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!
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