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Well we never left Pond Inlet like was the plan on July 8th. We went to the airport, we checked in and them we waited, and waited and waited some more. After delaying the plane twice they decided that it was too foggy and rainy and so it was cancelled for the day.
As some of you know Drew is not the best flyer and after spending the night before not really sleeping you can imagine that neither of us was fit to go to work. Thankfully our interim store manager was somewhat normal so he allowed us to go home and sleep for part of the day before coming into work.
Now let me back track slightly. On Tuesday we had dropped off our 10 items of cargo that was going on the plane with us. We figured that it would just make it easier on Wednesday morning since we had to be at the plane for 7. Again a great plan but when the plane doesn't actually leave and all of you stuff excluding your clothing is in a box it does make day to day life slightly challenging.
I am happy that sometimes in life not being completely ready for some does actually work in my favor. In this case we had planned to have a girl from work in to clean the house after we left and had told her to take all of the food that we had left behind. So thankfully even though we didn't leave and had nothing but our clothes at least we had food in the house.
So because we knew that we were re booked for the Friday plane we left our cargo and most of our suitcases at the airport. Yes in the north you can do that and it's normal.
Friday arrives and the weather has gotten worse. They delay the plane an hour and then decide that we will go. So everything including the dog gets put on the plane. We get on, we start to taxi toward the runway and then the flight attendant tells Drew that we probably won't be landing in Igloolik but will try for Pangnirtung. Keep in mind this piece of information was provided to us after Drew has told her that he was a nervous flyer.
Pangnirtung is located in between two mountain ranges and although we are told that it is very picturesque flying into Pang can be a nightmare because of the cross winds. After Drew hears this info the one thread that he was still hanging on to snaps. Granted I wasn't thrilled with the news either.
My lovely husband manages to get the plane stopped and turned around and off we get. Our suitcases and the dog that is, unknown to me our cargo stays on the plane.
I'm slightly freaking out thinking that we are going to get fired and that we will be stuck in Pond forever, I'm never going to see another tree. I'll never see my horse or my in-laws again.
After we all calm down and the plane leaves without us, we repeat Wednesday over again.
The only difference was that I didn't go back to work that afternoon as I developed some type of stomach issue that tied me to the house for four days. Fun, NOT.
Later that day when Drew was back at work one of the people that were on the plane with us that morning came up to Drew and told him that it was a good thing that we got off.
The plane never made it to Igloolik like they said, and it did go to Pang. And the weather was so bad there that the plane was almost flying on it's side and they couldn't actually land. So they went to Iqaluit and them flew to Pond. WTF. I love you I love you and I love you some more my wonderful husband. I think that if I had, had to fly through that I would have developed some serious issues with flying as well.
So after the weekend we try again, you know what they say, third times a charm.
So on Monday July the 13th we make it so Igloolik. But of course, you knew their had to be a but. Turns out that on that Wednesday plane that had our cargo, they told all of your stuff off in Iqaluit and left it there. And guess, today is August the 2nd and our stuff is STILL in Iqaluit. I can't get an answer from Canadian North as to why they won't send my thing here. Granted we did have many weather issues for the first two weeks that we were here. But now it just seems like that cargo is just not important to them so it sits and I can't get answers as to when I might get it back.
So that is thankfully the only drama in life right now. The new store is somewhat the same as the last, same shit different pile. Not sure about how long we will be here considering we thought we'd be in Pond longer but we will carry on here until we hear otherwise. I would really love to be somewhere with trees but as those are highly sot after postings we may have to wait sometime to get one.
I am happy to report that we are now working 35-37 hours per week instead of the 50-55 hours that we were working in Pond. This alone has lowered the stress level. People are friendlier here. And for reasons I have haven't figured out yet, there are more white people here.
After seeing mostly native people for the last 5 months it is sometimes odd for me when I see a white person.
We took the big truck out to the flow edge on Wednesday and collected some goodies. There is still ice in the bay but in the last week or so you can notice a visible change on the amount from one day to the next. Hopefully by the time the fish come in we will have our rods back and we can attempt to land a nice big char.
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| We can drive to the flow edge here in about 40 minutes. In Pond it was a few hours to the flow edge and only via 4 wheeler or snow machine. |
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| Beach jewels |
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| On the right you can see a sliver of blue, that it work. And that is the truck we drove to the flow edge. |
Phew, it was a big write today. Hope everyone is enjoying the summer, but I have to say I do not miss the heat that you guys are having. I am quite happy to be boiling hot when it is a balmy 15c here.
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| The moon has returned after being away for 3 months. The beach is now a 30 second walk from the house. We still have ice but it should be gone within the next week. |
P.s As I was about to post this Drew called me from work to say that our stuff was coming to the house.
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