Dirty... Jobs

Well today I did a number of things... first of all I got up and had to clean a couple of... wait no before that at like ten I had to make out fishing licenses, five of them... I was writing for an hour... and the store was hot because of the halogens... needless to say it was very humid, both inside and out. Then I started clean a couple of cabins, so Uncle Tom and I went and stripped the beds and stuff and guess what I found in one of the beds. Dirty Socks. Disgusting. Well I finished stripping beds, and there were no more dirty socks... thank goodness. I know that you think that dirty socks are not that bad... but have you ever had stiff socks? Like they were sweaty then they dried. That's the kind of socks I found in the bed. Gross. Lets see... after the cabins, I mowed the lawn some more...then came the really bad stuff. My aunt and uncle are going to the border tomorrow, so they won't be around to help. My uncle usually does things like make out fishing licenses and packaging bait, but he won't be there. So guess what I had to learn how to do... package bait, more specifically leeches and night crawlers. So I am telling you that the leeches were not that bad. I didn't have to touch them. I just scoop them out of a big bucket and put them on a scale and make sure that there is a half a pound of leeches then put all of them in to a bucket and mark it. Not a problem... unless you drop one... ha ha so not funny. I think the 'worst part' of packaging bait was the worms. No scoop... but there was no water either... so that was good. But I am telling you that I had to dig in a giant box of dirt and find worms, pick out twelve and then put them in a container. I have to work on my fear of worms... It took me ten minutes just to convince my self to pick one up... there was a worm right on the top... i feel like an idiot. The funny thing about it was when my uncle came in and laughed at me... that was so not cool. But on the upside today... well i guess the upside for Uncle Tom and Aunt Tami... I cleaned the fish house twice by myself. So there. I didn't complain either... :)

They both think I am a city girl, but they were both surprised that I wasn't as big of a city girl as they thought I was. It just goes to show you that you can't judge a book by its cover, or what people say about it.It was pretty humid and cloudy today... and then it rained. We had pizza for the second time in a row tonight... so much for eating like kings. Like I said before I am in charge of the store until my aunt and uncle get back from the border, at one o'clock. Hopefully I will be pretty busy... I am getting a really nice farmer's tan.. its great... my aunt wants to go tanning sometime... maybe I'll give it a try. Well I guess that is all for today. I miss you all so much!

Day four...

Well cool thing today i did not have to paint. What i did have to do is watch the store by my self while my aunt pam got the day off. How unfair... jk. But it was really hot in there. We need an air conditioner because of the halogen light bulbs. I had all the windows open and everything. It was crazy. My cousin and aunt leave tomorrow. that will be scary. i still haven't taken many pictures and i will get those posted soon. Did i mention that it is absolutely gorgeous out here. Because it is. And it was still light out at 9:30. It looked like four in the afternoon in MN. That is hilarious. But i think that i get the whole save the planet thing because ruining this wilderness is just wrong. Seriously, i am going to show you all how gorgeous it really is when i get the chance. I left out a couple of things from yesterday but you can ask me about them later... that is all for now!

Second day

Well i started at eight and i pretty much worked until four in the afternoon... for those of you who work more than that i give you props... but i had fun. I cleaned cabins with my aunt and uncle. It was fun having bonding time with my aunt and uncle. I did get the chance to go to town with my cousin, bonding time with my family is important. It took forty five minutes to get to town, and i got to see a huge waterfall. Yes bigger and so much cooler than minnehaha. The wilderness is unbelieveable. I think i will come back with a new appreciation of it. We had a campfire last night. I had fun. I still haven't seen the stars but i have heard that it is just gorgeous, nothing like in the city. It was still light out at eleven o'clock. That is midnight in MN.TTFN

First day here, and traveling

well my day started off at 5:45 am yesterday. By the time i left it was seven. The trip to duluth was very ... uneventful except the stop at tobies. Best restaurant in hinkley ever. If you all don't know where hinkley is i feel sorry for you. anyways... getting back to the story... I arrived at duluth, where i watched the lift bridge and walked around with my mother for an hour. Then My mom my aunt and my uncle... and of course me, went to Grandma's and talked for a while that was the last time i will see my mother for a while. Thus began my trip to canada, well with out my mom... it was cool though... i had fun on the ride up. The scenery up here it just gorgeous... ill post pictures later... Though i have to laugh... apparently i am in the middle of no where. It takes forty five minutes to get to the next town.