day 34

Today seemed really crazy busy for some odd reason.
I woke up and the morning went normal. In Geography, we had to draw out maps for our project. Seems pretty easy right? No. No atlas in the school had a map of Canada in it. Only the States. Bullcrap. So I ended up drawing like 1/4 of Ontario, really tiny... Not pleased so I guess I'm going to have to print something off to do it.
During the middle of class we had a fire drill. In Canada, a fire alarm sounds like weeeeeeeeooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh, wwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeooooooooooooooooh, wwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooh. You get the point....
Here, fire alarms are like weoh, weoh, aspijfaiosjfioasjfoiasdoijsf (in finnish) weoh, weoh, asoijfoaisjdfoiajsdfoajsdfo (in finnish). It's really quiet and not even scary. Our fire alarm is like 'OH CRAP LEAVE THE BUILDING ITS ON FIRE.' here its like 'ya the buildings on fire, lets just walk away slowly and calmly.'
But something awesome about fire drills, and completely different from in Canada. All the teachers wear like construction vests so you can see them and then you just find your teacher to take attendance. We dont even take attendance during fire drills usually at IDCI...... Also, when the fire alarm sounds, the teacher who is closest to the door grabs these bags and boxes out of a closet and throws them out the door. They are full of thermal crocs and blankets. Since so many people dont wear shoes in the school, its hard to predict when youre going to be standing outside in -40 degree weather without shoes or a coat on. I thought this was awesome. Although it was cold today, I sucked it up and went outside in my t-shirt. I am a true Canadian.


At 5:30, I went to rotary. Our district governor was there and was making a presentation. I actually  understood like 15 words on her slideshow. so proud of myself :D :D :D

And then I walked home in the spitting rain. It wasn't that bad except it made me cold. Got home as fast as I could and when I walked in the door, it just smelled like Cinnabon, OMG. My host sister and her friend made Pulla, which is exactly like a Cinnamon Bun without the sugar shit on top. It is so good and not too sweet. MMMMMM I've only been home half an hour and I've already eaten two. I should probably go for an extra walk tomorrow....


It's been a good day and now I am sitting in my room singing to Lady Antebellum. I don't even care what my neighbours think. I'm gunna belt it out :)