Today was my Wednesday and tomorrow is my Friday. I like 3 day work weeks better then 5. I'm pretty excited to come home again. Blessed and excited. Although, I have a feeling it will be extremely tough to come home again. The next time we come home again is Christmas, which is a long time to wait to see family and friends again. It's already tough to see pictures of friends and family getting together, when I wish I could join them. I don't really want to think about what it will feel like when it's middle of November and it's actually been a long time since we've seen people. Oh well, best not to think about it. It's better to just think of the good times Tyler and I have together out here.

And today can't be described as good, but it wasn't totally awful. It started with the alarm clock playing my most hated song. Tyler likes to play it because it gets me out of bed fast. It's the most annoying song. This morning, I willed myself back to sleep and managed to block out the song. Jokes on you, Tyler!

After a breakfast of toast and orange slices, we rested before heading off to work. Work for both of us was slow. I did my scanning and then nothing else. I texted with Amy most of the day, which is a great way to pass the time. They must of noticed I had even stopped pretending to work, because I was asked, "Are you bored?" I was totally honest and said that I was fully caught up and had nothing else to do. My boss said I can go home. She was also totally caught up and didn't have anything for me to do. I was super happy.

I came home and played DDR. I love that game. Tyler came home at 4 and we made dinner together. We had home made mac and cheese. It was really tasty. We also had left overs from last night. We are both hungry again though, so I don't know what we are going to do about that. Tyler just cut me up another orange and got himself a pickle. Every week I buy 3 oranges. I haven't been eating them for some reason, so we have about 10 oranges in the fridge. And since Tyler doesn't eat oranges, I have to eat them all, by Thursday morning. I think I can do it.

I have picked up a cross-stitch pattern that I am almost done. I just have the border left to do, and I'm kind of bored of doing just one color. But I'm almost done it and can move onto something with a little more color. I will say that this pattern is beautiful. Light and dark blue farm house design. I like it.

We had to put the cone back on Kitty, as I'm sure Tyler said yesterday. She was pathetic all night. She slept with us all night, at Tyler's feet, at my side, in between us. She just mopes around, wishing we would take the cone of torture off her. But she has been a bad cat and has 2 wounds that need to heal. I hope they heal fast because I feel sorry for her.

The weather today was blustery. Cold wind coming off the ocean is never fun. It was cloudy and foggy this morning and cleared up a bit. It's still windy right now but the sky looks clear. It looks beautiful outside, but it's cold.

Tonight, we are watching Deadliest Catch. We are also trying to curb our hunger with Dunkaroos and I have an orange.

Just a few more days and I am back in Alberta. I am super sad that Tyler doesn't get to come with me. It will be fun, but it wont be the same. It will be less fun without Tyler. 10 days is a long time. Luckily we get to spend the next 5 months straight with each other.

Well, I know this hasn't been to exciting but it's all I got for tonight.

Son

Quiet day

Well today was a very boring and slow day for me. The day started with a cat in my face which was pretty gross. I got up and showered and then had breakfast. Honey Nut Cheerios again. Then it was off to work. It was really slow in the morning with only one person needing blood work. So thats how it went. Lunch came and I went home for a sandwich and to relax from my super busy day. After lunch it was time to go back. And guess what, there was nothing going on, making the remaining few hours of my day drag by. But it was finally time to go home. I went to the store to pick up some salsa for supper. I also went to pay our internet bill but found out they are closed as they started their summer hours of only being open till 3:30, so I will have to try that again tomorrow at lunch. After supper we played some Wii and are now watching Last Comic Standing.

If you need to call us, you can reach us at 403 963 1855. This is because our phone bill was a bit outrageous this last month. Sonja's phone has been charged for incoming calls, and since all incoming calls are long distance, we were charged for all of them. Since my phone has long distance added to it we can avoid the high charges.

Thats it. Oh the cat is wearing her cone again because she has scratched a big scab on her face. She is now super depressed which will be nice when it comes to night and she won't be running around like a lunatic.

Tyler

Ty and I just finished eating our weight in puffed wheat squares. Although, they all fell apart, so it was more like puffed wheat parts.

Today was a great relaxing day. However, I woke up at 8am which is never part of the weekend plan. And that is about as far as we got. We really didn't do much today but it was super nice to just be together. We watched a few movies, including "Whip it" about a girl who joins a roller derby team, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs", and one other. I made French Toast for lunch and Classy Chicken for din din. I love Classy Chicken, and my favorite part about that recipe is that it is nearly impossible to mess it up.

Kitten was being bad today. She was scratching at the window screens and wouldn't listen when I asked her to stop. She just kept on scratching and scratching. Tyler eventually put her in her pet taxi and put her in front of the window. She calmed down and I started to feel bad for her so I let her out. She has been well behaved ever since.

During our hike, Tyler found an eagle feather. It has now become a new toy for Kitty and it's fun to throw it in the air and watch it lazily float down to the floor, all as Kitty is freaking out because its falling so slow. She just wants to get at it.

The weather was so beautiful today. So hot. We spent some time outside, although we didn't go on any epic hikes today. Tyler has recently hung up his hammock, so we were in that at one time.

Also, a very strange crane barge went past last night. I don't know if Tyler put up pictures of it, but it had 2 huge cranes on either end and it was just this big floating piece of metal. It was cool.

The rest of the night looks much like the day did. Tyler is playing Wii and I will challenge him once I get this blog posted.

Also, a few more names for Baby: Bliss, Xander Cage, Castor Troy, Vespa, and April.

I'm also getting excited for my cousin's wedding on August 7. It should be a great day and I'm really looking forward to being there!!

Sonja

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Sonja at the top of the mountain.

Me at the top.

A monster slug we saw on the way down.

180 degree of the west view from the top.

180 degree of the east view from the top.

Mountain

Today was a great day. It was so nice outside and sunny and not raining. It was nice to be able to sleep in and enjoy the day. Sonja woke up earlier and then I did. We made our shopping list and went out to get the groceries. We came home and put them away. I hung up my hammock and did some other things around the house. I made a sandwich for lunch and Sonja had a bowl of cereal. After we ate it was off for a hike. We decided to hike up Mt. Hand which isn't really a mountain, but it is the tallest point on the island. It was a pretty easy hike I thought. Some up hills but it was good. It was an old logging road for most of the way and turned into a less clear logging road which was over-grown and very wet. We were soaked from the knees down to our toes. But it was all worth it. From the top we were able to see all around. Miles and miles. We were able to see the whole island. When we got up there we scared away 15 eagles who were sitting up there. We took some pictures and came back to the apartment. The bugs were really bad in the forest so we didn't stay up there long. By the time we got back to town it was 3:45. Sonja cut my hair and then we cleaned up, ready to relax for the night. Just as we were settling down the phone rang. Sonja was being called in to guard again for the RCMP. So she went over just before 5 and will be home soon hopefully. I spent the night watching TV. There were a ton of eagles flying around and a few just below the deck. When Sonja gets home we will likely watch Transformers 2.

Not much else planned for tomorrow but we will see what happens when the day comes.

Tyler

Today was a funny day. Full of random things. And it all made me laugh.

It started with not wanting to wake up. This seemed like a very long week, due to the fact that work didn't make me happy even 50% of the time. It will be great to sleep in tomorrow.

One of my co-workers had the past 2 days off so I was in charge of answering all the phones. I thought I would hate it, but doing that job means I'm actually busy the whole day. And I'm pretty much awesome at answering the phone, so it's been fun.

This morning, a guy came into the clinic. I think he is the only black man on this island, so he stood out. He asked for me and I thought it was another person wanting to book an appointment with the eye doctor (That has been happening for weeks now). So I tell him I am Sonja and he tells me (not asks me) that I am Richard's niece. For those who aren't my family, I have an uncle Richard who lives in Hay River, Northwest Territories. I was blown away. So we chatted a bit and he said I looked like my cousin, Jillian. He said that he knew my aunt Jane and uncle Richard and that he has moved to Bella Bella. I learned later that he is the new Health Director for this town. How crazy is that, that some where out in the middle of the ocean, on a small island no one has heard of, will two people meet who know the same person from another province. It's just crazy!!!

Also, something that made me laugh, I sent a fax over to Klemtu regarding a patient. The first line of the fax was, "Patient has BS that has been uncontrolled for some time...". I thought it was funny.

Today we had to drop off the Jarretts at the airport. We stayed around with them, talking and hugging. It's never nice to see some one off, especially when we don't get to see them again until Christmas. It was great to have them here. It was nice to have some one else in the house when coming home. They are now on their long way home via car. They got off the plane at Port Hardy and drove down the island this afternoon.

I came home from work after doing practically nothing from 3-5. Tyler made mac and cheese for din din and it was tasty. I have been tired all day so tonight is going to be relaxing. We played a bit of mario kart and most games I was able to beat Tyler.

The weather was cloudy all day. It was spitting on me while I was walking home and now it is super foggy out. Its clear enough that we can kind of see the land across the way. It looks kind of like a horror movie.

I have also started cross-stitching a pattern that Mormor and Morfar sent along with my parents. Its going to be really nice. Mom and Dad Jarrett also brought along many patterns that I think were given to us by Kristie or, I'm not sure I was told, but I have lots of cross-stitching to do now. Some of them are a little "old ladyish". For example, there is one called, "Feline Fantasy cat". That's going to be a fun one to do.

Kitty was being super cute pretty much all day. Right now she is sitting up, blinking her sleepy little eyes because she has slept all day long. She is so silly and cute.

This weekend we plan on going for a long hike, to adventure in the back woods of this island. We should be careful because there have been lots of bear sightings this past week. We are both looking forward to getting a good sleep tonight.

I have also thought of some more names Amy should name Baby - Aragorn, Chuck, Sergeant Tibs. Just a few of the good ones I have stored away.

Son

Jarrett Family in Bella Bella

Momma J here...

along with Terral and Kyla.

Tyler just handed me the computer so that we could blog tonight and talk about our week here with them.

We flew in on Sunday from Port Hardy. The airport reminded us of the airport on the TV show "Wings". Some of you would remember this show. The same person gave us our boarding pass, checked our bags, took our barding pass at the door and was the same person who greeted the passengers who were disembarking the plane!

We arrived here around noon. Tyler and Sonja picked us up at the airport and took us to their place. After they had put away the things that we brought out with us and fed us some lunch we went for a walk around the town. While out we were on the lookout for eagles. We did find a few and thus began our daily watch for the eagles. They were still something cool to us prairie people even though everyone out here sees them daily.

During this week we have seen cruise ships, barges, ferries, fishing boats, float planes and kayaks go by. There is a lot of activity around here every day, which surprised us. We also have seen a big black bear at the town dump, as well as many eagles, ravens and crows.

We thought for awhile that Terral and Kyla would be able to take the float plane with the local doctor to Klemtu, but that didn't work out. However we did take the sea-bus across the channel and visited the village of Shearwater. Not a whole lot there but an interesting diversion non the less.

One evening Tyler, Kyla, Terral and I took the kayaks out and kayaked to a distant light house. It was probably a couple miles away from Bella Bella. It was a beautiful night to be on the ocean. Unfortunately, Sonja was unable to come with us as she was called in to do a shift at the RCMP detachment.

We also walked to the ferry terminal and to the airport both of which are a couple of miles from Bella Bella. The ferry terminal is south and the airport is north. It seems that people walk a lot out here. The weather was great for being out and about. Not too cold and not too hot. We did see the sun every day but one, so we feel that we were very fortunate.

Tyler and Sonja have been very good hosts to us, too bad they had to work every day that we have been out here. We are now watching TV and will be flying out in the morning and beginning our long trek home. Thanks Ty and Sonja for such a great week and sharing your lives with us.

--Carolyn