New Adventure of Life

Last night we lost power. Normally when we lose power it comes on rather quickly, but this time it lasted around 19-20 hrs. James and I had to sleep in the cold with no heat, but we were thankful that our uncle had a generator hooked up to his house and it was keeping the house warm. It was nice to be able to come over this morning and have it be warm, but eventually it was just getting to cold and he had to get a kerosene heater and turn on to warm up the house. It's hard to realize that we take things for granted. We take our electricity, water, and heat as if we should never have a problem. Yes we have to pay for those things, but sometimes things happen that no one knows about and it drives you crazy because it's an inconvenience not to have our morning shower or a fresh pot of coffee. Even to be able to flush the toilet is a big deal when you can't use. We get frustrated when the person who is in charge of the electric just doesn't fix it. I wonder how that perso

I enjoy watching it snow, which is a good thing since I live in Alaska.  I grew up in Michigan, so I have been around the snow my whole life. This year the snow seems different to me. I hated it when it would snow back home because that meant I had to drive in it. This year I don't have a vehicle to drive, I only have a snowmachine (which is what people in Alaska call snowmobile).  I have had to learn how to drive a snowmachine, which has been very interesting to me. The first time I tried learning I hated it. I mean I was determined that I wanted nothing to do with them at all. Well the only sad thing is if I wanted to go anywhere I would have to learn how to drive one. One day James and I were at the post office with a different snowmachine, I decided I need to learn how to drive it, because I would need to be able to go somewhere if he wasn't around. I drove home from the post office and I will admit that it wasn't that bad. I've just been trying to be confident to d