Alaska #2

I am just going to copy Chrissi all out and do this in a list of interesting things. Thanks for the idea, Chris :)

1. Rafting the Nenana river was super fun. They had us all get in these wetsuits that covered our clothes and had rubber feet and tight rubber lining on the sleeves and neck. I was grateful, since the river is from glacial runoff and the water had only been water for less than 24 hours (according to our guide.) We went through 10 rapids, ranging from class 1 to 4, over a one and a half hour trip. The first time we all got a facefull of water our guide yelled out, "That's what we like to call a glacial facial!" It was Kiki's first time rafting, and before we left she just kept saying she was panicking, but when we were on the trip she was whooping with joy :) It was a good employee outing. (and we got to do it for free! regularly $87 each!)

2. I got my boss back good the other day. He is constantly teasing me, and Chrissi gave me the idea that maybe if I'm mean back he would stop for a little while. So he was teasing me about doing sprints at 4:30 in the morning (and it's their fault I have to go so early, they want me to work at 6) and Sheri asked what sprints were. He told her it was running fast for short distances. Then he turned to me and asked "I run slow for short distances. What is that called?" I told him, "Wishful thinking." That shut him up for almost 10 minutes! ( a record, I assure you :)

3. I met Jessie at church the first Sunday I was able to go. She invited a bunch of the summer workers over to her house for a movie night. She has three kids, Cecilia, Lance, and Mitchell. Her husbands cousin Jessica is staying with them for the summer, and she is the person that I have really started to hang out with up here. I think I am going to end up spending a lot of time at Jessie's house this summer :).

4. A random guest at our hotel told me I should look into joining the Army, and I'm trying to decide if it was a sign.

5. The fire marshal came in the other day to talk to Gregg, and he wasn't in. I was wearing the new feather earrings I got in Denali gift shops, and the fire marshal saw the speckled feather and got all excited. He showed me a picture on his phone of a fly fishing fly that he wanted to make that he needed a feather like that for. Then he asked me if I would mind parting with that feather in one of my earrings. I was like, uh, yes. Yes I would.

6. Moose hang around our hotel a lot. I haven't gotten a really good picture yet, but they are everywhere. And the other day when I was walking home from Jessie's after a movie night a mother moose and her two tiny babies crossed the road not far in front of me. I love it!

7. I bought Psych season 6 on Amazon Instant Video and downloaded the episodes onto my laptop when I was in the office so I could watch them in my internet-less room. I only have one left (whoops :).

8. I want to learn Bulgarian. When they come into the office to Skype their families it sounds so cool! And I really like the way my name sounds in their accent. Just sayin.