Baby Steps...

I will leave Kansas at noon today and head to Oklahoma City to stay overnight in a hotel with my pups. I decided to do this about a month ago in hopes that I can relax knowing I will not have any snafus come Monday when my flight leaves; I think it was a great decision! I plan on walking with the dogs a bit this evening (and tomorrow morning we can take a nice long walk to kill time), watch Netflix, relax, and breath...

I'm getting asked by a lot of folks if I'm nervous or excited - I'm SO EXCITED for this journey, for the job, for meeting my students, getting my classroom ready, checking out the curriculum, planning, meeting awesome folks, getting settled into my apartment, and being a speck on the huge state of Alaska! But - I am nervous about the actual events of getting there. I don't really like flying... it doesn't make sense to me that this huge ginormous piece of equipment can stay up in the air and all the added weight of passengers and baggage. I hate take off... I hate landing... and I am not too fond of the in-between either. Once I'm on the ground in Togiak, Alaska, THEN the excitement of what I'm actually doing can sink in!

The jist of my itinerary is as follows:

Sunday, 7/17: Leave Kansas at noon, check into hotel in Oklahoma City after lunch with Stephen

Monday, 7/18: Fly out of OKC to Seattle - Fly Seattle to Anchorage - grab a cab and crash at an airBnB home for the night

Tuesday, 7/19: Back to the airport in Anchorage - fly to Dillingham - then to Togiak on a bush plane - sleep until Wednesday, 7/20

Wednesday, 7/20: I have no clue! :)

Adios all! And - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY KIDS!!! (Erin 7/16, Greg 7/17)