Thursday, September 14, 2006
Life In Kenora
I'm not sure what life in Kenora is going to look like yet, but we are constantly shifting our plans for going there. We went there last Sunday evening (yes I skipped football for it...) and stayed over till Monday to look at houses to rent. We looked at a lot of three bedroom houses, and I was surprised at how none of them seemed like they would work for our family. We are a family of 5 moving there and so my little boys will have to share a room there like they do here (and I guess Erica & I will have to share a room too).
A house that has been constantly on our minds about renting is a house on Lake Winnipeg that is only available Oct-June (we would have to be out in July), but it does have 4 bedrooms. Part of me would like to rent it, but I think that it would not be as enjoyable for the time that we would have it as it would be during the time that we cannot rent it. So instead we will likely rent a little 3 bedroom in the area of town that lets us put our older little boy into the right school for him (the others can be bused).
Speaking of bussing, I have the names for the bosses of the bus company in Kenora and I was told to drop the name of the superintendent of education (she was the one who gave me the names and numbers) if I want to talk to them about driving school bus in Kenora. Interesting.
I am in a lot of pictures lately, but I have yet to see any of them. All these kids going to their first day of school and I am in the background - sometimes with my toothless grin. I don't want to turn my kids over to someone else, I don't think that anyone else will understand them or have the patience to learn to understand them. I have been problem solving about the two young kids who are having trouble on my bus. The one has been grounded at home and each the parents are asking me as I drop her off how she is doing on the bus, and since this has started, she has done well. I also try to give her a little attention right as soon as she gets on the bus so she get the attention without having to act up. The other one, a little boy, I have yet to figure out. He was tough last year, and he is still having trouble sitting still this year. I'm still thinking and I am going to solve this to pass on to my replacement.
A house that has been constantly on our minds about renting is a house on Lake Winnipeg that is only available Oct-June (we would have to be out in July), but it does have 4 bedrooms. Part of me would like to rent it, but I think that it would not be as enjoyable for the time that we would have it as it would be during the time that we cannot rent it. So instead we will likely rent a little 3 bedroom in the area of town that lets us put our older little boy into the right school for him (the others can be bused).
Speaking of bussing, I have the names for the bosses of the bus company in Kenora and I was told to drop the name of the superintendent of education (she was the one who gave me the names and numbers) if I want to talk to them about driving school bus in Kenora. Interesting.
I am in a lot of pictures lately, but I have yet to see any of them. All these kids going to their first day of school and I am in the background - sometimes with my toothless grin. I don't want to turn my kids over to someone else, I don't think that anyone else will understand them or have the patience to learn to understand them. I have been problem solving about the two young kids who are having trouble on my bus. The one has been grounded at home and each the parents are asking me as I drop her off how she is doing on the bus, and since this has started, she has done well. I also try to give her a little attention right as soon as she gets on the bus so she get the attention without having to act up. The other one, a little boy, I have yet to figure out. He was tough last year, and he is still having trouble sitting still this year. I'm still thinking and I am going to solve this to pass on to my replacement.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Bus Driving Again
I am back to the routine of bus driving again. I have the same route as last year, but a different bus. I have to get used to some of the differences in the controls. It was funny Tuesday as I picked up the kids, and watched their reactions. Most didn't say anything, but they seemed to be relaxed that I was back with them on their way to school. The funny part to me was on Wednesday, the first full day of school. The high school students recognized the route number and started coming towards the bus and then they suddenly noticed I was driving again and they too seemed comfortable again (I am pretty sure I saw an excited reaction from a couple of them).
At church we are having a number of different meetings this week to try and get things ready to be kicked off next week. Hopefully things will come together easily, in less than a week ...
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Football report:
My finger doesn't hurt like it did last week. I type the occasional wrong letter because of the splint I am wearing. They call this injury a mallet finger. It certainly slowed me down at football. I played in the first quarter where I caught two passes (one of which was a touchdown). The touchdown pass hurt and since we were winning, I decided to sit for a while and see if it would stop hurting. By the fourth quarter we stopped scoring and they came back to tie the game at 20. I went back in and instantly drew good coverage (he remembered me). The second play our quarterback sent me to the opposite side of the field. The guy who covered me last play ran across the field to line and cover me, while the guy on the other side of the field didn't switch. I had two guys and the other wide receiver had no one. We got big yards out of that play. The next play the quarterback dropped a perfect pass just over the defenders hands and into mine in the endzone for a touchdown. 3 catches 2 touchdowns, not bad for 2 quarters of work.
At church we are having a number of different meetings this week to try and get things ready to be kicked off next week. Hopefully things will come together easily, in less than a week ...
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Football report:
My finger doesn't hurt like it did last week. I type the occasional wrong letter because of the splint I am wearing. They call this injury a mallet finger. It certainly slowed me down at football. I played in the first quarter where I caught two passes (one of which was a touchdown). The touchdown pass hurt and since we were winning, I decided to sit for a while and see if it would stop hurting. By the fourth quarter we stopped scoring and they came back to tie the game at 20. I went back in and instantly drew good coverage (he remembered me). The second play our quarterback sent me to the opposite side of the field. The guy who covered me last play ran across the field to line and cover me, while the guy on the other side of the field didn't switch. I had two guys and the other wide receiver had no one. We got big yards out of that play. The next play the quarterback dropped a perfect pass just over the defenders hands and into mine in the endzone for a touchdown. 3 catches 2 touchdowns, not bad for 2 quarters of work.
