Kwethluk, the final frontier

My house, the salmon colored building behind it is my school. I will actually teach in a unit next door to my house.
Chartered Flight to Kwethluk: $60; Flight to Bethel: $1500; One minute commute to the office: Priceless

Me on plane heading to Kwethluk. Longest five minutes of my life.

Kristin my roommate. Lovely woman who likes to cook and clean. Best roomy ever.

View from my house.

Final Goodbye!

Welcome to Alaska! This animal greeted dad and me at our hotel.

Home sweet home- with a view of the river!

I am safely in the tundra all nestled into bed blogging to you all. Up above you will see me and my house. The refrigerator in front is just decoration, I call him Franklin Fridge. No worries though about food storage: three freezers plus a fridge. I am able to freeze enough animals to feed a small country.

My first visitors came today and that was a real treat. I also got some of my boxes I shipped from Ohio. The best part of the trip so far has meeting so many great people and trying to learn Yup'ik, the primary language here. I still cannot say the name of my village correctly.

Just an FYI to friends and family: the cell reception and internet is spotty up here so calls will be dropped and lost and internet may not work properly. However I am happy in my home, love the school and now, thanks to the maintenance man, I have heat. Life is good.

So, here are some things I have learned:

1. I am horrible at all languages, including English.
2. I am easily thrown off my circadian rhythm by the sunlight which lasts until midnight currently.
3. Turns out my love of Dr. Pepper is shared with the buyer for the local store.
4. There is at least two local stores.
5. This is my favorite- time is a fluid thing in which there is no definite. Hakuna Matata my friends!