Ich liebe dich ;)

January 31, 2011

Ich liebe dich ;)

Last day of January, February tomorrow, really? Last month of the program, what?! As I think that, I get a wave of nervousness to be thrown back in to reality, Katimavik has really structured my life however I can take that and apply it to my new beginning starting shortly. We got back to the house last night, greeted by our new Project Leader. I was very overwhelmed, seeing everyone after 10 days apart, and then a brand new project leader. It was a good feeling, motivation and inspiration to put everything in to our next month together, and realize how strong we have become with everything which has happened before this. It has been difficult, we have went like a month without a project leader. Then BAM! we have one, it's good though. He is so funny, he comes from Quebec, and he is straight to the point, in a serious/fun way. He also is a very "Tell it how it is" kind of attitude. Only after like, 2 hours he already shot kyle down. It was so funny, he was like "Your face is so funny when you laugh" HUzzah! Im not the only person who makes fun of kyle now. Of course its hate love, haha! Anyway, he sat us down, and we just connected together since we had been in different homes the past week. We all talked about our experience, and it just intrigues me, since everyone had such a unique time. Of course there were bad stories too, honestly how could going right in to a strangers home always be so smooth for the 10 of us?

Deni our PL, told us how serious he is about his job. He wanted to know about our past, and get to know us more. He said his heart is here, and he wants to put everything he has in to this last month. It was so special for us, because we haven't had a caring PL since Ben in Ontario. We are so happy. He had only been here like 3 days and he had fixed all the little things in our house, which we had problems with this whole rotation, and our old PL always had excuses on why these things were not getting dealt with. Example, our heat wasn't working, and no one could fix it. All of a sudden our house is heated. As I type he is fixing the Cold and Hot setting on our washer, they were mixed up way back when. He is also full of so much energy, and he is always excited. It was funny, he was criticizing Kyle and David's menu so much. Like I said, he is straight to the point, and he will say if something doesn't please him. Although it's a good kind of criticism we need more of! I also never knew PL's helped clean up, its amazing we aren't treated as if we are beneath him.

Rewind now. Last time I posted it was Thursday evening. Once again it was a funny night in the kitchen and an interesting supper full of debates. I learned a lot of little things being there. From Brent's opinions to his funny jokes, I think I mentioned this already although they eat very late at night, so that was a big difference for me, since we eat at 6oclock sharp every night at the katima house. Friday was a split day at work. Tara took me to "Calactus" a beautiful vegetarian restaurant downtown for lunch, I have wanted to go there for so long, and I really enjoyed it! After she took me to Shediac a town about 20 minutes away to see the coast, and the frozen ocean of course. It was so cool to see all the shops, and boats, and all those east coast feeling places. I finally felt like I was on the coast of Canada. I went back to work for youth night with her and the kids for a couple of hours, and then watched movies until I fell asleep.

Saturday, I got to sleep in, for the last time for awhile. Thats something else I loved during billeting, the sleep!! I have never been so relaxed in my life, and I have lost touch with myself, from lack of down time for myself. However now I am re booted!! I went to the mall with Tara, and her daughter Shelby. Before we went we picked up her mom who is sick, to get her out of the house to see people. They had a nice visit, and I went and window shopped, and wished I could buy everything I wanted. There were boots I really wanted, and I am proud of myself because I walked away from them! I enjoyed Saturdays supper with all the laughs and debates as per usual. In the evening I relaxed, and that was lovely of course.

Sunday, was a beautiful day. It is still replaying in my mind, I went to church with the family. I know I am not usually a church person, however this is my way of integrating with my families day to day activities. It was so uplifting, the music was really cool, and the people brightened my whole week. They were so welcoming, they even gave me a cute mug with hot chocolate as a present for visiting! After the service, my billet family usually goes on a sunday afternoon drive. I was very pleased to go because they wanted to do some more sight seeing with me!! I will show a visualization of everything I saw!! It was amazing experiencing the coast, lighthouses, halthwell rocks, bay of fundy, so much!! I am so thankful for my billet family to share all of this with me. I also found a lot of peace in these beautiful places.