Week 1

So this isn't everything and hopefully I can get my pictures up soon, but here's a start for ya...

I am sitting in the lobby of Best Western Kodiak. I’m not sure that I’ve fully comprehended that I am actually here, in the middle of nowhere, 10 hours (by plane) to anywhere else I’d want to be. The plane ride wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I mean I kind of assumed it would be horrendous so when it was only awful I was content. On the 1st plane I was stuck between a girl who fell asleep immediately (which I was pretty jealous of after having only slept one hour the night before) and another guy. He was pretty tall and I am pretty sure that he was under the impression that they would give him a set of those pin on wings that they give to little kids if he could successfully do the splits in his seat because I have never seen anyone sit with their legs that far apart. He was practically kneeing the girl on the other side of me. Seattle to Anchorage was long, but nothing of real importance to talk about.
Then on the flight from Anchorage to Kodiak (45 minute flight) we took off and half an hour later they had to turn around. Luckily though that plane was super empty so there was plenty of room for everyone to have their own row, but I ended up sitting by an older couple and they were so sweet. They’re my new friends and they are from Scottsdale, which is pretty random. We were talking about what we were doing in Alaska and stuff and I told them I had been at school in Utah and had worked for my dad before and he randomly said “You’re a nice Mormon girl, aren’t you? Ya I can tell.” That made me laugh; I guess they have some good friends from Salt Lake City. Then while we were waiting the guy in front of me talked to me about the island because he was headed to the one next to us and then the guy sitting across the aisle from me told me he knew the man who built the Afognak Wilderness Lodge and he said it is incredible and that he wanted to take his family there, but couldn’t spend $700 a night. I guess it’s a good thing they are paying me to be there and not the other way around.
The hotel room stay was interesting. I was kind of nervous to walk around town by myself, but the lady on the plane basically told me that I had to watch out for the guys here like as if they were going to attack me or something. So I went and got dinner and bought some stuff at the grocery store. Kodiak is a weird city. The streets are all deserted except for a few random fishermen. (Have you seen Deadliest Catch? I think they film that here. Ok not really, but it looks just like it! They just had some crab extravaganza last weekend, no joke.) Now I am stuck here in my hotel room because it is too rainy for the little floatplanes to take off. Man, this has been a crazy ride.
Random bit o’ the day: I’m watching MythBusters. Guess what. They tested a bathroom and the floor had more bacteria on the toilet seat, which was nearly bacteria free. Weird, eh? Ooh, and a dog’s mouth really did have less bacteria than a human’s.

5-30-07
So, I finally got to the floatplane and was pretty stoked about going on it. It was a half hour ride. The first ten minutes were so sweet, but then something turned, and all the sudden the exciting float plane turned into the place where I was trying not to throw up all over. Really, it’s a good thing we landed when we did. Last night I just unpacked and we had dinner, which was really good. I guess I’m going to have a lot to work up to. Uh oh. This morning I woke up around 9ish with Brittany. Everyone’s pretty laid back right now while we don’t have any guests. We had breakfast and then Brittany and I started working on some gardening out front. It took about half an hour to get ready. I wore rain pants for the first time today. Haha. It is so cold and rainy, but it’s not too bad since we are all bundled up. I’m really excited for tomorrow because we are baking cookies all day and will be inside. So let’s see… my room is kinda cute. It’s just Brittany and I up here. The water here is yellow because of the iron or something like that. It’s really weird, but apparently it doesn’t hurt anything. The people up here all seem pretty cool. The guys are pretty funny and one of their girlfriends is up here and she is sweet. Their mom who is my boss is nice. It’s kind of tough right now because I don’t really know what it is that people want from me, but I’m trekking through.