As I was 'chatting' online with my buddy home from the great white north today he forwarded the following article about Iqaluit and bragged he knew all of the players profiled in Iqaluit – quirky Arctic frontier town
San Francisco Chronicle | May 15, 2011 | by Margo Pfeiff :http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/13/TR0E1IT2KR.DTL&type=travel
He heads back in June for another four months of northern life and is in the preliminary stages of planning to run away to Cambodia with a friend for November. Both of which sound much more appealing than finishing up that Emergency Nursing Course!
And of course, speaking of travel gets us thinking of the next vacation so I was somewhat heartened to see that the airfare for October had dropped about $100 since I last checked. We may be able to swing a 10 day escape somewhere warm after all. And of course Lonely Planet would like us to do just that so they are always tempting me with websites such as this:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/travel-tips-and-articles/76617?affil=twit
I received an email from the Red Cross today stating that a TMR – trunk mobile radio course would be held this month and the presenter's agency is.....Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Public Safety and Field Communications. Wow, he must feel pretty important when he answers the phone eh? Always looking for courses to add to the resume as I market myself to volunteer perhaps for the ICRC.
And speaking of bureaucracies...the College of Registered Nurses of NS sent the following email today:
- The process will be totally ELECTRONIC – and totally convenient!
- Paper application forms will NOT be mailed out – pre-formatted application forms will be completed online.
- Paper licences will NOT be issued - proof of your licence status will be available at www.crnns.ca as soon as your renewal is complete
Just had a call from friends who are 'home' visiting from Saskatchewan and they will head over tomorrow afternoon. We are planning a crustacean supper which as you might expect will be a bit hit for Prairie folks. So despite the atrocious weather we've welcomed them with, it will be great to see them. And it is a wonderful excuse to have those day shifts off!!!
