PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES!

HI! 


my bed. I know mom its a mess...



So I said I would add pictures to my blog and have like a picture blog and thats exactly what Im doing! I talked to my Aunt Lynn tonight and I said I would! 










my house



our katima-van





a store in Old Québec

   

Ryan and Marc-André :)



Sister Russia testing my camera. Haha





mine and Jared's to the customers who
come to our work and if we don't understand
what they're saying they won't hate us.

my dresser.. i cleaned it today. it doesnt ALWAYS
look like that. just sometimes :/ he he

again..



Sarah giving russian stink face! haha

I hope you liked the pictures.
There will be more :)
Have a wonderful rest of your week!

Laugh as much as you breathe,
and love as long as you live.

XOXO Sara

I can't think of a title for this one.

OLA AMIGOS!
I haven't written in over a week and I feel bad because people ask me when I'm going to write again and I say soon but I get caught up in other things like Tetris Battle on Facebook and I am currently addicted! I need more tetris cash and it won't let me play until I get some. I guess its for the best though. I should take a break. I can feel the carpal tunnel activating LOL.

So we started our jobs on Tuesday. Jared and I work together and I'm so happy we do. We work at Société de la rivìère Saint-Charles. It is like an outdoor ice rink and there is a big hill and we rent out skates and tubes and sell hot beverages and jazz like that. Its not the most appealing job but I guess we have to make the best of it. We have to learn these french words so that we can communicate with the customers and Im scared Im going to mess up and people are going to laugh at me :(

This week I got something in the mail from my mother of pearl! She bought me a digital camera for Christmas but sent it to me early so I could take pictures now! I LA LA LOVE IT!. Its pink hehe SO CUTE. I have taken pictures but haven't put them on the computer. Im such a procrastinator. I will put pictures up soon I PROMISE. Maybe I will just do a blog post with pictures :)

Im rather homesick lately and just want these last 3 months to end so I can go home and see my family. Québec is a beautiful place but I think that 3 months was long enough for me to be away from them. I miss them so much! I know when i go home I'm going to miss it here with my katimafamily so I guess its bittersweet.

Last Sunday we were in a parade and got our faces painted, it was so nice! Once again i do not have a picture because I didn't like the ones I was in. The parade was called Parade des jouets(Parade of toys) these people get broken toys that people donate and they fix them and give the fixed toys to less fortunate families. It was alot of fun, then after we went to another groups house in Beauport and met them and Lévis was there too so we had a big dinner and got to know everyone.

That is what has been happening and I will write again soon!




my new camera!



XOXO Sara

Follow your Dreams

We're not in Vanderhoof anymore Toto!

OH MON DIEU! (OH MY GOD)
so i just looked at my stats and it says that 1 person looked at my blog in Russia, 1 in Germany, 6 count them 6 people in Malaysia, 1 in the US and 35 in Canada. That was just today! OH MY GOD! IM FAMOUS Ha Ha!

Je suis á Quebec! Et I have a french keyboard! It is tres nice here! I got here on Wednesday at like 1am! I woke up on Wednesday morning at 3am we left the house at 4am got to Prince George Airport at 6:00ish, our plane was 7 something. We took the first plane to Vancouver then found out that our plane from Vancouver to Montreal was cancelled so we had to take another flight to TORONTO! then take a connecting flight to Montreal. We got to Montreal at 7:30pm. We met the two other groups that are in our cluster and took a greyhound bus from Montreal to Victoriaville, then to Lévis and then came to Ste-Foy. We arrived at 1am, met our PL Stéphane and I went to sleep at 2:30am. Yesterday morning we supposed to wake up at 10:00am but woke up at 11:00, we were TRES FATIGUÉ!
We went to get our bus passes last night and today we went to all of our work placements for tours. Monday we have our interviews and Tuesday we start work. Its like so intense right now because we are getting to know where we live and everything. After our worksite tours we had to volunteer for this organization for St Vincent de Paul. We went in groups and rang bells and asked people to donate money. I got a total of about $40.00! When I came home I opened the package my Aunt Teresa sent me! i was so excited! Thats all I have been talking about today and yesterday!
It had a photo album of pictures of my family with them holding messages to me it was TRES BEAU (VERY BEAUTIFUL) and other cute stuff. I LOVE IT and am so happy!
On Monday my mom is sending me a package! Its a camera! I cant wait for that either!

Thats about all that has happened since I last blogged, I do miss Vanderhoof and miss Melissa and my job but I know Quebec will be great! I thought I would update and let you know whats happening. Thank you for reading!

XOXO SARA

wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are!

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.