Whoot! Billeting is over, and I never have to do it again in my entire life!!! Happy dancing for everyone!!!

Our computer at the house is broken at the moment, so I’m using the one at work!

Friday afternoon was congé, and so was this morning, so that was pretty great!

Friday, I went to see Harry Potter 5, which was fantastic, albeit odd with the French voices! Obviously I can understand French, but sometimes I found myself reading lips a bit, which was odd. Oh my God though, the door to the theatre opened at 7pm, we got there at around 7.10pm and the line was out the door! By the time we got into the cinema, there was practically no room for the 3 of us to sit together, except in the front row, stage left. We were so close it was like being under Harry Potter! But, we want to maybe go and see it on a Tuesday or Wednesday when it’s cheap so we can see it again, but from a better viewpoint. In any case, it was amazing, and I loved it!

Speaking of HP, the book comes out on Saturday! Therefore, I will be avoiding the internet, since I am not due to receive my book until Wednesday to Friday of the following week! But I’m planning on reading it in record time, a feat I will achieve by not sleeping during the night, and dozing at work.

On Saturday we asked our neighbour if we could swim in her pool, and she said yes! So, that was a lot of fun! Then we had our House Meeting, which was as uneventful as always. And then we watched “Ma Fille Mon Ange.” It was pretty good. The whole thing seems really realistic, until the end, and they just throw you for a loop, and you’re like WTF? Laurence Lebeouf is GORGEOUS. She was by far my favourite part of the film!

Yesterday Anny went to the hospital because something was wrong with the dangly thing in the back of her throat. So, I went to wait with her. I went to the “cafeteria” to get a snack, and discovered a vending machine with entire meals in it! So, first, I bought a snack. Then Anny and I went to talk to the doctor and found out that she most likely scraped it with a Dorito (I KNEW Doritos were evil!!!). So, we went to the cafeteria again, and spent SO MUCH money on food from the vending machine! I swear, we bought one of everything!

Then we went back home, and were planning a few things for upcoming events. All of our weekends are booked! We thought that was a weird feeling in Kelowna and Orléans, but it was even weirder here, because THAT’S IT. We’re planning another day trip to Québec, and then a 3 day camping trip. One night on ÃŽle Verte and then two in Rimouski. And we’re going to Écho-Fête one day at the end of July. And our Open House is this Saturday, and then the last weekend is obviously dedicated to cleaning and packing up the whole Katima-house since there won’t be a project in La Pocatière next year. On the 18th of August, I think, is our Final Presentation, which will be a big deal since we are the last, so we have to make it special since work partners, billets and PLs from the last 6 years will be coming. We’re thinking of doing an Awards Show for everyone, and our acceptance speeches will be about our experience and what we learned, and then we’ll arrange little entertainment pieces as well. It should be pretty sweet if we go through with it!

Last night was free time, and… Oh my God, it was hell. Earlier in the afternoon, Gwobs found out that his dog died, but didn’t tell anyone, he was just really out of it. Then he told us, when we went to the mountain, and proceeded to drink a mickey of vodka. He was so sad and…. argghhh. I felt so bad for him! It really made me realize how good of friends we are though, because I sat with him, and all I wanted in the whole world was for him to feel better. Aggghhh, I don’t mean to be sappy about it, but… yeah. Also, I don’t think I ever mentioned the Joelle-Nick-Jade triangle of tangled emotions thing before, but that sort of was weird last night. Firstly, Joelle and Jade were getting along really well. Then they went off to talk. Then they came home, and were all crying. Joelle was out of it, pissed, and flipping tables (which I mean literally this time, and not in an ironic way), and… yeah, it was weird. But everyone seems alright today. Joelle and Jade are HMing together, and they seemed pretty cheerful. Hmmm. Anyway, to summarize, lots of ups and downs last night. It was a bit hard to handle, but one of those nights we’ll learn and grow from, hopefully. I also cut open my foot on something while going down the mountain in the pitch blackness. So, that sucked.

Well, that’s all from me for now!

Shockingly enough, there are only 42 days left of Katimavik! What?

So, let’s break down some recent events, shall we?

I went to the mall with Anny and Gwobs on Saturday, which was fun, and then to the fleuve with Anny, Alex, Gwobs and Joelle, which was additional fun.

On Sunday, we went to a cool accordion and violin concert in the courtyard at the ITA. It was to honour the students from the University of Alberta, who are here learning French this summer. It was weird to hear them mention U of A here! Then, that night, Joelle picked up Gwobs and I, and we went, with her mom whom was in town visiting, to the fleuve, and got ice cream. We also visited the newly opened TIM HORTON’S! Which was fantastic! But it’s weird, in Ontario and Québec, they have no debit machines at Tims!

The big event of the week so far was Nick’s 21st birthday, which was last night. We had a party at Pierre’s house, which was fun thanks to some beer and whiskey, and because we’re so fantastic. Needless to say I was pretty much gone after 2 shots of whiskey! Which made it even a more fun night. No major drama, a little chatter over some issues, but not a bad fête overall! Joelle made a fantastic cake (after setting her first attempt on fire, which was quite a funny story!)!

Upcoming events include our return to the house on Friday night! And hopefully going to see Harry Potter!!! I want to see it sooooo badly! Ha ha. But that’s typical, I guess!

Anyway, I’m going to go now, because I think the thunderstorms have stopped, so I might have to do actual work soon!

Edit:

OMG. The first time a HP star attends a première in Canada (Rupert Grint, Toronto!!!) and I wasn’t there!!! Gahhhhhh.

Also, while I’m here, last night was fun as well! Ha ha. I went to bed at 6pm-ish! Then Joelle called at 6.40 to go out for coffee. So, I woke up, went for a shower, somehow got a bleeding gash on the back of my leg, and went to meet her and Gwobs. Then, we went to the Katima-house porch, and it started to rain! And it poured for 3 hours!!! Sometime around 11pm it lightened up, so we all ran for it! Ha ha.

So, yesterday wasn’t too bad as far as evenings go!

After work I was walking ”downtown,” which is to say the street with the majority of the shops on it. I spotted a payphone, and decided to ring up my mom, to see what she was up to, and so I talked to her for about 30 minutes in this payphone, often shouting in English and getting weird looks! It was funny. But then she had to go, so I was like ”Okay, now what?” So I called Anny’s cell and arranged to meet her by walking down 7e rue Sirois, which is kind of a bizarre street because it’s not straight, it just kind of stops and then you reach an intersection and walk over a few feet and it starts again. So, we met and went to the Métro to buy stuff for Greek Salad (which was soooo good) and ice cream, to eat with spag at her and Alex’s billets. So, that was good, the food was amazing and gormet, and we all ate way too much! Seriously, the maple crunch ice cream was overkill!

So, then we were bored, so we walked to the katima-house, to hang out on the front porch, when Gwobs randomly shows up, and tells us he’s meeting Nick here in an hour. Nick is staying with a completely French family that he can’t communicate with in Rivière-Ouelle, so he often makes the 30 minute bike ride into town because he’s bored out of his mind. Anyway, we sit down and talk, and Gwobs goes to get snacks, which we eat even though the 3 of us feel like vomitting from the vast amounts of food we’ve consummed. And we played a weird game where you pick a number, and when that number car goes by, that’s your car. Or that’s who you’ll be one day (I will be a weird man in argyle) or you have to make up a name and profession for the person (Georgio Armani, Mobster; Shelly Field, Stay At Home Mom). Yeahhhh. So, after about an hour, Nick still isn’t there, so we made up stories about his death on the highway. But, soon he stumbled up, sans bike, because it had a flat tire, so he walked the 1h20mins to get there! So, we sat around and played the games with him for a while. Then gradually began to leave. I was the last to go, so Nick decided to leave when I did, and he took one of our crappy bikes, with a dodgey pedal and no brakes! I really hope he made it home okay! I mean, I probably would have heard about it, but who knows! We also discussed, like, if one of us were killed in a gruesome accident, would Katimavik pay for us to go to the victim’s funeral? Would they send us home? Would they try to keep us together to grieve as a ”family?” Hmmmm. Anyway, it’s too morbid!

And I have to go now, because actually, I don’t start work until 1pm today, but I have to be home for lunch at 11.30am!!! So…. yes! I’m computerless for the weekend, so happy weekend, and I’m also devestated since I am missing Stampede which started last night (Sneek-A-Peek).