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!