This weekend we had the opportunity to have four whole days off in a small southern town in Saskatchewan called Weyburn, where one of our team leaders lives. I've probably said this before, but I feel I should mention it again : SSM is NOT a small town ... we've been deceived our whole lives living there thinking we were stuck in a tiny little city, but let me tell you, I haven't seen small towns until this tour. Weyburn has a population of about 10,000 people and they're biggest hit: wheat fields and oil rigs! Oh wait... They do have a McDonald's AND a Walmart! ... you know you're a big shot when ;)
The first day we were here, we spent the whole day laying around doing nothing! Because we are SOOOO generous, the girls and I had given up our beds for the guys the night before, so we spent the first night making a fort around our air mattresses so we would have a private place to sleep as well. It's a good thing we gave the guys the bedroom because even though us girls slept until about 11:30am, the boys slept in even longer! I think we needed it haha. The second day was much more eventful! We took team pictures outside in the snow around the old barn in our billet's yard, then took a trip to Walmart (so exciting!!!). Afterward, some of us went over to an intern's house who we met at the last school we were at and went horseback riding! It was cold, but fun! When we returned to our billet's house, she had a lovely turkey dinner waiting for us with stuffing and all! It was delicious! After dinner, our billet had hockey tickets for us so we got to go watch the Red Wings play! .... Okay, maybe I should be more specific ... The Weyburn Red Wings ... BUT they won the game in a shoot out, and we caught two pucks, so we're convinced we're good luck :)
Who said small towns couldn't be exciting ?!?!?!?
Today we're spending the day packing Christmas shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child at our billet's house!
Overall, it has been a very relaxing and exciting long weekend!
Tomorow we're Manitoba bound!
Wow time flies! You're getting close to home again. Enjoy your last few weeks, we'll see you soon. Love Aunt Lisa
ReplyDeletehaha :) Yes, I think I too had a better appreciation for my "small town" after living in SK for a while. Though I did grow to love lots of things about SK that we don't have here. That's so nice you had some time off!! Travelling and staying at different places every night can be pretty exhausting! Hopefully now you're all refreshed and ready to go! :) Miss you!
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