As soon as the Christmas break started I began to rest a lot and took a break from reality. The main reason I rested was because I was stressed out from cooking through the first half of the school year.

I also did a lot of babysitting for my daughter Janice, watching my grandson Troy and granddaughter Leann. It was mostly fun, but sometimes it was a hassle.

When they held some local ball games I came to watch, mostly just to kill time, because there was nothing else to do. They also held some ball games in Pilot Station and we went down for those games because tournament games are always exciting and fun to watch.

When there was nothing else to do I watched some movies and just relaxed.

Once Clem and I went manaqing at Kayakutak, but we didn't catch a thing. We didn't even get a little nibble. The best time I had during Christmas vacation was when we went blackfish dipping in the lake by the old beaver house. There we caught a total of five gunny sacks full of them. It was a lot of fun getting Christmas blackfish.