So the countdown begins..

I have nine days left in Thunder Bay.  My flight to Montreal (via Toronto) leaves at 6am on December 1st. Thank God we are travelling as a pack this time around because my first round of flights to get to Thunder Bay were very long and boring.

This past week has been great. I was house manager with Millie and we had such a good time making meals and bread and cleaning the house it didn't feel like work at all.  My second boss is in Cuba right now and my new boss started last week so I'm also thankful to have successfully avoided the first week mayhem minus one.

The group has spent lots of time this past week preparing for our final party, as a thank you to those we've met while in Thunder Bay.  It's been a pretty quiet week otherwise.. lots of free time and lots of time at the Canada Games complex!! YAY.

Last Sunday we went kickboxing at a jiu jitsu studio with a guy named Matt and his insane children.  We were supposed to have a class this Sunday as well but he had to cancel so we went to a make up class on Tuesday with the rest of his normal students.  It was really sweet to have more people there but the one on Tuesday was less of a workout which was unfortunate.

Yesterday (Saturday) we manned a Salvation Army kettle in shifts.  Jessie, Martin, Julien and I were obviously the best with our beautiful serenading of passersby but I think collectively we raised a lot of money.  It also helped that it was outside of a liquor store. ;)

Today we helped Alexa and her boyfriend move to a house they just bought.  Alexa is our Project Coordinator so she is like our project leader's boss, and although she is in charge of three Katimavik groups in Northern Ontario we know we are her favourite. :)  Her new house is beautiful and they treated us to pizza for lunch as a thank you, but it didn't feel like work.  It's going to be sad to leave without spending more time with people like Alexa.

We have so much packing to do and a lot to get ready for the group we are switching houses with.  Their group has 4 vegetarians so that makes meals much harder to make for our meat loving group and a little bit more expensive, but c'est la vie!  They have the same challenge with all of our allergies.

I have nothing more to report really.  I have really enjoying living here and it has gone by too fast. :(
Quebec shall be a fun adventure.
au revoir
Petra