I am officially an eskimo.

So, here I am. Sitting in the living room of my host home for the summer (an attorney that works at the public defender's office) looking out over the water with the mountains in the background. My journey was lengthy, but pretty uneventful (thankfully). I spent the last few days in Cincinnati (watching two friends get married) and Chicago (with mom and auntie M at the restaurant show). I woke up at five am in Chicago, headed to O'hare and went to Alaska Airlines (since American didn't have my flight number, I assumed it was actually on Alaska) only to find out that American had simply changed my flight number. So I hauled my bags over to American, got through security and boarded the plane, which took off a bit late. I landed in LAX and after an hour and a half, flew to Seattle. From there, I hopped on a plane and flew to Ketchikan, where I was greeted with blue skies (for the most part), warm weather and no rain. The airport is on an island here, so I hopped on the ferry and got to the mainland, where Katrina picked me up.

From there, we went to "the office" and I got to meet a couple ladies I will be working alongside this summer -- Joy and Sharon. They are both lovely ladies and somehow have this "alaskan" feel to them. I have my own little desk set up in the corner of the common area of the office, with my own phone and computer to work on, which will be helpful. I also saw my supervisor, but he was meeting with a client so we just gave a somewhat-awkward-wave to each other and Katrina and I took off for home. Her spare room was completely empty up until a week ago (when she got the final approval from her land lady to have me stay the summer) and she went above and beyond the call of duty. I have a queen size bed, with beautiful bedding, a desk/chair, drawers, hangers and a photo wall thingy-magingy. So -- SEND ME PHOTOS, PLZ.

Now we are cooking up some chorizo & lentil soup for dinner and I am watching the bulls game...

I think I must have managed to battle the four hour time change from eastern to alaskan pretty well, because it's just shy of 6 o'clock here and I feel only a little bit sleepy. Tomorrow, I'm planning on going for a run (and hopefully not dying since it is oh so hilly here) and will then explore the town and get some groceries.

I've been here for roughly two hours and I must say, I am feeling that this summer's going to be a good one.