Day 50- May 9- Heather Rose Etok

Woo hoo, the big 50! Thank you SO much Heather Rose, a fellow blogger and super sweet little sister of mine, for agreeing to be my 5-0! Heather has a blog of her own, is a very good photographer, is a very intelligent student, is a tremendously fast reader and a super sweet girl. I love this girl to pieces!! She is amazing with babies and little kids, even her little brother, Imaapik, who sometimes drives her crazy. She is going to be in my class for the first time next year. For some reason I never had the chance until next year to have that class, everyone else always got them because they wanted me to teach the Applied homeroom and also pick up stray math and science classes that no one else was willing to teach. Next year however, we have two Science/Math junkies on staff for our sector, so I finally get to return to my roots, English and Social Studies. I am excited to have her and her classmates FINALLY!! She will be in Secondary 4, only two more years until she gets to go to college.

I have had lots of fun times with Heather, out on the land, camping, picnics, soft snow stories but also fun memories from the time I met up with her family in the south, stayed downtown Toronto and watched "Dirty Dancing" the musical, oh and got scared by lots of homeless guys at night when we walked back from the Shoppers two blocks away from our hotel.



I went to the end of the road to Penina's tent for a little picnic with some of her extended family. They were getting together mostly to celebrate Sarah's last day of her visit to the north. Sarah has three sisters in Kangiqsualujjuaq but moved to Nova Scotia many years ago. Her sisters are Mary, Jessie and Hillita (sp?). We had a fun time with lots of the kids around, eating yummy food, getting fresh air and hearing stories, like when Penina and Nancy were scared after her parent's 4 wheeler caught on fire. It was a very fun time!



Theme song for today: Yes! Yes! Yes! by Hey Rosetta!