Well we did it. We finally got to leave Chilliwack and make our way to the eastern part of Canada on our month-long camping trip. We got to Salmon Arm and decided to stop for the night. I was hoping to make it to Revelstoke but oh well.
As I set up the campsite with my soon-to-be-16 year old daughter (meanwhile struggling to keep my three year old son around the campsite where I could see him) I thought "Hey, I did it! I actually got out of my comfort zone and am doing this crazy thing, camp travelling across Canada. Yay me". Ha!
I think the most challenging thing so far has been the fact that the first campsite we stopped at was unfortunately close to the highway and I was awake for most of the night as transport trucks screamed by. The dog is also a challenge because he is SO ANNOYING with his incessant barking. The second challenge was getting all the camping equipment back in my tiny car when we had so carefully packed it for the first day. I actually didnt think we were going to do it but with some stuffing and yelling and gnashing of teeth, we did get the doors closed on the car after cramming it full.
Well...we are well into the second day and hoping to make it near Calgary for tonight. It's already 2pm so Im not sure if that is going to happen or not... We are only in Revelstoke so I think the best we can hope for is inside the Alberta border. WE really want to attend the Stampede even though we missed the parade.
Im in the process of trying to convince the 3 year old to eat instead of laying down in A&W to sleep. Hey, did you know the price of food at these places increases a LOT in small tourist towns in the mountains? I did NOT know that and am slightly annoyed.
Until tomorrow!
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Friday, July 6, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Plans and hopes
I have been meaning to write in this blog since December!
Well I suppose a lot has changed since December. I lost a boyfriend and gained a few friends. I was informed of an obstacle to going overseas that I had not anticipated regarding my son. It's an obstacle that will take time and money to overcome. I have a few more months of experience in teaching at the aboriginal school I have been teaching at since August. I have taught things I knew nothing about at the end of the year and have IMMENSELY enjoyed learning the new things. I have learned to be a runner and ran the Vancouver Sun Run and more recently, the Run for Water (10k)
A lot of things have stayed the same too. My father is still very ill and is now progressively been getting worse. I still hate rain and the place I grew up, regardless of all the things I have done to overcome this dislike. I still have wanderlust and am constantly looking OUT instead of enjoying what is here and now.
Some decisions I have made since December: 1) Life is too short to stay in one spot for another year. So I may not be able to go overseas next year but I certainly do not have to stay here. I have been applying at jobs in the Arctic part of Canada as well as several jobs in the far eastern parts, Labrador. 2) I have stayed here far too long. It is disturbing that I feel like continuing on the highway OUT of BC everyday I have to drive in to work. So I have decided to do something about that this summer. 3) Stuff weighs you down so I need to get rid of most of my stuff.
My children and I are going on a two month camping trip come July. We are starting out in BC and meandering our way around Canada, wherever we feel like going, whenever we feel like going there. My daughter is coming out from Ontario and driving with us. We have tents. Will travel. Can't wait.
I am selling most of our stuff and have already given notice at my apartment. I will have boxes in storage of things like photo albums and books I cannot part with but everything else is going to be gone. We will be sans 'stuff' soon. It's terrifying.
I am hoping SO MUCH to be able to go elsewhere next September. Hopefully I hear from a school board in the north soon or it may be too late. The thought of staying here another year is suffocating. I love my job here but the rain and other things about British Columbia has become toxic for me. I need to leave.
I will try very hard to keep this blog up more often. I would like to write about my cross country trip and have a few other things to say about teaching in an aboriginal school in BC. Attendance issues and technology debates are coming up!
Well I suppose a lot has changed since December. I lost a boyfriend and gained a few friends. I was informed of an obstacle to going overseas that I had not anticipated regarding my son. It's an obstacle that will take time and money to overcome. I have a few more months of experience in teaching at the aboriginal school I have been teaching at since August. I have taught things I knew nothing about at the end of the year and have IMMENSELY enjoyed learning the new things. I have learned to be a runner and ran the Vancouver Sun Run and more recently, the Run for Water (10k)
A lot of things have stayed the same too. My father is still very ill and is now progressively been getting worse. I still hate rain and the place I grew up, regardless of all the things I have done to overcome this dislike. I still have wanderlust and am constantly looking OUT instead of enjoying what is here and now.
Some decisions I have made since December: 1) Life is too short to stay in one spot for another year. So I may not be able to go overseas next year but I certainly do not have to stay here. I have been applying at jobs in the Arctic part of Canada as well as several jobs in the far eastern parts, Labrador. 2) I have stayed here far too long. It is disturbing that I feel like continuing on the highway OUT of BC everyday I have to drive in to work. So I have decided to do something about that this summer. 3) Stuff weighs you down so I need to get rid of most of my stuff.
My children and I are going on a two month camping trip come July. We are starting out in BC and meandering our way around Canada, wherever we feel like going, whenever we feel like going there. My daughter is coming out from Ontario and driving with us. We have tents. Will travel. Can't wait.
I am selling most of our stuff and have already given notice at my apartment. I will have boxes in storage of things like photo albums and books I cannot part with but everything else is going to be gone. We will be sans 'stuff' soon. It's terrifying.
I am hoping SO MUCH to be able to go elsewhere next September. Hopefully I hear from a school board in the north soon or it may be too late. The thought of staying here another year is suffocating. I love my job here but the rain and other things about British Columbia has become toxic for me. I need to leave.
I will try very hard to keep this blog up more often. I would like to write about my cross country trip and have a few other things to say about teaching in an aboriginal school in BC. Attendance issues and technology debates are coming up!
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