so check it. i get to go back to dillingham tomorrow. its a much shorter trip (just sunday-tuesday) and there won't be any winter camping on the tundra, but i still get to stay with the hoopers & maybe catch a rousing game of "settlers of catan!" wahoo!its been a blast to be able to travel all over alaska. but i do sort of feel like all that travel in january & february made me feel like the cut & paste feature on my computer. like, i can't really believe its the end of march in juneau. the snow is mostly gone from downtown--what?!?! and i feel like its still the middle of winter. feels like my birthday should be right around the corner instead already a month in the past.
its like i entered a time-warp in bush alaska. which, i guess, may be an entirely appropriate way to feel out there. its a different world; different than anything i've ever known or visited (sidenote: i love the distinction in spanish between conocer and saber. in this case, both apply). people are kind and warm, but know i am an Outsider. they welcome me into their lives, but we only talk about school and kids and the village--public domain things. i guess that's how it should be. but it feels nonetheless isolating--like i've been cut& paste into a world that doesn't know me while the world i do know ticks on.
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Yahoo! See you tomorrow at the airport :)
P.S. Settlers will be set up and ready to play.
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