Snow Falls....

So this has been a quieter couple of weeks, without a whole lot of drama. Snow storms came in, but the weather isn't such a huge deal to me anymore. I've got the equipment to stay warm & dry.

I was a bit worried when the zipper on my parka broke, but I think I can fix it. The morning after it broke, I had to walk to work in a snow storm. I wore a thick hoodie under my raincoat and was warm & toasty. So I'm not worried if I can't fix it. I'll come up with something.

This week I was at the school quite a bit for the middle school teams basketball games. One game I was in charge of the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade cheerleaders. I had fun, but I didn't know the cheers so it was hard to coach the girls. Lucky for me, they were all so adorable that anything they did was cute as could be. My roommate coaches the cheerleaders but she also was coaching the basketball team, so she couldn't be in two places at once....although, technically, they both were in the gym, but you know what I mean.

I was invited to play basketball with a group of women who play at night. Surprised? Yeah, me too. I can't shoot, dribble...okay, so I don't really know how to play basketball because I hated P.E. when I was in school. I was a drama kid....we didn't do P.E. We were too cool for it. But, it might be fun and I warned the women how I really don't know how to play. So why not? Who knows? I like the ladies who play so I might just love playing basketball.

The big news is that contracts came out. I was offered a contract for next year. And I signed it. I'm coming back to Akiak next year. I might not really leave it except for a visit to California this summer. I like it up here and i think I will have an even better year next year. I love my kids but this year I spent mostly feeling out what it takes to live and teach up here in Alaska. I'd like to be more proactive next year. I would like to start a drama club next year. I think it could be a positive way for the kids to express themselves. The only real question for the drama club would be what would the age range be? Well....I could do two....one for younger kids and one for older.....but that's just one of my ideas.

I believe most of the staff has been offered a contract for next year. I don't know who all is coming back next year though. I know my Miller friends are coming back (or never really leaving) but I think some haven't decided yet. The turnover here is really high so I might have a completely different experience teaching here next year. Who knows what will happen?

Oh, and I forgot....I have other news. But not really exciting. Over winter break I had dyed my hair blonde. And then I found out there's a high chlorine content in our water....which explains why my hair starting turning green. So I dyed it with the help of the Millers....to a dark purple. I look punk rock. And for those of you who don't know my mother, she has red hair. Really red hair....why am I telling you this? Because anytime I dye my hair, it tries to go red. The purple was a temporary color and guess what it's fading too....yep, red. So I've decided to stop fighting the red hair. Red hair - you win....next time, I'm just going red.

By the way, you can't ship hair dye....good thing I'm going to Bethel next weekend for a math conference. I'll pick up some then.