Katimavik Day 79

I'm in a very reflective mood tonight. After the packing started yesterday, I realised I really don't want to work too hard on my packing. But of course I want to do it well - fit everything properly in my suitcase, don't exceed weight limits, whatever. So I decided to do half today and half tomorrow. Today I decided what to wear, what to put in my carry-on, and what to mail back home (that box is mostly just keepsakes and my long underwear). While doing that, I took down the handmade calendars that I have had on my wall since January. I decided to check them with the main calendar on the wall for the group and make sure I have all of our events recorded. I didn't realise how many things we had done. I've noticed most of the changes in my personality, but all of the things I've experienced here are quite surprising...

- Jan 5, Bread workshop
- Jan 6, Trip to Medabetchewan (sp?) to meat the Masteuiatsch and Dolbeau groups
- Jan 7, "Kati-caching" Picture Scavenger Hunt around Chicoutimi
- Jan 9-10, work placement tours
- Jan 11, interviews
- Jan 12, first day of work
- Every Monday since Jan 16, CinéClub movie night
- Every Wednesday since Jan 18, second language courses
- Jan 21, Badminton
- Jan 23, the exciting arrival of Tong
- Jan 27, Group volunteering at the Red Cross (stuffed 10,000 envelopes!)
- Jan 28, Skating
- Feb 4, Snowshoeing
- Feb 5, Saguenay En Neige winter festival
- Feb 6-9, house managing (cooked: greek salad, chinese noodles, sushi, sandwiches, soup, rolls)
- Feb 10-19, billeting (went bowling, to a sign language concert practice, three hockey games)
- Feb 24, another Red Cross volunteering (another 8,000 envelopes!)
- Feb 25, Cross-country Skiing
- Feb 29, Donated blood for the first time
- March 3, Snow tubing
- March 5-9, house managing (cooked: macaroni, roast pork, yellow thai curry, crepes stuffed with ham & spinach omelettes, hummus, greek salad)
- March 10-11, Quebec City with Wrecking Ball
- March 15, Trip to Masteuiatsch to see the Musée Des Amerindiens
- March 16, Regard Short Film Festival
- March 17, Spaghetti Dinner volunteering (we raised over $6000 dollars for a local service that provides healthy meals to seniors)
- March 18, Sugar Shack
- March 20+22, Katimavik presentations at the local seminary

I can't wait to see what this adventure has in store for me in Alberta. Hopefully I'll be able to keep working on the self-improvement I've started. My current goal is drinking responsibly; since my arrival here I have made some major steps backwards, that I failed to really notice until Wrecking Ball brought it to my attention. I have also found that every time I notice something in someone else's personality that is annoying the shit out of me, I spend some time to reflect and try to find that same quality in myself - because I usually can. Once I've pinpointed that, I try to think of a plan to work on that aspect of myself.

I can't think of a way to conclude this entry... goodnight. I love you all :)