Thankful for Water

It is currently 18 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny. Yay it's warm out! Woot! No really, it will feel warm out. It's been clear all day so that sun has just been beating down on this frozen tundra.

Weather Update, Check. Bush living update. Last night was nice until I was mid conversation with Nathan (the boyfriend) and hear my pipes grunting and moaning. I said something along the lines of "OH F@*$! I think I just lost water, and I haven't filled anything up in preparation!!!!" After my exclamation, Nate responded like he always does when I update him on news like this, "Oh." "Well Nate, remember how I was going to work out after I got of the phone? NOW I CAN'T! So much for getting back into that routine!" I wouldn't be able to hydrate after, or take a shower. Lesson Learned? Always keep pitchers, and spare milk containers full! Though I don't really have spare milk gallon jugs because well, I don't get fresh milk at the Co-Op. I have to buy this super pasteurized milk that you don't have to refrigerate for up to 6 months. That's high class milk! You can't just get that stuff anywhere!

That leads me to my other update on bush living. I got three food orders yesterday. The first was my very last Nutrisystem order! Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert for 30 days. (I've lost 33 pounds since August!) The second was my Nuts Online order. I purchased pistachios, cashews, dark chocolate covered almonds, cinnamon roasted almonds, dried strawberries, and TURKISH DELIGHT (glad I finally get to try the dessert mentioned in Narnia)! Nuts Online got to me in 3 business days! Normally stuff takes 7-14 business days. Note I said BUSINESS days! Letters can take SEVERAL weeks! The last food order was my order from Bethel, AK (the closest hub). I purchased milk (fresh!!) and packaged fresh spinach. It will be the first time I have an extra gallon milk jug to fill with water!

Bush Living update? Check! Lastly, my students and my j.o.b. I now only have 11 students. One of them moved :( I was sad to find that out this morning in an email from the teacher at Russian Mission who now has her! The rest are driving me crazy with all their chatting, so I devised a wonderful, inspirational plan; seat change! I took off their name tags and today after school I shook things up and rearranged where they sit! I'm amazing, I know...(teehee).

Student quote of the day: During phonics we were reviewing our letters. We always say the name of the letter, the sound of the letter, and the animal on the letter card. One of my students must have watched a lot of Star Trek, and must be an aspiring Trekkie (spelling?). We got to V and as the rest of the class says "V, /v/, vulture," He says, "V, /v/, Vulcan" He does this quite often, and it's so cute I stopped correcting him.

Love you all,

Edah

P.S. Water came back on sometime before this morning. YAY!