Wednesday was bound to happen. And it was mean spirited. I didn't get home last night until after midnight so I got a grand total of 7 hours of sleep. It's harder to deal with work issues when I only get 7 hours of sleep.

We woke up and showered this morning. I had toast with super tasty wildberry jam and Tyler had his honeynuts. He loves those honeynuts. And then off to work. I should have stayed home.

Nothing to traumatizing happened, but I wasn't in a good mood and some people just bug me. I feel kind of left out at work. They are all older then me by 20 years minimum, they all have worked together for the past few years, they all have the same sense of humor...it all works together to make me feel like I want to crawl back into bed. I was actually a little busy this morning which made it go by a little faster.

When I came home for lunch, it was prepared again, which was very much appreciated. We had tomato soup and grilled cheese. Then it was back to work. The afternoon was much better. I was probably in a better mood but I kept to myself and didn't do much. From 3-4, I practiced signing my new last name. And then I got a phone call. It was the RCMP again asking if I could guard. I didn't want to because we have family here and I would rather spend time with them then babysit bad guys. I was told I am the only available person on the rock for the time they needed. I only had to go in for 2 1/2 hours which was nice.

For dinner, Tyler and I made Classy Chicken, which is the best meal in the world. We all enjoyed that and I went off to work again. Work was good. I like the RCMP job better then the Clinic, so far.

I am now home again from work. We are watching America's got Talent.

The weather today was a little nice, a little cloudy, a little of everything.

Kitty is being a little turnkey. She was scratching at the window screen so Ty picker her up and she is now laying on the back of the couch. Last night, I accidently kneed her off the bed. I didn't think I raised my leg with that much force, but before I knew it, she was on the ground. I felt a little bad, but then I fell back asleep and she came and cuddled some more. Tyler is currently playing with her. I think he does love her.

-Sonja

I'm thinking of grabbing a little snack. Not sure what I would get...perhaps some cereal. We will see. I will keep you in suspense.

Busy day

Well today started as any other. The alarm went off and I shut it off, but instead of getting up right away we both fell back to sleep. We were asleep for 25 minutes before Sonja woke up and got me out of bed. I went and took a shower and then had breakfast. I went to work and it started out kinda slow. It picked ip though before lunch and then dwindled after. I came home at lunch and found that dad had made lunch of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. I was really good to have a real lunch. After lunch they went across to Shearwater to spend the afternoon. Afte work I went to the store to pick up some chicken. I came back and started to make some supper. I made tacos and they were pretty good. Sonja went off to work for the RCMP tonight and the rest of us went out kayaking. Dad wanted to see the lighthouse and take some picture so that's where we went. It took us about 45 minutes to get there and a little less to come back. On the way back I saw
a whale up the channel. I just saw his spout and back and tail. When I got close to the dock there was a seal swimming around the bay.

We are now back and tired. We are just going to relax for the rest of the night.

Tyler

Another Monday down the drain. Another day coming to an end. It was an alright day. Monday's are usually just average so this was no exception.

We woke up at 7 and took a shower. After eating some toast with jam, Tyler went off to work, and I followed shortly after. Kyla is sleeping on the couch in our living room as we only have one spare room, so it was hard to stay quiet. Our usual routine was changed a little, but it's no big deal.

Work was alright. I'm starting to get use to all the stuff that goes on there, so it's a little easier to to tolerate. Tolerate, not fully enjoy but I'm getting there. Slowly I'm starting to see that I can survive the 5 day week. Today was like every other day. Scanning, faxing, listening to my co-workers talk while I pretend to work. I could have gone home at 3 but I made a few extra bucks staying.

I got home from work to find Tyler starting on dinner. I helped him out by peeling the potatoes. Mom J and Kyla were playing some Wii and have gotten better so that is good. They saw a huge bear at the dump. In the pictures, he looked super fuzzy and probably wanted a hug.

We ate dinner, which was so tasty. Tyler cooked up some back strap and I made mashed potatoes and cut up some carrots. It was a very tasty meal.

Tyler got an ocean fishing license so he went out to the rock pier and tried to catch our dinner for tomorrow night. Looks like we are going hungry because he came home empty handed. It turns out that the rob he has can only handle 17lbs and the line is 20 pound test. That might not work as we were told some one caught a 35 pound spring salmon just the other day. Also the hook wouldn't sink...not good for fishing.

We played some more Wii and are now watching tv. Tyler just made some popcorn so we are enjoying a relaxing evening.

The weather was alright today. It was a little warm but mostly cloudy and cold. The wind is very cool when it comes off the ocean waters.

Kitty has been out of sorts since the guests arrived. She isn't allowed in the spare room, which she use to spend most of her time. She has gotten over it mostly though.

-Sonja

Sunday

Well last night I was lucky and didn't get called in so I got to have a restful sleep to recover from the night before. I wasn't able to sleep in though for some reason. My back was hurting, so it wasn't very comfortable. I tried getting up but I woke Sonja up trying to unplug the work phone. So I stayed in bed with her trying to wake up fully. We eventually got up and Sonja made french toast for breakfast. It was good. I looked up what time mom and dad's flight came in and we based our day on that. We played some Wii while we waited. Finally we heard a plane come in and I went outside to see if it was the plane from Port Hardy. It was so we took off for the airport. When we got there it turned out that it was not their plane and we had to wait a few more minutes. They came in 5 minutes later. The first plane was probably an extra plane to take a fishing group back to Vancouver. They came and we got their bags and packed them into the car. It was pretty full as they brought some stuff that we wanted, like my fishing gear, some canisters, tent and other things we couldn't fit in the car originally. We brought them home and unpacked. After that we went out for a walk and showed them around the town a bit. We saw some eagles but not nearly as many as we thought we would. They all got some pictures to start off their trip. Hopefully they don't get to bored of taking pictures as that is all there is to do. We have played a little bit of Wii. It is pretty funny because mom and Grace have been playing mostly and they are pretty bad. Maybe they'll catch on but its not looking that likely right now.

We had some lasagna for supper. It was really good. After supper we went for a walk onto the pier because some people were cleaning some fish so we went to see what exactly it was. While we were out there we saw some people fishing off the dock. Apparently last week someone caught a 35lb spring salmon off the pier. So hopefully that pans out for me and I can catch something good like that, now that my fishing poles are here. No plans for the rest of the night. Just relax and hopefully I can sleep again. We'll see.

Tyler

I usually hate being woken in the middle of the night, but I guess that's what I get for marrying a man who works on-call shifts. Tyler got called in last night at 3am. I was in a half asleep daze and was confused about what day it was. I asked him to make sure the alarm was set for the morning and he told me just to go back to sleep. I thought I was making sense, but I guess not.

He came home again at 6am. And we slept on. I woke up and got out of bed at around 9:30 this morning. I tried to be quiet because I knew he didn't get a ton of sleep last night. I left the room and filled out some more RCMP papers while I ate my Cheerios. I had to change out of my pjs so I went back into the room and Tyler was awake. Not sure if it was because of me, but he didn't say anything about that so I will continue to assume he was just ready to wake up. We talked for a bit and then got up. Tyler got called in again. I was asked to go to the RCMP detachment for my guard training so I left when Tyler got called in.

This training was pretty boring as you may have may have assumed. I have already worked 2 shifts and I pretty much knew everything. I got there at around 11:30am and got right into the giant book of dry material. The trainer basically told me that most of the things we were supposed to, we don't have to. It was a very informative 4 hours of my life. We talked about how I get to hit a prisoner on the head with a fire extinguisher if they overtake a member. There isn't a lot to that job, so its funny that the rule book was as big as it was.

I got home at 3:30 and Tyler was taking a nap on the couch. He looked so cute all curled up under the blanket. We talked some more and decided we should probably get some food before the inlaws arrive tomorrow morning. It's hard to judge how much food to buy when we are so use to buying only for 2. We do have a menu and I am pretty excited for the tasty food we will cook. We came home and unloaded the dishes, then made a strange dinner. I cut up an orange. Tyler boiled some hot dogs while 2 corn cobs boiled beside them. We also made some crinkly fries. It was an odd combination of foods but we are both full, so it did it's job.

We just finished playing a bit of Mariokart. Tyler spent the afternoon while I was away, looking up cheats on the internet. Now he can beat me at any level in the game because he knows the short cuts and special places to go to make the track shorter. He's a little turkey for only telling me one secret passage. I didn't understand how he was suddenly always doing so much better then me.

The weather today was beautiful. Not super hot, but the sun was out and there were little clouds in the sky.

Kitty was being so cute this morning. She cuddled in my arms pretty much all night. She is so silly. She doesn't really like Tyler and wont stay in the bed with him. If I leave to go to the bathroom, she will follow me. I love that she loves me back like that. It makes me feel like all the energy I put into her is worth it. It would be any way, but this way I get a little something out of our relationship.

I think we are going to try to watch Repo Men tonight. It looks like a crazy movie and I hope it doesn't disappoint. We will have to watch this one on Tyler's computer as it didn't work for us to try and put it on a memory stick to watch on the tv.

Tomorrow the inlaws arrive. I think we will show them around our little town. Perhaps show them all there is to do here. Then we have to decide what to do the rest of the day. I think just relax outside if the weather is nice. Looking forward to it.

-Son

Friday

Well the week seemed to go by pretty quick since it is now Friday night. I have been on call all week and haven't been called yet. Today was probably the slowest day of the week. I only collected blood from 3 people. At 4 it picked up and I did more work in the last hour than I did all day and possibly for the last two days. I came home and Sonja had bought a pizza from the store and we had that for supper. We cleaned the house a bit and played some MarioKart. The pizza was really good. It was pepperoni. After supper we played some more MarioKart. Sonja is getting pretty good. She beat me a few times.

Our plan for this night is watch a few movies, eat some popcorn and Sonja made a smoothie and it is delicious.

I saw a seal swimming in the bay out front and it disappeared before Sonja got to see it. It weather was really nice today and is supposed to be for the next week, so we will be able to enjoy it after I am done being on call.

Tyler

A long day at the office

Today was a long day. Just one big long day that I am glad to be mostly over with. It wasn't a horrible day. I laughed a few times at work, got to eat fresh cherries that were picked from the tree yesterday. That is one giant perk about living out here - the fruit is usually only about a day old, the fruit that people buy from Bella Coola, not the stuff you get in the store. It's so tasty. I have eaten a large number of cherries over the past few days, and man, am I feeling it.

I woke up half an hour before the alarm was supposed to, with a full bladder. Not the kind of "full" that you can wait till morning to get rid of, but the "full" where you can hardly move and laying on your stomach hurts. It wasn't a great way to start a morning, but I guess it has to do. After a hot shower, I ate some toast with jam and when Tyler was ready, we played MarioKart. Tyler bought the game when he was back home and now that's almost all we do. I am expecting some cross-stitching from people from back home when Mom and Dad Jarrett come out here, so finally I will be able to do that again. I can't wait.

Any way, I went off to work in kind of a bad mood because Tyler had beaten me at every game we played. I'm just a little competitive and I hate loosing. But work was alright. I got to photocopy another patients chart. It's not so bad once you get the rhythm down. Plus it gave me something to do for about 2 hours. As usual, the morning went pretty fast but the afternoon took forever to end. I had been texting with Amy all day again. We were discussing baby names pretty much the whole day. Some good ones the were suggested, but I wont tell any one...I don't know if they will use some of the ones suggested.

I eventually came home and started on supper. I put together a noodle and chicken dish. It wasn't bad for being my brainchild (not sure if I used that term properly). I just played DDR for about an hour and now Tyler is playing his MarioKart. He can't get enough of it.

No plans for the night, I bet you are surprised to hear that. Might watch a movie later, or just continue to play this game. Does any one have any suggestions as to some movies we could watch. They have to be on DVD already, but any suggestions will be fine.

The weather was a little on the cool side today. Blue skies but not super warm. It's getting a little cloudy now, but it's still a nice little day out there.

Kitty was playing mouse with my ponytail. She would bat at it and get her paws all tangle up. It was pretty cute. She likes to play DDR with me. What I mean by that is, she runs under my feet as I am dancing...it could get ugly one of these days.

Only a few more days till the Jarrett's come. I talked with my boss and asked about them possibly being able to go to Klemtu, like my parents were able to. She said that it really shouldn't be a problem, so that is exciting that they have something to do on at least one day. I have also been trying to come up with a menu for next week...it's a little more difficult to feed 5 people then it is to just feed 2. I'm sure we will manage.

One more day till the weekend. I'm pretty excited for not having to go into work. I'm also excited that I will be coming home in a few weeks for a wedding. I'm super excited about seeing Penny get married and hanging out with friends and family the week before. It's going to be a really fun time!!! I can't wait.

Sonja