Kindergarden Cop

-22 and fair in Tsiigehtchic today.
Sunrise at 8:32 and Sunset at 19:37.
32 more minutes than my last blog!  The sun is shining directly through my window.

BINGO TALLY - 8 Losses and 2 Wins!

I had some questions about what I do from a few people.  I am the Community Wellness Worker.  I provide counselling and plan activities to promote good mental health and wellness in the community.  Being here is the opportunity I need to get experience in the field of counselling and to move on to the next level in my career.  Unfortunately, I can't talk about a lot of work related things in my blog.   

I did spend some time in the school today.  There are some new kids in town and the school population went from 25-30 overnight.  I would like to go into the school twice a week and get involved with some of the special needs kids as well as plan some health and wellness activities.  Anti-bullying, building self-esteem, drug and alcohol awareness...etc  I played dress up instead of reading a book as my charges wouldn't settle down long enough for me to turn a page.  I had a boy witch running through the library scaring people.  Elmo and cookie monster puppets took their frustrations out on each other.  Apparently they were not in the mood to play nicely.  I almost lost a kid in the tickle trunk after it was completely emptied out and well in the end at least they cooperated in cleaning the whole mess up.  I was thanked for spending my morning in the school.  Apparently the teachers enjoy having other people see for themselves what they go through every day.

Things I have learned:

Princess Smartypants is one hell of a girl!  by Babette Cole.  Ok I got to read one kids book today.

Adults can benefit from strings attached to their mittens so that they don't get lost

Your exposed hair turns white in the cold when you walk outside.

One single female uses a 176 sheet roll of 2 ply toilet paper in five days.
Interesting info to use when planning your next shopping trip.

Always run all of your water taps for a few minutes after the sewage tank has been pumped.

Your eyes will permanently water when you get old and your cheeks will be red forever if you skidoo without goggles on all the time.  Frost bite is not your friend.

Really big 12" deep dresser drawers are really cool

Jigging is a dance and a way to catch fish.  Imagine that!

Don't get smarty with me is a catch phrase in these here parts.

Drin Gwiinzii