the first (work) week

Last weekend perked up considerably. I went to a Rockabilly themed party, which included a trip to the local bowling alley (only 2 lanes!). Sunday afternoon was spent in Rainbow Falls. It's a hiking trail that leads through some mountains, near a waterfall and has beautiful views.

Here is a picture of me at the beginning of the trail. Most of the trail is boardwalk throughout. Later in the afternoon, Liz, Adam and Sarah headed over for a vegan potluck at my place. This week's theme was Mexican. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures. However, we had a good time. After that, I experienced a movie night in Wrangell. That weekend's movie was Inglorious Bastards. It pointed out some ingenious work, but moved along slowly. The movie "theater" is one room with plastic chairs. People who have gone to Calvin: they are chairs like the DeVos Center.

The rest of the week included the beginning of work in Wrangell. This week was more orientation and job shadowing than anything, but I liked it and am looking forward to having my own client load next week.

Three out of the five work days were sunny and gorgeous, despite the air still being brisk. It made for some killer sunsets as I walked around the island (second picture below) or even just as a view from my living room (first picture below).





I received roughly 11 packages this week and have unpacked most of them. Settling into my apartment here in Wrangell is going very well. I ran into my landlord at the grocery store this morning and she said when I paint, that she will pay for the paint. She's also looking into sheers for the windows and will take my input.

Tonight is Girl's Night. We are going to eat salad and watch The Time Traveller's Wife together. Tomorrow my mom arrives and everyone will receive much deserved surrogate mother action. It'll be a good week.

To see more of my pictures of Rainbow Falls, sunsets and more of life around Wrangell, click the Moving to Alaska link to the right of this page.