef and we had ffree time our group played French Cranium, soooooo funnnnyy! We divided the bilingual people up so we can actually understand and play. Claudia and Melissa didnt join and just relaxed in their room. The second night we had lots of free time after coming home from Steinbach because we decided to just have free time. We played headbands which is basically you wear a headband and stick a card in it that had a person place or thing and your partner has to decribe it without saying th word. Funny board game!

The past few days have been just crammed with orientation and boardgames and some fun stuff but today was a bit different. We were ready by nine once again, I slept in till 8 by accident then waited for the shower.... hense blog entry before this then we all walked around the town and got toured around by Gabby. Now we basically know where everything is and it only took like half n hour, while walking slowly and stopping lol I love this town because you can walk everywhere in no time! outside of the town is just farm and field so theres kinda a lot of bugs but im used to it. After coming home from that we had lunch which was egg salad sandwiches and salad prettty good I peeled the eggs! lol then wait....some point before that and after walk we went over the house rules which is different than orientation because its about the specific house and we make up the rules for each room. The PL had veto power and the only thing that sucks is the no wifi part :( ohhh weeeeellllll.

After lunch we were surprised with an activity which involved 3 teams. We had to go door-to-door on certain designated streets and play bigger and better. We basically start with a paper clip and introduce ourselves to the new community but then try to trade the paper clip with something bigger and better could be anything! First thing I thought was ohhhhhhh maaan fuck door to dooor but it didnt turn out bad at all! I was in a group with JD and Martyna which was pretty sweet. The good thing about the game and town is that everyone knows what katimavik is, where we live and everything and they are always excited about having new groups in town so  it made it easier but not explaining what katimavik is. The first guy we went to was an elderly man and he gave us an olddddd saliors hat because it was sentimental to him and his 28th wedding anniversary. We felt soooooo bad we couldnt trade it off so we kept it at home and started again lol we basically went from paperclip-can of coke-2 pink lamps to a NEWWW HP printer ! I know right... wtf lol but we went around trying to trade the lamps and one lady was like , how about a printer? im lik sweeeeeeet and we first thought it was super old but it was basically brand new in the box lol we had three hours to do the activity or just go home when we felt was right and we went straiiiiiight home lol We were out for a hour and on team was already back and the heat was just sooooooooooooooo hot by this time we were all sweating! We were so proud of out printer lol, other teams had a blanket and mexican poncho, and an ollllld vaccuum but ALSOOOOO invited our whole group over to swim! Apparently the people were the parents of the guy who lives in the basement of our house!

After we regrouped we all went over to this guys house and just went swimming it was prettttyyy sweet and we played water volleyball which was fun! Gabby was sooooo down to go swimming instead of workshops which was siiiiick! The day isnt done yet , dinner is cooking and we have freetime until then, I think wre having soup, shepards pie and other stuff i dunnnnnno yet. Gabbys been cooking the meals but our real katima life starts on monday with house managrs and all that great stuffff for now im just gonna go join the group and not be isolated.

More to comeeee! Been great so far!

p.s this is a french/english keyboard and some of the keys stick hense why all the spelling mistakes and shit but yeaaah, sorry!

St. Pierre Jolys!

So Im here in the small town of St. Pierr Jolys population of around 800 people, kinda thinking to myself, where are all these people? The town/village is so tiny and the house is right on the main strip but it doesnt feel like it at all. Anyways my travel day was tiring but super sad. Soph stayed the night before and then helped me do the rest of the things that needed to be done before leaving. We actually didnt even get up until 1pm ish and the flight was at 4:45pm. Luckily the night before Andie helped me sooooooooo much with the packing process and we figured out the weights of the suitcases and bags so that was great and I appreciate it sooooooo much thank you!

When the time came, we decided Soph would be drivin me to the airport so I said my goodbyes to my mom before leaving and my goodbyes to my dad the night before because he was working on my departure day, same with andie. What a two days... dont think I cried so much in my life. It didnt hit me at all until then it kinda just exploded. Soph told my my dad was trying to have a going away party and offerd his house and everything while I was gone and I just bawled my eyes out. I would never think he would do something like that and offer his house soooo I was just like WAAAAHHHHH  I LOVE YOU! It didnt actually end up happening because some people are dud but I still had an amazing last few weeks.

So the ride to the airport was hard, I basically cried under my sunglasses the whole time. Checked the bags through, express machine was a little fucked but we got it worked and ohhhh couldnt find the right gates at first because Im retarded like that so we basicaly walked most of the airport. Once that was all said and done we both went outside to say our last goodbyes and have another cryfest. :( I HATE GOODBYES!!!

Once I checked through sercruity and got to my gate which had to be the longest walk ever... the lineup was almost done boarding so I basically made it just in time. I noticed a few people on the flight that coullllld be in katimavik but I wasnt sure so I didnt say anything. I passed out during the flight having not eaten anything for like a day and a half and having no sleep at all but no complaints. When I got to Winnipeg it kinda felt like the Victoria airport because it was so small, and at first I didnt notice anyone with any sign until I saw a little group crowding so I joined them and yaaaaaaay. People were arriving from 4pm-almost 10pm and the bus came at 10pm and we arrived at around 6:20pm so we had lots of time to kill. I met a few chill people right off the bat so we all went to the tim hortons at the airport and talked and got something to eat. After a while we all got to know each other and more new people would come every hour or so. My expectations of people were surprising and im so glad there are chill, cool people in all 3 groups.

After wating for sooooo long and people having a dozen ciggarettes we all aboarded the coach bus which first stop was St. Boniface which didnt even feel like we left Winnipeg it's so close. 30 mins later we arrived in Steinbach and then by midnight we were at home, in St. Pierre Jolys. I've seen pctures of the house before online and it was almost everything I was expecting but a little bit bigger. The house is so big, old but homey. Steinbach has a brand new house but its not as big but they do have the advantage of a deck and backyard.  Our whole town is like a field so Im not complaining. Oh yeah p.s Manitoba is FLAT! driving from place to place in the dark kinda reminded me of Egypt because it was one straight highway, no lights just your highbeams and darkness on both sides (because of fields). I was kinda sad some people werent in my group that I was closer with but heyyy its cool cuz there are some pretty chill people in my group too.

So we got to the house and struggled to carry luggage into the house which was a mission and a half bu thats fine....SHOWER IS FREEE ILL CONTINUE LATERR THIISS IS GOLDEEEENNN

Today is the day!

I leave today! I honestly don't know what to feel, happy/sad/excited/nervous all at once but some moments it just hasnt hit me yet and other moments im freakin crying like a baby. 6 months eh... gheez man, in my mind I'm thinking I'm  going to be back next week or on the weekend or something. I'm not scared or anything I'm perfectly fine with travelling and such but the concept of it just kinda scares the shit outta me.

Packing was intense like seriously packing for 6 months was pretty hard but thankfully I had help from the best <3

My last few weeks was amazing and a HUGEEEEE thanks goes out to those who made it special. We did so many many things and jut had a blast taking up all the time we could to make it the best before I leave. I love you guys and I will miss you guys soooooooo much like it will hit me super hard very soon and I will cry my eyes out like a huge baby butttt that was expected.

For now I am off to do some final things and packing, airport at 3:15 and the sky at 4:45!

There will be updates when I get there and yeah... I dont really know how to feel at the moment but the time has come all I have to say is,

GOOOOOODBYEEEE TORONTOOOO!!!!!!!


p.s here is my mailing address for those who would like to know :

PO box 99, 494 Sabourin Street
St. Pierre Jolys, MB
ROA 1VO

house number # (204)-433-3267

It hasn't hit me.

I think there's seriously something wrong with me because I leave in less than 48 hours and it hasn't hit me yet. I feel completely normal, I have said my goodbyes to a few people and I feel alright. I havn't started packing yet so maybe that's why... I dunno. I have my suticases pulled out and ready to be packed but I just have to clean my room still and go from there, ugh. Don't think I'll get around to cleaning my car which sucks and I feel bad because I know my dad will go in it and be like WOWWWWWWWWW, but in reality I used to never keep my car dirty it was always clean,,,, "used to" ah.

I'm glad I got my shopping though like SOOOOO glad, especially happy about the jean part which wasn't a total fail and i didn't feel fat for once. Usually im in there looking for the right size for hours and going through jeans like no tomorrow but this time nope. Maybe itss the different make and style they have now because now a days its always changing. The jeans are a softer material and kinda stretchy but soooo comfy just the way I like it. I even got a size bigger because Im just a huge boy like that dont like my jeaans looking tight or girly, wow how lesbian.

Anyways back to the point about it not hitting me yet.... just WOWWWWWWWW, people are crying around me, the world is just changing and sooooooo upset and im like meh . Bitch move right? I'm sorry it just hasnt HIT ME!!! Tomorrow it def will saying my goodbyes to people i've been spending my last few weeks with. The last month or so infact has been crazy as shit but I loved every second of it. Being out all the time and just living it up, my last memories of 2011 in Toronto... well the warmness of it anyways. So much has happened but whenever I think about it I go blank. Pride this weekend was a blast spending it with my two favourite peopleeee and just having fun. Parties, minigolfing, dinners, all that good stuff like I couldn't have asked for better really. I'd honestly rather have a few close friends then a lot of friends who I barely chill with and its starting to be this way, just a few close friends.

I can't fucking believe it's already here, it feels like yesterday I was still applying for this in hopes to get accepted but secretly thinking I never would. Even that day I had to fight with the Toronto police and go all the way downtown to get a criminal record check which I'm still waiting for. Just all these things.... ahhhhhhhhhh Tomorrow is going to be the worst day ever. It hit me really bad right now like so bad but I know that's not going to be a portion of what tomorrow is going to be like. No makeup for Steph tomorrow! WHy am I such a crybaby wow. On wednesday I dont want anyone to come either. I am honestly just thinkingof cabbing it and paying the 30 bucks or whatever it will be and just have a cooloff moment at the airport and be cool about everything. If one person goes with me, my mom, my dad, andie, soph, ANYONE EVEN DEX MY CAT, I will not stop crying because I am just an emotional wreck. I'll get in, wait at the gates after checking in and just bawl my eyes out and people will stare like I'm an idiot.. P.S WHY DO I HAVE TEISTO ON MY BEARSHARE, wow anyways but yeaah I caan never hold it in but tomorrow is just going to be a disaster waiting to happen wow.

AHHHHHHHHHHH tomorrow is going to be such a bad but good day, I'm am so excited to leave but just these emotions and missing people will hard me the hardest anyone will ever feel it's not healthy. Fuck.

Hello blog at 2:30am

I dunno I just felt in need to blog right now, Katimavik is coming very very soon, I still haave so much shit to do... so many desicions, gheeeeez. I've told a few people about this blog so far but I'm  not giving away the link until I leave. Once I'm gone I'm gone. It's no coming home the next day to bitching or anything like that. This is my blag and I can state what I want.. right? Well I know I can't make this emotional and express my feelings or emotions and all that jibber jabber on here because this is suppost to be a Katimavik blog and "important" stuff.. but things I find important can just hurt other people... It's very hard to explain because one day many people will be reading.

Anyways, I got an email from my Project Leader whos going to be living in St. Pierre Joyls, sick right? Gabrielle I believe her name is. Going back to the youtube videos that I found one day that shows my future house.. I asked the guy who posted them what was his favourite part of that place because he is basically doing the same thing I will be doing soon and he said the PL so thats pretty exciting. She said we can call her for anything, questions, to hear her voice, discuss music, ANYTHING, that was pretty sick. Her first language is French which is interesting but hopefully there is no barrier.. well there shouldnt be anyways.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh yeaaaah, 3 weeks to go and I'm on my way, soo much to do, work ending on Sunday, going to be sad :( but glad at the same time but I will def miss some people. Sally left today to go to Peru which is exciting but yeaah... that's all for now, I'll be back with greater news sometime in the future.

Hello World, lots of updates

So it's really been a while since I've posted on here eh... way to fail. But anyways I am back in action with lots to say so this will probably be lengthy. For those who know me knows I love reading long emails and such so picture it as a letter to you, reader of my blog. I'll even put paragraphs! To help the eyes out a little.

I've been so busy with work lately it has been so crazy. I've successfully been given 4-5 shifts a week which is a change from 2-4 and my shifts last averaging 10 hours, no breaks remember! We lost one girl who was a pretty cool chick and she had lots of shifts and was there longer than me so I've been given her shifts basically. The schedule is fucked though and it always is. Seems like they do not know how to schedule people properly or is too cheap... I'm going to go with the second one. Milestones is great though, great people and good experiences and lessons learnt but is def has some downs. Anyways I told my boss .. well reminded him about the program I was going to do and of course he barely remember so I had to give him the whole Katimavik speal and what it is, what I'll do, blah blah blah and he thinks it's a great oppurtunity and totally understand why I have to leave. I ask to take a leave because I do plan on coming back but he was all like "nooo we don't do that yadda yadda I'll have to terminate you then re-hire you" which is alright since I have a job waiting for me when I get back.

For people who have no idea on what I do or where I work... I'm a linecook at Milestones. Milestones at Yorkdale that is so it is super busy allll the time and stressfull but it is better than minimum wage or retail so it's great in that way. My section on the line is called Pantry, we do most appetizers, salads, soups, most of the lunch menu and deserts... oh yesss deserts. But anyways, all of my shifts have been weekends which suck because it's been harder to see Andie when she has the weekends off but weve been trying. I usually get Mon-Wed off so it isn't that bad.

With work it's been so hard to do things I actually been needing to do for my file on Katimaroute. One day i got a call saying my contract wasn't in and I needed it to b in asap, when in my understanding it was due sometime in June. Apparently I was wrong... so guess who had to rush that in that day! Then the whole mix up with the Toronto Police. How hard it is to friging get a criminal record/vunerable sector check? Like seriously. My instructions were to 1. print paper 2. fill it out 3. give it to the police station. Check check and nope. They wouldn't even talk to me or gve me answers they just gave me a little piece of paper with the website on it and said go to the website. I'm like seriously.... I wasn't told to do this for nothing, so listen, but nope.  I asked if I had to go to the main Police station alllllllllllll the way downtown but they said they would say the same thing. Another call to Maria about my problems had to happen again and it went to Emily Marten which is a big deal. They both couldn't believe it but told me to go to the one downtown. I live uptown Toronto, so North York and going downtown is a good bus and subway ride down about a hour and a half and guess who did that on the hottest day if the year so far because I had no time because of work! That's right. Waited in the hugeee line, and paid the 16 dollar whatever fee then was told it takes 6-8 weeks.. no exceptions, first come first serve. My face dropped, my heart sunk and I was in panic mode. I LEAVE IN 4 WEEKS! I'm tyring to bargain my way saying stuff along the lines of, well these were my instructions I need this to go I've been waiting for this oppurtunity for years blah blah blaaah, you think they gave a crap? And to think I want to be in the force someday... wow. Some people are just so rude. Anyways, walking out instantly calling Emily, tears running down my face and sweat just pouring off my head because it is that hot outside, it goes to voicemail. I quickly explain the situation and tell her to give me a call back ASAP. Three days later when I'm in midst depression because of me thinking my oppurtunity is ruined, I have to wait until the next January to go, etc, etc Emily calls and tells me it's fine just call the volunteer office and tell them and whoever is at home can just mail the papers to Katimavik when they get them. I was like YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS :D ! HAPPINESSS! LIFE SAVER! I believe it was a Saturday... or late Friday so I waited until Monday to call the office. They said the same and I was so relievvvvvved, wooooooo!

Besides all that, I had my French evaluation done... I'm not sure if I mentioned this before but YEAH! I was so shocked it wasn't a huge fail because I did kind of understand the questions and the lady was speaking slowly and she would ask me and I would answer then kinda translate what I think she said. Oh and believe me I gave her a warning before we started about how horrible my French is. Anyways that made me feel really good.

Sooo far I've found three people in my group. A new one added me after the other two have. First Frenchie!  I just really hope my group isn't awkward or weird or just not chill. I'm very down to earth, laid back and straight up so hopefully we will all get along. I can't judge right away right?

It is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo hottttttttttttttttttt outttttttttttsiiiiiiiiiiide, hello 33 degress 43 with the humidity. Yeah I KNOW! Sucks Wonderland closes at 6 or else I would be swimming today. My mom really needs to put in the A/C because this really sucks. Yesterday Leen, Andie, Soph, Val, Nuno and his cousin went to the beach! we got there at like 8 so we didn't really enjoy the hotness of the day or lots of daylight. Hopefully we can plan a legit day and go and I'll have lots of sunscrean! I think one of my arms is darker than the other from driving so much.. greatttt taaaan.

Anyways less than a month until departure, soooooo much to do, last day of work on the 20th which is next week! Crazyness!

Here are someeeeeeeee things I wanna do before I go! (That I can think of right now)

- PRIDE!
- More Wonderland and splashworks!
- shopppppppping and lots of it
- celebrate some birthdays im going to missss
- get a piercing and a tattoo
- niagara falllllllllls
- enjoy company while it lasts
- HAIRCUT!
- move stuff out of my room
- actually make a packing list..
- not pack 3 hours before i leave
soooo much moreeeeeeeee

That's all for now!

HOUSES!

Soooo there is this one guy on youtube CURRENTLY documenting his journey through katimavik and he has the same placements as me so that gives me a slight advantage to see what the communities are like and what the houses look like! The only updates on the youtube channel is for St. Pierre Jolys so far so here is a link to see the house in the day time and one at night and inside of the house.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nogx77bT30&feature=channel_video_title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp9Pq3kL-aY

I can't seem to open up the Goosebay hosue picture but heres a link  to it

http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Newfoundland-Labrador/Goose-Bay/blog-436949.html

Good News!

There was apparently a mistake when sending out the first selections email and they forgot to add in the second location (which I was bummed about) I called to check out my criminal record check/vulnerable sector check instrustions and they tolddddddd me when I asked! :D For now I am waiting on the instructions in an email to tell me how to do the rest buttt shortly after I guess they fixed the problem and sent out a second email with the corrections.

OFFICIAL PLACEMENTS = ST. PIERRE JOLYS, MANITOBA & GOOSEBAY, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR!

My parents were more exctied about the second one obivously, and I still think they have no clue what I'm going to be doing..... but whatever that's not the point, it's for me and my experience so im stoooooooked!

One girl commented on facebook saying how Goosebay is soooooooooo fun and such and I'll have a blast! I really hope so. I am going to make the best out of anywhere anyways just I have never been to either of these places before so that adds to the surprise! I have sseen pictures of both houses and I am still excited. Still only the same two on facebook I have found, and nobody else. Seems like people either don't go on facebook or have no clue about the Katimavik page. Who knowwws.. but there are lots of people I notice they start in Goosebay first and then St. Pierre Jolys sooo well probably be meeting, or groups in places like St. Boniface Manitoba and thi other place in Labrador. Like I said WHO KNOWS!

All I can do right now is wait on instructions so I can get the paper work done ASAP! Sooner the better!

This thing is really screwed up... & SELECTIONS!

Okay first of all I went on here to update everything but I found out there were like 3 different blogs? And my previous post from April 8th didn't show up but when I went on the other ones it did but when I click dashboard to go back to the main page they all bring me back to the same thing and same email.... ITS FUCKED! So hopefully this is the last time I have to screw with this like that because this is the second time.. it happened with my first attempt of blogging.

ANYWAYSSSS

I thought today was the day I was going to find out where I was going to be placed but I found out LAST NIGHTTT when i got home at around 11pm ish. I guess they send it out all at once and it must of been midnight in Newfoundland or something so lucky me and others got it a little ahead of time! Officially Group 31107! The second I saw that, it hasn't left my mind! The thing that was kind of dissapointing is that we only found out one out of two locations but whateves I'm not complaining!

First location is St. Pierre Jolys Manitoba! I find this a coinsidence because when I was watching youtube videos on Katimavik and seeing what the life was really like, I was following a guy that was in the same house I am going to be in! So I have an idea of what the town is like along with what the house looks like. It's oldddd but beautiful. Must be 4 stories and it takes up a corner lot... I think... and right across from the villages' only gorcery store and the bar! Wooo! Another good thing.. DRINKING AGE IS 18 IN MANITOBA! I know I shouldn't be super excited like what if somebody from Katimavik sees this and thinks I'm some sort of alcoholic or something... WHICH IS NOT TRUE! haha Oh well his first night their group went to the bar so hey, I'm not the only one.

Soooooooo right after I found out my group number and such I saw a bunchhhh of people posting on the facebook wall trying to find their group and I swear I can match everyone with their group because I saw so many of the same numbers! But good news! I found two people, Martyna and Spencer, both from Ontario so that must mean there is one more person out there and the rest is from other provinces/territories. Martyna goes to Western so we probably have some sort of mutual friends? Not sure yet, and Spencer is from Brantford so not too far from here. It seems like there are the same faces on the facebook wall looking for people and the rest don't give a shit or don't use a computer lol Wellllll seee it's only the first day technically.

So every group found out their numbers except Horizons which should be sometime today or tomorrow. I can tell Becky is freaking out and can't wait to find out! I would be in the same boat. There are also a lot of people who are as confused as I am in regards to recieving one and of two placements, except the active learning groups that is, just being one location. I guess we find out later on or they haven't got that far in placing groups in locations.. who knowsss

Soooo my full acceptance is conditional to:

- Payment of the $350 deposit - Check
- Payment of the $150 insurance fee - Check
- Medical Dossier completion - Check
- Criminal record and something something check - Still Pending
- Completion of some forms to be signed and returned - Still Pending

anddd.... I think that's it because those items still pending I recieved last night. Also for the Criminal Record check and such I don't think it will be a problem since I don't think I have a criminal record... should hope not! haha but people in large cities like Toronto has to call the volunteer office and find out how to do it so I will be doing that today to see what's up.

P.S DID I MENTION... the "town/village" has a population of 893?!?!! Holy shit son there were more people in my highschool then that! One gorcery store, one school, I guess you can guess the rest. Over 70% French speaking population! I'm screwed.. lol but for this little village they have a pretty big website. The village is mainly Catholic/Christian too so that should be interesting. I'm kinda glad I got put to a place like Manitoba though since I've never actually been there, just flew over. It's about half an hour away from Winnipeg and I think 40km away from the US border so this place is pretty south. So I'm assuming flight to Winnipeg then coach it to St. Pierre Jolys. Is it weird I'm not excatly sure how to say the last word? tat's how bad my French is...

But yes that is my exciting news of figuring out my group number and such. Hopefully I meet more people online but you never know. I'm off to call Katimavik!

Back with more news soon.

Was Suppost to be April 8th

Well well, to get this thing started.. its main purpose is to document my Katimavik experience before, during and after but I think my life in these periods is important too. Anywayssss, life has been the same but I guess just fading more on the social side. Work has effected this but I think my lack of effort and others is the main purpose. Honestly I think I am falling apart from most people I used to be close friends with. One little thing said completely ruins a good pattern of simple things of chilling, talking, etc. This really makes you think deeper oon whos real and what really matters. I can't really blame other people because I know if I did, I would be a hipicryte because there are others that I have pushed away for no good reason. I guess it's true when they say "you don't know what you have until it's gone."

Work was tiring at first because I was booked to work 9 days straight all starting at noon or 1. This sounds great becaue of the starting time but you have to understand when working in the restaurant business, that time is lunch AND dinner rushes. Including prep for both which is a rush and a half if people of yorkdale decide to never stop eating or the lineups never end. But recently I've been getting crappy hours, like 2 or 3 days a week which is not good for the bank slash my pocket especially if I want to save up before leaving for Katimavik. Don't get me wrong Milestones is great and all, working in a high-class restaurant, the people, discountssss but it's a lot of fucking work, aaaalot of work and if something isn't done, you are FUCKED especially if it's the weekend or just a busy ass day. Especially if you are working with a slacker and your list needsss to be done and it is like a 5 person job... def does not help. Anyways I do have enough money and a bit to buy a bike which I am really excited about especially to get this exercise thing going. I am not a fan of running and biking is something I actually do enjoy so I am looking forward to it.

I could bitch about work forever but I don't think it's that worth it meeeh work tomorrow at 12! It's money right

I'm getting really excited about Katimavik especially after hearng I was accepted on the first round of selection. I honestly thought there was going to be only one round of selection and that was my only chance of proving myself to be worthy but there are about 4. I am just glad I was chosen first. One thing that bugged me though was a comment from someone saying something along the lines of "oh you did it, without any other help or anything.." like what the hell is that suppost to mean? A compliment? Just because you barely know shit about the program and hear of a family friend dealing with it does not mean you can help me get into anything. That is impossible anyway because the chance of everyone getting in is equally if the application is done correctly and you don't come off as a complete retard. Honestly I can't believe Becky got rejectled 4 times or whatever before being accepted... like seriously? Could it be that bad? Could it be her lack of common sense or is it the spelling thing? I swear that girl cannot spell for shit. I mean I can be a pretty bad speller at times but like when is there ever like a Q or M in something like "alcohol"? Get real comon.

Wellll after being accepted the enxt step was paying the fees and havng the medical assesment. The fees weren't a problem but I wanted to pay them ASAP thinking, it was first come first serve! This made me nervous, as well as the doctor part because it means a full examination to fill out something like 9 pages of documents!  Like gheeez, and I read from other people posting on the Katimavik facebook page that they had to pay over 100 or 200 $$$$ for theirs! What the hell... I paid 20.. weird isn't it? At first my doctor didn't even mention a price but he though it was just some bullshit and did a basic basic exam, weighed me and told me to come back over the weekend and gave me incomplete forms ..-_- like comon now, these forms are pending on my full acceptance to a program I've been wanting to participate in for soooo long now and you treat it with this amount of respect?! Thanks a lot..

So the dates are comin up to when we find out our group numbers and where we are going! First can I mention I missed a phone call from Katimavik one night while I was out about a week ago and I haven't received another call, AND my homephone doesn't have an answering machine because my moms smart like that. I really didn't want to call backa nd deal with the  press 1, press 2, automated shit so maybe if it was that important they would call back? I'm thinking it was my French assessment which I would of completely failed anyways but if they decided to form groups before doing this, hopefully they assume I have no French knownledge at all so that I'm not the only one in the group....

So now it is officially 4 days until I know which kinda makes me nervous because what if they send me an email saying something like,, ohh sorry try again next year. IT COULD HAPPEN! But to be honest I would keep trying until I was 21, and never tell anyone how many times I've tried and make it glorious all to myself if I do get fully accepted. I should be fully accepted right now right? I guess we'll see upcoming Tuesday! fingers crossed.

My application must be moving smoothly since they have recieved all payments, and such. I tried to be smart when an allumi called me the one time seeing if I had any questions about the program that I wanted answered (but knowing me and have done all my research) I kind of made up questions to make myself seem interested into the program and try to get some sort of checkmark on her secretive scoreboard to say "oh yes shes the one she should get accepted!" Any little thing helps!

Anyways this has been a mumble rant about random things but I have to end this since I have to sleep, shower and be at work in less than 11 hours... seems like a lot but I loooove my sleep. I realize during the program that will probably change but I am going to take advantage of this while it lasts.

Goodnight