& our adventures

31 August 2011

reason to be happy today

chuckles my landlord left a message on phone tonight at 8:30 saying

"hey olivia, it's chuck. i'm just dinking around in my workshop (which is right by my bedroom) so if you hear strange noises its just me. don't want ya to worry and stay awake all night. alright see ya."

the only thing that could have widened my watermelon smile is if he refered to himself as chuckles.

xoxo.

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30 August 2011

can't wait to see this lady, both

i don't have any pictures of my mama and papa but

i can't wait to see them too!

kim and low fly in on monday and we are off to adventure southeast alaska.

we are taking the ferry to juneau, staying in my lovley friends home adam and bon

touring juneau for a day or two, shopping, trams, hiking, kayaking mendenhall

taking off on the ferry to skagway, a quiant little town with a man playing the piano on the corner

taking a scenic train around skagway & maybe even doing the 1000 ft zipline over the glacier!

after we sightsee and tour skagway and juneau we're off on a ferry again!

orca, hump back, sea otter and lion watching galore

then we'll spend just over a week in sitka enjoying the beauty of what i call home.

after the parents leave alli shows up!! and PARTY!!

late night talks, walks through totem park, pie at the nuggett

crab, lobster, halibut, and king

movies, candy, words with friends, and two best friends living the life.

i can't wait, i am so grateful for the time and money spent to come save me!!

and of course for all the prayers and support all the family has given spenny and i.

we love you.

see you all in t minus 27 days.

xoxo

27 August 2011

one week.

today marks one week alone, and... i'm still alive! the first few days i couldn't sleep at all, it was like night of the living dead around here. i was so scared and paranoid and every little sound set me off. well after i got over that and bucked up a little i've been sleeping soundly for 12+ hours every night! i hired a native girl to work here a couple weeks ago so it's just been her and i for the last week. no lunch breaks, just work work work. a few days ago a girl moved back to sitka from managing the key west store and came in to see if i would hire her, miracle! now i can take a week off (mind, soul and body) while my parents come to visit! boo ya!! so while she's been taking over and i can finally relax i was able to do some online shopping and a lot of phone ordering spencer around to buy our new car, that i just love! finally, we both got the best of what we were looking for. me, i wanted a subaru preferably the hatchback, check, under 50k miles, check, dark interior, check, year 2008, check. spencer wanted dark grey exterior, check, under 50k USD, check (haha), and no rail dust, check. we are totally smitten. i can't wait to come back and take the gray wolf out for a spin! but really, i can't wait to come back and see spencer. i've missed my man more than i could ever imagine. we really are best friends, no one makes me laugh like spencer, and no one can get my goat better than spencer. he's the peanut butter to my jelly, and you all know i can't live with out peanut butter. 4 more weeks to go, big deep breath and jumping.

xoxo.