Week four is done and I don’t have much to whine about. Last year it was nice to write my blog and bellyache, since Monica wasn’t hear to suffer my babbling. But she is able to hear it firsthand this year. Since writing is similar to work, and I’m lazy, I tend to whine more with my face-hole than with writing. That’s my pseudo-attempt at making an excuse as to why I didn’t write a blog last week.
I was in Anchorage last week, receiving training for a tutoring program I will be helping with this year. Our school offers an after school program for up to 15 kids three days a week. It is administered by an outside group, which sets up the curriculum and even provides snacks. Another teacher and I will be sharing the duties of managing the program from our end. This will give us a few extra bucks to go towards our next purchase: a snowmobile.
Well, it’s called a snowmachine up here but I’ll stick with using my southern accent. Having a snowmobile would give us something to do while it’s frozen outside, besides just watching TV. Not that TV is all bad, but getting cabin fever may be dangerous this year. I don’t know how Monica will handle being up here all winter, knowing there are sharp objects in the kitchen drawers. Plus, when I’m asleep I snore. Loudly. And I have no way to defend myself while sleeping. So this snowmobile purchase just may save my life. It would also allow us to do some shopping at an actual store. Emmonak is about 20 miles away on the Yukon River and has two stores. Once the river freezes by the first part of Dec., it is used like a road for people riding snowmobiles.
It will be expensive to shop there. Just the gas will be a big part of the cost. It is about $6 a gallon and may go up during the winter. Food is pretty outrageously priced; eggs are about $5 a dozen. Crappy, small red delicious apples are $13.29 for 5lbs. Monica went up there yesterday on a boat with some friends and bought a few things for us. Eggs, not apples.
Monica has been working more than we had anticipated. Way more. In 19 school days, she has worked as a substitute in 14 of them. She has subbed as a special ed teacher, special ed aide, general ed class aide, and a math/science HS/MS teacher. She has not subbed in my class yet, but maybe someday. She will be starting her college career next month, so she’ll really be busy, with subbing and doing her own homework. I’m not sure how the laundry will get done, but maybe the Laundry Fairy will show up. I was the Laundry Fairy one year for Halloween. Ok, it wasn’t Halloween, but it sure makes a Tuesday go much faster.
With nothing to whine about, I have to look for a new hobby. The snowmobile will give me something to do once it gets cold. Until then, I can try out the Xbox. Monica and a couple of other teachers have already started by playing some Kinect games (dancing and jumping around). I have yet to succumb to the urge to dance to Lady GaGa. Maybe the Laundry Fairy will help me with that.
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