I made it to Alaska in a surreal state of shock and depression. I spent two days in Anchorage visiting my godson and his family as well as my brother's family. That was all really great. Ron, my childhood friend, drove me down to Homer today. We had an awesome time shopping, driving, and talking. It was so awesome to get to spend so much time with him after years of living in different parts of the country. I'm kinda like a giddy school girl with the thought of getting to spend so much time with him now that we are both, miraculously, living in Homer. Driving into Homer was odd and I couldn't bring myself to accept that this was going to be home for awhile. Getting to my parents' house was equally odd, but refreshingly familiar. My mom and I chatted for a few hours. She is so amazingly wise and wonderful. I'm going to love being close to her again. Through conversations with her and others I feel very confirmed that this is were I'm supposed to be right now. That is very helpful. While I'm definitely depressed, I don't think the full reality of the separation has really hit me yet. The next few weeks should prove interesting as I'm sure I'll find a whole gamut of emotions to wade through. Fortunately I can take it easy and be good to myself.
| July 8, 2004 02:16am | 
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because there’s nothing that amuses me more than hearing your pathetic opinion
Look on the bright side - you still have internet access. Just think if your parents lived in the wilderness, no phone line, no indoor toilet...
Lynne | July 8, 2004 4:01AM
if i remember correctly, their next door neighbors do live in the wilderness...
joat | July 8, 2004 11:23AM
No internet access? That is too scary for words. I would give up an indoor toilet before I'd give up internet.
nomad | July 8, 2004 1:49PM
definitely. though it HAS to suck being on moms 33k connection.
Valette | July 8, 2004 3:38PM
oh my Lord, 33k ? Oh you poor dear, that has to hurt.
Lynne | July 8, 2004 6:01PM
incidently, I get an internal server error each time I post a commetn here.
Lynne | July 8, 2004 6:03PM
every time? what os/browser are you using?
Valette | July 8, 2004 10:54PM
I frequently get the error as well (though not all the time). My host said that it was because my Moveable Type database was too large and using too much bandwidth with each rebuild. I've only been blogging for a year so I'm thinking I need to find a new host...
nomad | July 9, 2004 12:22AM
http://www.starband.com - "If you can see the southern sky, you can get StarBand."
I know they use it at CHSR. I used their system when we were there on the West Fork Chena Fire in 2002.
joat | July 9, 2004 1:31AM
or you could see if you could mooch off her sister. i hear other people do that.
Valette | July 9, 2004 9:19AM
Netscape 7.1, and I didn't get the error the 2nd time I posted.
Switched to Wordpress, no more rebuilds, and it doesn't take up so much space.
Lynne | July 9, 2004 2:21PM