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