Friday, July 14, 2006

"That is an S.U.V; Humans ride in then because they are slowly losing their ability to walk."

On the way home for work today I saw a bum, a bum in a back alley. It was a pleasant back alley, and the bum had a shopping cart full of boxes, colourful boxes (eg. froot loops, corn pops, granola bars, etc.). He was sitting on a wooden crate leaning against someones wooden fence, staring off in the world, deep in though. The bum looked EXACTLY like Josh De Groot, the way he sits, his hair, his facial hair, the clothes he was wearing (oh but the bumb didn't look dirty or anything, and Josh's clothes are not bumish), I almost slammed on the breaks, but realized there was a lot of traffic behind me. So if anyone has seen Josh or heard from him (the non-blogger himself) then record a sighting, or at least prove he is not roaming back alleys in Winnipeg with a shopping cart full of colourful boxes.

Job Situation
I am still waiting to hear from the Principal in New Mexico, but he has been on holidays, so who knows. In the meantime I have an interview on Wednesday with a school in Kugluktak, Nunavut. It is pretty far out there, but would be such an awesome experience.

Nannying
I love my summer job. It is absolutely so amazing. I get paid to take kids to freaking cool places. Monday we spent at Oak Hammok Marsh (nature trails, kids activities - opperated by Ducks Unlimitied), Wednesday the Children's Museum, and today we went to see Over the Hedge. What a flippin awesome movie. I thought it was pretty cute, and all the tunes were by Ben Folds. I don't know if I mentioned before but they also have a pool, today we were in there for three hours. :) ah life is grand. They pay is great, the kids are great, and we can go wherever we want whenever we want (everything paid for by the rents). Jack has a wild imagination and is such a crazy little goof. CC is at that stage where you really want to be cool and seen as a grown up but you are still a kid at heart. I am addicted to watching Discovery Kids, and I can't miss an episode of Jungle Run.

Life in general...
I play on an ulitmate frisbee team on Wednesday nights. It is pretty sweet and pretty intense. We have strategy and play a zone defence and everything. This week was so tough it was like 44 c with the humidity, crazy, thats like 108 F. It has been so humid here lately, ya know you leave the air conditioned house wtih straight hair, and then you walk outside and its like poof frizz head and you feel all gross and sticky all day.
I love life on the farm, I just love the land, the animals, the whole atmosphere. I have been spending random afternoons wandering the pens, checking on the horses, and following my dad and Opa around. I was hanging out with my two cousins Max and Nikko and I had to find my dad. I found him rounding up some bulls and a few cows into the horse trailer to bring out the pasture. I was put to work, even though I am in a skirt and flip flops. Thats the farm, there is always something to do, and an extra hand is always needed.
My brother graduated from fire fighting school this week. It was a pretty sweet grad, bag pipes and the whole works. He looks pretty spiffy in his uniform.

1 comment:

Carolyn said...

you should get the nanny award of the year. i bet you rock at it, mel! i just don't quite understand the whole "I LOVE HANGIN WITH KIDS SO MUCH!" thing...i like kids, i get along with them well, i think they're interesting, but i just don't love em. probably why my attempts as an ed major failed... glad you posted again! i love hearing about your life and i hope the job situation for next year gets settled soon...