"The great orange towers of the Golden Gate bridge jutted through the fogbank like carrots from the faces of sleeping conjoined twin snowmen"

(A quote from a very good book I am currently reading)

So, I didn't get the job I applied for, which is too bad, because after subbing elementary today, I was actually getting excited about it. However, they did offer me a very small contract, teaching every friday in a grade one french immersion class. I knew I kept getting called for grade one for a reason! So, I've applied for it and asked to be on the sub list for monday to thursday, so at least I'll be guaranteed one day a week, and who knows, it could turn into more work!

Mike and I also found out that we'll be getting reimbursed for all of our moving expenses, including the move to storage, which I was unsure of. So, yeah for that! Plus, they will pay for us to stay in a hotel until we find a place to live for August first. I love the RCMP! I secretly am considering applying myself.

I'm very tired right now though, but excited for my girls night tomorrow with Jenn, Melissa and Theresa at a hotel! Yeah! But, I'm tired from Friday night, when I did the walk for life relay in Port Alberni. It was a 12 hour walk for cancer. We raised over 119 thousand dollars, and our team "Walking for Udders" in honour of Mike's mom, won the team spirit contest. We all had matching cow costumes and pyjamas for the pj lap. It was a lot of fun, in fact it was the most fun I've had staying up all night, even though it poured rain for a lot of it, and I was absolutely exhausted!

Well, that's all the news for now. I'm heading to Regina in less than 2 weeks now, and then Mike and I will be leaving for Dawson Creek on July 21st! We will have two days to drive there, and I plan on staying in a nice hotel paid for by the RCMP :)

So, that's what's exciting right now...let's hope it gets warm by next week so I can at least have one swim in Sproat Lake before I leave...pleease

Oh, and by the way, I'm reading a book right now called a Dirty Job, which is absolutely hilarious. You must read it--Here's a quote:

"So I am death." Charlie said as he tried to construct a tuna-fish sandwich. "Daddy is Death sweetie." He checked the toast, not trusting the pop-up mechanism because the toaster people sometimes just liked to fuck with you.

You have to read it to understand just how funny and well-written it is. Thanks Dad for the book!

going crazy

I am going crazy with nervousness right now because I was supposed to get a phone call today from the Vice Principal at the Dawson Creek school I applied at and they were supposed to call an hour ago, but never did! I don't know if they forgot, or decided to hire someone else, or what, but I've been sooo nervous about it all day because I was supposed to do it in French and I was afraid I'd make a fool of myself, and then they never called! Argg...I secretly didn't want to talk, but I do want a job, so I knew I had to do it...

So, I'm busying myself with little games. Try typing in "your name" needs on google and then post the first five responses:

They are actually pretty crazy...

1.Sabrina needs her faith more than ever to help her make a decision (wow, weird as I am trying to decide about a job)
2. Sabrina needs someone to embrace her activity level (been going to the gym every day)
3. Sabrina needs 3kg of fresh red meat per day (haha)
4. Sabrina needs work (true)
5. Sabrina needs her beer to golf (not quite true as I hate beer)

Post your own if you get the time...

19 more days...

What's new? Hmm...not much unfortunately. I've been working fairly steadily, got called in to the high school finally for two days last week and taught French for a couple of days. It was fun, i saw a lot of my old teachers and got to hang out with high school kids, which is nice because they aren't putting up their hands to tell you they're tooth is wiggly.

The weekend was uneventful. Had a nice dinner out with my mom and watched a lot of movies. The weather just really sucks. I'm so glad I had that summer holiday in California, because it might be the only hot relaxing by the water week I get all summer. I think I might miss it in Port and then arrive in time for the frost in Dawson Creek.

I've been going to the gym a lot though, which is great. I'm trying to look good for Mike's grad. I actually like lifting weights on the circuit training machines, I just find the treadmill boring, and running on pavement makes my hip and shins too sore. Hopefully I'll find some nice trails in Dawson Creek.

This week is the relay for life, though, so that should be fun on Friday evening. Anyone want to donate some money for me to walk for 12 hours, let me know! I haven't really had time for the fundraising as most of it was done while I was still on my practicum, so I'm feeling like I should actually do something now.

Well, let's hope for some sunshine soon.

Only 19 more days and I'll be in Regina!

Lots of visits and pics of Dawson Creek

Here are some pics of Dawson Creek!

So, I have officially graduated twice now and am a real teacher! (will post the pics once Jessie sends them to me) Yeah! I even have my actual teaching certificate and education degree to prove it! This is good news, because I just applied for a job in Dawson Creek. It's a .60 posting at an elementary school, which means it's only three days a week. One day in an intermediate french class, one teaching technology and one teaching immersion kindergarten. It's not high school, but it would be a good start for me I think, and would guarantee that I have something to do in Dawson Creek, as I know Mike will be super busy. However, he was told that he'd be working 4 days on 4 days off, which will be nice, because even though he'll be very busy while he's working, at least we'll have some time off together every week.

I've just said good-bye to my friend Myana, who was here visiting since Monday. It's so nice to have friends come and visit me, and I'm looking forward to seeing Jenn again in two weeks and to the girls night that we are planning. I'm so excited! And, in only 24 more sleeps, I will be going to Regina to see Mike! I almost can't believe that it's finally time for us to move and start our careers and live in the same place again! I'm really looking forward to it though. I think it's going to be a fun adventure.

I'm also excited because I just saw the new Harry Potter movie preview with Myana, (we went to see Shrek the 3rd) and I also just watched a preview for the movie The Golden Compass, which is based on one of my favourite books by Phillip Pullman. If you haven't read it, you should before December when the movie comes out. The preview looks really good too, they have Nicole Kidman playing Mrs Coulter, the villain, and I think she actually fits the character perfectly. Daniel Craig (007) is also in it. Speaking of books, Myana and I went bookstore shopping while she was here, since there isn't any other type of shopping you can really do. We went to the two usuals on Johnston, but we also discovered two stores that I've never been in that were just lovely. One called Queen Bee and the other is called Literati books. The latter is a cute little second hand shop with very nice used books and the Queen Bee has a lot of fantasy type stuff and fairies hanging from the ceiling, and the lady that works there gives you a tarot card instead of a bookmark.

So, it was a fun few days, although we would have liked to go to the beach for a swim. The weather has been pretty crappy and cold though, so I hope it warms up before I have to leave! i need to have a few swim days in Sproat Lake before I move to the cold north!

If you want to watch a video of Dawson Creek, click on http://www.tourismdawsoncreek.com/videos/

Hope to see many of you before I move away (Keep July 19th open in Victoria for a possible going away/welcome back Mike party! Also, it's our anniversary that day!

Moving to Dawson Creek

This past week has brought a lot of exciting events. On wednesday, I graduated for the second time with my Bed. from Uvic. The ceremony was nice and they said my name right this time! I got some nice pics taken, which I will post as soon as my friend Jessie sends them my way.

The other exciting news I wanted to quickly post is that I just found out that Mike's posting is in Dawson Creek, BC. So, we are very excited and looking forward to starting our new careers there.

I will post some more about Dawson Creek later, but if you don't know where that is, it's in Northern BC, almost on the alberta border. It's a small town of about 11 000, but it has plenty of stuff to do and schools for me to teach at. So, I'm hoping that we will like it there! And, we may even be able to buy a house sooner than we thought!