Super boring

So what! Nuttin' honey.

I went to Winnipeg last week for work. It was cool, I met lots of northerners...seriously northern northerners...Nunavut, NWT, Yukon, Nunavik. A woman a few seats away form me was taking notes in Inuktitut. I have never seen that script flow off the end of the pen and I spent a good deal of time sneaking peeks at her paper, just watching her write.

I sometimes catch myself watching APTN (Aboriginal People's Television Network) broadcasts in First Nation's languages...so interesting and incredible to hear. Here is a picture of Winnipeg, the big city disappearing as I flew into the night. The thing about flying north is....nothing nothing, nothing OH a light! A tiny community! Nothing nothing nothing....

Winnipeg from my hotel room. The bed had one of those sleep numbers beds with a remote so you could control the firmness. Nice idea, in theory. In reality, my digital reader thing was broken and I spent two night trying to get the two halves of my bed to have the same firmness, even just to get it close. The motor was loud and I didn't like too much choice. Just like the relief of going to Quiznos. You ask for a sandwich they give it to you, and if you don't want mayo it's your own damn problem.

I was very happy to see Whitehorse spread out under the plane, and I was happy I packed carry on only and waltzed home myself. It took me about 4 minutes to walk home. I had bought a super warm down coat at the MEC in town and not I'm just waiting for it to be cold enough to wear...

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Starting two days ago a work buddy and I have taken to popping over to the local Humane Society to walk dogs over lunch. When the weather is bad I suppose we'll socialize cats. I love it. I love getting the chance to hang out with dogs and cats and feel like I'm helping. And the walking is really nice too. It's a lovely solution to get me out of the office and to do some volunteering. I'm donating a big bag of diet cat food that Ludwig has made clear is inferior. I like the idea of this shelter, the only no-kill shelter north of 60. Oh also, they took a case to the supreme court over a dog called Trevor...possibly the only such case in Canada? Google Whitehorse and "Trevor the dog" and marvel at the north ;-)

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How normal is everything else? I smuggled my vermicomposting to work as well as my sweet pepper plant, and they are both doing well. It's so warm there! Anyway my worms definitely need to have a baby boom and I think I need to bring them more mushy fruit and veg to start them off. Go little worms !

C'est tout!