day four: getting settled

Bad news. My affinity for Inuit art may cause me to lose more money than I will earn up here. My father has told me that he'll buy me my first carving to start me off but I'm on my own from there. There's a Cape Dorset print I'm eyeing that's on display at the Museum right now. I'll get a picture of it next time I'm there. It's of a bunch of children playing outside except one kid is randomly upside down. Secret Inuit magic? I think so.

It took me a couple of days to get settled here. I was still very out-of-it and very tired on Saturday. Yesterday my dad took me for a drive around Iqaluit, although, if we're being honest, there isn't a lot to see.

I can't decide if I like it here yet. The people seem really nice, but it's really dirty. There's no grass or anything so it's all muddy and dusty. There's a lot of garbage around, but I think it has to do with the fact that there don't appear to be any public trashcans. It does have a certain charm though. I just need to give it some time, perhaps.

One thing I'm not enjoying is the cost of food. I had to go buy cereal, because all my dad had was Harvest Crunch, which was about as terrible as I thought it would be. So, we went to the North Mart, which is the Iqaluit equivalent of Wal-Mart, and got some Corn Flakes. They cost me $10.99. All I can say is that at least they weren't Frosted Flakes. A box of Tony's best will have you handing over $17.99.