lifeinhallbeach: It’s Christmas!

September 13, 2012

It’s Christmas and I’m not talking about the snow. After 5 weeks, my stuff that was taken by the moving company has finally arrived. Apparently my stuff has been sitting in the airport storage for quite some time but they just informed me yesterday since my stuff was taking up too much space. I was told the delivery time to my house would be around 4 so I was excited for the day to end so I could uncover all the things that I needed and stuff I completely forgot I packed.

Today at school was the Terry Fox Run. I was a bit surprised to find out that this was an annual event at the school, so I was excited to see what it was going to be like. Pledge forms were given out...I only got 3 back but that’s ok. The past couple days I’ve been educating my students about Terry’s story and reason why we run. The kids were super excited to use their new pedometers and I thought it was cute when they would show me their step count every 5 minutes while they walk and shake the pedometers in their hands. The afternoon started with a quick assembly telling where the students were suppose to run to. The airport...roughly 45-60 mins walk each way from the school. The RCMP and the army joined us for the “run” (by run I mean 90% of everyone walked) and patrolled the roads for safety. The weather started off pretty calm. The snow had stopped and there were sunny breaks in the beginning of the walk, however on the way back, the weather was the complete opposite...foggy, crazy windy, and snowing/freezing rain. I was cold and I was dressed appropriately. It seems like the children here are not yet dressed for the weather. No hats, no gloves, thin jackets, and some even still wearing shorts! Including the mayor! On the way back, the RCMP and other helpers were picking people up to go back to the school. The event ended with a short closing ceremony in the gym and sandwiches, cookies and juice in the classrooms. Overall, a very good day.