Adjusting to life here

To go to sleep I have to draw a heavy curtain over the window, but even still it is a little weird going to sleep every night while the sun is out. Or even just settling in for the night. I can be winding down and look outside the window and think “look at that beautiful day!” and I have to throw on my clothes and go for a walk even though technically it is the night time.

Alaskans have a weird slow way of doing things – like the pauses between when you stop talking and they start talking seem longer. Or if they do something, it’s almost like they are stuck on “mosey.” They also seem begrudgingly helpful or incidentally informative. And there is a dry sense of humor – like sometimes you aren’t even sure if the person is making a joke or just talking. An example is – the pilot of the flightseeing tour tossed out something like, “Whenever I go walking with the Mrs., I take a bear gun with 5 bullets. 4 for the bear, and 1 for me.” Then he just keeps talking about the scenery. I mean, that was a joke right?

I was bored so I put mayonnaise in my hair – I just got a bunch of the individual packets from the cafeteria, and squirted them on my hair then massaged it in. I was pretty sure I remembered that was a beauty secret from all the teen magazines I read in junior high. Outcome – creamy. No, actually, I’m not sure if it did any good, but it didn’t do any harm. So decided to use it as a “deep conditioner” while I am here. Afterwards I looked it up online to see what it was supposed to do, and I also found that some people put baking soda in their hair as well, so I’m going to get some at the store and mix it in as well!

Pictures: Sky at 11:30pm; McKinley; Wildflowers