So i had a few pieces of chicken on Friday may 22
We were at Pizza Delight and ordered the buffet. Turns out they dont serve veggie pizzas at the buffet. So i resorted to having a chicken pasta.
This is just to keep track of the last time i ate meat.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Don't count the days, make them count.
3 weeks left of work.
Its going by pretty damn fast.
Im in billeting right now with a really cool family, Jack and Rena Penashue. Along with their kids Cree and baby Jack, we went out on churchill road to a place called Gull Island for a picnic on Sunday afternoon, The kids were riding their dirtbikes and ATVs. Jack brought his .22 and we were shooting it around, he was surprised that the prairie boy had a good shot. Despite the rain, it actually wasnt too bad.
The family im staying with his headed to St Johns from wednesday till saturday. Leaving me alone at the house, it will be nice to relax. NHL playoffs are on right now, hopefully the finals will start before he end of the week. At the house they have a nice satellite tv, i have a computer beside my bed which is pretty big and they give me access to any food in the house. Excellent coffee as well.
Last weekend we visited Churchill Falls! leaving at 7am saturday morning we hit the gravel road and drove for about 4 hours to the town. The road is really nice and scenic on the way, one section of the road has beautiful tall birch trees. When we arrived to the town we had no idea where to go, we needed to get to the fire and security building to pick up keys for the ski lodge we would stay at. My contact there failed to leave keys, but fortunately the guys there let us in.
We had alot of room to sleep and cook and I would say its a pretty comfortable place to fit 17 of us. Behind the lodge there was a hiking trail we were told about! Being spring still, it was pretty wet but the trail eventually led us to some flowing water down a dropoff. On our walk back to the ski lodge we also spotted a bear, I had it caught on video but somehow ended up deleted.
The town seemed really creepy to me, it was one of those company towns where everything is owned by own group of people. If you dont work for the powerplant, you cant live in the town. If you retire, you have to move out. I may have thought it was creepy because i had read a book just l ike this situation called "Nothing to Lose". They were performing some secret governmental activity where they melted down the tanks that were brought back from iraq and taking the Uranium to mechanic a giant bomb. I could easily see something like this happening in Churchill Falls.
A little run down at my last month in Katimavik.
Wednesday May 27. I work for 2 more days this week. Go home on Sunday from billeting
Monday June 1 - Friday June 5. I am house manager with phil.
Monday June 8 - Friday June 12. Climate change modual at work
Monday June 15 - Friday June 19. Last week of work, retreat at a christian camp.
Debriefing starts on Sunday and we head home Wednesday!
Not much time left at all.
Its going by pretty damn fast.
Im in billeting right now with a really cool family, Jack and Rena Penashue. Along with their kids Cree and baby Jack, we went out on churchill road to a place called Gull Island for a picnic on Sunday afternoon, The kids were riding their dirtbikes and ATVs. Jack brought his .22 and we were shooting it around, he was surprised that the prairie boy had a good shot. Despite the rain, it actually wasnt too bad.
The family im staying with his headed to St Johns from wednesday till saturday. Leaving me alone at the house, it will be nice to relax. NHL playoffs are on right now, hopefully the finals will start before he end of the week. At the house they have a nice satellite tv, i have a computer beside my bed which is pretty big and they give me access to any food in the house. Excellent coffee as well.
Last weekend we visited Churchill Falls! leaving at 7am saturday morning we hit the gravel road and drove for about 4 hours to the town. The road is really nice and scenic on the way, one section of the road has beautiful tall birch trees. When we arrived to the town we had no idea where to go, we needed to get to the fire and security building to pick up keys for the ski lodge we would stay at. My contact there failed to leave keys, but fortunately the guys there let us in.
We had alot of room to sleep and cook and I would say its a pretty comfortable place to fit 17 of us. Behind the lodge there was a hiking trail we were told about! Being spring still, it was pretty wet but the trail eventually led us to some flowing water down a dropoff. On our walk back to the ski lodge we also spotted a bear, I had it caught on video but somehow ended up deleted.
The town seemed really creepy to me, it was one of those company towns where everything is owned by own group of people. If you dont work for the powerplant, you cant live in the town. If you retire, you have to move out. I may have thought it was creepy because i had read a book just l ike this situation called "Nothing to Lose". They were performing some secret governmental activity where they melted down the tanks that were brought back from iraq and taking the Uranium to mechanic a giant bomb. I could easily see something like this happening in Churchill Falls.
A little run down at my last month in Katimavik.
Wednesday May 27. I work for 2 more days this week. Go home on Sunday from billeting
Monday June 1 - Friday June 5. I am house manager with phil.
Monday June 8 - Friday June 12. Climate change modual at work
Monday June 15 - Friday June 19. Last week of work, retreat at a christian camp.
Debriefing starts on Sunday and we head home Wednesday!
Not much time left at all.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
crazy shit
WOW something pretty crazy happened last night.
When i got home from work Val came up to me and let me know that there is a guy who is travelling from Quebec and got lost on his way to St Johns and he needs a place to stay. When i got home he was in the shower. I figured he would probably sleep in our room because we have extra beds, so I made sure I didnt have any valuables laying around.
Anyways this guy had a shower, started to do his laundry and then joined us for supper.
Just after supper, 2 guys about the age of 25 maybe younger knocked on our door asking for a tall french guy. So Kailyn called 'Steve!' but the other guys said 'no no its joe!'. So he goes to the truck with these guys and we thought that was pretty strange.
Throughout the evening he was telling us different names, he told me STEVEN and he told Felixe his name was Joseph!
So we are tripping out, dont know whats goin on. Anyways these guys come back and when they get inside, the 2 guys are yelling at "Steven" saying 'Give me my fuckin laptop back', as well as alot of other cursing etc.
I guess this guy had stayed in their house the night before and when he left the next day, he stole his laptop, an ipod, and a bunch of their clothes. Who knows what else he stole.
It will make it hard to trust hitchhikers from now on. Even though I thought tourists would be fairly nice.
When i got home from work Val came up to me and let me know that there is a guy who is travelling from Quebec and got lost on his way to St Johns and he needs a place to stay. When i got home he was in the shower. I figured he would probably sleep in our room because we have extra beds, so I made sure I didnt have any valuables laying around.
Anyways this guy had a shower, started to do his laundry and then joined us for supper.
Just after supper, 2 guys about the age of 25 maybe younger knocked on our door asking for a tall french guy. So Kailyn called 'Steve!' but the other guys said 'no no its joe!'. So he goes to the truck with these guys and we thought that was pretty strange.
Throughout the evening he was telling us different names, he told me STEVEN and he told Felixe his name was Joseph!
So we are tripping out, dont know whats goin on. Anyways these guys come back and when they get inside, the 2 guys are yelling at "Steven" saying 'Give me my fuckin laptop back', as well as alot of other cursing etc.
I guess this guy had stayed in their house the night before and when he left the next day, he stole his laptop, an ipod, and a bunch of their clothes. Who knows what else he stole.
It will make it hard to trust hitchhikers from now on. Even though I thought tourists would be fairly nice.
Monday, May 11, 2009
ttyn talk to you never
Friday after we left to Goose Bay for our 48 hours off. I got off work at about 1130 and landed in the goose by about 1 o clock. Andrew Val and I went to Jungle Jims restaurant. ACtually a really entertaining place, they even had a veggie section.
We started off by wandering around look for beer. Apparently labrador sells beer in convenient stores just like quebec.
We grad 12 molson dry and 12 canadian and headed back home.
Phil arrived at about 830 after his walk for 8 hours, just after we complained that our TV shut off right when the hockey game was about to start. they switched us to a better room
A few people from the goose bay group was staying here as well. Zak, emily, elodie and liz.
Fun group of kids, we spent the weekend watching strange reality shows and NHL playoffs.
Saturday we grabbed a 6 of Black Horse beer. because we were in newfoundland we had to try their beer.
It was alright. Have you heard of Canadian Light? and/or Kieths light? I thought it was strange.
Great weekend, 44 days.
We started off by wandering around look for beer. Apparently labrador sells beer in convenient stores just like quebec.
We grad 12 molson dry and 12 canadian and headed back home.
Phil arrived at about 830 after his walk for 8 hours, just after we complained that our TV shut off right when the hockey game was about to start. they switched us to a better room
A few people from the goose bay group was staying here as well. Zak, emily, elodie and liz.
Fun group of kids, we spent the weekend watching strange reality shows and NHL playoffs.
Saturday we grabbed a 6 of Black Horse beer. because we were in newfoundland we had to try their beer.
It was alright. Have you heard of Canadian Light? and/or Kieths light? I thought it was strange.
Great weekend, 44 days.
Monday, May 4, 2009
50 days
Id hate to be the pessimistic one, but ONLY 50 DAYS until i'm back home in Brandon...or Clear Lake. I cant tell if time goes by slow or fast. I guess it seems to be going by fairly fast. Aside from the snow we are having right now! Just as it was all melting, we get another snowfall. Very disipointing. 2 degrees outside and it appears to be a blizzard.
Im back to work today after a pretty relaxed week as house manager. Made some calzones, african stew, chick pea curry and a few other things. As i type this, the snow gets worse.
Last night a very intelligent man named Ben Penashue came to our house and told us many stories about the Innu culture. He told us about how the world was formed. 7 stars with each type of people. they were restricted to their own regions etc. he also shared how he has turned to the cultural aspects of his life to guide him. very inspiring story.
Im detoxing this week, starting today. I will not eat for as long as i can. I will drink only a mixture of lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup. Along with alot of water.
This is intended to clean out my system and rid of all of the toxins in me.
Its more for the challenge but Im excited to see how it will all turn out.
Friendly reminder to myself. I have not eaten Beef, pork, chicken except once since April 1....Twice. Ive had caribou and rabbit several times. They come from reliable sources. I have not eaten any meat since Wednesday April 29.
Im back to work today after a pretty relaxed week as house manager. Made some calzones, african stew, chick pea curry and a few other things. As i type this, the snow gets worse.
Last night a very intelligent man named Ben Penashue came to our house and told us many stories about the Innu culture. He told us about how the world was formed. 7 stars with each type of people. they were restricted to their own regions etc. he also shared how he has turned to the cultural aspects of his life to guide him. very inspiring story.
Im detoxing this week, starting today. I will not eat for as long as i can. I will drink only a mixture of lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup. Along with alot of water.
This is intended to clean out my system and rid of all of the toxins in me.
Its more for the challenge but Im excited to see how it will all turn out.
Friendly reminder to myself. I have not eaten Beef, pork, chicken except once since April 1....Twice. Ive had caribou and rabbit several times. They come from reliable sources. I have not eaten any meat since Wednesday April 29.
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