Corrupted by Gambia

What can I say, I think I may have turned to the dark side. I have always been a winter person. In the North West Territories winter was half the year but I didn’t mind. Here in Saskatchewan we have it a little easier and I even forgave the week of –50C this past year. That was all before this summer.
To tell the truth I actually really enjoyed my time in Soma (upcountry in Gambia). The temperature during the day was about 45C, or so I was told. I thought that I would hate it but I really enjoyed the heat, except during the mid day soccer games and when the team started to sweat, but we won’t go there….

Now that September is here and the temperature has been hovering between 10C and 5C for the last few days I find my mind drifting to exotic places like Coquitlam.The temperature will be about 8C in February when we here in the flatlands will not be able to leave our houses for more than ten minutes without freezing to death. I hate to say it but I am wondering why anyone would want to inhabit the barren wasteland that Saskatchewan will become for the next six months.

There are some good things that come with winter: NHL is back in action this year, Skidooing, building quinces, Ice Fishing, winter wakeboarding, battle tubing behind skidoos, shinny, skating at the Bez, ten second dash to start my car in the morning because I sure don’t have command start… but compared to summer that list is looking a little weak.

I have been freezing cold all day, and now I am off for my first day as a Assistant producer at a hockey game which means being in Sask. Place filming a freezing cold hockey game. I am never going to be warm again!!!

Oh I have good news: They found a replacement for me, so after two weeks of training the new nanny I am unemployed! I shouldn’t be excited about that but this semester school is enough of a full time job.