Two of our students came to school after the weekend this week with frostbite on their faces, from being outside playing hockey. Greg and I have a thermometer that we look at constantly to find out what the temperature is. We are the only people in the teacherages with a thermometer so I think we are the unofficial ones who run over to the principals house to let them know it is -40.
It seems that daily now we are hearing sighting of wolves. They are seen all through the day too, often times by what the locals call the lagoon. The lagoon is half way between town and Duck Lake (we live in Duck Lake). I keep hearing out this big black wolf hanging around. Thankfully we have not come across it yet, and I hope we don't. Greg, Amanda and I walk around here so much going back and forth from the school all the time, so I am a little nervous that we might run across it. The students show no fear about them, but I am sure they are putting up a front too.
Anyways I just thought I would share a little bit about what life is like in Deer Lake in the winter.
Story from Greg this week. The school is having a raffle for a car they have purchased from Red Lake. The car is a 1998 Chevrolet. He was telling the grade 9s about it, as they were going to be selling the car. Immediately some students started saying that they were going to buy tickets, because, well at 14 it's time to look for a cheap car. Anyways, he just told them they were selling a car. For us typical first responses down south may include questions about make/model/year/colour. One student immediately asked, "Is the car rezzed out?" After asking her, he found out that it meant a car that has seen any length of time on a Northern Reserve.
I'm so glad you have good winter outfits. Keep covered up. You don't want to get brainfreeze.
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