Better late than never.... :S

Hi Edna!

Oh I gotta say, I'm a terrible blogger :P. First, this one, then the one I made for my experience here, to tell all my friends and relatives how I'm doing. Both I haven't write in MONTHS. Unforgivable :S. Well, like they say: "better late than never.." or something like this...
So since the last post, I've been doing my job and enjoy it still. I had a training session in Moncton in November and it was awesome! I got to see some monitors that I met last summer in Quebec city for the first training session, and we hung out every nights! It felt great to live a social life again, hahah. Also, I went home for Christmas, I was really happy to see my family and friends again, I really enjoyed my (too short) stay there, though it felt weird to be home for vacation, then have to leave to get back to my old routine, where it's usually the opposite! I got to see almost every one I wanted to see, and did almost everything too ^^. My mother rented a friends cabin for few days, I skied with my brother, snowshoed with my mom and cousin, and played board games every nights with my aunts, uncles and cousins. I must say, I do appreciate family moments a lot! Mostly because for some weird reasons, I've been worried about them since couple of weeks. Like, I know their are doing fine, healthy, happy and all. Which I'm really grateful. But I started to be scared, because of this. Scared about if anything had to go wrong, for any of them, and I came to realize if it had to happen this year or someday close from now, I don't think I would be able to get over it. It might sound really dramatic and all, but don't worry, I do think about other things too. It's just that it seems I've always taken life for granted, because nothing really serious ever happen to me (the last thing was my parents divorce, but I realize it was for the better anyway). So now I just think about life differently. For example, remember I wanted to start my life some place else than my own province, away from the "known". Now I'm not sure I want this anymore, even though I like being away for awhile, I might not need to live my life entirely away from my loved ones. Oh, how cheezy :P ! Ahahah!

Anyways, that was my reflexion on this beginning of the year. And no, I didn't make any resolutions, bleh :P. And I also made plans for this year. After many reflexions and counting pros and cons on what I should do after my work is done, I decided to start university in September. Yep, Marianne student again, ha! Because I wasn't 100% sure yet about what to study, but my mother convinced me a bit that if I was going to wait another year, I might be even less sure, so I might as well start before I don't want to do anything anymore. So in September I'll be starting university in Montreal, in Education, and I'll be living again at both my parents house. Usually I would have move to an appartment, but I prefer saving this year, and work less. But before starting school, I want to spend my summer traveling! And I know where I want to go now: United Kingdom! I thought about Europe for so long, but then I thought I only have 2 months to travel, I should choose only one part of Europe and really visit it, instead of going throught many countried but spend most time in trains and airplanes. So I want to start my trip in Belgium, because its half the price to land in Brussels beside landing in London. Then I wish to visit the Nederlands, England, Scotland and Ireland. If I have extra time I might go to Germany too, to see my German sister :). But just to think about this, and starting looking for plane tickets is so exciting! I miss traveling a lot, and I don't count my experience here as a trip, since I'm pretty much static, not really visiting unfortunnately (I told you, Newfoundland is not pedestrian friendly :P).

But for now, I have to finish my contract here. And it's going to be a little more challenging in couple of days, since I'm switching school next week, going from a primary/elementary school to a....Junior high! Ahahah, I can hear the dramatic Tum tum tum when writing this! But I'm not scared of the kids, though some teachers are for me :P. My friend in Stephenville was in a Junior High the past months and she loved it. I also think I'm going to like it, since I will get to do activities of another level, and really talk about cultural stuff.

So anyways, that's pretty much what's new in my Newfie world. I still haven't meet any boys, though I don't find Newfie boys particularly attractive :P. But their accent is so..........unique. And sometime really confusing, I still am not use to it, and whenever I talk to a cab driver, a cashier at the grocery store or the handyman here, I have to make them repeat themselves many times, and end up smiling without knowing what they are telling me! How frustrating, I mean, I'm suppose to know English, I'm technically bilingual! Loll, but the Newfie accent is almost like another language only the insular here know.

So I'm going to leave you on this note, since I took enough of your time already ;). Wish you a Happy New Year, pretty late, but like they say: "better late than never" ! ^^
Hope I'll get to read about you too soon :)