Friday, October 2, 2009

Turning over a new leaf...

After a week of packing what felt like a million pounds of "stuff", moving 7 people's stuff out and to a new place, and unpacking in the new place, I am finally sitting in our new living room - able to take a deep breath and relax. All I can say is....I am glad that is over. Very glad. It was tiring to say the least, and we are all looking forward to a weekend of sleeping in (hopefully) and finally getting to that homework we have put off all week. :)

Things are seeming to change every day...I think my body has come to adapt to change, I'm thankful for this, considering in the last 2 weeks I:
1) Switched from one job (Stella's) to a new job (coaching swimming)
2) Began a 8 week intensive ESL Teachers Certificate Program (teaching English as a 2nd language)
3) Moved from one large house to another smaller (thankfully) house
4) And now I'm trying to figure out bus routes, and get a handle on my schedule as to keep it well rounded.

A highlight is definately a story from 2 days ago in the University (of Winnipeg). We were all sitting in our class of 15, when one of the girls went to the washroom (a small toilet/sink room in the classroom), when she flushed it and KABOOMMM! The whole top part of it exploded! And a fountain of gushing water was shooting out at top speed. She came flying out, still buttoning her jeans, and freaked out at all of us to get out of the room and get help. By the time we all had gathered our bags off the floor, there was already a growing "lake" we had to slosh through even to get out of the room! The water poured out soo fast, it filled the room (about an inch high) and came out into the common area. By the time the emergency people came and dealt with it, there was a large area under water and unfortunate professors with offices below had water pouring through the ceiling. That was definatly an adrenaline pumping experience which I've never experienced before...soo the next time you flush a toilet, be careful!! It might just explode on you :)

2 comments:

Matthew said...

Ooh, I'm so excited that you're finally coaching swimming there! Hurray! Just so you know, you're still awesome:)

Larisa Kardash said...

thanks Matt!