-46 is too cold.

Arctic Foods or V&S Options-this is the cheaper grocery store

It's been pretty cloudy and grey since I've been here. I'd like to get out to see the northern lights soon-I'll have to ask around about the best place to see them. I went out last Saturday to finish grocery shopping and take another look around. I was able to get some fresh fruits and veggies from the fruit truck. Apparently every few weeks a man (Tim?) comes up with fresh produce from B.C. and just sells it in his truck. It was pretty nice quality and not too expensive. Some of the things I think are most expensive are cheese ($17.99 a brick) and cereal ($8-14/box).I took a taxi home because I had a big box of veggies and the cabs are only $5!

I decided to treat myself to something at Cafe Gallery on Saturday too. Here is my delicious carrot cake and french vanilla steamer. It was so cold out that my camera fogged up when I came inside!









I also went over the the hospital on Friday and met the nurse educator. She set me up with some shifts starting Sunday. My preceptor has some time off so I was with another nurse for the frst three shifts. I started on Sunday and had three day shifts. Today I have a day off and then tomorrow I go in to do a Neonatal Resuscitation Program course. I took the course at McMaster in September so it will be a good review. I start on Friday, nights with my preceptor.

Last night I went to the gym here with one of the other nurses after our shift. It's nice enough and I walked over today to get a gym membership. I'm planning to go again tomorrow. Seriously though, walking to the gym and then downtown was the coldest I have been since getting here. My skin that wasn't covered on my face ached so much from the wind. I now know that it was -46 with the windchill so no wonder it hurt. I finally made it to the Cafe for lunch and my eyelashes were frozen to my face. It was not great.
I stayed there reading for a while while enjoying a cafe mocha, got some groceries on the way home and then came home to work on some homework and that's about the extent of my trip so far. I'm hoping that it will be more exciting in the weeks to come. Lynn and I are planning to go dogsledding if we ever have time off at the same time :)