One week

Hey I'm sorry for kinda dropping the ball here, but there hasn't been much to report on. Things in this town move very slow, and I think I've caught the bug myself! So whats happened over the last week? Usually I spend the morning and afternoon checking for jobs on-line and running little errands around town. Then, most days so far, Pedro takes Phoenix and me to some beautiful hiking spot for an hour or so, then dinner.

We've had all kinds of different foods since the kitchen situation is way lacking at the moment. Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Mediterranean, and we even tried for German food, but they only served beer - damn! ;) So although I'm sure I will start to notice things I'm used to from TX that aren't available here, so far, (other than the amazing views and super slow pace,) its really not so different. And I really get a kick out of being able to run a half dozen errands in under an hour!

Anyways, here are a few pics I've taken while out exploring over this last week:

Distances from Palmer, AK

One of our awesome hikes this week

The view from my window

View at the grocery store (there doesn't seem to be a direction you can look around here and not see mountains :)

Standing on a frozen lake!

So, its been just over a week, and things are still going really well. I don't have a job yet, but I could be working a lot harder on that :P I kind of decided to give myself this first week off anyways, so as long as I'm employed by this time next week, I think I'll be doing great! Phoenix is also adjusting wonderfully, though he hasn't made the association between eating snow and shivering uncontrollably, but somehow it doesn't seem to slow him down!

Should be a quiet weekend, though hopefully we'll go down to Anchorage for some portion of it. I want to check out the art museum and hopefully find some Indian food! I'll try to be better about posting - and I'll definitely announce my new job whenever that happens :)