Excitement abounds as the sealift arrives!

Today, at long last, the sealift is in! Our dry goods (courtesy of Jenn), school supplies, and a PHOTOCOPIER have arrived!!! Huzzah! The waterfront is rocking as the tugs go back and forth to the barge, hauling in loads of sea cans (as the containers are called). The large ship does not come in, staying just outside of the harbour in Hudson Bay proper, so the barge is actually the smaller ship.

You can see one of the tugs at the side getting loaded. They ferry the rafts back and forth to the beach in front of the Northern Store, where the forklift unloads the containers.

Meanwhile, we had our big Halloween extravaganza at the school yesterday. A few of the teachers got a bit silly at lunch. From left to right, my roommate Kelly, Annette, Julia (long-term resident and teacher), and moi. We had the door-decorating contest, which my class won, again.  They worked really hard and deserved it.

We all went to the gym, where they had a costume parade, movie, and races organized by Kelly and Jenn.

To my left is Allie, and to my right is Quentin.

The monsters are Annie, Karuula, Jimmy Sam, Moses, Quentin and Eric. The glam doll in the hot pink wig? Some crazy qallunaat (white person)! Just can't help fussing with the hair, LOL! The kids thought it looked so good that I should dye it that colour forever. Maybe when I'm 70 and retired to Arizona! No wait...that's when you go with the blue wash...Hee hee!

So tata for now, and I'll keep you posted from the far, still-not-white-yet north! Mwah! Kisses!

Not every day is upbeat...

I'm inside, listening to the wind howl outside AND inside, thanks to leaky windows that are scheduled for replacement but are still with us to date. The wind has been howling for the better part of the past week, knocking out a lot of communications such as internet. It has been frustrating. Add to that perpetual grey cloud and frequent horizontal drenching rains, and it has been a grim week and a half. Oh, and did I mention that our coffee maker broke? Yep. Been a great time here. Note to self...staple smile onto face before leaving house...

The kids were absolutely crazy by the time I returned from my travels. Happy to see me, but still climbing the walls. Sigh... One step forward and two steps back. Even now it is a daily, hourly and even minute-to-minute challenge to get their attention and keep it focussed. On Friday, I had kids running in the hall, who just neglected to actually show up in class. Chased them out of the hall and into the office, and another student grabbed a knife blade and tried to self-injure. Lovely. Yet every time the principal pokes his head in, he tells me that what he sees in my classes makes him very, very happy. So maybe it's not all grim. Just feels that way. Who knows, maybe the endless days of sun and warmth are tiresome? LOL!

We are currently awaiting our Food Mail order. The planes could not land today, so they will try tomorrow. On the plane should be all of the fixings for a big Thanksgiving dinner, hosted at our house. Should be fun, but still I wish I could be home with family. We have ordered a huge turkey, although it may be a challenge to find a pan! I had Katie (bless her heart!) go shopping for me, but the mail service is rather slow. With luck, it will arrive for Christmas, ha ha!

Anyhow, this is a bit of a vent. There again, maybe a non-wind-related word would be better. This is a rant, so I will sign off for now and hope for brighter days to come. TTFN!