The hole-digger-worker-man told me they were finishing the sewer line today and the water would be done next week so at least there is an end in sight for moving into the house! It's a duplex we share with a newly wed couple who both are teachers.
And lastly my box of fruit and vegetables arrived this evening. I signed up for "Full Circle," where they deliver fresh fruits and vegetables weekly or as often as you schedule the delivery from local farms. Because of the inconvenient place I live this box was over $60! My jaw dropped when I opened the box. Even though I knew what was coming, it was still a shocker to realize....Toto, we aren't in Utah anymore.
These first two weeks in our new village have been long with Jack flying out three separate times to three training in the district village, Unalakleet. He was here 4 out of 14 days! No big deal for many spouses who travel for work, but Jack is a principal! The kids are testing my patience as we make new rules for playing and a schedule. Life is very different here, kids run around unsupervised all day and for hours into the late hours of the night. I hear kids playing past 11pm every night because it isn't dark yet still!
It was pretty cold this day, but we needed to get out! We met two girls who will be in Zax's kindergarten class. There should be 10 students!
10:30pm from my back porch! It really is an amazing view. When we move to the new house we won't have this view so I'm enjoying it as much as I can now.
I love going to the beach when it isn't windy!
Jack took a break and met us on our way back from exploring. He has a lot to do by Wednesday. Since we live next to the school he is there now (10pm) finishing up important things. Principals here have very different responsibilities, but have a much smaller staff and less student.
This is the clinic. All the teachers I've talked to say they wouldn't go here. With my insurance i can fly to Nome 2 times a year for medical appointments/emergencies. So i went in to check it out. They don't have a PA, but their technician do well baby checks. Now i have a dilemma because i want Crew to be immunized. Jack thinks it's no big deal to take him just for a shot and I'm a little too trusting that people know how to do their job so i might take him next month and find out for myself.
Wow life is so different there! It's interesting to learn about how things work there. But wow! Life sounds tough! You are a real trooper! Jessica you are amazing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carolyn! It is tough. It's like going back in time and being forced to live while knowing what they have in the future.
ReplyDeleteYour amazing adventure reminds me of when we first moved back to Texas (West Texas, oilfield, Texas) from living near Boston and in Dayton, Ohio. No big box stores, 65 miles one way to Church (this was pre-meeting block era), very primitive medical care, the list goes on and on. For a FHE we went to King Mountain (a range of mesas above the otherwise totally flat terrain). At dusk you could see lights from the surrounding small settlements as far away as 50 miles. Jason was a toddler, and took my hand and with sheer wonderment said, "look, mommy, you can see the whole world from here". I started to cry, thinking if this was our whole world, I am not survive!!. We all DID survive and as you are experiencing, we learned many survival tactics that made our lives more 'normal'.
ReplyDeleteThank you again for sharing your adventure with us via your blog. If there is anything that we can send or do from this end to make things easier on that end, don't hesitate to ask.