A sticky moose on the loose

First off, I love how google knows me so well I never have to actually sign in anymore.

Furthermore, (is that even the correct way to use it?  I don't know, do I care?) things in Alaska are going very well.  I got a second job at Little Bears Playhouse, the local daycare.  I started last week and so far it's been great.  The kids here are different than the kids in IL.  I know that sounds so weird, but really.  They are way more chill here (perhaps cause their parents are too....).  My very first day of work Dylan, Ruckus, and Roland walked  me to work.  On the way there Ruckus found a moose laying in a yard down the street from our house.  He is a punk, so he was barking at the moose and made it mad, causing the moose to stand up and take some pretty intimidating steps towards us.  Then on my walk home, I was talking to Danielle on the phone and my neighbor who had been walking ahead of me, stopped me.  The same moose was about 25 feet in front of us and about 50 feet from our house.  The moose noticed us and again took a few intimidating steps our way, so we walked back down the street and waited for his roommate to drive (the now 150ft) and pick us up, ensuring a safe return home.

Sounds silly to be driven home when your just down the street, but I don't think I would like being trampled to death very well.

The days here keep getting longer and longer, but time seems to be going faster.  It's so cool being able to walk to and from work in the light.  When we first started we walked in the complete darkness, and even a few weeks ago it was pretty dark.  The top of the mountain is getting sun by 11am now, and the base has it by 2pm or earlier.  It's so funny seeing how much it changes people's moods.  The past 2 days I was working on Chair 4 and when we were in the shadows people were less likely to wave or smile at me sitting at the top shack.  But as soon as the sun came out, people were waving, blowing kisses (very awkward actually...), making faces, all around in a perkier mood.  I even notice it in myself.  Also, I really like snowboarding with my shadow.  So when we get to take runs together, I'm generally in better spirits. 

And I'm going to leave you with this bomb diggity picture I took while on the drive to Anchorage.