Wednesday October 25th

Well it is the midpoint of the week but really we are further along than that. With a staff meeting and house sports tomorrow and a sessional day for Friday the week, as far as valuable instructional time is concerned, is pretty well done. One thing I forgot to mention in my earlier blog was the fantastic breakfast Peter prepared last Friday. Thanks Pete and everyone else who jumped in to give a hand. Peter is done in Cape Dorset in Decemeber and he is going to be sorely missed I am sure.
I also managed to change my ticket to go home for Christmas to the 20th from the 21st. I have to overnight in Iqaluit and I dont get home any earlier but it lessens the chance that the I will be delayed because of the weather.The girl, I think her name was Nancy, was very helpful and she is even refunding some money to me because I had not taken of an earlier discount.Thanks First Air for all your help. I am enjoying my time in Cape Dorset but it certainly would be depressing if I had to spend Christmas away from my friends and family. All the dry goods on the sealift have now been delivered. All that is left to arrive are the frozen goods of which I have ordered a crapload of. Also arriving yesterday was a nice little care package compliments of my sister-in-law Betty O and her daughter and son-in-law. There was all kinds of goodies and I especially enjoyed getting a couple of copies of the local paper. The internet makes it easy to get provincial, national, and international news but it is very tough to get any current news on your local community.Thank you Betty, Mike, Ellen and Andrew.
As I look back on the week it occurs to me that there are many things to be thankful for. Let us all pause and give thanks for the little things because they all add up.

Till later

Blake