This morning Mark and I went over to Mom’s house. She made lunch for us and started an unintentional fire, but Mark’s quick thinking saved the day. After lunch, he stayed and fixed her garbage disposal which hasn’t worked in several years. This afternoon, he was called to work. Continue reading
I have been fascinated by the many different types of cacti I’ve seen since we’ve been here. Today I only worked half a day and took a taxi home (more about that later), so I decided to walk around Mission View RV Resort and do some photographing… Continue reading
Job hunting is beginning to feel like a job in itself. I started at 11:00 this morning and didn’t finish till nearly 5:00. Continue reading
Today was the last day of our work week, but this weekend isn’t going to be fun and games as usual. Remember all that training Mark got to be an RV inspector? He’s been working on his final training and the next two days he has to do two premier mock inspections. We are going to be so busy I doubt I’ll have time to write, so this is a brief check in. Continue reading
For the most part today, Mark and I stayed home and worked on various projects. A couple things happened to make this a good day. Continue reading
Last Sunday Mark and I attended both our churches to say goodbye. It’s hard to believe our time in Alaska is nearly over. What have I learned here? Continue reading
For the past couple days we’ve been doing a lot of running around with not much to show for it. Continue reading
Sometimes, even a pacifist has to know how to fight fire with fire. It’s been an emotional weekend: everything from hopelessness and despair to learning when and how to speak most effectively. I gave as good as I got and eventually everything worked out. I’m going to have to remember how I did this for the next time conflict comes up! Continue reading
Mark got up at 5:00 this morning and went to Los Banos, nearly a 2 hour drive, to take a day of training for certification as a Range Safety Officer. This isn’t a required training here, but he wanted to be prepared for this winter when it will just be him and Adam working on the range. He got home this evening at 7:45, full of stories about what he Continue reading
I took the last test on the NCRC today, Locating Information. I had studied and prepared for the last 2 weeks. I got to bed relatively early for me and slept in relatively late, so I had about 9 1/2 hours of sleep. I had a good breakfast of Bran Chex, fresh strawberries, and Continue reading