Some good hard work
Carrie posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2007
Today I worked at a property outside of Whitehorse building a dog run. A guy from the hostel was hired by one person who then referred him to another, etc. and this last job required a bit more help and so I went along for some extra spending money. We built a fenced-in dogrun so that the woman there could leave the dogs outside safetly while she was away at work during the day. The wire was a pain and I have the scars to prove it but she rented a gas powered auger for the day so that made digging the post holes was a cinch. The woman was really nice plus she volunteers at a therapeutic riding school so I’m thinking potential interview here. At the end of what seemed like a typical May 2-4 weekend day at the cottage I walked away with $120 cash. Ain’t gonna ague with that.
We had a big BBQ at the hostel with steaks and everything to mark the end of our stay together. Six of us have been staying here for 2 weeks and have grown quite close but June 1st marks the beginning of many rental dates and this is our last weekend together. It’s unfortunate that we figured out we like each other so late because had we known earlier we would have looked for a place to rent together. We sat outside on the porch and laughed about stupidities from the German and English language and then joked around with some guy from Phoenix for a while and enjoy a last night together. It’s sad but that’s the way it goes with backpacker hostels. People come and go and they’re great to meet but everyone is so transient. Sad but refreshing too: you leave each other before you get tired of them:)
Days are getting long here and at 1:30 am you can still see the dusk on the horizon and it’s not completely dark. It’s getting light by 4 am but I don’t really know because I haven’t seen that time of day ever:) I was glad today to put in some serious hard labour. Makes it a good days work…
I’ll proof read and edit this when I’ve had less to drink so forgive the typos until then.
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