Christmas, Among Other Things...

Christmas was fun, everyone got gifts from secret santa people in the group, and we went tobogganing during the evening. Everyone enjoyed themselves, even a visitor one of the participants had.

On a sadder note, another one of our participants is leaving, this time one of our french-speaking participants. That puts us down to one for the time being, until our new participant arrives in January.

Anyways, that's all for now.

Sad Day

We found out that one of our participants is leaving. He was one of the well liked members of the group, so it's a real surprise that he's gone. But sometimes, life throws you a curve ball, and you have to move on and face the day. A song by The Offspring actually kind of summarizes what I think of it all.

"I can't hold onto what's been done
I can't grab onto what's to come"

That's actually two lines of the first verse of "Can't Repeat". It's quite a good song.

Holiday Update

We have been making plans for our holidays, and have received some exciting news. We will likely be going to White River for our New Year's Holiday, and that we will be having everyone come to Wawa for Christmas. It's all totally awesome!

On another note, I learned how to pebble curling ice today. If you haven't played curling before, the "pebbles" are actually little bits of ice sprayed onto the curling sheets. When the rocks travel down the sheet, the pebbles turn to water, and creates a fast surface for the rock to travel on. They're even going to teach me how to use the ice resurfacer.

Christmas time!!!

Today was pretty cool, the township had their staff Christmas party today, which means that I not only got off early, I got to hang out with the other people for a while. There was free food, and door prizes (I won a hat!) Anyhow, I have my photo album up and running, just follow the link on the right. There isn't much there now, but be patient, I'll have more when I get them. I have a film camera, and have to get my pictures scanned to a CD when I order photos. Anyways, enjoy cruising through what's there, and have fun!

The house mellows out again...

Our temp PL left us tonight. There were some bitter feelings towards him, but the house is so quiet without him around to talk to, and we aren't getting someone for another five days. But the house will still be really quiet for some time.

On an unrelated note, I suck at ping pong! A bunch of us went to the local community centre to work out, and they had just gotten a new ping pong table. I already knew about it because I work with the Township, but that doesn't change the fact that I still suck at ping pong. Anyways, I lost. Miserably. I should probably cut this short because the PL needs the comp, so I'll go for now.

Of A Lack of Sleep and Other PLs

We had the PL from Dubreuilville come down to do some work because his computer wasn't working. He arrived shortly after 7 PM, and was asleep on the couch when I woke up.

With regard to a lack of sleep, that's generally what happens for me and the other guys in our group. We talk, laugh, fart, and laugh some more. We're really weird like that...

I think there was gonna be more to this post, but I'll put it up later.

Holiday Invasion Part 2

I found out immediately after dinner yesterday that the trip to Dubreuilville I was planning got called off at the last minute. We pushed the snowmobile club celebration over the limit of attendees placed on their licence for the event, so we were asked not to come. I got so pissed off when I found out, mostly because I had been working on the trip for the past few days, and was almost ready to send my forms to regional for approval. But life goes on. We still get to invade White River Later.

On another unrelated note, a bunch of us were issued CTI's last night (if you're in Katimavik, you'll know what I mean). I was one of them, but I wasn't even involved in the problem that made people get them to begin with, and the PL even gave one guy a final! All for talking a little loudly in the kitchen!!! Since this is a temp PL, I really don't need to say that everyone was pissed, but I will anyhow.

The Holiday Invasion

The holiday season is almost upon us, and that means a chance for the Katima-Groups to invade each others communities. I am presently organizing a trip to Dubreuilville, a small francophone community north of us for new years. Another member of the group is organizing a trip to White River, a community two hours north of here. They will be coming back to Wawa, but only for the rotation camp at the end of the trimester, then we won't be able to see them for a while.

PL B-DAY!!!

Some heavy stuff happened at the house, and a PL that I mentioned earlier in this blog was sent home. On a lighter note, we got a temp PL and today was his birthday. We helped at a food drive at the local Subway restaurant, and the owner gave the group free footlong meal deals for dinner, and free subs and drinks for lunch. He said that it was because they were grateful that we were there helping. It was cool, and I'm totally forgetting what I was going to write... GOTT VERDAMMEN ES!!!

OMG KATIMA-ALARM Part 2

The nearby town showed up in the afternoon, and we chilled a bit while some of them went to pick up proper boots at a nearby store. Afterwards, we all went on a hike near Lake Superior (really beautiful, I'll post pics later). When that was done, we came back to the house for dinner, which was easy to make because we had about six people in the kitchen working. After dinner, we all went to the local bowling alley for disco night. I wore a white t-shirt, and it drove me crazy how bright it was. It was fun anyhow. The other group left after bowling, and we went off for the rest of the free time.

OMG KATIMA-ALARM!!!

I just received word that another town in our cluster will be spending the day with our group. I'm House Manager, so I'm in a panic right now. I'll post later to let you know if it's as bad as I think it is.