Midnight Sun
I flew into Alaska last night at 12:30am. I am here because my youngest sister is graduating high school and frankly I needed an excuse to take a vacation!!! The last time I came back home, though was in the dead of winter so it is fantastic to come when there isn't much snow left and it is all warm--by Alaskan standards. The most amazing thing to me though was how, even though I lived here virtually my whole life just how quickly you can forget such basic things--Especially the things I am most frequently questioned on when people find out I'm from Alaska. The midnight sun, perpetual daylight, etc. I, apparently, had forgotten exactly how bright that sunlight was. I was asleep on the plane when we were approaching Fairbanks and awoke to the pilot announcing descent so I looked out the window and had a mild panic attack--it was freaking downright the middle of the day. Did we enter some bizarre time-space continium? Had I been drugged and kidnapped? Where the FUCK am I? Obviously, I was tired and needed to wake up a bit more but I now have a little better understanding of people's fascination with the perpetual sunlight issue. Growing up I never really noticed it. Having been away for a lot of years it is bizarre to be putting my luggage into the car at 1am and have it be bright as it is in SLO when I go to work.
Anyway, that was my realization of the day--perhaps I should have a bit more patience with peoples asinine questions concerning Alaska in the future...Even to a native Alaska some of it is strange to come back to.
Posted by Jess | Thursday, May 11, 2006
Your post must have slipped past the RSS feed. How wonderful that you made it back to Alaska. Now, I guess, you'll have to rewrite the Planning section in the sidebar. Since you accomplish things so predictably, maybe you should write Hoping to make a million dollars before turning thirty. Anyway, if you're still there, have fun, and don't forget to come back.
Hope you are having fun with your family. When do you come back?
Evan--How about I hope to make just $10k that isn't earmarked for something before I'm 30--I'm not greedy!!!!!
Stacie--I am having a lot of fun, thanks!!! Fawn graduates tomorrow which is super surreal but what can ya do. I'll be back this Sunday afternoon. As much as I love it here and everything I'm definitely getting antsy to get home!!!
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