I'm back, i'm backkk
So here I am in Alaska. I was not sure that I would really make it here, but here I sit in the EDR (Employee Dining Room) ((Love it when new jobs have about a million different acronyms that you are supposed to learn)) typing on one of their ancient computers. I am waiting for Ryan to arrive with his Mac but I am not entirely sure what the internet connection is really going to be like. They have this awesome rec room for us employees with a really kick ass sound system and projection system where we are able to play the movies right up on the wall. It pretty much feels like a movie theatre and each night since I have been here we have been having movie marathons. I am thankful that the supervisors have a week to gain their bearings of where we are at.
Leaving home was not as hard as I was anticipating, except for my animals. I am still feeling immensely guilty that I even left them, but I have to remind myself that they are just animals and that they are going to be just fine for a few months without Mom. I hope they still remember me when i come home though. My parents took it a lot harder than i was thinking they would, especially my dad. Most parents can't wait for their kids to leave and give them their money and space back (ha), but mine are all about keeping the family unit. I suppose it is what they have worked towards for the last twenty five years. But. But.
I have a lot of buts running through my mind. I cant stop my mind from just going a million miles a minute. Especially today. Today something is going on in my mind and I jsut want to sort through it before it consumes me.
This last week has been pretty exhausting. They serve meals at 8 AM, 12 PM and 5 PM. Really weird for me to one eat on a schedule and two to eat so damn early. By nine oclock I am wondering where dinner is, but I am slowly adjusting. The walk to the dining hall/lodge is a little under a half mile. It's really not that bad, until I have to walk home, and it's all up hill. I have managed to figure out a decent trail, one that I don't struggle too much with. But. But. I am walking something like 4-5 miles a day, and I am not eating at night. I would be lying if I don't hope to drop a few pounds while I am here. Couldn't hurt things right, right?
I have met a few people already, and they are all interesting. Every one is so different, they are from all over the country. Most of them are younger than me in my living area, but I am hoping to start meeting more people my age when the employee bar opens. I was invited to drink the leftover beer from last season with some folks a few days ago and that was pretty legit. So it goes. I am not the most social butterfly but I am trying really hard to smile and be accomodating to meeting people. It's hard. I am awkward, and then I don't know how to react later. But. But.
But.
So, my room is super small. Pretty much a hole in a tin can, but it works for the price. One fifty a month, one fifty that I don't even have to pay because I am a supervisor. I am a little iffy on my job, which is essentially cleaning every surface/bathroom in the lodge, but I think that once I have a team to help me it will not seem so damn over whelming.
Today my feet hurt. I ran and ran and ran in circles, mostly because my manager had the day off and I was supposed to figure out what to do on my own. That is never exactly the easiest thing to do even though it seems like it would be way easier than being watched by a hundred different eyes.
I am gonna close it up but I promise to update with some actual Alaska stuff ha. Maybe even some pictures of the beautiful Mt Mckinley. It's really hard to describe what a *real mountain looks like. The ones that I live in are little babies compared to this monster. I look out of my window and I am just amazed at the sheer size and intensity of it. I never knew that I could feel that way about my home, about it being so small. Alaska is just so enormous. And covered in snow so I haven't been able to do any exploring. I hope that when the weather turns better I am given enough days off to actually go and enjoy the scenery and different tours that they offer.
I should be doing some laundry or something. I gotta walk home and I am avoiding that ha.
Till later.
Oh. It is light until ONE IN THE MORNING. And then it is only dark for like three hours.
It's seriously STRANGE to walk around at ten in the evening, complete day light.
Leaving home was not as hard as I was anticipating, except for my animals. I am still feeling immensely guilty that I even left them, but I have to remind myself that they are just animals and that they are going to be just fine for a few months without Mom. I hope they still remember me when i come home though. My parents took it a lot harder than i was thinking they would, especially my dad. Most parents can't wait for their kids to leave and give them their money and space back (ha), but mine are all about keeping the family unit. I suppose it is what they have worked towards for the last twenty five years. But. But.
I have a lot of buts running through my mind. I cant stop my mind from just going a million miles a minute. Especially today. Today something is going on in my mind and I jsut want to sort through it before it consumes me.
This last week has been pretty exhausting. They serve meals at 8 AM, 12 PM and 5 PM. Really weird for me to one eat on a schedule and two to eat so damn early. By nine oclock I am wondering where dinner is, but I am slowly adjusting. The walk to the dining hall/lodge is a little under a half mile. It's really not that bad, until I have to walk home, and it's all up hill. I have managed to figure out a decent trail, one that I don't struggle too much with. But. But. I am walking something like 4-5 miles a day, and I am not eating at night. I would be lying if I don't hope to drop a few pounds while I am here. Couldn't hurt things right, right?
I have met a few people already, and they are all interesting. Every one is so different, they are from all over the country. Most of them are younger than me in my living area, but I am hoping to start meeting more people my age when the employee bar opens. I was invited to drink the leftover beer from last season with some folks a few days ago and that was pretty legit. So it goes. I am not the most social butterfly but I am trying really hard to smile and be accomodating to meeting people. It's hard. I am awkward, and then I don't know how to react later. But. But.
But.
So, my room is super small. Pretty much a hole in a tin can, but it works for the price. One fifty a month, one fifty that I don't even have to pay because I am a supervisor. I am a little iffy on my job, which is essentially cleaning every surface/bathroom in the lodge, but I think that once I have a team to help me it will not seem so damn over whelming.
Today my feet hurt. I ran and ran and ran in circles, mostly because my manager had the day off and I was supposed to figure out what to do on my own. That is never exactly the easiest thing to do even though it seems like it would be way easier than being watched by a hundred different eyes.
I am gonna close it up but I promise to update with some actual Alaska stuff ha. Maybe even some pictures of the beautiful Mt Mckinley. It's really hard to describe what a *real mountain looks like. The ones that I live in are little babies compared to this monster. I look out of my window and I am just amazed at the sheer size and intensity of it. I never knew that I could feel that way about my home, about it being so small. Alaska is just so enormous. And covered in snow so I haven't been able to do any exploring. I hope that when the weather turns better I am given enough days off to actually go and enjoy the scenery and different tours that they offer.
I should be doing some laundry or something. I gotta walk home and I am avoiding that ha.
Till later.
Oh. It is light until ONE IN THE MORNING. And then it is only dark for like three hours.
It's seriously STRANGE to walk around at ten in the evening, complete day light.