Day 1

Tim and I finally arrived in Anchorage after one long day! Only to be true to my ability to greatly succeed under pressure and my talent to procrastinate, I did not start packing until the night before we left around 9:30 pm. I finally finished at 12:30 am. I was exhausted as I had woken up that morning at 4:15 am to get Ruthie off to kamp (and the night before had driven from Ruston to Dallas and gotten to bed around 12 am). No sooner then had I laid down my head, I got the hiccups! They decided to hang out for the next 45 minutes, waking Tim up about every ten minutes and not allowing me any rest!

So, when the alarm went off at 4:30 am, I had gotten about 6 hours of sleep over the last two nights. You know when you get so exhausted that you're nauseous? Well I have that sometimes (had it the day before also!) and it usually just goes away....not this day! As soon as we got in our rental car (my car is in the shop) to get to the airport, I started puking out of the window- and of course it got in my hair and all that fun stuff. We were running a little behind and still had to gas up the rental, so of course we took the wrong exit for gas and lost time there, and when we got to the gas station, I had to clean the car off (still feeling miserable at 5 am) with the windshield scrubber- Tim attempted to help me but just couldn't. Then as soon as we got to the rental car return, I ran to the nearest trash can and hugged it for about 5 minutes. Then we had to carry our copious amount of luggage across the DFW airport. I just couldn't do it, so Tim had the look of a very kind pack mule on our trek. :)

Also, Tim had to make it through security with our firearm (remember we were running late). Well, needless to say, we made it in time. My nausea didn't go away until about 1pm that day! And no I'm not pregnant (sorry Laura). We arrived in Seattle at 10:30 am and ate at Ivar's fish bar, I got their famous clam chowder which was very good. The mountains over Nevada, Idaho and Oregon were amazing.

We left for Anchorage at 12 pm and were in wonder for the next 3 hours as we flew over the Pacific Ocean and Canada, lots of massive mountains, islands, beaches and the pacific Ocean. We arrived at 5:30 (Dallas Time) and 2:30 (AK time) after 7 hours of flight that day. It was sunny and 65 degrees. Lindsay drove us around downtown a bit and showed me where I would be working (very nice building and location). No need for AC at Lindsay's house, we slept with the window open and enjoyed a nice, natural breeze and lots of light coming through the windows!

Today we are on the lookout for either a moped or an old car for me to get around, so pray that we find the right vehicle! Right now it's in the 40's and I'm wearing my big winter jacket of course :).

I'll keep yall posted!

Love, Rachel :)