There and Back Again

It’s been a long time since our last update. It’s not that things haven’t been happening, but we’ve been keeping busy and haven’t taken the time to update, even just a brief one.

For the last two weeks of August we were in the South visiting our family and friends. It was a lot of fun and we did a lot of stuff while we were down. Getting down was a bit of a fiasco and we ended up spending a few days in Thunder Bay because we weren’t sure when Wasaya would be flying us out of Kasabonika. Coming home things were relatively fine, though Wasaya was, as usual, running behind. So we didn’t get there as early as we had hoped, but we did arrive before dark, so there’s that.

The weather up here has really been cooling off, with temperatures reaching single digit weather at night. We have Winter hats and gloves out already at work which have been selling really quickly. We also have out Winter boots, but those have not been selling as quickly. Because we experienced how cold it gets last year in Deer Lake, we ordered some snow pants, boots (for me) and thermal socks that are rated to -40 from Winnipeg Outfitters. It was much cheaper than prices in the South! If you have to buy some warm outerwear, check them out. They have reasonable shipping rates if you pre-pay (shipping is more if you do it cash-on-delivery). You can order by catalogue, phone or online.

Last night A went out to karaoke with our bosses at the school gym (I had been up early that day and was falling asleep by 9pm so I went to bed super early). It started at 10p and A says he returned home around 12:30a. Apparently it was a fun time with raffle prizes (it was part of a festival that’s been happening this week), and I really had wanted to go and was looking forward to going, but hopefully I can make it next time. Today we had some power outages and no internet access, so it was a quiet day/night. We just did laundry, played video games that don’t require internet, and cooked a turkey for supper. I know, Thanksgiving is only a couple weeks away but this was the first we had a proper turkey (as opposed to a stuffed breast) since Christmas. For those curious, our 4.8kg (10.5lb) turkey was $50.

Stay warm!

K