Alaska #9

1. Northern lights are pretty much amazing! And I am going to pick up the tripod that I ordered so hopefully I will get some good pictures soon.

2. The drunken antics of my coworkers somehow resulted in the screen door on our kitchen getting bent into a v-shape. Ya, it's not very useful anymore. And James just barely put that in this summer. I will never understand why people feel the need to get drunk.

3. Between the drunken antics of said coworkers and Lucy watching TV across our thin wall until 2 or 3 every morning, it's getting rather difficult to sleep at night. Oh well, I just see the lights more :).

4. The latest group project at work has been repainting the train car that is our office. James is way too perfectionist. He started grinding off all of the rust and started basically from scratch. So after a month of working on it, he only had a week before he and Brigitta left, so in our spare time everyone except Lucy have been painting the train car. It's fun, except the wind has been blowing like crazy lately so you end up with paint blown all over you and have to hold on tight when you're on the ladder or else you get blown over. At least we are finally almost done.

5. Walking 2.2 miles to church sure does a number on flip flops. I am on my third pair since coming here, and I only wear them to church and to the shower.

6. Most of the foreigners can't say "Wi-Fi." They get the Wi part right but always say Fee. So it sounds like they're asking if there's "wifey" in the rooms :).

7. We had a staff pizza party before James and Brigitta left on one of the slower nights in the office. Miles helpfully informed me that the drinks there were alcoholic, so I didn't have any. But everyone else did. It was an interesting night. Sheri gets super giggly when she's tipsy, and I've never seen her like that before. Miles would say something, and she would laugh for a couple of minutes, then say "You know you're kind of funny." By the end everyone was laughing for no reason or super grumpy, also for no reason.

8. Quote of the week. We were explaining to the Bulgarians about Labor Day, and Kiki was very confused. She said, "I thought labor was when . . . Phewsh!" Said while motioning downward from her hips :).

9. I no longer get Sundays off. Miles is always lucky enough to be there when Sheri is making the schedule and he has been asking them off lately. I don't get it. I am the only one that goes to church, and all he does in lay around in the kitchen/living room hung over. He can do that any day. And Lucy refuses to work mornings, so I'm out of luck :(.

10. I am addicted to the Gourmet popcorn place down in the Canyon. It is run by this super cute couple, and I get a local discount. I am going to miss that place. They have amazing chocolate covered popcorn, but they also have the best plain caramel popcorn I've ever had.

11. The clouds here are pretty spectacular. When it's partly cloudy the clouds hang so low and are so fluffy that they look fake. Also, sometimes there is a smooth layer of clouds across the entire sky, and it just looks like the sky is white instead of there being clouds. I would still be okay if the sun showed itself more often, but at least the clouds aren't boring :).

12. Apparently fall is the season for Martens. They are running all over the place, and are super cute.