But of course...

But of course

The moment I’ve been waiting for…the moment I would be seeing the beautiful trees of Washington through my airplane window…the anticipation of seeing my family and friends would be growing…alas…I still sit here, in my lonely apartment in Gambell, AK still.  But of course.

This morning the flights were canceled, I held hopes for tonight’s flight at 415p, but at about 230p I received the most unsettling news….my flight was canceled.  I then proceeded to call Orbitz (whom of which I booked my flight through) to try and change my flights…the told me the soonest they could do was Thursday the 24th.  My heart sank and I began to cry, But of course.

Once I started looking into it I realized they were wrong, and I set out to prove it.  I got on the phone again and proceeded to talk to at least4 people for 2 hours (3 hours total after the whole ordeal).  I finally got the people to put me on the flights I knew were available.  I must say, I learned my lesson.  Never book flights (especially to/from Alaska) through any discount travel sites. I was able to change it to where I would be arriving Wednesday morning (rather than Thursday night).  Better than nothing I guess.  I sit here still upset as to how this is turning it, but I am trying to keep a light note of it.

I am just lucky I still was able to get a chance to go down.  At least I didn’t have any major appointments to go to in the beginning of the week :)  Although I def wont be able to see most of the people I had planned, it really is better than nothing.  I just pray that the second set of flights still work out!  Pray for me, I need to get home.

Let Winter Break Begin!!

The last two weeks have pretty much been the longest couple weeks ive had since September.  Perhaps it was the impending winter break, but my did it take forever!

This past Thursday I had a Christmas party with my kiddos, and I actually had 8 out of  my 9 students show up…and the amazing thing?  At least one relative of each child showed up to watch their child show what they have learned, do table activities with them and take pictures.  This is the first time that so many parents/relatives have taken part in a celebration all year.  It was wonderful, but by the end of the day my class was a mess, and glitter was everywhere. Ha.

I fly out tomorrow at 4:15pm from Gambell to Nome, then Nome to Anchorage, and Anchorage to Seatac, then lastly Seatac to Port Angeles to pick up my car. I am so excited for my visit :D  I am packed already (thankfully my family is letting me stay with them so I didn’t have to pack much).  Last weekend I completely scrubbed down my apartment, refrigerator and all….now tomorrow before I leave I just have to wipe down counters and vacuum. 

I don’t know if I’ll be posting on my blog much these next few weeks. I hope I’ll be busy having fun and seeing everyone. You have no idea how excited I am about just going for a drive :) LET WINTER BREAK BEGIN!!!!!

The kids make it worth it!

The influence we have on children…

This past week was a quick one, but enjoyable none-the-least.

I have a game I play with my kids in my classroom, although most don’t know that I’m doing it.  Sometimes during the day, time seems to drag on.  When this happens I start my game.  I would often go over to my kids and start playing with them.  When they say something, I would say “what?” and they would then repeat it (of course).  I would then ask “What?” again, therefore they repeat…again.   I then look around for a second in bewilderment and ask “What?” again.  And they repeat.  This continues until they eventually give up and say “never mind” or “nothing” or something like that.  So far my record has been having the child repeat 14 times before they gave up. 

But my story continues

On Thursday while my student and I were sitting at the lunch table we started talking.  I really don’t remember what it was about, but that doesn’t matter.  During this conversation with the kids, I had said something as a response to a question.  One of my students says “What?” and I repeat it. He then asks “What?” again.  Of course I repeat it again, thinking he just couldn’t understand me.  But once again…he said “What?”.  This is when I realized what was happening.  I then proceeded to tell him that he was awesome and gave him a high five. It was hilarious that he was doing just what I have been doing. 

A few minutes later I look over to him with another student at the sink where they are brushing their teeth.  He is doing it again to another student! Once the other child gives up he comes back over to me and give me a high five!

It’s amazing how much children actually pay attention to teachers!

Anyways, so this past week we got a ton of snow and the wind was not helpful.  Who would have thought snow drifts could be such a pain?!  When I got home each day this week I had a ton of snow in front of my door that I had to wade through in order to get inside. I guess I’ll look at the positive in this…a lot of exercise in shoveling snow!  Also, its amazing the workout you get while walking a mile in snow…

2 Weeks until I’m in Washington!!!!