Redoubt

So I see that I failed at my goal of writing at least once a week. It's not that I feel like I am even that busy, maybe just lazy.

So last week happened and I can't seem to remember it. Ah yes on Friday we had Mid Winter Mayhem at our house. Mid Winter Mayhem was created to help with the boredom and coldness of the winter. It's pretty much a smaller version of the Olympics with opening and closing ceremonies and events like the luge, ice dancing, spelling bee, limbo, and then pool, darts and foosball which were to be held at our house on Friday. The part was pretty fun, I went to bed around 11 but I think people didn't leave until 2 or so. But the best part was that one of my roommates started talking to a guy by the name of Dave who was randomly invited. Dave is a professor at the university here in Anchorage and they just hit it off. The minute he walked in the door I could tell they would hit it off, it's so much fun to watch from the outside. But on the downside I agreed to go with her to First Tap this Thursday because she invited Dave along and wanted some of us to go with her. I don't know how it happened but now I am the only one going, so yes I am officially the third wheel. Oh and First Tap is when the local brew house unveils a new beer and a band comes in and plays some tunes. I've been to it once before and I would say every young person in Anchorage comes out for it. But yes the dilemma of being the third wheel. Of course I can't let myself do that, so yes I had to make a few calls and this Thursday I will be going on my first double date. And I don't know how far I want to go into my dating life in this post but I may be going with the bamboozler from a previous post. Yes I know, but I will explain in a later post. Or maybe no one even reads this so I don't have to feel guilty. But stay tuned and I will for sure write about how my first ever double date goes.

What other tidbits of information do I have? Hmm this past Saturday I went out and had some Vietnamese food at Pho Lena. It was a great place, very small and Pho Lena herself was there. The food was great, the windows were foggy, and yes I was out with the bamboozler. But let me just say living on 80 dollars a month one cannot refuse a free dinner out. So Saturday was a nice night and then Sunday morning I went skiing on the coastal trail. So pretty, crisp, and sunny. I've never loved the sun so much before moving to Anchorage. We also skid on the lake, which was fun until I heard cracks and then I peed my pants...of course j/k. But I loved the weekend, a nice getaway from work.

This weekend I will be going to Juneau for our second retreat. We will be flying which I hate but hopefully worth it because I get to see Juneau which I have heard is breathtaking.

And lastly I just received an offer from a client which was really hard to resist. He offered not only dinner but a taxi ride to dinner, very clever I must say. But he also offered...a bicycle for the summer. I will give him points for the originality of his request, but sadly I denied him. So I guess I won't accept every free dinner that comes my way.

Oh and I guess there is a volcano by the name of Redoubt that might blow at any time. We have to carry masks with us and not wear contacts. Apparently the ash is like glass and can get into your eyes and scratch your corneas. It all depends on the way the wind blows when it explodes, we might get ash for a few days or none at all. We're supposed to have 2 gallons of water per person just in case which we don't have, but maybe we can barter with our 60 pounds of wheat berries.