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the windchill today is up to -50 meaning it's unsafe for us to go out, especially to the proposed site which is about 40 minutes away on a snow mobile. so we're inside. cabin fever will most likely settle in at some point but we have beer, wine, gin and scotch to help with that. this morning we had to count the needles on branch samples. i'm not kidding. we all went a little bit crazy. right now it is 9.20 am and we don't actually have anything to do. i'm tempted to take a nap. yesterday we had a half day off and we went into churchill. churchill is NOT a happening place. we spoke to some of the locals and when ahmad asked one girl what she did in the evenings she was like "i'm just gonna smoke a joint and get fucked." i mean fair enough, but can you imagine spending your entire life doing that? there is a lot of alcoholism as well and apparently suicide rates are abnormally high. all the restrooms have posters offering help and advice to people who might be contemplating it. i can totally understand the alcoholism thing though. we're all going mad in the centre in the evenings because there is nothing to do so we drink. the night before pete and steve left me and eleanor finished half a bottle of gin, the guys drank about 2/3 bottles of scotch and during the day we finished about 24 beers between us. it was insane i'll admit but we were all like "well, what else is there to do?"
hmmmmmmm. i have had an amazing time i must admit but i will be ready to leave on saturday. the environment is stunning, beautiful, breathtaking and i couldn't ever get tired of that. but the isolation? that i couldn't handle. what i don't understand is that many of the people i've met and spoken to have absolutely no desire to go anywhere else. a lot of the canadians from this area have seemingly no interest in visiting different countries and their attitude is almost arrogant, a kind of "well why would i want to? what i want is right here." there is no road going to churchill, the only way to get here is by train or plane. there isn't a dentist and there is one shop in the entire town that isn't a gift shop.
spoke to people at work yesterday :) ange was telling me about the archers and i got all teared up just from description. david and ruth!!!! and matt and lilian :) i am a sad, sad person. i miss work, it's become integral to my life from both a monetary and social aspect. i've got dualit training on 3rd april and we've got to drive to crawley and i think (i hope) i get to drive lol. and then 4th april i've got work experience at grovenor estates! i think it should be fairly cool, although i have to be in london for 9.30 and i think i'm going out the day before after training thing. it'll be fine i'm sure lol.
right. i am going to drink my coffee and try and find something useful to do, even if that something useful is making a round of g&ts.
charlotte xxxxx
hmmmmmmm. i have had an amazing time i must admit but i will be ready to leave on saturday. the environment is stunning, beautiful, breathtaking and i couldn't ever get tired of that. but the isolation? that i couldn't handle. what i don't understand is that many of the people i've met and spoken to have absolutely no desire to go anywhere else. a lot of the canadians from this area have seemingly no interest in visiting different countries and their attitude is almost arrogant, a kind of "well why would i want to? what i want is right here." there is no road going to churchill, the only way to get here is by train or plane. there isn't a dentist and there is one shop in the entire town that isn't a gift shop.
spoke to people at work yesterday :) ange was telling me about the archers and i got all teared up just from description. david and ruth!!!! and matt and lilian :) i am a sad, sad person. i miss work, it's become integral to my life from both a monetary and social aspect. i've got dualit training on 3rd april and we've got to drive to crawley and i think (i hope) i get to drive lol. and then 4th april i've got work experience at grovenor estates! i think it should be fairly cool, although i have to be in london for 9.30 and i think i'm going out the day before after training thing. it'll be fine i'm sure lol.
right. i am going to drink my coffee and try and find something useful to do, even if that something useful is making a round of g&ts.
charlotte xxxxx