my oven is fixed. woot!

my oven is broken --- i really wish it wasn't.

that is all.

i spent a chunk of time re-designing this old blog yesterday - some things i really like - some i wish i could still fix (anyone know how to make that picture wider so it goes across the page - or at least so i could centre it?)
i then read through my entire blog from finish to start and enjoyed reading how life resolves itself. months before i even knew about the possibility of kenya i wrote about wanting to go to africa - and i did... crossed it off the old bucket list... there were good days and bad days and highs and lows and i wrote through it all. there were times where i wrote daily and some where it would be months between posting. and that's ok - life goes on. we live through the highs and lows - some we remember - some get pushed away into the abyss of space and memory we don't frequently access. dreams are had and come true - or they dont - but that's ok because new dreams pop up and i'm only 24 - i'd imagine the dreams still floating around have time to come true.
the tag line i've had on msn/facebook forever has been: so let the adventures begin... i don't know when or how to change this because in my experience - adventure is constant and random and unpredictable. it happens in the planned and obvious ways of jumping on a plane and exploring a new city or country.... but adventure also pops up in the mundane and the ordinary. it's in the random people you meet and the relationships you have, and just by walking down the street.
over the past week i've met some super cool people. i've met the playright who just won the governer generals award, the flute player from the titanic soundtrack, the male artist of the year in newfoundland, clowns, artists, actors... i got to hear about and see pictures of their adventures around labrador as well as be part of that adventure for them. we talked about serious subjects and not so serious subjects... we created with eachother and enjoyed the creations of each other. the festival this was through is such a cool opportunity for the students of labrador - but also a cool experience for the adults of labrador and the artists involved. it is one of the things that would make leaving here difficult should i decide to leave.
speaking of leaving- the pull for a new adventure is coming. right now i'm trying to decide between new brunswick and nova scotia... i've never been to either - but will eventually apply for a teaching certificate in one of them. not necessarily to move this year - but at least to keep my options open. new brunswick has had a strange pull on me - but lately nova scotia is also looking promising... we shall see i guess...
anyways - this is my rambling for the morning... hope your weekends have been going well.

so i had big plans to post during this crazy week - however my internet died... perhaps this was a good thing as i didn't get to sleep before 1 any day this week. time was spent with the creative arts festival crowd - either watching plays or going to concerts or hanging out at evening soirees... and then trying to teach all day long... craziness.
however life is good - the internet is back. the festival is over. normalcy is beginning to reign. the plan is to spend this week doing a whole lot of nothing and then full steam ahead until christmas starting monday.
hopefully the drunk(?!?) dude that knocked on my door last night at 11:30 and asked me to dance will stay away from now on... else i'll have to go back to never answering the door.... oh well - off to do errands.

one of these days i will begin to post more regularly.
one of these days i will get to sleep at an appropriate time.
one of these days i will realize that it's more important to focus on today then tomorrow.
one of these days i will turn the tv off and find a walking partner who is not scared of the dark.
one of these days is not today... but soon. perhaps.

a month later and it's saturday morning where i have planted myself on my couch super exhausted. tonight is closing night of the country tribute that i've been a part of since the middle of september... it's been great meeting new people and spending time singing with a band and just having fun. we've done 2 shows already and both have gone well... i'm singing Goodbye Earl and last night was nice because i didn't shake my way through it. I left school yesterday to paulette asking if i'm as tired as i look --- i think i must be... i've really got nothing to say today but that's ok :)

i've been back in goose bay for 2 weeks now... had a week of work... and basically feel like i've fallen right back into things. summer seems like something that happened a long time ago already - kind of like it was just a time out from real life... and i'm ok with that - it's nice to have the opportunity to take breaks from real life and just be without the stress of meeting deadlines and making sure everyone is ready for concerts and tests and what not.
tried a new church this morning - went up to the base chapel... really enjoyed the service for it's message and the fellowship after, but i'm not sure the singing aspect is gonna get me through. i did get to meet some really cool people including the wing commander at the base which i guess is a pretty big deal :P
today i need to continue with my efforts to get my house all sparkly clean --- so far the kitchen / dining room / living room / and bathroom are complete and it's just a matter of cleaning up my bedroom and then someday the back room... i also need to hem my curtains today so that i can turn the heat on in my house as it's pretty cold in goose bay these days.
anyways - i'm off to go find season 3 of friends at nick's house so i can watch / listen while i clean...
tata

i am leaving in 7.5 hours to go to Toronto Airport and get on a plane heading to Greece... i'm pretty excited about this even though i'm not finished packing and at this rate feel i never will be... but really i should be done within the next hour.
i will be gone until august 1st and may update this little blog along the way or may not... i guess only time will tell.
have a good july people!

dear internet --- i am getting bored of you... good thing it's nice outside again...
in other news - i only have 2 weeks left of school :) hurrah!!!

i think that living in southern ontario you start to take for granted everything that's available to you. whatever you want whenever you wanted it - something was always open. if you want groceries and it's 2am - no problem, 24 hour groceries stores are everywhere... want broccoli at 2am - you'll be able to find it 99% of the time.
even nature seems that much more available. with the exception of major bugs and/or flooding trails seem to be open and plans are able to pull through...
labrador isn't like that... here you go to the grocery store (if you make it before it closes) and cross your fingers that most of the produce you want is good - or that the trucks made it in and there are food on the shelves... and from there you adapt --- if somethings missing you go without it for a week - and that has become the norm for me...
nature also has it's added fun... today after school mike and i were going to do survivor 2; a geocaching adventure... however once we had arrived at our first coordinates (by 4 wheeler of course) there was a moose and 2 calves blocking our way... since we didn't want to get charged by her... we just went for a ride instead... living here is really emphasizing the need to adapt and change plans --- and that is done easily around here... people just see what they have to work with and move on...
kinda like it.


also - i'm leaving in a month exactly... by this time july 2 i will be most of the way to lab city (hopefully!!!) i haven`t decided how i feel about all that yet...