The races were pretty much finished by the time I got out to the bay. Did I mention that the races take place on the frozen bay? It is a good flat place to race. There were still small children running around on snow machines. I have seen as young as 5 years old driving one.
I got bored yesterday and ended up taking a nap. I am not a nap person normally. It totally screwed up my sleep schedule. I couldn't fall asleep until 0130. It would have been great for hiking out to see the lights but I had not made arrangements with anyone else and we can't go out alone.
The weather has warmed up. It has to be close to 30 now. Ice and snow are melting like crazy. I slept in until 1000. It was then I realized that I was missing something: my government credit card. I had it out to get checked back into my room. I last remember showing it in my pocket, probably my parka. Since then, I have walked literally all over this town. At some point, I probably knocked it out of my pocket. I called and checked and there are no additional charges on it. I've checked with the hotel as well as lost and found and it has not been turned in. Maybe a local will find it and bring it to the hospital on monday. I need it to check into my room in Anchorage on the way out but there is no way I could get a replacement in time. So, I am busy unpacking and repacking my stuff, checking everything double and triple. In the ultimate scheme of things, it is not the worst thing I could lose here.
I understand now why people here smoke and alcoholism is a problem. Everything is closed. There is literally nothing to do. I've walked down to the armory to use the wifi. I've used up my reading material and walked the town although everything is closed today. I can see how boredom could overwhelm a person. I'm really looking forward to starting back to work tomorrow.
Everytime I do something like this, I get here and wonder why I didn't bring some simple trinkets from Arkansas to hand out to the locals who help us out. So everybody reading this remind me the next time I volunteer to do something. It may be a while after this one so I hope you have good memories.
I got the largest flat rate box I could from the USPS. It is nowhere big enough to send a basket home. I'm now faced with choices. Do I pay 50 bucks to mail a regular box home? Do I hand carry it home?
One of the nurses is supposed to come by the hotel this evening with her sled dog team. I can't wait to see that. Folks have gone ice fishing. I've tried to get hooked up with that. Communication remains difficult and we have such a short time here when we can do things. I cannot imagine living here before internet and television. Guess I am so programmed now to be on the go. I wouldn't mind just sitting but it is hard to find a place to do so alone. Hard to imagine in the Arctic Circle but that is what happens when the military invades.
I got bored yesterday and ended up taking a nap. I am not a nap person normally. It totally screwed up my sleep schedule. I couldn't fall asleep until 0130. It would have been great for hiking out to see the lights but I had not made arrangements with anyone else and we can't go out alone.
The weather has warmed up. It has to be close to 30 now. Ice and snow are melting like crazy. I slept in until 1000. It was then I realized that I was missing something: my government credit card. I had it out to get checked back into my room. I last remember showing it in my pocket, probably my parka. Since then, I have walked literally all over this town. At some point, I probably knocked it out of my pocket. I called and checked and there are no additional charges on it. I've checked with the hotel as well as lost and found and it has not been turned in. Maybe a local will find it and bring it to the hospital on monday. I need it to check into my room in Anchorage on the way out but there is no way I could get a replacement in time. So, I am busy unpacking and repacking my stuff, checking everything double and triple. In the ultimate scheme of things, it is not the worst thing I could lose here.
I understand now why people here smoke and alcoholism is a problem. Everything is closed. There is literally nothing to do. I've walked down to the armory to use the wifi. I've used up my reading material and walked the town although everything is closed today. I can see how boredom could overwhelm a person. I'm really looking forward to starting back to work tomorrow.
Everytime I do something like this, I get here and wonder why I didn't bring some simple trinkets from Arkansas to hand out to the locals who help us out. So everybody reading this remind me the next time I volunteer to do something. It may be a while after this one so I hope you have good memories.
I got the largest flat rate box I could from the USPS. It is nowhere big enough to send a basket home. I'm now faced with choices. Do I pay 50 bucks to mail a regular box home? Do I hand carry it home?
One of the nurses is supposed to come by the hotel this evening with her sled dog team. I can't wait to see that. Folks have gone ice fishing. I've tried to get hooked up with that. Communication remains difficult and we have such a short time here when we can do things. I cannot imagine living here before internet and television. Guess I am so programmed now to be on the go. I wouldn't mind just sitting but it is hard to find a place to do so alone. Hard to imagine in the Arctic Circle but that is what happens when the military invades.
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