Internet at HOME

So the last month or more I have been selfish with my daily activities and thoughts.  No worries though because I now have internet at home and I will be able to make posts way easier than before.  Most days I would leave school (and the internet connection) to go home to eat, but then decided I would much rather stay home than go back in to "work". 

Life here in Kipnuk is going well and I have a great group of colleagues that I spend a lot of time with outside of the school day.  I also have fixed my "roommate issue" with a very cute village puppy.  Her name is Aquila (which was derived from a little girl's Yupik name Quila)  The two of us are a pretty good pair and we share the living space well.  She lets me feed her and clean up after her.  She also makes sure I get out of bed and that I get to experience having a dog to walk in the Alaskan Tundra.

I have taught my new friends how to play my favorite games and they have had open minds to try new games.  It has been great to have that aspect of my "old" life here in Alaska.  The only problem I have faced is that I am a pretty good teacher and I am continually losing my own games.  I will take this problem any day as it shows I am getting to play boardgames regularly!

This is the "Truman Show" look to Kipnuk.  Those "roads" are boardwalks, sometimes barely big enough for four wheelers.  This is my Alaskan home and feel more and more a part of it each day!

:) Gia