Another little update :)

It has been a few weeks since i have been here and I am still loving every minute of it! on a little less positive note, I am starting to get a little bit homesick. Not too bad but every time I get the chance to log onto Facebook i see a little bit of what people are doing and I get a little twinge in my belly. Guess thats what happens when ya move away from home huh!:) usually it lasts just a few minutes and then I am all better again. :)


Working here just doesnt feel like work. I feel like I am on an extended vacation all the time. I have been taking in every little thing that happens around me, then writing it all in my journal. How could a person not be happy doing that? I am probably the happiest I have ever been right now!:) :) I have learned what it is like getting to know all sorts of people... some i dont care to get to know and others i just cant wait to learn more about them. I am still kind of in shock at how much people differ in ideas, cultures, religions, and looks! haha i had to say looks cuz i am one of those people who stares and we get quite a few odd looking people! :) I am not judging them, just looking at how different people look!:) haha!

I am getting really used to the bears already... they havent really started hanging out in camp lots yet but i see them most every day. they are so cute!! dont get me wrong cuz they make me pretty nervous too. The tourists have started coming in and we are supposed to tell them whenever we see a bear. i guess there was a couple that came in last week that didnt get to see a bear, they left kinda depressed. i dont blame them... Brooks Lodge is known for their bears and when people come expecting to see them and dont get to see any they get kinda upset.

I find more and more that i am kind of having a difficult time with the transition from a law enforcement postition to just regular work. i guess you just have to have worked in it to know what i mean.

All in all life is GRAND!:) One of my friends is a marathon runner and i have been taggin along with her on a couple of her runs... i have done the 3 mile run so far with more success than i thought i would have. :) She did one of her long runs yesterday (12 miles) and i went with her on a bike. I could have rode the bike at that pace all day long, except for the fact that my butt hurt SO bad when i got back!:) hahaha... its been a long time since i rode a bike. :) I definatly dont think i wanna go as far as running a marathon but i do want to be able to run 5 miles by the end of the summer. i dont think i am going to have a very hard time with it. after a while your legs get kind of numb and you feel like you can run forever. Along with running, hiking, waiting tables, making beds, and walking back and forth around camp all day i should be in pretty good shape by the end of the summer!:)

I do have to apologize to the people that i told i would call. I just cant afford it right now, however if you get a call with a 907 area code it is most likely me so answer your phone so i dont waste tons of minutes. :)

Dad, Mom, and Josh.... i miss you all so much! I have some stuff i will be sending you soon... i think you will really like it!:) It will be a few more weeks but it is coming:) Mom you will have to take a picture of dads face when he gets his little gift!:)

Ash and Tom.. I miss you too!!:) I also have some cute things to send ya... along with an adorable present for my nephew!:) I cant wait till you have him!!:) PLEASE mail (like send it in the mail, not email) me some pictures of him when he is born!:)

Hello to Brian, Lisa, Fred, and the rest of the Grisham family!:) I miss you all so much! Cant wait to be able to see you again!:) You are in my thoughts all the time!:) I hope you are all doing well and enjoying life to its fullest. :) Please keep in touch and if any of ya wanna write a letter I would be so so happy to write ya back!:) :) I love ya all!:)

Well I am gonna wrap things up for now...

until next time!:)
p.s.  sorry pics are not gonna be up until i can fly into King Salmon. give me a few more weeks

Kristie!:)