The short version (I'll fill in the details later I hope) is that The Fire still burns......over 300,000 hectares now. They have brought in my favourite Mars Bomber http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/06/03/edmonton-massive-water-bomber.html (oddly enough, from back HOME in BC) Makes sense (finally) to bring in the largest water bomber in the World to fight the largest fire Alberta's ever seen.........
That said, clearly I remain a Refugee at that other camp LOL. In as much as I am wishing for a return to my smaller, cozy little camp at Kearl Lake, I have NO desire to be evacuated again, ever. Best to wait until the return is permanent, until the next fires of course (which will be a long, long way away because there won't be anything left to burn) The people here at Posh have been exceedingly kind and helpful really, under nothing less than extraordinary circumstances. I have been put to work in Housekeeping as my job was with Kearl. It's been a confusing and seriously humbling week.......no real information combined with working, hard, physically.....ten and twelve hours a day. Toss in some snow (really) , bovine bartering (story) , an apparent Staph infection (!) and suitably Atomic meds for same and ?.....................I haven't had a whole lot to say really :(
Until today my future has remained entirely uncertain, back to Kearl? sent home? I didn't know and it's been incredibly tiresome. I have however, now found out that I am staying, here at OSL until my scheduled return to my Island on the 15th. I will (THANK YOU UNIVERSE !) be removed from my current drudgery in the trenches and placed in the office, where I belong, to be fully trained for my position at Kearl...........whenever we may all be able to go back there. It's most unfortunate however that a coworker that I am rather fond of hath been sent packing early today.....in as much as I am thrilled with my seeming salvation in this strangest of situations, I am NOT happy with it being at someone else's expense.
Bittersweet.
I probably shouldn't publish this as it's not really in keeping with the Spirit of Me :) but we all have our breaking points and I have been hauled right to the very edge of mine. I'm certain, however, that I'll get right back to just being a Spazz again shortly... once I'm healthy again and can manage to fit it a few days without any further strange happenings !! Entirely too much to process this whole last week has been........
THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH ME !!!
Off I go now to watch some hockey , rest up and gear up for the next eleven days of work....at least I know I have it now and for that I am immensely thankful.
Back at you soon with adventures in the Canteen (I only just walked down the hall and returned with fresh fruit salad, a warm bran muffin and two rice krispie squares...my meds are frequent and require lots of water and food....how handy this is ...he he ;) ......bovine stories and tall tales of my visit on the malaria side of life......LOL........
Life's weird.
Love it and Live it is the best we all can do :~)
Namaste
K
a few pics from my day yesterday....trip into Fort McMurray to the clinic.....just NASTY really....for miles and miles and miles and miles......it's impossible to even imagine unless you see it (and you really don't want too I'm certain )
OH how I look forward to my LUSHNESS again in a few weeks :~D
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| Seriously......left the pepper spray behind at Kearl too LOL |
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| Oil Country-next time you fill up think of this one....... |
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| God's Armpit (I'm sure of this now LOL ) |
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