Today was a very busy day. We had our first inservice day and as one person put it, "We got a drive by shooting of information." We met all the other new teachers and Andrew found a camping and movie watching buddy. Both of us got our school labtops and are enjoying playing with our new toys. We also got a lot of free gifts. Andrew won a door prize of a water bottle and a banner, we both got a coffee mug and a really nice embroidered vest!
After the inservice we got another box FULL of broken glasses and dishes :( We are really not looking forward to arguing with the Post Office over the insurance we baught through them.
We took a real tour with this amazing tour guide, Richard. He was extremely knowledgeable and very entertaining. He was a short, skinny, Jewish actor in New York (Can you say Woody Allen?!?) He still acts in Nome and said that he puts on a few shows a year. He would always say, "Hello Central!" Does anybody know where that comes from? After the tour we went to a fellow teacher's house outside of town and had a BBQ with about 20 other teachers and spouses. They have had a record number of salmon in the Snake River this year, but now they have a record number of dead salmon which give off a kind of...fishy smell to say the least. It was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed the opportunity to meet more teachers. Tomorrow we were invited to take a road trip to Teller (70 Miles West) and are very much looking forward to seeing more of the mountains!
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2 comments:
Wow to everything! The first photo reminds me of Glacier, beautiful. How great for you to meet new friends and especially camping friends. Very sorry about the dishes, I guess it's the trade off for a GREAT adventure. We're leaving to look at more lakeshore prop. in Alex this morning. Wish us luck. Lots of love, mom Gus
The smell of the fish sounds very pleasent. Andrew I am glad you found a movie/camping buddy. Erin lucky you now you dont have to do it. i am also so proud of you for winning such exciting gifts. Erin you should wear that beaded vest to your next party.? Hope your first week of work is going well.
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