Is the question on deck.....
I've decided never to leave the village again. Okay, not really. But my Anchorage trip didn't go very well because I got the worst case of food poisoning I've ever had. I had to leave the retreat early & my boss wanted me to go to a clinic. And I feel when you leave a work function early and your boss wants you to go to a clinic, you go to a clinic. So I went. And there's not much you can do for food poisoning but let it run it's course. I went to Walmart but didn't last very long. So I spent the rest of my Anchorage trip in bed. Poor me.
And now.....I have been without power for the last 24 hours. There's power at the school but not at home. And there's been no cell phone or internet either. People are showering in the locker rooms and we just had a massive teacher dinner with excellent food. I even cooked a dish. It was a pasta dish from a box that boiled over. But whatever.
Many of the teachers are sleeping at the school tonight. Only in bush Alaska can you walk down the halls of your school and hear babies crying and dogs barking coming from the classrooms. People brought their dogs (and one family brought a parrot). The temperature is supposed to drop really low.
And our houses have no heat. We don't have wood burning stoves to generate heat either. So, sleeping at the school becomes a legitimate option. But not for yours truly....oh no. I'm going home in a bit. Cause I can't leave my cats. I know they will be fine but I'm not actually a fan of camping and I would rather bundle up my bed with blankets than camp out in my classroom. I'm spoiled, I know....
But there's internet right now....so I have some hope that all power will be restored to the village. I can't decide what's worse: no power but running water (no way to heat it up) OR no water but the ability to heat up river water or snow.....hmmmmmm.....
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I wanna sleep in thine own bed as well. However, Clare successfully convinced "Them" That it would be unsafe to sleep alone, so, now I ask, you wanna come sleep with me? :P
Oh, I would rather have power than running water, AND your pasta was tasty, I think you are only a terrible cook in your own mind sweets!
I'm going to go with no water but the ability to heat it up :)
Hang in there my friend!
Definitely would rather have power and no water...hands down...as for sleeping at home.. I'm not 100% sure I'm not going home to sleep.. I hate sleeping on floors, even on air mattresses, so staying here = no sleep anyways....here's hoping the power comes back...Your pasta by the way was terrific!
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