Life of a semi-teacher ^^

Hi Edna!!

I'm so happy that you write again! I must say, I was worried you were bored by this now, but seems that you still have inspiration, which is great. And I thought about you recently, like since monday, I saw a girl at the school where I work, and she really looks like you! I wonder actually what you looked like when you were her age, about 11, but she does have the same kind of features in her face, it's weird. Tho of course you are unique, ahah! Speaking of where I work, its going well, its been now 2 weeks since I started and the kids like me I think. Most of them see me walking around and they just smile a lot and say "bonjour", all proud, but since I'm not suppose to know English, they never talk to me much because they don't know enough French to hold a conversation :P. But it's ok, it'll get better with some time, I guess. I don't know how, but I find anglophones kids are not like francophones, like they dont act the same, and they dont think the same way... I founded that too when I was babysitting Leah and Flynn back at the Creek. But kids in general are fun and curious, so I like them both :). And it's so weird now that I'm part of the staff in the school, I get to eat lunch with the other teachers, which I never thought would have happen! I get to hear them talk about their work, to watch them as what they really are outside work, its fascinating! Same thing when I'm in a class, I'm the one who decides who gets to talk and who is the winner, and I'm the one writing on the board and all, I love it! Ahaha it sounds so childisch, but thats how I think when I'm working. Like, I dont know about you, but when I was a kid, I would always think "if I was the teacher, I would have done this and all", and now I get to be one, sort of ^^.


Beside work, life is pretty quiet here too. I mean social life :P. My roommates are nice, but one is always in her room with her boyfriend or at his house, and the other one is away sometimes but never tell me what she is up to or anything, and I never dare to ask her... So I'm pretty much always at home when not working. But I do sometimes go outside to take a walk. The city is pretty here, tho really hilly, like you always have go up and down hills wherever you walk. So theres not much people walking around here, which means people drive all the time. But for myself, I do walk anywhere I go, like I went twice to the Wal-Mart to get stuff for the appartment, which was 45 minutes of walk, but once there, I was up the hill and the view on the city was great :). You would like it here, we are surrounded by mountains, and the sea is not that far from the city. I can't wait too for the leaves to turn red, people talk about it already, its gonna be beautiful outside. For now its not as cold as I expected it, which is good, and we had mostly cloudy days but not that much rain. But back to social life, I planned on going to Stephenville next week-end, which is a city an hour away from here, where a monitor like me lives. We took the plane together to get her and we shared a room at the training session in Quebec city, so we know eachother ok. Its great that we get along, and we talk throught facebook about our work days, to tell eachother advices and hints :). And its good to have a Quebec presence close by ^^. But for now, I only planned on doing laundry and cleaning this week-end, bleh :P. Adult life I guess.



I feel sorry for your grand-mother, hope for you that she gets well soon :). And about your friend Greg, well I hope he gets the hint, if you ever gave him hints about your real intentions.. ;). Its good to hear that you find college interesting and you are still into travelling, which I never doubted tho. Tell me whenever you find where you want to go to! For myself, I already planned on spending next summer on this small island in St. Laurent Gulf call Iles-de-la-Madeleine with my sister! Its not as exotic as the Caribbeans or anything but you should google it, its pretty neat, and the beaches are awesome. I went there with my family about 12 years ago (wooow I can actually say that!), and we loved it! We want to find a job there and a place to stay for couple of weeks. I'm excited because I havent travel with my sister since our last family trip at Christmas in 2005. And we'll get to be on our own, its gonna be great!


Thats it from me for now, I will write later tho about my week-end in Stephenville. I'm actually going because we got hired to animate a group of kids for the Saturday for couple of hours, it'll be fun, and we will be paid! Ahaha!
Wish you good luck at school, and thanks for keeping this blog alive :D
- Robi XxxxxX

Hey Robie!
How is life in Corner Brook? I want to hear all about it...I got your text the other day. Sorry I didn't anwer it...I was asleep when it came and then decided to answer by writing a blog post instead! It is so much better than texting.
Did I tell you I have a friend in Halifax from Corner Brook? He loves it, even got (or is getting? Can't remember.) a tatoo syblolic of it on his arm! His name is Kerry Martin, if you ever come across him :P
How are the kids? Are you enjoying teaching them? Is your roommate nice?
That's so exctiting, that you moved there!
Things here are pretty....well, I don't want to say uneventful, but I can say that my lifestyle is very different than what it was in Halifax. I have a very minimal social life...only my friend Greg still lives here of my old friends, and lately he seems to be pursuing me in a way that is innapropriate for our platonic friendship, if you get my drift. I am not interested in being anything other than friends with Greg, so I'm hesitant to call him up too often and give him the wrong idea. When we do hang out, it's fun though.
I have a shitty job at the grocry store that I am thinking I have to replace soon. I am so sick of looking for a job that I have been putting it off for ages already, but I hardly get any hours and it's very boring and well...I know I could do better so I should at least try. If I get a serving job I'll make way more money, and be able to travel right when college gets out instead of having to work for the summer too. Either way, I intend to be travelling again soon.
But I really do need a better job in order to be able to do so. That is the truth of the matter. I've also been thinking about trying to write online for a living. That way I can continue to do so while I travel, which would really be ideal. I need to dedicate myself to it and get it done.
I'm really enjoying college, which is such a relief. The teachers are nice and the classes are interesting. One teacher, who I have for two classes, is a pretty boring and repetitive guy, but the textbooks are interesting and the things people say in class tend to make up for the teacher's lack of creativity, so its ok.
Also, lately I've been eating a raw vegan diet. It is amazing! It really cleared my head and gave me a lot of energy. For two weeks, I only ate raw. This morning I decided that I can eat rice too, when I want to because that is what I miss the most (isn't that weird? Of all things, I really, really want rice!) and I figured, whatever rice isn't bad, and it's more calories with less effort. Sometimes I just want to eat one thing and feel full, which is pretty much impossible on the raw diet unless that one thing is like...an entire watermelon or something lol.
I've been reading a lot lately too (and I mean a lot...probably this has a lot to do with my minimal social life) and learning about lots of different things. Actually, right now I am reading Eat Pray Love, which is actually one of my favourite books ever now! I thought it was some stupid self help book or something, but it's about this woman who travels to Italy, India, and Indonesia to learn how to do those three things, and it is amazing! She seems like such a cool person, too, I would love to meet her! :P If you haven't read it, I definitely recommend it. Travellers like us can probably especially appreciate it. :)
The sad new is my grandma is sick right now. She just had a hip replacement, and a heart attack, so she has seen better days. It sounds like she is expected to get better and everyone is very hopeful, so that is good. I just feel really sad for her, because she has had a hard time of it lately. I'm going to visit her this morning and I hope she is feeling...well not too bad. It's hard, or actually impossible, for me to imagine what that must be like. Hopefully she makes as speedy a recovery as she possibly can, and it is worth it in the end.
Oh, well I don't want to end this post on that sad note!
Uhm...lol, what else has happened lately? I planted some beans and they sprouted! :) Hopefully one of these days I get around to building a little greenhouse for them so they don't get frostbite...maybe later today or tomorrow I can to that.
Anyways, I can't wait to read your next post!
Good luck in your new home, I hope everything is working out well there!
Edna