Katimavik Day 1

I'm not going to worry about song quotes that relate to my Katimaposts for the next six months. I will certainly start again when I'm home.

Yesterday was the big moving day. I spent my last few hours packing and panicking and being nervous. I said goodbye to my cat and told her I wasn't abandoning her and that I would come back, and she hoarsely said "mruh" which almost made me cry because she is normally a very quiet cat so it was like she was trying to tell me that she understood and it was OK. Wrecking Ball drove me to the airport. We met my parents there but they didn't come in with me because my brother was having a bad day and they thought it best not to bring him in. We said goodbye there and I thought my sister was going to cry. Then I had to leave Wrecking Ball behind and I was trying not to cry, it was very hard. I'm not worrying like I was about what would happen to our relationship over the next six months; instead I am sad about how hard it will be to miss him.

My first flight landed in Montreal, and then I flew from there to Quebec. I met a girl on the plane who is in a nearby group. Then at the airport I met one of the boys from my group. We all piled onto a bus and I met another boy from my group. One of the girls nearby might have been in my group but I slept through the bus ride and can't remember who else was near me. We got to our Katimahouse a little after 1 am.

This morning we introduced ourselves and our Project Leader told us a little about our schedule. We're about to go learn how to make bread, because we won't be buying bread at all for the next six months, it will all be homemade! I'm quite excited for that. But I'm due back upstairs in three minutes so talking about the other people in my group will have to wait. I have most peoples names down already though!