Livin it up in Warkworth

Hello! So today will be our third day of work in Warkworth. The owners of the lodge are very nice. Jesse has spent the past two days scraping old paint off a large window payne to get it to the point where it can be primed and repainted. I must say that he has gotten the short end of the stick, as he has been on a ladder for most of the day and I at least have both feet on the ground! The first day I ironed sheets for almost all of the six hours and yesterday I handwashed sheer curtains. It is kind of a cool feeling to wake up in the morning and know that you have to work in order to eat (they feed us three times a day) and have a bed for the night. I guess its the same back home, but this is more immediate. Obviously if we were to become lazy and not work then we would have to leave.
The town of Warkworth is pretty small. All of the shops close up at5 or 5:30. It gets dark here at 6 now and that makes the nights seem pretty long. Jesse has taught me to play chess and so we have enjoyed some pretty spirited games. Jesse has agreed to make his famous chili next week for one of our supers and we are all looking forward to that. I think that I might make a nice tatertot hotdish sometime too. It got down to 8 last night and so that is about 46 degees farenheit.
There was a rugby match on the television last night. I am not sure which leauge it was, as there are numerous different ones. All I know is that jesse is starting to understand the rules and follow the game and I am as lost as if watching an american football game. There is a student staying at the lodge who used to play rugby and so jesse was talking him up last night asking about the rules and what certain calls mean.
I have been told that we are going to a large farmers market on Saturday in a neighbooring town. That should be a fun time.