Today was the first day of inservices for us new teachers. Inservices are where the district makes you sit through meetings and tell you about the upcoming year. I felt welcomed today.
And they fed us. That's a great thing. At home, we pretty much just have the staples right now. Donuts were a luxury.
Amy applied and got a job at Hanson's Trading Post, which is a Safeway store really. She is the new front end manager. She hasn't been called yet to interview for the school's paraeducator position yet but she couldn't wait. She got kind of stressed our by prices.
Then we had a wonderful bus tour for us newbies with our familes on a little yellow bus (go ahead and think about those smart remarks), led by Nome Citizen of the Year Richard Beneville. He is a hoot, a real stage presence, in fact he was on the stage growing up in New York. I loved listening to him as he showed us all over the city.
Probably the most important thing today: we were on the beach and I got to wash my hands in the Bering Sea. How many people can say that? I had the same feeling when I put my hands in the English Channel and the Rhine River in Germany. Just a wow sensation.
We saw a herd of musk ox in the distance as we picked blueberries by the side of the road for a brief stop on the tour. Madison ate more blueberries than everyone combined.
Bill Buchanan, junior high science teacher, holds a new staff barbecue out at his cabin. What a beautiful area. In fact, they lived in that cabin for two years before they got power three years ago.
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