Today, I am sat in bed. It’s Sunday and I am sick. I have skipped church this morning and will also have missed out on Christina’s 30th party last night and Amy’s Bridal Shower this afternoon… but I haven’t been sick for a long time. I have already called in sick for work tomorrow – it’s that bad. Duude… it sucks.
So, what’s the latest? You’re wondering, now lets see.
I am still working at Starbucks, it’s fun. I get to have random conversations (mostly with the people I work with) and the same conversations over and over and over… my favourite one usually goes something like this:
“Where are you from? Are you from New Zealand?”, to which I reply “No”,
“Australia?”, “Nope”…
“South Africa??”, “Not even close”…
“I’m from England”, “Oh! That was going to be my next guess.”
“Don’t worry” I assure them, “about 95% of people I speak to say the same”
“Are you sure? Because what you just said then sounds really Australian…”
Oh Canadians… I sigh.
So, what else is new?
I’m starting to volunteer with a friend of mine called Bryce, he helps run a kids program for some of the kids on the Native Reserve that is close to where I live. For those of you who don’t know – in Canada, there are the First Nation people who live here, these were the people who were here before Canada got colonized by the Europeans a few years back. If you think of Cowboys and Indians, they are the Indians – but that’s not very PC to say. Anyways, we’ll be doing some fun stuff with them – doing some kind of educational thing and then sports in the gym. I’m looking forward to it.
I also started playing Soccer …or Football. I joined an indoor group who just play for fun down at my local community centre – it’s really fun, but I’m out of shape, man!!
Ok, what else? I want to come visit England over christmas. I’m planning on it. So, keep a watch out! Then you’ll be able to tell me whether you think I’m getting a Canadian accent… haha!!
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