We are having a second summer here in Cochrane. The weather has heated up and it has been around 20 degrees all this week. We are winding down our work places (only 4 days left at the library and two days left at Sustainability Resources) We leave (hopefully) in 21 days for Bolivia! We will find out on Thursday or Friday wheter we will be going and what the alternative plan for the Canadians. There is no alternative for the Bolivians. They would just have to go home. It's pretty hard to have that kind of uncertainty. Otherwise things are going really well. We are super busy with all sorts of things. Ana Paola and I have our Educational Activity Day this Friday so we have to organize all sorts of things. It should be pretty good though. That same night we have the Second Hand Clothes stores Fashion Show. It is organized by Ana Paola and Sheena at their work placement. We are all modelling for them so it should be pretty fun. Our Project Co-ordinators are coming on that day as well and will be coming to both events. That adds a little bit of pressure on us cause we have to put together a killer EAD.
I'm really enjoying spending time with the group though. We get along pretty well. The more I get to know them, the more eccentricities I find which is fantastic. We went to Cowboys, a cowboy bar in Calgary last weekend and we all had an awesome time. I will update again as soon as I know where we are going, be it to Bolivia or to some other Latin American country. We will soon see. I love and miss you all. If I talk to you in the next little while please do not tell me about all the wonderful squash/apples/plums/garlic/onions/pears you are harvesting from your garden. I don't want to hear it. I miss the BC harvest time like crazy. One of the many reasons I can't live anywhere else....
Love love love
Anna
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
It's fall and time for uncertainty
Sorry for the long delay in posting. Things have gotten pretty crazy in the last little while here.
My work has gotten quite busy, we are getting ready to do our first business audits the week after next. We also just did a presentation in the Library about Bolivia and Canada World Youth which was pretty cool. Both Dennis and I are sick though so it was a pretty hoarse presentation.
We are settling into school and a new routine and also getting ready to leave. We only have five more weeks in Cochrane and are getting ready for Bolivia. I don't know how much you have heard about the situation in Bolivia but it is pretty bad right now which has me a bit worried. Flights are being cancelled and the borders are all blockaded. The road from Santa Cruz to Camiri is blocked too so even if we do get there we couldn't get to Camiri. The political situation is pretty bad with the military occupying various areas and protests in the streets. Ana Paola told me that her mother is having a hard time sleeping because there are protests and sirens all the time in the downtown of Santa Cruz. We are waiting to hear whether or not we will be able to go. A lot depends on whether or not the situation improves in the next couple of weeks. If we were leaving today, we couldn't go but hopefully things will calm down. The uncertainty is pretty stressful though.
On a lighter note, we celebrated Kim's birthday yesterday with a pirate party! The whole group and a bunch of Kim's friends dressed up as pirates and we danced and ate cake and hung out. Today is group bowling which I am excited for. I've got to leave soon to meet people there.
We are having a gorgeous end of summer day but I miss BC like crazy. The other day I was walking to a friends house and imagining what the air would smell like if I was in Victoria or Salmon Arm. I listened to a Vinyl Cafe program broadcast from Saltspring Island and just about came home. I hope all is well
Love,
Anna
My work has gotten quite busy, we are getting ready to do our first business audits the week after next. We also just did a presentation in the Library about Bolivia and Canada World Youth which was pretty cool. Both Dennis and I are sick though so it was a pretty hoarse presentation.
We are settling into school and a new routine and also getting ready to leave. We only have five more weeks in Cochrane and are getting ready for Bolivia. I don't know how much you have heard about the situation in Bolivia but it is pretty bad right now which has me a bit worried. Flights are being cancelled and the borders are all blockaded. The road from Santa Cruz to Camiri is blocked too so even if we do get there we couldn't get to Camiri. The political situation is pretty bad with the military occupying various areas and protests in the streets. Ana Paola told me that her mother is having a hard time sleeping because there are protests and sirens all the time in the downtown of Santa Cruz. We are waiting to hear whether or not we will be able to go. A lot depends on whether or not the situation improves in the next couple of weeks. If we were leaving today, we couldn't go but hopefully things will calm down. The uncertainty is pretty stressful though.
On a lighter note, we celebrated Kim's birthday yesterday with a pirate party! The whole group and a bunch of Kim's friends dressed up as pirates and we danced and ate cake and hung out. Today is group bowling which I am excited for. I've got to leave soon to meet people there.
We are having a gorgeous end of summer day but I miss BC like crazy. The other day I was walking to a friends house and imagining what the air would smell like if I was in Victoria or Salmon Arm. I listened to a Vinyl Cafe program broadcast from Saltspring Island and just about came home. I hope all is well
Love,
Anna
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