Jazzy Jazz

WOW! What a week. 2 hospital visits in one week. Only me. Last week for my eye and the on Thursday, Katelyn and I went to Pat's house for dinner. Pat is the lady we worked with at StrongStart. So we went to her house and her son made pasta with shrimp and it was SO good. After we got home, Katelyn and I decided to go for a walk because we felt like we should so we're walking around Riverside on the path and all of a sudden my hands started tingling and getting hot even if I put them in snow it didn't help. ME- "I think I'm having an allergic reaction. I think we should go home." Katelyn- "Ok let's go." When we were down the street from our house I felt my face started to swell, my nose was swelling and I could feel it and my fingers were swelling aswell. We walked in the door and I told Melissa that I was having an allergic reaction. I ran to the bathroom and took two benedryls and I started getting hives all over my body. I took a cool shower and that didn't help so Melissa said I should go to the hospital and she drove me. Katelyn came with me to the hospital. It didn't take that long for me to see the doctor. While we were waiting in the waiting room and the nurse said to me, "If you start to feel like you can't breathe come and flag me down, I don't want you to just keep sitting here and you can't breathe." .. OBVIOUSLY IM NOT GOING TO JUST SIT IN THE WAITING ROOM AS MY THROAT STARTS TO CLOSE ON ME AND I DIE.. DUH. <-- That is what I was thinking.. What I said was, "Ok, Thank you." With a trying smile because my face was swollen that my lips would make the smiling face. I also felt like my nose was going to explode off of my face. But anyways. The doctor saw me and I survived. I need to get an epi pen because I am allergic to shell fish. The doctor gave me prednisone and some other medicine on top of the two benedryls I ingested before I was transported to the hospital so lets just say when I got home I was feeling pretty good and fell into a small coma :).
Friday was my last day of work at the Manor. I sort of cried for like 2 hours. It was a hard day. When I would go and talk to one of the residents I got tears in my eyes. They were so cute. I loved them all if I haven't already mentioned that LOL. I felt like on my last day they all knew who I was and I didn't have to repeat my name 100 times :(. When I said goodbye to Helen, she asked who was going to sit with her. I had to tell her someone knew would be there soon to sit with her. It broke my heart. And Alice, whenever you leave D Pod, she always tries to follow you out but she can't go out unless she is supervised so I told her she couldn't come with me this time and that I would be back and she said, "Do you promise?" and answered, "Yes I promise, I'll see you soon." and she replied, "Ok, I'll be waiting for you." I had to walk out so fast because I started to cry. They don't know who I am but its like they do in a way. I am so glad I worked there and got to know the people I did. Amanda one of the girls I worked with gave me a card this si my favourite part of the card: "I hope you know how wonderful you have been for the residents, even though they may not remember you or express it you made their days so much brighter." Isn't that so nice! I cried when I read that too! I'm just a ball of crying this week. Whatever its for good reason!

Tonight is our last night with Melissa and tomorrow she is leaving for Prince George for a few days off before the new group comes. Amy, the program coordinator is coming to our house with the Quesnel group and we are going to have end of rotation reflection. WHOOPIE! can't wait...

I packed all of my stuff today and I'm pretty sure both of my luggages are over 50lbs.. which means I will have to pay $50. We cleaned the entire house yesterday and today. It was pretty intense. Tonight we are going skating for the last time in Vander. I love skating. I am also going to knit. 

I will write a new blog when I arrive in Quebec. I hope you enjoy the rest of what the weekend brings you and you have a wonderful week!

I tried to add pictures of my work but its not letting me. I will add them soon

Every day may not be good..
but there's something good in every day!

XOXO Sara

BULLCRAP

I just wrote a blog that was like SO LONG and wehn I went to post it, it didn't post! Now I have to re-write it. This will be done tomorrow because I don't have patience to re-write it right now. I am thoroughly ANNOYED.

XOXO Sara

9 days left ..

WHAT A WEEK!

k so this week I was house manager avec(with) Marc-Andre for the second time which was tres(very) fun. Aside from the fact that I had a fricking eye condition and was developing a COMPLEX! ha ha I just made myself laugh at my own sentence :) On Monday night my eyes were itchy so I was rubbing them for like an hour and the next morning they were kind of puffy, so I was like WTH(what the heck LOL) then they just kept getting worse. They were so itchy and puffy and I felt so ugly. On Wednesday morning I woke up and looked in the mirror and got tears in my eyes because I looked old :( it was terrible. So on Friday I went a la(to the) hospital and saw the doctor because I couldnt handle it anymore and was getting pretty worried about mes yeux(my eyes), the doctor was very nice and I got medicine and now I'm almost all better, she said it was an allergic reaction to something. I wore sunglasses for 4 days straight all day because I was embarassed :(..

my puzzle piece! isn't it cute :)

So we made alot of food and had crepes for dinner last night because we didn't know what to make, and tonight we had stirfry that Marc-Andre made by himself because I was at the Friendship Centre working on my puzzle piece that I was drawing on. We all got a piece of plywood in the shape of a puzzle piece and we had to draw our favourite memories of Vanderhoof or something about Katimavik that we like. So I did that and our dinner was AMAZING. It was so good!.. Although I do like house managing, I am SO glad that the week is over and Im going to work tomorrow! Its our last week of work this week and Im going to say it again because I love it so much. Im going to miss my jobs so much!

Outside the library in Prince George

Brutal picture but whatevs.

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday we went to Prince George to go to the library and go swimming, I did not go swimming because of my eye thin, I didn't want to risk anything and make them feel worse. Then we came home and didn't do much. Marc-Andre and I made dinner and we worked on our final presentation. This is the last official week in Vanderhoof. I can't believe that it has already been 3 months! This is craziness. I love it here. If I haven't already said that. LOL

Marc-Andre et Moi at skating wearing our
matching wool sweaters du(from)
ACT II Thrift Store he he!
(no makeup because my eyes, I llook tres tired)

 


Tonight we went skating and we played "What time is it Mr.Wolf" I fell two times because the person that was 'it' tapped me and I fell. But I haven't fallen once since we the first time went skating! It is now 1:30am and I writing this blog. I have to go to work tomorrow and I can't believe I am still awake. Thi belongs in the record books. Kyra even went to sleep before me, tnat DOES NOT happen! LOL

So that has been my week. This wee is going to be very busy. Melissa has to do debriefing with us before we go across country to Quebec. I hope I like it there, which I'm sure I will, it will just be alot different. I am excited to have to speak french all the time though!

I called my Aunt Teresa's house today because it is my cousin Mike's Birthday, I hope you had a great day Mike! And I spoke to my family. I miss them all so much. I wish I could have been there! I can't wait to go home and see everyone, it's going to be so exciting!

Goodnight! Have a wonderful week and I will write when I can!

Quote:
PEACE. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. it means to be in the midst of all things and still be calm in your heart.
 

XOXO Sara

p.s. Not alot of french in this one. too tired.
BON NUIT(goodnight)

just another weekend in Vander!

Ola!

this weekend was tres mignon (very cute)

Samedi (Saturday) we did a photo contest. We were in quatre(four) teams of trois(three) and we had 2 topics to take pictures of. The premier(first) topic was Fire & Ice et(and) the second was Northern People. Ryan, Kyra and Myself were three musketeers and went dans(on) an adventure around the town taking pics of what we could find! 
drum roll please.. 
WE WON FOR FIRE & ICE! .

walking along the nature trail

our winning pic! fire&ice

 

group photo!

moi, up in the bird sanctuary thing

Last night we went out for souper (dinner/supper) at this chinese restaurant called The New Pagoda... GROSS. The broccoli tasted like death it was terrible. But whatevs you live and learn and THANK GOD I lived and I have learned that I will never go there again :)

the BEAUTS WATERFALL we saw while hiking

Then we played the game called Things. OMG It was funny. You should play sometime! I'm not going to bother explaining, just play it and you will see how great it is ha ha.. I stayed up until 1:30am and had to be up at 8am because we were going on a hike that we have been playing for quite sometime not but haven't been able to go for. So I got up and I wasn't fatigue(tired) at all I was rather full of energy and ready to GO, merci(thanks) to the wonderful coffee I made. I am such a good coffee maker, I must say :)
We went on our hike which was fun but kind of intense. We saw a very nice waterfall and took pics once again. 

a bridge we had to cross to continue our trek!

Melissa, Zoe, Jared and Moi in the back!

Now I'm here with the fam and we're going SKATING ce soir(tonight). I don't think I'm going to go at 4pm but nous avons(we have) ice time again at 9pm thanks to Isaac so I will go then and have a great time. I love pinage(skating)
I thought I would update on what a great weekend I have had parce-que(because) it vraiment(really) was GREAT.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend aswell.

Xoxo Sara

p.s. Everytime I write a blog I am going to have a quote of the day!
So here it is.

everything will be okay
in the end.
if it's not okay,
it's not the end.
 

Remembrance Day.

3 weeks left in beloved Vanderhoof.. I am telling you I am going through serious denial. When someone mentions the word Quebec, I walk out of the room. I don't want to hear about it. I feel like I'm getting annoying with this whole sad about leaving Vander thing but I don't really care :) because I love it here and I don't want to leave.

Today is Remembrance Day and no one went to work except for me LOL.. You're probably thinking that I asked to work but I didn't. Marnie asked me too, and I of course said YES! Its the Manor. Sasha, another girl who works in Rec worked today and I love her. She is so nice and HILARIOUS! So we took some of the residents out to the park near our house where they were doing a ceremony. P(f) is SO dramatic, like more dramatic than me. Sasha went to sit her on the bus and she was freaking out saying "Please don't kill me." Ha ha its so funny. And when we would go over bumps she would scream, "OHMYGOD, I'm scared. I'm just going to close my eyes." and I would reassure her it was just a bump and she wasn't going to die. THEN we got back to the Manor, we were getting them off the bus and P wouldn't cooperate and I was holding her up because Sasha just made her stand up and she was saying, "Stop hitting me! Please." And I said P we are not hitting you we are holding you up because you're going to fall because you won't hold yourself up, so please can you walk with your walker." and she said,"Please, I want to live, I don't want to die." I just started laughing SO hard oh my gosh. I couldn't believe what she was saying. So we finally got her to the lift and it's me, Sasha and P on the lift because she won't hold herself up and won't walk. OMG it was so funny. Then after we got J(f) off the bus I was pushing her inside the Manor and she said, "I don't think you should bring her out anymore." LOL I told her she is exactly right! It was sooo funny but very tiring! Then after lunch I made butter tart squares and painted G's nails and hung out in D-Pod until it was home time :) I love D-Pod, I always go there when I want to escape from everyone. I just sit with the people and talk. W(m) makes me laugh all the time and he always says, "You know, I'm getting close to that old age pension." and I say, "Oh yeah? What are you going to buy with that pension?" and he spells out B-O-T-T-L-E O-F W-H-I-S-K-E-Y. LOL he's hilarious.

Tonight we had a thank-you potluck dinner at the Neighbourhood Space for our billet families. It was cute. Sheila came and brought her turkey casserole thing with fresh biscuits. Everyone loved it. It was Great. Melissa and I are going to visit her this week coming because I am house managing with Marc-Andre again. I'm excited to house manage but I'm kind of not because I'm going to miss my old people LOL. I'm starting to annoy myself. New topic.

This Saturday we are going to Prince George for the day. We are going swimming and to the library and to a Vietnamese restaurant. That should be exciting, we haven't done anything really since coming here.

Lila passed away on Sunday :( she was a resident at the Manor. I loved her. She wasn't doing good for a while. She fell a couple of weeks ago and just went downhill from there. I used to sit with her and she would hold my hand and she would kiss it LOL. OMG she was so cute. Since I started working there, about 6 people have passed away and that's a lot compared to other years. She is in a better place now though so I guess it's kind of bittersweet. R.I.P Lila <3

That's all for now.

Xoxo Sara!

A double bed, my own bathroom and learning to crochet.. You only get that at billeting!

Hello!
so I know I haven't written in like 12 days and I feel terrible because I wanted to write like every other day but I don't have a laptop with me here and I felt bad using Sheila 
(my billet mom's) computer to write my blog. I just used it for checking my emails.

k so let me start with Sunday October 24th 2010. When Sheila picked me up. I was very nervous that she wasn't going to like me for some reason I don't know but you're going to live in someones house you have never met before for 12 days, it's a bit awkward don't tell me it's not :).. So she picks me up and she was this cute little old lady and we go to her car and go to her house and her house was TRES (very) cute! I loved it. I took pictures on my phone but I can't put them on the computer yet because I don't have a piece for my memory card.. anyways I had my own room and my own bathroom YES FOLKS MY OWN BATHROOM, a luxury you do not get in Katimavik. People are waiting outside the door in the morning for you to get out so they can get ready LOL. and lets not talk about my bed, it was a double bed I think, whatever it was, it was heaven! So comfy and spacious and great! Nothing like the army mattress bunk bed I sleep on in the Katmiahouse. I do love my army mattress bunk bed don't get me wrong but it was a WONDERFUL change :). I had a great time at Sheila's. She was SO nice. I learned how to crochet. OMG I'm so excited. I made 3 granny squares so far, I am planning on making a blanket! 
Sheila is retired and her husband passed away a few years ago so she is lonely and we had a great time. She has a sewing room and on Friday before I was leaving I gave her a Thank you card for letting me stay with her and I told her in the card I said I would love to keep in touch and after she read it she said "You're the first person that has wanted to stay in touch." HOLY MOLY I just about cried and I said,"Of course I want to stay in touch, I have had such a great time. She said that I can go over whenever I want. Before I left she started me on another little project. It's a secret though because they are going to be Christmas gifts. She has a sewing room with so much stuff to make things. She has a cupboard with ALL kinds of yarn for knitting and crocheting and she gave me so much to take with me. I love her. I am going to be sad when I leave Vanderhoof. I LOVE it here. 
So billeting was great, I wanted to stay but everyone else was pretty happy to get back. Except for Sarah, she loved her family as well. 


Work
I LOVE MY JOBS! You don't even know. I can't even explain how much. but I will try :)
StrongStart is great! I love the kids and I have so much fun when I'm there. I make crafts its so fun ha ha. And Pat my boss lady at the school where I am on Mondays is so funny. Sandy who is the other lady I work with at StrongStart on Fridays. We go to Fort Fraser to a school there. 
But Stuart Nechako Manor :( I love it there. I love the residents. I love the people that work there. When I think about leaving I get so sad. I love them and I know when I leave Vander, I'm never going to see them again :( the residents I mean. Another one passed away this week :( She was 90 years old and one of the nurses was trying to call her daughter to tell her and to tell her to come in but she didn't answer and after lunch her daughter came in expecting to visit her mom and when she got there the nurse had to stop her in the hallway and tell her that her mom died :( the lady started crying hysterically in the middle of the hallway and I was in the little kitchen beside the hallway icing the cake I made in the morning with Ruth and I was hearing her cry so I started to cry and I had to go to the staff lounge and not hear it because it was SO sad. She didn't know her mom died until she got there :( poor lady. 
Even though almost all of the residents don't remember who you are after 30 seconds of you saying Hi to them, you know who they are and you begin to have a special place in your heart for all of them and I am going to miss them ALL so much when I leave. I know I'm going to cry so much.I could cry right now thinking about it. I heard its 23 more days until we leave. I asked if I could stay here. I don't want to go to Quebec, I'm sure it will be fun but the thought of leaving isn't very appealing right now :'(. And Melissa isn't even going! We get a new Project Leader :( UGH I don't like change..


so yesterday we got back from billeting AND i got a package in the mail!
Daniel, one of my best friends from when I was like 5 when I lived in Alliston sent me a gift. Now I told him not to buy it but he did anyways! It is the new iPod nano. Its pink and so cute and engraved and I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! thank you!  :)
Today Kyra, Brandon, Zoe, Ryan and MOI went to the Neighbourhood Space to finish the mural that we are painting while the rest of the group went to help move and cut wood for an elderly lady. 

Brandon, Ryan, and ME painting!

our mural that Zoe drew! It's almost done :)

Kyra and I came back to the house at 2pm and started baking bread and making cookies and started dinner. Well Kyra blogged while I made bread and was on the computer while I made cookies Ha Ha! but she was good moral support and we had a dandy time laughing and dancing in the kitchen :) it was such a great day! 

the bread rising before it went into the oven!

my gorge bread after the baking process!

my cookies I made. (before)

after

after again :)

 Tomorrow we are going for a hike and then at 4pm we are going skating! Then at 9pm we are going skating again because Isaac got us ice time at the arena, he works there. I'm so excited :) I love skating! When I go home I think I'm going to sign up for lessons LOL I can't wait. I'm not to bad I'm getting better the more I go but I want to learn to stop. When I try and stop I just turn in a circle or I go to the side of the ice where the board things are and stop myself :)


well I think I have written enough and updated you on what is going on. I should go socialize with my katimafamily, and knit! I'm going to knit a little holder for my ipod HA HA guess what colour?!
yep, PINK!

have a wonderful rest of your weekend and a great week!
Thank you for reading as well.

Xoxo Sara!