A Day in the life of a Katimavik
Participant A Day in the Life...
Here goes nothing:
6:45
Wake up in a room of 6 girls to someone else's alarm going off, probably the cook/house manager for the week. She doesn't wake up, so I grab her alarm, turn it off, shake her, and go back to sleep.
7:00
Slowly people start to wake up and head for the shower. The routine is the same everyday, those who take the longest to shower and get ready in the morning get up first.
7:30
The cook comes downstairs to officially wake everyone up and let us know that breakfast is ready. I head upstairs, and we all eat at our own pace. My group was pretty quiet during meals.
8:00 - 9:00
Depending on what time everyone's "jobs" start, people leave and head to there respective work placement. Sometimes we help the cook with the dishes, but more often than not the house is left in a general disarry for the person who's staying home to deal with during the day.
During the day, everyone works as a volunteer at a non-profit organization. Examples: Tourism Moose Jaw, Belliveau's Cove Walking Trails, North Pacific Cannery Museum, and Prince Rupert Self Advocacy Group.
1-2 lucky particpants spend the week at home. During the day they prepare meals, do dishes, tidy the house, make bread, go grocery shopping... and help out the project leader. We all took turns being the cook. Some of us liked it, some of us (me!) hated it!
4:00-5:00
People begin to arrive home from work. This time of the day is good for just hanging out, fighting over the computer to check email, and napping.
6:00
Generally speaking, we all eat supper together at around 6. Sometimes we would have only english or only french meals. Usually if you spoke the wrong language you would have to do something really dumb, or would loose the priviledge of utensils. Surprisingly, I found it much harder during the english meals as I was accostumed to translating to the best of my ability what was going on...
7:00-9 or 10
Usually we planned activities that we would do together in the evenings. Once a week we had house meetings.... usually long and drawn out housemeetings where we planned everything.
10-bedtime
More time to hang out, use the phone or computer, or just relax. I usually took my showers at night so that I could avoid the rush in the mornings.
Bedtime
You might imagine that sleeping in a room full of people on the top bunk of a homemade bunk bed would be difficult. Not for me, although I usually chatted alot before falling asleep, I never had any difficulty sleeping once I closed my eyes... I think it was just due to my busy day every day.
A Day in the life of a Katimavik
Participant
The Very Beginning: Participant Orientation
in St. Denis Saskatchewan
1st Rotation: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
2nd Rotation: Clare, Nova
Scotia
3rd Rotation: Prince Rupert, British
Columbia
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