I'll start with saying that work has been going quite well. I am making a good wage and it's not too stressful a job. For once in my life I am actually tired at night! It's pretty weird. I am usually such a night owl. I don't have to work this weekend, so that's kinda nice. Back to work Monday morning from 9am-5pm. I met a girl at work who is from Mauritius. She is a really nice gal and she's just a little younger than me. Her family moved here directly from Mauritius! It was really a shock for her, the winters. Plus the only thing she knew of Canada was Toronto. She thought that Yellowknife and the rest of Canada was like Toronto. Anyways I really like her and I hope that I get more chances to work with her.
So now for some Yellowknife adventure stories. To start with I should definitely talk about the "mall." So for those of you who havn't heard of the famous Yellowknife mall, it's the DUMP! We went out to the mall for a treasure hunt after a couple of days of being in Yellowknife. It was kinda on a whim. Anyways we got there and it was a dump all right, but we found some great treasures! There was everything there from bikes, to books, to nice shoes (in garbage bags, so they were clean!) and nice dishes! I found post-it notes, notebooks and some really great novels. I even found us a really great little mini Christmas tree, already decorated! HA! So that was a good adventure! It was really funny being there, me with my purse and in flip-flops, digging around at the dump, finding all kinds of little treasures amidst the junk and the hundreds of seagulls! Almost forgot! Dakotah and I had our picture taken by some guy who works for the paper! HAHA! We might end up in the paper! I'll letcha all know if that happens.
One of my Yellowknife misadventures was going to the Extra Foods and finding out that they don't have my favortite coffee here!!!! It's redunculous! They have the right brand and they even have the strong roast in DECAF, but...they don't have the REGULAR strong roast!!! It's SO silly!!! They have EVERYTHING but my favorite coffee in that brand!!! It's SO nutso! So I guess I will have to live with PC regular roast for 10 months.
Besides the right coffee, you can get most things here in Yellowknife. A few things you apparently can't find here though are nice dress shoes, more than a couple clothing stores and decent sized stores. For example, the Walmart here, it's like a quarter of the size of Kamloops' Walmart and about half the size of the Sussex Walmart. And gran thought that Sussex's Walmart was small...haha.
A few of the things I want to do or see while here in Yellowknife are:
- Dogsledding
- Seeing the northern lights
- Getting into a photography club
- Doing ballroom dancing classes
There are not many things to do here in Yellowknife, especially when you don't know anyone. Hopefully I can find some friends here soon so that I have stuff to do after work and on the weekends. I might try to get a few photography jobs on the side once I get my new camera and after I have been here for awhile. Who knows what might happen with that.
Hey if anyone wants to know anything specific about Yellowknife, leave a comment and let me know. That way I can tell whoever even reads this blog what they want to know about me and/or Yellowknife. Well, this is all I can think of right now...
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Thanks for updating... LOVE IT! Makes me remember when I was YOUNG! Even younger than you and a NANNY! Anyway, keep up the good work... love MOM
Hey, that story about the Yellowknife Mall (dump). Vince and I shopped there a few times when I was up there to visit. I found the best running shoes I've ever had. They were Nike's and like new. Sounds like you are having a fun time there. Love you. Gran & Gramps
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