Full moon Friday :)

Hello Again! We have been blessed with beautiful weather the past couple of days- the wind has been PERFECT and has blown all the warm water towards the lodge. I have gone swimming twice (and its not ice cold)! I think the water is at about 72 or something like that- so refreshing! It is great to go down to the swim dock on break, lay in the sun reading a book until its hot and then go in for a dip! (don't worry- I wear sunscreen but you should see how many freckles I already have)!!!!

Speaking of reading books- I have developed a love for reading up here.....to the point where i'm up until 1am, unable to go to sleep because I'm promising myself "only a few more pages." I bought a few books of amazon last week (they arrived so quick- i'm addicted) and I have already ready two of them. I bought some more last night (whoops) I have been looking for some good aboriginal literature to prepare myself a little bit for teaching in the north. The book I read first was called "For Joshua: an Ojibway father teachers his son" and it is one of my favourite books of all time (right up there with Anne of Green Gables)! It is about a father who spends his life struggling to find himself. I think that it is a good read for everyone, and it teaches you more about ojibway culture, which is something that we all know way too little about! I highly recommend it. I also found a new quote from it that I really find influential:

"As parents and teachers we need to tell our children this- that you can never be less than who you were created to be. You never have to qualify. You never have to prove yourself. You just need to be."

In today's society it is all too easy to change who you are, what you believe and put up a front to protect yourself from discovering who you really are. As a teacher, I hope to let my students realize that being YOU is what is important, rather than being what others want you to be. The other two books I purchased last night were both written by the same author- one being his first novel, called "Keeper 'n me" which was a bestseller, I can't wait to get it next week!!!!!

Other than my new love for reading. Not much is new. I am sitting in the lodge currently smelling fried mushrooms and onions...which clearly means its STEAK DAY and im so excited. I'm on dishes tonight which means 2.5 straight hrs of boiling hot water and scrubbing. YAY! its a nice break from serving and being social. (hard to believe but I don't always like to talk to people)! Tomorrow is a HUGE changeover day for us (4 cabins) so we are going to hopefully get into cabin one (the largest cabin) and clean it up tonight so we have an easier day tomorrow. After that- i'm hoping to get to a beach to watch the wonderful sunset/full moon tonight!

Still living the dream! Hope everyone has a glorious weekend :)