It's 10:53 pm, and I've just taken out my eyes and washed the makeup off. Prelude is over for another year. The Gospel Fellowship Church community has put on a great dinner once again, and the turnout was really good. The tables will come down this week, the food will be parceled up and taken home, and the Advent season is almost here. I enjoyed this evening, but I'm glad it's over. I am my harshest critic, but being honest, tonight wasn't as strong as I'd have liked it to be. I still received compliments and praise, as did Erin for her playing, but that isn't as powerful as knowing you did a good job yourself.
My block at the high school is nearly over. By the end of this coming week I will have dropped a class, and will lose another class the next Monday. The sixteen, seventeen weeks that I started counting down have disappeared. I only have nineteen DAYS of school left (by my calculations...I'm not teaching math, remember). I'm realizing that I will miss some of the aspects of small town life, but I don't know if I could count this experience as "living" here. I'm not sure you can be from a small town if you haven't lived there at least three years. The community is so active, and I will miss that if I move to a larger centre. I do look forward to having more options in a larger centre. It really is a decision to be made, about what sort of life I want to have, and teaching I want to do. I'm just about ready to think about that. Not quite right now.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
November in the "North"
I've never lived this far north in Saskatchewan before. It's not like Foam Lake is SOOO far north, but it is further than Moose Jaw or Regina by a good two hours. You wouldn't think this would make a big difference, but driving away from Foam Lake and coming back to town after a weekend away is like entering another season. Here in Foam Lake, the roads are icy and it has snowed ALL DAY. When I left Moose Jaw yesterday, the weatherman was calling for a high of 5 degrees that day, and 8 degrees on Wednesday. We'll be lucky to get to zero here. There's almost no such thing as snow at home, yet here it's boot weather. I don't like winter in southern Saskatchewan...guess how much I'm appreciating the snow now!
School is going well. I'm into the second week of my block, teaching all day every day. It has come to the point where Patti can take a day off for appointments or whatever reason, and it's not likely there will be a substitute called in. I'm getting the swing of things here, though it's hard to imagine that I only have six weeks left, if that. As much as I'm looking forward to being finished, that means leaving some of these kids that I've really grown to appreciate. I guess that's what it means to move...there has to be something and someone left behind.
I was home last week, for my "long change"; there was a teacher's conference I wasn't required to go to. Thursday found me at the Goo Goo Dolls concert with Merle. That was an awesome show. So worth the tickets. They are now moved from my "to see" list to my "see again" list. I went, I saw, and yes, I bought the T-shirt. (I actually bought the shirt before the concert, but hey. That's just splitting hairs.) Stacey cut my hair on Friday, and it's wonderful. My students actually noticed, and complimented me. It's shorter than it has been, which means it's in my eyes, but it looks good. That's what matters, right?
Saturday saw me at the Foam Lake Panthers-Caronport Cougars 9-man provincial football game. I know very little about the game, but as long as I was cheering at the right time, it was all good. We won 43 to something...it was all our game after the first half. Man, it was muddy. I'm glad I didn't have to wash any uniforms. I feel sorry for the Caronport players - not only did they lose on home turf, but they have white jerseys.
Sunday I was able to get together with Brandie and do some Christmas scrapbooking. I was able to get so much acomplished, and it was wonderful to hang out with her after so long away. I miss my friends! Email just isn't the same, especially when we're all so busy. I hope to do some more with her this coming weekend when I'm down for Carolyn's wedding. I can't believe it's already the middle of November!
Speaking of November, the end is in sight. Prelude is next weekend, and I have some practicing to do. Most of the pieces are traditional carols, but there are a few that will require some words and notes learning. I'm off to see if Erin is free to practice tonight. There are still people sleeping when I leave in the morning, and kids arrive before I've left, so mornings are not a popular choice. We'll see how this goes!
School is going well. I'm into the second week of my block, teaching all day every day. It has come to the point where Patti can take a day off for appointments or whatever reason, and it's not likely there will be a substitute called in. I'm getting the swing of things here, though it's hard to imagine that I only have six weeks left, if that. As much as I'm looking forward to being finished, that means leaving some of these kids that I've really grown to appreciate. I guess that's what it means to move...there has to be something and someone left behind.
I was home last week, for my "long change"; there was a teacher's conference I wasn't required to go to. Thursday found me at the Goo Goo Dolls concert with Merle. That was an awesome show. So worth the tickets. They are now moved from my "to see" list to my "see again" list. I went, I saw, and yes, I bought the T-shirt. (I actually bought the shirt before the concert, but hey. That's just splitting hairs.) Stacey cut my hair on Friday, and it's wonderful. My students actually noticed, and complimented me. It's shorter than it has been, which means it's in my eyes, but it looks good. That's what matters, right?
Saturday saw me at the Foam Lake Panthers-Caronport Cougars 9-man provincial football game. I know very little about the game, but as long as I was cheering at the right time, it was all good. We won 43 to something...it was all our game after the first half. Man, it was muddy. I'm glad I didn't have to wash any uniforms. I feel sorry for the Caronport players - not only did they lose on home turf, but they have white jerseys.
Sunday I was able to get together with Brandie and do some Christmas scrapbooking. I was able to get so much acomplished, and it was wonderful to hang out with her after so long away. I miss my friends! Email just isn't the same, especially when we're all so busy. I hope to do some more with her this coming weekend when I'm down for Carolyn's wedding. I can't believe it's already the middle of November!
Speaking of November, the end is in sight. Prelude is next weekend, and I have some practicing to do. Most of the pieces are traditional carols, but there are a few that will require some words and notes learning. I'm off to see if Erin is free to practice tonight. There are still people sleeping when I leave in the morning, and kids arrive before I've left, so mornings are not a popular choice. We'll see how this goes!
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