Usual morning routine except in the dark because we still had no power. At work today we had the camp wide game and I kinda had my own group in the afternoon which was weird, plus it was really hot. After work I showered and then went with Gilberte to the grocery store to get stuff for dinner. And the power was back on! We had make your own pizzas and salad and then me and Tae went on an adventure. Our adventure consisted of us going to get ice cream sandwiches and then french fries cuz we’re really healthy. 

Then we came back to my house and Sylvain taught us how to make bread. We hung around and talked for a bit and then I walked Tae home, made my lunch and went to bed. Relativity chill day, but it was nice to hang around and talk with Tae. 

Usual morning routine. At work today, we had our usual morning assembly, but opposite day style which was kinda fun. In the afternoon, we made masks too, so lots of things at work. When I got home, the power was out, which is why this post is a day late, but it was still pretty light out and there was still hot water for a shower so all was well. Dinner was various grocery store pasta/quinoa salad type things and carrots with hummus because no stove. Then James-Elizabeth picked us up and took us to rabaska (which might sound like Arbraska, but they’re not at all the same). It was like a very large canoe (10 people in one boat). We paddled around the river that separates Laval from Boisbriand and we saw herons and ducks and geese and beavers as well as Celine Dion’s river side “chalet” (I use quotation marks because it’s really a mansion but whatever). We learned a little about the river and then paddled back. When we got home the power was still out, like we expected, so we just ate some snacks and went to bed. Today was kind of a chill day, but I got more bug bites from being on the river so there’s that. 

Usual morning routine. There was a giant lizard at work today as part of some specialty but I didn’t know much about it until this lady walked through the door casually carrying a really large reptile. It was also pool day but that’s a little less interesting. After work I showered and we had steak and rice noodles and veggies for dinner. After that we went and found Tae and then met Aaron, Natalie and Kaila at the ice cream store up the street.

 I had toblerone ice cream in a waffle cone that had chocolate and nuts on it. We sat in the park with the swans and some fat geese and ate our ice cream on the swinging bench.

When we finished our ice cream, we went to the grocery store and got stuff for smores (including the really giant marshmallows) and then went back to our house and had a fire and ate way to much sugar. Kaila took some really great pictures of me eating super gracefully but I don’t have them yet. We hung around chatting, mostly about work, until just before 10:00PM, when Kaila and Aaron left and Natalie left shortly after them. Then we walked Tae home, cleaned up the backyard, made our lunches and went to bed. It was really nice to have everyone over and Vero even got to say hi to everyone which was cool.

Guyyyyyyyys!!! It’s August!!!! What the heck!!! Despite my use of too many exclamation points, it was the usual morning routine. This week I’m with the very standard summer camp group. No real speciality, we just kinda play games. After work I showered and then Gilberte took me and Nat to st Catherine st. We are wraps and carrots for dinner on the way. St Catherine st is just a really long street with lots and lots of stores. It reminded me a lot of Toronto actually. Nat wanted to go to urban outfitters but we went the wrong way the first time so we did a lot of walking. When we finally got there, I tried on one thing and then put it back because it was like $80, Nat got a T-shirt and some sunglasses and Hao Wei showed up at some point. I don’t think we actually went into any other stores after that, besides a brief detour get smoothies (the mango variety for me) and later on when we stopped at burger King so Hao Wei could eat something cuz he hadn’t had dinner. Other than that, we just walked and walked and I’m feeling it now. We got home kinda last after dropping Hao Wei off so we made our lunches, had a quick snack and then went to bed. I’m very tired, but my legs have stopped screaming which I appreciate.