Getting darker....

The hospital at night

There hasn't been too much going on around here lately. I've just been trying to think of things to do during the precious few hours of daylight on the weekends, and during the dark evenings during the week. I'm certainly not the only one, as there are quite a few sports, craft fairs, and other events happening around town. This week there's a few local musicians presenting 'Hip Hop Hump Night' on Wednesday (hence the 'hump night'!). A few girlfriends and I are going to go check it out, if for no other reason than it's something different to do!! That's one thing about living here - there's not a tonne of choices of activities so when something comes along, you are either IN or OUT, and if you're out and you're bored, you only have yourself to blame!!

I think it's time for...

Arctic Lesson #4: When in doubt, always choose to be IN. No matter how odd the activity sounds, it will almost certainly be better than doing nothing.

Olympic spirit

The Olympic flame came to Iqaluit today. It was a huge deal for the town - roads were closed and all non-essential personnel got to leave work an hour early!! It was pretty fun to feel the energy in the crowd that gathered in the -30 degree weather, and I realized that there's a good chance that this may be the only real Olympic-related event I ever attend so I stuck it out against the cold.

The flame on it's last leg of the relay through town.

Wickedly cold, but having fun!!