This is not MY life X 2

my running sink (always)

I think that we’ve all had those moments, when our life takes a turn and we don’t even recognize it as reality. This happens to me frequently, it can be good or bad, but sometimes you’ve got to ask yourself, “Is this really my life?”

The answer this week is yes, this is your life Emily, get use to it. I’ll start by telling you that it’s cold here. No, let me start with a phone call I received this morning:

Me: Good morning, Moody Residence

Chrissy: We’re F@#Ked

Me: Go on…..

Chrissy: Our water, it’s frozen in the bathroom. No more showers.

Me: F!!

So yes, it happened, our pipe froze, but just the one in our shower. LUCKILY, and I truly am grateful for this, I still have water in my bathroom and kitchen sink. Okay, fast forward to this evening, I’m finally warm after being cold pretty much all day, finishing up my dishes when my electricity goes out….back to the beginning of the story, it’s cold here. Like it didn’t get above 10 degrees today and it’s probably hanging out around zero right now. Oh yeah, and I heat my house with an electric furnace. So I don’t have heat, and it’s freezing, and I can’t take a shower at my house. THIS IS NOT MY LIFE!!!!!!

long underwear, always

And now a more upbeat, “This is not my life” story…..right after I got back from Christmas I inquired with a company that leads yoga and kayaking trips in SE Alaska. Now, at this point I had already decided that I was coming home this summer, but I was interested in perhaps doing some type of work exchange to be able to participate in one of their tours (as they are really expensive). I never considered working for them because I figured that my season would be too short (June-mid August) and, as previously mentioned, I want to come home this summer. Any who, the owner of the company contacted me and told that while they’ve never done work exchanges before, he thinks that I (ME) would be a good candidate for a guide position. (Insert lots of profanity and a happy dance). This is a real honor as this guide company is super legit and offers amazing tours and AND they are based out of Gustavus, a place that I have ALWAYS wanted to visit. Seriously, google that shit, it’s amazing. Long-story-short, if we can work it out with my teaching schedule, and if I can manage to get my Wilderness First Responder before June, I think that I have a job…..leading kayak tours in Gustavus, I know right? THIS IS NOT MY LIFE.

Check this company out here:http://www.seakayakalaska.com/

This quote came from an education magazine:

"If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job. ~ Donald D. Quinn

Truth!