One of the things I like about Alaska is how simple everything is. Granted it is hard to feed yourself here but all the hassle of city life is long gone. You don't have to spend wasted minutes trying to decide where to eat. You only have one year round option. You don't have to argue with spouses over what your going to do on a Friday night, the list here is pretty limited. There are no movie theatres, concert halls or nightclubs. You can however attend a lecture on climate change and walruses on Friday afternoon. You can choose to go for a long walk and listen to the tundra swans and eagles sing. You can sit by the river and watch the whales. You can go fishing or take the four wheeler out for a ride. Which I saw a mom and young daughter do today and the little girl was laughing as they hit every bump.
You do however have to deal with slow, problematic computer problems. I spent most of my day trying to fix a problem with my work computer. The IT person in our office could not fix the problem so I was given the number of the regional office IT tech. I spent at least four hours with the phone reciever at my ear waiting for my computer to do what the regional office said it should do. When I left my computer was still downloading information from the regional office, which by the way is in Anchorage, and we are going to try to finish the program in the morning.
The computer problems don't end at the office. I found out this morning that my next door neighbor's phone isn't working when I am on the internet, neither does her cable TV. Hopefully she doesn't need to use the phone these next couple of minutes. Tomorrow the two of us are going to confront the telephone people and try to figure out that mess. How can a small thin box cause so much trouble?
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